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Gunshot victim sent to hospital Luke Nozicka Daily Egyptian

A person was sent to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale in life-threatening condition Wednesday morning from a gunshot wound, according to a Carbondale Police Department press release. The police department responded to a report of a gunshot victim about 12:35 a.m. Wednesday to the 900 block of East Grand Avenue.

“Officers learned three suspects forced entry into the residence and demanded property from the four victims who were present,” the department’s press release states. “Two of the suspects were armed with a handgun and one of the suspects shot the victim during the incident.” Officers on the scene declined to comment, referring media to the lieutenant on duty. The investigation is ongoing.

Information regarding the incident can be reported to the police department at (618) 457-3200 or Crime Stoppers at (618) 549-2677. This story will be updated online as more information becomes available. Luke Nozicka can be reached at lnozicka@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @lukenozicka.

Institute Print master prepares for show discusses water issues Austin Miller Daily Egyptian

Seventy-one percent of Earth’s surface is covered by water, yet the Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation estimates 748 million people lack access to quality drinking water. The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute hosted a lecture Wednesday evening to discuss the current problems with water—specifically the scarcity of water in Sub-Saharan regions of Africa. David Yepsen, director of the institute, said he hopes the lecture raised awareness of water concerns in southern Illinois. “Some people might not think it’s important to America because it’s not right here at home,” he said. “It’s important that the world be stable, important that the world have prosperity and it’s important that the world be healthy. America has an interest in all of that.” While awareness is raised in the U.S., a majority of the problem is in African countries, where people are in need of clean drinking water. Less than 50 percent of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritania have access to unpolluted water. Seventy-five percent of people in Nigeria, Kenya, Angola and other countries have access to uncontaminated water, according to the water monitoring program. Sanitation is an issue John Oldfield, CEO of WASH Advocates, said he sees frequently as well. He said in parts of Africa and Asia, human waste is the largest water pollutant. WASH Advocates is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to solve the challenges associated with global safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. Oldfield said those countries do not have proper restroom facilities and the people who live there do not see their waste as a pollutant. The water monitoring program estimates more than one billion people in the world do not use bathrooms, with 638 million in India. Oldfield said he has experienced this firsthand. “You can’t take a train through India without seeing people defecating out in the open,” he said. Oldfield said water polluted with human waste can lead to diarrheal diseases like dysentery and cholera, which can kill if not treated. He said between one and three million children die from those illnesses annually. In parts of the Middle East, young girls are forced to be “human pipes” and bring water back to their villages, Oldfield said. “These girls should be going to school and carrying textbooks, not water,” he said. Oldfield said there are water-impoverished places in the U.S. and issues with contamination. He said hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a technique to harvest natural gas which can be a source of contamination. Please see WATER · 3

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Women launch leadership conference Marissa Novel Daily Egyptian

A woman from NASA will be the keynote speaker at the first Women’s Leadership Conference, and it was all made possible with a Facebook message. Kelby Rogers, president for the Society of Women Engineers, said she met Mallory Johnston, a NASA engineer and 3D SCAN project manager in Huntsville, Ala., for NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge in April and knew Johnston was the perfect speaker because she was a young, successful woman in engineering. “When I was on the search to contact her, the only place I could find is Facebook,” she said. “So, yes, this professional invitation started with a Facebook message.” Johnston will speak at 9 a.m. Friday in the Student Center Ballrooms B and C. Professional development presentations will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday in the Student Center. “I wanted to bring her to speak because it shows young women that success does not have to happen when you are much older,” Rogers said. “If you work hard, success can be just around the corner.”

She said the focus of the conference is women in professional fields typically dominated by men. “Both men and women can benefit from this conference, but I think it is important for students to know that there are people throughout this university rooting for them and wanting them to succeed,” she said. Julie Dunston, associate professor in engineering technologies, said she was a minority in her undergraduate engineering classes. “I had classes in my undergraduate that had maybe 7 percent female students in it, but as I continued on to do my masters and Ph.D work, then I was really the only female in my research group,” she said. Dunston said by providing good role models the conference could potentially influence women to pursue a career path they normally would not. “It only takes one person,” she said. “One person can influence you to the point where you change what you’re doing in life. The leadership conference could really benefit a lot of students in that way.” The conference will also include several presentations by faculty, staff and students on topics such as the college transition, time management, public

speaking and resume building. Melinda Yeomans, coordinator for the Women’s Resource Center, said female senior students from surrounding high schools and junior colleges will also attend the conference. “This is an opportunity for them to taste some really high level college leadership and professional development opportunity,” she said. Amber Manning-Oullette, director of enrollment management in the College of Business, said she contacted Tarnisha Green, director of Success in Engineering through Excellence in Diversity, this spring about the possibility of this conference. “I think it shows a really great effort considering we’ve planned this all starting in May or June,” she said. “It’s been a really quick turnaround and we have a lot of supporters.” The conference is hosted by the Successful Women in Engineering Registered Student Organization in collaboration with the colleges of business and science, the Women’s Resource Center, Success in Engineering through Excellence in Diversity and the University Women’s Professional Advancement. Marissa Novel can be reached at mnovel@dailyegyptian.com.

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Colleges experience declining enrollment Brent Meske Daily Egyptian

Three colleges experienced a decline in their undergraduate enrollment, although overall SIU enrollment increased by 25 students this semester. The College of Education and Human Services, the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts all experienced a drop of more than 5 percent in undergraduate enrollment. Deans of the colleges attribute the decline to national trends. Total nationwide enrollment decreased by 1.5 percent in fall 2013, after falling 1.8 percent in fall 2012, according to a study by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The College of Education and Human Services is down 6 percent, dropping from 1,625 students in fall 2013, to 1,528 students in fall 2014. The College of Mass Communication and Media Arts is down 5.9 percent, dropping from 760 students in fall 2013, to 715 students in fall 2014. The College of Liberal Arts is down 10 percent, dropping from roughly 2,400 students in fall 2013, to just under 2,200 students in fall 2014. “This is nothing new; there has been a trend in the declining

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enrollment of some of the colleges for a long time,” said Dafna Lemish, dean of the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts. Enrollment has been steadily declining, but Lemish and Keith Wilson, dean of the College of Education and Human Services, said the numbers are still declining but at a slower pace. “We are down in freshman and transfer students compared to last year,” Wilson said. “But when you look at the last two years, we’re not down as much.” Jane Swanson, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts, said the college is still looking over, and making sense of the numbers. “We’re a very diverse college and we’ve got a wide variety of programs,” she said. “One of the things the university has looked at as a whole is where students are gained and lost. Each of our departments are going to look over their numbers to compare them to what the university is doing.” Lemish said the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts has the highest retention rate in the university. “When we do lose students, most of the time, it’s over financial or personal issues, not because they’re unhappy with the program,” she said. Each dean said they have a

different plan in place to reverse the enrollment trends. Wilson said the College of Education and Human Services is offering students the opportunity to sign up for advising appointments online. The college also started using extended advisement hours last year as well as sending out surveys to students

to judge how the college is performing. The College of Mass Communication and Media Arts is focused on making sure programs are up-to-date and relevant to the media field, Lemish said. She said the main concern is preparing students with the skills they need to function across multiple platforms.

Swanson said the College of Liberal Arts is focusing on looking at the experiences of students, and addressing issues causing students to leave the university.

off while brushing teeth and watering lawns less frequently. Oldfield said he hopes today’s water issues will be solved by 2030. “Everybody on the planet is going to have safe drinking water,” he said. “We know how to solve these issues. We don’t have to invent new things to help people. It’s all preventable.” Former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon,

founder of the institute, authored “Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water and What We Can Do About It,” in 1998. The book played a major role in bringing water issues to the public and the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 was named after him for his work in the field. An updated version of the 2005 bill

is working its way through Congress. The Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2013 seeks to improve the U.S. government’s distribution of aid by using updated technologies and increased spending. Patti Derge Simon, Paul Simon’s wife, and John Oldfield, CEO of WASH Advocates, were keynote speakers at the event.

Patti Simon said she is proud to continue the legacy of her late husband. “I feel very fortunate,” she said. “It’s been an incredible experience to meet all of these people that are helping. It is a blessing to do this.”

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New Faces stage Pulitzer Award winning performances Spotlight on the Theaters Gabriella Scibetta Daily Egyptian

“New Faces” of the theater department have the chance to show off their talents this weekend through a free performance. The theme of Saturday’s performance is the Pulitzer Prize. Each play in the show has won the prestigious award. “New Faces” was created by SIU upperclassmen nine years ago as an opportunity to connect with the incoming freshmen. James Kidd, associate professor of directing and acting, said faculty saw how successful the project was and made it part of the freshman theater seminar class. During preparation for the show, new students are assigned to more experienced theater majors for mentoring, also known

as “old faces.” “At its minimum, what an old face would do is take a new face through this process, coach you, advise you and get you there,” Kidd said. “At best, new faces have the rest of the time old faces are at SIU to call and ask questions.” ute scenes from a mix of plays, ranging from the beginning of the 18th century to now, and three musical numbers involving the whole cast. Scenes come from “Why Marry” (1917), “Beyond the Horizon” (1922), “You Can’t Take It With You” (1937), “Death of a Salesman” (1949), “The Shrike” (1952), “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (1962), “The Shadow Box” (1977), “Glengarry-Glen Ross” (1984), “Ruined” (2009) and “The Flick” (2014). The musical numbers feature songs from “Rent” and “A Chorus Line.” Tashawn Wilson, a freshman from

Faces” voted what plays to perform, which “The reason why the process was somewere chosen needed to mean something to today’s audience,” he said. Wilson said he expected competitive attitudes from other people in the program contribution instead of competition. “In theater, we exist as a family,” Wilson said. “There is a lot of hard work that goes into theater that goes unnoticed.” Abigail Warhus, a freshman from Evanston studying theater, is participating as both a performer and a director. of plays that were Pulitzer-Prize-winning plays that I have never heard of before, and I found “The Shrike,” and it spoke to me,” she said. “I immediately thought of two people from my class who would be absolutely perfect for it, and I have been thinking about pursuing directing since se-

nior year of high school.” Warhus said she has directed many plays in her high school theater department. “I think that it’s going to be really helpful to have someone help us through our Warhus said this is a great opportunity to start directing right away in college, and new faces get a chance to show everyone in the theater department who they are. Danny Damian, a freshman from Carbobndale studying theater, said he was surprised that “New Faces” even existed. “I wasn’t expecting this. It is something just for the freshman, just the people that are nobodys,” Damian said. “I think it’s cool. I’ve never experienced anything like that.” The free performance is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the C.H. Moe Theater.

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Hello Weekend talks uniqueness, on-stage presence, and inspiration

Q&A Chase Myers Daily Egyptian

The Chicago-based, pop cover band Hello Weekend will bring the party atmosphere to Pinch Penny Pub this Friday. Cover for the show is $5 and for ages 19 and older. The band has played venues all over the Midwest, putting their own personal twist on current Top 40 jams. The band consists of six members, Christina Bagby and Connie Baltzell on vocals, Chris Brown on guitar, Scott Steele on bass, Ivan Dunki on drums and Bob the Bunny. The DAILY EGYPTIAN spoke to Bagby about how they began as a band, what inspired their on-stage performance and what they have planned for the future.

How did you meet and form the band? Well, our bassist Scott and our drummer Ivan were in two other bands together where they both actually played guitar and they had wanted to put a project just like this together. They had our guitarist Chris in mind, because they had seen him with other bands, then they put an ad out for singers and I auditioned. I ally come in and audition and it went really well. It was like an ongoing audition process for about a month. Needless to say, it all worked out and about six months later after perfect male lead as well. What makes you guys unique as a pop cover band? A lot of fun! There’s a lot of talent and personality. We spend a ridiculous amount of time together so we have a ridiculous amount of jokes and even when it’s not planned, all that comes out on stage. One compliment that we get more than anything at shows when we go out in the crowd afterwards, is “Oh yeah

you guys are great, and you look like you’re having so much fun.” It makes them have a great time too, because we’re all laughing and smiling while we’re doing the show. I mean were basically a bunch of clowns on stage, but we’ve got the music to back it up. What was the inspiration behind Bob’s mask? The Harlem Shake. It all started with the Harlem Shake. Our guitarist Chris has the full-on bunny suit and mask and he would dress up as the Easter bunny for his nieces and nephews. When the Harlem shake was really big a couple years ago, he and his friends decided to dress up crazy and do their own Harlem shake video. He was dressed up pants, suspenders and wore his bunny head with ski-goggles on and when we all got together, he showed us the video and we all died so hard. We had been looking for a logo or something to go with the name. Bob the bunny is our Flavor Flav, that’s how I always describe him. He’s our hype-man.

Does the band have a favorite song or set of songs that you like to play live? I think they’re all a little different, but it goes back to knowing what songs kill, so those are actually the ones we like to do because the crowd goes nuts to them. Probably our two favorite songs to do are Rihanna’s “We Found Love” and Macklemore’s “Cant Hold Us.” And in that one [Cant Hold Us] our guitarist actually steps in and raps so there is a lot of unexpected little twists. What is the future looking like for Hello Weekend? Really, really, really great! Double D Booking Agency kind of signed us on to their agency in April and ever since then it has been just one non-stop party train. We’ve been playing three or four shows a weekend, which inevitably is getting us the fan-base that we need and our name out there, so now people are starting to know us and we’re starting to get recognized. It’s putting us in a great spot to be able to do the shows that we’re dreaming about doing.

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Cross-country prepares for Saluki Invitational Gabriella Scibetta Daily Egyptian

The defending Missouri Valley Conference Champions will host their last home meet before the championship is held in November. On Sept. 20, SIU’s cross-country team will have its annual Saluki Invitational. The meet will feature the MVC Championship course and the full men’s and women’s teams. Head coach David Beauchem said it has been a long five weeks of training. “It’s really been a continuation of what we did going into the first meet,” Beauchem said. “We haven’t changed that much, it’s been more finishing the first five weeks, and getting ready to change into what we are going to do in the next five weeks.” At the Saluki Early Bird meet, the men’s team defeated Indiana State, 20-35, and the women fell to the Sycamores, 32-23. Beauchem said the Saluki Invitational is not a very big meet. “It’s more of our team getting out and putting our race plan together for more races down the road,” Beauchem said. “It’s a real start to lead into the regular season.” Beauchem said the women will race a 5K followed by an 8K. Everyone on SIU’s roster will race in the conference meet preview. The course has rolling hills on grass, dirt and cinder trails. It will cross a gravel road for 20 to 30 meters. Senior Sadie Darnell said she is excited to finally race this season. “This is going to be my first race of the year,” Darnell said. “I’m excited. I’m really looking forward to it.” Darnell said it was fun to watch and cheer for her teammates at the meet. “It was good for the freshmen to be a part of a college race even though there wasn’t too

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into faster runs, but right now we have just been working on endurance and fitness a lot,” she said. Freshman Claire Darnell said she is also

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Men’s tennis to SIU dives into Maroon and White meet start at Middle Tennessee Aaron Graff Daily Egyptian

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The SIU men’s tennis team will play its first competition this weekend. The Salukis travel to the fourth-annual Middle Tennessee State University Dale Short Shootout in Murfreesboro, Tenn., to start its season. Matches will be played Friday, Saturday and Sunday. SIU will play both singles and doubles matches against players from MTSU, Austin Peay State University and Belmont University. SIU beat Belmont and Austin Peay last spring. “We’ve gone to this thing three years in a row,” SIU head coach Dann Nelson said. “So we kind of know what to expect, at least the returners do.” The Salukis will open the tournament at 9 a.m. Friday against Belmont. Dann Nelson said only one of his doubles teams is set in stone. Junior captain Jonny Rigby and sophomore Michal Kianicka will play together this fall after being partners for most of last season. The two were the only undefeated No. 1 doubles pairing in the MVC last season. Only three of the nine players on the Saluki roster have played in an NCAA match. “With so many new guys, we have to experiment with several pairings,” Nelson said. “We know we’re going to keep Jonny and Mike together, but we’re still working through the rest of the pairings.” Nelson said Rigby, Kianicka and senior captain Szymon Opieczonek had set individual and team goals for the season. He said the team wants to be ranked regionally and the top doubles team nationally. For the rest of this story, please visit www.dailyegyptian.com.

SIU swimming and diving is extending its appreciation to fans and professors before really getting its feet wet. The Saluki swimming and diving teams open the season with the Maroon & White meet at 10 a.m., Saturday at the Edward J. Shea Natatorium. Coach Rick Walker said the event is a fan appreciation meet in which team members ask their professors to come watch. “It’s good for the academic end to see these kids are doing something that’s good for them and good for the institution,” Walker said. “At the same time I think it’s really good that [the athletes] see the professors, the teachers and the GAs have an interest that goes beyond just the book.” SIU hosts the Saluki Miler and the Saluki Open Water meets next weekend, for the first actual competition of the year. Walker said he expects the team to do well this year, capped by a big freshmen class and solid upper-class leadership. “That freshmen class is going nowhere without the direction and the guidance and the experience this upper class has to give them,” Walker said. “I see the future in that class, but the experience is going to be passed on to them so they have a pathway to go.” Walker said junior Till Pallmann had the potential to make the NCAA tournament last season, and he still has the ability to make it. Pallmann finished first in the 500 and 200-yard freestyle races at the Mid-American Conference Championship last season. “If he was close last year, he’s going to be

that much closer this year,” Walker said. “I don’t think he’s any less motivated. I don’t think he works any less.” Pallmann said his goal is the NCAA tournament this season and he was disappointed he didn’t make it last year. The men’s team finished fifth in conference last season. The women’s team finished third at the Missouri Valley Conference finals. Sophomore Sarah James is the only FirstTeam All-Conference women’s swimmer returning from last season. She finished third in the 200-yard backstroke. James said she got better this summer by continuing to swim and lift weights.

“I’ve actually never fully lifted until I came here to SIU,” James said. “I think that changed a lot this summer. When I went home I swam and I lifted. That was a huge difference for me.” The Missouri State University Bears have won seven consecutive MVC Championships. Last season, the Saluki women thought they defeated the Bears on the road, but after a scoring error was fixed, were informed they lost. James said there’s potential to upset them in conference this year, but it’s hard to determine at this point. For the reat of this story, please visit www.dailyegyptian.com.

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