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Nigerian poet inspires black history play at McLeod Theater TYRA WOOTEN | @twootenDE

For the first time, one story of prominent civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois will be acted out on stage.

The production of “A Nightingale for Dr. Du Bois” — which examines the last weeks of the life of sociologist, historian and author W. E. B. Du Bois in Ghana — can be seen Thursday through Sunday in the McLeod Theater.

The show is put on by SIU’s Department of Theater.

While the play had a stage reading in February 2016, this is the first time the production has been acted out on stage, said Vincent Rhomberg, the theater’s coordinator of marketing.

The theatrical narrative will be portrayed through spiritual choir, West African dance and authentic costumes by a renowned Nigerian designer. A choir will sing spirituals and folk songs, and performancers will embody African masked dancers, Rhomberg said.

Part of Black History Month, the play was written by Femi Osofisan, a highly recognized poet and playwright whose work revolves around African social issues.

SIU associate professor Segun Ojewuyi, the theatre's head of directing, invited Chukwuma Okoye, an old

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Chris Weatherwax, co-owner of Saluki Dawgs, battles the steam escaping from inside his hot dog cooker while preparing one of his business' specialty hot dogs, the "Chicago Dawg," for a customer Saturday by Pagliai's Pizza on the Strip. Weatherwax and his friend Thomas Becker began the hot dog business in December. Weatherwax credits Saluki Ventures with helping them start and maintain their business. "Honestly, we wouldn't be doing this if it weren't for them," Weatherwax said. Saluki Ventures is a program within SIU's Office of Economic and Regional Development, which is at risk of losing its state funding if the university receives no state appropriations by July.

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Economic development office closure would be ‘great disservice’ to region MARNIE LEONARD AND LUKE NOZICKA @marsuzleo and @lukenozicka

For SIU undergraduate Thomas Becker, owning his own business has been a goal since growing up on his family’s farm in McLeansboro.

That objective became a reality in December with the help of the Office of Economic and Regional Development.

Now he and his business partner, recent SIU graduate Chris Weatherwax, can be

seen moving a hot dog stand among three different Carbondale locations on Fridays and Saturdays. “[The economic development center was] really the catalyst for us,” Becker said of starting their business, Saluki Dawgs.

“There’s a lot of red tape in business, and they helped us cut through it.”

Becker said their business would have never gotten off the ground if he and Weatherwax didn’t have the guidance they received through Saluki Ventures, a program

that supports student entrepreneurs.

This resource may soon be at risk.

The Office of Economic and Regional Development — which has helped nearly 3,000 people with their business development in the last decade — is one of 15 centers or initiatives SIU’s non-academic prioritization committee suggested could be cut off from funding if the university does not receive state appropriations by June 30.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Carbondale police investigating two Monday evening arsons NEWS STAFF| @DailyEgyptian

Carbondale police are investigating two arsons that occurred Monday evening.

At 7:25 p.m., Carbondale police and fire responded to Ashley Furniture at 715 E. Main St. for a fire, which was quickly extinguished, authorities said.

While the fire was contained to outside the business, smoke entered the building.

Authorities said the fire is suspicious, and they have no suspect information at this time.

There were no reported injuries.

About four hours later, Carbondale police and fire responded to an apartment building in the 100 block of North Gum Street for an arson. The fire was inside an unoccupied apartment at the complex.

It was quickly extinguished, police said, and was contained to that

apartment. There were no reported injuries.

During the investigation, officers arrested Arius Williams, 23, for aggravated arson and criminal damage to property. He was incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail.

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

Trump calls anti-Semitc threats to Jews 'horrible and painful' NOAH BIERMAN

Tribune Washington Bureau

President Donald Trump, under pressure for his reluctance to address a recent spike in antiSemitic threats, condemned them in forceful terms Tuesday during a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.

Trump spoke effusively about his tour of the new African-American museum on the National Mall, calling it a “meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and

hatred in all of its very ugly forms.”

He linked that lesson to bomb threats lodged against dozens of Jewish community centers around the country in recent weeks.

“The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil,” he continued.

The comments came shortly after a tweet by his former rival, Hillary Clinton, calling on Trump to speak out.

“JCC threats, cemetery desecration & online attacks are so troubling &

they need to be stopped. Everyone must speak out, starting w/ @POTUS,” Clinton tweeted.

Trump grew defensive when asked about the subject during a news conference last week, calling a question about how the government would respond “insulting” and telling an Orthodox Jewish reporter who asked it to sit down.

Trump reacted as though the allegation of anti-Semitism was directed at him, even though the reporter who asked it emphasized that it was not.

“I hate the charge,” Trump said. “I find it repulsive.”

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Chris Lampley, right, laughs with Sandra Roye on Sunday during a Splash & Dash Paint Party hosted by Lisa Hicks at StarView Vineyards in Cobden. It was the pair’s first time attending the paint party and Roye said they both appreciated the opportunity to be creative and de-stress. Hicks began holding the paint parties two years ago after her friends, who had attended similar parties in the city, encouraged her to start her own. "Most of my customers have never picked up a paint brush before and they think, ‘I can’t do art,'” said Hicks, an abstract-expressionist artist and retired Cobden and Pope County art teacher. “So I am enlightening them that they can do art, they can be creative and they can have fun.”

City makes way for Uber, Lyft to open in Carbondale OLIVIA SPIERS | @_spierso

The city council on Tuesday lifted municipal restrictions and added new designations to operate individual fare-based vehicles, paving the way for transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft to open in Carbondale.

The law previously required taxicabs to apply for special company licenses that vetted companies for auto insurance and scheduled regular mechanical inspections with a city-owned garage.

The changes favor companies that rely on ride-share applications and hire individual drivers to find passengers.

The new regulations also allow drivers to seek annual inspections and repairs through ASE-certified mechanics rather than only receive services through the city’s garage, in

hopes of generating local business, City Manager Gary Williams said.

Mayor John Henry said he listened to several parents of SIU students complain over the years about the safety and cleanliness of the city’s two taxicab services, Ace Taxi and Yellow Cab. “Many passengers said the cab drivers will just pick up other people while they’re in the car,” Henry said.

“We obviously need safer service.”

Carbondale resident Judy Carter advocated for the services during the public comments portion of the meeting, saying she feels unsafe driving in the city after dark. She also said many of her friends are leaving the city for communities with better public transportation.

“It’s a shame to see it happen,” Carter said. “But this will hopefully fix it.”

In other city council news: Sidetracks Bar & Grill demolition The city purchased the property located at 101 W. College Street for $45,000 where the old Sidetracks Bar & Grill still stands.

The business opened a new location at 610 S. Illinois Ave. in January but has kept both bars open during the transition. The older bar is slated to be demolished.

The acquisition will be used to extend an existing municipal lot that provides 48 parking spaces with new pay-by-space machines in preparation for the 2017 solar eclipse. The city expects 50,000 visitors to attend the event.

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classmate and friend from Nigeria, to SIU to design the production’s costumes, according to a university

Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko Africana studies professor Joseph Brown silently reflects during a vigil remembering victims of the Orlando shooting Aug. 31 in Grinnell Hall.

news release. Okoye is a professor of theater, costume design and dance at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.

Okoye admired Du Bois when he was studying African American literature in 1981, he said.

“I was reasonably familiar with his thoughts and theories of racism and black identity,” Okoye said.

“Du Bois influenced the whole of Africa.”

The Rev. Joseph Brown, a professor in SIU’s Africana Studies department, plays Du Bois. He said this production is extremely important, especially today.

“My ability to portray this character, I think is a very positive and powerful opportunity for me to be a teacher in a different setting,” he said.

Brown, who has been teaching for 50 years, said Du Bois is one of the most accomplished intellects of the 20th century for human rights.

“People like Du Bois are who

shape our destiny with courage, dedication and persistence,” Brown said.

Rhomberg said the story details the last few weeks of Du Bois’ life as he seeks to finish an encyclopedia of African American history with Nigerian President Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah.

Rhomberg said Du Bois wanted to escape racial tension in America and Nkrumah was dealing with the aftermath of British colonization. He said Fathia Nkrumah, the president’s wife; Shirley, Du Bois’ wife; and Col. Christine Debrah, DuBois’ caretaker, were the amazing black women behind their success.

Rhomberg said society tends to forget the people before them and all the work they did.

“Before you and I were born, there was history that created opportunity for now,” he said. “That's what moved me about this play.”

Nathaniel Washington, a senior from Evansville, Ind., studying musical theater, plays Nkrumah. He said playing the role is an honor.

“His legacy is something that will always be remembered not just through Ghanaian history but around the world,” Washington said.

Washington said there hasn't been a production that embodies these multicultural concepts in a while. He said it’s needed now more than ever.

- Chukwuna Okoye “This play not only represents the University of Ibadan theater professor ideals of Black History Month but it’s also a monument of true African culture,” “The play is a look at Africa’s fight “The role of women alternates as Washington said. for independence and its fight against oppression was fought for,” Rhomberg racial oppression in parallel to America’s said. “It changed the way women were in Staff writer Tyra Wooten can be reached fight in racial oppression,” he said. the society too.” at twooten@dailyegyptian.com.

“I was reasonably familiar with his thoughts and theories of racsm and black identity. Du Bois influenced the whole of Africa.”

Pulse Ozzy Osborne to perform near Carbondale during solar eclipse Wednesday, February 22, 2017

FRANCOIS GATIMU | @frankDE28

One of the biggest names in rock and roll will be headlining Moonstock, a southern Illinois solar eclipse themed four-day music festival hosted by Walkers Bluff in Carterville.

Ozzy Osborne is set to perform “Bark at the Moon” at 1:20 p.m. on Aug. 21 at the exact time the solar eclipse takes full effect.

The winery’s business development officer Doug Brandon said the winery will designate an area never used for a concert before in anticipation of around 15,000 people showing.

With the eclipse drawing people from all over the world to southern Illinois, the winery is also planning to open 80 acres inside their property for camping.

“There is already an expected 150 to 200,000 thousand people that are going to flood the area just because it’s the best place in the U.S. to watch the eclipse from,” Brandon said. “So when we add our event on top of that we thought that we probably should

Olivier Douliery | Abaca Press Musician Ozzy Osborne performs at the Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall on Oct. 30, 2010, in Washington, D.C. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held the rally, which tens of thousands of people attended.

provide some lodging.”

Until then Walkers bluff will be spreading the word through their wines, offering a “Solar Red Wine on a national scale” Brando said.

Tickets will go on sale Feb. 21,

coinciding with the six-month countdown to the eclipse.

Staff writer Francois Gatimu can be reached at fgatimu@dailyegyptian.com

'The Importance of Being Earnest' auditions opening soon TYRA WOOTEN | @twootenDE

SIU students and community members can audition next week for the Stage Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

The production — a comedy about the main characters attempting to maintain false identities to avoid social duties — is written by Oscar Wilde and directed by Lee Brackett.

Set in the early nineteenth

century, the play’s characters are of the upper middle class in the British colonies. Auditions will be at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27 through March 1 in the Varsity Center at 418 S. Illinois Ave. The director is seeking four female and five male actors ages 20 to 60 years. Actors who can elicit an English accent will receive priority consideration.

A copy of the script will be available in advance at the

Carbondale Public Library, according to a news release.

Rehearsals begin March 7. The production will be April 21 through 23 and April 28 through 30.

For more information, contact director Lee Brackett at lee. brackett@gmail.com Staff writer Tyra Wooten can be reached at twooten@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @twootenDE.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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The Daily Egyptian is publishing a series of stories to examine the effect those proposed cuts would have on the university community.

This is the fifth in the series.

University spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith said the Chancellor's Planning and Budget Advisory Council met on Thursday with interim Chancellor Brad Colwell and is expected to release its initial report to him on Thursday. Colwell is still reviewing their suggestions, Goldsmith said.

The non-academic prioritization committee suggested cutting $500,511 from the economic development center’s state funding, but its executive director, Kyle Harfst, said its state funding for fiscal year 2017 totaled $426,747.

Goldsmith said the numbers differ because SIU pulled salaries for vacant positions across campus during the continuing state budget

impasse. These funds would be returned to units if they are given administrative approval to fill those vacancies, she said.

If those cuts were implemented, Harfst said the economic development center would shut down.

“If that goes away, our office goes away,” Harfst said. “Under the current model, there’s just no way we could make it work.”

The center is projected to receive $2.2 million in state, federal and foundation grants this fiscal year.

Most of these grants require a match from the university, which means if state funding is cut off, the center would be unable to pursue grant money.

Harfst said previous cuts have already begun to affect the center’s ability to serve students.

The economic development center, and specifically the Small Business Development Center, has also been operating with significantly reduced staff compared to the last few years,

Harfst said. Three years ago, the center had 30 employees, including five graduate assistants and six student workers. There are 21 employees at the center now, including six student workers but no graduate assistants.

“If we keep up with these cuts, we lose the ability to be known as an innovative and entrepreneurial university,” Harfst said.

In 2015, the economic development center helped 34 businesses get off the ground or expand, and held 37 training seminars for 629 participants.

During the last 10 years, the center has helped start or expand 504 businesses and helped 2,967 clients with their business development.

Harfst said local business outreach gives support to current and aspiring business owners through technical assistance, financial and expansion guidance and social media training.

One of those businesses is Thermaquatica, which uses an

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017 environmentally-friendly process to convert solid, low-quality waste products to high-value chemicals and products, said its founder and chief technology officer, Ken Anderson.

Using oxygen and water, Anderson and his team can run coal — valued at $10 or $15 a ton — through their process and within seconds, convert it into a water soluble liquid. The end product can be refined to help make plastics, and can sell for thousands of dollars a ton, he said.

Anderson, who has been a professor in the university’s geology department for more than 13 years, described the economic development center as a jewel in the crown. He said his business, which employees six people, would not exist without help from the center.

“The millions of dollars that have flowed into this region directly through Thermaquatica … would never have come here were it not for the opportunities that the [Small Business Development Center] gave us,” Anderson said.

Thermaquatica, which was created in 2010 after six years of researching the waste-converting process, is now patented worldwide, and its employees are involved in a multi-million dollar project with an Australian company.

It is housed in the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center at 150 E. Pleasant Hill Road in the Research Park.

Anderson said he is not sure what would happen to Thermaquatica or where it would move if the center closes.

The Small Business Development Center was created to help promote the economic well-being of the region, Anderson said. It was connected to the university because it was convenient, he said, and already had all the resources needed to function.

Unlike the other institutes and centers that are facing cuts, Anderson said, the Small Business Development Center has a primarily communityoriented mission.

“The [Small Business Development Center] was never intended to be a university asset — it was a community asset,” he said. “If the university kills it, then the university is doing the

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community a great disservice.”

While he understands the university’s perspective, Anderson said it’s unfortunate the small business center could be jeopardized to protect SIU’s core mission.

“Unfortunately, the service aspect tends to be an easy target when teaching and research are threatened,” he said. “In this case, I think that would be short-sighted.”

than $600,000 a year company.

But for Novoa, a father of triplets, it’s not about the money, he said, but the 13 full-time contractors he employs.

“It was difficult for them to take a risk on a guy like me,” he said of the investors that work closely with the Small Business Development Center.

“No money, nothing. Just a carpet layer with an idea.”

“We have a certain obligation beyond just providing for the young, talented adults at the university. We need that connection between the academic community and the region.”

- Kyle Harfst executive director of the Office of Economic and Regional Development

Like Anderson, Mark Novoa, owner of Ground FX Flooring, which specializes in the sale and installation of flooring, said his business would not exist today without the center.

The company operates out of a 20,000 square-foot warehouse in Herrin and travels to customers’ homes in a 30-foot-long, airconditioned trailer, which Novoa said is the largest mobile showroom for flooring in the country.

Novoa, who has been in the flooring business for more than 20 years, said the economic development center helped his company obtain a grant, establish a business plan and orchestrate its marketing strategy.

“It really has been a great tool for us, which is why it just kills me — the thought of [the economic development] being removed,” Novoa said. “All it’s going to do is hurt all the entrepreneurs that need that little push.”

The flooring business started with a $40,000 grant from Champion Community Investments, and since 2010, has grown to become a more

Harfst said the loss of the economic development center would hurt the larger community because there is no other place in the region that provides such extensive support for people who need help starting a business.

“We have a certain obligation beyond just providing for the young, talented adults at the university,” Harfst said. “We need that connection between the academic community and the region.”

Anderson said this kind of center is crucial, especially for southern Illinois.

“We’re in an economically depressed, rural region,” he said. “Getting new businesses established here is hard. … And the more difficult you make that, the smaller the crop of businesses will be.”

Staff writer Marnie Leonard can be reached at mleonard@dailyegyptian.com.

Staff writer Luke Nozicka can be reached at lnozicka@dailyegyptian.com.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Members of the Bloody Roses celebrate after beating the Black Hearts by 287-214 on Saturday in a coed scrimmage at the Pavilion of the City of Marion. The matchup was organized by the Southern lllinois Roller Girls.

Britt Beiter, of Murphysboro, reacts after her team, the Bloody Roses, scores a point Saturday in a co-ed scrimmage organized by the Southern lllinois Roller Girls in Marion. Beiter has been a member of the Southern Illinois Roller Girls for six years. She said the event is a good way to start the season.

Athena Chrysanthou @Chrysant1A

Roller derby announcers Josh Lynn and Kris Schachel give play-by-play updates from the sideline of a scrimmage match called the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on Saturday in Marion.

Bill Lukitsch @lukitsbill

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Bill Lukitsch | @lukitschbill The Black Hearts and Bloody Roses play during a scrimmage match called the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on Saturday in Marion. The Black Hearts lost to the Bloody Roses by 287-214 during a coed mixer organized by the Southern Illinois Roller Girls.

Down and derby ATHENA CHRYSANTHOU @Chrysant1Athena

Cristyn Farris sat in a row among her fellow roller derby teammates, ready to set her roller skates on the competitive track for the very first time.

Five months of practice prefaced Farris’ first match Saturday night, where two area roller derby leagues, the Southern Illinois Roller Girls and the Brigade of Handsome Gentlemen, joined for a coed mixer in the Pavilion of the City of Marion. The scrimmage game, called the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, was a contest of speed and strength between The Bloody Roses and The Black Hearts.

Farris, a resident of Marion and a recent graduate of SIU’s fashion design program, said she expected to suffer from what roller derby players commonly refer to

as “jamnesia,” meant to describe the loss of memory from a first competition because of the high adrenaline and physical demands of the sport. She described the experience as “a whirlwind.”

“There’s adrenaline going on,” she said. “There was definitely parts that I remember and specific hits I remember.”

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, a coed scrimmage held annually, welcomes skaters from different leagues in the region. Roller derby players from Midstate Mayhem and Capital City Hooligans leagues travelled from Springfield to compete.

Amanda Nelson, team captain of the Southern Illinois Roller Girls, said the event is the first one of the season and gives the team a chance to have fun and show fans a good game. Ticket proceeds fund

the rest of the season for Southern Illinois Roller Girls, with the next competitive derby on March 25.

Skaters reflected the theme of the event by dressing in black, pink and red outfits. Some wore glittery makeup and sported stage names on their backs such as “Kooch,” “Shirley Temper” and “Chewee Bomb.”

The names are part of the alter ego that comes with being part of roller derby. Skaters sometimes choose names based on favorite movies, personality traits or famous people.

The game is set up with five skaters from each team on the track at one time. The “jammer,” identified with a star hat worn over a protective helmet, scores points by lapping members of the opposing team.

The rest of the team members are known as blockers. Their objective is to help the jammer through

Bill Lukitsch | @lukitschbill Game referee Sarah Butcher, known by the alias “Crash Damage,” confers with other game officials Saturday during a scrimmage match called the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in the Pavilion of the City of Marion. The Bloody Roses beat their opponents, the Black Hearts, by of 287-214 during a coed mixer organized by the Southern Illinois Roller Girls.

the pack and score points. The blocker’s job consists of aggressive movements, which can sometimes result in serious injury.

Gina Crain, a former member of Southern Illinois Roller Girls for three years, traveled from Springfield to attend the scrimmage. She said one of the unique aspects derby provides is the opportunity it affords skaters to dress up how they like and express their individuality.

“Sometimes a lot of people that skate are professionals in their jobs so they don’t get a chance to let out their

colored hair or tattoos,” Crain said.

“In derby, anything is accepted.”

After the bout, Farris reflected on the camaraderie among other derby players, saying the friendship she’s built with other teammates is something that attracted her to the sport.

“I don’t get as much of the fun interaction in everyday life as a hairdresser,” Farris said. “It’s not the same sort of feeling and atmosphere.”

Staff writer Athena Chrysanthou can be reached at achrysanthou@dailyegyptian.com.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Opinion

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It’s time for SIU to divest and become a leader in fighting climate change Letter to the editor submitted

by Students Embracing Nature, Sustainability and the Environment When former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited campus in December he spoke about the need for governments, ordinary citizens and institutions like universities to help lead the way in tackling one of the greatest problems of our day: global climate change. He even left us with a challenge.

“Even in the universities, there are many areas where you can make sure you don’t make greenhouse gas emissions and you use sustainable energy," he said. "Can you promise?”

In addition to the historic achievement of bringing a UN Secretary General to speak on campus, it was announced the same day that SIU would join the United Nations Academic Impact Program, which gives academic institutions the opportunity to work in association with the U.N. to develop projects that uphold the organization’s sustainable and humanitarian values.

The UN has for years been at the forefront of the international effort to combat climate change.

During Ban Ki-moon’s tenure as Secretary General he made this one of his core objectives and helped lead the way to the historic passing of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, which brought 194 nations together to agree upon taking action to combat climate change through the limitation of greenhouse gas emissions.

Now, if SIU truly supports these values, we must ask ourselves: are we doing as much as we can as a university to contribute to the fight against climate change?

Certainly, this question is more important than ever.

With 2016 now recognized as the hottest year on record and 16 of the top 17 warmest years having occurred since 2000, there’s no room for doubt that our climate is changing, and at least 97 percent of climate scientists agree that it’s extremely likely due to human activity.

Incredibly, Donald Trump, our now supposed president, has consistently put into doubt this

File photo | Daily Egyptian SIU's power plant is seen from a pedestrian overpass above South Illinois Avenue on Oct. 30 in Carbondale.

widely agreed upon concept, and plans to push us backwards in the fight by slashing emissions regulations and pressing for further development of fossil fuel use. He even stated an intention to withdraw the United Sates from the Paris Agreement, which would hugely undermine international efforts to tackle climate change.

We find ourselves now at an incredibly dangerous point in history. With a president who represents a legitimate threat to human rights, international relations and the environment, and with our climate quickly reaching a point of global catastrophe, SIU must stand up for the ideals that will protect its students and the world at large.

This will require more than simply stating support for values like diversity and sustainability. It’ll require proactive action that directly works to defend these and other values, as well as to progress us in the battle for change. This is why S.E.N.S.E. is calling on SIU to take up a leading role in the movement to solve the climate change crisis.

SIU, in fact, already has a strong history of pro-environment initiatives.

The Green Fee — used to fund sustainable projects around campus every year — is one such example and has led to countless impressive actions since its establishment in 2009 after a student-led campaign.

We should also be commended for the many recognitions we’ve received for environmentallyfriendly efforts such as our consistent inclusion in The Princeton Review’s “Green Schools” guide and last year’s designation of SIUC as a “Bicycle Friendly University” by the League of American Bicyclists. There is much credit that should be given

“We find ourselves now at an incredibly dangerous point in history.

With a president who represents a legitimate threat to human rights, international relations and the environment ... SIU must stand up for the ideals that will protect its students and the world at large.” to the students, faculty, and staff who have worked tirelessly to make our university as environmentally friendly as it is.

But, for all the many ways SIU excels in sustainability, it unfortunately still lag sorely behind in others. Take the Power Plant on the Carbondale campus — the towering eye-sore that many of us groan about under our breaths but is rarely brought into legitimate conversation.

It’s time to start that conversation.

While the plant is burning nearly 50,000 tons of coal per year to help provide heating, cooling, and electricity to the campus, it’s also contributing to climate change, polluting our air and serving as a symbol to all those who know or visit SIU that we’re stuck in the dirty past of fossil fuels.

Also brought into conversation should be the research into fossil fuel technology that takes place at SIU. Many of these technologies, such as advanced coal (another name for so-called “clean coal”), are only furthering development of a dying industry that’s wrecking the planet while also putting off the renewable energy development we really need. In addition to all this,

we’ve confirmed that SIU actively invests in fossil fuel companies through mutual and index funds that include fossil fuel stocks. It’s hard to say we support action on fighting climate change when we ourselves are both funding and profiting from the industry that’s most responsible for it.

That brings us to our first challenge for SIU. Roughly three years ago our organization kicked off a campaign, in solidarity with a growing number of similar ones at colleges and universities around the world, asking SIUC to halt all new and remove all current investments in fossil fuel companies and to reinvest that money in sustainable solutions.

In spring 2015 we passed a resolution through the Graduate and Professional Student Council which acknowledged their support for our campaign. Now, as of late November of last year, the Undergraduate Student Government has passed a similar resolution we created for them saying they support SIU cutting their investments in fossil fuel companies.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Saluki baseball completes sweep against Stetson in season opener JONATHAN THOMPSON @TheReal_Jt3

SIU men's baseball went threefor-three against Stetson over the weekend in the season opener.

After a dominant performance on Saturday when SIU won 7-0, the Salukis ended the road trip by beating the Hatters 8-4 in the final game.

Southern scored all eight of its runs in the first two innings — seven of which came in the second.

Junior second baseman Connor Kopach tripled for the Salukis first at bat. Later on, junior left fielder Greg Lambert had a sacrifice fly RBI as he brought Kopach home for the first run of the game.

Things got interesting in the second inning.

The Salukis got three singles in a row, and a stolen base by junior third baseman Drew Curtis led to the Salukis' first run of the inning.

Two more of the Dawgs stole bases and got to second and third.

Freshmen right fielder Jared Kengott was then walked, loading the bases for SIU. Kopach struck out, swinging on the next at bat for the first out.

Senior right fielder Ryan Smith singled, which kept the bases loaded and brought another Saluki in to score.

Lambert sacrificed again and another SIU player scored.

Junior first baseman Logan Blackfan was walked, once again loading the bases for Southern.

With the bases loaded, junior designated hitter Jake Hand hit an inside-the-park grand slam to stretch the Salukis' lead to 8-0.

SIU managed to get three other players on base, but Kengott struck out swinging to end the inning.

There wasn't much action until the sixth inning when Stetson scored three runs in the inning.

Two Hatters singled before freshmen left fielder Andrew MacNeil was walked, thus loading the bases for Stetson.

Stetson got two base hits in a row, bringing two runners home.

The Hatters scored again after freshmen third baseman Chis Tidwell doubled to bring home another runner.

Stetson found success in the next inning as MacNiel doubled, which brought first baseman Mike Spooner home to push the score to 8-4.

After two successful endings, the Hatters looked poised to make a comeback. But thanks to consistency from SIU's pitching, they held on to the lead and walked away with a series sweep.

Senior lefty pitcher Joey Marciano was given the win.

SIU rode some big momentum after a 7-0 shutout on Saturday.

The Salukis scored six of their seven runs in the final two innings — three in each.

Lamberet was 3-4 batting and had two RBI's. Senior pitcher Michael Baird (nine K's) was given the win.

The Salukis look to continue their success at 3 p.m. on Tuesday against Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Staff writer Jonathan Thompson can be reached at jthompson@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @TheReal_Jt3.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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SIU women's swim and dive can't repeat; finishes second in MVC Championships SEAN CARLEY | @SeanMCarley

One year after dramatically ending Missouri State's eight-year tenure as Missouri Valley Conference champions in its home pool, SIU's women's swimming and diving couldn't quite repeat last year's magic.

The Salukis couldn't quite catch Missouri State and had to settle for second place in the 2017 MVC championship Sunday, finishing 183.5 points behind the Bears.

Southern clinched second while without multiple key components of last year's championship squad. Junior Kelsie Walker did not compete and sophomore Oliwia Okaj was not on the scoring team.

SIU had five swimmers — sophomores Audrey Snyder and Jordan Ries; juniors Nicole Fuller and Bryn Handley and senior Lauren Stockton, as well as junior diver Rachel Williams — finish in the top three in their events to earn first-team All-Conference honors.

Handley led the Salukis throughout the meet by picking up all three of SIU's individual victories as well as earning the women's swimming and diving Elite 18 award for the conference.

Her performance in the 1650-yard freestyle was arguably the most dominant outing of the meet. The Louisville native held the lead at every split in the race from start to finish, eventually opening a gap longer than a length of the pool heading into the final turn.

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms SIU junior Bryn Handley swims the 500-yard freestyle race Dec. 3 during the Saluki women's team's 155-143 loss to Missouri State at Edward J. Shea Natatorium.

Handley and her teammates, junior Kelsie Walker and senior Lauren Stockton, took the top three places in the 500-yard freestyle event.

She then proceeded to drop her nearly 35 seconds. Her final sprint second-fastest split of the entire event was good enough for her to finish (28.51 seconds) to beat Stockton by in 16:29.21, edging out the "B" standard necessary — 16:30.59 — to be eligible to compete in the NCAA championship in March.

Handley also won the 200 and 500yard freestyle, as well as anchoring the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team with Stockton, Fuller and Ries.

That win in the 800-yard freestyle relay helped SIU stay within striking distance at the end of the first day of the meet, only two points behind Missouri State, 74-72.

SIU took the lead after all four members of the 800-freestyle relay team

SIU had five athletes — swimmers Audrey Snyder, Jordan Ries, Nicole Fuller, Bryn Handley and Lauren Stockton, as well as diver Rachel Williams — earn first-team All-Conference honors.

finished in the top six of the first event the next day, the 500-yard freestyle. Handley came up just 17 hundredths of a second short of the NCAA "B" standard for the event in her victory.

However, Missouri State had five swimmers finish in the top six of the next event to reclaim the lead and never looked back.

Later in day two, Williams became the fifth Saluki to earn her all-conference honors, finishing second in the onemeter dive. She also finished third in the three-meter dive.

Fuller earned her all-conference honor with a second place finish in the 200-yard butterfly.

In addition to the first-team members, freshmen Payton Parman, Laura Carver, Madeleine Cieszynski and Samantha Parsons; sophomores Emma Brazeau and Jess Peck; and senior Sarah James earned honorable mention AllConference honors.

While the women's season is now over, the men's team will compete in the Mid-American Conference championship March 1-4 in Shea Natatorium in the Student Recreation Center.

Staff writer Sean Carley can be reached at scar@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @SeanMCarley.

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Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill Senior forward Kim Nebo is blocked by Evansville Purple Aces freshman guard Macie Lively on Friday during SIU's 74-61 loss to the Aces at SIU Arena.