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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Peyton Kross, of Little Rock, Arkansas, takes a selfie while in the character of Lady Boi on Saturday during a break in the Golden Gays Drag Show in the Student Center. "Right now is our time to be as loud as possible," Kross said. "Whenever someone's oppressing you or bullying you, you don't get scared and cower in a corner. You fight back or you're not going to get anywhere. So right now with the concerns and fears that are circulating, it really is our time to be as bold and as crazy and as statement-making as possible. That's why I have giant neon yellow hair on right now." To read more, please see page 8.

Polar Plunge on campus Page 3

Campus celebrating Women's History Month in March Page 5

New report on prioritization of budget cuts Page 7

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Tunnel of Oppression returns for 10th year DIAMOND JONES | @_dimewrites

The Tunnel of Oppression has returned for its 10th demonstration meant to show examples of the oppression minority groups experience in contemporary society.

The free event, organized in the university’s series to commemorate Black History Month, is open from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday in Lower Level Grinnell.

Event organizers are asking that anyone under 17 years of age not participate because of the subjects presented.

Shadashalin Pierce, president of the Black Togetherness Organization, said the event allows “people to see the different challenges someone goes through on a daily basis.”

“This is important because people have a general perspective of oppression that a group goes through,” Pierce said.

“The tunnel will expand that perception and hopefully bring a better one.”

This year’s tunnel covers social issues including racism, colorism, body-shaming and women’s rights.

The interactive displays, designed by registered student organizations, show

original videos, visuals and live-action theater to showcase various forms of discrimination.

Groups of up to 10 participants are guided into the tunnel, where they can spend up to five minutes each in six connected rooms that address various forms of oppression in contemporary society. Counseling staff is on hand at the event to prepare participants and provide emotional support after viewing the demonstrations.

The group gives participants the brown paper bag test, which was used in the 20th century to approve or deny entry to public places based on skin color.

“Being a woman of color, actually of all different colors, we have all either witnessed or experienced colorism,” said Patrice Phillips, president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club. “We want people to know what it feels like.”

“We want people to know what it feels like.”

- Patrice Phillips, president of the National Association of Colored Women's Club

The National Association of Colored Women’s Club, a newly inducted student organization, was tasked with handling the topic of colorism. The group conducted a small social experiment by interviewing students on campus about their personal experiences with and opinions of colorism.

Phillips said she hopes the organization’s performance will attract more people, and that everyone on campus should experience “a reality check.”

“What people are going through can be challenging at times,” Pierce said. “Those trials and tribulations can define who they are and how they go about their daily life and processes.”

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Polar Plungers aid Special Olympics in cold weather FRANCOIS GATIMU | @frankDE28

Lucas Etherton shivered in his neon green leotard at the thought of taking a plunge, looking at the frigid waters through the fabric alien eyes of his face mask.

He walked into the knee-high water while family members watched from the crowd, and dunked himself into a pool.

“It’s much harder coming out of the water than it is getting in,” Etherton said soon after emerging from the waters into the 34 degree outdoor air.

Etherton, along with 151 other participants, took part in the Carbondale Polar Plunge on Saturday at the SIU Recreation Center. The event, held in conjunction with the Donut Dash 5K run, is an annual fundraiser hosted by the university to support Special Olympics athletes.

Twenty six teams were represented, not including individual jumpers, with members wearing everything from event sweatshirts to costumes like the alien suit.

“It's much harder coming out of the water than it is getting in.”

- Lucas Etherton

Close to $30,000 of the $55,000 goal were raised for the Special Olympics Saturday thanks to individuals and teams fundraising for the Polar Plunge.

Volunteer staff led teams to an aboveground pool holding 3,000 gallons of water outside the Recreation Center.

Many teams opted to hold hands while taking the plunge, with the occasional solo diver who went in head-first.

Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto John Wojcik, a senior from Des Plaines studying marketing, takes a dip during a Polar Plunge event Saturday outside the Recreation Center. Wojcik said this was his third year plunging and fourth year volunteering at the Polar Plunge. “It goes to a great cause,” Wojcik said. “It’s icy cold for a couple seconds, but you feel great after.” The plunge raised money to support the Special Olympics.

It was the second year the plunge was held in the Recreation Center.

The event usually takes place at Campus Lake, but was moved because of an ongoing lake cleanup.

“When you go to a new site, you don’t know how the flow of the event will go,” said Linda Wunder, regional director for Special Olympics Illinois, adding that the plunge helps raise funds for local Special Olympics athletes.

Participants were required to raise a minimum $100 in donations for a chance to jump into icy waters. All plungers received a complimentary sweatshirt, with a $1,000, $500 and $250 prize for places first through third.

A large turnout came in support of the event, with a total of 152 plungers accompanied by friends, family and co-workers. Many of the spectators came out to watch those they had supported financially go through with the plunge.

“I want to see my co-workers get soaking wet and complain that it’s cold,” said Ronald Mertz, from Our Directions, a Herrin facility that

employs people with disabilities.

Mertz said he looked forward to the “camaraderie of the staff.”

Lori Spillman, a teacher at Unity Point School, came with seven other teachers in homemade costumes. It was Spillman’s ninth time plunging on Saturday, and she said her group has been planning their participation for the past year.

“It was sleeting one year when we did it at Campus Lake,” she said, unperturbed by the current plunge conditions.

Clint Meyer, a Pinckneyville correctional officer, came with his wife, Heidi, and about nine of his co-workers to support the event.

“I’m not afraid of the cold water,” he said. “It’s simple, just jump in and jump out and be done.”

Clint Meyer took the plunge for the first time Saturday in part to support children he knows who have special needs, including his son.

“It’s a good cause to support,” he said.

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

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Women's History Month with March event series OLIVA SPIERS AND DIAMOND JONES @_spierso and @_dimewrites

A series beginning in March to highlight Women’s History Month is set to include insights from local female innovators and nationally recognized women.

The university organized the monthlong series of events ranging from women’s panels to fashion shows to commemorate women in history. The events follow the National Women’s History Project theme: “Honoring Trailblazing Women in Labor and Business.”

“People forget we are still working for equality,” said Nicole Tabor, a graduate student for SIU's Women’s Resource Center. “It might never happen if we stop fighting.”

Tabor said she planned this year’s events specifically to “highlight the women we see every day.”

Joy Degruy, a researcher, educator and author of books and studies that focus on the trauma of African American slaves, will speak March 7 at the opening ceremony of a new art exhibit in Morris Library called "Honoring Women in Business and Labor." Degruy will also present a discussion on the concept of ‘Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome,’ in the Student Center.

Melinda Yeomans, the associate

director of the university’s honors program, is scheduled to speak with students on March 23 about the importance of female leadership.

Yeomans developed courses in six university majors and is vice president of the Illinois Network of Women in Higher Education.

Also scheduled to speak is Kayla Reed, hall director for Wall & Grand Apartments. Her presentation is called “The Leading Lady: Being a Kick-Ass Woman in the Working World.” “[Reed] is the epitome of empowerment,” Tabor said. “She shows how important it is to never give up.”

Sarah Prindle, humanitarian and fine arts librarian, is hosting a screening of the documentary film “Regarding Susan Sontag” Wednesday in Morris Library’s Guyon Auditorium.

Prindle described Sontag as “a political and outspoken intellectual figure to women’s history.”

“One of the things we're seeing now is there are a lot of women in political and leadership positions,” Prindle said. “It’s important to recognize and advocate the positions of women in power.”

Prindle said although the advocacy toward women’s rights has improved from a decade ago,

“People forget we are still working for equality. It might never happen if we stop fighting.”

- Nicole Tabor, a graduate student for SIU's Women's Resource Center

Abbey La Tour | @LaTourAbbey

there’s still a lot of ground to be covered, such as wage inequality between men and women in the workplace.

Prindle said even though the university’s financial situation is troublesome, student coordinators managed to showcase the importance of women in history and relate what they’ve done to present times.

“As for young women coming up now, they will see the accomplishments of the women presented this month and think, ‘That’s possible for me,’” Prindle said.

Campus reporter Diamond Jones can be reached at 618-536-3325 or djones@dailyegyptian.com.

Campus reporter Olivia Spiers can be reached at 618-536-3326 or ospiers@dailyegyptian.com.

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In a Trump town, feuding runs deep BARBARA DEMICK | LA Times

They were not exactly a rowdy bunch. The youngest at the table was a 47-year-old town supervisor, seated with her 10-year-old son; the others were retirees.

They had just ordered a round of drinks, and were in the process of telling a reporter and videographer how much they loved Donald Trump when the manager of the bar came up and requested in not-exactly printable terms that they leave immediately.

"Get your show out of here," is the expurgated version of what he said to a local Republican politician who had organized the gathering at this town's only bar.

"I guess he's not on the Trump train," Suzanne Aldinger, a retired county employee and Republican committee member, said with a sigh after the group shuffled out of the bar and settled into a barbecue restaurant a few doors down.

She said she was angry at first but then slightly thrilled. "I have to wait until I'm almost 70 years old to get kicked out of a bar," she added with a grin.

The quick exit is an example of how President Donald Trump, in towns large and small, has both energized and disrupted. Warsaw is a village of 5,000.

Politics is highly personal. Feuds date back to high school.

And Warsaw is, for the most part, gaga about Trump. "Trump-Pence" yard signs still poke out of melting snow: Enthusiasts put up fresh signs after Nov. 8 to flaunt their victory and even enclosed them in wooden frames to make them permanent fixtures.

Wyoming County, as a whole, was the most pro-Trump county in all of New York, handing the Republican 73 percent of its votes.

The Trump supporters are angry and a little mystified, watching as big-city dwellers down in New York City — and some of their town's minority of Democrats — have taken to the streets

Caroyln Cole | Los Angeles Times In the town of Warsaw, New York, residents like Bill Cummins, 50, are happy President Donald Trump is getting to fulfill his campaign promises. "He is doing exactly what he said he would do," said Cummins, a retired correctional officer at a prison.

"That's what I like."

over Trump's early pronouncements on immigration, security and health care.

"I think he has done more out of the gate than any other president," said Vanessa McCormick, who runs a family-owned furniture store and serves as town supervisor of neighboring Java.

Although the county is traditionally Republican, McCormick, who organized the aborted gathering at the bar two weekends ago, says that many independent and even Democratic voters turned to Trump this year.

The district's Republican congressman, Chris Collins, who has acted as an unofficial liaison for Trump in Congress, assured reporters recently that, "in our district, his approval rating is through the roof. His supporters know that he's delivering."

"I was with him from the beginning," said 50-year-old Bill Cummins, a bearded former corrections officer. He sports a tattoo of the heavy metal band Metallica and loves the president so

much that friends joke they expect him to get a Trump tattoo.

The plans to deport immigrants in the country illegally, the wall on the Mexican border, the ban on travelers from some Muslim countries, the promised repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the sparring with the media — check — Cummins approves of it all.

"He is doing exactly what he said he would do. That's what I like."

To the extent that he has reservations, Cummins said he is uncomfortable with the emotions engendered by Trump — a phenomenon borne out by polls that show people either love or hate the president.

"Around here you either like Trump or you're out protesting. People won't accept that Trump won. We didn't go out and protest when Obama won," said Cummins. "I don't like it that people are so divided."

Warsaw is not exactly a bastion of ultraconservatism. In the 19th

century, the town was a stronghold of abolitionism; the historical society boasts that a former congressman who lived here, Seth Gates, turned his home into a safe house for escaped slaves. Another illustrious former resident, Ella Hawley Crossett, was a leader of the New York suffragette movement.

Chatting over drinks, Trump supporters here did not voice any antipathy to immigrants or any other minorities. They praised the industriousness of Mexicans employed at the nearby dairy farms, in contrast to what they said were a large number of unemployed white residents living on social benefits.

Everybody who supports Trump has their own reason, but their explanations revolve around common themes: too much government regulation, too many taxes, too few jobs. So many employers have vanished — the knitting mills, the pottery factories, the

retailers — that residents can barely remember their names.

"We used to have a five-and-dime store in Warsaw, men's clothing shops, women's clothing shops, a grocery store ... and from what I've seen at the historical society, there were big hotels and stagecoaches coming down the road," said Aldinger.

"I liked the way it was back in the '70s and '80s," Cummins said.

Many of the gripes expressed here have to do with state, not federal government, but the discontent has turned voters away from the Democratic Party. Even more numerous than "Trump-Pence" signs are other signs calling for the repeal of a 2013 gun law championed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo that, among other provisions, restricted assault weapons.

Many voters simply wanted change.

Dan Bass, owner of the barbecue restaurant and an attached tattoo parlor, and the drummer in a band called the Ball Cheeze Psychotics, says he usually voted Democratic, until the last election.

"If you're eating the same hot dog for 200 years, you want to try something different," Bass said.

"Trump struck a chord. I figured, let's try him. How much damage could this one guy do?"

Other swing voters who made the switch included Walter McCormick, a 55-year-old farmer, and Vanessa's husband.

At the farm that has been in his family since the 1800s, McCormick reeled off a list of federal and state regulations that he blames on Democrats. Farmers can't drain wet spots in their fields without approvals. As of Jan. 1, they can no longer shorten the tails of dairy cattle, a once-common practice that farmers say is more hygienic.

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Morgan Timms | Morgan_Timms Grant Edwards, a freshman from Bloomington studying computer engineering, examines cards from one of his decks Sunday as he explains to Jake Jacobs, of Herrin, strategies behind the card game Magic: The Gathering at GameFuzion in Carbondale. Edwards first began playing Magic about six years ago after his brother stopped playing and gave Edwards his entire collection of cards. "It is not an easy game to play," Edwards said. "You should only play it if you want to spend a lot of time and money for a lot of fun. But it's not a cheap hobby." Edwards plays twice a week in the Sunday and Friday tournaments at GameFuzion.

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wanted for armed robbery DAILY EGYPTIAN NEWS DESK

Carbondale police are searching for a man wanted in connection to an armed robbery that occurred Sunday at an area gas station, authorities said.

At 2:38 p.m., police responded to the Kroger Fuel Station at 501 N. Giant City Road for a report of an employee robbed with the threat of a gun. The employee told police the suspect inferred he had a handgun and demanded money and store merchandise, police said.

The suspect is described by police as a black male with light complexion, roughly 27 years old, standing 5-foot-11 and weighing about 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray and blue hooded sweatshirt with gray sweatpants and attempted to conceal his face with a black cloth, authorities said.

The police report indicates no gun was displayed during the robbery. The suspect was last seen walking southwest from the gas station.

Police did not disclose the

amount of money or items taken from the store.

No one was injured during the robbery, police said.

The Carbondale Police Department is asking those with information about the case to contact them at 618-457-3200 or the call Crime Stoppers, an anonymous tip line, at 618-549- 2677.

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

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SIU releases new report to prioritize potential budget cuts LUKE NOZICKA | @lukenozicka

The university on Thursday released a report to highlight feedback and prioritization of SIU’s non-academic program review and identify areas for potential budget cuts.

After prioritization of the initial report, the 15 centers or initiatives that may be slated for dramatic cuts to state funding are still at risk. Some of these initiatives include the university’s Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, WSIU Public Broadcasting and Counseling and Psychological Services.

Directors of these centers have said the cuts outlined in the university’s Non-Instructional Program Review Committee’s report would significantly harm their units, and in some cases — such as SIU’s Office of Economic and Regional Development and Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory — would lead to their closure.

The committee suggested these units could become self supporting, with the goal of eliminating state funding by 2022. This is expected to save the university $5.5 million in five years.

In the newest report, the Chancellor’s Planning and Budget Advisory says it “worked assiduously” to review the recommendations outlined in the original report. The council said the findings are fluid and still being considered.

University spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith said it is “just one more piece” to inform the chancellor’s thinking on these issues.

The chancellor’s council prioritized 12 larger proposals from the first report in the order of which has the greatest financial impact to the university.

Eliminating deficit spending is at the top of that list, followed by cutting state funding to the 15 centers and initiatives.

Cuts to the centers would not be the first implemented in recent years.

They suffered a permanent 10 percent

reduction in state funding in fiscal year 2016, according to the initial report.

Others saw additional cuts in fiscal year 2017.

In late January, SIU President Randy Dunn said these centers are what make SIUC a unique campus.

“If we just start doing away with those things, I’m afraid we’ll never get them back,” Dunn said at the time.

The council put exploring savings related to employment practices and identifying opportunities for shared services near the top of that list. It also prioritized the committee’s suggestions to explore outsourcing and review administrative organizational structures for cost saving opportunities.

The group — chaired by Michael Behrmann, chairman of SIU’s automotive technology department — also prioritized:

This would help ensure the information in the contracts remains secure and prevents duplicate or redundant purchases, according to the non-academic prioritization committee’s original report. This process has already started, and SIUC and SIUE have so far saved $1 to $2 million in the past two years.

Other recommendations the council says should be pursued now include: - Moving forward with the full implementation of HireTouch, an automated employee hiring service that would streamline some procedures. The initial report says HireTouch would reduce the amount of paperwork from department to department and improve efficiencies in data entry, sharing and approvals, among other procedural issues.

- Holding employees accountable for appropriate use and timely reconciliation

administrative and organizational structure and aiming to reduce or eliminate administrative costs.

Another suggestion is identifying an “appropriate and consistent level of support” for the university’s athletics department.

In the original report, officials say although state funding allocated to Saluki Athletics is less than 1 percent of the annual funding for the campus, that money does not cover the current operating costs of the program.

“The athletic department deficit spending is not sustainable in the long term,” the non-academic prioritization committee wrote in the original report. “Given the significant deficit, a major review of the athletic operation should be conducted with the goal of developing a clear, executable plan with measurable targets.”

“If we just start doing away with those things, I'm afraid we'll never get them back.”

- Randy Dunn SIU President

- Ensuring accountability for and compliance with existing policies and guidelines - Generating revenue to reduce reliance on state appropriation - Streamlining business processes and workflow - Enhancing efficient use of technology - Exploring efficient use of facilities The chancellor’s advisory council also outlined six items from the report that “appear to be easier to quickly implement.” One of these is to consolidate the university’s software contracts and purchasing with those from SIU-Edwardsville and the SIU School of Medicine in Springfield.

of purchasing card expenses, which the university says reduces paperwork, speeds the purchasing process and returns more than $300,000 in rebates each year to SIU, according to the initial report.

- Continuing to monitor the progress of strategies that have been implemented to increase on-campus enrollment.

SIUC reported a total enrollment of 14,636 students for the spring semester, more than 12,600 of whom take classes on campus.

The chancellor’s advisory council also outlined 10 recommendations it said may be more difficult to implement or may require further analysis, such as reviewing each college’s

In January, Saluki Athletics announced it will eliminate its men’s and women’s tennis teams July 1. During the same announcement, the department also said it will reduce the number of men’s swimming scholarships.

Other recommendations the council said could be more difficult to implement include: - Seeking direction to reduce number of days for Extended Sick Leave benefit and non-accruable sick days.

- Changing the Extended Sick Leave benefit policy to require employees to use 10 days of his or her accrued vacation or sick leave before ESL is effective.

- Plant and Service Operations

developing a cost analysis of services and benchmark.

- Evaluating units that are not selfsupporting to determine a reasonable plan to reduce and ultimately eliminate state support.

- Identifying units that may be moved to different reporting lines to maximize shared services and efficiencies.

- Identifying deficit spending units and establish formal repayment plan.

- Exploring other alternative sources of revenue that serve to advance the university’s mission.

The university’s Non-Instructional Program Review Committee held its first meeting in February 2016.

Since July 2015, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the state Legislature, including House Speaker Michael Madigan, have failed to come to an agreement on a state spending plan. Because of this, public universities are searching for ways to continue operations with the assumption some funding could be cut permanently.

Two stopgap measures passed through the Legislature in 2016 totaled $83 million in financial support for the SIU system. Those funds, for the most part, were used to pay the bills from the 2016 fiscal year, officials said.

SIU started the 2017 fiscal year “basically back at zero” and is dipping into the reserves again, Dunn has said.

Though the university is not in a position where closure is being considered, Dunn has said it would be difficult for SIU to continue functioning for another 18 months without having to “dismantle big parts of the university operation.” Should no appropriations be made by June 30, the university president said SIU would be “running on fumes.”

Staff writer Marnie Leonard contributed reporting.

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

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Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre Kara Belle, a drag queen from Champaign who helped begin Saluki Rainbow Network's drag show in 2002, and Da'Veon Burtin, a senior from Chicago studying theater whose stage name is Rain Garnette Moore Foxx, get ready Friday before the Golden Gays Drag Show in the Student Center.

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Peyton Kross, of Little Rock, Arkansas, reaches for a bill while in the character of Lady Boi on Saturday during the Golden Gays Drag Show in the Student Center. "Drag is purely artistic expression," Kross said. "When theater people dress up as characters of a play, we dress up as the most ridiculous women we can imagine. Whether you're trying to be sexy or funny or scary, it's using femininity as a juxtaposition. Most of what we're saying and we're doing is calling attention to these people who don't believe in gender abnormalities."

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Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Julie Socorro, of Murphysboro, who performs as Faim Lee Jewls, fixes her outfit Saturday before the Golden Gays Drag Show in the Student Center.

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Crumpled dollar bills and a wig lay on a bench packed with makeup Saturday during the Golden Gays Drag Show in the Student Center.

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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Peyton Kross, of Little Rock, Arkansas, points to the crowd while in the character of Lady Boi on Saturday during the Golden Gays Drag Show in the Student Center.

"Honestly drag has really helped me figure out who I am as a person," Kross said. "With any gay kid growing up, you struggle with being too feminine or too this or too that.

Drag has really put into perspective that yes, I have feminine qualities, but that doesn't make me wrong or sinful. So drag has really just given me this incredible creative outlet. It's performance, it's music, it's fashion, it's hairstyling — all these things that I love so much and I found a way to bring them together."

Drag show colors the night OLIVIA SPIERS | @_spierso

Da'Veon Coria Burtin’s glitter eyeshadow shimmered in the spotlight as he strutted across the stage.

The 21-year-old student from Chicago, who performs drag under the stage name Rain Garnette Moore Foxx, kissed friends and fans as they handed him dollar bills and howled in excitement.

The show, put on by the Saluki Rainbow Network, brought in a full house Saturday night to the Student Center ballrooms, where people of

all ages danced and raved while the drag queens and kings grooved to upbeat music.

Burtin said drag has helped pull him out of depression. After eight failed suicide attempts over his lifetime, he said he now “has the confidence to carry on everyday life because of drag.”

“Before I felt like I always had to defend myself,” he said. “I thought the easy way out would be just to die.”

After starting drag two years ago, Burtin said he no longer has suicidal thoughts. Doing the shows, he said,

“shows him how to be his inner-self.”

For Burtin, revealing Rain meant arriving nearly three hours before the show to paint his face with makeup and put on his fishnet tights and heels in the bathroom across the hall from the ballrooms.

“I’m a social butterfly, so drag came really natural to me,” Burtin said. “I just want my audience to be happy.”

Hostess Julie Socorro announced the queens and kings of the night while members of the audience swarmed the catwalk. After they were announced, the performers

strided onto the stage, shaking their hips and lip synching to pop music.

Fans shrieked as Socorro introduced Kara Belle, a drag queen from Champaign. Belle said her 15year drag career started in Carbondale after a dare from a friend.

“Drag and the real world are so different, but I’ve learned so many life lessons,” Belle said.

Socorro, who has performed under the name Faim Lee Jawls for 12 years, also introduced four amateurs, including Jaye Schmidt, a junior from Champaign studying psychology.

Schmidt took the stage with Socorro, the woman who inspired her love of drag. Schmidt said at her first drag show, she saw Socorro perform and was brought to tears.

Schmidt said since starting drag, she feels more open about identifying as queer, despite years of bullying.

“There’s so much support here,” Schmidt said. “I couldn’t imagine not doing drag now.”

Staff writer Olivia Spiers can be reached at 618-536-3326 or ospiers@dailyegyptian.com.

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Before hanging up their jerseys, three Salukis remember their time on the court JONATHAN THOMPSON @TheReal_Jt3

On Saturday the SIU men's basketball team sent their senior off right with a victory against Loyola.

Senior guards Mike Rodriguez and Leo Vincent and forward Sean O'Brien have left a mark on SIU's program during the guards' two years with the team and O'Brien's four years.

Coach Barry Hinson said what he'll miss most about his three senior are "Vincent's optimism and cando attitude, Rodriguez's smile and O'Brien's growth and leadership."

O'Brien ranks 26th in scoring (1,221), ninth in rebounding (775), 12th in blocks (70) and eighth in career starts (119) — including 26 straight. Both Vincent and Rodriguez reached 500 Saluki points on Saturday.

Hinson still remembers the first day he met O'Brien almost five years ago at an Amateur Athletic Union game.

"He's a little unusual — he can play a little bit of every spot," Hinson recalled his former assistant coach Tom Henkins saying that day. "...Come to look at it five years from there the guy has played every position on the floor for us. It's really been a fun process to watch him mature."

The four-year starter said he sees the game much better now.

"Basketball is a tough sport when you're playing on your heels," O'Brien said. "What I've improved most on in the last few years is when I do make mistakes, instead of getting tentative after that, I just let it go and stay aggressive. I have the ball in my hands a lot. I'm not always going to make the best play. I just have to stay confident in my abilities."

Rodriguez had high praise for his teammate, adding," He's like another point guard on the floor. I've never played with someone who can pass the ball just like me."

Rodriguez, a 5-foot-10-inch guard has been the primary ball handler and floor general for the Salukis the past two years. He led the team in scoring this year by posting 12.8 points and dishing out 10 assists, which was good for fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Rodriguez, who came to SIU from junior college, had to grow into that role. He said his first couple of practices helped mold him into the player he is.

"I think we scrimmaged and I played really well," the Boston native said of his first practice. "The second day I don't think I scored, I think I had like 11 turnovers on the day, because I didn't know the plays so I was just jumping in the air to pass to nobody. I was all messed up."

Now, two years later, Rodriguez is a leader on the floor.

"I know what to expect every day," he said. "I know what to do to get my teammates ready for practice and stuff like that."

Hinson said Rodriguez may be the fastest player with the ball he's ever coached.

"Mike had to adjust his speed down to the division one level because he was so fast," Hinson said. "We're recruiting a guard right now, and the other day I asked 'Is he as fast as Michael?' and he says, 'Coach, there's nobody as fast as Michael with the ball in his hands.' so I think that's the ultimate compliment to Michael Rodriguez."

Vincent, who also came to SIU from a junior college, said SIU has taught him the value of perseverance, which he wants to pass on to next year's team.

"Continue to keep working hard," he said. "You never know when [it will be] your chance to be that next [guy] up. You have to be ready. Just continue to work hard and get better every day."

Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto Senior forward Sean O'Brien puts up a shot during Assistant coach Brad Autry and senior guard Leo Vincent celebrate the Salukis’ 72-70 win against Loyola on Saturday near the conclusion of the Salukis’ 72-70 win against the Loyola at SIU Arena. O'Brien led the Salukis in scoring with Ramblers on Saturday at SIU Arena.

17 points.

Staff writer Jonathan Thompson can be Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto reached at jthompson@dailyegyptian.com Senior guard Mike Rodriguez goes toward the basket during the Salukis’ 72-70 win against Loyola on Saturday at SIU Arena. Rodriguez scored 13 points in the game. or on Twitter @TheReal_Jt3.

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Salukis sweep season series with Bradley for a senior night victory JONATHAN THOMPSON @TheReal_Jt3

SIU women’s basketball gave seniors a last hurrah at SIU Arena when the Salukis beat Bradley 6963 during their last home game of the season.

All three of SIU’s seniors reached double digits in scoring Sunday afternoon — guard Rishonda Napier had 10 points and seven assists, forward Carlie Corrigan scored 15 and forward Kim Nebo had a double-double by scoring 14 points and grabbing four boards.

“I felt like our seniors were ready to play,” coach Cindy Stein said. “They really helped lead the way … It’s pretty much just great leadership by them that really pulled us through.”

After leading by as much as 16 easy on, the game got tight in the final minutes.

Bradley went on first a 7-0 run, then a 5-0 run capped off by a 3-pointer by senior forward Leti Lerma, making the score 63-60 with 44 seconds remaining.

The Braves fouled Southern twice and made both pairs of free throws — junior guard Danielle Brewer made another 3-pointer with 20 seconds remaining.

That was too little to late as Corrigan made two more free throws for SIU, sealing a 69-63 win.

“They were going to do everything they can to get back into this game,” Stein said.

Lerma finished with 22 points and six rebounds.

Junior guard Kylie Giebelhausen scored the first baskets of the game for the Salukis, an and-one layup that put SIU up by three.

SIU (14-13, 9-8 MVC) controlled the game in the first quarter, only trailing once in its entirety. They went in to the second with a 23-16 advantage.

Southern continued its success in the second as they pushed their lead to 11 when senior forward Corrigan made a 3-pointer, making the score 31-20.

Corrigan’s 3-pointer also sparked a 6-0 run that put SIU firmly in control of the game.

Bradley (10-18, 6-11 MVC) showed some fight and cut the deficit to just eight points after freshmen forward Chelsea Brackman split a pair of free throws late.

But thanks to a free throw made

by Giebelhausen and a midrange jumper by Napier, the Salukis went into halftime with a 41-30 advantage.

“We battled,” Stein said. “I think that’s the biggest thing, and they make you battle. If you don’t battle they’re going to take over.”

At the start of the third, teams traded baskets until Bradly went on a 5-0 run — cutting the deficit to just six.

But then Nebo got a big offensive rebound and scored immediately, which stopped the run and started a 4-0 run by the Salukis.

The rest of the quarter was a boxing match as the teams scored back and forth. SIU went into the fourth with a 43-33 advantage.

The Salukis play their next game at 6 p.m. Thursday against Indiana State in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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

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Dramatic final match seals perfect weekend for men's and women's tennis SEAN CARLEY | @SeanMCarley

For a few moments on Sunday night, the outlook looked bleak for SIU women's tennis to finish off an undefeated weekend of matches on both the men's and women's side.

SIU held a 3-1 advantage against NAIA Lindsey Wilson College thanks to winning the doubles point as well as singles victories from juniors Athena Chrysanthou and Xiwei Cai. The Salukis needed just one more individual win to clinch the team victory but were trailing in each of the remaining three matches.

The Blue Raiders won two more matches to force the final matchup still going — SIU senior No. 1 Ana Sofia Cordero versus LWC sophomore No. 1 Alex Shchipakina — to be the decisive one.

In the time the other two matches finished, Cordero dropped the first set 7-5. She came back to win the second 6-1 and by the time the determining set began, all teammates and fans for both schools had shifted their attention to the match.

Cordero kept the momentum and finished off the match by winning the final set 6-2, handing Shchipakina only her fifth collegiate loss of her career. "[Cordero] was having a kind

of rough weekend inside with her matches and she's better outside so it just took her a set to get her momentum back," said director of tennis operations Audra Anderson.

The win clinches a six-win weekend for Saluki tennis — easily its most successful of the year.

"3-0 on the weekend and 6-0 overall with the guys," Anderson said. "This was a big home weekend.

This was a big adjustment for us since it was our first real match outdoors ... and in this kind of weather, but they persevered."

This was the second close match of the day for the women's team as it faced Tennessee-Martin earlier Sunday and came out on top, 4-2.

After SIU won the doubles point, Cordero, senior Polina Dozortseva and junior Vitoria Beirao each won their singles matches to seal the victory.

The Saluki women also won against Southeast Missouri 6-1 on Friday to start the weekend.

Meanwhile, it was smooth sailing for the men's team all weekend as it picked up a 6-1 win on Friday against Eastern Illinois, a 4-0 win on Saturday against Northern Illinois and a 7-0 win on Sunday against Lindsey Wilson.

Even though the final team scores looked lopsided, Anderson said the matches were much closer than the

numbers said. "[Lindsey Wilson] is a NAIA team, but they're loaded with Division I players who just didn't make it for one reason or the other," she said. "If you saw the scores, they were incredibly close, so it was a great match for us to have."

National No. 58 doubles team of senior Piotr Baranski and junior Alex Pozo moved to 6-0 on the season together with three victories on the weekend. In Saturday's match, the two had to fend off the Huskies on match point eight times to win in an 8-6 tiebreak.

Baranski, Pozo, senior Wilder Pimentel, junior Michal Kianicka and freshman Param Pun each went undefeated on the weekend in singles.

"I think all the guys came out at a good level," said graduate assistant coach Jonny Rigby after Friday's victory. "Obviously it was good for our confidence."

The three wins per side pushed the men's winning streak to seven matches and a 7-1 overall record, while the women bounced back to an even .500 record at 4-4 in what will be the teams' final season after a decision was made by the university to cut the tennis teams as a result of the state budget impasse.

"Our motto is 'everyone is a senior' this year," Anderson said Friday. "I'm

Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Junior Vitoria Beirao returns a serve Friday during the Salukis’ win against Southeast Missouri State University at the Garden Grove Event Center in Carbondale.

seeing them gradually get into that women's team will face Louisville role. ... There's that sense of urgency at 3 p.m. Friday and Indiana at 4 now ... you want your team and your p.m. Saturday. family to get that win."

Both teams travel for matches Staff writer Sean Carley can be next weekend. The men's team will reached at scar@dailyegyptian.com face Iowa at 6 p.m. Friday while the or on Twitter @SeanMCarley.

Two Salukis selected for All-League awards JONATHAN THOMPSON @TheReal_Jt3

Three days before the conference tournament, two SIU men's basketball players received conference awards.

Senior forward Sean O'Brien was named to All-MVC second team and junior forward Thik Bol selected to the All-Defensive team

Tuesday morning.

O'Brien averages 12.4 points (No.16 in the MVC), 8.5 rebounds (No. 2) per game and led Southern to a 16-15, 9-9 MVC regular season record, which was good to tie for third place in the conference.

Loyola coach Porter Moser on Saturday following a 72-70 loss to the Salukis, said O'Brien was his pick for All-League, calling him

"phenomenal."

O'Brien had 17 points, 13 rebounds and five assists against the Ramblers.

He is the second Saluki in as many years to be named to an allconference team after then-senior Anthony Beane was SIU's first All-MVC first-team member since 2008.

Bol was named to the All-Defensive

team, largely thanks to his prowess at rejecting opponents' shots.

He tallied a conference high 73 blocks — fifth-most in single-season SIU history and tied for first with Missouri State's Obediah Church with 2.4 per game.

The Sudan native recorded seven blocks — the second most in school history — against Loyola on Saturday.

Both O'Brien and Bol will be back in action at 2:30 p.m. Friday against Loyola in the quarterfinal match of the Missouri Valley Tournament at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

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

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Luke Nozicka | @lukenozicka Freshman guard/forward Tiajaney Hawkins hugs senior forward Kim Nebo on Sunday after SIU’s 69-63 win over Bradley at SIU Arena. Nebo, who was recognized as one of the team's senior players after the game, scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in her last home game.