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Vol.101 Issue 23 @daIlyegyptIan

Fall enrollment down 8.96 percent MARNIE LEONARD | @marsuzleo

Fall enrollment at SIUC in 2017 is down by 8.96 percent from 2016, according to data released by university officials Tuesday.

The university’s 10-day enrollment figures indicate that fewer than 15,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate degree programs, continuing the downward trend SIU has been experiencing for years.

Chancellor Carlo Montemagno said during a press conference Tuesday that these numbers were not a surprise to the administration.

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Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena SIU photojournalism professor Mark Dolan poses for a portrait Thursday outside his BBQ Pilgrim ambulance. Dolan embarked Tuesday on a yearlong journey traveling cross-country to document and explore barbecue in America.

Trump ends DACA: 'I can't hide,' SIU undocumented students say FRANCOIS GATIMU | @frankDE28

Oneida Vargas was one year old when she was carried by her mother across the Mexican border with her four-monthold brother in search of a better life in Chicago.

To Vargas, a junior studying political

science, the United States is home — but that could change with President Donald Trump's announcement Tuesday that he intends to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Vargas is one of the estimated 800,000 undocumented immigrants protected under DACA. The program

was launched in 2012 following an executive order issued by President Barack Obama to protect students who were brought into the country before reaching age 16.

After wrestling with the decision for months, Trump called on Congress to find a way to replace the policy with

legislation before the program fully expires on March 5. The government will no longer accept new applications to shield young immigrants from deportation, but officials announced the current recipients of the program will not be immediately affected.

“I feel more at risk,” Vargas said.

“When I applied for DACA, I gave my information to the government — they know everything about me and they can deport me quite easily.”

SIU has 25 students enrolled under the DACA program, according to university spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith.

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Dancing at the stables

Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Melany Mulligan of Carbondale rides her horse Rosebud on Friday at Odonoghue stables in Carbondale. Mulligan has had her horse two and a half years, but has been riding since she was eight. Mulligan said the thing she enjoys the most about riding is the relationship she has with her horse. “We have a very interesting relationship,” Mulligan said. “We come here every day.”

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'This reminds them of grandma's cooking' Giant City Lodge, serving southern Illinois since the Great Depression KITT FRESA | @kittfresa

During the Great Depression, Giant City Lodge, a southern Illinois mainstay, looked a bit different.

As part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, the lodge was originally built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933, according to manager Mike Kelley. This was a federal program designed to put young men to work in a time when there was little work to be had.

The program was run like the military, with the men wearing uniforms, living in barracks and eating in mess halls. Most of the money they made was sent home to their families to help them make ends meet.

Today, the state-owned lodge is the centerpiece of Giant City State Park, offering park-goers a place to grab a bite or weekend respite in one of its 34 guest cabins.

“It’s a big operation, one that we take a level of pride in, but at the same time, it's a family operation. It's a big mom and pop kind of thing,” Kelley said, who has been working at the lodge since he was 19 when his father managed it.

“I think our family has been blessed to operate the lodge like we have.”

Since the lodge is state-owned, it must be managed by concessionaires, or holders of grants for land usage.

The Kelley family has been managing it for 37 years.

In the '70s, the Kelley said his family was known around town for a different business — Kelley’s Big Star grocery store.

When it came to Mike Kelley’s grandpa’s attention that the lease to the lodge had ended and was available, he jumped at the chance.

“Grandpa said, ‘Hey, I could probably run this place,’” Kelley said.

His grandpa put the bid in and he and Kelley’s father — then fresh out of high school — started running it in 1981.

“A lot of folks really think we don’t even have a menu because everyone comes down for the chicken.”

- Mikey Kelley

Kelley said the lodge’s proximity to the university has been an advantage.

“We really have a nice relationship with SIU,” Kelley said. “Whether it's through athletics or many of the other departments, a lot of meetings, groups and banquets are held here that are SIU.” The lodge has also benefitted from SIU student employees.

“A lot of good kids have been SIU students,” Kelley said. “I can say now, and I’ve been able to say for years, that we’ve had really good luck with a lot of really nice young people that are not only dependable, they just do a good job and have a little fun doing it.”

The most famous thing on the lodge menu is its fried chicken, which is served every day and the only thing available on Sundays — their busiest

day — during the restaurant’s weekly chicken dinner.

“A lot of folks really think we don’t even have a menu because everyone comes down for the chicken,” said Mikey Kelley, Mike Kelley’s son.

Even on Thanksgiving, the lodge doesn't serve turkey — they just keep serving fried chicken, Mike Kelley said.

Mike Kelley said the lodge usually sells out of chicken on Thanksgiving, with Mother’s Day and graduation day — which tend to fall on the same weekend — being close seconds in terms of business for the restaurant.

“That makes a big weekend,” Mike Kelley said. “We’ll serve 5,500-6,000 people.”

Though Mikey Kelley said the lodge is a literal home for him because he grew up there, he added that the lodge is special because it feels home-like to its patrons as well.

“No matter where you live, all towns have fast food restaurants, they have chains, but for some people this reminds them of grandma’s cooking,” he said. “There are a lot of people that aren't lucky enough to live within … something that’s as unique as this.”

Mikey Kelley said the lodge’s surroundings also keep people coming back.

“The biggest draw probably is the food,” Kelley said. “But with the hiking trails, folks come down and hike, eat food then go on another hike to walk off that chicken.”

Staff writer Kitt Fresa can be reached at kfresa@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @kittfresa.

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Spokes of campus cycling: safety, services, society Spokes, a bike repair shop located are just a few examples of the senior from Blue Island studying in the basement of the Student problems riders may face. Saluki aviation.

With the semester back in full Center in the Craft Shop.

Spokes can handle it all.

The shop also allows students to swing and the hint that fall weather is on its way, some students are choosing to ride their bicycles to “Not every student wears a helmet. Safety always has to be the class rather than driving or hopping primary concern. When you are on a bike, you have to think both aboard the Saluki Express.

Those who do favor bike rides to for yourself and for the people around you.” car drives may want to familiarize themselves with the various services - Darien Moore around campus — services which bike mechanic earned SIU the distinction of being a “Bicycle Friendly Campus” in 2016 by the League of American Bicycle riders are no stranger to “Basically, if there is any way a rent out tools to fix their own bikes Bicyclists. mechanical issues: flat inner tubes, bike can be fixed, we’ll do it,” said if they know how to do the repair, One of these programs is Saluki broken chains and bent derailleurs bike mechanic Darrien Moore, a Moore said.

JOE MCLAUGHLIN | @jmcl_de

“Anything a student needs, we have it,” Moore said.

Saluki Spokes also advocates for following proper bike safety, because if the cyclist uses improper techniques or wrecks, they could find themselves back in the repair shop, Moore said.

Moore said there are a few basics he sees campus riders not following.

“Not every student wears a helmet,” Moore said. “Safety always has to be the primary concern.

When you are on a bike, you have to think both for yourself and for the people around you.”

In the past, cyclists riding their

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Dylan Nelson | @Dylan_Nelson99 Darrien Moore, a senior aviation major from Blue Island, uses a wrench to remove the wheel of a bike Friday, Aug. 29, 2017 at Saluki Spoke’s repair shop in the Student Center.

bikes through crosswalks has also been an issue, as in October of 2016 when a bike rider was struck by a car in a crosswalk and issued a citation.

University policy states bikes and skateboards must be walked or carried through pedestrian crosswalks.

SIU also permits cyclists to ride on all campus pedestrian pathways except where prohibited by a sign or marking. In any case, pedestrians always have the right-of-way.

Aside from safety and repair services, SIU also has an outlet for cyclists to meet and ride together.

The SIU Cycling Club meets Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the Bike Surgeon on 406 S Illinois Ave. The meetings include a ride of approximately 25 miles, according to the club’s president, Mitchell Gray.

Gray, a junior from Peoria studying horticulture, said the club is perfect for anyone looking to ride and be healthy.

“You’ll learn about the importance of physical health, as well as be able to learn about all the tactics and all

Denny's Quarter FC Dylan Nelson | @Dylan_Nelson99 Darrien Moore, a senior aviation major from Blue Island, uses a wrench to remove the wheel of a bike Friday, Aug. 29, 2017 at Saluki Spoke’s repair shop in the Student Center.

there is to know about bicycling,” Gray said.

Gray said he has been racing at the semi-pro level for the past seven years.

“Most of the members don't race, but I hope to have them race next year and possibly do collegiate nationals,” Gray said.

Though Gray is a semi-pro racer who, under optimal conditions,

tries to ride about 400 miles a week, he said he stresses the club is not just for experts.

“We encourage kids who are just getting started with the sport by teaching them,” Gray said.

Staff writer Joe McLaughlin can be reached at jmclaughlin@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @jmcl_de.

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“Our model indicated it was very, very close to this number,” Montemagno said. “We are working hard to redefine the institution to make it attractive and a destination of choice.”

The largest decrease was in the freshman class, which has 408 fewer students than in 2016. The sophomore class saw 329 fewer students, a 15 percent drop, and the junior class went down by 336 students, a nearly 12 percent decline.

Every class saw decreases except the graduate med-prep students, which went from 44 students in 2016 to 47 students this year.

Total campus enrollment is 14,554, a drop of 1,433 from 2016.

On-campus enrollment is at 12,408, which is a down 1,390 from 2016.

According to university data, just under 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled during Fall 2016.

SIU has not seen an increase in students since 2014 when it saw an

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"SIU will continue to welcome current DACA students regardless of the status of the federal act," Goldsmith said in an email. "We ... are in the process of reaching out to them to let them know they have our support."

Vargas said the program has relieved her of a “sense of paranoia of the uncertainty of the future.”

enrollment uptick of 0.1 percent, and it has only seen one other overall increase — also below one percent — in the past 14 years.

Montemagno said a variety of factors contributed to the drop, including the two-year state budget impasse that ended in July.

However, other public state universities seem to have fared well despite the state’s financial problems.

Illinois State University and the University of Illinois system have both reported record-high freshman enrollments this year.

“The state budget is one example, but it doesn’t tell the whole story by any stretch of the imagination,” Montemagno said. “The whole story is that we at SIU Carbondale have to re-envision ourselves as a university.”

He said the university needs to reestablish its programs, which he added doesn’t just mean making cuts.

“You’re going to see a significant change,” Montemagno said. “The change will be a reallocation of resources … Some programs will go away, some programs will have resources added to them and there

will be new programs that will be established.”

Montemagno said despite the drop in students, the “quality” has gone up, with average ACT scores for incoming freshman up to 22.82 from two years ago, when the average score was 22.17.

The university has not seen a decline in its transfer student population, which Montemagno said indicates the university has maintained a good reputation.

“Students who are knowledgeable are getting the message that this is the place they want to come and complete their studies,” he said. “It also indicates that we need to do a better job at indicating what is great about the institution to new incoming freshman.”

It will take time to get the student population back up, Montemagno said.

“We operate with a product life cycle, if you want to call it that, of four years — it takes four years between the freshman that come in next year and when they graduate,” he said. “As we advance the institution forward, initially you’re not going to see very

much change and then you’ll see very rapid acceleration of the impact of that change.”

Last week, Montemagno sent a “vision survey” to students, faculty and staff to get input and gauge where the campus community hopes SIU will be in eight years.

So far, Montemagno said about 3,000 responses have come in. One question asked what members of campus believe attracts and retains students at the university.

Though the survey doesn’t end until Sept. 8, Montemagno said preliminary results have been consistent.

“The mission, our identity of being a flagship institution that values research, values inclusion, values a high-quality educational experience, has been reaffirmed overwhelmingly by all the respondents,” Montemagno said.

Montemagno said re-structuring the university will include reflecting on how big SIU needs to be to deliver the experience students want, a process he called “right-sizing.”

“There’s a connotation of right-

sizing as a code word for doing cuts,” Montemagno said. “That is not what the intention is … There’s a reason why Princeton is the size it is. It’s a very small institution. They could easily quadruple the size without even batting an eye, but they have a size which is consistent with … the educational experience that defines Princeton. We need to define the size of the institution we have in order to define an SIU education.”

Communication and marketing will be the keys to increasing enrollment, Montemagno said.

“I am totally optimistic that we are going to advance the institution and that we are going to re-establish our place as one of the preeminent institutions in the state,” Montemagno said. “It’s an extraordinary institution and I don’t think we have communicated it very well.”

“DACA has definitely allowed me to feel normal,” Vargas said. “Like I belonged, instead of feeling like an outsider looking in.”

Giovanni Galindo, a junior studying cinema and photography and a DACA student, was brought by his parents to the U.S. at age six from Mexico City.

Galindo said he and his family went through hardships as he was growing up to due to their legal status, including his father getting laid off

from his factory job because he is undocumented.

“We struggled financially, but it was still better than our life in Mexico,” Galindo said “It’s the perception that people have of undocumented immigrants being bad people that I struggled with the most.”

Galindo said he has to pay his way through college with no help from the government because he is undocumented, receiving scholarships only from private parties and SIU. “I have to constantly work to be able to be at SIU,” Galindo said.

Immigration law professor Cindy Buys said most DACA recipients were brought to the United States when they were very young and thus have little recollection of their lives before.

“It doesn’t make sense to punish them for decisions that their parents made that they didn’t

choose,” Buys said.

With the issue now lawmakers' responsibility and having no support from the president, the program faces imminent repeal that would spell trouble for its recipients’ protections under the law, Buys said.

Buys emphasized that in any case, the president doesn’t have the authority to revoke the rights already received under DACA until they expire.

“Let’s say you’re a DACA student — if the government were to take that away tomorrow, I think you’d have a pretty good lawsuit,” Buys said.

Becca Tally, the co-chair of the Southern Illinois Immigrant Rights Project, said her organization has been preparing for the possibility the program will end.

"We must support comprehensive immigration reform to humanely treat families who sacrificed so much to give their children opportunities, just like previous generations of immigrants," Tally said.

Last week Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the Trust Act into law, which prevents local law enforcement officials from detaining undocumented immigrants solely because of their immigration status.

Vargas said this came as a relief, but she isn't at all surprised by Trump's decision to get rid of the DACA program.

“We lived through worse times before DACA, and my parents prepared me for the worst when Trump got elected," Vargas said. “Trump made a campaign promise to attack Mexicans in general, and attacking us in this way is in keeping with his promise.”

Since the federal government has all of her identifying information, Vargas said she has no choice but to face the ramifications of Trump's decision.

“I can hide anymore,” she said.

Staff writer Cory Ray contributed reporting.

Campus editor Marnie Leonard can be reached at mleonard@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @marsuzleo.

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

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JOE MCLAUGHLIN | @jmcl_de

Mark Dolan has worn many hats during his lifetime: radar operator for the U.S. Navy, watermelon picker, truck driver, bartender, asphalt layer and, for the last nine years, a photojournalism professor at SIU. He embarked Tuesday on a yearlong journey in another one of his familiar roles — captain of the BBQ Pilgrim, a military ambulance he repurposed into a vehicle he drives cross-country to “to explore and celebrate the diversity with which we approach barbecue in America.”

Dolan’s first odyssey on the BBQ Pilgrim was in between two teaching gigs, from 2006 to 2008.

“I had to come up with a name,” Dolan said. “When I came upon ‘pilgrim’, it just felt right. The pilgrims were out there searching and traveling and that’s what I was doing.”

The 62-year-old said he initially became interested in barbecue at age 50 when he came across statistics that showed a rise in sales of grills and smokers. Upon further research, he said he discovered the craft and its practitioners weren’t getting the attention they deserved.

“Barbecue didn’t have a lot of people documenting it like the way I wanted to,” Dolan said. “This is just story-telling.”

Some of the many stories Dolan has told during his barbecue expeditions are those of a biker who started selling barbecue out of a drum at biker rallies — and turned it into a multimillion dollar operation — to a family that sold the first barbecue in North Carolina and a man in Vermont whose pet pig roams his barbecue pit.

Dolan has written many of these

prior experiences into a book, and he said he wants to use the trip he’s on now to fill the last chapters. He plans to fill it with his own recipes, which he said he will create and photograph himself.

Though he is known for his love of barbecue, Dolan said his true passion is teaching. He has been a mentor to budding journalists for nearly two decades — but he wasn’t always fond

“I don’t know, I just had it in my head that I wanted to go to Arizona,” Dolan said.

Upon arriving in Phoenix, Dolan got a job in airline catering. After two years, the airline business faced difficulties due to an air traffic controllers strike.

Dolan, who had just made supervisor, said he could have found a way to avoid layoffs. Instead, he

“You’re really capturing moments.

Some people have this thought that it’s just snapping pictures — it is so much more than that. You’ve got to be a journalist, you can’t really make good images that have meaning unless you know what the story is.”

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of academia.

Born and raised in Long Island, Dolan dropped out of high school at 17 to join the Navy. From 1973 to 1975, he served as a radar operator on the USS Dyess.

It was in the Navy that Dolan said he started thinking about going back to school. He said one of his friends in the Navy took him under his wing and pushed Dolan to continue his education.

“He says, ‘Kid, they’re going to pay you to go back to school — try it,’” Dolan said.

Dolan followed that advice and graduated from St. John’s Community College in Palatka, Florida with honors in 1979.

His next stop was Arizona.

decided to take one for the team.

“I said, ‘Hey listen, I’m kind of restless, why don’t you just lay me off instead of one of the other people?”

Dolan said.

The airline obliged, and from there, Dolan was able to collect unemployment, camp out in Arizona for a while and finally begin the next leg of his academic pursuits.

He went back to Florida and enrolled in the University of Florida to get his bachelor’s degree in journalism.

It was there, after a brief foray into print reporting, he said he got the photojournalism bug.

“You’re really capturing moments,” Dolan said. “Some people have this thought that it’s just snapping

Wednesday, september 06, 2017 pictures — it is so much more than that. You’ve got to be a journalist, you can’t really make good images that have meaning unless you know what the story is.”

During that time as an undergraduate, Dolan worked as an intern at the Gainesville Sun. After he graduated in 1985 at age 30, he got a job as a staff photographer at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune — but his goal was always to get back to the Gainesville Sun. Fortunately for Dolan, they were hiring. Dolan worked at the Gainsville Sun until 1989 before a friend of his became an editor at the Anchorage Times in Alaska and called Dolan up.

“He said ‘I want you. What’s it going to take?'” Dolan said.

Dolan took up the role of director of photography at the now-defunct Anchorage Times, running the publication’s photo department and finding ways to make it run more smoothly and efficiently.

After nearly two and a half years there, the McClatchy Company bought the Times and forced them out of business.

Though he was out of a job, Dolan said he made the most of it.

“I got to spend the summer in Alaska — I was fishing, I was catching salmon like they were nothing.” Dolan said.

After the summer, and with cases of canned salmon, Dolan got on the road back to Florida.

However, the route he took was a bit unconventional.

“I went from Alaska down to Seattle, to the east coast and New York, then I went back to the west coast and then I went east again to Florida,” Dolan said. “It was an 11week road trip.”

As he crossed the country, Dolan was visiting colleges and universities.

“I had it in my head about getting a masters degree,” Dolan said.

He was also getting offers to be a teacher’s assistant, he said.

Ultimately, Dolan made his return to New York and attended

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Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena SIU photojournalism professor Mark Dolan poses for a portrait Thursday outside his BBQ pilgrim ambulence.

and graduated from Syracuse University in 1994 with a master’s degree in visual and interactive communications.

After receiving his masters, Dolan became the senior picture editor for the Providence Journal in Rhode Island.

A little over two years later, Dolan received a call that led him back to the classroom. Syracuse University wanted him to teach.

Dolan taught at his alma mater from 1998 to 2006. From 2006 to 2008, he had his first journey on the BBQ Pilgrim “I … had what I like to call my first midlife crisis,” Dolan said. “I decided it was time for a change. So I quit my job and sold my house.”

He traveled the country telling the story of American barbecue until 2008, when he landed a teaching position at SIU. During his time at the university, Dolan said he’s earned a reputation.

“Make no mistake, I’m known for being hard, for having high expectations,” Dolan said. “But I make it clear what they are and what I expect from people is to try.”

Dolan said it’s important to impress upon budding journalists the sacredness of deadlines.

“A guy I used to work with in Alaska, he used to walk around the newsroom as it’s getting towards deadline, he used to walk around and say in his British accent, ‘Deadlines or bread lines,

mate. Deadlines or bread lines,’” Dolan said. “It’s better to turn in something that you know is a piece of crap and make a deadline than to turn in nothing.”

Students in Dolan’s classes also receive critiques to their work during class time, which Dolan said is invaluable to improving a student’s photo skills.

“It doesn’t do anybody any good to have somebody say ‘Oh, I think that’s nice,’” Dolan said. “What the hell does that mean?”

A self-described workaholic, Dolan said his favorite part of his job is being able to help his students improve.

“Most of my students would tell you, I’m available,” Dolan said. “I

put down office hours, but students don’t need to come and see me just in office hours. They don’t need to make an appointment. My door is open, they’re welcome.”

Dolan said, above all, he wants his life experiences to show students they don’t have to have their future figured out just yet.

“I tell this to parents all the time: I was a high school dropout and now I am a professor,” Dolan said.

“I have parents who are worried about their kids and I say ‘they’ve got plenty of time to figure out what they want to do.’”

Staff writer Joe McLaughlin can be reached on Twitter at @jmcl_de or at jmclaughlin@dailyegyptian.com

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Column: We still have a long way to go The year is 2025: Southern Illinois University is nationally recognized as being the best thing to ever happen to higher education in the United States of America.

Our little city down here, the onceprecarious Carbondale, has become the place to be for artists, scientists, activists, musicians, organic farmers, engineers and everybody else leading the charge toward creating a just society.

Universities from around the world regularly send students and faculty to southern Illinois to learn just how we did it, how we became the model university, the greatest force of good this country has seen for over half a century.

We think back to a strange time when SIU's future was all but certain.

It was only eight years ago, but to us it was a totally different world in space and time — it all just seems so backwards.

If we can recall, let us reflect on

that sad, sad state the university was in during the year of the first eclipse, that fateful cosmic event whose impact on the community was truly astronomical.

The year was 2017: we were scrambling for an identity, for a purpose, so the newly appointed Chancellor Carlo Montemagno urged the community to develop a vision for what SIU should look like by the year 2025.

He repeatedly called for sharedgovernance of university affairs, so the students ran with it and, with help from the faculty, forced the university in the direction they felt would best address the unprecedented challenges facing humanity.

It had become clear the American educational system was completely and utterly subordinate to the demands of capital, with colleges and universities existing for the sole purpose of streamlining the youthful masses into a doomed economy.

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Those drafting SIU's 2025 vision revolved it around the simple premise that in order to become a place of progress for individuals and the world at large, the university must immediately halt operations that were complacent in the exploitative practices we had all become numb to under late-capitalism.

As the revisioning began, it became clear that a sizable chunk of university

matters would have to be re-thought.

The first move was an abrupt abandonment of all research into fossil fuels. Instead, the university took up intensive research into developing decentralized renewable energy, which very quickly granted the entire region energy independence (a move most other large universities adopted within a few years).

Instead of revolving its educational model on the whims of corporate America, SIU began to base its teachings on that which empowers the individual and the community. With the goal of regional and institutional autonomy on the horizon, the university began the bold process of redefining education in the 21st century.

The narrative that encouraged students to pick a major based on the needs and desires of the business world had proven itself outdated, and a major

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cause of anxiety for most of those who walked the university's halls.

Instead, students were to pursue the education of their dreams and study whatever it was they thought about before they were told that they must work for a living.

Needless to say, the arts, humanities and the sciences flourished. In the absence of outside pressure and with utopia as the destination, the students and faculty of SIUC plunged into the unknown and attempted to build a new world in the shell of the old.

And what do you know? It worked.

Student Trustee Sam Beard can be reached at samuelrobert@siu.edu or by phone at (618) 453-8418. His office is located in the Registered Student Organization Suite on the third floor of the Student Center and his office hours are Mondays/Wednesdays: 11:00 a.m. – 12:50 p.m., Thursdays: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., or by appointment.

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SIU alumnus opens escape room TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_

Imagine being locked in a room with up to 11 people and only 60 minutes to solve unusual puzzles, find clues and escape.

This may sound like a nightmare for some, but this is the scenario in which patrons of Carbondale’s new escape room find themselves.

Jeff Garner, a 1995 SIU alumnus, said he decided to open the Panic Room after visiting an escape room in Indianapolis last May. “I came back, and I just kept thinking about what a great idea it was, what a great business it was,” Garner said. “It was just little things that I thought, ‘If they would’ve done this, it would’ve been so much better’ or ‘If they would’ve did that it would’ve been so much better.’”

He came up with a prototype and tried it out on his family — and they loved it, he said.

“I thought, ‘Okay, well, maybe I have something here,’” he said.

Garner said his business is unique because it will feature multiple themed rooms, and every member of each group has tasks to complete during the experience.

“The biggest problem right now with escape rooms is that once you go through the room, you aren’t going to go back to the same room twice,” Garner said. “You know everything that’s going to happen.”

Garner said he plans on adding four new rooms by the end of the year, with a couple of them being smaller “date night rooms” that are made for one or two people and will have interchangeable challenges.

“These are all puzzles and challenges that I’ve come up with myself,” Garner said. “I’m trying to design the rooms so everybody always has something to do — that’s one of the biggest complaints that I’ve had and have heard about from other escape rooms.

So far, Garner said just a few groups have come to the attraction — which opened Aug. 16 — including a group of employees from the Student Center.

Vamsi Manne, the Student Center’s associate director for programs, said they have all done team-building activities together before, but nothing like this.

“This was like a puzzle we all had to work together to solve,” Manne said. “It was really unique.”

Manne said his favorite part of the room was the group’s excitement when new clues were found or solved.

“The excitement of solving that puzzle, then the letdown of finding another puzzle to solve — it was kind of exciting and challenging at the same time,” Manne said.

Manne said that his group was not able to finish their challenge within the allotted time period.

Beth Alongi, the Student Center’s assistant director of marketing, said the experience was still worth it.

“Even though we didn’t make it all the way through the puzzle, we had the best time,” Alongi said.

Garner said there has only been one group to complete the room before time ran out.

Carolyn Lusitana, 38, from Carterville, was a member of that group. She said they made it through

Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE Delainey Bailey, 15, of Wayne City, writes out a message after failing to escape the room Sunday at the Panic Room in Carbondale. “The time really flies when you’re having fun,” Delainey said.

with a minute and fifteen seconds to spare.

“I think we worked together well as a team,” Lusitana said. “I think the best way to do it would be to divide up … as soon as the time started we

kind of split up and started looking “We’re ready to go back and try again for things.” to defend our title,” Lusitana said.

She said she can’t wait for more challenges to be available so her Tierra Carpenter can be reached at friends and family can visit “The tcarpenter@dailyegyptian.com Panic Room” again. or @tierramc_.

“The excitement of solving that puzzle, then the letdown of finding another puzzle to solve — it was kind of exciting and challenging at the same time.”

-Vamsi Manne, the Student Center’s associate director for programs

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Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Megan Fakhoury, 7, of Carbondale, takes a bite out of a cheeseburger Aug. 26 at Dale's Burger Shack in Carbondale.

Former SIU student brings taste of Chicago to southern Illinois SAMANTHA KEEBLER @samanthakeebler

When Joshua Liechty was at SIU in 2008 studying aviation and psychology, he didn’t know what his calling was.

“I never really knew what I wanted to do,” he said. “I kind of always wanted to own a restaurant.”

Liechty, an Aurora native, dropped out of school in 2011 and spent years working in various restaurants, including Don Taco and Bombay Olive. While still working at Bombay Olive in June, Liechty said he got an offer he couldn’t refuse.

A storefront in the Murdale Shopping

Center went up for sale and he and his business partner Gordon O’Neal compiled their life savings to open up Dale’s Burger Shack, which had its ribbon cutting Aug. 17.

The shack delivers around Carbondale and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The name comes from a combination of Carbondale and Murdale, Liechty said.

When deciding what type of food to bring the southern Illinois, Liechty said he knew it had to come from Chicago.

“Carbondale has a lot of people from up north,” he said. “There hasn’t really been a great place to get that

Chicago food, even though we’ve always wanted it.”

The shack offers Vienna Beef hotdogs and bread from Chicago. Liechty said it’s all local beef, ground fresh every morning.

They also slice all their deli meat, cheese and produce in-house, he said.

Molly McCleary, 22, is a Chicagonative and one of Liechty’s employees.

She said she appreciates having a piece of home in Carbondale.

“That’s what I really enjoy — the Chicago-style feel that you get from the place,” she said.

Though Liechty chose the restaurant’s menu with the Windy City in mind, he said he also tries to keep locals involved.

So far, Liechty said he has cut deals with Arnold’s Market and Rule of Pie to sell their products in his restaurant, and he said he plans to start selling local coffee as well.

Liechty and Gordon pay all their employees at least $10.50 an hour, an amount Liechty said he hopes to eventually increase.

All his staff members have a food handler’s certificate and work with heat and knives, which Liechty said makes them deserving of a higher wage.

“We can give the staff the money they deserve for the work they do,” he said. “It is not a minimum wage job– no aspect of this job is minimum wage work.”

Liechty said he is optimistic his business model will inspire other entrepreneurs.

“I hope that they understand that it is possible to run a business with affordable food, with wide hours, with doing as much stuff from scratch, while still paying your staff a living wage,” he said.

Above all, Liechty said he doesn’t want people to forget that Dale’s Burger Shack is anything but a lavish joint.

“It’s a shack, it’s not the burger palace,” he said.

Staff writer Samantha Keebler can be reached at skeebler@dailyegyptian.com.

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Brian Muñoz | @brianmmunoz Mikah Montgomery, 11, of Salem, bites into a celebratory cheeseburger Aug. 26 at Dale's Burger Shack in Carbondale. Montgomery is a member of the Salukis Youth Swim Team and just had her first practice of the season. "The hardest thing about swimming is making sure you don't miss your event," Montgomery said.

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Brian Muñoz | @brianmmunoz Megan Fakhoury, 7, of Carbondale, reaches for a fry Aug. 26 at Dale's Burger Shack in Carbondale.

“I never really knew what I wanted to do. I kind of always wanted to own a restaurant.”

- Joshua Liechty owner

Willem Higgins, 11, of Carbondale (top left), Mikah Montgomery, 11, of Salem (top right), Josiah Montgomery, 8, of Salem (bottom left), and Megan Fakhoury, 7, of Carbondale (bottom right) eat burgers Aug. 26 at Dale's Burger Shack in Carbondale.

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SIU student brings high-end fashion boutique to Carbondale

everything we have here is sold out elsewhere,” Davis said. “That’s Ivy Park, Yeezy, Bape, Supreme, what we go for, exclusive things, Kylie Kosmetics, Kendall + Kylie, and not everybody having the Pink Dolphin, and Goon are just a same thing on.” few brands that can likely only be He said although a select found in one store in Carbondale. number of items are available Miles Davis, a senior studying online at www.autopsy.shop, most theater opened Autopsy, a high- of it is only available in the store. end clothing store, at 201 W Davis said people responded really Walnut about seven months ago. well to the store when it first opened.

Born in Carbondale, Davis and his “A lot of people were amazed family moved to Iowa City when he and kind of thought it was a myth was two years old. He came back to or something, because no one Carbondale for college, but left again would’ve ever thought this would in 2014 to work in a music publishing just land in Carbondale,” he said. company and with music artists in New Hite said some things he’s York and Los Angeles, respectively. purchased from Autopsy include When he came back to Yeezy shoes, Huf socks, Supreme Carbondale again in 2016, Davis t-shirts and Ethika underwear. said he was inspired to open his He said he doesn’t go anywhere store after living in the back of else for these items anymore a high-end fashion store in Los because having Autopsy in town is Angeles, and because of the array more convenient. of fashion options available in the “If I want something, I want Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena two large cities. to be able to try it on and make Miles Davis, 23, of Durham, North Carolina poses for a portrait Monday at his boutique Autopsy, on West Walnut Street in “I wanted to basically start sure it fits,” Hite said. “I want it Carbondale. "Be original and make sure nobody tells you you can't do something," Davis said. "That's what happened to something here because I went to there. I want it now. The commute me in high school, people pushed past my ideas and dreams, and now I am bringing it to reality. It is definitely possible to school here, and I knew there was for anywhere else for anything like do whatever you want to." nothing really cool or exclusive that this is far.” crazy,” he said. “Ever since the student trying to balance managing his said. “School definitely comes first, but kids can go around to shop or be Now that students are back in solar eclipse the store has been business with classwork. But he said trying to get this business on its feet is in a cool environment,” Davis said. Carbondale, Davis said business doing really good.” being a student helps him relate to other definitely a priority for me also.”

Randle Hite, a sophomore from students around the community.

Davis said he likes to give back to his Chicago studying business agreed But to maintain his sophisticated customers by holding raffles. In a few that Carbondale was lacking a selection, he also has to travel to different weeks, he is raffling off a limited release place for high-end shoppers. weekly product releases. pair of Yeezy shoes.

“I’m from Chicago, so I’m into “To be able to have these products, “I’m trying to give people the the urban fashion,” Hite said. you have to be at the right place at the opportunity to get these products,” “Once I went in, seeing all of the right time,” Davis said. “It’s definitely Davis said. “I feel like the raffle is a fair stuff I was used to in a big city, hard, but we get through it because chance for everybody.” it was most definitely a top pick, it’s really cool when the customers Davis said the store’s Instagram page because Carbondale really doesn’t come in and they really are happy that @autopsy.me is the best place to go to have anything of that nature.” something is here.” browse all of its current merchandise - Randle Hite Davis said the basis of his store As an example, Davis said he had and to learn about sales and raffles.

Sophomore is exclusivity, and you won’t find to go to Chicago over the weekend to The store is open every day from 12 two of the same item on the racks. camp out and buy a pair of rare Nike p.m. to 8 p.m.

“I really like to give the people shoes for the store. in the community here a chance has been much better.

Davis said owning his store has “We’re just working everyday to make Tierra Carpenter can be reached to get these products, because “Business has picked up [like] been pretty hectic so far, especially as a it happen regardless of school,” Davis at tcarpenter@dailyegyptian.com TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_

“If I want something, I want to be able to try it on and make sure it fits. I want it there. I want it now.

The commute for anywhere else for anything like this is far.”

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SIU getting first taste of alcohol sales at Saturday's home football game DILLON GILLILAND AND NATHAN DODD @DillonGilliland and @NathanMDodd

SIU begins its sale of alcohol at sporting events Saturday with the Saluki football team’s homeopener inside Saluki Stadium.

During the summer of 2016, Governor Bruce Rauner approved a measure allowing Illinois colleges and universities to sell alcohol at campus events.

On Dec. 8, the SIU board of trustees gave its approval of alcohol sales on SIU campuses.

During football games, fans will have three individual locations where they are able to purchase alcohol.

Patrons of Saluki Stadium will be able to purchase beer in Section 6, which resides in the middle of the west concourse. Fans can also find vendors at the main entrance next to the team store as well as on the concourse adjacent to the 50-yard line.

Coordinator of food services Heather Miranti confirmed that Miller Lite and Coors Light will be among the brands served from 16 oz. cans at a cost of $6 each.

Additional alcoholic beverage selections will be available in the club areas of the stadium.

Miranti explained that the opengrass area adjacent to the north end zone will remain a “familyfriendly” zone where no alcohol will be permitted. She also said students of legal drinking age are permitted to purchase alcohol and bring it into the student seating section of the stadium.

Long-time university sponsor MillerCoors — the second-largest brewer in the U.S. — will serve as primary distributor of alcohol at all campus events. The company

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also held mandatory training programs for SIU staff members handling and serving alcohol to comply with local regulations and standards.

According to deputy athletic director Mark Scally, vendors will not be allowed to sell to any customer that shows signs of intoxication. All alcohol sales will be stopped at the completion of the third quarter.

The SIU athletic department is taking other precautions as well to ensure maximum safety for fans while enjoying an exciting

environment.

“We’re going to thoroughly check IDs on everyone that comes up,” Scally said.

Campus police are tasked with security during home football games at Saluki Stadium. If any issues arise as the season progresses, policies and procedures are subject to change and extra security may be brought in.

“Our fans are disciplined,” Scally said. “We’ll be ready if there are any issues.”

Before the 2017 season, the only alcohol available at SIU athletic

events came from pre-game tailgates or from exclusive clubs and suites in the facilities.

This season, spectators in the clubs will be able to take their alcoholic beverage with them and move down to their club-level seats to view the game.

“We want fewer rules and more fun,” SIU Athletic Director Tommy Bell said. "We're trying to be accommodating but stay mindful at the same time."

The athletic department explained that the decision to implement alcohol sales at games

was not made in hopes of driving up attendance numbers, but rather to enhance the current fan experience during sporting events.

“I don’t think that alcohol is going to drive people to come to the game,” Bell said. “A winning team will drive more fans to the games.”

Even so, a result of the distribution to fans SIU expects to turn a reasonable profit from alcohol sales.

“If we start small and get a little lucky, we may get $50,000 or $100,000 in revenue," Bell said.

“I think that’s a real positive for

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“All this is a learning experience as we go forward ... these are just baby steps.”

- Mark Scally deputy athletic director

the university and the athletic department.”

The sale of alcohol may not be limited exclusively to football games this season, as the implementation of alcohol sales during home basketball games in SIU Arena is also being explored.

“We’re looking towards basketball but I want to see what happens with football first,” Scally said. “First we have to execute this plan, then we will visit with the campus administration before basketball season.”

One of the main concerns with selling alcohol at basketball games is the lack of cup holders in the bleachers at SIU Arena.

The athletic department explained there is currently no clear and efficient way to provide cup holders to seating areas, which creates an increased risk of spillage.

Spilled beer in the bleachers can pose potential safety hazards if not addressed in a timely manner.

Also, without proper housekeeping measures in place at the start of the season, excessive spills can lead to a lingering smell in the arena.

“We don’t want it to smell like a brewery,” Bell said.

While alcohol sales are being discussed for the upcoming basketball season, expansion to sporting events outside of Saluki Stadium and SIU Arena are also being considered. Bell expressed that any event that is in a confined space — be it through temporary or permanent means — can potentially be a venue for the sale of alcohol.

“We will have to have a controlled, refined area we can keep it in,” Bell said. “We will look

at [Itchy Jones Stadium] because it is a confined area.”

Other campus events such as concerts and fundraisers are also a part of the conversation in respect to having alcohol available for purchase by attendees.

With alcohol now being sold at select SIU sporting events, Scally notes there is potential for early success; but he notes the university must also be mindful to maintain room for improvement to current policies and procedures.

“All this is a learning experience as we go forward ... these are just baby steps,” Scally said. “We have never

sold a single drink to the general public at a Saluki football game before. It’s gonna be real interesting to see how things develop.”

Saluki fans' first taste of the new alcohol policies will be during SIU football's home-opener on Saturday at Saluki Stadium, as Southern takes on non-conference opponent Mississippi Valley State.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Sports reporters Dillon Gilliland and Nathan Dodd can be reached at dgilliland@dailyegyptian. com and ndodd@dailyegyptian.com

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Today's Birthday (09/06/17). Pull in a record harvest this year.

Invest time and energy into domestic renewal.

Your creativity with communications thrives over the next two years, beginning this autumn.

Rest, recharge and make plans this winter for a spring flowering. Steadily build your health and fitness. Love revitalizes you.

To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- This Full Moon shines on a spiritual fork in the road.

Which way to go? Love is a requirement, not an option.

Ritual and symbolism provide comfort.

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Expect a test. Begin a new professional phase.

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Begin a new phase in an exploration. Experiment with new concepts, ideas and views.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -Redirect your shared finances under this Full Moon. Balance old responsibilities with new. The stakes may seem high. Work out this phase together.

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22) -- Today is a 7 -- A turning point arises in a partnership with this Full Moon. It could get spicy. Compromise and work together for shared commitments.

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Begin a new phase at home and with family under this Full Moon.

Renovate, remodel and tend your garden.

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A turning point arises around income and finances under the Full Moon. Keep track.

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Geoffrey Bolte | Columbia University Athletics Former SIU graduate assistant Koby Altman has been named the Cleveland Cavaliers general manager entering the 2017-18 season.

Former SIU graduate assistant putting his mark on the NBA NATHAN DODD | @nathanmdodd

The man who put together this summer’s blockbuster trade in the NBA between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers once sat on the sidelines at SIU Arena.

Koby Altman, the general manager of the Cavaliers, shook the basketball world on Aug. 22 by trading All-Star guard Kyrie Irving to the Celtics in exchange for All-Star guard Isaiah Thomas, small forward Jae Crowder, center Ante Zizic, and the 2018 first round draft pick of the Brooklyn Nets.

After a physical examination by Cleveland's medical crew showed lingering issues with Thomas’ hip, an injury that aggravated the guard

during the 2016 NBA playoffs, Altman returned to the bargaining table for further compensation to finalize the trade. On Aug. 30, the Celtics added a 2020 second-round draft pick to the offer to make the deal official.

The mega-trade is Altman’s first major transaction with the Cavaliers since taking over as general manager.

Altman replaces David Griffin, who had been Cleveland’s general manager since 2010.

Altman, in his fifth season with the Cavs, was named assistant general manager to Griffin in September of 2016. After Griffin departed the club following the 2016-17 season, Altman served as interim-GM for the Cavs leading up to and through the 2017

NBA Draft in June.

He was officially named the general manager by Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert on July 24.

“I’ve been here,” Altman said during a new conference following his promotion. “This will be my sixth year here. I know this organization very well.”

Altman has shown confidence in his latest promotion. His lengthy resume of basketball experience may be a factor Altman’s tenacity.

The Brooklyn, New York native began his collegiate basketball career at Middlebury College where he led the basketball team as a three-year starter at point guard while earning a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.

Wednesday, sePtember 06, 2017 Altman continued his education by obtaining his master’s degree in sports management from the University of Massachusetts. During that time, Altman served as an assistant coach for Amherst College in Massachusetts.

Altman served as an assistant in 2009 for USA Basketball’s Under-19 team that competed in Australia. The team took home their first gold medal since 1991 with a roster featuring three future NBA players - Seth Curry, Gordon Hayward and Klay Thompson.

Altman’s coaching journey eventually led him to Carbondale where he served as a graduate assistant under head coach Chris Lowery in the 2009-10 season.

The Salukis finished the season with a 15-15 overall record.

Altman also gained valuable experience with the USA Basketball Under-17 team in 2010. He served as the team manager of a squad that featured future NBA first-round selections Bradley Beal, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow. The group won the first ever gold medal awarded for the age group.

The former SIU assistant left Southern after the 2009-10 season for a full-time assistant coach position at Columbia University in the Ivy League.

His extensive experience in basketball led Altman to the NBA in 2012, where he served as the Cavalier's pro personnel manager before being promoted to assistant general manager under Griffin at the beginning of the 2016 season.

The 2016 campaign was even more memorable for Altman as he played a key role in constructing the roster around superstar forward LeBron James. Cleveland defeated the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals to claim the franchise’s first championship.

Altman also experienced three straight NBA Finals with the Cavaliers as a member of the staff. Cleveland was defeated by Golden State in both 2015 and 2017.

Altman’s role as the team’s general manager began with the struggle of managing payroll while maintaining the possibility to make moves to improve the team, as Cleveland was over the league’s salary cap. Despite the difficulties, Altman was able to retain Kyle Korver

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Leah Klafczynski | Akron Beacon Journal | TNS Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James celebrates a foul with Kyrie Irving during the third quarter against the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

(who played in the Missouri Valley Conference as a member of Creighton) and sign free agents such as Jeff Green and Jose Calderon.

The impressive money management by the new GM impressed various members of the organization, including Gilbert.

"Koby Altman has led our front office group through this transition period, impressing many inside the franchise and outside the organization as well," the Cavs owner said on July 26 during a joint news conference with Altman.

"We are very excited that he will now be officially leading the basketball side of

our franchise."

The salary cap dilemma was not the only adversity Altman faced after his promotion.

Just days prior to Altman being named the general manager, Kyrie Irving requested a trade from the Cavaliers. The trade demand by the star point guard shocked the organization as well as the rest of the NBA. Since the moment Irving made the request, Altman has been shopping for potential suitors. He found a trade partner with the assets to deal and the need for a star of Irving's caliber in the Boston Celtics.

There is much debate about which organization “won” the blockbuster trade but there seems to be a consensus that Altman has already made the best out a potentially broken situation within the Cavs locker room.

While Altman waded through the difficulties of coming to terms in the Irving/Thomas trade like a journeyman GM, the former SIU assistant may have yet to face his largest challenge.

LeBron James — the face of the franchise, and arguably of the entire NBA — may opt out of the final year of his contract following the 20172018 season to test free agency. A

waning relationship with Cavs owner Gilbert has led sources close to James to confirm that this will be his last season in Cleveland.

Now that the Irving/Thomas trade is complete, Altman can return his focus to bringing the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy back to Cleveland. Once that task is complete, the former Saluki will look to keep the city of Cleveland's hometown hero in a Cavs jersey for many years to come.

Sports reporter Nathan Dodd can be reached at ndodd@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @NathanMDodd.

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Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Senior linebacker Chase Allen (5) attempts to tackle WIU sophomore wide receiver Stacey Smith (13) during the Salukis' 44-34 win against Western Illinois on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, at Saluki Stadium.

From Saluki to Dolphin: Former SIU linebacker Chase Allen's journey to the NFL DENTON "GIO" GIOVENCO @dentongiovenco

Former SIU linebacker Chase Allen entered the Miami Dolphins training camp as an undrafted free agent invitee. After three months of absorbing a pro playbook in between grueling workouts on and off the field, he dodged player cuts while leading all NFL players in tackles during the preseason to earn a place on the Dolphins 53-man opening-day roster.

Allen committed to SIU out of Belleville East High School in January of 2012. Coming out of high school, the 8A All-State and First-Team All-Conference linebacker was listed as a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Super 30 recruit in the Illinois/Missouri metro area.

The management major was named to the MVFC Academic Honor Roll while taking a redshirt in his first season with the Saluki football team.

Allen played in all 12 games

of the 2013 season as a redshirt freshman, recording 32 tackles and 1.5 sacks from the outside linebacker position. His solo sack that season came against Eastern Illinois University quarterback — and subsequent 2014 secondround pick of the New England Patriots — Jimmy Garroppolo.

Following a transition from outside to inside linebacker, Allen led the Salukis with 95 total tackles in his sophomore season.

His tackle total placed him ninth

overall in the MVFC in 2014.

Allen led SIU in tackles again in his junior season with 120, picking up double-digit tackles in seven of the 11 games he played to earn second team All-MVFC honors. In a week two matchup against Southeast Missouri State University, he posted an impressive 19 tackles — not accomplished since former Saluki All-American Alexis Moreland recorded 19 in a single game in 2002.

As a senior, Allen earned SIU’s

Tony Bleyer Team MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and Toughest Saluki awards to go along with an honorable mention to the 2016 AllMFVC Team. He led the Salukis in tackles for the third season in a row, totaling 77 on the year. He joined former Southern linebacker Kevin Kilgallon (1988-90) as the only players to lead the team in tackles for three consecutive years.

Allen played under four different defensive coordinators through 45 total games spanning his five-year

Wednesday, sePtember 06, 2017 college career. The former Saluki linebacker accumulated 324 total tackles during that time, good for 12th in SIU history.

An invitation to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana in early March never materialized for Allen, so his focus turned to college-hosted pro days. He attended Northwestern University's pro day on March 14 in Evanston along with 49 other draft hopefuls from area schools.

With 25 NFL organizations in attendance, Allen eclipsed his projected time of 4.8 in the 40-yard dash with times of 4.58 and 4.61 for an official average of 4.60. Only two linebackers that participated in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine on March 5 posted better numbers. He also put up NFL Combine-level numbers in the 225 pound bench press, completing 23 reps in the strength test, and scored 33-inches in the vertical jump.

Only two NFL teams attended SIU's pro day on March 17, but Allen had already put himself in talks as a late-round draft prospect following his impressive numbers at Northwestern.

Even with the boost to his draft stock stemming from his pro day performance, Allen went undrafted through all seven rounds of the 2017 NFL Draft in late April. But an official visit with the Dolphins coaching staff prior to the draft kept him on Miami's radar as an undrafted free agent.

The Dolphins entered the offseason with glaring holes at linebacker after ranking 30th against the run during the 2016 season. They decided to address that need by choosing Ohio State linebacker Raekwon McMillan in the second round of the NFL draft.

McMillan ran a third-best 4.61 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, threw up 23 reps in the bench test and claimed a 33-inch vertical jump to move up some analysts' draft boards into the bottom of the first round.

But there are no guarantees in the

draft, and Miami decided to sign undrafted free agent Allen — who posted similar numbers in his pro day as McMillan did at the Combine — on May 5 to bolster its linebacker depth entering training camp.

Allen was added along with 13 other undrafted signees to the Dolphins 90-man offseason roster.

He took reps as a linebacker on defense and on special teams throughout offseason workouts leading up to Miami's first preseason game on Aug. 10 against the Atlanta Falcons.

Across the sidelines during that first preseason game was a familiar face, Belleville West graduate and Falcons rookie running back Brian Hill. They would meet in the third quarter of the game when Hill was taken down by Allen for a 1-yard gain on a run up the middle. That was one of six tackles the former Saluki claimed during the Dolphins 23-20 win.

Overshadowing the Dolphins win was what proved to be a seasonending injury to second-round draft pick and projected starting linebacker McMillan.

McMillan pulled up lame while covering a punt on special teams in the opening minutes of Miami's first preseason game and limped off the field. An MRI on the Friday following the game confirmed that he tore his right ACL and would need season-ending surgery.

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Jacob Wiegand | @JacobWiegand_DE Saluki senior inside linebacker Chase Allen tackles Jackrabbit junior tight end Dallas Goedert during the first half of the SIU's 45-39 loss to South Dakota State on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at Saluki Stadium.

preseason game on Aug. 31 against the Minnesota Vikings to lead all NFL players with 34 tackles through the preseason. New York Giants rookie linebacker Curtis Grant was the closest to Allen in tackles through four preseason games with 25 total.

Allen eclipsed his projected time of 4.8 at the pro day in the 40-yard dash with times of 4.58 and 4.61.

Following the injury to McMillan, Allen saw more reps on defense throughout the Dolphins final three preseason games. He took advantage of the opportunity and recorded eight tackles in game two, seven in game three and 13 in Miami's final

With NFL owners passing a new resolution in March eliminating the first roster cutdown from 90 players to 75 before the final preseason game, allowing all teams to play the their final preseason match-ups with a roster of 90 players, Allen

had to survive 37 cuts instead of the traditional 22 following the final game.

Coming off a stellar preseason performance coupled with the injury to McMillan leaving a vacancy in the Dolphins depth chart at linebacker, Allen survived Miami's mandatory cut-down to 53 players on Sept 2. He also survived waiver claims and free agent signings the next day to solidify his spot on the opening day roster.

Allen was one of five undrafted free agents to make the Dolphins 53-man roster, and the fifth undrafted Saluki over the last 10 years to earn a spot on an NFL roster.

The 6-foot-3-inch, 250-pound rookie is listed on Miami's depth chart as a linebacker, behind second-year linebacker Mike Hull and nine-year NFL veteran linebacker Rey Maualuga — who

signed with the Dolphins on Aug 19 after being released by the Cincinnati Bengals in March after eight seasons.

Miami's first game of the 2017 NFL season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on Sept. 10 in Miami is in the process of being moved by the NFL offices to another stadium, or possibly week 11 of the season when both Miami and Tampa Bay have a bye week, due to Hurricane Irma's projected landfall in Florida over the weekend. While it is not clear when the Dolphins will play their first game of the 2017 season, it is certain that Allen will be on the sidelines – and possibly on the playing field — when they do as a professional player in the NFL. Sports writer Denton “Gio” Giovenco can be reached at dgiovenco@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @DentonGiovenco.

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