University Baptist Church to close after final service
‘Life of a Showgirl’
by Taylor Swift reminded me of my dining hall
WILL ELLIOTT WELLIOTT@DAILYEGYPTIAN COM
Editor’s Note: is story contains graphic language … and some strong opinions.
Pop music giant Taylor Swift released her 12th studio album, “Life of a Showgirl,” on Oct. 3, 2025, shattering streaming and chart records. As a music producer for fun and for hire, I am here to review this album, not only so you don’t have to, but also to inform and dive deeper into the current music landscape. Grab your popcorn, people, ‘cause this is a show you will probably forget.
“ e Fate of Ophelia” | 5/10 Taylor may have been saved from “ e Fate of Ophelia,” but she is not safe from the fate of me calling her lyrics corny and sub-par.
is song gets worse and worse with every listen. I originally thought that this was a good track, but honestly, this is just so basic and lifeless. Yeah, it gets me moving and grooving, but it got so stale so quickly.
e piano and the drums sound incredible, while Taylor’s voice during the rst verse sounds like she is recording herself in a can of Chef Boyardee. It also contains corny lyrics that sound like it was written for little children, which I get — that’s part of her audience — but at the same time, children can understand complex lyrics.
e music video is also good, with lots of cool post-production tricks and set design. Overall wish this was written di erently.
“Elizabeth Taylor” | 7/10 “Elizabeth Taylor” to me feels like “Reputation” and “Midnights” fused into one song. e song grabs a lot of music tropes from the last song, like the drums and the hard piano hits. What I love about this song, though, is the bass, ‘cause it just tickles my brain. is song is incredibly cinematic, but it falls into the trap of being easily forgettable. I also do not like the MIDI strings on this song. Like, come on, you are one of the richest artists and didn’t choose to use real strings.
Yet, I would su er through those weak MIDI strings and OK lyrics to hear that Section C part of the song from 2:12-2:35. at one part single-handedly saved the song from being ranked a six. Nice song, should have committed more to it.
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After decades of service to the Carbondale community, University Baptist Church will close its doors following a nal service at 10:45 a.m. on Oct. 26. e decision to close comes
after a steady decline in attendance following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to church members. e congregation collectively agreed that it was time to conclude regular services while ensuring the building’s legacy of community care continues.
The historic building, once a schoolhouse before becoming a church, is expected to be taken over by Good Samaritan Ministries.
The nonprofit plans to maintain and operate the food and clothing pantry currently housed in the church, continuing to serve those in need in the area.
Members and community residents are invited to attend the nal service to celebrate the church’s history and lasting impact on Carbondale.
Sta reporter Yahri Edmond can be reached at yedmond@dailyegyptian.com
doing creative jobs, where I was using my skills. If the work didn’t belong to me, it was less meaningful and it was harder for me to enjoy it.”
Hawthorne Art gives Carbondale cityscape a new hue
KRISTIN BORCHERS KBORCHERS@DAILYEGYPTIAN COM
During the peak of COVID-19 in 2020, Brooke Yandle made her arrival to Carbondale in pursuit of a master’s in oil painting at SIU. She never anticipated owning her own art shop; she said she had no expectations and was merely happy to be in Illinois.
Post-graduate school, she received her rst grant from the city to create a mural while teaching at John A. Logan College. Yandle is now embarking
into unknown territory on an artistic business adventure.
Originally from Tennessee, Yandle said she came “to the great state of Illinois” to nd refuge in the “blue shade.” Just before she arrived in Carbondale, she was working at a factory and living in her sister’s spare bedroom. Five years later, she o cially opened Hawthorne’s doors on Sept. 25. is art store does not t into binary terms, though. Yandle has multiple missions and works
with di erent artists to o er a safe space to create. e sky is the limit when it comes to the services and opportunities Hawthorne o ers.
Yandle described Hawthorne Art as “if you took Hobby Lobby, but like a moral Hobby Lobby and then mixed it with an event center and a woodshop and then just saw what happened.”
She rst acquired the space from a local blacksmith who was no longer utilizing the space and now rents it to Yandle.
“Every month’s sort of like, I start at zero and I have to survive,” she said. But she explained that even if she no longer has the building once the year is up, Hawthorne will continue to endure, even if it’s in her car or on a streetcorner. Her entire vision of Hawthorne is to provide individuals with artistic solutions for a multitude of creative avenues. e space o ers consignment for local artists to stage their work to sell. She’s invited locals to stop by and create for free. Beginning artists
How one woman and her volunteers keep dirt out of the ‘Dale
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CAREY MCAREY@DAILYEGYPTIAN COM
Vicki Short began picking up trash during the COVID-19 pandemic. For her, it was a way to get out, exercise and leave a positive impact on the community amid social distancing and isolation. Even after restrictions were lifted and risk of infection tapered o , she continued to pick up litter for the next ve years. In June 2024, she founded Don’t Dirty the Dale, a one-woman operation to help get Carbondale involved in its beauti cation.
Don’t Dirty the Dale is a volunteer operation focused on anti-littering and general beauti cation of Carbondale.
Organizations will partner with Short to pick up and dispose of trash around the city. Since the group’s formation in 2024, Short and her volunteers have picked up over 1,500 pounds of litter across Carbondale.
“I de nitely think that we’re making a big impact in the community,” Short said. “Clearly you can see areas where we’ve had participants out picking up litter, and we hear from other business owners and other community members and students that have just shared that they’ve noticed a di erence.”
Don’t Dirty the Dale receives signi cant community support from local businesses and organizations as well as SIU student groups and Greek organizations. Businesses such as Carbondeli’s and the Kroger Starbucks regularly donate manpower to cleanup e orts. Carbondeli’s owner Alexander Schmidgall and Pinch Penny Liquors owner Gregg Karayiannis are frequent supporters and volunteers with Short. Other businesses help in other ways, such as Newby’s Pizza and Pagliai’s, who regularly supply volunteer groups with complimentary pizzas.
Health and Illinois Avenue respectively. “ ey’re great people, and they’re standing up for something that I think is awesome,” Student Alumni Council president Sydney Bailey said. “Who wouldn’t want to keep our community clean? And that overall keeps it a welcoming environment.”
Last weekend on Friday, Oct. 10-11, the Student Alumni Council and Phi Beta Sigma members each donated time to clean up the areas around Shawnee
According to Bailey, last weekend was between her 10th and 15th time volunteering with Don’t Dirty the Dale. One standout volunteer group according to Short was the SIU Women’s Basketball team and Coach Kelly Bond-White,
up over
who picked
250 pounds of litter while
HAWTHORNE
SIU alumna Brooke Yandle, owner of Hawthorne Art LLC stands next to her painting Oct. 9, 2025 at Hawthorne Art in Carbondale, Illinois. “I think that I just personally needed financial freedom. Like, I just don’t like working a nine to five,” Yandle said. “But as a commercial artist, like, being able to own my work and be like, I created that, that’s my business and I made all the money from that. Like, it feels really good, as opposed to even when I was
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volunteering on College Street.
“It was 3 o’clock on a hot afternoon, but those young ladies really got out there and made a big impact,” Short said. “Coach Bond-White was out there as well, and it’s really impressive that someone would make a point to meet me and other volunteers on their day o or
maybe before they’re headed to work.”
Don’t Dirty the Dale has partnered with other groups to beautify Carbondale. Most recently, Short partnered with Hawthorne Art LLC, an art rm founded by SIU alumnus Brook Yandle, commissioning a mural for the fence outside of Joyce Lee Outdoor Equipment, another supporter of Short’s organization.
“Before the mural was put up,
it was just an old fence in need of some attention,” Short said. “I thought, ‘It’s the perfect space not only for freshening up, but for a positive message that others in the community can see.’”
News reporter Morrigan Carey can be reached at mcarey@dailyegyptian.com.
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Srinivasaraghavan has ‘99 to Beat’
WILL ELLIOTT
Game shows have entertained us in our home theaters for decades. Many of the participants on those shows are usually from the big cities, but for “99 to Beat,” a new game show airing on Fox, one comes from a familiar place.
Fox is airing its new game show “99 to Beat” in the USA – the American version of the Belgian TV show called “Homo Universalis” which is about 100 contestants competing in humorous, distinctive games until one person remains, to claim a cash prize of $1 million. Out of the 100 people selected from across the nation to participate in “99 to Beat,” one called Carbondale their home for many years.
Arvind Srinivasaraghavan, who is currently still an active player on the new Fox game show, is not only a Southern Illinois University graduate, but also a graduate of Carbondale Community High School and Giant City School.
“I went to elementary K (kindergarten) through eight, and then I went to Carbondale Community High School, and then I went to SIU for undergrad,” Srinivasaraghavan said. “I did business management and political science minor, so I was mostly Faner Hall, Ren Hall, Lawson Hall.”
Representing Carbondale on a national stage was an interesting experience for Srinivasaraghavan, since his fellow co-stars were from many
di!erent backgrounds, he said. “ e other contestants, a lot of them are from New York or Los Angeles or Chicago or all these big cities, but nobody’s really from a small
before Srinivasaraghavan left for London, his apartment complex in St. Louis, Missouri, was destroyed by a tornado and he lost everything. “I was dealing with sadness and
“The other contestants, a lot of them are from New York or Los Angeles or Chicago or all these big cities, but nobody’s really from a small town.”
- Arvind Srinivasaraghavan
SIUC Alumnus
town,” Srinivasaraghavan said. “But going on to the national stage, I’m actually very surprised how televised (‘99 to Beat’) is.”
Srinivasaraghavan started his “99 to Beat” journey in January of 2025 after getting laid o! from his job. He originally applied for another Fox reality show called “ e Floor.” He did an interview with the show’s casting director and made it to a second round interview. Srinivasaraghavan did not land a role on the show since the cast had already been nalized, but the casting agent had other plans for him.
e casting director of “ e Floor” sent Srinivasaraghavan to “99 to Beat,” which began lming in London, England, in May of 2025. A week
stress, losing all my stu!, but I only had one week before I had to go shoot overseas,” Srinivasaraghavan said. “It
show. ough he wanted to stay and help others who were a!ected by the tornado, he hopped on a plane heading to London to lm “99 to Beat.”
Filming o$cially started on May 23, 2025, with a twist. Fox upped the original cash prize from $100,000 to $1 million, adding more fuel to Srinivasaraghavan’s motivation. Yet, with a 1% chance of winning the cash prize, Srinivasaraghavan was fearful.
“Well, I was honestly a little intimidated, and it was just a lot of fear, because honestly, I’m more of an intellectual guy,” Srinivasaraghavan said. “ is is more like a physical game show.”
While navigating through London a few days before shooting, Srinivasaraghavan met Bethany Jones, a fellow cast member on “99 to Beat.”
“I was dealing with sadness and stress, losing all my stuff, but I only had one week before I had to go shoot overseas.”
- Arvind Srinivasaraghavan SIUC Alumnus
was kind of, it was a tough moment at that time.”
e loss of his apartment fueled Srinivasaraghavan’s performance on the
“Arvind and I met almost immediately when we got to the hotel after getting to London,” Jones said. “ e rst thing I noticed about
Arvind was how genuine he was, asking everyone questions and really wanting to get to know each of us.”
Srinivasaraghavan’s kindness in the face of challenge was a common theme on and o! the set in London. James Meadows, a fellow participant on “99 to Beat,” who also tried out for “ e Floor,” was Srinivasaraghavan’s teammate for one challenge.
“I was looking around for someone to partner with. He didn’t have (a partner) either,” Meadows said. “So we just kind of chose each other and started visiting and hanging out and just had a nice time. e more we hung out and did activities together, the more we just enjoyed being together.” ough lming ended in June of 2025, Srinivasaraghavan still keeps in contact with his fellow castmates. He visited Jones’ family and taught her family how to play a game Srinivasaraghavan invented called “Base 6.”
“My youngest son loves watching ‘99 to Beat’ each week,” Jones said. “Whenever he sees Arvind, he points and starts yelling, ‘It’s Arvind! Mom, he came to our house.’”
Srinivasaraghavan can be watched in the newest episode of “99 to Beat” on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
Videographer Will Elliott can be reached at welliott@dailyegyptian.com
It’s offcially Unoffcial Halloween
ORION WOLFE OWOLF@DAILYEGYPTIAN COM
Carbondale is gearing up for Uno$cial Halloween again this year, with events at Hangar 9 and Levels and plenty of opportunities to get involved in festivities.
On ursday Oct. 16, Hangar 9 will be hosting a Pop Queens of the 2000s event. Admission is $5, but ladies are free until 10 p.m.
Partygoers are encouraged to dress up as “your fav 2000s Diva/ Icon” for a costume contest where they can enter with a group or individually, according to the
Hangar 9 website. ey’ll be playing all the hits from the 2000s, including but not limited to: Britney Spears, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne and Christina Aguilera. ere will also be free temporary tattoos.
Doors open at 9 p.m. and the event begins at 10 p.m.
On Friday Oct. 17, Garfield Jailbreak will be performing at Hangar 9. e show will center around Cyrian Mills and their band, who have found a creative and comedic
way to bring the titular character of Gar eld to the stage.
It is “a one-of-a-kind performance… that blends absurdist theatre, original music, and pure mayhem,” according to Hangar’s website.
Tickets are available online for $5, but will be available at the door for $7. e ticket also includes admission to the post-performance Gar eld Rave that will keep the party going.
Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m.
On Saturday Oct. 18, Latin Night at Hangar 9 will be holding
a costume contest called Una Noche de Travesuras with a one hundred dollar prize.
Various genres of Latin music like bachata reggaeton, and salsa will be playing throughout the entire night, according to Hangar 9’s website.
Much like the Gar eld Jailbreak, the tickets for Una Noche de Travesuras are available online for $5, but will cost $7 at the door. However, ladies are free until 10 p.m.
Doors open at 8 p.m. and the event begins at 9 p.m.
Booby’s is also hosting a concert on Saturday, with Feral Vices, El Siren, and Liar Liar set to play the venue at 9pm.
Levels will also have events on both Friday and Saturday night.
More information for all these events are available at thehangar9. com/events, Booby’s o$cial Instagram page: @boobys_carbondale, and Levels’ o$cial Facebook page.
Sta Reporter Orion Wolf can be reached at owolf@dailyegyptian.com or on Instagram @orionwolfe6
can rent supplies for the day to create or purchase retail or used supplies.
Yandle o ers one-on-one lessons, group classes like gure drawing club, ower arrangements, watercolor workshop and a portfolio review day.
Yandle currently has 10 local artists’ work for sale and displaying in Hawthorne. She intends to assist with artists’ business growth. Inside the store, she serves as the eyes and ears for any feedback that displayed work might receive. She can then deliver the feedback to artists to help them increase sales.
Cybil Johnson is a local sheet metal artist and is one of 10 artists who have their work displayed at Hawthorne. She’s a graduate student currently in her thesis. Johnson rst met Yandle three years ago when she rst came to Carbondale. Johnson attended her thesis presentation and was mesmerized by her paintings and her intriguing skillset.
“I thought it was amazing, what her mission was, you know to get artists out locally or in school; get their artwork out, start making connections, start selling it, get it out, let the world see it because I think her also being an artist we know that sometimes we hoard our art, we don’t want people to see it,” Johnson said.
She added that Yandle continues to reach out to art students at SIU to check in and come to events the school is hosting.
“I will say this a million times for the rest of my life; artists need to support each other,” Yandle said. “Like if one of us can o er a service, that we can all sort of use; come and use that space for that. If they have an idea, let’s just do it. Let’s stop sitting around doing our part-time jobs and wishing for a better life. Let’s just take that little extra work and let’s make it happen.”
As both a commercial artist and a ne artist, she draws political inspiration from her oil paintings, but enjoys connecting with the community through her murals and window art. Notable community work includes large murals inside Rip’s Pizza, Lost Forest Co ee House and Pub’s exterior wall, Yummy Donuts window art and Phoenix Cycles’ signage.
Dave Lubbs, an employee at Phoenix Cycles, said Yandle approached them about six months ago to revamp their outside sign.
“I was impressed, I liked working with Brooke and I’ve seen some images of what Brooke did in other
places that inspired me to see what she could do,” Lubbs said.
Lubbs added he likes the design so much he’s thinking about creating a T-shirt with the design on it.
Yandle explained that every time she does something new for the rst time it’s “terrifying,” but she’s had the guidance of SIU’s Small Business Development Center.
SBDC has been notable in assisting many local businesses in getting their feet on the ground, while navigating that unfamiliar territory of opening a new business. Yandle said she attends one-on-one check-ins about every two months to make sure she’s on the right track with her journey. She also participated in their 10-week program where she received a grant to assist in her business development.
“I highly recommend it, even if you just like, you know what you kind of want to do, but you don’t know how that would ever look, you can just go and talk to them, and like, they can sort of give you a lot of information,” Yandle said.
Yandle originally went to school for music, but then picked up an art class, and felt called to pursue art. Although she had been drawing and painting since she was a child, she said, “that’s when it went from a hobby to a discipline.”
roughout her creative process in her oil paintings, she draws inspiration from the political climate. During her time teaching graphic design at John. A Logan, she taught her students how to be more attuned to media literacy.
“My last work was entirely about sort of that shame of being an American who was sort of like, right outside the ring line, like you’re watching these things that you, like, morally disagree with, but they’re not a ecting you personally, and that sort of shame and like, should you do something about it,” Yandle said.
She begins her creative process by rst writing in her journal. Although she doesn’t necessarily consider herself a writer, this is an important part of her craft. She begins by pulling reference from what’s happening in the world, or movie references like anime often creating ctional characters during the writing process. Yandle said painting serves as her outlet to express her feelings and emotions while diving deep into her notes.
“We have our own mythologies and characters, so my characters are ctional in that way, that they represent an idea of emotion,” Yandle said. “Some of these people, they just represent the idea of freedom or
escapism. And then some of them are more speci c references.”
Similarly, Johnson welds triangles of sheet metal together in her own outlet, as well. Her thesis is called order and chaos, but the sculpture displayed at Hawthorne is an “exploration of mass and motion” and how she captured “stillness and steel.”
“So many things are happening in the world right now. And the only thing I can make sense with is putting triangles together and making these forms and having these conversations with the world over a
form I created,” Johnson said. Yandle welcomes people who have no artistic experience to her classes. She said the only thing she asks of participants is they come with a willingness to learn.
“Some people just can’t roll into college,” Johnson said. “So having a place like Brooke’s place, open up, gives everyone, no matter if you went to school, a chance to meet up, and get your art out there.”
e Carbondale Chamber of Commerce has additionally assisted with helping Brooke navigate how to
network her business.
“I think it adds to the vibrancy of the city,” William Lo, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce, said. “I would say if you’re a small business that wants to receive more attention, reach out to Hawthorne Arts.”
Hawthorne Art is located at 104 S. Marion St. and open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sta Reporter Kristin Borchers can be reached at kborchers@dailyegyptian.com
SIU alumna Brooke Yandle, owner of Hawthorne Art LLC stands next to her painting Oct. 9, 2025 at Hawthorne Art in Carbondale, Illinois. “This space just sort of became an opportunity for me to sell my work better, and I’m trying to make it for everybody to also build their careers to become an artist,” Yandle said. Peyton Cook | @cookmeavisual
Handmade dishwasher safe espresso cups and coasters sold at Hawthorne Art Oct. 9 in Carbondale, Illinois. Peyton Cook | @cookmeavisual
Getting down at Touch of Nature
SIU’s Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center hosted its annual family-friendly music festival, Little Grassy Get Down, over the weekend to fundraise for the center and featured live bluegrass and Americana music from a wide range of Midwest artists.
Attendees sat around campfires, explored local vendors and participated in outdoor activities such as hiking and biking. The event had on-site lodging and camping for families to enjoy their weekend stay. Children played gaga ball and ran around with glowsticks. The sidewalks were filled with chalk drawings of hopscotch games that ended with a dance circle.
Highlights also included evening performances from Chain Station and Kasey Lee Rogers. Chain Station are a string band from Denver, Colorado with four members and have been together for eight years. The band performed at the main stage with a crowd of people relaxing in lawn chairs and dancing throughout the performance.
Kasey Lee Rogers, a country singer-songwriter based in southern Illinois, started performing around the age of 15 in punk rock houses and dive bars. Rogers’ music blends traditional country with a little bit of a modern edge.
Staff photographer Emily Brinkman can be reached at ebrinkman@dailyegyptian.com
Chain Station perform at the main stage for Little Grassy Get down at Touch of Nature Oct. 11, 2025 in Makanda, Illinois. Emily Brinkman | erb_photo_
Woman gives man a henna tattoo at Little Grassy Get down at Touch of Nature Oct. 11, 2025 in Makanda, Illinois. Emily Brinkman | erb_photo_
Woman and young girl dance to Chain Station while they perform at Little Grassy Get down at Touch of Nature Oct. 11, 2025 in Makanda, Illinois. Emily Brinkman | erb_photo_
Kasey Lee Rogers (middle) performs for Little Grassy Get down at Touch of Nature Oct. 11, 2025 in Makanda, Illinois. Emily Brinkman | erb_photo_
POINT/COUNTERPOINT: SIU versus
Editor’s Note: In this collaborative opinion project, e Alestle at SIUE makes the claim that their within the SIU system. e Daily Egyptian denounces this claim, and says that our university
POINT
SIUE bigger, safer, better performer than Carbondale campus
TORRE JOURNEY THE ALESTLE
According to national reporting, SIU Carbondale falls slightly short compared to SIUE’s enrollment, graduation rates and costs. In local safety and entertainment, there is no doubt that SIUE comes out on top.
Both universities in the SIU System have plenty of redeeming factors, but SIUE performs higher in graduation rates and first-year retention.
According to the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, a collection of college performance data reported from four-year institutions since 1996, SIUE ranks higher than SIUC in graduation rates by two percent and meets the national average of graduation rates of 58 percent.
A strong retention rate can be a measure for how well a school meets a student’s needs.
23 minutes from Busch Stadium and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
A new area of comparison is Athletics. The Cougars, SIUE’s official Men’s Basketball team, won entry to March Madness in 2025, the NCAA Division I basketball tournament. While SIUC has made it to March Madness 14 times, they have not been since 1990.
Given the safety, entertainment, and level of savings—SIUE is more than a vibrant campus. It is better than SIU Carbondale and is growing everyday.
The scorecard shows that SIUE has a first-year student retention rate of 71 percent compared to SIUC’s 69 percent.
All students share one crucial aspect in common while at college — dealing with the cost of tuition. In navigating expenses, we also wonder if our education will result in higher earnings.
The College Scorecard also shows SIUE’s average tuition cost of $13,696 is lower than SIUC’s by $2,481. Lower tuition costs create less debt for students receiving Financial Aid packages.
Both universities use the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, which uses information from the U.S. Department of Education’s scorecard and measures a student’s access to the school along with their earnings eight years after graduation.
SIUC is classified as an opportunity school with higher access and higher earnings. However, SIUE has higher access for students and higher earnings after graduation.
Students also value safety from their schools and communities. The locations of both schools are vastly different. The FBI’s 2019 Uniform Crime Report on Illinois, a statewide registry of all crime data, shows Edwardsville is a far safer region to be a student than Carbondale.
With both cities having a population just over 25,000 in 2019, the crime report shows Carbondale had 208 violent crimes — 192 crimes more than Edwardsville. In terms of theft, Carbondale had 113 burglaries and 779 cases of larceny, or theft without force. This outnumbers Edwardsville theft by 98 burglaries and 610 larceny cases. The crime report also states Carbondale had 932 property crimes — 739 more than Edwardsville.
Adventure and life experience are also factors for students.
SIUE is more than 1,500 acres larger than SIUC and has several exciting amenities on campus, including The Gardens at SIUE, the Center for Spirituality and Sustainability and the SIUE Nature Preserve. Additionally, SIUE is just five minutes from Historic Edwardsville and
Dena Rendlelman | @dena.rendleman
versus SIUE – which school is better?
their university is bigger, safer and a better performer than SIU, making it the better of the two schools university is harder, better, faster and stronger than SIUE, making us the top Dawgs in southern Illinois.
COUNTERPOINT
SIU harder, better, faster, stronger than Edwardsville campus
You don’t have to put the “C” at the end of SIU to clarify that you’re referring to Carbondale — everyone knows which school you’re talking about:
e Salukis. e OGs. e Big Dawgs.
For starters, without context, the claim that SIUE is “safer” than SIU is a bit disingenuous. While it’s true that the cities themselves are comparable in size and that there is a discrepancy between the rates at which crimes are committed, Edwardsville is a stone’s throw away from one of the highest crime-rate places on the planet — East St. Louis.
ere’s not much else to do in Edwardsville except to go to St. Louis, where crime is committed at a rate nearly 10 times higher than the national average, according to FBI and World Population Review data. at would mean that the very city that serves as Edwardsville’s main entertainment outlet just so happens to be one of the most violent in America.
No biggie.
Not that it really matters though; whether or not people feel safe is subjective, and crime is a systemic issue. Unfortunately, legislators in both Illinois and Missouri have historically neglected the St. Louis region, and the ways in which those two drastically di erent governing bodies have approached solving that issue have been abysmal, and that’s a real shame.
I’m not sure where that came from, but the Carnegie site is pretty clear: Edwardsville’s Student Access and Earnings classi cation is higher access, medium earnings, and Carbondale’s classi cation is higher access, higher earnings. So that claim is just wrong.
On top of that, the Dawgs are classi ed by the Carnegie Foundation as a “Doctoral University — Very High Research Activity (R1),” the highest possible designation for research institutions in the United States — literally the highest possible.
SIUE is not an R1 university; it falls under “Research Colleges and Universities,” which denotes a much lower level of research intensity. is distinction matters, as R1 schools represent roughly the top 3% of all universities nationwide in both research expenditures and doctoral degree production.
According to the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development Survey, which is used by Carnegie, SIU reported more than $58 million in annual research spending and awarded more than 100 research doctorates in 2023. at’s right — more than 100 research doctorates.
that SIUE now outpaces SIU in enrollment — congrats — I’m sure our enrollment numbers would be up too if we o ered in-state tuition to literally everyone. And it’s nice that your tuition rate is lower — I personally think that should be the case everywhere — however, there are probably a couple of reasons it costs a bit more to go to this school than it does Edwardsville.
Anyway, aside from academics, because that’s boring, the real appealing aspect of SIU is the Carbondale culture and the natural beauty found both inside and outside our lovely campus.
Carbondale is known nationwide for its radical, punk history and has been on the forefront of civil rights movements and social justice advocacy for decades. We’ve always been recognized as a safe space and a staple in the Midwest for both diversity and inclusivity — an incredibly important feat amid an increasingly polarizing political climate.
alive today, he’d have been blown away by the fact that not just once, but twice, Carbondale found itself positioned on the path of totality amid a total solar eclipse.
It seems Mother Nature agrees with his sentiment.
Either way, I’ll give you that one. Edwardsville itself is technically safer than Carbondale — we’re working on it.
What I won’t give you is that the E outperforms SIU in academia. It’s not even remotely close.
Correct, both universities are listed as Carnegie Institutions for Higher Learning — yay — but it’s incorrect that SIUE has higher access for students and higher earnings after graduation — boo.
SIUE’s research spending, by comparison, is typically around $30 million to $35 million, with fewer than 10 research doctorates granted in the same period. at gap places SIU in a di erent academic league entirely.
Also, SIUE’s acceptance rate is nearly 100%, and its average incoming ACT composite scores are around 22. SIU’s range sits closer to 24–28, depending on college and program.
Plus, the graduation rate di erence you tout is negligible — both campuses average around a 50% six-year completion rate. Your graduation rate being a smidge higher than ours just means that our curriculum is harder — probably.
And while I acknowledge
Our art, music and food scene re$ects a culture and environment that is both biologically and demographically $ourishing. We have the longest-running punk house in the country in Lost Cross, a tradition of summer Sunset Concerts and a history of legendary performances from the likes of Johnny Cash to Elton John to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
We are home to some of the most sought-after natural landmarks in Giant City State Park and the Shawnee National Forest — and that’s not even to mention our nationally recognized campus arboretum, in which we eloquently weave the whimsy of southern Illinois $ora into the foundations of our campus buildings.
Furthermore, the king of DIY and one of the greatest minds of all time, Buckminster Fuller himself, claimed Carbondale to be the center of the universe, and I can’t say I blame him for that self-centered remark. If he were
Speaking of notable SIU a%liates, have you ever heard of Hannibal Burress, Melissa McCarthy, Jenny McCarthy, Bob Odenkirk, Jim Belushi, Walt Frazier, Jeremy Chinn or Bart Scott? ose are all Salukis.
I couldn’t nd much on notable SIUE alumni, but it’s cool that Gary Schroen went to Edwardsville. It seems that his contribution to the war on terror really paid o , considering that there are no more wars going on and that terror attacks no longer exist. ank you, Gary.
Regarding athletics, which I fear is an incredibly poor topic for anyone from SIUE to be speaking on, I’d like to rst note that Saluki basketball has only been to the Big Dance 10 times — not 14 — and our most recent appearance was in 2007 — not 1990 — when we went to the Sweet 16. So I’m not entirely sure where those numbers came from — ChatGPT?
Anyway, the Dawgs have been to the Sweet 16 a total of three times, one of which was led by my all-time favorite Saluki Brad Korn, who actually went to the NCAA Tournament three years in a row — something that SIUE will never, ever do.
Also, just so the record is clear, SIU has played SIUE only 11 times in basketball, and we’ve won 10 of those 11 games — with the total score discrepancy being 895 to 736. But that’s awesome that you guys won the Ohio Valley last year, a conference known for its athletic prowess.
Plus, as we all know, you guys don’t even have a football team. Like what? at is so tragic. I am truly sorry about that.
We’re ranked as the No. 8 FCS
team in the country right now, and we’d totally love to adopt y’all as fans. I have plenty of extra Saluki gear, and I’m sure y’all wouldn’t mind getting out of those basic red, white and black threads anyway. I mean Cougars are cool or whatever, but maroon rocks and Salukis are sooo much cooler.
To get semi-serious, we have one of the best aviation programs in the world and one of the best CAM schools in the country — we pump out pilots and performers like the CIA did in 2001. Shout-out to Gary. We have nationally recognized programs in law, medicine, arts and engineering. I mean, we literally made Dippin’ Dots, dawg. And while we technically didn’t make Jimmy John’s, our Booby’s inspired it.
All of that is to simply say that SIU is academically harder than SIUE, the Carbondale campus is much better than Edwardsville’s, Salukis are faster than Cougars and our athletics are way stronger than yours. However, before I conclude my counterpoint, there’s one last thing I’d like to say.
Some of you may have heard stories about the famous Halloween parties of Carbondale’s past. is year, after years of having to host our own uno%cial parties because we got too rowdy during our reign as one of the top party schools in the nation, SIU, the city and the students are bringing Halloween back to the streets of the Dirty Dale. With that being said, I’d like this column to serve as an o%cial invitation to anyone from SIUE who isn’t doing anything spectacular on Halloween this year. Please feel free to head to your big brother’s house down in Carbondale to join us for a party on the Strip that may or may not be the best night of your life.
Don’t worry about bringing your own alcohol; we have plenty of that.
xoxo, Jackson.
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Salukis can’t secure weekend series
win, fall to UIC and Valparaiso
NOAH PETSCHKE NPETSCHKE@DAILYEGYPTIAN COM
SIU Volleyball faced a twomatch slate over the long weekend, the first of which came against the University of Illinois-Chicago on Friday, Oct. 10, and the second against Valparaiso University on Saturday, Oct. 11.
UIC vs. SIU - Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
The first set between the Salukis and the Flames began neck-and-neck, both teams exchanging kills and leaving the set tied at 10 points apiece. However, an influx of SIU errors allowed the Flames to break away and, despite a strong offensive performance by Kelly Franklin, take the set 25-20.
The beginning of the second set was all about the Salukis as they capitalized on UIC errors and smashed a few kills of their own. Similar to the first set, the Flames marched back and took control with a dominant offensive performance. Long rallies and a late scoring run by UIC secured the set win by a score of 25-19.
The third set was underway, and the Salukis had to find a way to string together some points to force another set, and they came
out swing i ng. Multiple hitters tallied kills to put SIU in the lead early, but the relentless UIC offense would not quit, going on yet another run and forcing the Salukis into some errors. The Flames persisted and coasted to a 25-17 set victory, taking the match 3-0.
Valparaiso vs. SIU - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
On Saturday, the Salukis looked to bounce back, and they were o to a hot start. e beginning of the rst set was highlighted by a pair of aces from Ceci Bulmahn and emphasized with multiple kills coming o the hands of Annabelle Sulish and Kelly Franklin. e Salukis did not look back after gaining the lead at 4-3 and mashed their way to an exciting 2523 set victory.
Set two began with an early SIU lead, fueled by Valparaiso errors and an impressive front row display of attacks for the Salukis. The Beacons never fell far behind and managed to knot the score at 23-23, making the second set another nailbiter. A big block and a couple of kills secured a second-set victory for the Salukis at 26-24.
The Salukis looked to finish off Valparaiso in a quick 3-set
victory, but the Beacons had other plans. An offense-heavy third set featured a run of 10 straight points earned by kills for both teams combined. The battle would keep the contest close, but a 5-point run would lead to a Valparaiso victory by a score of 25-22.
e fourth set began with a strong Beacon performance, as they jumped out to a 13-6 lead, putting pressure
on the Salukis. Multiple attack errors for SIU allowed Valparaiso to cruise to an easy 25-13 victory, knotting the match score at two sets each.
The 15-point, winner-take-all fifth set had the Davies Gym fans on edge. A block assist and a kill from middle blocker Larissa Seger gave the Salukis hope, but the Beacons were not ready to fall. A barrage of kills led Valparaiso to secure the fifth set, winning the
match 3-2.
SIU volleyball looks to get back in the win column with a non-conference match against Southeast Missouri State on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in Cape Girardeau. The Salukis now have a record of 2-4 in conference play and an overall record of 8-11.
Sports Reporter Noah Petschke can be reached at npetschke@dailyegyptian.com
New faces to lead SIU men’s basketball this winter
When the SIU men’s basketball team takes the court on Friday, Oct. 17 against Austin Peay, they’ll start their journey to improving on last season’s 14-19 record –and they’ll be doing it with over half of the roster being new players.
Second-year head coach Scott Nagy has only six players returning to the squad from last year. at leaves him with eight newcomers; three true freshmen and ve transfers.
One player that technically isn’t a newcomer but did not see the floor last year is redshirt freshman forward Jaheem Webber. Webber originally committed to Wright State, but came over with Nagy when he took the SIU job. Webber used last year to improve his body to Division I standards. When asked what Webber was able to improve on the court over the last year, Nagy cited his finishing around the basket.
The biggest fish in the freshman class is St. Louis native Luke Walsh. Walsh was a sharpshooter at Vianney High School for four years, and his shooting prowess is going to be a big part of how he can help this year’s Salukis.
“The adjustment from high school to college for most freshmen is a big adjustment,” Nagy said. He’s also been putting in the work to make that adjustment
easier, with Nagy saying he puts in more time than “probably anyone on our team.”
Daniel Pauliukonis is the tallest member of the freshman class at 6 feet 9 inches.
The Chicago native will get his minutes at “small forward or power forward” despite his center size, according to Nagy. Nagy also cited Pauliukonis’ winning mindset after he led Benet Academy to an Illinois High School Association 4A state championship this past spring.
Saint Louis University transfer Max Pikaar also gures to factor heavily into the big man equation for the Salukis this season. Despite the 7-foot Dutchman having limited minutes at SLU last year, the SIU coaching sta liked what they saw. Pikaar is not just an inside player either, and Nagy said he has gotten more comfortable shooting. at versatility could come up huge for the Salukis this winter.
Saluki basketball star and former assistant coach Shane Hawkins. Nagy understands Hawkins’ unique perspective, calling him “the definition of a Saluki.”
There’s always so much talk of the Saluki Way in Carbondale, and John A. Logan College transfer Caden Hawkins may understand that more than anyone. Not only did he grow up in Carterville and go to school just down the street from the Banterra Center, but he’s also the son of former
Valparaiso transfer Isaiah Stafford has experience playing in the Missouri Valley Conference. The redshirt senior averaged 16.9 points per game in the 2023-2024 season before missing all of last year due to a knee injury. Nagy expects Stafford to “be a more efficient scorer” now that he won’t be leaned on as heavily as he was at Valpo.
Rolyns Aligbe impressed in his freshman year last year and will now be joined on the squad by his older brother Prince.
The senior started 29 games for Seton Hall University, a member of the Big East Conference, in the 2023-2024 season. That power conference experience, plus a brotherly connection with Rolyns, could prove to be huge this year.
Quel’Ron House comes to SIU from Jacksonville State as a proven winner. House helped lead the Gamecocks to 23 wins last season, including a win over Georgia Tech in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament. House also landed on the Conference USA AllFreshman team.
When asked what House’s role will be, Nagy said “What we need him to do, really, is be our point guard and lead this team.” Nagy went on to praise House’s ballhandling abilities, saying “He gives us a ballhandler we didn’t have at all last year. We were missing that once Elijah [Elliott] went down with a knee injury.”
Jalen Haynes will be looking to break into the guard rotation as a true freshman. The Lewisville, Texas native was praised by Nagy as “one of the most athletic kids on our team.”
Saluki fans will have a chance to see all the newcomers and all the returners take the court against a di erent team for the rst time this season Friday, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. as the Salukis take on the Austin Peay Governors in a preseason exhibition matchup at the Banterra Center.
Sports reporter Eli Hoover can be reached at ehoover@dailyegyptian.com or on Instagram at @hoovermakesart
SIU Women’s Volleyball team huddles on Oct. 10 2025 at Davies Gym in Carbondale, Illinois. Daylin Williams | @photosbydaylin
Dawgs outmatched by Bison, fall in Fargo 45-17
SIU football traveled north to Fargo, ND for a meeting between two top-ranked FCS teams as it took on the reigning national champion North Dakota State Bison on Saturday.
e Salukis got the ball to start the rst half and hit the ground running on the opening drive to strike rst with a eld goal o the leg of Paul Geelen, but it took NDSU all of one play to respond as Bryce Lance broke loose for a 75-yard touchdown as soon as the Bison got the ball back.
Lance’s touchdown highlighted two major factors in SIU’s loss: their inability to stop big gains and their struggle to stop the run in general.
NDSU was able to break o seven plays where it gained more than 20 yards in the contest, one on each of the Bison’s seven scoring drives, including four of at least 40 yards. SIU was only able to create four plays that garnered 20 yards. e Salukis’ run defense as a whole ended up surrendering 264 rushing yards, and ve of NDSU’s six touchdowns came via the ground game.
Following a pair of punting drives, the Dawgs found themselves back in Bison territory on a 34-yard completion to Fabian McCray, setting up a Chandler Chapman touchdown to give the lead back to SIU at 10-7. e Salukis were able to force a punt to hold on to the lead, but the Bison responded by forcing a punt of their own, followed up by a eld goal to knot the game up at 10.
In the waning minutes of the rst half, the Dawgs were on a drive deep into the NDSU half of the eld before
a fumble gave the ball back to the Bison and ipped the game completely in control for NDSU.
e Bison put together a late drive of their own to bring a 17-10 lead into the locker room and were able to double up after receiving the kicko on the other side of halftime to increase the NDSU lead to 14.
Chasing two scores, the Dawgs
once again found themselves in plus territory o a 40-yard completion to Vinson Davis III, but another Saluki fumble gave the ball back to the Bison two plays later.
e Bison capitalized on the turnover again, using the running game to extend their lead to 21. A stop on the ensuing Saluki drive gave the ball right back to the NDSU o ense
that, once again, found its way to the endzone to put the game out of reach, up 28 in the fourth.
NDSU tacked on a third touchdown o of a takeaway, this time on an interception, and the Dawgs put up a meaningless touchdown in return before the Bison ran out the last seven minutes to end the game at a score of 45-17.
e Salukis drop to 4-2 with the loss and their record against conference opponents drops to 1-1. ey will be back in action next Saturday, Oct. 18, at home against the Fighting Hawks of North Dakota (4-2, 2-0).
Sports Reporter Nick Pfannkuche can be reached at npfankuche@dailyegyptian.com.
Photo provided by Saluki Athletics
“Opalite” | 9/10
is song reminds me a lot of “Circles” by Post Malone, and that’s not an issue ‘cause that song, along with this one, is a certi ed banger. e production of this song is incredible; it makes me see and feel light blues with the way the guitar and chorus just force you to get up and dance (I have synesthesia). e chorus also allows me to see this glassy clearness I usually get when listening to artists like e Neptunes. e lyrics are the only thing keeping this song from a 10. e prechorus and chorus are just incredible, and they left me speechless, but the verses are, once again, corny.
“Father Figure” | 8/10
“Father Figure” sounds like Christmas music, which is because of the bells and also the chords. I like the clean version of this song better than the original ‘cause “check” sounds a lot better than “d---” in the rhyme scheme of the song. Taylor also sounds like she is forcing these swear words into this song, while also being hesitant to say them in the rst place.
e original George Michael song with the same name that the song interpolates is still better in every way, shape and form — but this song is still very nice, clean and polished.
“Eldest Daughter” | 3/10
Why does this song exist? Generally the corniest thing I’ve heard since my friend told me he was going to Le Claire, Iowa to get some corn and to see the river boat on the Mississippi. e lyrics are so bad and do not even
t the backing track at all.
“I’m not a bad b----, and this isn’t savage,” is a lyric I heard that left me in shock next to, “So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked re.” I literally spilled Air Heads all over myself laughing at these lyrics at the AMC eater’s listening party.
Generally, I believe Taylor Swift is washed at lyric writing because this song was supposed to be a big ballad about how hard it is to be the eldest child, which is very sweet, if she would have done it correctly. is should be removed from of the album.
“Ruin !e Friendship” | 9.5/10 is song is near perfect. Lyrics were generally enjoyable and the storytelling was actually interesting. I also really enjoyed the vocal performance of Taylor, even though auto-tune and pitch correction are very noticeable at the beginning. e story hooked me into the song, but what pulled me away from the song was the twist. In dramatic writing in any fashion, I prefer to leave the audience saying “Ohhh,” not “Whoa.” e twist was not built up properly, so it left the audience with a shock value, almost like Taylor was guiding us through the story and then decided to push us into the pool of depression and despair.
I also think this song comes at the wrong time. You just got engaged to a man, and you wrote a song about how you should have kissed this other guy in high school who later on died young because your life would have been so much better. It feels like the right place, wrong time for this song, which is a shame because this is the best song on the album.
“Actually Romantic” | 4/10
OK Taylor, don’t be dissing Buttercup from the “Powerpu Girls.” I know this is supposed to be the “Like at” of the pop world, but literally the only thing that it has instigated was for me to click the skip button.
Taylor literally has the same people who made “Reputation” and this is the diss song she put out? Charli XCX is about to embarrass Taylor, and dunk on her by doing some questionable things with Taylor’s ex-boyfriend. Taylor has Kendrick Lamar on speed dial and managed to cook the blandest diss track of all time.
Besides the failed shot *allegedly* taken at Charli XCX, this song is generally needed to be reworked.
“Wi$h Li$t” | 5/10
I don’t care what people say, I believe this sounds like a “Midnights” throwaway track. e chords in this song are pretty, and the singing is actually good. Besides that, this song is a forgettable, bland song that adds no seasoning to this already bland album.
“Wood” | 6/10 is song feels like the Rowlee GIF from “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” where he waves hello to Gregory and then looks down in shock. is song is supposed to be about superstitions but anyone with an IQ above ve knows dang well this is about Travis Kelce’s “Redwood Tree.” Sabrina Carpenter please sit down with Taylor and tell her this is not how you do it.
Besides the lyrics being obviously too inappropriate to keep writing about, because I already know my adviser Alee Quick is clutching her
Cult classic horror creeps into southern Illinois airwaves with ‘Midnite Mausoleum’
CARMEN TAPLEY
CTAPLEY@DAILYEGYPTIAN COM
Now broadcasting on WSIU, “Midnite Mausoleum” is a nostalgia-inducing production for those who watched other movieriffing shows like Elvira’s “Movie Macabre” and “Svengoolie.”
Debuting on MySpace in 2009, “Midnite Mausoleum” began as a small passion project based around the concepts of other shows: Creature Features, Commander USA and Zombo. Creators Blake Powell and Marlena Midnite had gone on a hike and discussed some of their favorite shows growing up, which lead to the pitch of starting “Midnite Mausoleum.”
They brainstormed names for the show and began with the idea of “Midnite Hour,” but after developing the backstory for the host, Marlena Midnite, and that she lives atop the hill, in a mausoleum, of an old movie dumping ground, they came up with the name “Midnite Mausoleum.” Within three to nine months of launching on MySpace, the show had attracted 5,000 followers, signaling an early fanbase and growing buzz online.
The first 12 episodes of the show were shot in Midnite’s basement before being invited to broadcast on public access television at WQAD, a local news station based out of Moline, Illinois. The show was being streamed on 12 channels by the end of 2009, and increased to 60 channels by 2010. They now broadcast across eastern Iowa and western and southern Illinois.
Their first broadcast in southern Illinois was on Oct. 2, when they streamed “Horror Express,” a 1972 sci-fi/horror movie about a prehistoric creature that causes chaos among a train as it is being transported on to Europe.
The concept of “Midnite Mausoleum” is to host movies while not commenting over the dialogue, but in between clips, providing fun banter between the host and supporting cast, trivia about the movie and skits to humor the audience.
“We haven’t done a retake for the last 8 years,” Powell said.
They want it to feel like the viewers are watching the movie with the cast, and retaking the shots would feel scripted, the host
pearls, the backing track to this song is incredible. It also has a double meaning because though it is groovy, it sounds like a certain theme to an X-rated adult lm.
Taylor needs to have a session with Sabrina so that she can nail the sex references correctly.
“CANCELED!” | 2/10
Someone should have cancelled this song’s appearance from the album. e lyrics are so corny and bad that I was laughing out loud in the theater listening to it. is song is probably on a 6-year-old’s “songs for when I feel like a sigma villain” playlist.
Which is a shame ‘cause the backing track is actually good. It’s cinematic and well-orchestrated.
I would have loved to see this as the backing track for “Actually Romantic” rather than this song.
“Honey” | 5.5/10
I like “Honey” … that’s pretty much it. is is a song that I know to some is underrated on this album, but generally this is very forgettable and sounds too much like “Ruin the Friendship” at the beginning. I see a lot of yellow when I listen to this song, which I know has nothing to do with this review, but I will give props to the producers for getting the song coherent enough to feel like a color.
“!e Life of a Showgirl” ft.
Sabrina Carpenter | 6/10
I swear this song sounds like a Jonas Brothers song. The lyrics and story are simple, but of course it is ‘cause it is the title track. The transitions between the different sections of the song also were very rough.
My homegirl Sabrina Carpenter
also outshined Taylor Swift on this song, which I thought was a very gentle torch-passing because Sabrina is the next pop girl. I also loved the ending with the Eras Tour crowd screaming. at was a nice touch.
“Life Of A Showgirl” | Overall 5/10 is is by far Taylor’s worst album in her discography. is project feels much more like a cash grab than it does anything else, but maybe it was so she and Travis Kelce could have a bigger wedding. Who knows, but truly, this feels like the o cial death of her artistry and her birth into the world of business.
I feel like this album was very under-produced, considering it came from the minds of producers Max Martin and Shellback, who produced her previous album “Reputation.” ese two have historic pop production careers – and these are some of their worst songs to date. Taylor had everything at her disposal to produce a classic album, but she clearly doesn’t want to put in that e ort anymore, because all she does is release countless di erent versions of the same songs and puts out dog-water projects just to make more money. Realistically, Taylor should take a break for a bit and enjoy her marriage. is album did get me hungry for dining hall food, reminding me of the inconsistency of the food and the overall chore it is to nish what has been dished out.
Videographer Will Elliott can be reached at welliott@dailyegyptian.com.
and director said. It gives a live, on-air effect to the show. The show feels completely unscripted, even Marlena Midnite’s interaction with Woolfred, a foil character that was introduced to drop the process of scripting dialogue.
e hosts pick the movies they show at random. e only thing the movie must follow to make the cut is to be one of sci- , horror or lm noir.
“There is always one good shot in every movie,” Powell said. “It doesn’t have to be good, it just has to be funny.”
Their next screening is on Oct. 11 on WSIU, with “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” from 1962. The rest of October is scheduled to be: “Grave of the Vampire” from 1972 on Oct. 18, “Nightmare Castle” from 1965 on Oct. 25, and “Fangs of the Living Dead” from 1969 on Nov. 1.
“Midnite Mausoleum” airs on WSIU through PBS.org, the free PBS app, or the WSIU+ 8 app Saturday nights at 10 p.m.
Staff reporter Carmen J. Tapley can be reached at ctapley@dailyegyptian.com.
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