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Vol. 100 Issue 88

This is the popcorn you’re looking for

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Tiffany DeShazor, a graduate student in social work from Gurnee, fills bags of popcorn Wednesday during the Student Programming Council’s Star Wars movie night at Saluki Stadium. DeShazor, who works for Saluki Athletics, said this was the first “Star Wars” movie she had ever watched. “People might be shocked about that,” DeShazor said. “The movies were always so long. But I like it so far. It seems interesting. … It’s a pretty good opportunity that I get to work and get money and watch the movie.”

Student hospitalized after falling off cliff in Giant City BILL LUKITSCH | @Bill_LukitschDE

An SIUC student was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital Monday after she fell off a cliff in Giant City State Park. The woman fell about 40 to 50 feet while she and two other students were climbing an off-trail bluff near the Giant City Nature Trail, according to a press release from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The two other students who were climbing ahead called for emergency services after

they heard the victim scream, said Chris Young, a spokesman for the department. Cobden firefighters and Union County Ambulance Service responded to the call about 11 a.m. Monday, Young said, and site personnel transported the victim to the rescue helicopter, which brought her to the trauma center in St. Louis. The victim, whose identity and condition had not been released as of Wednesday evening, is a member of the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority

chapter at SIU. Kendra Wiegand, who belongs to the same sorority, said the accident came as a shock to the other chapter members. “We’re definitely a little bit shaken up,” said Wiegand, a junior from Highland studying animal science. “But we’re all rallying behind her and we’re happy to see all the support from the other Greek organizations at SIU.” Bill Lukitsch can be reached at blukitsch@dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3329.

Students silently protest executive BOT meeting REBEKAH SANDERS | @RSanders_DE

Four students silently protested the SIU Board of Trustees executive meeting Wednesday to express discontent with interim Chancellor Brad Colwell’s efforts to create a diversity committee. The silent protest’s aim was to force the university administration to better define diversity and inclusiveness at SIUC. Colwell announced Tuesday a plan to increase diversity and improve race relations on campus that included a diversity committee and surveys to

gauge the racial climate on campus. Donald Chamberlain III, a graduate student and the designated speaker representing the students, demanded the board define inclusive excellence and diversity and called for the campus’ affirmative action committee to immediately convene. Other demands to the administrators included equal representation of students on the diversity plan committee and an admission that there is institutional racism on SIUC’s campus. Please see BOT | 2


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