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VOL. 103, ISSUE 28

Carbondale honors 57th Numbers show slight Anniversary of The March on Washington decrease in enrollment, increase in retention Staff Report

The March on Washington event was organized by So. ILL. Unity Coalition and three other local organizations.

Protesters, lead by Nancy Maxwell, made their way through downtown Carbondale. The March on Washington was a nationwide event to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington where he delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. This event took place on Friday, Aug. 28. Jared Treece | @bisalo Madison Taylor | @taylorm08

Demonstrators marched through downtown Carbondale on Aug. 28 to commemorate the anniversary of the March on Washington.

The purpose of this march was to advocate for the civil rights of those in the Black community.

On August 28 in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous I Have a Dream speech.

Over 250,000 people attended the march 57 years ago, making it the largest demonstration for human rights that had taken place in United States history.

The march included speakers Nancy Maxwell, Emerald Averil, Matt Wilson, Caleb Bonsey, and Joe Cervantes.

About 60 demonstrators came out to commemorate this historical event.

Nancy Maxwell, organizer of the march and founder of So. Ill. Unity Coalition, wanted to have this event to

bring people together and bring change to the community.

“People are marching all over the world. We want to march too. We’ve got to fix where we live before we can fix somewhere else, so we have to keep continuing on marching and protesting to get southern Illinois straight,” Maxwell said.

Maxwell also wanted to acknowledge that not much has changed over the last 57 years as she said the same issues from the past have returned but in a different disguise.

“We are working hard to make that dream a reality but there are still many changes that need to be made,” Maxwell said.

Speaker Caleb Bonsey said the words from Dr. King are still true to this day and that one day we will rise and see the change in our future.

Community activists and organizers Emerald Averil and Matt Wilson

said their goal is to bring change and cooperation to the community.

“We’re still dealing with a lot. Police are still harassing a lot of the community and we want that to stop,” Wilson said. “We want more togetherness and unity.”

Averil also spoke at this event and read the famous speech by civil rights leader John Lewis who recently passed away. Lewis was the youngest person at the original March on Washington to give a speech at 23-years-old.

During her speech Averil said the phrase “Black Lives Matter” is seen as just a phrase to businesses, police departments and the government and that needs to change immediately.

In Averil’s closing of the speech she used Lewis’s famous line, “Wake up, America! Wake up! For we cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.”

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SIU’s enrollment numbers were released on Tuesday and showed a slight decline in enrollment and an increase in freshman to sophomore retention rates.

Total enrollment for fall 2020 is 11,366 students, an approximately 2.8% decline from fall 2019, when enrollment was at 11,695 students.

Enrollment in 2019 was down 8.75% from 2018, and saw decreases of 11.93% and 8.96% in 2017 and 2016.

According to a university press release, freshman to sophomore retention was at 80.6%, up from 75% last year.

Chancellor Austin Lane said the new enrollment numbers give the university a lot to celebrate and SIU is turning the tide.

“This is significant change in the right direction,” Lane said. “As we attract and retain larger classes, we should see positive percentages in enrollment growth very soon.”

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

The Daily Egyptian’s News Desk can be reached at 1-618-536-3329, by email at editor@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @ dailyegyptian.

This story will be updated once Daily Egyptian receives more comprehensive enrollment statistics.

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Sen. Dick Durbin discusses COVID-19 and election with young Democrats Ore Ojewuyi | @odojewuyi Ryan Scott | @RyanscottDe

Members of the Madison County Young Democrats spoke with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin about the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election via Zoom on Aug. 31.

Durbin gave an update on the current situation in the White House and said President Donald Trump has had a negative impact on the United States over the course of the past four years.

“This man who is serving as president in the U.S. has shown so little respect for this office and the people that voted for him,” Durbin said.

Durbin said the United States is considered a developed and wealthy country by international standards and its poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is embarrassing. He said the President’s press briefings were unprofessional and said he wished the doctors with him would have called him out.

“Four percent of the world’s population lives in the United States, 20% of the deaths from COVID-19 came from the United States,” Durbin said.

Durbin said Trump failed the American people during a time of need, as Trump repeatedly referred to the pandemic as a hoax and encouraged the public to seek dangerous remedies for the virus.

Durbin said “183,000 Americans have died because this president couldn’t lead this country and fought the experts the whole way,” and 75% of the U.S. population says the country is going in the wrong direction.”

Durbin predicted Trump will lose the state of Illinois to Democratic candidate Joe Biden during the election and he implored the Madison County Young Democrats to help win Illinois, saying it is harder to have a democratic majority in southern Illinois.

“It takes reaching out and never taking anything for granted. Do not wait beyond Oct. 7 to request mail in ballots,” Durbin said Durbin said mailing in ballots earlier than the deadline, which is Oct. 27, ensures that the ballots are counted.

“Can we count on the U.S. postal service for mail in voting?” community member Joe Silkwood said.

Durbin said with 90% approval from the American people for the USPS, Trump’s plan to defund the USPS was a bigger beast than he could handle.

According to Durbin, two million people are expected to mail in ballots this year.

“We have got to watch the election authorities closely. Both parties ought to hold them to the strictest level of professionalism when it comes to these ballots,” Durbin said.

Durbin then opened the floor to questions from members of the community and Madison County

“183,000 Americans have died because this president couldn’t lead this country and fought the experts the whole way,” and 75% of the U.S. population says the country is going in the wrong direction.”

- Dick Durbin Illinois senator

Young Democrats.

The first question, from community member Kevin Mckee, asked Durbin to explain the “Americas Clean Future Fund Act.” Durbin said he wants to “make sure we have investments in clean energy, the US is not a part of the Paris Climate Agreement because of our president.” He said the U.S. has wasted three and a half years by not fighting climate change.

Durbin discounted the economy under Trump prior to the COVID-19 outbreak saying he inherited it from Obama, and pushing forward clean energy and reversing the damage done over the past three years are investments that must be made.

As far as his priorities following the 2020 election, Durbin said he would start with rebuilding alliances that were destroyed by the Trump administration.

“We need the NATO alliance. There are countries who depend on that alliance because they could not defend themselves without that alliance behind them,” Durbin said.

Justin Gibson, member of Madison County Young Democrats, asked Durbin “How will you respond to racial justice and police brutality issues?”

Durbin said he hopes to remedy some of the issues related to unnecessary force and police brutality with the Justice in Policing Act. He opposes defunding the police and thinks law enforcement should be held more accountable than they currently are.

“We need law enforcement but they should be held to standards of conduct,” Durbin said.

Durbin thanked the Madison County Young Democrats and members of the Illinois Assembly for facilitating the conversation.

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Black at SIU: Students take to social media to share their stories Ore Ojewuyi | @odojewuyi

@BlackatSIUC, a page on Instagram, was created as a safe place for the Black students, alumni, faculty and staff to share their stories about their time at SIU. The creators behind this page asked to remain anonymous so they can continue to share student stories without fear of retaliation.

According to the Admin, the page provides the Black SIU community a space for their struggles to be validated, when their experiences have been ignored by officials in place.

“In most of these stories, you’ll see just how often racial discrimination occurs and moreover, how normalized it is in higher education,” the Admin said.

Some testimonies state that SIU’s administration has a poor track record of handling racist incidents.

“There never really seems to be an outlet for the people that face these issues and there are very few resources and policies in place so that they do not continue to happen,” the Admin said.

The Admin said SIU’s response to racist incidents show good intention, but often these intentions result in harmful impacts for the communities targeted by micro and macro aggressions.

“The mission statement, as it stands, recognizes the university’s ability to educate, ‘shape leaders’ and ‘transform lives,’” the Admin said. “[Yet,] not on a level that recognizes the importance of diversity and understanding who these leaders are, where they come from and the lives they’re supposedly shaping in a multidimensional and intersectional way.”

The testimonies on @BlackatSIUC address a range of issues

at the university.

“It’s touched on how students feel about how the university has handled COVID. It’s touched on racial discrimination in Greek life. It’s touched on racial discrimination in housing and in the classrooms,” the Admin said.

Father Joseph Brown, faculty adviser for the African Student Council, Black Affairs Counsel and professor in the Africana Studies department said, “It doesn’t make it any better when I see problems that I had to face in the 1960s and ‘70s still present on campuses today.”

Brown said that the idea of storytelling, through media, is not a new occurrence in Black culture.

“Many of the Black newspapers in the 1830s, ‘40s and ‘50s, just got stories from people and published them,” Brown said.

“So that people would know this is not just an imaginary subjective reality, it’s a fact of life.”

Toussaint Mitchell, a SIU alumnus, served as the president of Undergraduate Student Government during his time at SIU. Mitchell said SIU’s mission statement was formed with good intent, but it often feels like a marketing ploy to attract BIPOC students rather than support them.

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions,” Mitchell said. “If the school is trying to bring in more Black students to make it look more diverse but in reality they don’t have the resources to support those Black students, it appears disingenuous.”

The Admin said the school provides students with some physical safe spaces on campus like the Multicultural Resource Center, located on the first floor of the student services building.

The Multicultural Resource Center social media page has reached out to the @BlackatSIUC Instagram page.

“They recognize there has been a problem in addressing their concerns about racial discrimination and [the] people in charge at the center want to do better,” the Admin said.

Brown said he believes change is already in the works at SIU following the appointment of the universities first ever Black chancellor, Austin Lane, as well as the leadership of SIU President, Dan Mahony.

“We finally hired three tenure-track faculty for Africana Studies. It has become a critical issue, Black faculty leaving the campus and not coming to the campus in the last six or seven years,” Brown said. “To have administrators that are saying that has to stop and has to change, gives me great hope.”

Mitchell hopes that Lane will support the Black community as well as represent all students.

“I hope he recognizes the need to nourish the Black community,” Mitchell said. “Not to change his vision for SIU to be Black but to bring all groups together.”

Mitchell said Lane has the opportunity to be a teacher for students at SIU. “I think he’s a good role model. People have to see themselves in him,” Mitchell said.

He said he hopes to see SIU be a leader in change and put love and energy back into the Carbondale community.

Brown also hopes to see more mental health access for students dealing with the trauma of their experiences.

“The student health center needs to hire at least three culturally competent counselors to provide trauma-informed care. It’s not just about the Black kids, there are no innocent children in today’s society,” Brown said.

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Voting options for the quickly approaching 2020 election Amber Koteras | @AmberKoteras

The November general election is coming up soon, and the dates to register to vote even sooner.

As a citizen in the United States, and especially as a student, it is crucial to know your options and to utilize your responsibility as a citizen to vote.

John Shaw, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, stressed the importance of voting in this particular election.

“I think you could make a case that this is an amazingly important election; you know we’re in the midst of this horrific pandemic, the economy is in bad shape, there’s racial tensions across the country, people are frightened and uncertain,” Shaw said.

With the election taking place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is vital to know your options for casting a ballot.

“This is a critical time to choose leaders and people are going to have to make judgments about what kind of leadership they want going forward,” Shaw said.

According to Frank Byrd, Jackson County Clerk and Recorder, there will be many inperson voting options available as well as

mail-in ballots and absentee voting.

In terms of in-person voting, Byrd mentioned early voting at SIU and Carbondale Civic Center. Some dates for this early voting include Oct. 13 through Oct. 16, as well as Oct. 19 and 20.

“I want to stress that every traditional place that we have ever had, all 56 polling places, will be open,” Byrd said.

Curbside voting will also be held in the lobby of the Jackson County Courthouse on Election Day. Curbside voting is an inclusive form of voting that allows people who are handicapped, unable to access their polling place, those who do not understand how to vote and others who might not want to come into the building to vote just the same as others.

The lobby of the courthouse will be a center filled with tables. Each table will correspond to a voting option.

There will be a table for curbside voting, for grace-period voting — where one can register to vote and vote all in one day — and there will be a table for what is called a “voting center.”

Byrd strongly emphasized the significance of this voting center. The premise of the center would be to save a trip for people during the pandemic. Anyone can come vote at the voting center rather than going to their typical polling station.

Those utilizing the voting center will need to have their judge called and the citizen’s name will be taken off the rosters at their specified poll.

Another new development includes a ballot retrieval box.

Comparing it to a FedEx mailbox, Byrd said that it is a mailbox mounted to the concrete at the Courthouse. This option allows use of mail-in ballots without having to actually send anything in the mail. Those ballots will be collected once a day, and there will be 24-hour video surveillance of the box.

There have been some concerns when it comes to the security of mail-in ballots.

Citizens around the nation are concerned about the security of the method, as well as the potential harm to the USPS because of it, but Byrd noted that mail-in ballots have been around for a long time and ensured that they are secure.

“Mail-in ballots are very secure and they have been around for a long time,” Byrd said.

“We’re seeing a significant increase because of the pandemic and a lot of attention is drawn to that.”

Through all voting, precautions will be taken to ensure everyone’s health and safety.

There will be masks made available to both the voters and to the workers. Face shields, sanitizer, and gloves will be provided as well to the workers.

“I have everything available to offset any kind of situation,” Byrd said.

Beyond any controversy or complications, there is general anticipation for the election, occurring on Nov. 3, among the public.

“I’m excited about this, I think this is going to be a really good election and I think I’ve covered all my bases,” Byrd said. “I’ve worked really, really hard to make sure that everything and everybody is safe so they can vote, and their vote counts.”

Staff reporter Amber Koteras can be reached at akoteras@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @ AmberKoteras

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From the DE newsroom to professional careers: What some recent alumni are doing now

Sara Wangler | @sara_Wangler

year to learn as much as I could in order to gain broader experience,” Chrysanthou said. “The DE was a springboard The Daily Egyptian draws a wide variety of students from to start my career.” different backgrounds and areas of study to its newsroom.

Internships aren’t common in the UK, especially paid It’s no surprise, then, that upon leaving the newsroom internships, but Chrysanthou was lucky enough to get doors with an SIU diploma, alumni who worked at the experience on the sports desk in London while on a break DE have traveled far and wide since then, whether it be from classes at SIU two to three years ago. returning to work in a region close to home or venturing “I applied last year while I was working on my master’s,” further out.

Chrysanthou said. “I went through a series of tests and One recent SIU alum who has since traveled far from interviews, but it didn’t work out.” campus is The London Times reporter Athena Chrysanthou.

Luckily, she was offered a six week paid internship in The 2018 grad, who is originally from London, worked August of 2019. at the DE as editor-in-chief during her senior year, and “From my internship, there weren’t any available prior to this, worked as a reporter her junior year. positions open,” Chrysanthou said. “So I left the Times of Chrysanthou knew that staying at SIU as EIC would be London. But luckily in February of this year, I got a call for the best way to get the experience she needed to pursue a position at the Times.” journalism further.

Another recent graduate, Sarah Gardner, graduated from “I wanted to have a lot under my belt as far as experience; SIU in 2015 and began working an internship position the media industry in America versus the UK is very with the Peoria Star. different,” Chrysanthou said.

Now a social media manager at National Geographic, Following her time at SIU, Chrysanthou began her Gardner said she knew she couldn’t remain at the Peoria master’s degree Star forever, so she applied for different jobs and considered in international working with social media. journalism at “After three job interviews, one worked out and that City University just happened to be National Geographic,” Gardener said. in London. ”After the news of the job offer, I packed everything I could “There are fit into my car and moved to Washington DC.” different press During her freshman year at SIU, Gardner helped out rules and at the DE when needed. By her sophomore year, she began standards in the getting more involved, and added photojournalism as a US and the UK, second major. so I wanted Currently with Nat. Geo., Gardner oversees social media to take that accounts and keeps up with the ever-changing internet.

“We have to cater to both old and new viewers of National Geographic,” Gardener said.

“How can we become more “Whether something is being reported in relevant and discoverable to your small town or in a different country, it’s new audiences is always a big important to stay informed. A journalist’s job is question.”

A year prior to Gardner, to keep people informed.” alumnus Tyler Dixon graduated and left his DE - Abbey Latour position as a sports editor to Former Daily Egyptian Design Chief work at a start-up newspaper

in Owensboro, Ky., the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer.

“Growing up, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I went to junior college and changed majors there,” Dixon said. “I finally transferred to SIU and I filled over the application form and I picked, marked, and scratched through until I saw a major that was exciting to me.”

Dixion said he kind of fell into journalism, but from the moment he started he knew it was what he was meant to do, and during his senior year, he said the DE was his life.

Now in publication for two years, the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer has Dixon working as a one-man-band in the sports department.

“I came to Owensboro because of a message on Facebook; they said they needed a sports editor and wondered if I wanted it or knew of anyone who wanted it,” Dixion said.

Dixon stresses the importance of journalism now more than ever.

“If you want to do anything related to people, mass comm journalism touches all of those things,” Dixon said.

“It’s really important during a time like this.”

Abbey LaTour, who worked with and graduated the same year as Chrysanthou, has since left the DE to work as a design editor at the Elizabethtown Enterprise in Elizabethtown, Ky. LaTour said she has always had a love for writing, wanting to turn it into a career.

“I originally wanted to become a writer or an author, but then I thought journalism was a better option financially,” LaTour said. “I realized I would at least get paid more regularly.”

LaTour started out as a reporter at the DE but due to her introverted nature, she decided to switch to something more digital and entered the design side of journalism, starting out doing illustrations and graphics.

“I discovered that I liked design more, I had taken classes in high school,” LaTour said. “I became the design chief after never having done a newspaper page in my life.”

LaTour, like Dixon, believes the media is one of the biggest assets in the world today.

“Whether something is being reported in your small town or in a different country, it’s important to stay informed,” Latour said. “A Journalists job is to keep people informed.”

Staff reporter Sara Wangler can be reached at swangler@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @sara_Wangler.

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Carbondale News

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Family, kindness and baked goods: An inside look at Carbondale’s Panadería La Única

Matthew Alleyne | @matt_alleyne

When you enter Panadería La Unica, you’re greeted by the kindness of a family and the smells of breads and pastries fill the air.

Panadería La Única was opened by Dáris Herrera in 2007 when she arrived in Carbondale, and is unique for being the only Guatemalan bakery in the city, hence its name translating to “The Only Bakery.”

Herrera was originally from Guatemala and lived out in California with the rest of her family before moving to Carbondale and opening La Única.

She was joined initially by her brother Oscar Bran and as the years went on, the rest of the family made their way to Carbondale and to Panadería La Única.

Herrera originally hired an outside baker to work in the shop. Oscar shadowed the baker and spent his time assisting and learning, eventually making his way up to main baker back in 2013.

In 2009, they were joined by close family friend Domingo Valdez. Valdez, who was a landscaper in California before moving to Carbondale, has spent the past four years as the head cake maker, climbing the ranks in the bakery and specializing in the craft.

Freshly made hamburger buns ready to be picked up for Underground Public House. Ana Jacome | @anajacome Two years later, Bran’s daughter, Gaudy Bran, made it to Carbondale, although she didn’t join the La Única staff until the total revenue the bakery had originally been garnering can be found at 213 West Main Street, and is open Monday February of this year. before the pandemic. through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The most recent member of the family to join was Roxana With that in mind, they are primarily focused on the breads Gambod, Herrera’s older sister, who came onboard in 2016 and smaller pastries that they make instead.

Staff reporter Matthew Alleyne can be reached at malleyne@ and helps out in all areas of the bakery.

Along with popular items such as their jalapeño bread, which dailyegyptian.com or on Instagram at matt_alleyne.

With breads, pastries, and cakes being the main finds contains cream cheese and inside, you may notice that there’s a lack of one specific thing: jalapeños within it, the customers. upcoming months will When COVID-19 hit the United States hard in March, see them making Pan many stores had found their doors closed and customers de Muerto closer to the virtually non-existent. That, however, didn’t stop Panadería month of October, and La Única from staying open and providing baked items to Rosa de Reyes closer to customers that came in.

November and December, The family run bakery made the decision as a whole to stay with Oscar stating that open back in March, making adjustments to their business to both hold deep roots in comply with the safety procedures they had to follow.

Mexican culture.

“We weren’t really considered a restaurant, so we didn’t have As Oscar explained, to close,” Herrera stated.

Pan de Muerto, or “Bread People couldn’t dine in and masks became a necessity, but of Death”, is a bread that overall, not much had changed for them inside the bakery. is traditionally taken by When the changes first started out, they had allowed for Mexican citizens to the customers that forgot their mask to ring the bakery’s doorbell cemeteries where their and have items brought out to them, but not too long after, loved ones rest to honor people started to understand that they needed a mask, and this them. helped things transition smoothly.

Oscar then explained When asked what the demographics looked like for people that “Rosa de Reyes is a who had been coming to the bakery, Herrera’s response was bread that is baked with that it’s primarily older folk and college students. a small baby figure inside Herrera said that there wasn’t much change even with the of it, and the member of pandemic. the family that receives “There isn’t much of a rush now, it’s more hit or miss,” the slice with the baby Gaudy said when discussing the lack of a daily influx of figure in it is then tasked customers. with cooking the family Gaudy said that the less people walking outside means less dinner.” people deciding to stop into the shop.

Staying open since With the pandemic, Oscar says the bakery “sees an average March has had seemingly of around 30 to 50 customers, with SIU students making up minor effects on the somewhere between 20 to 30 percent of those customers.” bakery, allowing them to There wasn’t much of a significant decline in profits when continue to thrive. the pandemic hit, and now that some restaurants are open A small yet inviting again, they’re able to supply things such as bread made by space, where the Oscar to places such as Underground Public House. professionalism of these It was added that while there was only a small decline in five is matched in spades both customers and profit, the biggest hit part of the bakery by their friendliness, was its cakes side, headed by Valdez.

Panadería La Única is “We cater for any and all events, from birthdays all the way doing well amidst the to weddings,” Valdez said. “[But] that side of the business pandemic, staying afloat La Unica Bakery, owned by Dáris Herrera, 39, is a family run bakery which has been basically dried up with the pandemic.” and catering to customers located in downtown Carbondale for 12 years. Not only does the bakery provide While they are still making cakes in addition to everything even now. pastries for their customers but they provide for local businesses like Underground else, it’s not to the same order scale that it used to be, lowering Panadería La Única Public House. Ana Jacome | @anajacome

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Carbondale’s Panadería La Única

Dáris Herrera, 39, cutting pastries before going in the oven at La Unica Bakery. Ana Jacome | @anajacome

Dáris Herrera, 39, putting a tray of pastries in the oven. Ana Jacome | @anajacome

Roxana Gambod, 43, mixing food coloring with dough at La Unica Bakery. Ana Jacome | @anajacome

Dáris Herrera, 39, owner of La Unica Bakery, preparing an order to be picked up. Ana Jacome | @anajacome Domingo Valdez, 35, originally from Michoacán, Mexico, employee at La Unica Bakery preparing pastries, in Carbondale, ILL, August 27, 2020. Ana Jacome | @anajacome

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Carbondale honors 57th Anniversa

Continued from page 1 Catherine Mitchell, 56 of Carbondale, said that she attended the event to, “right the wrongs of our people.” She also said she attended because of her sons.

“I got three of them, and I’m worried about them,” Mitchell said.

This event happened the same week as nationwide outrage was resparked in the recent shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Local police shot Blake seven times in the back.

Defense attorney, and candidate for Jackson County state’s attorney, Joe Cervantes said he has been fighting injustices in the courtroom since he was in law school and that these protests are just awareness of what has always been happening.

“I came from Chicago a long time ago. I came down in 1996 and I was a juvenile in the system before I joined the military, but

today I came here to share my story and show we can change the narrative” Cervantes said.

SIU students also attended the protest to promote unity and equality.

“It would be a real shame if you [stand] by watching all this happen and you knew it was wrong and didn’t take part in it and didn’t try to change things,” Freshman forestry major Sophia Maring said.

Joseph Albin, an attendee who said he often participates in local protests said people need to keep fighting for change.

“I feel like there has been a foot stepping off the gas and we have to keep fighting because I believe we can win.” Albin said.

Staff Reporter Madison Taylor can be reached at mtaylor@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at taylorm08

Photos: Jared Treece | @bisalo More of Jared Treece’s photos from the event are available online at

dailyegyptian.com.

Right: Protestors march in front of the Varsity theater in downtown Carbondale during the March on Washington event, lead by Nancy Maxwell. The March on Washington tribute event took place on August 28 in Carbondale, Ill.

A protester holds up a sign with “Black Skin is not a Crime”. People nationwide have been protesting police brutality to Black men and women in America. Names like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and most recently Jacob Blake have all been victims of police brutality where police used excessive force resulting in death or being seriously injured.

Catherine Mitchell, 56, of Carbondale raises a fist into the air during out to the march was, “Because of my sons. I got three of them, and week as nationwide outrage was resparked in the recent shooting Blake seven times in the back as he was trying to break up a fight.

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ary of The March on Washington

g the March on Washington event. Her reason for coming d I’m worried about them.” This event happened the same of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Local police shot

As the group of protesters from the March on Washington event made their way around Carbondale, a car stopped to allow protesters a safe passage. As they walked by, the driver stuck both hands with thumbs out in support of the event.

SIU alumni Joe Cervantez, Jackson County State’s Attorney candidate, marches with protesters and later gave a speech about how has has dealt with systematic racism first hand as a defense attorney during the March on Washington event that was put on by four different local organizations.

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Effects of COVID-19 on SIU Carbondale’s Music Programs Amber Koteras | @AmberKoteras

In a world where we now have to social distance just to breathe our own air, the production of music has grown increasingly difficult.

SIU’s music programs are taking precautions to continue practicing and performing in the midst of the pandemic.

The main changes seen in the music program this semester are exemplified in the sizes of classes and ensembles.

Susan Davenport, Director of Choral Activities at SIU, spoke about a choral program she typically runs, The Choral Union, that extends upwards to 100 members between students and community members.

This program had to be canceled for community members because it isn’t safe to have so many people singing together, Davenport said.

Davenport pointed out that one of the most significant parts of her work is the inclusion of the community. She explained that students, community members and staff become a family through singing together.

Eric Lenz, Director of the School of Music at SIU, said “I would say in terms of how we meet, it’s comprehensive; everything that we do in our department has had to change one way or another.”

Lenz said while many larger classes will be held virtually, private lessons and small ensembles will still meet face-to-face.

Davenport noted as well that the choral department will continue to meet in-person for classes with limited numbers.

“I will be meeting them in person — my concert choir kids — in small groups, like I said I’ve got eight kids,” Davenport said.

Although classes will still remain in session, there have been cancellations due to limitations caused by COVID-19.

One of the most notable cancellations was that of the Marching Salukis; the marching season has been postponed until spring in accordance with football season.

Lenz says that the majority of ensemble concerts, rather than being canceled, will be closed to the public.

The concerts will be streamed — some open to the public to watch and some open to only students. Streaming concerts allows the musicians to still meet in small groups to perform by eliminating the live audience.

Despite these cancellations, there are still plenty of options for SIU’s musicians.

Lenz said there will be a small symphonic band in place of marching band. Choral and instrumental programs are also considering outdoors performances that would open the group up to larger numbers.

Other precautions are being taken to ensure the safety of everyone within the program.

Instrumentalists have special masks adapted to have an opening for the instrument yet still confine the air flow, Lenz said. There are also different mask options for vocalists that don’t lay so tightly across the face so that proper techniques can still be utilized.

“All safety protocols that are coming out specifically for singing are saying a few things; they say that you should limit your rehearsal time to about 30 minutes, if you can possibly be outside you should, you should always wear a mask, you should not stand in front of each other...So I’m going to

do all of that,” Davenport said.

A set amount of these specially adapted masks are being purchased by the department and they will be provided in certain classes. Davenport said that if a class does not provide the masks, there will be back-up masks available for students to purchase.

Private lessons and practice rooms will also be run differently in order to accommodate safety codes and precautions during the pandemic.

Lessons will be moved into classrooms rather than smaller studios as to provide more space. As for practice rooms, each session in a room is followed by at least an hour for air exchange.

Davenport included that the choirs will be practicing outside as that has been a recommended precaution. Within the choir as well, no one will be facing one another. All inperson activities will be socially distanced.

Despite the limitations and uncertainties affecting the music program during these changing times, the environment within the program is still one of positivity.

“I think generally they’re glad to be back, and they’re glad to make any kind of music,” Davenport said.

Tags: SIU, University, Carbondale, Dr. Davenport, Eric Lenz, Amber Koteras, Music, Choir, Band, Marching Salukis Staff reporter Amber Koteras can be reached at akoteras@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @AmberKoteras

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Therapeutic art sessions could provide relief for individuals struggling with mental health

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Jamilah lewis | @jamilahlewis

With the looming COVID-19 pandemic and the occurrence of worldwide protesting, the mental health of many individuals has suffered causing some to seek aid through art therapy.

There are many different types of therapy and each is tailored to help individuals that have different experiences in unique ways.

According to an article from Healthline, four common types of therapy include psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive behavioral and humanistic therapy.

Art therapy has been a large focus for local art organization Project Human X. Run by three Alumni of SIU Joshua Bowens, Cree Sahidah and Marquez Scoggin, Project Human X was founded in Jan. 2019 and is a community for a variety of people to express themselves however they want through art.

According to the organization’s website, the founders, “felt the need to create a judgment free space where human beings could express themselves freely and connect with other human beings from different cultures.”

After finding a concrete location in Aug. 2019 and opening the doors of this location on November 15 of the same year, this art center has been holding events like Paint Night with themes such as Abstract Landscapes, Midnight Paradise, Like a Butterfly, and many more.

More recent events from the organization include therapeutic art sessions that started in the summer.

Project Human X’s definition of therapeutic art, is “using the creative process to help people cope with past experiences and gain personal insight.”

Victoria Deno, 16, from Marion Ill. visits the Marion Carnegie Library on Aug. 26, 2020 to participate in Teen Craft Night. During this time, Deno made a mermaid tail, a popsicle, a frog, and the moon into shrink art.

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A description provided by the American Art Therapy Association outlines art therapy as, “an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making.”

Techniques that are used in therapeutic art include drawing, sculpting, collage, coloring and painting, though a majority of Project Human X’s therapeutic art sessions incorporate painting.

Despite the pandemic, Project Human X is still hosting in-person events for the community and has incorporated several safety precautions to keep those who want to attend these events safe.

According to the organization’s website, precautions include physical six-foot distancing

markers, disposable gloves, free hand sanitizer, regularly disinfected surfaces, brand new art materials and health assessments on all associates.

The website urges attendees to bring their own facial coverings, but says that Project Human X does have extras on hand for guests who may need them.

Formal art therapy can vary depending upon the clinician providing the service and the needs of the patient.

Art therapist and counselor Kelsey Jordan, earned her degree in art therapy at Drexel University and relocated to Chicago where she has been working as a clinician for the past two years.

“Each individual client has their own treatment goals in what they’re seeking from therapy,” Jordan said.

“As a clinician, I very much see my role as just providing support to the client whichever way they see fit and art therapy is woven into there.”

Jordan said she prefers her patients’ art therapy to be centered around creativity.

“I believe that we as human beings are inherently creative but the way in which [our creativity] is demonstrated looks different across the board,”Jordan said. “How can we use our creativity as a strength to enhance the wellbeing of our lives.”

Within her first two years on the job, Jordan has seen many types of patients, from community mental health to private practice.

She’s seen people from different economic statuses for many different reasons.

People who get free therapy in community mental health centers

usually deal with substance abuse disorders, thought disorders, mood disorders, etc., while people in private practices usually have anxiety, stress, trauma, etc.

According to Psychology Today, art therapists are trained to understand the roles that art can play in the therapeutic process.

Therapists will observe the patient’s process of making and when the client is done the therapist will ask questions about the process.

Outpatient therapist Sarah Kodish-Eskind, has been working in a community health center in Philadelphia for over a year now.

As an art therapist, Eskind feels that art therapy can be anything that has meaning to the client.

“I look at it [art therapy] as a means of having a therapeutic purpose to it,” Eskind said. “A release of something or a way to explore and experience, an emotion, a thought.”

Eskind finds deep value in collective and community art making and said there could be a spectrum of health realizations people could leave with after an art therapy session.

“I think it could provide a little bit of relief to kind of let something out and also leave it behind,” Eskind said.

As for local therapeutic art sessions, Project Human X will be hosting events on Sep. 1 and Sep. 3 at 1 p.m. Event sign up information can be found on the Project Human X website.

The organization is located at 715 S University Ave in Suite X. Staff reporter Jamilah Lewis can be reached at jlewis@dailyegyptian.com or on twitter @jamilahlewis.

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Opinion

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Letter to the Editor: This is America Travis Washington

I read in Harriet Jacobs Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl “hate is the atmosphere of hell”. There is a lot hate happening in America as we speak the murder of George Floyd, Sean Reed, Breonna Taylor, Ahamd Arbrey, Sean Monterrosa, and most recently Jacob Blake was another disturbing video of police violence. Many Americans are not surprised because the criminal justice system has protected the predator more than the oppressed.

The same people in power during legalized enslavement are in power today. I use that quote often to describe why the criminal justice system has failed over and over again. We don’t know our history.

I want to give you a history lesson. After the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson was supposed to execute 15,000 to 20,000 former Confederate soldiers and Plantation owners who sponsored the war. Instead President Johnson pardoned the confederates and let them off the hook.

A few years later, President Ruth B. Hayes took over as President and pulled Union troops from the south. The former Confederate soldiers and Plantation owners took political positions in office and implemented very egregious laws that would lock up thousands of Black men and women.

To give people another history lesson. Look up a picture of a lynch mob. How many of those individuals were arrested because they participated in terrorism? To answer the question, none of them. If you look in the crowd, those individuals have children and grandchildren who are descendants to Black pain and suffering. When a Black or Brown person is shot by the police there is no punishment or repercussions for the murders they commit.

I hate to compare police forces to slave patrols because that isolates a lot of good officers and deter future officers.

Especially someone like me who had dreams of being a police that because you have to imagine Black or Brown people officer. I was a part of a police internship since sophomore committing a crime in order for the laws to work. We year of college, but facts are facts and reality can be cruel. know what would happen: they would be exterminated and After Nat Turner’s slave revolt, Black men were banned criminalized. from meeting with one another. If a group of Black people We cannot give up because so many of our elders fought to were seen together it would be broken up and the individuals make this world a better place. In the words of congressman will be faced with severe punishment such as lashings or John Lewis, we have to continue to make good trouble. People torture. This type of trauma made Black people scared to even across the country are standing up even if they lose their life. be around each other.

I’m the creator of the “Hands Up Act’’, a law that would Fast forward to the Detroit riots in 1967. I remember punish police officers with a mandatory 15-year prison watching the movie Detroit and there was a scene where five sentence for shooting unarmed citizens. It has over 2.7 Black men were walking home from a concert when one of million signatures. My goal is to get a committee hearing with the characters said, “We can’t be seen together. More than five the House of Representatives and the United Nations Human of us considered a gang and we will be stopped and searched”. Rights Council.

The criminalization when the skin is Brown and Black is degrading and destroys the soul. I cannot feel comfortable around people who look like me. I’m constantly on alert and I don’t feel safe. That is mental health damage no one talks about; when you look at the mirror, how can you love yourself?

White, domestic, terrorists bomb churches, hospitals and commit school shootings. To this day they have never received the same surveillance and condemnation as Black Americans did.

Today we are seeing white, domestic, terrorism displaying their second amendment right. Such as Kyle Rittenhouse feeling emboldened to shoot protesters. We also witnessed militias rush into the Michigan and Kentucky capitals without a single shot fired. This system has to change.

The double standard is killing our country. It revolts Travis Washington poses as he peels tape from his my soul whenever I hear an educated political analyst on mouth on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in the Daily television say, “Can you imagine if they were a Black or Egyptian photo studio. Carson VanBuskirk | Brown person with a gun? What would happen?” I hate @carsonvanbDE

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Milwaukee Bucks’ boycott causes NBA to postpone games Janae Mosby | @mosbyj

On Aug. 26, the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their game against the Orlando Magic and remained in the locker room, refusing to take the court.

This also caused three other Game 5 playoff games (Bucks-Magic, Rockets-Thunder and Lakers-Trail Blazers) to be postponed.

The boycott was brought on by the shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake on Aug. 23.

Blake was shot seven times in the back by Kenosha, Wis. police officer Rustin Sheskey.

Bucks guard George Hill told ESPN’s Marc Spears the players are tired of the killing and the injustice and that is why they chose to boycott the game.

The Bucks organization gave a statement saying that they support

the players and they want to shine a light on racial injustice to bring about change.

The players also released a statement saying, “The past four months have shed a light on the ongoing racial injustices facing our African-American communities [...]. Citizens around the country have used their voices and platforms to speak out against these wrongdoings.”

According to ESPN, every coach and player was invited to join a meeting in the NBA Bubble to discuss how they will continue from Wednesday’s decision.

This discussion was concentrated on whether to continue the playoffs or end the season, a source told ESPN. The speakers at this meeting were the National Basketball Player

Association President Chris Paul, players Andre Iguodala and Kyle Korver, and Clippers head coach Doc Rivers.

A source told ESPN that discussions were happening about postponing Thursday’s games and beyond.

Prior to the boycott, the NBA announced the suspension of their season on Mar. 11 after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.

The NBA Board of Commissioners made plans to restart the season on Jul. 31 in the NBA Bubble.

Since entering the Bubble, the teams that have clinched a spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs are the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Philadelphia

76ers, Brooklyn Nets and Orlando Magic.

The teams in the Western Conference that gained a spot in the playoffs were the LA Lakers, LA Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers.

In the Western conference, the Lakers lead the series, 3-1 against the Trail Blazers, the Clippers lead the series 3-2, against the Mavericks and the Jazz lead the series, 3-2, against the Nuggets.

The series is tied, 2-2, between the Thunder and the Rockets.

In the first round of the series, in the Eastern Conference, Miami Heat swept Indiana, 4-0. Toronto Raptors swept the Nets, 4-0, and are set to play the Boston Celtics in the semifinals, who beat the

Philadelphia 76ers.

The Milwaukee Bucks were leading the series against Orlando, 3-1, when they decided to boycott Game 5.

On Aug. 29, games resumed and the Bucks won the series, 4-1, against the Magic, the Lakers beat the Trailblazers, 4-1.

The Nuggets lead the series, 3-2, against the Jazz and the Clippers lead the series, 3-2, against the Mavericks.

The series will continue on Aug.30, where the Nuggets will face the Jazz in game six as well as the Clippers vs. the Mavericks and the Rockets vs. the Thunder.

Sports reporter Janae Mosby can be reached at jmosby@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @mosbyj.

Looking ahead: Saluki men’s basketball continues to prepare for upcoming season Ryan Scott | @RyanscottDE

Since their return to practice on July 28, Saluki men’s basketball has continued to work towards a successful winter season.

According to SIU men’s basketball head coach Bryan Mullins, the team is allowed to practice for eight hours each week under NCAA guidelines for preseason practices.

The team is also following guidelines to limit the spread of COVID-19 while doing so, including staff members wearing masks during practice and players not having locker room access to limit the use of shared spaces, Mullins said.

In addition, Mullins said players are wearing masks during weight lifting and non-basketball drills, but are allowed to remove masks during basketball drills and scrimmages.

Sophomore guard Lance Jones said he believes the team needs to focus only on what they have control over and continue to get better.

Jones said the team is being more cautious when practicing and making sure not to be close to each other any more than they need to and are spacing out during warmups.

The team is also being more cautious around campus as well and trying to avoid unnecessary exposure, Jones said.

Sophomore forward Marcus Domask said the team can’t worry about what’s happening outside the gym very much and they need to worry about continuing to improve their team.

Domask and Jones said they are

not worrying about if the season gets delayed, and if it does, they will go along with the new schedule the NCAA allows. Both said they aren’t worrying about what might happen and are trying to practice as hard as they can and improve.

The team needs to have a “positive mindset” even though they don’t know what could happen or if the NCAA decided to cancel the season, Jones said.

Despite a certain degree of uncertainty with the current nature of COVID-19, Mullins said he expects to play this year.

“I definitely believe there’s going to be college basketball this year,” Mullins said.

Mullins also said there would be more time to get all the incoming players time to bond with their new teammates and get them game ready.

Both Domask and Jones said they believe practice has gone very well so far with the new players and that the team has grown closer.

They are communicating over group chat as well when they can’t be together to continue growing the bond between the team, Domask said.

Mullins said he expects a lot from all of his players and especially his returning players, and wants his returning players to guide the future of the program.

He also said he expects returning athletes to show incoming members of the team what they need to know as a member of the team, to help them learn where things are and what they need to know about the team and Carbondale.

Based on current guidelines in phase four of the Restore Illinois

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plan, which limits capacities of inperson events to 20% attendance, the future of crowds in attendance at Banterra Center is uncertain at this time.

Mullins said he believes that could affect the home games, as they have a good atmosphere, and

it could be harder to motivate for a game than it is when there are thousands of Saluki fans cheering for them when they come on the court.

The teams who will have the most success on the court will be the teams with the best energy and

leadership, Mullins said, and the Salukis will continue trying to make the team better everyday so they’re prepared for the season.

Sports reporter Ryan Scott can be reached at rscott@dailyegyptian.com or on twitter @RyanscottDE

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