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Wednesday, OctOber 18, 2017

From Ball State controversy to Carbondale: new dean of students settles into role TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_

Jennifer Jones-Hall moved to southern Illinois this past summer to start her job as SIU’s dean of students, filling the position that had been vacant for three years.

Her appointment comes about two years after a controversy that led Jones-Hall to resign from her position as assistant vice president of student affairs and director of student life at Ball State University.

The problems began when a senior named Chloe Anagnos received Ball State’s John R. Emens Outstanding Senior Award during the spring of 2015. This is an award Jones-Hall said is given to “one student a year in honor of their contributions to the university.”

Jones-Hall said two members of

Ball State’s Student Government Association she also nominated for the award, Chris Taylor and Nick Wilkey, were not happy about Anagnos receiving it because she owned a Confederate flag.

This is a fact about Anagnos that Taylor, the student government’s chief of staff at the time, said was common knowledge around their campus. He said many minority student activists were upset to hear Anagnos was chosen for the award.

Taylor said Anagnos had at one point changed her opinion regarding the flag, but students were not sure of her sincerity.

“They knew about the history and questioned whether or not she had really changed her mind,” he said.

The Star Press reported that Paul

Ferguson, the president of Ball State at the time, released a statement to the university community saying that Anagnos had apologized for any offense she had caused regarding her Confederate flag.

Ferguson also said Anagnos “reflected on the personal growth she has experienced — primarily from her relationships at Ball State with many friends of diverse backgrounds. This, in itself, reflects the transforming impact of our university community on personal growth.”

Jones-Hall said she nominated Anagnos for the award because she believes in free speech.

“It may not be what you want to hear or what I want to hear, but I’m a believer that people have a right to their opinions,” she said.

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Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Riverview High School junior Quincy Benson, center, of St. Louis, sticks out his tongue Friday during his performance at the 2017 SIU step show in Shryock Auditorium. Benson is a member of “Gentlemen of Vision.” The group was founded by Riverview Gardens High School counselor Marlon Wharton in 2009. “I saw a void for students in my district,” Wharton said. “It was either they were in athletics or they were in gangs — I wanted to create something to change that.” The 70 member group currently has a 100% high school graduation rate.

Wednesday, OctOber 18, 2017 Jones-Hall said she wouldn’t own a Confederate flag herself, but she can’t control if someone else does.

“I’ve been educated what a Confederate flag stands for,” she said. “Not everybody has that same viewpoint as I do.”

Taylor said the controversy really picked up after an email Jones-Hall sent to the student government’s executive staff.

“The Big 4 are not making comments because the[y] are funded through the university,” she said in the email. “I would be careful not to bite the hand that feeds you. My two cents.”

The “Big 4” refers to the Black Student Association, Spectrum, the Latino Student Union and the Asian American Student Association on Ball State’s campus.

Taylor said Jones-Hall was responding to an email asking for her advice on writing a public statement responding to how students felt about Anagnos’ nomination.

Their main goal was to make the selection process of the award more transparent for the following year, Taylor said.

Jones-Hall said her words in that quote were taken out of context, and they would be better understood when reading the entire email.

“I was trying to say to those two students, please don’t go up against the university, because the university thought that she deserved this award,” Jones-Hall said. “I was really trying to help them navigate the interaction they were about to have.”

Taylor sent an email on March 23, 2015 to Ball State administrators, alumni and other members of the campus community explaining his thoughts on the entire situation, including the email from Jones-Hall.

Taylor said Jones-Hall’s statement was not taken out of context, and he took her words as a threat.

“I included that excerpt in my letter because it spoke to the practice of the division of student affairs … This is someone who for the last two to three years I’ve

had experience with threatening organizational funding because she doesn’t like what they’re doing or what they’re doing or what they want to say,” Taylor said.

When the letter Taylor sent was spread around, the situation grew and Jones-Hall said she found herself under fire.

She said she used various avenues to reach out to Taylor and Nick Wilkey, the student government’s president at the time, but they were unresponsive.

“It made me look pretty bad,” Jones-Hall said. “At that point I made the decision that Ball State was not the place for me to be at that time.”

Jones-Hall started her job at SIU in June after taking part in a national search in which Lori Stettler, SIU’s interim vice chancellor of student affairs, said graduate students, undergraduate students, faculty and staff were part of the screening committee.

Stettler said three candidates were brought to campus for interviews, and they also took part in open forums and met with students.

Jones-Hall described coming to work at SIU as “coming home” for her because her family has connections to the university. She said her parents met and graduated from SIU, and her grandfather went attended the university as well.

“It feels very much like a college town, and I appreciate that,” she said.

“I am more of a small town person, so I love it.”

Before coming to SIU, Jones-Hall’s 30-year career included working for the University of Arizona, Valparaiso University and Ball State University.

She held various positions, from hall director to assistant dean of students for Greek life and new student orientation.

Out of all of the universities she could have applied to, Jones-Hall said she chose SIU because she is interested in connecting with students, and she knew the dean of students position would allow her to do that.

“My strength is working with students one-on-one,” Jones-Hall

Page 3 said. “I like to program. I like to visit with students. I like to find out about students. I like advocate for students.

Because of that I was very interested in coming to Southern.”

She also said she knew that a lot of people probably wouldn’t be open to the position because of the affects the budget crisis has had on the university.

“I was willing to eyes wide on kind of come into the situation and really make the best of it,” JonesHall said.

One of the first events she held at the start of the semester was a vigil at the Student Services Pavillion, held to recognize those affected by recent hurricanes and the Las Vegas massacre. She said she wanted to hold the vigil so the university doesn’t seem like they aren’t responding to important incidents.

“My intention as a dean of students is to make sure that I’m listening to the students, and that I am responding accordingly. … I got in on that Monday and I thought, ‘Oh my God. There was this huge tragedy. I need to do something about it,’” Jones-Hall said.

She said she reached out to students from Florida, Houston and the Caribbean following the hurricanes.

“It was important for me to acknowledge that there were crises happening in the world, and if they needed a resource, I needed them to find me and I could help them,” Jones-Hall said.

When President Donald Trump decided to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shielded young immigrants from deportation, she said she also reached out to DACA students.

“My biggest thing is that if there is a student on this campus and they don’t know where to go or who to see, always start with the dean of students office, and we can find the resources to help them,” Jones-Hall said.

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

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Honorary Degrees & Distinguished Service Awards Deadline for Nominations: Wednesday, October 25 Letters of nomination must be accompanied by a two- to three-page résumé, curriculum vita, and/or a biographical sketch of the candidate that includes a description of the unique contributions of the nominee.

Please specify the nomination to be in support of either an honorary degree or a distinguished service award. For further definition of these awards, please refer to universityevents.siu.edu. Strict confidence about the nomination, including with the nominee, must be maintained until completion of the review and approval process.

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Campus scientists studying ways to combat extremely early puberty CORY RAY | @coryray_de

Puberty usually strikes preteens, but some researchers at SIU are studying a dysfunction that leads to extremely early puberty in boys to understand how to combat it.

Physiology professor Prema Narayan is primarily concerned with studying a mutation that causes the early onset puberty. In human males, it’s known as familial male-limited precocious puberty (FMPP).

Narayan said studying the mutation is important for understanding many types of sexual dysfunctions.

Boys usually undergo puberty during their preteen years, but those with FMPP can hit puberty by the time they’re two years old, said Elizabeth Geerling, a senior from St. Louis studying biological sciences.

According to the U.S National Library of Medicine, those boys can act out and even start to grow facial hair. While she said treatments exist to decrease hormone levels in these patients, there aren’t many studies about what happens to them later in life.

Primarily, she wants to know if it affects reproduction and fertility.

“Since there’s not a lot of follow-up done with these FMPP patients, I think our research is important because we can shed light if maybe these males are infertile later in life,” she said.

Geerling said girls with the mutation have no consequences, but female mice do. She said the finding is interesting since mice are so related to humans in biological terms.

While it may be different in females, she said male mice exhibit similar effects when they are induced to undergo early puberty.

The defect is a mutation in a hormone receptor that causes an increase in testosterone levels in males.

Geerling said if they can understand what the mutation does, they can potentially combat a variety of reproductive issues — including erectile dysfunction.

She and others in the lab induce puberty in mice when they are two weeks old; she said mice usually become sexually mature at five weeks old.

From there, Geerling performs a variety of experiments, including surgeries, dissections and DNA and antibody studies.

She found those mice become infertile by six months old, and said the research could be expanded in the future to see if the same is true for humans.

Right now, she and the others in the lab are working to prove the infertility is a result of high testosterone levels.

Geerling has worked in Narayan’s lab for three years — since her first semester at SIU — and she’s seen many changes to research funding throughout her time in the lab.

When she started, she was an undergraduate research assistant under the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities; her time in the lab was her job.

When she won a REACH Grant at the end of her sophomore year, however, she was told she wouldn’t be funded as a UGA. Eventually, she was funded again.

For her final semester this year, she is unfunded due to the closure of CURCA. She now is in the lab earning class credit.

She said even if she couldn’t

receive any sort of incentive from the university, she would still do the work.

“It was really upsetting, but I knew that I still really enjoyed working in the lab,” she said. “I’m not in it for the money … it worked out, but it’s hard not getting paid anything.”

While Geerling said she has managed to not decrease any of her time in the lab, other researchers have said they’ve had to get extra jobs and reduce their research experience.

“I chose to come to SIU pretty much solely because of the undergraduate research opportunities,” Geerling said.

She said that growth didn’t come without overcoming fear. When she first entered the lab, she said she was afraid she’d be too squeamish to do the work.

Narayan said she’s seen Geerling grow from her first semester, when she was very anxious about the dissections, to now, when she is largely able to operate independently in the lab.

“If I wouldn’t have come here, I would have ever known that’s what I want to do with my life,” Geerling said.

Geerling said her research has inspired her to apply for doctoral programs related to studying the immune system for next fall, instead of her original goal of becoming a medical doctor.

“In high school, you learn about medical fields, but not really about doing research,” she said. “At the end of my freshman year, I was certain I wanted to do research for my career.

I have felt just as strongly about that ever since.”

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

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Nonprofit works to restore Bucky Dome ISABELLE ROGERS | @isabellearogers

A nonprofit organization has its sights set on restoring a prominent Carbondale landmark: the Fuller Dome Home on Forest Avenue, also known as the Bucky Dome.

In 1960, research professor Buckminster Fuller built the geodesic structure and lived there with his wife Anne until 1971.

According to the dome website, it is “one of the strongest and most efficient structures known to humankind.”

Fuller patented the design in 1954, and it is his “most enduring legacy,” the website says.

Now, the R. Buckminster Fuller Dome nonprofit organization wants to keep that legacy alive by restoring the dome’s exterior and rebuilding its landscape, said Jon Davey, the organization’s president.

“Because it’s a preservation project, you can’t go replace things with a brandnew window or door,” Davey said. “You have to use what is existing there, so that takes a little bit more time, more energy and more money.”

Davey said they expect the restorations to cost anywhere between $150,000 and $200,000. The group is currently writing grants and selling jewelry, tee shirts and anthologies of Fuller’s 25 published books inside the dome home.

Once the money is raised and the dome home is fully restored, they plan to bring in a docent master guide that will give the tours and presentations, Davey said.

Though there is no docent currently on the property, anyone interested in tours can visit the Fuller Dome Home website to contact Davey to set up a time to view the home, he said.

The main goal for the restoration is to keep Fuller’s spirit and legacy alive in the community, Davey said.

Davey said Fuller’s dome home patent is considered one of the most sustainable,

Auston Mahan | @AustonMahanDE The Fuller Dome home, also known as the “Bucky Dome,” is pictured on Forest Avenue on Sept. 26 in Carbondale.

affordable and safe home designs to date. “[The restoration project] is important because of who Bucky was,” Davey said.

“Some people refer to him as the father of sustainability. His thinking was so unique about our relationship with the earth and with each other. We want to continue that kind of thinking on.”

At one point, Bucky domes were scattered across campus, Davey said.

There were four domes across from the Communications Building, one on Campus Lake and one across from Quigley Hall, he said.

Now, the only domes in Carbondale are the half dome named Bucky’s Haven by Campus Lake and the dome home on Forest Avenue.

Fuller taught at SIU from 1959 to 1972, according to dome’s website, and during his employment at SIU he received 25 honorary PHDs, finished writing 25 books and completed 26 patents. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was awarded to him by President Ronald Reagan.

The most famous of Fuller’s patents was for his dome, Davey said, adding that Fuller’s design is now well-known and used around the world.

When Fuller left Carbondale in 1972,

he sold the dome home and it was used as private student housing, Davey said.

The property fell into a state of disarray until 12 years ago when the nonprofit acquired it. The group has since been restoring the home.

Though Fuller died in 1983, his designs and name recognition have endured, Davey said.

“I’ve had the opportunity many times to go overseas to India, Indonesia, Thailand and Egypt,” Davey said.

“When I stand up and I say I’m from Southern Illinois University, the first thing people say is, ‘We know R. Buckminster Fuller.’ We are known internationally because of Fuller.”

Davey said the geodesic home design is sturdy during seismic activity and storms. It is also very quick to build, as it can be made of pretty much any material, he said.

The dome design is also the most energy efficient home design because it uses one-third of the materials than a similarly sized house and transfers less heat to its surroundings, Davey said.

“It’s a unique space to be in,” Davey said. “The best thing to do is just experience it, because it’s like nothing else you’ve ever been to.”

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Annual campaign commemorates Breast Cancer Awareness Month TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means it’s time to “Start Seeing Pink” on campus.

SIU began the Start Seeing Pink campaign four years ago to commemorate the month with various campus events.

Beth Alongi, assistant director for marketing at the Student Center, said several university departments work together on a committee to plan events throughout the month, including Morris Library, the Health Center, Saluki Athletics, Housing and the Student Center.

She said all of the departments teamed up “to try to pull all of our events together so we could market them more uniformly and try to get the word out a little bit better.”

This year’s events include a murder mystery dinner, a Big Pink volleyball game and a human pink ribbon photo, Alongi said.

The university is also fundraising for a scholarship called the Saluki Strength Breast Cancer Scholarship, which Alongi said goes to SIU students who have been affected by breast cancer.

According to the Student Center website, this $1,250 scholarship is awarded to up to five students, and recipients must be undergraduates with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher. The application also requires a short essay.

Alongi said last year there were 25 students who applied for the scholarship, which was started so SIU’s breast cancer awareness fundraising efforts could also benefit students.

“Years ago, whenever the campus did breast cancer awareness campaigns, a lot of the times money didn’t go to SIU students,” Alongi said. “It went off-campus

or somewhere else, and we decided to funnel that to benefit students.”

She said many students affected by breast cancer experience a financial impact.

One of those students is Elise Wells, a senior from Peoria studying forestry. She tells her story on the Saluki Funder website that SIU is also using to raise money for breast cancer awareness.

Wells said when she was 19, her mom was diagnosed with Stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer, and she realized she needed to take funding her education into her own hands.

“My parents money needed to go to any means to get my mom cancer-free,” Wells said in the video.

Wells now works three jobs to put herself through school.

She said this is why receiving the Saluki Strength Breast Cancer Scholarship means so much to her.

“You have no idea what this award has meant to me, and how it has eased some of the financial burden that comes with college,” she said.

Alexis Renner, a senior from Cutler studying business management, is another past recipient of the scholarship who said she is very thankful for the money she received.

Renner said she was three years old when she found out her mother had breast cancer at 29.

Now, she said she makes sure to get mammograms regularly and she advises her friends to do the same.

“I have two very close girlfriends whose mothers also battled breast cancer,” Renner said. “We’re great support systems to each other.”

Renner said although she likes the idea of breast cancer awareness month, she thinks this level of awareness should be shown all year.

“I enjoy that there is a lot of

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Big Pink Volleyball Rec Center 5 p.m.

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Saluki Pink shirts will be sold most weekdays from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. in the Student Center.

This October, there are many “start seeing pink” events and ways to donate around campus for breast cancer awareness month.

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information throughout October, but I don’t believe it needs to be limited to one month,” Renner said. “I think women need to know year round that you need to be always aware of your own body.”

For more information about this year’s Start Seeing Pink events, visit studentcenter.siu. edu/activities/pink. The site also contains guidelines for donating to and applying for the scholarship,

which has a deadline of Dec. 1.

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

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One professor's journey from catching a killer to the classroom FRANCOIS GATIMU | @frankDE28

When Paul Echols began his career at the Carbondale Police Department in 1982, it never crossed his mind that he would one day help capture one of America’s most notorious serial rapists and killers.

His part in the pursuit and capture of Timothy Krajcir culminated in his co-authoring “In Cold Pursuit: My Hunt for Timothy Krajcir,” which was published in 2011.

Krajcir was sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2007 after confessing to the murders of nine women between 1977 and 1982.

In the book, Echols offers a firsthand account of how he brought Krajcir to justice, giving closure to the victims and families involved in Krajcir’s crimes.

Krajcir’s murders crossed state lines, which according to Echols contributed to him being able to evade authorities for nearly three decades.

“He committed crimes essentially in four different states: Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Pennsylvania,” said Echols, who is now an adjunct criminal justice professor at SIU. “In hindsight, it was Deborah Sheppard’s [a 23-yearold SIU student] murder case that was the lynchpin that kind of hooked all the cases together.”

Echols credits his years spent as a criminal investigator for influencing his philosophy as a professor.

“I teach from a reality sense,” Echols said. “I do get into theory but pull from largely from my experiences.”

This, unlike a purely theoretical teaching methodology, “gives the students a chance to apply what they learn,” Echols said.

His students said this makes it easier for them to learn.

“During my criminal behaviour class, he incorporated a lot of his experiences,” said Sydney Ray, a student

at Shawnee Community College, where Echols is tenured. “By analyzing Timothy Krajcir, he put a lot of the classroom information in context.”

Ray said Echols’ teaching style constantly incorporated interesting exercises and experiments.

“He encouraged cool class activities,” Ray said. “One time we all anonymously placed our fingerprints on a plate without him watching and he said he figured out who all the prints belonged to.”

His hands-on teaching approach makes long classes feel shorter, said Liana Spokas, a junior studying psychology at SIU who is currently in a two-and-a-half-hour long class with Echols.

“He is very knowledgeable, always applying facts to examples,” Spokas said. “He has something to connect with everything we’re learning …

He makes class very interesting and it’s solidified the fact that I want to do criminal justice.”

Echols said he hoped his book would not only provide learning material for crime investigators, but would also act as a lasting memorial to the victims.

“Every penny made by that book earned goes to honor the victims through the Nine Angels Memorial Scholarship,” Echols said of the fund that was created four years ago for SIU students.

Together with the book’s coauthor Christine Byers and retired Cape Girardeau Police Chief Carl Kinnison, in October of 2015 Echols celebrated the scholarship with the families of Krajcir’s victims.

“We did it quietly, with no media attention,” Echols said. “Five families of the nine murder victims were present; three families were unable to attend.”

Echols said the book also serves

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to inform women of the dangers in the region. He said he has received positive feedback from women who have read it regarding the potential hazards of situations “they might take for granted.”

“By providing this information, women would be more careful and conscious of their surroundings,” Echols said. “If it helps protect even just one person from being a victim it was worth writing it.”

Ray said before reading his book, she didn’t realize there had been a serial killer in southern Illinois.

“It made me freak out because southern Illinois is my backyard,” Ray said.

After serving nearly three decades as a criminal investigator in various positions within the Carbondale Police Department, Echols said if he had a chance he

Provided photo Timothy Krajcir, the serial killer Echols helped to catch. Krajcir was sentenced to 40 years in prison after confessing to the murders of nine women between 1977 and 1982.

would do it all over again.

“I do miss those days,” Echols said.

“But I gave my time — now it’s time for the younger guys to come up.”

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

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STEPPING TO THE

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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. hosts 21st annual step show MiaLoni Hollingsworth, a sophomore from Chicago studying psychology, applies makeup on Darielle Perry, a junior from East St. Louis in the Africana studies program, Friday before their performance with the "Essence" step team. Essence is a step team consisting of individuals that are interested in fashion and modeling techniques are incorporated into their routines. "We're just one big happy family," Perry said. "We like to have fun and make people smile with our routines."

From left: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated members senior psychology major Lyneesya Wilson, of Nasvhille, Tennesee, senior accounting major Valincia Jackson, of Chicago, senior criminal justice major Denasia Winston, of Peoria and junior excersize science major Keyantta Houston, of Chicago, joke around Friday before performing at Alpha Phi Alpha's 21st annual step show at Shryock Auditorium.

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Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. perform their step routine Friday during their 21st annual step show at Shryock Auditorium.

Donnial Dorsey, left, of Chicago, and graduate student Marquita Winson, of St. Louis, dance backstage Friday before their performance at the 2017 SIU step show in Shryock Auditorium.

Members of Zeta Phi Beta members perform their step routine Friday during their performance at the 2017 SIU step show in Shryock Auditorium.

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Column: Standing with those 'taking a knee' Blinded by the lens of whiteness, casual racists come out of the woodwork and into the comments section to chastise and threaten black students speaking out against systemic injustice.

Three woman of color, whom I can only aspire to one day be half as strong as, have taken a bold stance, in spite of everything, against the seemingly never-ending racialized violence in the United States of America.

Of course, I am talking about those brave SIU cheerleaders who have decided to take a knee during the national anthem only to receive threats of death and sexual assault.

Nevertheless, they said they have no plans to stop the peaceful protest.

The "take a knee" movement kicked off last year when NFL player Colin Kaepernick refused to stand during the national anthem.

His teammate, Eric Reid, who knelt beside him during the early days of the movement, wrote an editorial in the New York Times last month explaining that they chose to kneel as a direct response to the “issues that face our community, including systemic oppression against people of color, police brutality and the criminal justice system.”

But it is our white lens that enables us to believe that this protest is about the flag or the armed forces, leaving us utterly unresponsive and apathetic to the plight of people of color in contemporary America.

On Oct. 3, the SIU Board of Trustees hosted its first annual diversity award ceremony, at which anti-racist activist Tim Wise was the keynote speaker.

Besides grilling the administration for even considering cutting the Department of Africana Studies, Wise’s main theme throughout the lecture was how whiteness acts as a lens that inhibits those who perceive the world through it from actually understanding reality, especially people of colors’ reality.

That reality, of course, is one of economic, social and political disempowerment, where white people tell people of color when and how they are allowed to protest, where cops can shoot black men in cold blood and get away with it and where taking a knee is somehow deserving of death threats.

“Make America Great Again” is a not-sosubtle admission that there are things wrong with this country.

Wise explained how it is the lens of

Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Sophomore radio, television and digital media major Czarina Tinker, of Nashville, Tennessee, left, and sophomore psychology major Ariahn Hunt, of Chicago, far right, kneel during the national anthem Sept. 30 before the Salukis' matchup against the University of Northern Iowa Panthers at Saluki Stadium.

whiteness that makes it acceptable to some for a white billionaire to complain about the US, but the moment a black or brown person levies critiques they are “ungrateful,” told to “get over it” or that they should move somewhere else.

The reason some find it necessary to reprimand these courageous young women is because they quite simply have no idea what it is like to be black in America.

It is from a position of privilege (that I, too, hold) that people talk down to the demonstrators and condemn their choice of protest tactic — condescendingly assuring them that if they only did it in some other fashion, in some other place, that they would be heard and taken seriously.

By arbitrarily pledging allegiance to a country whose very foundation is genocide

and mass enslavement, whose current doctrine is one of world economic domination, exploitation and the largest prison population in human history, one is indirectly endorsing these things.

Now, these girls have explicitly stated that they are not anti-American.

The whole taking a knee thing is just about wanting people to slow down for a moment and open their eyes and ears to the millions of voices that have been saying that America is not and has never been great.

In fact, America has never even been halfway decent to people of color.

But it is that deceptive, little lens of whiteness that can prevent even some of the best-meaning white people from being able to comprehend that.

I don’t know anything about what it

is like to be black in America, but those cheerleaders do. And that is why it is our duty to listen to them.

However, it must be stated that if we are to move towards racial justice in this country we need to do a whole lot more than just listen.

In order to fully support the demonstrators we must truly ally ourselves with their cause.

But what that might look like is not for me to determine.

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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The softer side of Michael Madigan CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL BOARD

Someone call the police about a missing person. Missing and replaced by a person of interest, actually. A man with a distinct resemblance to House Speaker Michael Madigan has been photographed reading books to children. He is smiling. And they are smiling. And he is wearing a plaid shirt. Where is the real Speaker Madigan and what has someone done with him?

The alleged explanation for the warm, welcoming Michael Madigan is that he's launched a website, www.madiganforus.com, that attempts to soften his image as a cutthroat politician. He also has a Facebook page and an email address.

This is big news. Until recently, Madigan famously didn't use digital technology, email or social media.

If all of this is genuine then there he is, now 25 years into the modern internet, with his own website to promote his candidacy. In several photographs, he is perched on a chair, surrounded by children as he reads to them. We thought the book would be "Illinois' Big Debt" or "Our Failing State" or "How To Rent a U-Haul."

Instead Madigan is reading to the children from another excellent choice, "This Is My Family" by Gina and Mercer Mayer. Refresh our memory: Is there a chapter on patronage? And what degree of kinship applies to a state politician's law client who's also a campaign donor?

Other photos on Madigan's new website show him gathered around a kitchen table with guests and white ceramic coffee mugs. You know, just relaxing and chatting and smiling. As

Terrence Antonio James | Chicago Tribune President Barack Obama greets Michael J. Madigan, Speaker of the Illinois House, and John Cullerton, President of the Senate, as he prepares to speak to Illinois lawmakers in the House chamber of the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., on Feb. 10, 2016.

Madigan is wont to do.

The biography on the website is particularly entertaining, describing his devotion to middleclass families, ethics reform, transparency and property tax relief. And of course it includes a shot at Gov. Bruce Rauner, who "would cut middle-class wages to pad the profits of huge corporations and slash workplace protections to further enrich big insurance companies," the site says.

Certainly every politician stretches the truth on selfpromotional materials. Madigan's website is funded by his campaign committee. It doesn't mention that middle-class families have been squeezed for decades by state government dysfunction with Madigan at the helm: Higher taxes. Underfunded pensions.

Loads of debt. And private sector employers moving good-paying jobs elsewhere.

Madigan has indeed supported ethics reforms in the past, but only

when pushed and when legislation included sufficient loopholes to allow him to continue stockpiling campaign cash.

Transparency isn't Madigan's specialty either. He runs the House under tight rules that allow him to determine which bills reach the floor and which do not. The budget process he oversees often involves a last-minute dump of an unbalanced budget on legislators trained to vote yes.

And property tax relief? Madigan has helped secure the property tax status quo in this state and particularly Cook County, where his law firm represents high-priced clients seeking tax relief. Clout rules the property tax system.

We wonder if, following the photo shoot with the kids, he handed them each a bill for $45,500. That's how much accumulated state debt a 2016 Truth in Accounting study determined each Illinois taxpayer owes.

So there you go, kiddos. Scan the website. Enjoy the fairy tales.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

Today's Birthday (10/04/17). You're the star this year! Begin a lucrative two-year phase.

A group effort reaches a turning point this winter, leading to a lovely moment for your family.

Change directions with your career next summer, before your team takes the game to new levels. Share passion.

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

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Listening is more powerful than speaking, especially with your partner.

You're on the same wavelength.

Discuss long-term plans.

Sign agreements and contracts.

Taurus (April 20May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Balance work and fitness routines to increase vitality. Work with a coach to get farther, faster.

Focus on present actions, one step at a time.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -Things can get especially fun today. Spend time with someone adorable.

Listen to your own heart song. Share your admiration and respect.

Love inspires you.

Cancer (June 21July 22) -- Today is an 7 -- Home and garden beautification projects satisfy.

Authorize infrastructural improvements.

Make household repairs. A little elbow grease goes a long way.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 7 -Dig deeper into a favorite subject. Ask questions of an expert or teacher. Learn new tricks. Read, research and write your discoveries.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) -- Today is a 8 -You're on a creative roll.

Use your artistry, talents and charm. A stroke of genius reveals lucrative opportunities.

Profit from your enthusiasm and passion.

Libra (Sept.

23Oct. 22) -- Today is an 9 -- You're strong and getting stronger. Count your blessings. Use your confidence to forward

a personal project. Get creative, and polish the presentation.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Your imagination goes wild over the next two days.

Complete old projects to make space for what's next. Listen to your inner muse.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) -- Today is a 8 -- You have more friends than you realized. Share what you're learning.

Enjoy parties, meetings and social events. Your greatest strength is love.

Capricorn (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Career matters occupy you now. A professional puzzle engages you.

Cultivate your own leadership, and accept new responsibilities.

Motivate your team with interesting incentives.

Aquarius (Jan. 20Feb. 18) -- Today is a 8 -- Education and travels carry you to new lands, cultures and ideologies.

Plan carefully. You have a million questions.

Seek out teachers with relevant experience.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Go over numbers and budgets to keep things on track. Discuss priorities with your partner, and true up your plan to them. Cut unnecessary expenses.

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Celebrating 25 years of women's athletics in the MVC DILLION GILLILAND | @DillionGilliland

The 2017-18 season marks the 25th anniversary of women's athletics in the Missouri Valley Conference, and the 45th anniversary of Title IX. The Missouri Valley Conference originated in 1907 and is the nation's second-oldest conference in Division I athletic history; but the conference did not include women's sports until 1992.

Previously women had to compete under the Gateway Conference banner from 1982-92.

Ten sports celebrate their 25th anniversary as a part of the MVC in 2017: soccer, cross country, volleyball, swimming/diving, basketball, golf, tennis, softball, track and field. The first sport recognized was women's soccer on October 19, 1992, and the last being field on May 8, 1993 — joining the list of official MVC sports five days after track was added.

In honoring the women and their 25 years of history, the ten institutions in the MVC have developed a list of initiatives with five goals in mind — to honor women student-athletes from the first 25 years of MVC competition, to recognize outstanding achievements during the first 25 years of women in the MVC, to bring attention to the current women student-athletes, to honor the Conference history of women's sports and its pioneers and to enhance future progress of women student-athletes.

Although Southern originally claimed nine different women's sports programs in the MVC — basketball, cross country, golf, softball, swimming/diving, volleyball and track and field — only eight currently remain after SIU retired its women's tennis team following the 2016-17 season.

Saluki women have earned major success in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Southern softball team has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in five straight seasons, winning numerous MVC titles while appearing in the women's College World Series four times.

"There's been fantastic women in the MVC and it's nice to see it being celebrated," softball head coach Kerri Blaylock said. "There are many more opportunities for women now than there were 25 years ago."

The women's basketball team has finished as MVC regular season champs four times and conference tournament champions twice, leading to four visits to the NCAA tournament in the program's history.

"The level of play in this league is outstanding," head coach of women's basketball Cindy Stein said. "There have been some tremendous players from this league and it's a great thing to honor."

Redshirt senior outside hitter for the SIU volleyball team Andrea Estrada is leaving her mark on MVC history, receiving several athletic awards in the conference during her four-year playing career while climbing the all-time kills list at SIU. Redshirt junior cross country runner Megan Krolak has made her mark as well in MVC women's athletics, impressing as a freshman competitor in the conference at Illinois State University before transferring to SIU to continue her competitive career. She recorded her first win as a Saluki at the first meet of the 2017 season — the Golden Eagle Invitational — hosted by Tennessee Tech on Sept. 2.

Senior freestyle swimmer Bryn Handley has recorded several event wins in the MVC during her four-year collegiate career. Currently in her final competitive season at SIU, she broke the 1,000yard freestyle pool record at Missouri State on Oct. 7 with a time of 10:05.95 — eclipsing the previous record of 10:07.9 by a full two seconds.

Twin sophomore divers Beibei and Baobao Ji, in their first season as Salukis, have already made an impact in the MVC by combining for six wins in the one-meter and three-meter dive events this season.

Blaylock has 628 games under her belt through 18 seasons as head coach of the SIU softball team.

She holds ownership to the best winning percentage out of all 500-win coaches in MVC history while also being the only coach in conference history to lead a team to five consecutive NCAA tournaments.

Since the MVC introduced women's athletics to its list of sports in 1992, the conference has introduced a total of 22 women athletes, coaches and pioneers to the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame.

Daily Egyptian file photo Charlotte West, retired SIU athletic director, gives a speech during the women’s tennis locker room dedication to Judy Auld on Sept. 24, 2016, at SIU Arena. West served as athletic director during Judy Auld’s 30-year career as SIU women’s tennis coach.

The first woman to be inducted into the MVC Hall of Fame was 1999 inductee Holli Hyche, a sprinter from Indiana State University.

Two Saluki women reside in the MVC Hall of Fame, 2005 Lifetime Achievement category inductee Dr. Charlotte West and 2012 Institutional Great category inductee Connie Price-Smith.

Dr. West served SIU for 42 years either as a coach, faculty member or administrator. The retired as associate athletic director in 1998 after twelve years in the position.

Price-Smith is one of the most-decorated track and field athletes to ever compete at SIU, and returned to coach both sports for 14 years before accepting the women's track coach position at the University of Mississippi for the 2015 season.

Three more women's athletes will enter the

MVC Hall of Fame in 2018 — cross country runner Mary Ellen Hill-Schupbach of Bradley University; retired multi-sport coach and former Director of Women's Sports Programs Lois Patton of the University of Edwardsville; and softball player and former U.S. Olympic team member Dani Tyler of Drake University.

With SIU historically represented in nine of the MVC's ten women's sports, it is only a matter of time till another Saluki women's athlete receives the call to the Hall of Fame to join Dr. West and Price-Smith as representatives of Southern's championship sports history.

Sports reporter Dillon Gilliland can be reached at dgilliland@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @DillonGilliland.

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Salukis set sights on Indiana State following first MVFC victory NATHAN DODD | @NathanMDodd

Following a stunning victory in Carbondale last Saturday, SIU football will attempt to reach .500 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference when they travel to Indiana State University on Saturday.

Homecoming at SIU culminated with a convincing 42-7 Saluki victory over No. 15 Illinois State University to earn the Dawgs their first MVFC win of the season.

The 0-6 Indiana State Sycamores are trying to accomplish exactly what SIU did last week — claim their first MVFC victory. In 2016, the ISU Sycamores spoiled the SIU Homecoming with a 22-14 win.

This year, the Salukis will try to turn the tables when they travel to Terre Haute, Indiana.

Despite their host owning a winless season thus far, SIU head coach Nick Hill and the rest of the Salukis will not take the Sycamores lightly as Indiana State's record may not depict an accurate picture of their competitiveness.

"They've had a few really tough games," Hill said. "They could have a few wins. They've played a lot of teams really close."

Of the six teams that ISU battled this season, five of them have been nationally ranked in either the FBS or FCS. Saturday's game against SIU will be only the second time this season that the Sycamores will not square off against a ranked team.

"It's a tough league," Hill said.

"We lost our first five games in the conference last year and we felt like we had a good team. They're a good football team."

Indiana State features an offense that has two quarterbacks capable

of getting the nod to start against SIU. Last season it was thensophomore quarterback Isaac Harker who was under center for the Sycamores in their trip to Carbondale. Along with Harker, Indiana State could turn to redshirt freshman quarterback Cade Sparks to run the offense.

"Harker's just a gamer," Hill said. "He makes things happen.

The other one [Sparks] likes to sit in the pocket. They have played both of them in the last couple weeks, so we will have to be ready for both."

The Salukis offensive explosion against Illinois State forces the Sycamores to prepare for an efficient aerial attack from SIU. Named Co-MVFC Offensive Player of the Week, SIU junior starting quarterback Sam Straub is coming off arguably the best game of his collegiate career. Against a highly talented Illinois State defense, Straub threw for 368 yards and four touchdowns spread across three different Saluki receivers.

"We challenged [Straub] to be critical of himself in practice," Hill said. "That's what the best ones do."

Neither Hill nor Straub were satisfied with the junior quarterback's completion percentage in the previous weeks leading up to the Illinois State matchup. The team made an emphasis to increase Straub's efficiency, leading to a 64.7 completion percentage on Saturday.

"Completions, completions, completions," the Saluki head coach said. "You're never going to get in trouble for a completion.

We're getting our playmakers the ball and eventually, our playmakers will make that guy miss."

Having definitive offensive

Dylan Nelson | @Dylan_Nelson99 Junior running back Daquan Isom runs the ball Saturday during the Salukis' 42-7 win against the Illinois State Redbirds at Saluki Stadium.

weapons at various positions is something that Hill and the Salukis take great pride in.

"We have playmakers all over the field," Hill said. "If you have more answers out there on the field, you can do different things to set things up."

The Saluki defense also took a step forward over the weekend, forcing five turnovers and five 3-and-outs.

Three of the five turnovers came via the SIU secondary, with three different defensive backs claiming an interception in the game.

"We know what our strength is on defense — we're athletic," Hill said. "Indiana State likes to shift, motion and play with a few different personnel groupings. We have to be sharp this week and locked into the game plan."

A win on Saturday will improve the Salukis to 2-2 in the MVFC and play a significant role in keeping the team's postseason hopes alive.

"We said as a group that this was a must-win this week," Hill said. "If we're sitting here at 0-3

[MVFC] and 2-4 [overall], this is a different press conference with a different mentality. We would still be playing, but what's on the line?"

SIU's game against Indiana State will take place in Terre Haute, Indiana at Memorial Stadium.

Kickoff for ISU's Homecoming game is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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

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