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Vol.101 Issue 70 @daIlyegyptIan

Dwayne Moore Jr. pg. 8

INSIDE:

Nathan Colombo pg. 4 | Marching Salukis pg. 6 | Lindsey Pauslen pg. 14

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Photo credit for the front cover: Carson VanBuskirk | @carsonvanbDE Dwayne Moore, Jr., approaches the lane to bowl inside the Student Center on Tuesday.

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Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel

Carson VanBuskirk | @carsonvanbDE Rabi Scheiman spins a dreidel upside down with his kids in his home on Monday.

SIU Deferred Maintenance Deficit over $720 million, more than double the total from 11 years ago AUSTIN PHELPS | @austinphelps96

The deferred maintenance deficit for the university is at $720,208,896.77.

11 years ago, the deficit was at about $350 million, according to a 2007 article from the Daily Egyptian. That was a $25 million increase from the previous year.

The deferred maintenance deficit consists of repairs and renovations that the university has declared maintenance deferred, meaning they are yet to start production on the projects.

Projects in the previous article consisted of roof repairs, which were past warranty. The reason for the project not being started was

The deferred maintenance deficit consists of repairs and renovations that the university has declared maintenance deferred, meaning they are yet to start production on the projects. due to a lack of funding.

The Daily Egyptian requested a Freedom of Information Act request which listed all projects that were considered maintenance deferred within the past year of Oct. 1, 2018.

The FOIA said the deferred maintenance deficit includes projects

consisting of entire roof repairs, a campus water line replacement and campus-wide asbestos issues, among other repairs.

Out of the over 200 projects that have been declared maintenance deferred, 61 projects are still without funding.

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Nathan Colombo, director of the Varsity Center, announces his run for Mayor of Carbondale CLAIRE COWLEY | Daily Egyptian

Current Director of the Varsity Center, Nathan Colombo, announced his campaign for Carbondale mayor on Monday.

He said his campaign for mayor will see a number of different activities designed to increase engagement from folks throughout the community.

“Whether it’s going to houses and having small group conversations, visiting businesses and having industry discussions or having events and inviting students to come participate,” Colombo said.

Colombo said he’s a comedian and entertainer which allows him to throw a party to get people out and engaged.

“Politics is just as much about entertainment as it is about policy making because if you can make it fun [...] if you can make it enjoyable, you can get people to participate,” Colombo said.

Colombo’s main goal overall is to restore public confidence in municipal policy making from a city perspective, he said.

“I want our citizens to feel like they are being heard [...] I want our citizens to feel like they have a voice and I want them to feel like when they ask for change, that it can be made,” Colombo said.

Colombo said creating a media project in conjunction with the SIU Athletics Department will help SIU’s enrollment issue.

“I’ve been working on it for the last two years, trying to get it through and in this particular case we’ve got an SIU alumni who works for the top 20 YouTube channels in the world,” Colombo said. “[This alum(nus)] has created a script and offered

us the opportunity to come here and produce this video for free.”

Colombo also said he thinks about seizing opportunities that we have with all of our alumni and their connections, he can ask them for just “sweat equity.”

“Not their money, [but] asking for their time that will afford us the ability to reach out to a new generation that we want to

“I want our citizens to feel like they are being heard [...] I want our citizens to feel like they have a voice and I want them to feel like when they ask for change, that it can be made.”

- Nathan Colombo Varsity Center director

see come to SIU, Carbondale,” Colombo said.

Colombo said he believes what needs to be changed in relation to what current Carbondale Mayor Mike Henry is doing, is better engagement with the city’s public.

“One of the reasons I’m running is because I brought considerable

issues with the city’s logo and branding project council and felt repeatedly denied by Mike Henry specifically,” Colombo said.

Colombo also said because of those interactions he was driven to seek the mayoral office against Henry.

“I think that by simply electing the youngest mayor that Carbondale will ever have we will see an immediate revitalization of attitude in our city,” Colombo said. “People are saying I feel the energy.”

Colombo also said this will make residents want to follow along in rebuilding the city and maintaining that Carbondale experience.

“That many of the folks here now have experienced long before I was even born,” Colombo said.

Colombo said as a municipality Carbondale needs to market itself to citizen climate refugees to combat southern Illinois’ decline in population.

“These are folks that are being displaced by fires on the west coast, folks that are being displaced by flooding on the east coast and hurricanes on the gulf coast [...] all of these people are going to need homes,” Colombo said.

Colombo said that’s one of the reasons he brought on board a former SIU student trustee to help run the campaign.

“I decided to join Colombo in his endeavors toward running for Mayor of Carbondale because he wants what is best for the community and seeks to explore innovative ideas toward making Carbondale more marketable to the outside world,” Naomi Tolbert, Colombo’s campaign manager said.

Tolbert also said over the last

“I decided to join Colombo in his endeavors toward running for Mayor of Carbondale because he wants what is best for the community and seeks to explore innovative ideas toward making Carbondale more marketable to the outside world.”

- Naomi Tolbert Colombo's campaign manager

few months she has received the chance to learn of his great character and authentic love of Carbondale.

“He is a good candidate because he is committed to this city and is cognizant of the importance to the inclusion of all of the various voices existing within town,” Tolbert said.

Tolbert said if Colombo is chosen, she does not doubt he will do what is needed to lead successfully and produce better economic outcomes for the community. “[He will also], increase positive relations with the SIUC campus and continue to incorporate the voices of the people within all legislation

passed on the council,” Tolbert said. “I would say Carbondale deserves a breath of fresh air.”

Colombo said in regard to students specifically, his campaign is centered on giving them a seat at the political table.

“They’re a big reason why Carbondale is even here and for too long there has been a disconnect between the student body and our municipal government,” Colombo said.

Colombo also said finding a way to bridge that gap is going to be very important in this campaign.

Human Relations Commission Chairman and Carbondale City Council candidate Jerrold Hennrich said he thinks

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“He is a good candidate because he is committed to this city and is cognizant of the importance to the inclusion of all of the various voices existing within town.”

- Naomi Tolbert Colonbo's campaign manager

Colombo can do that.

“We have a lot of work to do [...] partnering with the university is a huge one,” Hennrich said.

Hennrich also said the current mayor has threatened to fire him because he doesn’t like him, but Henry says he wants someone with fresher ideas.

“I’ve got a great way for the mayor to get rid of me on the Human Relations Commission, all he has to do is vote for me for City Council,” Hennrich said.

Hennrich said there is currently no way for the mayor, city council or city manager to put an item on the agenda so people can redress their grievances with the government.

“If there’s only one function of a governmental body that’s suppose to represent the people it’s to be able to vote on the things that people bring before them,” Hennrich said.

Staff reporter Claire Cowley can be reached at ccowley@dailyegyptian.com.

Joey Sears | @joey_sears10 Nathan Colombo announces his candidacy for mayor, Monday, at Carbondale City Hall.

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Madison Riden: The ‘mom’ of the Marching Salukis EMILY COOPER | @ecooper212

Madison Riden has been one of the two Marching Salukis drum majors for the past two years.

“I would say that my experience is pretty complete here,” Riden, a senior studying anthropology, said. “I went from being a normal member to a section leader to two years as drum major, which was an honor to get two years back-toback because it’s very rare that Dr. George Brozak does that.”

This past season was her second and final year serving the band as a drum major.

“I’ve worked with Madison for two years, so it has been really nice getting a rhythm with her going,” Tristan Osterhues, junior studying music education and drum major, said. “We are kind of hive-minded a little bit.”

Riden said she started off playing the trumpet, but switched to baritone in the last two years of high school. She’s been playing baritone ever since.

Riden said transferring over to college was easy because being in band is something that she really loves to do.

“I didn’t really see a reason not to join the Marching Salukis,” Riden said. “I enjoyed marching band all throughout high school, and I knew that it would be the same kind of communal sense of family that it was in high school.”

Riden said she was never drum major in high school.

“I did audition, but I didn’t get in. The only leadership role I had in high school was that I was a section leader of the baritones my

senior year,” Riden said.

Riden said she felt like she could do more for the Marching Salukis.

“I was always taught that the best way to lead something is to serve them,” Riden said. “So, I thought trying out for drum major or even getting it was a good way to serve the band, and give it my all.”

“I was always taught that the best way to lead something is to serve them. So, I thought trying out for drum major or even getting it was a good way to serve the band, and give it my all.”

- Madison Riden senior

Emma Wallander, a former Marching Saluki and a recent SIU graduate, said Riden was like a mom for the entire band.

“She’s very patient, very organized and gets along with everybody,” Wallander said.

Trystan Anderson, a senior studying communications studies, said Riden was such a great leader in the Marching Salukis.

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Brian Munoz | @BrianMMunoz Madison Riden, of Nesbit, Mississippi, conducts during the Marching Salukis' halftime performance rehearsal Oct. 5, 2017, outside Saluki Stadium.

“I was lucky to work with her these last few years as a section leader under her leadership as drum major,” Anderson said.

“Maddie was always looking for ways to improve herself as a drum major and leader.”

Riden said there are multiple positives of being a drum major.

“One is that there’s a lot of respect that comes with it, and I appreciate that,” Riden said.

However, Riden said it’s a lot of pressure and a lot of stress involved with the title and the job.

“Whenever there is a problem, automatically some of the blame is going to be on you, that’s just the thing that happens,” Riden said. “It’s very physically exhausting, which it doesn’t seem like it because we’re not holding an instrument, but I just started physical therapy because of how rough it has been this semester.”

Rachel Brady, a senior studying music and former drum major, said even as a freshman, Riden jumped in with both feet and was frequently asking how she could help Brady and the other staff.

“She’s very patient, very organized and gets along with everybody,” - Emma Wallander former Marching Saluki

“She was never someone that needed their hand held,” Brady said.

Brady said as a former drum major she can say the job requires a lot of time.

“The other members of the band may not see or be aware of that,” Brady said. “If rehearsals are running smoothly that means the drum majors are doing their job and frequently others' jobs as well.”

Riden said her favorite moments

of being a drum major are the one-on-one teaching moments.

“I really love the moments where you see that light bulb go off on their head,” Riden said. “Those are always the most rewarding experiences for me.”

Anderson said Madison is such a joy to be around. She is always putting the well being of the organization first and is always willing to do whatever it takes to make it better.

“I’ll miss the groove we have,” Osterhues said.

Riden said it really hard closing that chapter of her life right now.

“I’ve been in band for 12 years, and it has been such a huge, amazing part of my life," Riden said. "So, I’m going to miss performing, learning drill, getting to see everyone everyday and doing something that I love to do.

I’m going to miss all of it.”

Staff reporter Emily Cooper can be reached at ecooper@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @ecooper212.

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Carson VanBuskirk | @carsonvanbDE Dwayne Moore, Jr., approaches the lane to bowl inside the Student Center on Tuesday.

Dwayne Moore Jr., first person to bowl two perfect games in the Student Center JEREMY BROWN | @JeremyBrown_DE

Dwayne Moore Jr. is the first person to bowl two perfect games in the university’s Student Center and the first ever to bowl two 800 series.

Moore is a graphic designer, graduate student and teaching assistant in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, but he’s been bowling on campus for eight years. He got his first

perfect game at SIU in 2014, and his second in 2017.

Bill Null, manager of the Student Center Bowling & Billiards, said Moore scored his latest 300 during a Monday Night League series.

He’s only seen a 300 thrown in that bowling alley four times since he’s worked there.

A perfect game of bowling is a score of 300; the bowler needs to throw a strike each time they step

up to the lane.

“If you miss by a millimeter, as far as how the ball enters the pins, you can get a different result,” Paul Deering, mechanic at the Student Center bowling alley and Moore’s

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When bowling, you have all of these distractions around you, Moore said. People bowling to your right, your left, so you can always see others moving around you.

“Most times, like on PBA tours, you have the lane to yourself. It’s just you. I didn’t have that,” Moore said. “One of the things I worked on was zoning things out. [...] I go into this tunnel vision, where I only see the lane.”

An 800 series, a bowling series where a player must bowl an average of 267 per game, is much harder than one perfect game, Moore said. He’s gotten two 800 series in the Student Center bowling alley.

“I was more focused in shooting the 800 than I was when I shot the 300,” Moore said. “I shot the 800 series back to back, two weeks in a row. 824 then I shot an 811. But [with] the 811, I had a 300 the first game.”

Moore was on the university’s bowling team for three years while obtaining his undergraduate degree.

“The thing is, I didn’t even know bowling existed until I got to SIU,” Moore said. “So I’ve only been bowling since my sophomore year of college.”

Null said when Moore started bowling at the university, he wasn’t that good.

“But you know, when you start, you don’t have the best equipment,” Null said. “Through Paul, Paul drills all the balls for people. Dwayne started getting better equipment, he started practicing more, he got on the bowling team. After he graduated he stayed on the league, and this is the result of it.”

Deering was the coach of the bowling team when Moore started at the university. Now, Null said there’s no money to keep a team like that.

Luckily, when Moore tried out for the team, he said he had the best day of his life.

“I started out with a 279, which was one strike away from a 300,”

“The thing is, I didn’t even know bowling existed until I got to SIU. So I’ve only been bowling since my sophomore year of college.”

- Dwayne Moore Jr. graduate assistant

Moore said.

Deering is actually the reason Moore still bowls, he said. Deering made bowling Moore’s outlet.

“When I’m angry, I go bowl. If I’m stressed out, I go bowl. If I’m trying to get creative juices in my head of what to do, I go bowl,” Moore said.

Moore said Deering was the biggest influence that helped him enjoy bowling so much.

“Especially when he took a chance at letting me try out for the bowling team,” Moore said. “And then get on tour with the team, and we actually sucked. We sucked so bad it was crazy.”

It wasn’t that the SIU team sucked to the point where they shouldn’t attempt pro bowling, Moore said, but rather because they faced Wichita State, number one college bowling team in the country.

“It wasn’t the greatest, but it gave us confidence,” Moore said.

“To know, that we stood toe-to-toe with the bowling gods of the college world made a big difference.”

Moore throws with a curve, which Deering said is the favored way to throw, rather than a straight.

“Simple geometry. You miss by a half-inch at five feet, you’ll miss by a foot at 60 if it’s going in a straight line,” Deering said. “So the curve tends to give you more forgiveness.”

As a proficient bowler, Moore has over 20 bowling balls. Different styles are used on different lanes, for different days. If the lanes are more recently oiled, you use a dull ball, and wipe off any absorbed oil after a throw to get a more consistent score.

“Different cover stocks for

different lane conditions. I’ve had to learn how to adjust,” Moore said.

“Adjusting was my hardest issue.”

So during a game of bowling, even if you threw the ball the exact same way every time, the ball could still move down the lane differently because the lane is “breaking down,” Moore said.

“The oil is starting to shift, the oil is starting to remove itself from the lane, and you throw in the same spot every time? Your ball will start to do different things,” Moore said.

“So if I got an aggressive ball that was working the first game, second game I better not be standing where I was when I threw it in the first.”

Especially when it comes to throwing a 300, you have to read the lane just as you throw the ball, Moore said.

“It’s just like driving a car. If I’m driving down the road and I know there’s a car coming I’m not going to cut the car off, I wait until that car gets past me,” Moore said. “Same thing with bowling. If I know the lane’s going to break down, I’m not going to stay in the same spot.”

When people ask Moore how he’s gotten as great as he is at bowling, he said he tells them he isn’t a great bowler. He’s an okay bowler that’s still learning.

“I bowl because it makes me happy,” Moore said. “It gets me to where I need to be.”

Campus editor Jeremy Brown can be reached at jbrown@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @JeremyBrown_DE.

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Gus Bode's top 10 things to do after Thanksgiving (Hint: Sleep) GUS B ODE | Daily Egyptian

Since you can't sell Thanksgiving costumes to children (at least not successfully,) retailers often overlook one of the U.S.'s biggest holidays. Well, at least one of SIU's biggest, since we got a whole week off.

Whether it's Black Friday shopping, seeing the latest Disney movie or asking where all the pumpkin pie went, we all have consistent rituals and habits every year after Thanksgiving. Here's our top 10 picks.

1. Entering a food coma This one is for immediately after your meal. Before food is served, you have to listen to everyone's stories from over the year: Your cousin got an internship, your mom won't stop telling you to explain why you're in college to Grandma, and your uncle can't stop bragging about his new car.

Even though he didn't drive it to your house, he'll still show you a dozen pictures. Escalades aren't that hip, uncle.

Once you've had about a pound too many mashed potatoes and practically had as much cranberry sauce as water, you're ready to lay on the couch and pass out. It's like you're ignoring everyone, but with a perfect excuse to take up all the space on the couch as well.

2. Inquiring about dessert Isn't it weird how you can be extremely full from turkey and stuffing and suddenly, when someone says "Sweet potato pie is ready!" you can get a second wind?

Come on, that's not just me.

If #1 isn't working for you, this option is a go-to because the rest of your family is trying to do #1.

Mom's in the kitchen covered in

Erin Douglas | @erindouglas_DE

flour and bugging her about when the pumpkin bread is going to be ready will really put her in a good mood. Trust me.

3. Watch football (Or at least pretend to watch) Football is essentially the only thing airing on TV on Thanksgiving at the Bodes.

Luckily, if you get into any uncomfortable silences with extended family members you have no way to connect with, just cheer and boo when they do.

You'll blend right in.

Plus, this can be used in conjunction with #1 as well. No one even wants to talk at this

point- with the tons of pie they ate and the fact your grandpa doesn't know what Red Dead Redemption 2 even is, we can all find solace in ignoring each other and watching the Bears barely win.

(Editor's Note: The Lions aren't even that good this year. Step it up Bears.)

4. Playing with the pets instead of interacting with people This is a great escape. When you go to another family member's house, you don't have any real comfort areas. Many times the place can feel foreign.

Dogs and cats are almost always an easy conversation starter, or a great way to ignore everyone.

Dogs always want attention or food, so they can keep you occupied for a long while. Cats might just ignore you the entire time, but the quest to give them a tummy rub becomes that much more of a goal. Just remember you may not get your hand back when you try it.

5. Shopping for items you'd never buy any other day this year Black Friday is great for businesses, and for people who've been holding off on discounts for things like TVs, appliances and head bandages. Hey, it's a dangerous day at Walmart sometimes.

But there's so many items you'll

look at this Cyber Monday and think "Dang, I don't know when this is going to be any cheaper."

After you think this, ask this: "But do I really need an installable bidet?"

(Editor's note: If you do get one of these, let your guests know before they enter the bathroom or you'll have to clean your mirror later. Those things are powerful.)

6. Getting stressed trying to get everyone to the movies This one is a classic. Usually on the next day, plenty of families want to go see a movie, like this past weekend's "Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2." But trying to get everyone organized with

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Once you've had about a pound too many mashed potatoes and practically had as much cranberry sauce as water, you're ready to lay on the couch and pass out. three cars for 14 people is a pain.

Getting to the movie on time, buying the tickets and waiting for your little cousin to get his freaking Raisinets are never worth it when you enter the theater and can't find a group of seats since every other family in America had the same poorly planned idea.

"Excuse me, could you move over?" really means "My son wants to be able to kick the seat in front of him and I don't tell him no." Every freaking Thanksgiving movie showing.

7. Bailing on the movies 10 minutes before leaving If the above examples weren't clear, going to the theater Thanksgiving weekend sucks.

Because everyone else will be so preoccupied with getting ready, you can easily slink out of the spotlight with a "I'm feeling way too tired.

I'll fall asleep in the theater."

Now, part of the problem with this tactic is that you're telling your family this- they're gonna know you're fake as hell when you say this. Make sure your walk is sluggish, and that you already have a headache. The latter probably won't be acting.

8. Make a way better meal with leftovers Yeah, Thanksgiving dinner is great and all, but we all know it's not as good as your half-baked idea the following morning. There's usually a lot of leftovers, and unlike the ones you accidentally left in your mini-fridge the entire break, these still taste good.

Taking bread and using mashed potatoes instead of butter?

Awesome. Reheating stuffing

instead of taking five minutes to make something? Perfect breakfast. Cranberry sauce with toast? Messy! Honestly, that one's not as worth it.

9. Deal with garbage traffic Then there's the leaving.

Whether it's returning home from a relative's or coming back to this university from wherever, suddenly everyone drives like idiots on holiday weeks.

Seriously, it was raining on Sunday, and everyone thought that was a good time to start braking on the highway after speeding up like arriving at 6:07 instead of 6:12 is going to change anything. You're still going to be late, Carol. Quit threatening our lives with your Subaru.

10. Remembering all the work you didn't do.

"Oh crap, I just realized my online class doesn't stop during the break." Some of you reading this probably just remembered that.

Yeah, you decompressed for a week, but actually you were supposed to do a lot of work the professors won't grade for another month. Luckily your hair is growing back from the last time you yanked it all out, so you should be set until finals week.

Notice how this is the first top 10 in a while? This tip might as well be the story of my life. Time to get back to editing the wrong "their." No, they don't own idiots, they are idiots.

Staff anti-socialite Gus Bode is sleeping on the couch after mashed potatoes, but you can email him at editor@dailyegyptian.com.

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Back and better: Meet Saluki volleyball star Lindsey Paulsen TAMAR MOSBY | @mosbytamar

While SIU Volleyball has had a hard time achieving a winning record, the season has given Saluki fans an opportunity to see the team’s standout players in action, one of which is junior middle hitter Lindsey Paulsen.

Paulsen is currently leading the team in blocks per game and has also recently been leading the team in kills.

This season is Paulsen’s first on the court with SIU as she did not play in 2016 and sustained a knee injury in 2017.

The 2017 injury consisted of several tears in her knee and Paulsen described her journey back to the court as tough.

“Last year I tore a lot of different things in my knee,” Paulsen said.

“I was out for the whole year and it was definitely hard to come back at first. It had a lot of mental strain on me.”

While she described her road to recovery as tough, Paulsen credited her teammates for helping her and keeping her encouraged when she was fighting to play again.

“My teammates were a big help to me getting back on the court,” Paulsen said. “On days when I was having a tough time, they would bring me back to the court and encourage me to try again.”

Saluki head coach Kari Thompson highlighted Paulsen’s dedication and hard work during her recovery period marking her work ethic as an attribute that makes her an amazing athlete.

“Her work ethic after coming back from an injury and how she went about doing everything was really good,” Thompson said.

Besides her team’s encouragement and support, Paulsen also noted the team chemistry calling her teammates family and revealing

that they are her favorite part of playing for SIU. “I come from a close family and it’s hard to be away at school,” Paulsen said. “These girls are my sisters and I know I can go to them for anything. It’s nice to have a home away from home.”

Paulsen’s teammate, junior opposite hitter Emma Baalman, also considers Paulsen family and refers to her as her “twin”.

“We have this thing called twin powers where we do a lot of things together and it always turns out awesome,” Baalman said.

Paulsen’s parents, three brothers, two sisters, and dog are back in her hometown of Frankfort, Illinois which is four hours away from Carbondale.

The junior strictly played basketball growing up until she eventually had the chance to try out for volleyball in the seventh grade.

“Seventh grade was the first year volleyball was offered to me at school,” Paulsen said. “I tried out and loved it. It felt so natural for me and I knew that’s what I wanted to continue doing.”

Despite playing basketball since the second grade, Paulsen quit her sophomore year in high school to fully dedicate herself to the game of volleyball.

“I played basketball since second grade and into high school,” Paulsen said. “Sophomore year I quit basketball to be all in for volleyball.”

Paulsen’s high school volleyball career at Lincoln-Way East High School was one of success.

She started at middle for all four years and helped the team win the 2014 Class 4A Regional title, which was its first since 2007.

During her senior season at Lincoln-Way East, the Paulsen earned All-Conference honors.

Coming out of high school,

several schools from various divisions showed interest in Paulsen, but she eventually decided to take her talents to Southern.

“I originally wanted to go to a school in California because that’s where I want to be in the future,” Paulsen said. “I chose SIU because it was closer to home and I loved the campus and the team.”

This year is Lindsey’s first competing the team, but this fact hasn’t stopped her from making a statement on the court.

She has led Southern’s defense at the net in blocking and has recently been a key offensive player as well.

This season Paulsen set a career best of 12 kills and nine blocks in against Murray State University almost tallying a double-double which is one of her personal goals.

“I was really close to a doubledouble a few weeks ago,” Paulsen said. “So, I would like to try and get that.”

For the past six matches Paulsen has led the team in the kills and blocks categories averaging 2.25 kills per set and 1.55 blocks per set.

Paulsen identified specific practice training as the key to her recent success on the court.

“Just the work we do in practice,” Paulsen said. “We’ve been doing different technique training to work on strong blocking. I’ve also been learning how to read passes and setters.”

Paulsen has played the position of middle hitter since she first started playing volleyball.

She explained that her love of the middle position stems mainly from the defensive tasks the job holds.

“I like blocking a lot and having the opportunity to get them all the time by playing middle,” Paulsen said. “The feeling of a block is like no other.”

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Thompson also said Paulsen’s blocking is a huge help to the team’s defense this year.

“Her block is definitely something that helps us,” Thompson said.

“When she comes in, she changes the offense of the other team and forces them to make adjustments because of her defense.”

With Paulsen’s defense being the

highlight of the season, her offense has become noteworthy as well.

Paulsen explained that her offense is something she has improved on since she first arrived in Carbondale.

“I have definitely improved on my strength when it comes to hitting,” Paulsen said. “When I came in, I was called ‘the toothpick’” Thompson had also taken notice of the junior’s offensive improvement.

Page 15 “She has worked really hard on her offense now as well, to produce the numbers that she wants to,” Thompson said.

Beside her excellent blocking and attacking abilities, Paulsen has also been deemed a positive energy in the program by her coaches and teammates.

“Having her on the court really relaxes everyone and makes it fun,” Baalman said.

Thompson also noted Paulsen’s positive attitude as an important quality that adds to her identity as an athlete.

“The best thing about her is her positive attitude,” Thompson said. “She is definitely one that is always smiling and taking a positive approach to everything, including her injury.”

Paulsen will graduate in the spring of 2020 with a degree in elementary

education in hopes of becoming a third or fourth grade teacher.

Even though Saluki volleyball season has officially ended, you can catch Paulsen on the court next fall for her senior season with the Dawgs.

Sports reporter Tamar Mosby can be reached at tmosby@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @mosbytamar.

'This is our moment': Bears using belief and unity as fuel toward a surprise championship run DAN WIEDERER | Chicago Tribune

Thanksgiving seemed to be getting away from the Bears. When Lions running back LeGarrette Blount plowed through a normally rigid defense for a 4-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter Thursday, the fuel light seemed to illuminate.

Suddenly, the Bears were behind in the second half for the first time in more than a month. They were without their starting quarterback.

They were on the road and playing their third division game in 12 days, their second in 85 hours. And after spending an abundance of energy _ both physically and emotionally _ in last weekend's big-stage triumph over the Vikings, it was hard to estimate just how much they had left.

So many recent Bears teams wouldn't have been able to rise back up. Not enough energy. Or not enough talent. Not enough focus. Or not enough belief.

But with this season's Bears, there's a when-not-if confidence that the next big play is coming. So in every huddle and every sideline gathering, the Bears simply encouraged one another to find everything they had left.

"We know it's in there somewhere," linebacker Danny Trevathan said. "No matter how deep you have to dig, it's within each one of us. And we never know which one of us is going to step up

and make the play, so we just keep pushing one another to get the most out of each play. And then make a play when it comes your way."

Trevathan was detailing that mindset in a jubilant visitor's locker room at Ford Field after the Bears had rallied for a 23-16 victory, after safety Eddie Jackson and cornerback Kyle Fuller each had delivered fourth quarter interceptions.

Jackson returned his 41 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. Fuller prevented a game-tying score with his.

Both plays closed the door on the Lions and lifted the first-place Bears to their eighth victory this season and their fifth in a row.

"Finally, we're making the plays when we have to make them," safety Adrian Amos said. "This was an ugly game, especially in the fourth quarter. But good teams win those types of games."

That's the thing with this group.

They believe they're a good team because they have proven they're a good team. In big moments and in big games.

The Bears have been good enough six times this season to win games in which they never trailed. They have won four times by double digits.

And Thursday they showed they have the resilience and moxie to rally in a grind-it-out game, to dig deep even when they're short-handed and low on energy.

"When you want to go somewhere you never have been," Trevathan said, "you have to do things you never have done."

But here's the thing. Trevathan has been somewhere most of his teammates haven't. Three years ago with the Broncos, he reached the NFL's mountaintop as a Super Bowl champion. The fiery linebacker appreciated so many qualities about that Denver team.

"I knew that team was for real as soon as we got together," Trevathan said. "Off the field, after a win, after a loss, I knew what type of guys we had. Always hungry, no matter the situation."

With this season's Bears, Trevathan senses similar competitiveness, similar confidence.

"It's the drive," he said. "It's the constant passion for the game.

Everybody loves one another here.

And we've had hints of that before.

But to have that as a complete team, it's crazy. Teammates are talking real talk to each other out there. That makes guys go even harder."

Thursday's victory completed a 4-0 run through November. It was the organization's first undefeated month since October 2012 and provided the latest evidence of a talented group that is well-coached and hungry to pursue grand goals as soon as possible.

But it's more than that. All across

the locker room, Bears players can't stop talking about their unity, the harmony that shows up in their choreographed celebrations after big plays and the bond that brings out their toughness under pressure.

"We've been a good team this year," defensive end Akiem Hicks said. "And I think we're approaching great. We still have more to prove and more to fight through. But this is a great group of guys. ... We like each other and we want to win for each other."

To be clear, more than a few unified NFL teams never sniffed the postseason. It takes far more than that to fuel the kind of success the Bears currently are having. But this group's enjoyment of one another has counted for something. Cohesion as a catalyst.

"Why does that matter for a team?

Because we're all together," Hicks said. "We have a singular mindset and we're all reaching toward this goal together. Rather than one guy reaching to get to the Pro Bowl; or one guy reaching to get more money; or one guy reaching to get more playing time.

"Everybody here knows his role and is willing to work together to get to where we want to go."

On the Lions' final drive Thursday, with the Bears defense struggling to come up with one last stop and backed into the red zone, Trevathan

took over the defensive huddle and issued an order.

"This is our moment," the veteran linebacker said. "Let's be legendary.

Right now. Let's write our story. Let's put it into print right now. The world is watching. Let's make that big play."

Immediately afterward, Fuller intercepted Matthew Stafford in the end zone. The Bears won. Again.

Under the circumstances _ on the road, with the quick turnaround, with quarterback Mitch Trubisky injured _ it was an impressive triumph.

"There could have been a lot of excuses," Matt Nagy said. "And (they could have felt) sorry for themselves.

They didn't do that.

"I'm starting to learn as a head coach with this team who we are, and it's special. It really is."

For proper context, narrowly defeating a depleted last-place team in late November doesn't establish the 2018 Bears as legendary just yet. Much bigger games await in December against the Rams, Packers and Vikings. A playoff trip seems likely, too.

The stage will get bigger. The stakes will as well. But the Bears are convinced they're ready for every big test that's ahead. They know have the playmakers now to make gamewinning plays consistently. They also know they have the mettle and belief to compete with anyone.

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