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Second SIU student shot in 2016 says he feels ‘blessed’ to be alive BILL LUKITSCH | @lukitsbill

SIU student Al Charles thought the night was over as he was leaving a party in Carbondale over the summer.

Then he heard four pops and felt a sting.

In the early morning of July 16, Charles became the 13th victim of gun violence in Carbondale in 2016. While his back was turned, he was shot in the leg in the 500 block of South Graham Avenue following an argument between his cousin and a young woman at a birthday party.

“You don’t go through something like this without changing,” Charles, a senior from Chicago studying marketing and television production, said Sunday during an interview at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. “I don’t care who you are.”

Police and doctors would later tell Charles that the bullet penetrated his right leg before exiting through the upper portion of his inner thigh. It shattered after it struck, leaving metal fragments in its wake, and it missed a major artery by less than half an inch, Charles said.

Doctors were able to save his life and his leg after he was rushed to the hospital by a friend who happened upon Charles shortly after the incident. Nearly two months later, the 25-year-old has undergone six surgeries and weeks of rehabilitation as he tries to get back to normal.

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Luke Nozicka | @Luke Nozicka SIU student Al Charles, a senior studying marketing and television production who was shot July 16 in Carbondale, ties his shoes in his hospital bed Monday before getting released from Memorial Hospital of Carbondale after a recent surgery. Charles, 25, of Chicago, is at least the second SIU student to suffer a gunshot wound this calendar year.

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University will struggle to finish FY17 if no more state funding ANNA SPOERRE | @ANNASPOERRE

SIU President Randy Dunn said while the university system received $106 million for fiscal year 2017 through June’s stopgap budget, SIU will struggle to get through FY17 if it doesn’t see any more state appropriations.

“In the event that — shall we say that worst case scenario should happen — the SIU picture is such that we would have a difficult time as a system getting all the way through the fiscal year,” Dunn said during the first SIU Board of Trustees meeting of the semester Thursday in Edwardsville.

While it would be tough, Dunn said the administration could probably find a way to finish the fiscal year, which runs through June 30.

“But it would be very much nip and tuck,” he said. “If you kind of figure that tuition and fee revenue was the only source to go to without state appropriation at all, we’re looking at $20 to $30 million a month that we’re not covered.”

SIU doesn’t want to use emergency funds or bond reserve funds, such as some other Illinois institutions have looked at doing, because it would only buy the university about a month of time at best, Dunn said.

But for now, the university president said, the board is waiting to see what changes the upcoming elections bring for the state in its time of financial crisis.

“All that is to say, it’s going to be very tight this year if nothing else happens,” Dunn said.

Enrollment at SIUC During the meeting, SIUC interim Chancellor Brad Colwell said his main focus is increasing enrollment after a 7.6 percent drop compared to last fall was announced Tuesday. Enrollment

Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre SIU Board of Trustees members Roger Herrin and Donna Manering sit on either side of SIU President Randy Dunn at the board meeting Friday at SIUEdwardsville's campus.

at the Carbondale campus this semester is the lowest it has been since 1965, university data shows.

While SIUC enrollment continues its steady downward trend, enrollment in all academic units at the Edwardsville campus have increased by 1 to 7 percent, SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembrook said.

Factors contributing to Carbondale’s enrollment drop includes an understaffed admissions office, decline in out-of-state students, reductions in graduate assistantships and the state’s financial crisis, Colwell said.

In order to expand outreach, eight new admissions staff were hired within the last several months, Colwell said.

The now fully-staffed office plans to visit every high school and community college in Illinois, while also traveling to a number of schools in surrounding states in the hopes of increasing student numbers next year.

So far this year, SIU’s flagship campus has received more than 1,000 applications for fall 2017, the chancellor said. At this time last year, Colwell said, no applications had yet been received because the application system hadn’t been opened. It was opened in June this year, he said.

“Enrollment is a partnership that involves everyone on campus as well as our alumni, our community and our region,” Colwell said. “We’ve got to do a

better job telling our story, because we’re a great campus.”

Housing The trustees also discussed the need for a more viable and affordable housing plan.

“One of the impediments I think to recruitment in Carbondale is housing … and particularly the towers,” Dunn said.

SIU’s president said more than two years ago, a $70 to $80 million housing plan was proposed but has since been scrapped.

University staff is analyzing options for funding the new housing, Dunn said, and hope to have a student housing plan ready for approval by the Dec. 8 board meeting, which will be in Carbondale.

“It’s going to be the best in the

state,” Joel Sambursky, the board’s secretary and chair of the board’s architecture and design committee, said of SIU’s housing. “It’s time to get it done. We’ve got to get it done.”

What do people think about SIU? The university is also compiling data about SIU’s perception from alumni, students, prospective students and staff, university spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith said.

This information, which will include feedback from students who were admitted to SIU but decided to enroll in classes elsewhere, will likely be compiled within the next few months, she said.

Campus editor Anna Spoerre can be reached at 618-536-3325 or aspoerre@dailyegyptian.com.

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He was released from the hospital Monday, waiving goodbye to nurses as he was wheeled out to a friend's truck.

‘I hope I don’t die like this’ Charles said part of the appeal to Carbondale and SIU was the chance to be somewhere other than Chicago. He moved to the region to pursue his dual degrees. He thought he would be safe.

“If I wanted to, I could have stayed in Chicago and got shot,” he said.

Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, Charles said, gave him an early lesson in avoiding dangerous situations. He strays from unfamiliar people and late night get-togethers at unsanctioned venues.

So when he got to the party that night, he was already feeling uneasy because of the large crowd.

He was about to leave when he saw his cousin arguing with a young woman, and he walked over to see what was happening.

“She kept getting in his face, so I just pulled him away and broke them up,” he said.

He and his cousin left together minutes afterward. Charles said he thought the trouble was over.

Then the gunshots. And the blood.

He ran.

The events that followed are difficult for Charles to recall clearly.

He said when he realized he had been hit, he ran for cover at a nearby apartment building and leaned against a brick wall. As he started to lose consciousness, someone drove up and asked if he was OK. “I said, ‘No, bro! I got shot. Take me to the hospital,’” Charles said.

He remembered jumping in the car. He remembered his blood soaking on the seats. He remembered hands smacking his face as they sped down the street. He remembered everything starting to fade before he slumped to the floor.

“I just remember thinking, ‘I hope I don’t die like this,’” he said.

Gun violence on the rise in 2016 Charles is the second SIU student

to be shot within a calendar year. The first was Spencer DePue, who was shot Jan. 30 during Polar Bear weekend by a 17-year-old boy during a robbery, police said. DePue suffered a non-lifethreatening injury and was treated at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

The teenager who shot him was arrested in June.

Interim Chancellor Brad Colwell addressed the perception of Carbondale as a violent city during a Sept. 6 press conference about the university’s enrollment.

He said the problems the city is facing correspond to national trends and the campus is just as safe as comparable universities of its size.

Police have yet to identify or arrest those responsible for the July 16 shooting that rendered Charles with

his debilitating gunshot wound.

Charles said there were probably 100 people outside the house when multiple shots were fired.

To his knowledge, Charles said no witnesses have come forward with information.

“Somebody saw it,” he said.

“Everybody didn’t simultaneously close their eyes as this person was shooting at people in an open crowd.”

The shooting corresponds to a statistical uptick in gun violence in Carbondale within the last decade.

Carbondale averaged about six shootings per year during the last 10 years, according to data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

In 2016 so far, there have been 16 people shot in Carbondale. Five of those shootings took place in July,

making it the most active month for area gun violence so far this year.

Of this year’s shootings, seven are classified as open investigations, three resulted in arrest, two were closed for lack of victim cooperation and warrants were issued for the remaining four, according to police records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Two were fatal.

On March 27, Tim Beaty, 41, was killed after a house party next door to his home in the 400 block of East Walnut ended in gunfire. Police have said Beaty was fatally struck by a stray bullet and another victim suffered a non-lifethreatening injury.

Three men charged for their alleged involvement with the shooting are awaiting trail in Jackson County Court.

City and police officials have responded to the rise in violence in part through increased policing of large house parties. Police Chief Jeff Grubbs unveiled a proposed city ordinance during a city council meeting in August that would penalize landlords for allowing outof-control gatherings to persist at properties they own.

The ordinance was drafted by police administrators as a response to a community forum that followed Beaty’s death.

The second gun-related homicide victim, David Stockstill, Jr., 28, was hospitalized on Feb. 1 with a gunshot wound police believed was not-lifethreatening, according to information released by the department at the time.

Stockstill then died of his injuries in April at a St. Louis-area hospital,

Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka SIU student Al Charles, a senior studying marketing and television production who was shot July 16 in Carbondale, talks with one of his doctors on the phone Monday before getting released from Memorial Hospital of Carbondale after a recent surgery. Charles, 25, of Chicago, is at least the second SIU student to suffer a gunshot wound this calendar year.

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Police have made no arrests and no suspects have been identified in Stockstill’s killing, according to police records.

Three more people have been shot in the two months since Charles' shooting, including one involving a Carbondale police officer who was shot during a pursuit in late July.

Three men were arrested in Kansas for allegedly attempting to carry out murder contracts on three people in Carbondale. Those men face charges in Kansas. No charges had been filed in Jackson County Court related to Officer Trey Harris’ shooting as of Tuesday.

In August, police learned of two non-fatal shooting incidents within about 12 hours of each other, one of which occurred near the Strip where scores of SIU students were gathered. Police released few details about those shootings and did not indicate if they were related.

'I was slapping the hell out of him' About the time Charles was arriving at the party, DeAngelo Tompkins, a junior from Chicago studying business, was at a crossroads.

Tompkins’ girlfriend was insisting he drive her home. Another friend in the car wanted a ride to the Reserve at Saluki Pointe.

The Reserves was closer, but Tompkins decided to drive his girlfriend home first.

“That one decision could have determined the outcome of that night,” he said.

Tompkins pulled up to his girlfriend’s apartment building on East College Street and parked the car. They sat there a few minutes before they heard several loud pops, Tompkins said.

Then Tompkins saw someone familiar limping around the corner.

Charles called out for help and Tompkins said he knew he had to act.

“My only purpose at that time was to get to the hospital to save him,” he said.

Once Charles was in the car, Tompkins said he raced through red traffic lights all the way to the

hospital. He noticed Charles was losing a lot of blood. When they arrived at the emergency room driveway, he blared on the car horn to alert someone for help.

“Nobody came out, so I had to literally drag him out of the back seat all the way into the hospital,” he said.

There was uncertainty at the time if Charles would live or die, Tompkins said. But seeing the strength Charles has shown since the incident has been incredible, he said, and he is thankful he was there to help.

“He does not let this situation affect him, and I’m glad he doesn’t,” Tompkins said. “It cost him a whole month of his life and he came back like nothing happened.”

The recovery The initial prognosis was bad.

Charles said doctors initially weighed the possibility of amputating much of his right leg because of complications that arose after a massive amount of blood loss. But, after weeks of treatment, things are looking up.

“I just started working myself out through a lot of determination,” he said.

“I wasn’t gonna let the doctor say so.”

When it came time to start school in fall, Charles was advised to take a semester off. Instead, he was on campus the first day of classes, making his way around on a pair of crutches. He plans to graduate in December, and aspires to someday own his own production company.

Charles lifted his leg off the hospital bed as he lay on the mattress and shifted his right foot laterally, back and forth. The ability to bend it vertically is gone, he said, since surgeons were forced to remove most of a muscle that allows such movement.

But he is working on his physical therapy every day, and has high hopes to walk again soon, he said.

Still, when asked, Charles said he does not feel lucky.

“I don’t think there’s such a thing as luck,” he said. “I’m blessed.”

Campus editor Bill Lukitsch can be reached at blukitsch@dailyegyptian.com.

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South Africa protest spurs SIU students to remember their roots, embrace natural hair TYRA WOOTEN | @TWootenDE

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Autumn Suyko | @AutumnSuyko_DE Ciara Nixon, a junior from Danville studying forestry and environmental sciences, styles her hair Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, at her house in Carbondale. "I have, in the past, been looked down upon and judged for my funky curls," Nixon said. "When I was in the fourth grade, I begged my mom to pay for a perm to make it straight like 'white girls' hair." She said throughout junior high she straightened it because she was uncomfortable with the "nappy" look. "It wasn't until college that I let my natural curls back out," she said.

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For years, black people have altered and damaged their natural hair to fit into a society where some say it is seen as unprofessional or messy.

On Aug. 29, a group of students at the Pretoria High School for Girls in South Africa got into a standoff

with the school’s security guards for refusing to abide by a new policy requiring girls to tame their natural hair.

Braids and straightened hair are OK, the school’s new code of conduct stated — afros are not.

Under pressure from students and an online petition, the school decided to review its policy, according to the

Washington Post.

A few days later, the policy restrictions were dropped, but not before spurring global conversations.

Naturalistas, a Registered Student Organization at SIU, discussed the protest at one of its recent meetings, along with other perceptions of natural hair.

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Chloe Coleman, the organization’s president, said the importance of the RSO for men and women alike is to learn how to embrace and care for natural hair.

“People need to understand their natural hair and that it’s OK to wear it,” she said.

Coleman, a junior from Aurora studying management, said not allowing women to wear their real hair is ignorant.

“You can’t tell me what grows out my head isn’t tamed enough,” Coleman said. “Don’t ask to touch my hair. I’m not an animal.”

Members of Naturalistas, which began in 2003, also talked about the history of African hairstyles — including twists, locs, cornrows and afros. The group also teaches braid techniques and engages in community service.

Coleman said she joined Naturalistas to learn about how to take care of her hair.

“Growing up, we weren’t taught natural hairstyles — only how to straighten or perm our hair,” she said.

Africana Studies professor Pamela Smoot, who also serves as the director of the College of Liberal Arts, called the South African school hair restriction policy ridiculous.

“Afros came from the black power movement and the braids came from Africa,” Smoot said. “Our hairstyles are something nobody else can do with their hair. All of our hairstyles come from Africa. It’s a cultural thing.”

Coleman wasn’t the only person who believed the South African hair conflict also reflected obstacles for students in America.

“I haven’t been asked to manipulate my hair, but felt obligated to do so because

how society presents professionalism,” said Alex Whitley, a senior from St. Louis studying psychology. “It doesn’t look like me.”

Romello Radford, a junior from Chicago studying Africana Studies, said embracing his natural hair didn’t come without its struggles. His high school dean, he said, wouldn’t allow students to have afros longer than two inches, locs or braids.

For Mac Anderson, a barber at Kampus Kuts — which provides cuts, braids, locs and straightening methods — he said the South African hair protest is a reflection of a worldwide motivational movement to embrace natural hair.

“It’s going on here, South Africa, Brazil and Columbia,” Anderson said. “It’s a chain reaction.”

Gonnering can withhold names of those assaulted, the number of people who come in to receive counsel is recorded because, under the new law, the university has to send data about incidents, reports and complaint resolution outcomes to the attorney general’s office.

Gonnering is currently the lone confidential adviser at the university, but Parker said if the need arises there may be more hired in the future.

The university has also adopted an amnesty policy for reporters of sexual violence. Parker said the university had already practiced an informal amnesty policy before the passage of the legislation, but it is now cemented in place under Illinois law.

The policy is meant to encourage victims and witnesses of sexual assault to come forward without fear of facing sanctions from the university for breaking other rules outlined in the Student Code of Conduct, such as underage drinking, Parker said.

“If someone has been drinking and they were sexually assaulted, they might not want to tell somebody,” Parker said.

“But they’re not going to get in trouble,

and that’s a new provision that the state law requires.”

In previous years, only incoming students were required to do consent and respect training. Now, each student is obliged to do so every year.

Within the next week, all students and employees will be notified via email of the online training process, Parker said.

The training is required to detail SIU’s definition of consent, methods of reporting sexual crimes, campus services for survivors, risk reduction practices and bystander intervention strategies, according to the Illinois Compiled Statutes database.

The new law also requires that universities have a comprehensive sexual assault policy that includes electronic, anonymous and third-party reporting options for students.

Illinois universities are also compelled to send an electronic response to reports made within 12 hours and provide contact information for counseling and medical sources to victims of sexual assault.

Staff writer Tyra Wooten can be reached at twooten@dailyegyptian.com.

SIU implements changes to sexual assault policies MARNIE LEONARD | @Marsuzleo

SIU has added new regulations for responding to sexual violence to fit procedural requirements outlined in expanded Illinois legislation that took effect in August, university officials said.

The law, which applies to all universities and colleges in the state, details new rules for defining consent, ensuring student confidentiality and overseeing sexual consent training. Most of what the law requires was already in place through existing campus policies, but the largest change is the addition of a confidential adviser to university personnel, said Casey Parker, SIU’s coordinator for diversity and equity.

“I can guarantee privacy, but I would have to do a report under the law,” said Parker, whose job involves counseling and advising students who have reportedly been sexually assaulted.

“I can’t guarantee confidentiality like the confidential adviser.”

SIU’s confidential adviser, Rebecca Gonnering, is required to provide emergency and ongoing support for victims of sexual assault. Although

Staff writer Marnie Leonard can be reached at mleonard@dailyegyptian.com

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Ceasar was plunged into the No. 3 cornerback role and proved himself.

Ceasar only finished with one tackle, but that's because he wouldn't let his receivers catch the ball.

With a game-high three pass breakups and a crucial fumble return for a touchdown, the freshman made an impact so huge Hill even called his performance "unbelievable."

What made his performance so unbelievable is what can't be found on a stat sheet. Multiple times

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yesterday, Ceasar dove around intended receivers and made things difficult for wideouts all night.

Another freshman cornerback, redshirt Kerwin McElvaney, made his presence felt in his first career start, blanketing receivers all night and earning a pass breakup of his own.

Even the special teams displayed some depth as freshman kicker Matt Sotiropoulos hit three field goals in Saturday's contest, which tied an SIU record for field goals in a game.

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the tackles to get tough yardage and senior Aaron Stanton threw the defense off as a change-of-pace back.

The wide receivers all contributed as well. Eight players caught a pass and none had more than three.

When a team wins with no one single player looking incredible compared to others, that comes as a result of good team play. If the Dawgs can continue to receive contributions two or three players deep on the depth chart, this season may reap more benefits than expected.

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Senior running back Aaron Stanton is tackled by Southeast Missouri's junior outside linebacker Omar Pierre-Louis on Saturday.

Jacob Wiegand | @JacobWiegand_DE Freshman cornerback James Ceasar runs toward the end zone during the Salukis' 30-22 win against Southeast Missouri on Saturday at Saluki Stadium.

None of them were longer than 40 yards, but the consistency was a sight for Saluki fans' sore eyes.

If he can continue his strong debut, he can become a fan favorite quickly.

On offense, there were no breakout stars, just consistent performances throughout.

No Saluki running back had a rush for negative yards, and all three did what was expected.

Sophomore Daquan Isom sparked big plays all night, sophomore Jonathan Mixon delivered between

Column: Saluki football's greatest strength

SEAN CARLEY | @SCarleyDE

Saturday saw football coach Nick Hill win his first game as a head coach, but what may have been most impressive was the personnel that got the job done.

Multiple players contributed in roles larger than expected.

The biggest surprise came from true freshman cornerback James Ceasar.

With the two starters at cornerback out,

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Junior cornerback Craig James sprints onto the field Saturday before the start of the Salukis' 30-22 win against Southeast Missouri at Saluki Stadium.

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George Brozak, director of athletic bands, conducts the Marching Salukis from the stands during SIU’s first home game of the season against SEMO on Saturday at Saluki Stadium.

Anne Spoerre @annaspoerre

Saluki football coach Nick Hill yells at a referee as players exit the field for a timeout Saturday during the Salukis' 30-22 win against Southeast Missouri at Saluki Stadium.

Morgan Timms @Morgan_Timms

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strength

the tackles to get tough yardage and senior Aaron Stanton threw the defense off as a change-of-pace back.

The wide receivers all contributed as well. Eight players caught a pass and none had more than three.

When a team wins with no one single player looking incredible compared to others, that comes as a result of good team play. If the Dawgs can continue to receive contributions two or three players deep on the depth chart, this season may reap more benefits than expected.

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George Brozak, director of athletic bands, conducts the Marching Salukis from the stands during SIU’s first home game of the season against SEMO on Saturday at Saluki Stadium.

Anne Spoerre @annaspoerre

Jacob Wiegand | @JacobWiegand_DE ar runs toward the end zone during the Salukis' 30-22 Saturday at Saluki Stadium.

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms is tackled by Southeast Missouri's junior outside aturday.

Saluki football coach Nick Hill yells at a referee as players exit the field for a timeout Saturday during the Salukis' 30-22 win against Southeast Missouri at Saluki Stadium.

Morgan Timms @Morgan_Timms

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Scouting the Murray State Racers JESSE ROBERTSON | DAILY EGYPTIAN had the 12th-ranked offense at 466.1 and suspended by the team. Last season’s

The Salukis bounced back from a rough week one loss against Florida Atlantic to defeat Southeast Missouri 3022 in their home opener.

The Dawgs will try to continue their success against Murray State on Saturday.

The Racers are coached by Mitch Stewart who enters his second year as head coach after serving as the team's offensive coordinator for four seasons.

Murray State finished 3-8 last season in Stewart’s first year, finishing seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference.

So far this season, the Racers are 0-2 with losses to Illinois (52-3) and fellow Missouri Valley Football Conference foe Missouri State (28-22).

During Stewart’s time as an offensive coordinator and head coach, Murray State has had a very potent offense. The Racers were second-best in the Football Championship Subdivision last season with 347.3 passing yards per game and

total yards.

This could be problematic for SIU which in two games has given up an average of 263 yards through the air.

While that isn’t a terrible number, it will certainly be key for SIU to limit what Murray can do in the passing game.

MSU put up those numbers with now senior quarterback KD Humphries. The quaterback had a rough start to his senior season, throwing five interceptions — tied for the most in the FCS — to just two touchdowns.

The problem for Humphries is that he lost all his weapons.

Murray State lost its top two receivers to graduation last year in Jeremy Harness and Paul Rice who put up a combined 1,817 yards and six touchdowns.

The Racers also quietly had a potent rushing attack with Roman Clay leading the way last year with 916 yards and 11 touchdowns. However, Clay was arrested in January on five felony burglary charges

next leading rusher on the team was now graduated wide receiver Nick Taylor with 326 yards.

This year, the Racers have just 62 rushing yards on 56 attempts.

If SIU is able to force Murray State to earn everything they get through the air, the Dawgs have a good chance at stalling the Racer offense.

As potent as Murray State’s offense was, its defense was equally impotent.

The Racers have allowed 492 yards per game on defense this season, which could result in a field day for the high-octane Saluki offense that averages 466.5 yards per game.

Overall, the Salukis should be able to outrun the Racers, but if they look too far ahead to the Oct. 1 matchup with Northern Iowa, SIU may disappoint.

his dad persuaded him to try it out.

Standing at 5-foot-11 and 186 pounds, the native of Crystal Lake said he went to a specialists camp and won the best long snapper award.

He eventually worked his way up to participating in one of the nation’s largest specialists camps for high schoolers where he finished tied for third in the Midwest Showcase.

Although his skills improved, coaches told him he would best be suited playing Division III football.

Jahnke set out to prove them wrong and ended up walking on to the SIU football team in 2013.

He started all 11 games last season and recorded two tackles on punt coverage. He already registered a tackle in this year’s season opener against Florida Atlantic.

Special teams coach Jay Nunez said it is important for a long snapper to be a specialist because it allows him to focus more on the fundamentals of one position rather than many. “[Offensive linemen] are constantly

cycling through all the drills in practice and they don’t really get to work with the special teams like [Jahnke] does,” he said. “With him, he’s there to work specifically with them and he’s done a great job for us.”

Relationships have been big this season for SIU football and Jahnke had a new one to form after last season’s punter Derek Mathewson graduated.

Jahnke’s relationship with redshirt freshman punter Lane Reazin, who is also his roommate, developed as a result of a fishing trip the two took over the summer.

Reazin said although they didn’t catch anything, the special teams unit bonded over the experience.

“It’s really important to have that relationship because if there are days where one of us is not having a great practice we’re all there to pick each other up,” Reazin said.

“Especially with Josh, if I’m not exactly hitting my spots on punts, he’s there encouraging me.”

Staff writer Jesse Robertson can be reached at jrobertson@dailyegyptian.com

Long snapper: A true underdawg story TED WARD | @TedWard_DE

If you watch a football game you’ll quickly recognize some of the wellknown positions, but there is one that’s often overlooked until the player makes a mistake.

Saluki junior long snapper Josh Jahnke may not be making plays like a quarterback on offense or a linebacker on defense, but he’s out there doing a job he said isn’t as simple as it looks.

His primary job is to serve as the special teams center, snapping the ball seven or eight yards to the holder on field goals or about 15 yards to the punter.

“You have to be consistent where you snap the ball for both the punter and kicker,” he said. “For example, my punter will need the ball snapped at a certain angle that gives him a chance to punt the ball where it needs to be.”

Jahnke’s road to becoming a long snapper started his sophomore year of high school. He said he wasn’t big enough to play any other positions, so

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From helmets to headsets: Nick Hill's rise to SIU football's head coach JACOB GAERTNER | @JGaertnerDE

The sound of pads popping filled the hot, humid air.

Coaches barked at players who made mistakes. Those on a water break cracked jokes and laughed. Kickers and punters sent the ball flying through the air.

One coach stood at midfield, silently observing all of it happening around him.

Five states and two sports later, SIU's Nick Hill — who has spent almost his entire life on a football field, playing and coaching — now stands on the sideline as the youngest Missouri Valley Football Conference head coach as he takes on his first season. While its unclear what the future holds for the program, Saluki fans are optimistic Hill can turn it around.

Early life and playing on the hardwood Growing up in Du Quoin, a town of fewer than 6,000 people about 30 minutes north of Carbondale, Hill learned to love sports from a young age.

“The first word he ever said was ‘ball,’” Hill’s father, Charles, said of his 31-year-old son. “We knew in grade school that he had a knack for sports.”

Charles, known only as Cha to those around him, said Hill's first love was basketball. His father made him play football in high school “just to experience it,” he said.

Hill’s brother A.J. — who works as the head football coach at DuQuoin High School — said his sibling always had a ball of some kind in his hands growing up, and could usually be found shooting free throws.

“It didn’t matter if it was 10 degrees outside,” A.J. said. “He was set on playing basketball and that’s what he worked at.”

Charles said his son wasn’t that good at football until his sophomore year, but his work ethic is what set him apart from the rest.

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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Head football coach Nick Hill, right, embraces sophomore running back Daquan Isom on Saturday following the Salukis' 30-22 win over Southeast Missouri at Saluki Stadium.

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During his senior year, Hill earned AllState honors in football and basketball.

That same year, he led the Indians to the Illinois High School Association 3A state championship game, losing by a touchdown to Elmhurst.

Hill then chose to hang up the cleats and focus solely on the court, deciding to play basketball at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.

As a freshman Hilltopper, he averaged 1.7 points and one rebound per game, appearing in 23 of WKU’s 28 contests before breaking his hand.

Returning to football and southern Illinois With the time off to recover, another fire started to rekindle inside for Hill.

Charles said his son began to miss the gridiron and would often go to WKU football practices just to watch.

“He realized he had more of a passion for the game of football than he thought,” A.J. said.

Hill then transferred to SIU and joined — and redshirted — the football team for the 2004 season under then-head coach Jerry Kill. He played in four games as a sophomore the following season.

“Coach Kill saw something in him and told him he always had a spot on the team,” A.J. said about his brother’s transfer.

On Saturday, Kill watched as Hill hugged his players under colorful fireworks at Saluki Stadium following his first win as SIU's head coach.

During his third season at SIU in 2006, Hill finally got the chance to start.

He started every game the next two seasons, tearing SIU record books apart in the process.

As a senior, Hill led the Gateway Conference in passing yards per game (226.8) and total offense (252.3).

“Nick was a great quarterback and a great leader,” Kill, who works as an associate athletic director at Kansas State University, said of his former player. “He was one of the main reasons I got to where I’m at.”

Hill set single season records in 2007 in passing yards (3,175), completion

percentage (71.5) and passing touchdowns (28).

He also finished sixth in the voting for the Walter Payton Award, the Football Championship Subdivision’s version of the Heisman Trophy.

Fighting for a professional career After graduating from SIU in 2008, Hill went undrafted, but received interest from four NFL teams.

He decided to sign with the Chicago Bears because he felt it was his best chance of making a professional team.

Hill ended up getting cut prior to training camp and joined the Rio Grande Valley Dorados of af2, Arena Football’s minor league, in Hidalgo, Texas.

He only made $200 a week with a $50 winning bonus, but he didn’t do it for the money.

“I substitute taught during the day and practiced in the evening,” Nick said. “It was definitely for the love of the game.”

After that season in Texas, Hill came back home for an autumn that would alter the entire course of his life.

During a routine workout at the Recreation Center, through the help of some mutual friends, he met then-SIU volleyball player Alicia Johnson; the woman he would wind up marrying.

After Alicia’s graduation in 2010, she left southern Illinois to join Hill — who she was dating at the time — in Florida.

He was set to begin his first full season as the starter of the Arena Football League’s Orlando Predators.

Hill enjoyed life on and off the field his second year in Orlando, as he led the AFL in total offense with 107 combined passing and rushing touchdowns. In addition to the on-the-field success, he also proposed to Alicia, and the two married Jan. 7, 2012.

Not even two weeks later, Hill's AFL success paid off with a contract offer with the Green Bay Packers. He didn’t appear in a game and went back to Florida arena football, joining the Tampa Bay Storm, the team he signed with prior to the Packers opportunity.

He appeared in five games before breaking his ankle, an injury he thought would put a stop to his football career.

“I was trying to figure out what I was gonna do,” Hill said during a recent interview.

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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Head football coach Nick Hill watches game action Saturday during the Salukis' 30-22 win over Southeast Missouri at Saluki Stadium.

He decided to give it one last go, playing six games with the San Antonio Talons after their quarterback got injured.

They were the last six games of Hill’s fiveyear playing career.

Football was — and still is — fun for Hill to play, but he said he utilized his professional career to grow as a person.

“Professional football to me was just gaining experiences,” Hill said. “The biggest thing for me is the relationships I’ve built.”

His previous connections in the Sunshine State helped establish the pipeline that brought 17 Floridians to the current SIU football roster.

From a player to a coach and a husband to a father With his nearby family in mind, Hill returned home to coach the Carbondale Community High School football team in 2013, leading the Terriers to the Illinois High School Association playoffs.

The next season he made the jump to SIU’s coaching staff, where he started as the quarterbacks coach.

Hill continued to rise, becoming offensive coordinator for the 2015 season, where he installed a high-powered offense that averaged nearly 500 yards per game, the second-most in Missouri

Valley Conference history.

And in January after the firing of then-head coach Dale Lennon, Hill was named SIU football’s newest head coach — something his father never dreamed of happening.

“He’s just hit the ground running,” Charles said. “He’s one of the youngest coaches in Division I football but he’s jumped in there like a veteran.”

The promotion was the first of two life-changing events for Hill at the time, as he and Alicia were also expecting a child.

More than a month later — Feb. 23 — Skylar Jo Hill was born.

“When people congratulated me, I didn’t know if they meant the baby or Nick’s job,” Alicia said. “To see how excited he was, it was like a whole new look to him that I’ve never seen before.”

Hill said his wife and daughter are the most important aspects of his life.

“When I get home and I see her smile at me, I realize everything is going to be alright,” Nick said of his daughter. “If I ever feel like I can’t be a good dad or a good husband, I’ll quit this job. I’d go work a nine to five and be a better dad.”

Alicia said Hill is the most caring father a child could have.

“Skylar lights up when she sees him,” Alicia said. “He can be all business when it comes to football, but he can be a big softie with her.”

A second child isn’t on the way yet, because their dog, Polly, is basically their second daughter, Alicia said.

“Nick’s as soft with her as he is our human daughter,” she said with a laugh.

Hill learned his family values by emulating those provided by his own mother and father. Charles said he talks with Hill nearly every day, calling his family “one of the closest [ones] there is.”

The new parents hope to start traditions with their daughter and attend church regularly, another practice instilled

by Hill's upbringing. He was raised to be religious, Alicia said, and enjoys writing notes about what he hears in the weekly services.

To get southern Illinois churches involved, Hill even pushed to have them host the football squad for team dinners.

Regardless of the tumultuous route he’s taken, Hill said he doesn’t have any regrets about the way his life has turned out so far.

“If I know that I’ve prepared as hard as I can then I’m always fine with the outcome,” he said.

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INSIDE: Saluki football's biggest strength pg. 8 | Scouting Murray State pg. 11