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Monty appointed interim mayor SETH RICHARDSON Daily Egyptian A replacement for resigning Carbondale Mayor Joel Fritzler has been named. In a special session of the Carbondale City Council Tuesday, Councilman Don Monty was approved in a 6-0 vote as the interim mayor. Mayor Fritzler did not vote. Fritzler announced his resignation Jan. 14, and officially leaves office Feb. 3. Monty will take office Feb. 4, at which point he will resign his council seat and the process of selecting a replacement councilmember will begin. He said he hopes to fill the vacant seat by March 4. Following the vote, he distributed a tentative framework of a schedule to replace the open seat. He said he hoped to put the schedule in place by the next meeting of the council. Monty said he would like for potential nominees to submit a résumé and letter of interest so the council could review all of the possible candidates. He said there were certain characteristics he wanted to look for in a potential member such as previous involvement in the community. “It’s just like what voters look at when they’re trying to elect someone,” he said. “I think it’s important that the person has skills that they have demonstrated in their work life or private life that would indicate they are willing to work with people and try to solve problems.” Monty said he wants a full council in place to discuss what he feels is the most important issue at hand: the city budget.
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Councilman Don Monty talks with local media Tuesday following a special city council meeting at the Carbondale Civic Center. Monty was named acting mayor and will serve former mayor Joel Fritzler’s term, ending in April 2015.
Housing broadens LGBTQ living LUKE NOZICKA Daily Egyptian University housing is working to make dorms more comfortable for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students by approving a new gender-inclusive housing policy. The policy will begin in the fall and allow for a new living, learning community, Campus Pride, specifically for LGBTQ students. The policy makes the university become one of a handful of schools that have gender-neutral dorms. According to College Equality Index, 38 other universities have gender-neutral housing, including University of Michigan, Miami University and Oregon State University. Wendy Weinhold, coordinator of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, Queer Resource Center, said the new gender inclusive policy allows students of the LGBTQ community to live among each other in an open environment. “(This) means students, who are LGBTQ identified or who are allies and are open to
living with students of the same sex who are transgender, have the opportunity to do so,” she said. Weinhold said to be accepted for this housing, students must submit a paragraph to her explaining why they want to be a part of this community. Application process for these dorms has already begun. “It’s not for boyfriends and girlfriends to live together,” she said. “Instead, it’s for people who are gender variant, who are gender non-conforming and who are maybe cisgender but trans friendly or transgender and want a transgender or cisgender roommate.” Merriam-Webster defines transgender as ‘people who have a sexual identity that is not clearly male or female.’ Weinhold said cisgender describes a person who identifies with his or her gender and sex assigned at birth. Senior associate director of housing Tina Horvath, said housing offers 19 different living learning communities on campus
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USG, GPSC discuss fees department have been cut, accumulating a little more than $513,000 in savings he said. “The travel, airfare, gas, hotel and bus costs The Undergraduate Student Government for all of our 18 sports and 400 student athletes and Graduate and Professional Student increased about 20 percent in fiscal year 2013,” Council met in the new student services he said. “We project a pretty similar increase building Tuesday night to hold an open forum in 2014.” in which new student fees were presented. David Crain, assistant provost and chief Members of several university departments information officer, spoke in favor of the brought forward their ideas on information technology how increases in fees will benefit fee. He said the main goal he facility students. Among the mandatory was to become a leader in fees all students are required educational technology and maintenance to pay along with tuition, the the university is far from that fee was created following have asked for increases: in comparison to other highbecause the state Athletics, Information Technology, end universities. Facilities Maintenance, Mass Crain said a great deal of didn’t have enough Transit, Student Activity, the accomplishments the money to maintain university has been able Student Center, Student Health the facilities. Center, Student Insurance, and to make in the last two — Phil Gatton years, such as an increase Student Publication. director of plant and in internet bandwidth, has Each department gave a service operations presentation to members of the come from the information USG and GPSC. technology fee. He asked Adrian Miller, president of for a $3.60 increase to the USG, said fees are a reality of going to college. fee to continue the university’s technological “We have to invest in ourselves,” he said. upgrades. Athletic Director Mario Moccia began the Phil Gatton, director of plant and service presentations by asking for a $4 per student operations, asked for a $6 increase to the increase to the athletic fee. facilities maintenance fee for general upkeep. Moccia said most of the cost savings has come from personnel cuts. Over the last four years, 13 positions within the athletic Please see USG · 3
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Insurance through work? One dead, one in custody following shooting at Purdue Health law affects you too ROSEMARY REGINA SOBOL Chicago Tribune A man is dead and another person is in custody following a shooting on the campus of Purdue University in West LaFayette, Ind., according to school officials. The gunman walked into a basement classroom of the Electrical Engineering building around noon while a class was going on, school and law enforcement officials told a news conference. Classes were cancelled for the rest of Tuesday and for Wednesday, officials said in a later news release. “The suspect came into the building, walked to the classroom, shot the individual and walked out,� said school spokesman Greg McClure in the news conference. He then walked outside and surrendered to police. “The suspect was apprehended on the east side of the Electrical Engineering building just outside the building,’’ McClure said. He said police believe the shooter was targeting the man he shot and “there was no effort to target anyone else.� “Nobody else was wounded or hit by gunfire, it was just the person who was killed,’’ McClure said. Police said there was no argument or fight before the shooting. McClure would not say if the victim was a teacher. As of 1:30 p.m., police were still searching the building as a precaution but believed there was no threat to anyone else on the campus. Students were initially told to stay in place until the building was cleared and the area fully searched. Around 12:45 p.m., other campus buildings were opened and the “shelter in place order� was lifted, the school tweeted.
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A few minutes later, the school tweeted an allclear. “No ongoing threat to campus. Resume normal operations. (Electrical Engineering) will remain closed.� A vigil was scheduled for 8 p.m. at the school, according to the news release. Erica Ambrose, a senior in the School of Agriculture, told the school’s newspaper that she was in class in the Electrical Engineering building when she “heard shouting downstairs and it sounded like people were running through the hallways, just yelling at each other.� “We heard the sirens and we looked out the window to see they had somebody in handcuffs,� Ambrose told the Purdue Exponent. “Then, the fire alarms went on to evacuate so we came outside. When we got out, that’s when we got the text to avoid the area. “We didn’t actually hear the gunshot,� she said. “We just heard yelling.� Another news conference was set for 5 p.m. Central Time, according to the university’s media office.
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ROSEMARY REGINA SOBOL Chicago Tribune The healthcare overhaul’s reach stretches far beyond the millions of uninsured Americans it is expected to help. It also could touch everything from the drug choices to doctor bills of people who have insurance through work. The law isn’t expected to prompt sudden, radical changes for workers. So you probably won’t lose your job because of the overhaul, despite claims by the law’s opponents. But benefits experts say there are several other ways the law can leave fingerprints on the benefits of the roughly 149 million people who are covered through their jobs. Is my job safe? Republicans have called the overhaul the “JobKilling Health Law.� This is, in part, because of the law’s requirement that companies with 50 or more workers offer full-time workers — defined as those working 30 hours or more — health coverage. Some companies have said they are cutting part-time workers’ hours to keep them below that threshold. Texell Credit Union in Temple, Texas, is one. CEO Tony Hale told a credit union trade publication last month: “We don’t like doing this because that takes hours out of paychecks and we know people need the money.� But the anecdotes of companies cutting employees’ hours aren’t showing up in official U.S. employment numbers. In fact, recent government figures show job gains, not losses. Employers are giving workers about the same number of hours as a year ago. And the number of part-time workers who would rather work full time is lower than a year ago.
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Women’s Resource Center begins mission ELIZABETH ZINCHUK Daily Egyptian A new center on campus will focus on empowering women through leadership skills and education. Melinda Yeomans, director of the Women’s Resource Center, said the mission statement, is “excellence in advancing the women of SIU in wellness, empowerment, inclusivity, professional development, academic success and leadership development.” Plans to form the center began last semester, Yeomans said, and the Center for Inclusive Excellence is excited for its doors to be open and active. With the new center, Yeomans hopes to initiate programs that promote leadership and wellness. “Our mission is about helping our SIU women feeling connected, supported, taken care of, empowered, advanced, advocated for,” Yeomans said. I want them to know that they are seen, heard, and looked out for.” The reason a Women Resource Center was needed, Yeomans said, was women tend to not know what they are capable of in terms of
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leadership. “Women still face many challenges in our culture to feeling fully empowered; the work of the WRC is supporting our SIU women to that confidence on all levels,” Yeomans said. “It’s very important women know we belong here [in the college setting] and in the highest levels of professional achievement and leadership.” Yeomans said society is still predominantly a patriarchal society and many women do not have the opportunity to have good role models. “We belong at the table, our opinions matter, our voices matter,” Yeomans said. “Some of our first generation women come from areas that might not have as strong, professional role models for women as other women.” Barbara Bickel, director of the women, gender and sexuality
— Cathy McClanahan executive director of the Women’s Center studies, said she has already begun working with Yeomans on some of the programs the center will put on for Women’s History Month starting in the last week of February into March. She said many good things will come from it. “We’re hoping to make it visible for women on campus,” Bickel said. “I only see benefits from it.” Bickel said a place like the Women’s Resource Center was missing from campus and will be a great asset for women. “I think it’s always good to have a space that’s welcoming and safe for women that offers resources and connections with other areas on campus,” Bickel said. “We’ve come a long way but we still have work to do.” Yeomans could have issues with finances, health and situations that could lead to unhealthy relationships with men, sexual abuse or violence
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Members of the Undergraduate Student Council and Graduate Professional Student Council listen to fee proposals Tuesday during a meeting at the Student Services Building. Undergraduate Council members from left to right are Corbin Doss, Tracy Shorter, Oliver Keys, and Adrian Miller. Graduate and Professional Student Council members are Blaine Tisdale and John Stewart.
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“In the short term, the most pressing matter is how to deal with the city’s budget,” he said. “I think most people are aware, most local governments in Illinois are facing serious economic challenges. It’s going to be critical for the city council to deal with that not only in the short term, but in the long term.” Monty said he plans to work within the community and with the council, something he’s been doing since he started as an intern in the mayor’s office some 30 plus years ago. “I don’t think, in my personal view, that the mayor should be looked at as some all-powerful person that can do everything by the mayor’s self,” he said. “Under the council-manager form of government, the role of the mayor is actually tightly limited, and I intend to follow the state statutes on what a mayor can do and what you expect a professional staff to do.” The vote went through with relative ease, save for one minor incident. Councilman Lance Jack raised concerns over whether or not Fritzler was permitted to vote for his replacement. According to state law, the council
nominates and approves an interim mayor in the event of the current mayor’s resignation with less than 28 months left in the term. Jack said while he fully supported Monty, he was concerned Fritzler was not permitted to vote, as he would not be considered a member of city council as of his resignation. “Like I said, I’m pretty easy with however we go on this,” he said. “I just would really like to make sure it’s hammered out and we’re doing it according to the law and according to the intent of the law.” City Attorney Mike Kimmel was asked to explain the statute and said while Fritzler was allowed to chair the meeting and take motions from the council, he did not think the law allowed Fritzler to vote. After discussing the matter for a short time, Fritzler conceded his vote to move the meeting along. The Carbondale City Council’s next meeting is Jan. 28, when Monty hopes to discuss a schedule for selecting a new councilmember.
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“The facility maintenance fee was created because the state didn’t have enough money to maintain the facilities,” Gatton said. “Everyone in the state had the same issue.” Lori Stettler, assistant vice chancellor for auxiliary services, asked for a $2.50 increase to the mass transit fee to cover the cost of the contracted services. She said there has not been an increase to the fee since fiscal year 2011. Stettler also asked for an $8 increase to the Student Center fee to help pay the salaries of new business employees. Jeff McGoy, assistant dean of
and substance abuse. “We want to keep our women healthy and always, we want to keep them from any situations that sidetrack them from their goals,” Yeomans said. Yeomans said she has a Ph.D in speech communication and intercultural communication, and a graduate certificate in women, gender, and sexuality studies. She said she has taught a number of classes for women, gender, and sexuality, speech communication, English, and education departments. With her new role as director for the Women’s Resource Center, she hopes to empower women through wellness and guidance. “I hope the Women’s Resource Center becomes a go-to place,” Yeomans said. “My door is always open and available to students to feel that they are seen, that they
students, asked for a $1.08 increase to the student activity fee. McGoy said the money from the increase would provide a new van and more student workers for the night-safety transit program. This program was created to give students a safe means of travel around campus and Carbondale at night. Ted Grace, director of the Student Health Center, and Jim Hunsaker, assistant director, asked for increases of $4 for the Student Health Center fee and $32 for the student insurance fee. Kayli Plotner, Editor-in-chief of the DAILY EGYPTIAN, and William Freivogel, director of the School of Journalism, presented the new student publication fee. This fee
are heard.” Teagan King, a senior from Auburn studying hospitality and tourism administration, was an intern for Yeomans when she was a coordinator for University Women’s Professional Advancement. King said when she first started working for Yeomans she seemed enthusiastic and like she really loved her job. “I think she has a lot of drive and empowerment to help a lot of women,” King said. The Women’s Center, a noncampus affiliated women’s resource center has been in Carbondale since 1972. Cathy McClanahan, executive director of the Women’s Center, said she is working with the SIU Women’s Resource Center and is glad the large amount of younger female students who come to the Women’s Center will have an additional resource. “I think it is going to be an excellent place for students that need assistance with various issues to go to for help,” McClanahan said. “It will be very beneficial to SIU women.” For the rest of the story please visit www.dailyegyptian.com.
would be $9 per student. This fee would go towards funding production of the student-based newspaper as it has gone several decades operating on advertising revenue alone, Plotner said. “We are falling under the same circumstances that newspapers all over the country are facing, advertising is not enough,” Plotner said. Jon Schaffer, director of University Housing, said he wanted to get rid of the discrepancy between east campus and Thompson Point. He said they would do this by increasing the rates of east campus housing by 5 percent, making it equal to west campus. Overall, the mandatory fee increases came to $70.18 per semester.
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Speaking Panel opens diverse conversations LUKE NOZICKA Daily Egyptian The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Resource Center is taking steps to reboot a much-needed program for students. Sarah Self, graduate assistant at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Resource Center, coordinates the Queer Mentors program at the university, and began to revive a speaking panel for LGBTQ members. Coordinator of the LGBTQ Resource Center Wendy Weinhold started queer mentors two years ago and this is the first semester with the speakers’ panel initiative. The program trains members to become speakers about LGBTQ issues by inviting other presenters into group meetings. Most speeches
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Horvath said Campus Pride will be in one wing on the 14th floor of Mae Smith Hall, and will begin with 14 available spaces. Weinhold coordinates Campus Pride and said it is available to any students who want to live in an open and accessible community. These spaces are reserved for LGBTQ members, but if the spaces do not fill, they will be open for allies of the community as well. “It’s going to be a really great opportunity,” she said. “[The] first of its kind for LGBTQ students to live together which I’m really excited about because it’s going to increase safety, increase community, increase belonging and increase a real sense of membership and place on the SIU campus.” Christine Wolfershein, vice president of Saluki Rainbow Network, said gender-inclusive dorms are a great idea. Last semester, Wolfershein was living in a four-
will be given in the Illinois Room in the Student Center, and are open to the public. Weinhold said the program is great because it is going to give members of the LGBTQ community the opportunity to become speakers in classrooms and events around campus about LGBTQ issues. “LGBTQ issues are so distinct and unique that we sort of need a speakers panel in ways that other groups don’t,” Weinhold said. Church of the Good Shepard Pastor Sonja Ingebritsen, will be giving a speech about queer faith March 20 and said she will relate the connections between religion and the queer community. “One of the things that I’ll be talking about is that there is not an incompatibility between faith and sexuality,” she said. “And that
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all Christians and all people of faith are not of a common mind about homosexuality.” Self said most of the speakers are doctoral candidates, professors or professionals. As of now, there are eight confirmed speakers, but Self hopes to end up with 14. The first meeting was Thursday, where Self and Weinhold talked about Safe Zone preparation. Speakers will be discussing various topics such as horizontal discrimination, minorities within minorities, heteronormative portrayal of romance and positive sexuality. Luke Nozicka can be reached at lnozicka@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter at @LukeNozicka, or 536-3311 ext. 268.
t was stressful, I didn’t have anything in common with who I was living with. They weren’t involved in any of the RSO’s I was and we weren’t studying the same thing. — Christine Wolfershein vice president of Saluki Rainbow Network
bedroom Wall & Grand apartment and said it was difficult to live among people who did not share the same interests as her. “It was stressful, I didn’t have anything in common with who I was living with,” she said. “They weren’t involved in any of the RSO’s I was and we weren’t studying the same thing.” Wolfershein said she felt she could not be open to her roommates about the things she was involved in. “It was really hard to come home and when they ask me what I was doing, I wasn’t sure for quite a while if I could tell them,” she said. “I didn’t know how they were going to react.” Wolfershein said if she were
a freshman and knew about the gender-inclusive dorms, she would be a part of them but is happy where she is now living. SIU is rated a four-and-a-half out of five stars on Campus Pride Index, a website that rates universities on efforts to improve LGBTQ life. The ranking is based on the “continuum of progress for LGBT-Friendly policies, programs, and practices.” Horvath said along with the new living learning community, Wall & Grand is offering coed living beginning Fall 2014 as well.
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Jezebel fixated on Photoshop fix skin, is frequently involved in nude scenes showcasing her selfproclaimed “normal girl body.” Dunham identifies as a feminist, and if she has no problem Vogue fashion magazine has released its February edition being featured in Vogue, I do not see why Jezebel should. which features Lena Dunham, writer, director and actress on After all, the majority of the article written by Nathan Heller the HBO series “Girls,” as its front cover story. celebrates Dunham for being so original and hard working. She Shortly after the February issue was released Jezebel, a general is even dubbed the “New Queen of Comedy.” interest women’s website, called out Vogue for editing the photos Do you think the fact that Vogue has transitioned to featuring of Dunham before publishing them. talented and real women such as Dunham, Michelle Obama Seriously Jezebel? Would you ever expect a non-edited photo and Adele is something to celebrate instead of analyzing under to appear in any publication? Especially Vogue, a magazine that a microscope? Speaking of which, you don’t see Jezebel going has a reputation of only featuring on a tirade when Vogue unrealistically beautiful models that features women like Kate wear a size double zero on their covers? Moss, and that is probably ine near mouth on face removed, jawline Of course not! because her conventional sharpened, neckline of dress pulled up — The feminist blog ended up posting attractiveness wouldn’t a $10,000 bounty on the unedited make for such an easy cleavage altered, armpit covered, waist/hip photographs, and within a few hours, target. smoothed, made narrower, elbow shadow/ had the versions posted on the website, Jezebel went on to dimple removed, ands smoothed.” which is a total invasion of privacy. criticize the spread’s — Jezebel, Don’t you think that if Dunham photographer Annie wanted those photos posted, she would Leibovitz, whom, by the general interest women’s website have done it herself? way, is probably considered The photos were placed side by side one of the most famous and it was obvious that the edits were and talented portrait only minor, mostly focusing on lighting. But, just to ensure photographers of all time, for creating composite photos and that they were making their point, Jezebel went on to point out making the photos artsy looking. EVERY SINGLE CHANGE. Who cares? No one is expecting Vogue, the fashion bible, to Here are a few examples, “Line near mouth on face removed, be National Geographic. On the contrary, its artfulness is part jawline sharpened, neckline of dress pulled up — cleavage of the appeal and attacking the photographer for doing her job altered, armpit covered, waist/hip smoothed, made narrower, doesn’t really expose anything except for Jezebel’s attempts to elbow shadow/dimple removed, hands smoothed.” hate on Vogue. I do not know what this post was supposed to accomplish, Dunham took to twitter responding to the blog posts with but it ended up just pointing out every flaw on Dunham’s body. this, “Some s— is just too ridiculous to engage. Let’s use our Which, if you ask me, is way worse than photoshopping them energy wisely, 2014.” out. I mean, seriously; it’s not like they trimmed her by 20 Maybe the stint was a plan for the blog to gain more views, pounds, they removed an elbow dimple. but in the end, Jezebel made itself look like a bunch of fools. Dunham, who is known for being comfortable in her own ASHLEY ZBOREK Daily Egyptian
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University launches into spring plays DYLAN FROST Daily Egyptian With the new semester underway, the department of theater staff is busy bringing performances to the McLeod and C.H. Moe Theaters this spring. The three major theatrical performances featured this semester are “Die Fledermaus,” “Joan’s Laughter” and “Radio Golf.” “Die Fledermaus” is a revenge story operetta first performed in 1874. The title translates to “flying mouse” in literal German, or, essentially, “The Bat.” Director Tim Fink described it as a light-hearted comedy featuring plenty of waltzes and decorative costumes. “It’s probably the most…performed operetta that there is out there,” he said. “It’s still very popular. It’s perfect for collegiate voices because it isn’t so dramatic and vocally heavy that it tires them out.” Fink said the operetta features two fraternity brothers who attend a costume ball – one dressed as a butterfly and the other as a bat. After the party, the intoxicated batboy passes out on a bench outside of a church and is abandoned by his friend. The churchgoers publicly embarrass the batboy the next morning and the play focuses on him plotting revenge against his fraternity brother. Fink said the production – casted last fall – features a variety of students from different departments. “The department of theatre is providing sets and costumes and lighting, and the students who are performing are a mixture of opera and
music theatre grad students,” he said. The Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra will perform the score, originally composed by Austrian composer Johann Strauss II. Show dates run from Feb. 28 through March 2. Next up is “Joan’s Laughter,” written by Jacob Juntunen, who runs the masters and doctorate playwriting programs at the university. Juntunen said the play is about Joan of Arc’s final 90 minutes before execution. “Joan desperately wants to see heaven but refuses to confess to the priest that her ‘voices’ were demons rather than from God,” Juntunen said. “Without this confession, the priest won’t help her.” The play is described as a thoughtprovoking new drama, which will allow Juntunen to express Joan of Arc’s reallife story and his personal admiration for her. “Joan sounds like fantasy, but is actually history,” he said. “She’s a young woman raised on a farm, who ends up successfully commanding France’s army. Even though she’s uneducated, she speaks with wit and eloquence in her trial against Europe’s most learned men and she wins arguments with them,” he said. Juntunen said Joan claimed to have heard voices conveying God’s word and, in a way, he lives vicariously through her struggles. “In modern times, we would likely dismiss her or institutionalize her,” he said. “As someone who is both mentally ill and religious, I wanted to write a play that explored these facets of myself; Joan seemed like a good vehicle for that.”
The play will run at the C. H. Moe Theater and is directed by Megan Smith. Auditions will be held Feb. 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 2 -4 p.m. at the Moe theater to cast two women and three men. Performance dates are April 3 - 6. Juntunen encourages those auditioning to read the script prior. “The auditions will be with ‘sides,’ which are portions of the script,” he said. “An actor auditioning for Joan, for instance, will read lines of Joan with a stage manager who’s not auditioning.” “Radio Golf” is the last play scheduled for the semester. According to the department of theater’s website, the play is about a black ivy-league lawyer who exposes a corrupt real estate development plan while he is working on a mayoral campaign. “Radio Golf” won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2007 and promises to be an insightful drama. The play, written by August Wilson in 2005, will be directed by SIU associate professor of theater Segun Ojewuyi. Auditions for “Radio Golf” will take place in McLeod Theater on Jan. 24 from 6:30 to 9 p.m., and on Jan. 25 from 4 to 6 p.m. Performance dates are April 24-27. Those interested in auditioning for either “Joan’s Laughter” or “Radio Golf” can contact the theater office at 618-453-5741. Dylan Frost can be reached at dfrost@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @DFrost90 or 536-3311 ext. 254.
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Jessica Jo Jolly, of Warrensburg, plays her banjitar, a combination of a banjo and a guitar Sunday during an interview in a practice space above the Huffman-Harker Funeral Home. Jolly is in her in final year at SIU School of Law and can often be found playing venues in the Carbondale area.
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DYLAN FROST Daily Egyptian Although her modest side would disagree, local singer/songwriter Jessica Jo Jolly is a go-getter at heart and in practice. The way 32-year-old Jolly is able to compose a song often leads people to believe that she is a student of music, yet her admiration for music comes second to her life as an SIU law student. Jolly has been a law student for more than three years and will graduate in May with her Ph.D. Jolly, who aspires to someday work in London as an attorney, said she never considered going to school for music. “I think that my parents would have laughed me out the door and maybe grounded me if I had told them that’s what I was going to do,” she said. “Even though music is such a big part of our life – and they have
supported me in all of my endeavors to play out – they have also always required that I have a profession.” Despite her dedication toward education, Jolly is often spotted on various stages across southern Illinois with her Taylor acoustic guitar and banjitar — a hybrid of a guitar and banjo — singing folk and classical country songs, many of which she wrote herself. Often her songs speak of jilted love, such as the falling apart of an interpersonal relationship. The songs tend to drive an emotional response from her audience and from herself. “One of my favorite things is being unassuming,” she said. “It tends to get more attention. I like it because I like to emote, I like to use my voice and that’s where the emotion is. Nobody is singing deep, dark minor notes about being happy.” That somber tone is reflected in
her song “Romeo Won’t Let Me Die.” It is the first song she wrote in Carbondale and it reflects on a failed relationship she experienced while living in San Diego. “Romeo won’t let me die/that’s all right with me this time/He can use just a little mending,” she sang with a breathy tone. Jolly’s love for playing guitar is reinforced by her need to carry a capo everywhere she goes. She has become well known in her hometown of Warrensburg for performing, and is often called to play in a public setting. The capo allows her to change the pitch of the guitar and sing in a higher key, rather than struggling to sing along with a tuned-down guitar. For the rest of the story please visit www.dailyegyptian.com.
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“Rafa brings an example of how to do things the right way,” Nelson said. “He’s led the GPA since he was a freshman on our team, so players look up to him in more than one area.” Despite growing up with perfect tennis weather in Spain, Cuadrillero has adapted to the frigid winters of Carbondale. “I got offered [a scholarship] here, I did my research, and I found it pretty interesting,” he said. “I talked to some guys that were here and I liked it. I’m happy with my choice.” Last season, Cuadrillero finished with a season record of 8-17, with a 1-3 record in conference play. Cuadrillero said he knows what he needs to work on to play better. “Personally, I can always improve my fitness,” he said. “My forehand for sure, and I need to get more consistent on the serve.” The Salukis are coming off a fall season that ended well with freshman Michal Kianicka and sophomore Jonny Rigby winning the MVC doubles championship. Rigby also made it to the finals of the men’s singles tournament where he lost to top seeded Alen Salibasic of Drake University. Cuadrillero says he expects great things from his team this semester. “I’ve been here the longest, so I just want to lead the team,” he said. “We want to do something great. There is only six of us this year so everybody has to fight for the team, and just make sure we give 100 percent in every practice and every match, and just make something
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Hagstrom said despite his injury, he could not leave sports behind. He said he wanted to stay in sports for a reason that everyone has used one time or another. “For the love of the game, those of us who can’t play, we want to find a way to have some impact in the game,” he said. The long-time voice of Saluki basketball, Mike Reis, had a major influence on Hagstrom changing his career path from wanting to be on-air to working behind the scenes. “God bless Mike Reis, he is the one that told me, ‘hey you’re not that good, Hagstrom said. Reis said he remembers a different side of the story. Reis said Hagstrom wanted to be the next play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs but broadcasting was not his strength. He was good behind the camera. “I’m not against people chasing their dream, but I am against them chasing their tail,” Reis said. Hagstrom said people should listen to Reis because he has a lot of knowledge about athletics. “He’s my mentor, I wouldn’t be where I am without him,” Hagstrom said. “If he didn’t tell me I’m an awful broadcaster, I wouldn’t be in the position I’m in.” Hagstrom graduated in December of 2007 from SIU, then held an internship for the Southern Illinois Miners before working there full-time. He said when he was offered a job in Saluki Athletics four years ago, he knew what he wanted to do.
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Rafael Cuadrillero, a senior from Madrid, Spain, majoring in civil engineering, practices Monday at University Courts. Cuadrillero leads the team with a 3.74 grade point average and was a Missouri Valley Conference first-team scholar-athlete selection for the 20122013 season. The team will face Northern Illinois University Jan. 31 in Rockford. great by the end of the year.” The Salukis are coming off a successful 2013 season that brought them the No. 14 recruiting class among mid-major schools. The team will play 20 matches on its journey to the MVC Championship starting April 25. Conference foes, such as Drake and defending MVC champions Wichita State will be the top teams in the Valley this season. “I just can’t wait for conference,” Cuadrillero said. “I think that’s everybody’s goal; be ready for conference and be ready for a fight to the title.” Coach Nelson said there is not
much he would change about Cuadrillero apart from his choice of facial hair. “He shaved his beard,” Nelson said. “He left school after finals and came back with a full beard and I was loving the beard, and then he shaved it off. I wanted him to play the first match with a beard.” Cuadrillero assured Nelson it would not take long to grow back. Cuadrillero and the Salukis will look to get their first win Jan. 31 at Northern Illinois University.
“My goal in coming to this job was to put SIU on the map when it comes to video promotion, and that’s what we’ve done,” he said. “We’ve become the production group for the Missouri Valley Conference.” A typical day for Hagstrom does not exist. He prefers to arrive at his office by 7 a.m. before anyone else is there because he can get the most work done. One of the first things he has to do in the morning is get his cup of coffee; he said he could not function without it. Hagstrom counted the number of hours he worked in a particular week, which totaled 82. He said the week of New Year’s was especially difficult given the number of games in a small window. Other than Hagstrom, every position in video services is a student worker. “That’s the thing some people might not be aware of, this is all student run,” he said. “Everything we do is student run with the exception of anything that I may have a hand in.” Hagstrom’s advice for younger students wanting to get into sports media is to get involved early and often. He said this is a chance for students to learn before they graduate. “This is a chance for you to screw up, if you’re going to mess up, do it now because once you get out to the real world, it’s a much bigger headache,” he said. Despite being the only non-student in video services, Hagstrom said the students were not just his employees but his friends. Associate Athletic Director Andy Pettit had worked with Hagstrom on several projects, including
commencement. Pettit said Hagstrom would be successful wherever he lands. “I have a ton of respect for Chris, Chris was, if not the first, he was one of the first people here and one of the last people out,” Pettit said. “There’s a ton of respect if you can outwork people in this department, you’re something else because there’s a lot of people who put in a ton of hours here.” Reis said Hagstrom did not walk on water and he is not irreplaceable. “Everyone will be compared to him and that person will only be considered good if he or she does something better,” Reis said. Hagstrom has now assumed his new role in South Bend, Ind., but said he is still helping with the transition for the video services department. SIU alumnus Thad Jackson is taking Hagstrom’s role on a temporary basis until the athletic department can hire someone. Hagstrom said the thing he will miss most of all is the people, but it will be good to be close to his family again, considering he has seen his family only eight or nine times in the past seven years. Although he is looking forward to being a fan again Hagstrom said he will always be in the business of making fans happy. “I hope to continue, wherever I go, from South Bend and beyond, to continue delivering the best content, but always being able to entertain the fans,” he said.
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Salukis must win key games down the stretch TYLER DIXON Daily Egyptian After their upset of Northern Iowa University on Wednesday, the Salukis could not keep the ball rolling as they fell to the Bradley University Braves Friday by six points. SIU’s second half against the Panthers was one of the best halves it has played all season. The Salukis were not able to stop UNI junior Seth Tuttle, but slowed down other key players to get the win. SIU ended the game on a 16-2 run for its first home conference win of the season. The team played with passion, urgency and finesse in the final minutes of the win. Senior guard Desmar Jackson is becoming a complete player. He’s rebounding the ball well and his assist numbers are also rising. His defense is helping the team too. In the final seconds against UNI, Jackson made the go-ahead basket and then on the defensive end, had a crucial block to help seal the game. Sophomore guard Anthony Beane did not play well the first two Missouri Valley Conference games, but has been hard to stop after those two games. Beane has taken better shots but needs to be more vocal on the court. The loss to the Braves on Friday was tough. Jackson cannot carry the team by himself, as much as he is trying. He played 38 minutes in the loss to Bradley, and 35 minutes in
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the win against UNI. Hinson said he does not want Jackson to play that many minutes but it looks like he is going to have to for the foreseeable future. Attempting to read Hinson’s mind is impossible. A player who played at least 20 minutes one game, might not see the floor the next game. One of the biggest questions for the Salukis going forward this season is the post-position. Senior Davante Drinkard has solid post moves, but is not quick enough to be able to make those moves. Freshman Bola Olaniyan still cannot find time on the court. Hinson said repeatedly if a player does not work hard in practice then they would not play in the game. Junior Dawson Verhines played solid minutes against UNI but only 10 minutes against Bradley. Verhines had two fouls and did not attempt a shot in the loss. One freshman, Sean O’Brien, has risen above all others and will
be a dominant player in the MVC. O’Brien said he does not feel like a freshman anymore. In the next few years, O’Brien will be one of the top players in the Valley. The usual spark from the bench for the Salukis is sophomore guard Jalen Pendleton. However, he has not been as productive in the past three games. Pendleton is averaging 6.6 points per game in the last three contests. The Salukis will welcome the Drake University Bulldogs into SIU Arena Wednesday. The Bulldogs have a 10-8 record overall but are 1-5 in the MVC. The Bulldogs are led in scoring by senior Richard Carter who averages 18.3 points per game. SIU is currently ninth in the conference standings with Drake the only team in its rearview mirror. The Salukis have some very winnable games the rest of the season. Missouri State University sophomore Marcus Marshall is out for the season, which is a huge blow for the Bears. There are 12 remaining conference games and SIU cannot drop easy games. The toughest remaining games for the Salukis are against Wichita State University on the road and a pair of games against the Sycamores of Indiana State University. Tyler Dixon can be reached at tdixon@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @tdixon_DE or 536-3311 ext. 282.
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Sophomore guard Jalen Pendleton takes a jump shot Jan. 14 during the Salukis’ 68-66 win against the University of Northern Iowa at SIU Arena. Pendleton tallied eight points Friday as the Salukis were defeated 66-60 by Bradley University at the Peoria Civic Center. SIU hosts Drake University at 7:05 p.m. at SIU Arena.
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AARON GRAFF Daily Egyptian The swimming and diving teams had their final non-conference meet Monday in Champaign against the University of Illinois and Olivet Nazarene University. SIU came off a meet two days prior, but that did not stop both teams from beating Olivet 198-94 for the women and 147-133 for the men. However, the Saluki women fell 199.596.5 to Illinois. Coach Rick Walker said the team struggled the first half of the meet. “We walked into the pool pretty worn out,” he said. “It showed right off the bat. Both our men and women came out of the gate really stale.” Walker said the Fighting Illini coach indicated her team would be worn out. However, he said that was not the case with Olivet, as looked well prepared and fresh for the meet. The University of Illinois does not have a men’s team, so SIU’s men were only facing Olivet, and senior George Minkel said he did not expect the meet to be so close. “Honestly, at first no one really thought anything about them because they’re a smaller school,” he said. “We didn’t give ourselves a chance to compete as we should have.” Minkel said the Salukis have gone into meets with a loosingmentality and lost because of it. Walker said the meet came down to the final men’s race. “We had to win the relay to win the meet,” he said. Walker said he was disappointed with the start of the meet, but was proud of the men getting themselves back into the meet. Minkel said his shoulders are the sorest part of his body, but it is not an excuse. “Swimming is such a shoulder-heavy sport,” he said. “But I’m sure a lot of people are just as tired or even more tired than I am.”
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Junior swimmer Ella Otto, left, and sophomore swimmer Katy Ovington swim laps during practice Thursday at the Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium in the SIU Recreation Center. The team swept its events Saturday against Arkansas-Little Rock and Ouachita Baptist, but lost to the University of Illinois Monday at the sixth annual Splash Bash in Champaign. The team did pick up a win against Olivet Nazarene during the invitational. SIU will host Evansville University Feb. 1 at the Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium. Senior diver Brittany Weigel said she felt good, given the circumstances. “Any athlete is sore all the time,” she said. Weigel said diving uses the legs more and are a common part of the body to get sore for divers, but she still feels okay for the rest of the season. “Diving is a little bit different than swimming,” she said. “We don’t have the endurance with the arms but our main thing is our legs get tired.”
Senior Pamela Benitez said this meet was another fun challenge and she wants to do well in her last conference championship meet in February. “Right now, I’m focusing more on conference,” she said. Benitez said she wants to do well in her final meets as a Saluki and the team has been working hard all season. She said she likes SIU’s chances at the conference tournament. “Whatever the results are, I know that
Video services director moves on TYLER DIXON Daily Egyptian It is not often people get to know the man behind the camera, but Chris Hagstrom, former director of video services for Saluki Athletics, is hard to miss. From running around at basketball games to interviewing coaches, Hagstrom is a jack-of-all trades. Hagstrom left his position at the university to work as the Director Chris Hagstrom, former director of video services for Saluki Athletics, watches the last seconds of the Salukis 75-69 loss to the University of Evansville Jan. 11 in the video control room of the SIU Arena. The men’s basketball game was Hagstrom’s last after four years with the Salukis. Hagstrom is now a creative services consultant for Total Sports Entertainment and director of production for the South Bend Silver Hawks, a Class A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. SARAH SCHNEIDER DAILY EGYPTIAN
of Production for the South Bend Silver Hawks. The Silver Hawks are Class A affiliates of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Hagstrom’s dream was to be a broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs, which is why he decided to come to SIU. That was not the only reason he made the move to Carbondale, however. “It was the farthest away from home to get in-state tuition,” he said.
Hagstrom said the prestige of the radio and television program was a big influence on him attending SIU. While attending Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Hagstrom said he got involved in the radio station. He said he played sports growing up, but after suffering an injury that never healed properly, he could no longer compete.
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everyone worked pretty hard for that,” she said. “I’m really confident about the team doing its best job.” The Salukis have a week off before hosting their final regular season meet on Feb. 1 against the University of Evansville. Aaron Graff can be contacted at agraff@ dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @Aarongraff_DE or 536-3311 ext. 269.
Senior leads on and off court TONY MCDANIEL Daily Egyptian More than 4,300 miles and an ocean separate a senior tennis player from the place he grew up and his new found home. Rafael Cuadrillero was born in Madrid, but moved across the Atlantic to play collegiate tennis at SIU. Cuadrillero, who goes by ‘Rafa’ much like fellow Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, is in his final season with the Salukis. Cuadrillero will attempt to bring senior leadership to a young but talented team that is poised to make a run at a Missouri Valley Conference championship. Cuadrillero is not only a leader on the court but in the classroom as well. Cuadrillero’s 3.74 GPA is not only the team’s highest GPA, but among the best in the MVC. In 2012, his sophomore season, Cuadrillero was named
an MVC Honorable Mention Scholar Athlete. He followed up in his junior year by being named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete, and was also a MVC scholar-athlete first team member last season. Cuadrillero, a civil engineering major, attributes much of his success in the classroom to his time management skills, and the help he receives from the academic center. “We’re all student athletes, so we’ve all got to keep up with school and keep up with good grades, especially me,” he said. “I just try to get every A. For me, it’s not really that hard. As soon as you’re determined, I don’t find any difficulties.” Coach Dann Nelson knows how important it is to have a leader like Cuadrillero. Please see LEADS · 8