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Photo credit for the front cover: Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Junior wide receiver Jimmy Jones (20) runs onto the field Saturday before SIU's home opener against the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at Saluki Stadium.

Wednesday, september 13, 2017

SIU will continue current Title IX policies while DeVos overhaul remains murky CORY RAY | @coryray_de

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Thursday she plans to rescind Title IX-related policies enacted during the Obama administration, saying the current laws force schools to operate at the lowest standard of proof in sexual assault cases.

But DeVos' exact plans remain murky, and because she has yet to propose a definitive change, SIU Title IX Coordinator Kay Doan said her office will not change its procedures yet. They will continue to operate by current laws until any further laws are enacted, she said.

"At this time, we don't really have anything to offer as there are no specifics to how she is going to do this," Doan said. "My office will continue to do as we have until we get more specifics."

Doan said the Office of Equity and Compliance already operates under due process and will continue to do so.

"Not one more survivor will be silenced," she said. "We will not abandon anyone. We will amplify the voices of survivors who often feel voiceless."

DeVos said Obama's policies failed to adequately protect those accused of sexual assault.

"Title IX has helped make clear that educational institutions have a responsibility to protect every student's right to learn in a safe environment," DeVos said at George Mason University last week.

The 45-year-old law states "no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or

be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance," and it extends to sexual assault cases that occur on campuses.

"The previous administration helped elevate this issue in American public life," DeVos said.

"They listened to survivors who have brought this issue out of the backrooms of student life offices into the light of day. I'm grateful to those who endeavored to end sexual misconduct, but good intentions alone are not enough."

and navigate," DeVos said. "Where does that leave institutions who are forced to be judge and jury?"

According to the latest Clery Act annual security report, 20 sexual offense cases and 28 dating or domestic violence incidents happened on campus in 2015.

Sexual offenses have increased since 2013, in which seven cases were reported, and 2014, in which 16 cases were reported. Dating and domestic abuse has declined greatly since 2013, when 55 cases were reported.

DeVos said both victims and

“Not one more survivor will be silenced. We will not abandon anyone. We will amplify the voices of survivors who often feel voiceless.”

- Kay Doan SIU Title IX Coordinator

DeVos said many campuses have not properly addressed sexual assault cases, adding Obama-era polices have failed to protect survivors and "victims of a lack of due process."

She suggested in a number of cases, a person is wrongly accused of sexually assaulting or harassing someone.

She said students, administrators and other members of college campuses have also had to decipher and enact overly-complicated policies.

"Washington has burdened schools with increasingly elaborate and confusing guidelines that even lawyers find difficult to understand

survivors may not be given full information during a school's investigation, which she called "kangaroo courts," a term for trying someone for a crime without substantial evidence.

"Instead of working with schools on behalf of students, the prior administration weaponized the Office of Civil Rights to work against schools and against students," she said.

Staff writer Cory Ray can be reached at cray@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @coryray_de.

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Finalists for director of Paul Simon Institute named JOE MCLAUGHLIN | @jmcl_de

Six finalists for director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute were announced Monday and will spend the next month visiting campus for presentations and interviews.

The candidates were announced by John Jackson, the chair of the search committee and a visiting professor at the institute.

Campus visits will go from Sept. 21 to Oct. 3 and will include public forums for the candidates to detail their plans for the institute, according to the university news release.

The person chosen will replace David

Yepsen, the former director of the institute who retired in October 2016.

Yepsen served as the institute’s director for seven years.

The search committee was comprised of members of the university’s faculty, staff, students and members of the institute’s Executive Board of Counselors, according to the release.

The finalists and their presentation schedules are: Jeffrey Gedmin, senior fellow at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Masters Program, will present from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 21 in the Illinois Room of the Student Center.

Christopher Mooney, director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, will present from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sept. 22 in the Illinois Room of the Student Center.

James Coyle, director of the Center for Global Education at Chapman University in Orange, California, will present from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 28 in the Illinois Room of the Student Center.

John Shaw, a congressional reporter for Market News International, will present from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Illinois Room of the Student Center.

Stacy McDermott, a consulting historian at the Center for State Policy and Leadership

at the University of Illinois Springfield, will present from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Illinois Room of the Student Center.

Jak Tichenor, the interim director at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, will present from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Illinois Room of the Student Center.

For more information on the finalists, please visit http://paulsimoninstitute.siu.edu/ directorsearch/.

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

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From ice cream to coffee: Dippin' Dots recruits SIU student for new product CORY RAY | @coryray_de

For the past year and a half, Jackson Wood has been freezing espresso in a lab in the Neckers building — but not because he prefers his cup of joe cold.

Wood, a junior studying biochemistry from Apex, North Carolina, was drafted into a new project involving frozen coffee at the request of the founder of Dippin' Dots, Curt Jones, a 1986 SIU alumnus.

In 1988, Jones created Dippin' Dots, a new kind of frozen treat that heralded itself as the "ice cream of the future," and the company is busy producing a new product: 40 Below Joe. Dippin' Dots ice cream is flashfrozen using liquid nitrogen, and part of Wood's research involves testing whether that method can be applied to coffee or if natural freezing is a better technique.

For Wood, the opportunity to conduct research early in his college career — he was a second semester freshman when he began the project through an undergraduate asisstantship — was part of the reason he chose SIU. "It's just so much experience than you can't get in one year of senior research at another university," he said.

After last spring, Wood's research was almost frozen: the assistantship he received was no longer funded, and he was no longer getting university financial support to carry out his project.

"I think it's really unfortunate the university doesn't have the

Joe, continuing to conduct research within SIU's facilities. Wood said he was able to work nearly full time over the summer because of Jones' investment in him.

This allowed him to continue his project over the summer rather than waiting for three months, Wood said.

"Research is a big part of what I do, and just something I'm really, really interested in," he said.

Having to find a job on top of research is something Mary Kinsel, director of the university's Mass Spectrometry Facility, said can slow students' research.

“I think it's really valuable for students to learn approaches to research which are truly different than what you learn in the classroom ... All the labs we do are labs that we do in a book. You do what it says, and there you go. Research is a different thing.”

- Gary Kinsel chemistry professor

UGA program," Gary Kinsel, a chemistry professor and mentor to Wood, said. "I think it's really valuable for students to learn approaches to research which are truly different than what you learn in the classroom ... All the labs we do are labs that we do in a book.

You do what it says, and there you go. Research is a different thing."

Jones offered to fund Wood's research over the summer, and he became an employee of 40 Below

His undergraduate assistantship was still unfunded going into the fall semester, so Wood remains a 40 Below Joe employee, receiving hours he would normally work if he were an employee of the university.

While Wood said he would have continued the research without being paid, he would not be able to perform in-depth research if he wasn't being compensated because he would have to find another job to support himself.

"The students won't see as much of the research if they only spend half the time in the lab," she said. "A part of it is you have to spend time in the lab to actually see what goes wrong, to learn and have successes."

As part of his work, Wood looks at how storage temperature affects the coffee, placing it in freezers 40 degrees below Celsius and 20 degree below Celsius, which more accurately represents normal freezer conditions.

Samples of the coffee were stored

for one, two, four and six months, and the last of the trials ended during the first week of the fall semester.

From there, Wood heated the compounds to 85 degrees Celsius, which he said represents the optimal serving temperature for heated coffee.

The coffee, which Wood said is marketed locally as well as in Jones' hometown of Nashville, has yet to expand to shelves nationally. It is is designed to be eaten frozen or heated up.

Wood said he studies the smells the product produces under different temperature using a technique called gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, which analyzes compounds related to aroma.

In the future, Wood said the research could be expanded to other roasts of coffee besides espresso.

The experiments are largely of Wood's own design, and he said he is aided by the Kinsels' experience.

"It's really exciting for me to get to work on my own," he said. "Over the summer, I was pretty much doing what I needed to do to get done to get [Jones] what he wanted. It was on my schedule."

Staff writer Cory Ray can be reached at cray@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @coryray_de.

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Hurricane Harvey was ‘heartbreaking,’ student from Houston says ISABELLE ROGERS | @isabellarogers

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Houston-native Raymond Sullivan, a sophomore studying business, has experienced some of the worst storms to come through Texas, but Hurricane Harvey’s landfall in late August was his first time away from home and his family during major weather.

“My whole life I’ve experienced hurricanes,” Sullivan said. “I knew it was going to be a strong hurricane but nobody knew it was going to impact our city and our area just as badly as it did.”

Harvey unleashed about 50 inches of rain in four days, resulting in floods that displaced more than 30,000 people, inundated hundreds of thousands of homes and led to 60 deaths, according to local officials.

Because Sullivan serves as a defensive lineman on the SIU football team, he said wasn’t able to make it to Texas to help in the aftermath of the hurricane.

Sullivan said he and his parents, brothers and sister moved to Lake Forest a few years ago, but the rest of his family still lives in Houston. For four days, he received constant updates from his grandmothers, aunts and uncles who live where the storm hit the city hardest.

The flooding that resulted from Harvey’s continuous rainfall caused the most damage to the city, Sullivan said. Both of his grandmothers’ homes flooded, he said, and one lost most of her furniture and clothing as the waters in her house rose to thigh-high levels.

His aunt’s house was spared from significant damage because it was built on elevated ground, so she is housing both grandmothers until the flooding goes down. He said the damage to their homes will take an estimated two to four months to fix.

Many are expecting the city’s recovery to take much longer.

“It is just heartbreaking to see,” Sullivan

said. “They said it would take years of

pairs of UnderArmor shoes in order to

Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE Defensive lineman Raymond “Chucky” Sullivan, 19, of Houston Texas, talks about the damage he saw from Hurricane Harvey Monday outside SIU Arena. “On a scale from one to ten, it was an eleven,” Sullivan said.

repair — it could be a whole decade.”

One of Sullivan’s grandmothers in Houston, Inas Hassaen, said residents in her apartment complex have banded together following Harvey, and some on the upper floors have opened their doors to house neighbors who were previously strangers.

“People are trying to help and do what they can to help others,” Hassaen said.

“There is so much kindness, so much spirit of helping. It was just incredible to see, but we Texans do that a lot.”

As soon as the rains stopped, Sullivan said his parents flew into Austin and drove down to Houston to help their extended family recover and rebuild.

They also donated $10,000 dollars to a GoFundMe account in order to aid the family’s cleanup efforts.

Sullivan said he has a network in Carbondale supporting him while he can’t be with the rest of his family.

The athletic department donated clothes and the football team donated 20

help those that lost everything to Harvey, he said. In total, the athletic department pitched in over 500 items.

“Like everyone in Houston, we’re just trying to stick together, trying to band together and help Houston out,” Sullivan said.

In addition to the support from the athletic department, Sullivan said football head Coach Nick Hill personally contacted him to talk about how he was dealing with the hurricane while he couldn’t be with his family.

However, Sullivan doesn’t have long now to wait before he can see his family again. On Sept. 29, he said all his relatives are coming for Family Weekend.

“I’m blessed and happy that they’re all okay,” Sullivan said. “No one is hurt, no one is harmed.”

Staff writer Isabelle Rogers can be reached at irogers@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @isabellarogers.

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Florida-native SIU student deals with Irma from 14 hours away MARNIE LEONARD | @marsuzleo

John Lawless, a junior studying physiology from Lake Mary, Florida, waited all of last week to see if Hurricane Irma would aim its fury at any of his family members or beloved childhood stomping grounds when it touched down over the weekend.

“I’ve lived through a few hurricanes but it was daunting, just the sheer size of Irma,” said Lawless, who grew up about 20 minutes north of Orlando. “It’s hard … being 14 hours away from everybody. If something bad did happen, I would be so far away and that’s scary.”

Lawless said his parents, two younger sisters, cousins, grandparents and eight aunts and uncles all made it through unscathed.

Irma, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, was expected to pass directly through Tampa Bay, but made an unexpected northeast turn Sunday night. It crossed the Orlando area around 2 a.m. on Monday.

Regardless of where Irma passed through Florida, Lawless said his family could’ve been at risk.

Though Orlando, which is about 35 miles inland, wasn’t at risk for a storm surge, wind gusts are reported to be in the 80 to 100 mph range by the Orlando International Airport and the National Hurricane Center.

Lawless said at this point, his family members on the coasts have all moved inland and everyone has congregated in the center of the state.

“Usually by the time it gets to us in central Florida it’s slowed down,” Lawless said. “But you never know what to expect. It’s always just expect the worst and hope for the best.”

Some of his relatives live on the beach in St. Petersburg, which, like Tampa, was spared a direct hit. But Lawless said they still haven’t been able to get home to assess their property damage.

Now that his family is safe, Lawless said his childhood beaches are some of his biggest concerns, and he’s still not sure how much damage has been sustained.

“These are places I have memories possibly being destroyed or damaged,” Lawless said. “The beaches I grew up at were definitely expected to get some more catastrophic damage than the inland places.”

“You need to be ready to be hunkered down in your house for possibly a week or two with no electricity.”

- John Lawless Junior

“I have family pretty much scattered all over the state,” he said.

“I was up late, I talked to them before I went to bed and everyone seemed to be good. My family’s house is still without power.”

The storm left at least six dead and millions without power in Florida, according to local officials.

“In the next day, there’s no way to predict if my family will run out of power,” Lawless said. “If the

Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times | TNS One block from the oceanfront in Naples, Florida, the water was still a foot deep from storm surge. Terry Clontz, homeowner, 66, put up a sign reading "Caution No Wake," because people driving by were going too fast and pushing water further into his property, Monday.

power doesn’t come back on, if the generator goes down, I might lose contact with my family for a couple days until they can get somewhere to charge up.”

In the days leading up to Irma’s landing, Lawless said the state was a “madhouse.”

“My dad waited in line for two hours to get propane on Thursday, and and my mom waited in line at the grocery store for a couple hours to get three cases of water,” Lawless said. “The line was wrapped around the entire store and they still ran out.”

Gas stations didn’t have enough gas for everyone trying to flee the state and hardware stores ran out of plywood for people staying and boarding up their windows, he said, adding that generators, food and

water were also scarce.

“You need to be ready to be hunkered down in your house for possibly a week or two with no electricity,” Lawless said. “You never know if the power is going down in your street and when they’ll get to it, so it’s just madness.”

Though Lawless said no one ever wants to deal with severe weather and the destruction is causes, he added that some of his best memories growing up happened during hurricane seasons.

“Part of me wishes I could be there,” he said. “Since there’s no power, it’s a lot of board games and everyone is together. We always try to make the best of the situation and have a good time. People who are raised in Florida have a different

outlook on hurricanes than people who are looking from outside.”

Lawless said he won’t be able to make it home until winter break, and his family's house didn't suffer significant damage from the storm.

Still, he said he knows the community will come together to clean up in Irma’s wake.

“I know there’s a lot of damage and people who aren’t as fortunate as my family may not have their homes,” Lawless said. “It’s all about pulling together and helping each other.

That’s all anyone can do right now, is just lend a hand to your neighbor.”

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

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Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, the 'face of tourism in southern Illinois' KITT FRESA | @kittfresa

With more than a dozen vineyards within 15 miles of Carbondale, the area has made a name as a destination spot for many wine-lovers in the state.

The Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, which includes 11 wineries, is designed to allow an estimated 100,000 visitors a year to visit most of them in one pass.

“I call it ‘beyond an old hippie’s wildest dream,’” says George Majka, one of the trail’s founding members.

“We’ve produced an industry really.

I think we’ve changed the face of tourism in southern Illinois.”

In 1995, the owners of Alto Vineyards, Pomona Winery and Owl Creek Vineyard got together to discuss how southern Illinois could attract more tourists.

Together with the help of Debbie Moore, executive director of the Carbondale Convention & Tourism Bureau, and Cindy Benefield, of the Southernmost Illinois Tourism Bureau, the state’s first wine trail was created.

Majka, who is one of the owners of Pomona Winery on the trail, said the owners of all the vineyards have remarkable cooperation with one another.

“I’ve heard from anyone I’ve ever talked with … that this is one of the most functional organizations that they've ever encountered,” Majka said.

Brad Genung, president of the Wine Trail Association, said the trail has put the region on the map.

“The two key things that bring tourists here are the forest and the wine trail,” Genung said. “We all kick in resources, personnel, money, knowledge — it's one of those things where it raises all boats.”

Genung said the wine trail has been invaluable for the local economy.

“It's all these small local businesses,” he said. “This is local capital, local talent … and lot of the dollars that are generated from these businesses stay in the region.

So there's that steady rhythm and there's a very nice consistent growth that keeps on happening.”

“The two key things that bring tourists here are the forest and the wine trail. We all kick in resources, personnel, money, knowledge — it's one of those things where it raises all boats.”

- Brad Genung President of the Wine Trail Association

Majka said since the trail was established, over 100 bed and breakfasts have also popped up in the region to accommodate visitors.

“All of that was absolutely nonexistent when we started,” Majka said. “The wine trail is definitely responsible for all of those microhospitality businesses.”

Vineyards thrive in southern Illinois because it is an American Viticultural Area, which means it is an ideal wine grape-growing region.

This designation is determined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.

Gerd Hedman, the owner of Hedman Vineyards on the trail, said the classification is rare.

“Its very hard to get and Shawnee Hills Wine Trail has that,” Hedman said. “We have AVA and we’re very proud of that.”

The trail includes Alto Vineyards, StarView Vineyards, Pomona Winery, Hedman Vineyard, Hickory Ridge Vineyard, Blue Sky Vineyard, Von Jwakob Vineyard, Owl Creek Vineyard, Orlandini Vineyard and Honker Hill Winery.

Each one has a wide variety of in-house wine, from the boldest, oakiest chardonnay to the sweetest dessert wines. Specialty wines can also be found in abundance, such as Hedman Vineyards’ famous peach wine made from their own peach orchard.

Non-wine lovers can enjoy the trail too by sampling the other beverage options offered by each establishment, like Owl Creek’s house hard cider.

Some wineries, like Pomona, have their fruit trucked in from local growers, while some like Hedman’s make wine from their own grapes.

Although states like California are perhaps more well-known for their wineries, Majka said Illinois can hold its own with the best of them.

“There are winemakers all over the state that I have a great deal of respect for,” Majka said. “But no one has a concentration of excellent, truly devoted winemakers like we have here in southern Illinois.”

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

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Column: SIU’s priorities are not in order SAM BEARD samuelrobert@siu.edu

It has come to my attention that many of my constituents do not know that SIU is no longer going to blowup the towers and build shiny, new, wildly expensive dorms in their place.

The abandonment of this project is a good thing. But, as usual, it comes with a massive catch.

In February, in order to help fund dorm construction, the Board of Trustees hiked room & board costs six percent a year for the next three years, totaling a whopping 18 percent increase.

Let’s hope this does not pan out as the ol’ bait-and-switch because, as it stands, the new dorms aren’t going up, but that nearly 20 percent hike to fund them is still in place.

It is certainly important to point out that the Board of Trustees does not vote on adjustments in tuition, fees and housing costs until the December meeting, so they could still vote to rescind the massive hike.

Regardless, it is imperative to direct student attention to this, so that come December, we can ensure we are not getting our pockets fleeced yet again.

SIU built the towers to accommodate the sharp rise in enrollment that most colleges saw during the 60’s and 70’s.

Unfortunately for the university — and entire region, for that matter — our enrollment peaked in 1991 and is now at its lowest rate in over 50 years.

Understandably, the administration has been trying to come up with ways to boost enrollment and retention to save the university from spiraling into obscurity.

Strangely enough, the master plan they came up with to slow our plummeting numbers was not to invest in educational resources and research opportunities.

Can you imagine how many bright students would flood the university if they pumped that quarter-billion into academic programs and research initiatives? Can you imagine the enrollment surge if they simultaneously lowered the cost of the ridiculously overpriced housing? They would have to reopen all of the shuttered dorms around campus and students would still be fighting for rooms!

It would send shockwaves around the world of higher ed. Students and faculty at schools like Harvard and Oxford might even get a little jealous.

“If we are to redefine higher education by 2025, we need to change our relationship to it.”

- Sam Beard Student Trustee

Instead, the grand scheme to jump-start enrollment was a shallow appeal to aesthetics — demolishing three skyscraper dorms and spending $257 million to build fancier, more contemporary ones.

Since we are still constructing our 2025 Vision — Chancellor Carlo Montemagno’s call to reimagine what SIU should look like in eight years — let’s toy with the following.

Clearly, cash wasn’t an issue when the administration wanted to take out over $250 million in loans to build luxury dormitories. So if we are really serious about turning Carbondale around, if we are really serious about SIU becoming the hottest school on the market, let’s get our priorities straight.

In regards to reimagining SIU in light of our current financial

problems, our new chancellor said “resources do not define our vision.”

How refreshing it is to hear a campus leader state that we will not let outside forces hold us back from actualizing what we all know is possible!

If the administration wants to increase enrollment, since apparently that is the priority, they must substantially drop the cost of housing, halt tuition and fee hikes and, most importantly, invest in the quality of education SIU provides.

Right now, to live in the towers and eat basic food costs $10,622 per academic year. That is a staggering $1,328 a month to share a room with someone.

Our mission statement reads: “SIU embraces a unique tradition of access and opportunity, inclusive excellence, innovation in research and creativity and outstanding teaching focused on nurturing student success.”

However, by gutting research, creative activity and the graduate assistantship program while implementing a $10 million dollar hiring freeze, the administration is currently lowering the quality of education offered at SIU while simultaneously raising the cost of attendance.

SIU administrators incessantly boast about how accessible the university is while simultaneously extracting increasing amounts of cash

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from the students.

If we are to redefine higher education by 2025, we need to change our relationship to it.

We need to take bold steps forward, in spite of it all, to prove to prospective and current students that Carbondale is the perfect place to get the best education possible to prepare for whatever else the twentyfirst century will throw at us.

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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Members of the Class of 2021 dash into Saluki Stadium before the SIU home opener Saturday against the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at Saluki Stadium. A long-lasting tradition, the "Saluki Sprint" event officially welcomes the new freshman class to the university.

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Junior RTD major Darian Wells, of Champaign, pumps up the crowd Saturday during the final quarter of the SIU home opener against the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at Saluki Stadium. The Salukis topped the Mississippi Valley Delta Devils, 55-3.

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SIU senior wide receiver Connor Iwema (6) blocks Mississippi Valley's defensive back Adri Valley State Delta Devils Saturday at Saluki Stadium.

SIU wins 15th home-opener in DENTON "GIO" GIOVENCO @dentongiovenco

SIU football claimed its 15th home-opener win in 16 years on Saturday night with a decisive 55-3 win over the visiting Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils at Saluki Stadium.

With 11 games to play in consecutive weekends this season

for the Salukis, head coach Nick Hill looked to come out with a win to gain momentum heading towards a two-game road trip.

Southern accomplished this by overpowering Mississippi Valley State from the onset.

"I was encouraged by the way that we came out and took control of the football game," Hill said during his live radio show with

Mike Reis on Monday. "We wanted to do that and we did it."

Junior starting quarterback Sam Straub led the Salukis to scores in six of their eight first-half offensive drives on Saturday, giving SIU a commanding 38-point lead at halftime. Straub finished his day on 12-for-20 passing for 191 yards and two touchdowns.

"I thought he did a really good job

of controlling the team." Hill said.

Sophomore quarterback Tanner Hearn took the helm for Southern for the final half of the game, and began his day with an interception in his first drive. He quickly bounced back in his second drive of the game, finding junior wide receiver Raphael Leonard with a pass for a 7-yard TD. Hearn ran for a 26-yard touchdown in his third drive to give

the Salukis their fifth rushing TD of the game. He finished Saturday's game on 12-for-20 passing for 45 yards, with one touchdown and one interception to go along with his rushing TD. "I thought he did a really good job," the Saluki head coach said.

"It didn't start off too good for him ... but those are good learning experiences."

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Sophomore quarterback Tanner Hearn celebrates after scoring a touchdown Saturday during the SIU home opener against the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at Saluki Stadium.

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A firework display shoots off over Saluki Stadium Saturday after the SIU Football home opener against Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils.

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Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz ian Campbell (22) during the second quarter of SIU’s home opener against the Mississippi

16 years, prepares for SEMO With SIU in control throughout the game, coach Hill took the opportunity to give valuable playing time to as many Salukis as he could.

"There were two players that weren't dressed that didn't get to play," Hill said.

"Everybody else on the offensive and defensive side of the football played."

Southern's defense was strong against the run on Saturday night, saddling MVSU with -8 rushing yards

for the game. But the defense was shaky in the passing game, allowing 322 passing yards on 21-for-49 passing by the Delta Devils quarterbacks despite intercepting two passes.

After finishing the 2016 season ranked 100th nationally out of 122 teams in total defense, allowing an average of 433.1 yards per game to opposing teams, Hill knows the defense has to up its performance against the pass if SIU

wants to contend for the playoffs.

"We play in a talented league," he said. "We have to put ourselves in position and be there to make the plays. Hopefully throughout the game we make more one-on-one plays than our opponent does."

SIU (1-0) travels to Southeast Missouri State University (0-2) to play the Redhawks in their home-opener on Saturday. Southern defeated SEMO last

season in Saluki Stadium 30-22 during the home-opener.

"It's a big game for us for a lot of reasons," Hill said. "It's a rivalry game for one. Anytime two Division I schools are 45 minutes away from each other it should be a big game."

Coach Hill knows that even with the Redhawks sitting at 0-2, they are not to be seen as an easy opponent.

"With us coming to town I look

for them to play their best game," he said. "It's going to be a good, physical football game."

Kickoff of SIU's matchup against SEMO is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Saturday inside Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

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

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Reading benefit to raise money for hurricane victims TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_

Though southern Illinois has not been directly affected by Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Harvey, members of the campus community are trying to help victims hundreds of miles away through a reading benefit fundraiser.

For some, the extreme weather hit close to home.

One of these is Brett Gaffney, a 2014 SIU graduate with a master’s degree in poetry.

Gaffney is originally from Houston, where Harvey unleashed about 40 inches of rain in four days, resulting in floods that displaced more than 30,000 people and inundated hundreds of thousands of homes, according to local officials.

Gaffney’s poems will be read during a benefit Sept. 14 to raise money for those affected by the hurricanes.

The event, which is hosted by Allison Joseph, the director of the fine arts creative writing program, will feature participants either reading their own work or work from writers affected by the storm, according to the university news release for the event.

It will go from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Harry T. Moore Auditorium in Faner Hall, Room 1324.

Gaffney said literary events like these are important in the aftermath of crises.

“It's surreal to watch these streets you know so well become unrecognizable beneath the swell of waves.”

- Brett Gaffney SIU graduate

“[They] inherently inspire creativity and hope, so hosting one with the intent of raising funds for hurricane relief can only be a very

Tom Fox | Dallas Morning News | TNS Flood waters have risen into the Lakes on Eldridge North neighborhood near the Addicks Reservoir West Houston, Texas on Aug. 30. Hurricane Harvey inundated the Houston area with several feet of rain.

good thing,” Gaffney said. “I think art and literature help keep us going, and in this case, in more ways than one.”

Gaffney said although she currently lives in Ohio, she still has family members in Houston who suffered damage to their homes in Harvey’s wake.

“It's surreal to watch these streets you know so well become unrecognizable beneath the swell of waves,” Gaffney said.

“But the devastation isn't about me … It's about the people in my hometown. … I expect our recovery to be a long road, but

we are nothing if not resilient.”

Meghann Plunkett, a graduate student studying poetry from Matunuck, Rhode Island, said she will be reading selections from Campbell McGrath, a poet from Florida, and Laurie Ann Guerrero, a poet from Texas.

Plunkett said she felt like she needed to participate for the storms’ victims.

“I felt like not enough is being done,” she said.

“So I wanted to do anything I could.”

Joseph, who will be reading Gaffney’s writings, said the event is free but donations are encouraged.

“Every little bit helps, because our little bit will add up to make organizations stronger,” she said.

All proceeds will go to Red Cross relief efforts in the affected areas, according to the press release.

“One of the reasons for doing this is to show how this university reaches out into the greater community,” Joseph said. “Not just here in Carbondale, but around the world.”

Tierra Carpenter can be reached at tcarpenter@dailyegyptian.com or @tierramc_.

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Carbondale aiming to be more cyclist-friendly TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_

Carbondale officials are in the process of making the city safer for bike riders, installing new bike paths to cut down on accidents and allow cyclists to have a clear route to almost anywhere in the city, officials said.

Chris Wallace, director of the city’s developmental services department, said one path is almost complete.

He said the path goes downtown, runs along the railroad tracks from Main Street to Park Street and leads to the pedestrian overpass that goes across U.S. Route 51 and onto campus.

The purpose was to make a side path for cyclists so they wouldn’t have to travel on main roads, Wallace said.

“It’s lit up at night,” Wallace said. “It’s supposed to be a safe path for people to be able to get from one place to the other.”

It was especially designed with students who live on East Campus in mind. Wallace said this allows them to have a clear way to get from campus to downtown.

This path cost $419,960, with $335,950 coming from a grant through the Illinois Department of Transportation and $84,010 coming from the city’s budget, Wallace said.

Wallace said along with city funds, Carbondale has received additional grants totaling an estimated $1,195,052 from IDOT to fund other bike paths.

One is being developed to take riders from Mill Street across Grand Avenue to Park Street and the pedestrian overpass across U.S. Route 51, and will cost $388,870 in grants, with the city contributing $97,240.

A third path may begin construction next summer, Wallace said. This would take cyclists from the northwest side of Oakland Avenue to New Era Road, and would cost $1,131,820 total, $422,880 of which will come from the city budget.

The city is in the process of applying for another IDOT grant for a path that will go from New

Auston Mahan | @AustonMahanDE Student's bicycles at the beginning of a new bike trail Saturday, between the SIU Recreation Center to the tower apartments on Grand Ave.

Era Road to U.S. Route 13.

“We’re currently in the design stage,” Wallace said. “It is a long process to get all of our approvals through IDOT. As soon as we can, we hope to get started.”

He said he hopes the path will eventually create a large network that runs from Carbondale to Murphysboro.

Wallace said other, smaller projects are in the works to make the city more bike-friendly. These include placing bike “fix-it” stations and air pumps around town, striping city roads and adding bike lanes to existing road networks where the streets are wide enough.

These smaller projects will continue as funds become available, Wallace said.

Included in these changes is a set of flashing lights that were installed over the summer on the crosswalk between the Student Recreation Center and the parking lot for East Campus, according to Brad Dillard, the director of Plant and Service Operations.

“When you press a button they’re very noticeable and obvious to cars coming and going from both directions,” Dillard said.

Doug McDonald, owner of the bike shop Phoenix Cycles, said the changes to the crosswalk were needed

because the area is very high-traffic, busy with both cars and pedestrians.

“That was definitely needed to alert people that there was even a crosswalk there,” McDonald said. “If you didn’t know it was there, it was pretty easy just to buzz through.”

McDonald said all the city’s improvements for bike riders have been needed.

“They actually have stepped up to the plate and done a lot of things to actually become a bike friendly community,” McDonald said. “It really kind of makes me proud to be in Carbondale now. In the past … [they] kind of overlooked bicycles, when it's been the main form of transportation for a lot of students for a lot of years.”

Wallace said the city is trying to budget more money every year to make improvements because grants can’t always be relied on.

“Little by little, we’re trying to make Carbondale more bicyclefriendly,” Wallace said.

Tierra Carpenter can be reached at tcarpenter@dailyegyptian.com or @tierramc_.

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‘Archaeologists aren’t born — they’re made’ Meet Mark Wagner, anthropology professor AMELIA BLAKELY | @ameliablakely

Mark Wagner’s teaching philosophy is anyone can become an archaeologist with the proper resources, determination and on-thejob experience.

“Archeologists aren’t born — they’re made,” said Wagner, an anthropology professor and the director of the Center for Archaeological Investigations.

Born in northern Kentucky, Wagner’s love for archeology came from a book he found as a child about prehistoric rock art in Europe.

“I got so excited and I told my parents, ‘This is what I want to do,’” Wagner said. “That started it all.”

Wagner received his master’s degree in anthropology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville in 1978. It was there that he met his wife, Mary McCorvie, who is now an archaeologist for the National Forest Service.

McCorvie is originally from Illinois, and when the two met in the 1970s, Wagner said southern Illinois was an up-and-coming excavation site for archaeologists.

The pair moved to the region in the late '70s when Wagner began work on the Carrier Mills project through the Center for Archaeological Investigations. Through this, Wagner

and the other archaeologists on site identified substantial human habitation sites from about 5,000 years ago in the Saline Valley.

After this project was completed in 1979, he worked for the Illinois Department of Conservation for a few years before a stint in the private sector until 1997, when he returned to SIU as a professor.

Wagner said the field of archaeology appeals to him because he is able to connect descendants to their ancestors’ historical homes.

Through the yearly summer field school Wagner runs for anthropology students, he said has been able to connect members of Native American tribes to sites on the Trail of Tears.

This past summer, Wagner and the students in the field school were able to team up with the National Forest Service to excavate an area of the Shawnee National Forest that was involved in the Underground Railroad.

The site, which is near Eddyville, is a deserted community called Miller Grove. During the pre-Civil War era, Wagner said a man from Tennessee brought his slaves over the border to southern Illinois to free them.

They landed in Miller Grove and built a community of farmsteads with a church and cemetery, Wagner said.

The National Forest Service had done archaeological work

there in 1999, Wagner said, and reached out to descendants of the community members. Wagner said as excavators became busy with other projects, the Miller Grove project eventually stopped.

“We’re reviving it,” Wagner said.

He said this gives students a chance to conduct “applied research,” that is, real experience working on excavation sites and networking with federal agencies and private companies.

The deserted town is a “silenced community,” which Wagner said means historical accounts do not mention Miller Grove.

This makes it much more difficult to study, Wagner said, as it becomes harder and harder to piece together its residents’ daily lives.

Though difficult, Wagner said archaeology is an important field because it tells the story of African Americans, Native Americans and other marginalized factions throughout history as historical texts often leave them out or don’t give the full picture.

“Archeology becomes an independent line of evidence,” Wagner said.

Staff writer Amelia Blakely can be reached on Twitter @AmeilaBlakely or at ablakely@dailyegyptian.com

“Archeology becomes an independent line of evidence.”

-Mark Wagner anthropology professor and the director of the Center for Archaeological Investigations

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Professor of anthropology Mike Wagner holds a French canonball Monday outside of his office in Faner Hall.

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Artifacts sit on display Monday outside professor Mark Wagner’s office in Faner Hall.

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SIU volleyball goes 0-2 at Western Michigan Tournament, begins season 0-7 RYAN DEMER | @RyanDemer_DE

SIU volleyball dropped a 3-0 decision to the Western Michigan Broncos (5-3) on Saturday to close out play in the Western Michigan Tournament inside Read Fieldhouse in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Salukis faced a tough Bronco squad in their second match of the tournament, led by preseason All-MAC selection senior middle blocker Sydney LeMay. Southern jumped out to an early 5-4 lead in the opening set, but WMU quickly responded with a 7-0 run to take a 13-6 lead. The Broncos never looked back, maintaining the lead through the rest of the set to take a 25-15 win.

Western Michigan built off the momentum of its commanding win in the first set, taking an early 6-1 lead in the second. SIU quickly responded with a 4-0 run to bring the score within one point, 6-5.

The Broncos claimed nine of the next 10 points scored in the set, assisted by a 6-point run, to take a comfortable 15-6 lead over the Salukis. SIU closed to within seven points of the WMU at 21-14, but the deficit proved too much to overcome as Southern dropped the second set 25-17.

Southern came out rallying in the third set, as they took an early 5-2 lead. The Salukis battled hard, as the last set was neck and neck.

Both teams consistently traded points to a 2121 tie late in the set.

The Broncos quickly took control of the match with a 3-0 run to put the Salukis against match point 24-21. Following a Southern timeout, redshirt senior outside hitter Andrea Estrada recorded a kill, giving SIU life for a comeback.

Southern could not capitalize on the brief momentum shift built by Estrada, surrendering match point to Western Michigan to lose the third set 25-22 and the match 3-0.

Four Salukis recorded at least five kills, with senior outside hitter Abby Barrow leading the way with seven. Estrada contributed with six kills. while recorded eight digs and one ace.

Senior middle hitter Kolby Meeks tacked on 5 kills, and senior defensive specialist Ashley Edelen notably notched her first kill since Nov. 2015 while

Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE Sophomore outside hitter Alysa Sutton, 12, blocks the ball Aug. 29 WWWWWWduring the Salukis' 22-25 loss against Arkansas State University at SIU Arena.

recording a team-best nine digs in the match.

Freshman setter/hitter Rachel Maguire finished with 15 assists and 8 digs, while sophomore setter Alayna Martin recorded 14 assists and 6 digs throughout the match.

The Broncos had three different players that reached double-digit figures in kills, led by LeMay with 11 on the day.

Playing in their second game in as many nights, the Salukis were out-hit by the Broncos .330 to .140.

Southern finished 0-2 in the tournament after losing its first match against to the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies on Friday in four sets, 27-25, 25-21, 22-25, 20-25.

SIU (0-7) hosted Southeast Missouri State University in a non-conference match-up on Tuesday night at SIU Arena after time of writing. To see the results of the overnight match, visit dailyegyptian.com.

The Salukis next match will take place in

the Shamrock Invitational tournament against Central Michigan on Friday inside Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame, Indiana. First serve is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., with matches against Notre Dame and Michigan State on Saturday to complete Southern's tournament visit.

Sports writer Ryan Demer can be reached at rdemer@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @RyanDemer_DE

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Saluki golf swings into action Men's golf NATHAN DODD | @NathanMDodd

The SIU men’s golf team finished in the middle of the pack at the 16-team Wolf Run Intercollegiate tournament, tying for an eighthplace finish at the conclusion of the three-day competition in Zionsville, Indiana.

Round 1 (Sept. 8) SIU ended the first round of play by shooting a score of 306 collectively. Junior Hunter York shot a 75 thru 18 holes, posting the best individual score for the Salukis. York sank four birdies which played a major role in his 4-over-par score on Friday.

Close behind York were junior teammates Luke Gannon and Peyton Wilhoit, each posting scores of 76. Gannon found the cup for two birdies while Wilhoit added a team-high five on day one. Both golfers finished the first round at 5-over.

Rounding out the rest of the Saluki squad was sophomore Sam Meek, shooting an 8-over-par 79, and sophomore Frankie Thomas with an 11-over-par 82.

Round 2 (Sept. 9) The Salukis improved their scores on Saturday by shooting a combined team score of 298.

Gannon led SIU on day two by posting a 2-over-par 73 with three birdies. A Saluki tournament-high six birdies from Meek secured a 3-over-par 74 for the sophomore.

Thomas and York were close on the heels of their teammates, each claiming three birdies during their round while shooting a 4-over-par 75 and 5-over-par 76 respectively.

Wilhoit experienced a less fortunate round than he had on day one, finishing with a 9-over-par 80

Women's golf to complete the Saluki scorecard.

Round 3 (Sept. 10) SIU duplicated their score from day one of the tournament by posting a team score of 306.

Meek ended his tournament by carding a 3-over-par 74 for the second day in a row. Wilhoit bounced back on the final day by posting a 4-over-par 75 on two birdies, his best round of the tournament.

York tacked on two more birdies in his final round for a total of nine throughout the weekend, finishing with a 6-over-par 77.

Gannon and Thomas each finished with a 9-over-par 80 in their final round to complete the Salukis tournament.

Final Standings The finish on Sunday was good enough to place the Salukis in a tie for eighth overall with North Texas. Each squad combined for a three-day total of 910 strokes, 58 strokes above par.

Taking the overall victory at Wolf Run Intercollegiate was the University of Kentucky, posting a team score of 20-over-par 872.

On the individual leaderboard, Sam Meek tied for 26th with a score of 227 throughout all three rounds. Rounding out the rest of the Saluki roster in the individual standings was Hunter York (t-32nd), Luke Gannon (t-36th), Peyton Wilhoit (t-41st) and Frankie Thomas (t-67th).

Up Next SIU’s next competition will take place at the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Cedar Rapids, IA on Sept. 17-19. The Challenge will be hosted by the University of Iowa and take place at the Cedar Rapids Country Club.

NATHAN DODD | @NathanMDodd

The SIU women’s golf team placed sixth in a 12-team field at the Redbird Invitational, hosted by conference rival Illinois State University. The tournament featured three rounds of golf over a two-day span at Weibring Golf Club in Normal.

Head coach Alexis O’Brien set the roster for the tournament with seniors Alice Ho and Hanna Netisingha at the top, followed by freshman Moyea Russell, sophomore Erica Kerr and freshman Emilyee McGiles representing three, four and five respectively. Junior Sun Jung participated as an individual golfer for the Salukis.

Round 1 (Sept. 10) The Saluki team’s first round of golf turned out to be its worst of the tournament, carding 320 right out of the gate.

Having familiarity with Weibring, after participating in both a MidAmerican Junior Golf Tour and Youth Classic event at the course over the summer, McGiles led Southern in the first round with a 7-over-par 79.

Russell and Netisingha both carded an 8-over-par 80 with one birdie a piece through their first 18 holes at Webring.

Ho finished her round with a 9-over-par 81 while Kerr rounded out the Saluki field with a 14-overpar 86.

Round 2 (Sept. 10) The second round of the Redbird Invitational was played after the golfers completed their first rounds on day one of the tournament.

SIU found a change in fortune and posted its best score of the twoday competition, carding 307 for a 13-stroke improvement over round one.

Leading the turnaround for the Salukis was Russell. The Michigan native posted two birdies to finish

with a 3-over-par 75.

Netisingha and Kerr placed second and third on the Saluki scorecard, with Netisingha seeing a four-stroke improvement with a 4-over-par 76 while Kerr impressed with a 5-overpar 77 — a nine-stroke upgrade over round one.

McGiles duplicated her score from round one, finishing with a 7-over-par 79.

Ho completed the first day with a score of 9-over-par 81.

Round 3 (Sept. 11) On day two of the Invitational the Salukis nearly replicated their team score from the second round, carding a respectable 310 as a team in the tournament finale.

Russell once again took charge for the Salukis as the freshman posted the best score of the tournament from any SIU golfer with a 2-overpar 74, earning herself a three-round total of 229 and a tie for 10th place in individual scoring.

Following Russell were Netisingha and Kerr shooting a 77 and 78, respectively. Netisingha finished her tournament with a 233, tied for 18th

place individually. Kerr finished in a tie for 41st with a three-round total of 241.

McGiles completed the round with a 9-over-par 81 to bring her total for the tournament to 239, good for a 35th place tie among all golfers.

Ho rounded off the final round for SIU with a 10-over-par 82 for a two-day total of 244 and a tie for 49th place.

Jung also finished in a tie for 49th place in individual standings with a total of 244 (79,79,86) through all three rounds.

Final Standings Southern finished six strokes behind fifth place host Illinois State with a three-day team total 937.

Taking home the title was Northern Illinois University, shooting a 50-over-par 914 as a team.

Missouri Valley Conference foe Bradley University clinched second place with a score of 915.

Up Next SIU will travel to Yorktown, Indiana to compete in the Cardinal Classic hosted by Ball State University. The two-day tournament will take place on Sept. 18 and 19 at The Players Club at Woodland Trails.

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Sophomore outfield Susie Baranski slides into home plate Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, during the Salukis' second game of the season against John A. Logan Vols at Brechtelsbauer Field .

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Dylan Nelson | @Dylan_Nelson99 Sophomore infield Kyleigh Decker steals 3rd base Sunday during the Salukis' second game of the season against John A. Logan Vols at Brechtelsbauer Field.

Brian MuĂąoz | @BrianMMunoz Senior pitcher Savannah Dover winds up a ball Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, during the Salukis' home opener against Rend Lake College. The Saluki Softball team returns to SIU after winning the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference championship.

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SIU 'Fall Ball' primer with softball head coach Kerri Blaylock RYAN DEMER | @RyanDemer_DE

SIU softball enters fall ball looking to build upon its Missouri Valley Conference championship spring season, where the Salukis posted a 3324 record to earn a bid in the NCAA tournament.

Southern’s MVC title win last season was the first since 2007, and the fifth in the history of the program. Last season’s NCAA tournament appearance was its first in 10 years, marking the Salukis seventh appearance in school history.

Head coach Kerri Blaylock enters her 19th season at the helm of the SIU softball team, marking her 28th season within the program.

Before the start of offseason matchups to prepare for the 2018 season, Blaylock listed the captains of this year’s squad as seniors Savanna Dover, Sydney Jones and Savannah Fisher.

SIU looks to have a rounded mix of players ranging from freshmen to seniors according to coach Blaylock.

Along with the senior captains, certain players to follow this year include junior Eyrika Brandenburg and sophomores Maddy Vermejan, Kyleigh Decker and Susie Baranski.

“We have two pitchers that are coming back and seven starters that had significant playing time,” Blaylock said. “There are also five freshmen coming in who are very talented.”

The tenured Saluki head coach holds the underclassmen on her team in high regard. She plans on giving the freshman class plenty of playing time, especially during this fall season.

The Salukis use fall ball as a way to ensure everyone on the squad receives ample playing time and at-bats.

Coach Blaylock focuses this time on experimenting with different lineups, as well as moving players around the diamond to gain experience at multiple positions.

Generally, collegiate teams try to schedule cakewalk games during fall ball in order to ease their team into the regular season. SIU doesn’t follow that mantra, as its schedule is filled with eight strong regional teams from Division I, Division II and junior colleges.

The NCAA only allows eight exhibition games during fall ball.

To vary the competition, Blaylock schedules weekend doubleheaders where Southern plays two different teams. The Salukis have four doubleheaders scheduled this fall against eight different squads, all taking place at Charlotte West Stadium on SIU campus.

The junior colleges may not sound as tough as they are on the exterior, but coach Blaylock made sure to schedule games against some of the most competitive in the region.

“The junior colleges are very good,”

she said. “One has gone to Nationals, and one was a single game away from it. So we’re playing some really good competition.”

Coach Blaylock believes the team is in great shape, maintaining a significant amount of players from last season.

The team clearly has their mind set on repeating as conference champions.

“We have a very good nucleus for our team from last year,” the Saluki coach said. “Every year our goal is to win a conference championship; if you’re not doing that, you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing.”

Throughout the opening practices, Blaylock noted the defense has not missed a step from the end of their run in the NCAA tournament through the summer offseason leading to fall ball.

SIU’s defense ranked first in the MVC and eighth in all of Division I NCAA in fielding percentage last season.

Coach Blaylock noted the Salukis defense remains strong entering fall games, and the freshman are beginning to adapt to the defensive-minded approach that Southern adheres to on the diamond.

“One thing I noticed from day one of practice is we looked really good on defense,” she said. “Even the freshmen are coming along and understanding.”

Coach Blaylock’s word on the team’s defense held true, as there were no errors committed by SIU in either game of its opening doubleheader

on Sunday.

The Salukis faced the Rend Lake College Warriors in game one, and the John A. Logan College Volunteers in game two over the weekend. Senior captain Savanna Dover toed the rubber in the first game for SIU. She pitched sharply through all five innings of the opening matchup, recording 10 strikeouts while allowing five hits and one walk against the Warriors.

Sophomore second baseman Maddy Vermejan was stellar, moving two runners over in the first inning to set up an RBI situation for sophomore catcher Katelyn Massa and claiming two RBI’s with a bases-clearing triple in her second at-bat.

Massa turned in a huge day at the plate, going 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Sophomore right fielder Susie Baranski also contributed with a pair of singles in Southern’s 8-0 win over Rend Lake in five innings.

In the second matchup of the day against John A. Logan, coach Blaylock switched the lineup around, introducing several freshmen into their first collegiate matchup.

The Salukis scored six runs in the bottom half of the first inning, with three freshman — center fielder Maris Boelens, shortstop Jenny Jansen and right fielder Megan Brown — scoring in the first game of their respective collegiate careers.

SIU added another run in the second, and two more in the bottom of the fourth as freshman infielder Meredith Wernig and freshman catcher Shelby Hodo crossed the plate to give the Salukis a 9-0 lead.

Junior starting pitcher Brianna Jones threw a gem, tallying seven strikeouts in five innings of work while limiting the Volunteers to only three hits in Southern’s second shutout win on the day, 9-0 over JALC. The Salukis were dominant on offense and defense through both games Sunday. SIU proved the depth of its roster, as there were many different players with different levels of experience who were key contributors to the wins.

“I thought we were great,” coach Blaylock said. “I’m really, really pleased with our pitching and offense. I thought we played complete ball games.”

SIU (2-0) looks to continue its solid play when the Salukis take on the Saint Louis Billikens and the Murray State Racers on Saturday at Charlotte West Stadium as part of another midday double header. Game one against the Billikens is scheduled for 12 p.m., with game two against the Racers to begin after completion of game one.

Sports writer Ryan Demer can be reached at rdemer@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @RyanDemer_DE

“Every year our goal is to win a conference championship; if you’re not doing that, you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing.”

- Kerri Blaylock softball head coach

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