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University plans events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month OLIVIA SPIERS | @_spierso

The Women’s Resource Center and the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program have organized a series of events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in hopes of educating students on college rape culture.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month begins Saturday with the national theme “Engaging New Voices.” The university events begin April 12 and focus on outlining the facts of rape culture and the traumas victims face after assault.

At SIU, 13 people reported acts of sexual assault in 2015 according to the Clery Act report. The number of reports tripled compared to the previous year, surpassing incidents reported at larger campuses like the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and Northwestern University.

“The problem fundamentally comes down to statistics,” said Meghann Pytka, WGSS assistant director. “It’s really of epidemic proportions.”

According to National Sexual Violence Resource Center statistics, more than 90 percent of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault. Those same statistics show that one in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college.

Pytka said many sexual assault victims feel isolated when trying to cope with post-assault traumas, which makes spreading awareness essential.

Lauran Schaefer, president of the WGSS student organization, was assaulted twice — once in high school and a second time in college.

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Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell Justin Reed, of Littleton, Colorado, lies on his nephew Emilio Reyes, 6, Saturday after the SIU Men’s Rugby 27th Anniversary All Fools Rugby Classic at Sam Rinella Field.

SIU volunteers prepare for The Big Event

Four finalists submitted for chancellor position

Murphysboro shelter helps animals find homes

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University hosts its first 'Big Event' after two years of planning DIAMOND JONES | @_dimewrites

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More than a dozen SIU departments and off-campus sponsors will come together Saturday to present the largest student-run service day in Carbondale.

The Big Event, a nationwide community service project, makes its debut in Carbondale with help from 1,000 students, faculty and staff. Volunteers will participate in community projects alongside local nonprofit organizations that work toward improving the area.

Nick Weshinskey, co-director and University Program Coordinator, said the function’s committee has been planning the event for the past two years.

“We want to make sure it’s flawless and that participants feel as though they’re a part of something big,” Weshinskey said.

Weshinskey said the original idea came from Texas A&M University, where the administration thought an event should be held to show community appreciation. Founded in 1982 and involving more than 10,00 participants, the event is now celebrated on more than 100

campuses in the U.S. “This is an event where it’s not meant to make any money or what we can get out of it,” Weshinskey said. “It’s about what we can give back to the Carbondale community.”

knowledge on cases of cancer and autism, make mats for homeless people, plant flowers and trees and assist with food pantries and blood drives.

“I hope everyone completes this event with their heart full of

“This is an event where it's not meant to make any money or what we can get out of it. It's about what we can give back to the Carbondale community.”

- Nick Weshinskey co-director and University Program Coordinator

Participating organizations include Touch of Nature, Carbondale Main Street, Green Earth, Inc., the Humane Society, Keep Carbondale Beautiful, Boys & Girls Club of Carbondale, American Cancer Society, SIU’s Leadership Development Program, Autism Society of Illinois-Southern Illinois, Stay Safe Family Fun Fest and For Kids’ Sake.

Volunteers have the opportunity to take part in a city-wide cleanup, strengthen advocacy and

pride,” Weshinskey said. “I want them to feel like they were a part of something bigger than any of us.”

The Big Event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at various locations on and offcampus. More information about the university’s Big Event can found on its webpage.

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

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Ballads of Makanda

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Jenny Johnson, a musician and master’s student in mass communication and media arts from Makanda, performs Sunday in her thesis exhibition, Ballads of Makanda, on the Makanda Boardwalk. Johnson, who described her style as a blend of bluegrass, soul, ragtime, jazz and folk music, performed six songs she wrote in celebration of the Makanda community.

“There’s just something very special to me about Makanda,” Johnson said. “I feel relieved to have finished and also that, yeah, I could do this everyday. It’s kind of bittersweet.”

Carbondale asks residents to help tell its story DAILY EGYPTIAN NEWS DESK

The City of Carbondale is asking residents to participate in a community-involved marketing campaign to craft a new brand for the city.

Creating the new brand will involve research generated from focus groups, community meetings, surveys and interviews with local and regional leaders, according to a Monday press release from the city. Information and involvement

opportunities can be found at www.brandingcarbondaleil.com.

The public's help is needed with "uncovering and telling Carbondale’s unique story," according to the release.

The project is part of a partnership between the city and North Star Destination Strategies, Inc., a marketing firm based in Nashville, Tennessee.

The $49,000 contract discussed during the city council’s February meeting shows the company

estimated a re-branding process would last through September 2019.

Carbondale Mayor John “Mike” Henry said at the earlier meeting that the plan would include a survey of the Carbondale community and surrounding areas to “get an idea of what everyone thinks about the city.”

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

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Stats By School: Sexual Assault- Where Do We Stand?

SIU has the highest amount of recent reported sexual assault cases, surpassing both University of Illinois and Northwestern University with 13 cases in the last two years.

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“I'm not over the assaults,” Schaefer said. “Many survivors believe there will be a day at the end of some long process where they're all better, but the truth is we often move in and out of ‘being okay.’”

Schaefer said sometimes survivors can be emotionally numb after assaults or easily triggered by stressful situations.

“I’m a survivor,” Schaefer said. “And it’s important when people attempt to understand the survivor’s perspective.”

The events are intended to break down college rape culture and discuss why survivors are unjustly blamed for their assaults, she said.

Nicole Tabor, coordinator for the Women’s Resource Center, said the events are meant to discuss the negative experiences that are related to sexual assault and provide a safe space to suggest some possible options for university improvement.

“Sexual assault is an issue that affects diverse communities in

different ways,” Tabor said.

Tabor said the coordinators planned a Denim Day display and discussion on April 26, in coordination with the national campaign, which was sparked by a 1999 Italian Supreme Court ruling that overturned a rape conviction.

uncomfortable or complicated for victims to report assaults,” Tabor said. “But it happens, and there are resources available here to our victims.”

An international women’s panel is scheduled for April 12, which

“The problem is rampant on college campuses. That's why events like this are always important.”

- Lauran Schaefer president of the WGSS

The reasoning in the judgement was based on the victim’s clothing.

Because the victim was wearing tight jeans, the justices decided she must have helped her rapist remove her jeans, thereby implying consent.

The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim.

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Schaefer said the event coordinators intend on continuing as a monthly function to keep awareness thriving.

“The problem is rampant on college campuses,” Schaefer said.

“That’s why events like this are always important.”

Staff writer Olivia Spiers can be reached at ospiers@dailyegyptian. com, 618-536-3325 or on Twitter @_spierso.

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A St. Louis man pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to a felony weapon charge related to the Easter Sunday shooting that killed a Carbondale musician one year ago.

Dwayne Dunn Jr., 21, submitted his plea in Jackson County Court exactly one year after he was arrested for firing a Smith & Wesson handgun toward the sky, according to a release from the state’s attorney’s office.

The maximum penalty for the offense is three years’ imprisonment.

Dunn is scheduled to be sentenced on May 24.

The charges stem from the March 27, 2016, shooting that left Tim Beaty, 41, dead and another man wounded in the 400 block of West Walnut Street. Police responded to reports of shots fired at a large party and later determined that an altercation between two men led to the gunfire.

The other man suffered injuries that were not life threatening

and recovered at a St. Louis-area hospital.

Two other defendants in the case, John Ingram and Tyler Travis, each face charges of murder and aggravated discharge of firearms in the killing. The two men allegedly acted in concert with one another, firing rounds indiscriminately toward a crowd of people and the house where Beaty resided.

A warrant was issued for a fourth suspect, Daniel Holmes, who has not been caught. Holmes is also wanted in connection to what police called an unrelated shooting that took place days after Beaty was killed.

Police have said Beaty was an uninvolved bystander killed by a stray bullet while in his home.

Witnesses to the incident who spoke to the Daily Egyptian on the condition of anonymity said Beaty saved their lives that morning.

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Search committee submits 4 finalists for chancellor position LUKE NOZICKA | @lnozicka

The committee tasked with searching for the next permanent leader at the Carbondale campus has submitted four finalists to the university’s top officials.

Laurie Achenbach, dean of the College of Science who chaired the Chancellor Search Advisory Committee, on Friday said the group sent SIU President Randy Dunn and the SIU Board of Trustees four names of people they say should be considered for the chancellor position.

The 18-person search committee, created by Dunn in October to help find candidates to fill the position held by interim Chancellor Brad Colwell, met seven times for two to three hours each, Achenbach said. The group interviewed seven semi-finalists via Skype in January, February and March.

Achenbach said the committee was looking for candidates who showed a strong commitment to student success and diversity, displayed experience in strategic planning and possessed the ability to form a vision for the campus.

The 18 committee members, four of whom are students, were also seeking candidates who demonstrated fiscal responsibility, she said.

“I think, like anyone on campus, I would like to see someone who has the fortitude to steer us through these increasingly difficult financial times,” Achenbach said of what she personally hopes for in the next chancellor.

In the past 20 years, the university’s largest campus has had 11 different leaders, including one year when Dunn filled the position along with his regular duties as the university president. During those years, the longest sitting chancellor was Walter Wendler, who held the post from 2001 to 2006.

Others remained in the position for far fewer years, such as Fernando Treviño and Jo Ann E. Argersinger, who each served as chancellor for a year.

Achenbach said she would like to see

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the next chancellor stay in the position for longer.

“We need that stability at the upper levels — especially now,” she said.

The committee is now tasked with developing the questions and selecting the panelists for the on-campus interviews, which are expected to take place in April. Dunn and the board of trustees will decide who is invited for oncampus interviews, and are able to select additional candidates, Achenbach said.

The university spent less than $10,000 on advertisements for the position, which

Achenbach said is likely more than was spent on the last search. Officials in November said ads were placed in print and online editions of numerous outlets, including The Chronicle of Higher Education and Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

The group decided not to use an outside consultant for the search.

The previous search for a permanent chancellor was initiated after the death of interim Chancellor Paul Sarvela in November 2014. That search was suspended in June 2015 after the

preferred candidate withdrew from consideration, citing concerns over the state’s budget impasse.

Achenbach, who served on that search committee, said it is always a concern that candidates could pull out, but she has no reason to believe the four finalists selected this time would.

Dunn, who acted as president and chancellor after Sarvela’s death, appointed Colwell to the interim position in October 2015. Colwell, whose appointment was approved by the board of trustees for up to two years, makes

$295,000 a year before benefits.

About 20 years before his appointment, Colwell worked across the hall from Dunn as an assistant professor in SIUC’s department of education administration and higher education.

It is unclear if Colwell applied for the permanent position, but has said he hoped to be considered.

Achenbach would not comment when asked about the four candidates.

The finalist is expected to take over July 1, officials have said.

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Illinois higher education leaders need a state budget HERALD & REVIEW DECATUR, ILL.

When it comes to the ongoing state budget stalemate, just about every group has a story to tell.

Social service agencies, local school districts, businesses that go unpaid for months on end, public employee unions — the list goes on. Throw higher education onto the pile, too. It is obvious that higher education, as an institution, is worried.

As was made clear at a recent Herald & Review Editorial Board meeting, it’s not so much that colleges and universities are going to shut their doors. They are not.

Rather, it is their very real inability to plan for the future that has

university presidents such as Illinois State University’s Larry Dietz both concerned and deeply frustrated.

As Dietz told the board, “If the impasse continues, at some point a higher education disaster will occur.” What does that mean? No one can really say — and that’s the issue.

As Dietz and other officials representing the Illinois Coalition to Invest in Higher Education — including Illinois Wesleyan University President Eric Jensen, Heartland Community College President Rob Widmer and Southern Illinois University System President Randy Dunn — all pointed out, the frustration is not having a budget.

Dietz said passage of a budget —

even one with huge cuts — “would represent stability. … The worst thing is not knowing.”

Institutions of higher learning, they said, are willing to adjust to the changing financial environment, but they can’t determine that unless they know — year in and year out — the level of state support they’re going to get.

A good example that affects both public and private institutions is the Monetary Award Program (MAP grants), the financial aid that literally allows thousands of students to attend college. Lack of a state budget means not knowing how much funding will be available for MAP grants, but none of the presidents is open to the idea of suspending the program to save

money.

That, they said, runs counter to one of their core principles — providing a quality education to as many students who want one. As Dunn put it, “We’re not going to do that to our students and region …

We’re not going to play that card.”

Rather, they want to see Gov. Bruce Rauner — whom they clearly see as part of the problem — and the General Assembly to start seeing higher education as an investment. They correctly point out that their institutions are economic engines in their own communities, but argue that higher education is not seen that way at the state level despite the fact that they are producing future employees and entrepreneurs that

are vital if Illinois is to grow.

Without fair funding, Widmer said, students are not getting a full learning experience — class sizes rise, staffing shortages occur and schools cannot afford proper equipment. Then there is the “brain drain” issue whereby search firms sweep into Illinois to lure away top faculty and staff with offers of better times in other states.

Higher education leaders are ready to make decisions — in many cases, very tough ones. But they cannot because no one in Springfield is willing to do the same.

As we have stated many times before, that lack of leadership, that inability or unwillingness to make tough decisions is not only unfair.

It is a travesty.

Efforts at budget compromise missing at Statehouse THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER

Isn’t it nice that senators and representatives came together earlier this month to welcome the Chicago Cubs’ World Series trophy when it appeared at the Statehouse?

They filed into the House to laud the Cubbies, smiling as they took pictures with the trophy and Cubs great Ryne Sandberg. One would have hoped that seeing a tangible achievement of what can happen when a group of people actually work together to accomplish a goal might have been an inspiration to get their own act together.

But this is the Illinois Statehouse, so we know better.

It’s not surprising then that what needed to make an appearance — but didn’t — was any visible effort to keep the Senate’s “grand bargain” budget proposal on a path toward passage.

Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, and Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, who had

been working for months on a bipartisan compromise to end the budget impasse now in its 21st month, started calling the 12 interlocking bills for a vote Feb. 28. Five passed, but that effort faltered the next day when Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office said more work was “needed to achieve a good deal for taxpayers.”

All Republicans but Radogno indicated they would not vote for the remaining seven bills. If Republicans wanted changes, earlier this month was the time to discuss them, reach a compromise and get those measures approved and over to the House, where an equally challenging battle to get the deal approved awaits.

So what are they waiting for?

If they need motivation, it’s not like the week wasn’t filled with fresh, even worse news about the state of Illinois’ finances. The State’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report found that the state wrapped up the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, with a General Fund deficit

of $9.6 billion. That was up $2.7 billion from fiscal year 2015.

The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability showed that next year’s revenues are coming in at $329 million less than the governor’s forecast of $32.7 billion. That means Rauner’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 now has about a $4.9 billion shortfall.

Moody’s jumped in with a report that said the impasse continues to hurt Illinois’ public universities’ and community colleges’ credit, and predicted more cuts there.

Governors State already announced it’s going to hike tuition 15 percent and cut 22 programs.

Apparently, that was not enough to get lawmakers running toward a compromise.

Can someone please make some “missing” posters for the elusive effort and political courage it’s going to take to make that happen?

Maybe elected officials will catch a glimpse of them in between their acts of political theater.

Rauner and Comptroller Susana Mendoza went back and forth about which fund should be used to pay about 600 CMS workers; the matter is now in court, wasting time, energy and money on something that reasonable adults should have and could have settled with a phone call.

Rauner accused House Speaker Michael Madigan of coordinating with Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Mendoza to shut down government. Rauner has demanded more cuts in the “grand bargain” but his own department heads were unable or unwilling during committee hearings to articulate where their budgets could be trimmed.

And the fight over a $215 million payment to Chicago Public Schools was renewed after Rauner met with Chance the Rapper, an unexpected but surprisingly effective player in the budgetary games. The 23-year-old succinctly summed up the process with his tweet of “This whole (expletive) thing is

embarrassing, to be honest.”

Not embarrassing enough yet, apparently, for state officials.

Cullerton and Radogno did the heavy lifting with creating the framework and first drafts of the “grand bargain.”

Senate Democrats were ready to take the tough votes. The rest of the players need to meet them the last few yards. We’re past the days when Rauner wasn’t involved in these negotiations.

If the governor wants changes, he should be meeting with Cullerton and Radogno to get a deal done.

How horrendous do these numbers have to get before lawmakers get serious about taking action?

The house is on fire, and lawmakers are arguing over who struck the first match instead of reaching for a hose to put out the flames. Whoever winds up declaring themselves the political winner in this battle is going to be presiding over the ashes of a state burned to the ground as they squabbled.

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Simon Poll: Illinois voters favor legal marijuana and lax penalties Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill Illinois voters are giving the green light to remove criminal penalties for marijuana or legalize the drug for recreational use.

A recent Paul Simon Public Policy Institute poll found that 74 percent of registered voters surveyed favored imposing fines on those caught with small amounts of the drug rather than criminal prosecution.

Two-thirds of those same survey responders supported legalizing and taxing marijuana.

Interim Director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Jak Tichenor said in a statement that Illinois voters are becoming more comfortable with decriminalization, adding that there is now evidence showing “most see it as a potential revenue source for the state.”

The results of a similar Simon Poll conducted in 2016 shows less than half of Illinois voters in favor of changing the state’s drug laws. This year’s poll saw a 21 percentage point increase in approval after it was coupled with the idea of taxation, according to a release from the Institute.

The results of the poll come as marijuana legalization bills have been introduced in both the Illinois House and Senate. Two state lawmakers, Rep. Kelly Cassidy and Sen. Heather Steans, introduced identical bills to legalize marijuana as a means to ease the state’s financial burdens and end a historic budget impasse that’s nearing the two-year mark.

The proposed law would allow persons 21 years of age and older to purchase or grow up to one ounce of marijuana at a time, and creates a licensing system for businesses to sell the drug for recreational use.

The Marijuana Policy Project, a national advocacy group with the aim of ending marijuana prohibition, projects the state

would earn $399 million and $699 million in added tax revenue. Those estimates were based on Colorado’s usage rates and market price since the state legalized marijuana for adults over 21 years of age.

Criminal prosecutions of marijuana possession in Illinois have loosened since Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a law in 2016 that fines people for carrying less than 10 grams. Previous state law penalized offenders with up to six months’ jail time and $1,500 in

A recent Paul Simon Public Policy Institute poll found that 74 percent of registered voters surveyed favored imposing fines on those caught with small amounts of the drug rather than criminal prosecution.

a sample of 1,000 registered Illinois voters and has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points. While the poll found a majority of voters in Illinois approve of removing hefty penalties and legalizing the drug for added state income, differences in opinion appeared between regions, age groups and political party affiliations.

The idea of decriminalizing marijuana was favored most by voters under the age of 35, with 83 percent of saying they supported or strongly supported it. The same number of voters in that age demographic supported legalization, poll data shows.

The strongest opposition for legalization and decriminalization came from those 66 and older, with 66 percent of those surveyed supporting fines for minor possession offenses and about half in favor of making it available recreationally.

Of all the Illinois regions surveyed, Chicago and the surrounding suburbs were most in favor of pot decriminalization and legalization.

Eighty percent of those living in the state’s largest city and 79 percent of those in suburban Cook County were in favor of decriminalization, while 74 percent of Chicagoans and 70 percent of Cook County residents want marijuana to become legal if it’s taxed.

In all other portions of the state, those surveyed favored decriminalization and legalization by 63 percent and 54 percent respectively.

Democrats were most likely to be in favor of legalization and decriminalization, followed by independent party voters, according to the poll. Slightly more than half of Republicans surveyed want the drug to be legalized, and 66 percent supported decriminalization.

fines.

The federal government still classifies marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical benefits under the Controlled Substances Act, but more than half the states in the country have implemented medical programs, decriminalized or legalized the drug.

Eight states and Washington, D.C. have legalized marijuana for recreational use since Colorado and Washington became the first to do so Campus editor Bill Lukitsch can be in 2012. reached at blukitsch@dailyegyptian.com The Simon Poll was conducted with or on Twitter @lukitsbill.

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Amy Preston interacts with Izzy, a pit bull mix puppy, on Feb. 14 at St. Francis CARE Animal Shelter in Murphysboro.

Preston began working for the shelter as an event coordinator in January 2016. Izzy was adopted by a new family that day.

At no-kill shelter, 'They all come in with hard stories' Photos and story by Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill For veterinarian Kay Creese, the best part of her job is seeing patients come back for a visit after they've been patched up or found new homes.

"Sometimes six to 12 months later the people come in to show us the dog or the cat," she said. "And that’s just amazing."

Creese is the executive director and veterinarian of St. Francis CARE Animal Shelter in Murphysboro. The no-kill animal shelter is a non-profit organization that houses up to 150 animals at a time and does roughly 70 to 80 adoptions per month.

In addition to housing strays, Creese performs about 150 surgeries in a given month. The bulk of those are spay and neuter services, Creese said, but she also

treats animals that have experienced physical traumas.

The model of St. Francis differs from state-funded shelters mainly because space is limited and animals are kept until they find permanent homes, Creese said.

“If I don’t have space, I turn somebody away,” she said. “Sometimes I get creative and make space for somebody that’s really in big need. But we don’t have to take everything that walks in the front door.”

The animal shelter receives no government funding and depends on community assistance to continue its mission, Creese said, although the center also charges fees for adoptions and veterinary services. Volunteers

donate time, supplies and money to assist St. Francis.

Along with 400 donated volunteer hours a month, Creese said the shelter relies on the work of animal caretakers — a job she said requires a lot of passion.

"You really have to like what you’re doing — [you] have to like the animals," she said. "Because they all come in with hard stories."

The shelter got its start in 2006 after a group of animal lovers banded together to solve a shortage of care for stray and abandoned animals in the region. The original location was in Anna, Creese said, a location she dubbed “The Swamps of Anna” because of its frequent flooding problems.

Over the last several years the shelter has changed locations once and built an entirely new main structure to house

stray and unwanted animals. Creese became involved with the not-for-profit around 2009, when the shelter was preparing a transition to a 1,000-squarefoot house. In 2014, the new structure was built with rooms for surgery, examinations, administrative offices and animal housing.

The rest of the land the shelter occupies is used for outdoor kennels, play yards for adult dogs and separate structures for adult cats and newborn puppies.

Creese said the shelter does what it can to pull animals from local county shelters whenever they issue “kill lists” for unclaimed or stray dogs and cats that can no longer be cared for by the state.

“We try to stay as local as possible in getting animals in need in our area, and we pull as many as we can with space

available,” Creese said.

With the advent of the internet and the multiple social media platforms available for widespread communication, Creese said the shelter frequently finds homes for animals across state lines. Some travel from faraway places to adopt cats and dogs, and the shelter’s volunteers take road trips to bring animals to other shelters or adoptive families.

And sometimes, Creese said, volunteers and employees find a cat or dog to call their own after working awhile at St. Francis.

“It’s an occupational hazard,” Creese said, with a laugh.

“Everybody has from time to time, you know, gone ahead and adopted one. It’s hard not to. Once in a while there’s just one you can’t walk away from.”

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Veterinarian Kay Creese, right, and veterinarian technician Abbie Wesley put a cat under sedation before surgery Feb. 16 at St. Francis CARE Animal Shelter in Murphysboro.

Creese said she performs about 150 surgeries a week, most of which are spays and neuters. "It's ridiculous the number of unwanted animals just even in this area ... get them spayed and neutered and the problem goes away," she said.

Puppies sleep in a caged area inside a surgery room on Feb. 14 at St. Francis CARE Animal Shelter in Murphysboro. Kay Crease, the animal shelter's veterinarian, said the puppies have all since been adopted.

Lynda Kuether and Lori McClelland load dogs into the back of a van Feb. 18 at St. Francis CARE Animal Shelter in Murphysboro. Kuether is a member of the shelter's board and volunteers to drive long-distance trips to other animal shelters, sometimes crossing state lines. The van she drove that day was bound for Mokena.

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City council election day kicks off Tuesday The Carbondale City Council election commences Tuesday with important council decisions on the horizon.

The election has three incumbent candidates and one newcomer running for the three open seats on the city council. As Lee Fronabarger, Carolin Harvey and Jessica Bradshaw aim to retain their positions,

former city manager Jeff Doherty is the only outside candidate seeking election.

Registered voters in Carbondale have the opportunity to vote on Tuesday at their precinct-assigned voting location for any of

the following candidates.

Carbondale residents can register to vote from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday at the city clerk’s office located at 200 South Illinois Ave.

Jeff Doherty Jeff Doherty has lived in Carbondale for 45 years and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at SIU. “My wife and I have raised our two children here,” Doherty said. “This is home.”

Doherty worked with the city for 32 years in various positions, including city manager from 1991 to 2007. Doherty said he hopes to bring his experience in financing, budgeting and running capital projects to “offer reasonable representation to all city residents.”

He currently serves as the executive director of Jackson Growth Alliance. He sits on the city’s personnel board and the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. He is also the incumbent president of Southern Illinois Champion Community Investments.

Doherty said one of his top priorities if elected is to address the increased property and sales taxes on Carbondale residents. He hopes to highlight economic issues that he feels the city council members are not highly prioritizing.

“I can lend my voice to these concerns that are concerns by people in the community, and I feel they need to be addressed,” Doherty said.

Carolin Harvey Carolin Harvey was elected in 2013. She has resided in Carbondale for 46 years. She spent more than 38 years working at SIUC in various administrative offices.

The Alabama native is also a board member for the Hospice of Southern Illinois, The Women’s Center, Carbondale's tourism board, NAACP Carbondale chapter and the African American Museum of Southern Illinois.

Harvey said she has considered the Downtown Master Plan to be among her major accomplishments in her time on the council.

“We just want the city to look good, and the way the city looks as you enter and exit plays a huge part of that,” Harvey said.

She said there is still much to be done, including moving the downtown power lines underground, which would “give the city a much-needed facelift.”

“I want to see the downtown redevelopment projects carry through, especially the burying the power lines,” Harvey said.

Harvey said she hopes to give the Carbondale residents a chance to form an agenda for the revitalization of the downtown area.

“I’m not here to serve myself,” Harvey said. “I am here to serve the citizens of Carbondale.”

Lee Fronabarger Missouri-native Lee Fronabarger was elected in 2013. He has resided in Carbondale for more than 25 years and has spent the bulk of that time working in SIUC’s Transfer Student Services office.

He volunteers for numerous community service projects including The Varsity renovations. He has also served on the city’s preservation commission and the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce.

Fronabarger said he has spent his time on the council creating “a diverse and growing economy.” He hopes to see the opening of co-worker spaces, which are office spaces that share services in order to cut costs.

“It’s especially good for young entrepreneurs who are coming up who might share amenities such as accountants,” Fronabarger said.

Fronabarger said he hopes to continue working toward building stronger city economy if re-elected.

“We have always had a balanced budget,” Fronabarger said, attributing the success to the council’s tireless efforts. “Never have we been in the red.”

Jessica Bradshaw Jessica Bradshaw, a Carbondale native, was elected in 2013 and works for the university as an office administrator in the electrical and computer engineering department.

She is a former Human Relations commission chair and has participated in numerous community groups such as Nonviolent Carbondale, Neighborhood Associations and Carbondale Main Street.

Bradshaw said she has brought a young, female voice to the city council during her first term, and that many successful city projects are “just getting off the ground.”

“I would feel like I am leaving a job halffinished if not re-elected,” Bradshaw said.

Bradshaw said she hopes to focus on a comprehensive landlord licensing program.

The licensing program would target landlords who don’t keep property up to par, which leads to a loss of licensure and inability to rent out property.

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Staff writer Francois Gatimu can be reached at fgatimu@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @frankDE28.

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Campus Lake could re-open for fishers OLIVIA SPIERS | @_spierso

Wildlife and Fishery students are raising money for fish habitat structures in hopes of reviving recreational activities on Campus Lake.

Ed Heist, director of the fishery center, said the structures are part of the larger lake improvement project which began with draining the lake in September to combat toxic algae.

He said the lake could be opened in the next year, allowing activities like kayaking, swimming, boating and fishing.

The Physical Plant, the SIU Foundation and University Housing funded the $350,000 drainage and nutrient removal project in Fall 2016. The university spent $63,500 on dye, smoke and camera tests in 2015 to find the source of an unusually high presence of fecal matter believed to be contributing to the cyanobacterial growth.

“Things are finally looking up for Campus Lake now,” Heist said.

Heist also said the Saluki Bassers

fishing team would be able to hold tournaments with other universities at the lake again after being unable to fish since the drainage.

“It’s a huge draw for these students to be able to just walk out of their dorms and fish,” Heist said.

Heist also said the restoration of Campus Lake could bring more aspiring biology students to the university by offering hands-on experience.

“The lake is a living classroom,” Heist said. “It’s a very important part of education for students.”

The Wildlife and Fishery students have raised $120 of their $2,000 goal for the habitat structures and have submitted an application to the Green Fund for planting vegetation in the lake.

The deadline for donating is April 21, and the structures are scheduled to be placed before May.

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SIU's football kicks off spring practice with first scrimmage JONATHAN THOMPSON @THEREAL_JT3

The SIU football team played its first scrimmage of spring ball on Sunday after the originally scheduled Saturday scrimmage hosted at Carterville High School was rescheduled because weather.

The Salukis ran about 68 plays on offense and defense full contact against each other at Saluki Stadium.

Third year coach Nick Hill said he was impressed by how his team played Sunday.

"There was some good give and take," Hill said. "The offense went on a few drives, there were some good stops, and the defense — what we're emphasizing — got a few turnovers."

The Salukis ranked No.7 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in total defense, averaging about 433 yards allowed per game. They also ranked second-to-last in pass defense by allowing 267 yards in the air per game.

Sophomore cornerback Shawntrez Spates had a big interception that ended in a touchdown Sunday.

"All spring we've been preaching 'get the ball, get the ball, get turnovers' so it was a situation for us to get points before the half which is always a good thing," Spates said.

Spates said he thinks the defense is "coming along well" but still has room for improvement before the season starts.

"We still have a ways to go to be where we want to be as a championship defense," Spates said. "I feel like were right at our stride."

At the beginning of last season, the Salukis hired cornerback coach Carl Franks, who helped the Salukis rack up 12 interceptions — the most they've had since 2011.

"Coach Franks is a great coach," Spates said "He always holds us accountable if we do things wrong, but

if we do things right he lets us know."

Hill has also been emphasizing the importance of running the football, which he said the team did pretty effectively during the scrimmage.

"We feel like we have a couple of good backs," said the third-year coach from Du Quoin. "We've got to be more physical. It'll be fun to get on film and see that."

Hill said he was also pleased with the performances of his quarterbacks, who threw a couple of touchdown passes in the scrimmage.

Junior quarterback Sam Straub said he thinks the "offense is way better this spring" compared to last season.

Straub's favorite target Sunday was easily sophomore receiver Landon Lenoir who he completed seven passes to on the day.

"I like Lando a lot — he's a steady guy," Straub said. "You can always count on him to do the right thing. He's got great hands, he's a good route runner.

So just being able to develop a good relationship with him this summer and over the fall will be good."

Hill said there are many little things that need to be focused on to better prepare the Salukis for the fall and what hopes to be a winning season.

"We've got a long way until the season," Hill said. "So it's all about individuals getting better, coming out here and correcting things off film, and putting them in tough situations that they can learn from, maybe put them in situations they haven't been in, different lineups. We've got redshirt freshmen going against our starting group ... there's going to be some give and take and maybe not always looking as sharp when you put all 11 together but that's a part of spring.

The home opener that kicks off SIU's season is set for 6 p.m. Saturday Sep. 9 against Mississippi Valley State in Saluki Stadium.

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Salukis set the bar high

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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Junior jumper Austin Weigle clears the bar Saturday during the men's high jump finals at the Bill Cornell Classic in Carbondale. Weigle placed third with his highest jump of 1.94 meters.

Jones earns MVC Pitcher of the Week award SEAN CARLEY | @SeanMCarley

After she left her mark on each game of SIU softball's sweep of Drake over the weekend, Saluki pitching ace Brianna Jones was recognized for her efforts.

The sophomore from Manchester, Tennessee, was named the Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week on Monday for the fourth time in her season and a half at SIU. Jones earned a result in each game of the weekend, picking up

two wins and a save. Her win in the first game of the series was also her second shutout of the season and 12th of her career — already tied for 10th most in SIU history.

Throughout the weekend, she held Bulldog hitters to one run

on six hits across her 14 innings of work, good for a .125 batting average against.

Her 1.95 ERA is the fourth-best in the MVC and .225 opposing batting average is the sixth best.

Jones is now the second Saluki

this season to earn a weekly Valley award after freshman right fielder Susie Baranski won Newcomer of the Week on March 6 and 20.

Sports reporter Sean Carley can be reached at scar@dailyegyptian.com

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Saluki pitcher Hunter Hart eager to take the field DENTON GIOVENCO @DentonGiovenco

In 2014, Saluki junior pitcher Hunter Hart was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 37th round (1,111th overall) of the MLB June Amateur Draft.

Now he is waiting for his chance to don the number 38 for SIU on the mound.

Hart's baseball career began young, yet he said basketball was his sport of choice in his early years.

It was Hart's mother that played muse to baseball in his life.

"When I was about five years old my mom had to bribe me to play T-ball my first year," Hart said. "She paid me $100 to play T-ball."

Hart was a tri-sport athlete at Saint Joseph-Ogden High School, where he said his love for baseball truly began.

He credits his high school baseball coaches with having the biggest influence on his development in the game.

"Coach Josh Haley and Coach Mitch Pruemer came up to me my sophomore year of high school and asked me 'What do you want to do with baseball, because you have the talent to do whatever you want to do with it?'" Hart said. "They had the biggest influence on me and really opened my eyes to what I could do."

College recruiters took notice of the pitcher's talent early in his high school career with about 10 to 15 colleges contacting him.

SIU was one of the colleges to contact Hart while he was in high school, yet they were unsuccessful in signing the young pitcher to a commitment.

Major League scouts were also aware of Hart's success on the field. He said he spoke with scouts from about 20-25 MLB teams out of high school.

Yet a knee injury late in his high school career shortened Hart's senior baseball season and affected his choices moving forward.

"I broke my kneecap and tore my [medial patellofemoral ligament]," Hart said. "[MLB] teams were interested, but I wasn't a priority at that point."

Regardless of the injury, the Baltimore

Orioles chose to select the young pitcher in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft and tried to sign Hart to their minor league ranks.

He was offered a $107,500 signing bonus, to play for the Orioles organization in the Rookie League in Sarasota, Florida.

With the injury affecting Hart's ability to perform to the best of his ability, he chose not to accept the Orioles' offer.

"I know that you can go a year in pro baseball and you can be done," Hart said.

"I didn't know if I was going to be 100 percent going into the minor leagues, or be ready to perform at that level. I realized if I wasn't fully healthy and ready, I could be out of baseball altogether."

The injury also convinced the Saluki hurler to rescind his commitment to Indiana for 2014 in part because the coaches he committed to at the school took new jobs at Arizona State.

Hart decided his best option was to enroll at Kaskaskia College in Centralia and allow his body to heal completely.

"It was a nine-month recovery plan," the Saluki pitcher explained. "With the rest in the fall, I recovered pretty quickly and I was ready for the spring of my freshman year."

Hart compiled a 10-0 record as a healthy starting pitcher in his freshman year at Kaskaskia College in the spring of 2015, leading to him being named 2015 Region 24 Player of the Year to go along with 2015 NJCAA All-American thirdteam honors.

By attending the junior college, Hart retained his draft-eligibility for the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft. He would go undrafted in 2015.

"When that happened, I realized I was ready to take the next step up," Hart said.

"If it wasn't going to be in the draft, I wanted it to be at a higher level of college baseball."

Hart signed on with the University of Arkansas as a scholarship athlete for the 2016 season. During his sophomore year at Arkansas he made 10 appearances, compiling a 1-0 record through 13.0 innings as a reliever.

This was Hart's first taste of Division

I baseball at the college level, and he recognized the knowledge he gained from the experience.

Following his sophomore year at Arkansas, Hart decided to make the transfer to SIU in the fall of 2016.

Hart is not eligible to compete for the Saluki baseball team this season, as NCAA transfer rules require him to complete one full year in before he will be eligible to play baseball for Southern.

"I've always had a good relationship with Coach Fin," Hart said of P.J. Finigan, SIU's pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. "I knew it was a good program and I knew [the Salukis] were on the up-and-coming. It's a good place to be honestly, and it's worth sitting out a year to be in a good place."

As a transfer student-athlete on the Saluki baseball team — and the only player on the current Saluki baseball roster to have been previously drafted by a Major League team — Hart has unique experience at the college baseball level.

Hart said he is also open to sharing any lessons he has learned through his own personal journey with his fellow players.

"I've talked to some of the younger guys just about the mental side of it all," he said. "I don't want to overstep my bounds considering it is my first year here and we have a lot of good leaders in the upper class. But if someone comes up to me and asks anything, I am happy to give them my thoughts about it."

With the 2017 MLB Amateur Draft looming in June, Hart said studentathletes can face a difficult choice if chosen in the draft.

"I'd just say to do what's best for them personally and their family," Hart said. "If you don't think it's right, if you don't think you're ready, if you want to finish up college, do what you feel is right for you. If that's your goal, to play professional baseball, then I think you should go. It depends on the person and your situation ... it's a tough decision for sure."

Though Hart may not be eligible to play on the field this season, he is still an integral part of the team

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Junior pitcher Hunter Hart poses for a portrait Monday in the Communications Building. Hart, a transfer from Arkansas, will return to play in the 2018 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

dynamic that coach Henderson has built around the Salukis.

The Saluki pitcher still participates in weight-training and other facets of the game with the team.

"We really want to win the Missouri Valley this year," the Saluki hurler said. "We've got some good guys [on the team]."

Hart said his goals for the future begins with proving himself to the team next season.

"Personally, I want to get back to where I was as a pitcher in junior college and high school," Hart said.

"I want to have a successful junior year next year and help the team

to be successful. I want to play in the NCAA tournament with this team. It will be good competition to earn a starting spot on the team next year."

Hart said he hopes his Saluki tenure isn't his last time on the field.

"That is my ultimate goal, honestly, to be able to stay in pro ball ... as a player and then as a coach," he said.

Sports writer Denton “Gio” Giovenco can be reached at dgiovenco@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @DentonGiovenco.

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