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Black students raise voices against Chicago violence Black students linked hands and

arms Wednesday night to pray for healing in Chicago following protests against police violence.

Th e Black Male Roundtable, a registered student organization designed to give African-American males the opportunity to congregate in a safe place, organized the event for 9 p.m. Wednesday at the fountain in front of the Student Services Building.

Voices of Inspiration, a student gospel choir under the direction of president Cody Essien, sang before and after a prayer for change said by Michael Smith.

Smith, a junior from Chicago studying political science and president of Black Male Roundtable, suggested the group devote a night of prayer after the release of a video showing the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

Responses to the release of the video included protests throughout the city.

“Despite all the marches and protests, we need to stop for a moment … and take a moment of spiritual healing,” Smith said.

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A new master of business administration concentration with a focus in agriculture will make its way online next fall.

Th e program — known as Agribusiness Economics — is a result of the College of Business and College of Agricultural Sciences collaborating.

While a masters program for agribusiness economics already exists within the College of Agricultural Sciences, students in the online program will be enrolled in the College of Business to achieve an MBA.

Students pursuing the degree will take courses specifi c for an MBA, as well as existing agribusiness economic classes to fulfi ll requirements.

When Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences Mickey Latour came to the university in 2012, he saw a desire for an agriculture studies with a degree in business. So he spoke to Dennis Cradit, former the dean of the College of Business, about creating the concentration. Since then, the two colleges have worked together to create the program.

“I knew there was a tremendous amount demand,” Latour said. “We wanted to advance, and MBA is a hot ticket out there.”

Traditionally, Latour said there have been three distinct “fl avors” for students who study agriculture business: a standard MBA, double master’s degrees in business and in science off ered in a concurrent program, or a master’s of science in agribusiness economics.

Th e MBA specialization totals 50 credit hours with 26 in the College of Business and 24 in agribusiness through the College of Agricultural Sciences. Th e degree is 12 fewer credit hours than if they were pursued separately.

Fewer than 10 universities in the country off er MBA concentrations in agribusiness economics, Latour said.

Recruiting for the online degree has recently began at professional conferences.

Students will have to give up some business elective classes to participate in the two-year program. But Jason Greene, dean of the College of Business, believes students will receive a solid and unique degree.

“For students who are in that industry, I think it will be a great benefi t to them,” Greene said.

Ira Altman, chair of the agribusiness economics department, said the program will begin next summer when students will take some classes before offi cially beginning in the fall.

According to Altman, a main reason for the MBA concentration was low enrollment in the Agriculture Economics masters degree by itself. She hopes the collaboration will entice students who desire agriculture studies with business practices.

Low enrollment also led to the development of an accelerated masters program for Agribusiness Economics students, which is targeted toward students coming out of bachelor’s degree programs.

Th e accelerated masters allows students to dually count nine credit hours to both their undergraduate and master’s degrees.

Th e MBA program currently has no students enrolled, because students already enrolled in the original masters program could not dually count classes from the previous year. Altman, however, expects students to enroll for next fall.

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SIU colleges collaborate for new online degree

SIU prides itself on its devotion to inclusivity, but some black students said the commitment to minority students ends once they pay tuition and step onto campus.

The university has one black tenured or tenure-track professor for every 100 black students — a ratio about five times less than white students to white tenured and tenure-track professors.

Johnathan Flowers, a doctoral candidate in philosophy from Oak Park, said a significant number of black professors would help minority students realize they can attain success in academia, a field considered to be the property of whiteness.

“One of the things having more minority faculty does is disrupt this predominant notion that the authorities in fields, particularly areas of scientific and intellectual development, are white,” said Flowers, who is also president of Graduate Assistants United. “If you put a person of color, or a woman, in front of a classroom, it generates the perception within the student that they, too, can attain that level of success.”

The University of Illinois’ ratio of black students to black tenured or tenure-track faculty is 22-to-1. The student body at U of I is 5 percent black, while SIU is 18 percent. However, the lack of a proportional increase in faculty of color reduces black SIU students’ likelihood they will have a teacher who

shares in a similar life experience as a person of color in America, Flowers said.

Johanna Tesfaye, a senior from Champaign studying communication design, said she transferred from U of I because she heard SIU’s student body was more racially diverse.

“I transferred to SIU and I actually only had one African-American professor during my time here,” Tesfaye said.

Tesfaye said she only had a professor of color because she took a course in Africana Studies.

“The university should have more female and minority professors, if not just to offer a different perspective,” she said. “Professors, regardless of whether or not they try to be unbiased, come to a classroom with their own perspective. And, if most of the professors are white males, then that is the perspective the rest of the class kind of exists in.”

For every female tenured or tenure-track professor at SIU, there are 38 female students; for every male tenured or tenure-track professor there are 21 male students.

Many times professors act as mentors to some of their students, Flowers said. And in addition to being a benefit for the university, having a proportionate minority faculty to student ratio may also ease the discomfort and alienation many black, Hispanic, queer and transgender students feel.

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Michael Smith, center, a junior from Chicago studying political science and the president of Black Male Roundtable, prays with members of B.M.R. and Voices of

Inspiration, a registered student organization, Wednesday night near the Student Services building entrance. The groups prayed about the ongoing violence in

Chicago and for Laquan McDonald, who was killed in October 2014 by a Chicago police offi cer.

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“I am willing to argue that any increase in retention of students of color is derived almost solely from the fact that these students feel comfortable talking about the kind of challenges they face and their life experiences — that are unique to their racial embodiment — with [their professor or mentor],” Flowers said. “Because there is this kind of implicit sense that this person understands what they are going through.”

Both Flowers and Tesfaye said the university should hire more professors of color, and fi ll administrative roles with people who have extensive experience working with less privileged and minority students.

“It defi nitely seems like the people who are in any sort of position of power, like tenured faculty, are white men,” Tesfaye said.

At SIU, there are 191 black students for every black person in an administrative role, and 300 Hispanic students for every Hispanic person in an administrative role. White men hold 48 percent of administrative, managerial and executive roles.

Cornelius Fair, a doctoral candidate in communication studies from Friars Point, Miss., said the administration needs to ask itself if it is doing everything in their power to combat discrimination on campus.

He said having a more balanced ratio of minority faculty to minority students would help create the opportunity for more

transparent dialogues about diversity in and out of the classroom.

Associate Chancellor for Institutional Diversity Linda McCabe Smith, whose offi ce oversees the university’s compliance with federal and state equity policies, said SIUC has several practices and policies focusing exclusively on hiring minority faculty, including women.

Smith said there is a diversity opportunity hire fund that allows the university to build a more diverse faculty. Additionally, the Underrepresented Tenure Track Faculty Program focuses on retention of minority faculty.

Th e university also has self-imposed goals to increase diversity among its workforce.

“In every department, the goal is to look at qualifi ed minorities and females for hiring. We go beyond what is required from the state,” Smith said.

She said the lack of a state budget will likely aff ect diversifi cation policies.

Flowers acknowledged the university’s budget crisis, but said those in charge need to hire professors of color at the same rate they bring in minority students. However, he said the university must be careful not to tokenize applicants, and not make hires just because of skin color.

“Th ey should probably indicate ‘experience with students of color’ as a primary criteria when considering applicants,” Flowers said.

Fair said solutions to these problems are straightforward and

recommended more opportunities for dialogue between administration and students, such as town hall meetings.

“Have these kind of open discussions where students can come and voice their opinions,” he said. “You have to get back to the basics — have town meetings and allow students to rally and protest.”

He said administrators must promote dialogue by responding directly, immediately and specifi cally to students’ qualms. Also, he said events like the State of the Student Address on Oct. 28 should occur at least monthly.

Smith said she is always open to direct dialogue with students. And while she couldn’t speak for the administration as a whole, she said she believes they are eager and able to have conversations with students about what can be done to improve student life.

Flowers said until systemic issues are addressed, he imagines potential applicants from underrepresented groups may not seriously consider SIU as an option.

“What SIU needs to do is turn around and have a serious conversation about institutional and systemic oppression and the kinds of discrimination within its administrative body,” he said. “And, it needs to have a serious conversation about whether or not the administration is off ering appropriate levels of support for its minority faculty.”

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McDonald died after being shot 16 times on Oct. 20, 2014. Chicago police offi cer Jason Van Dyke was released from jail Monday morning on bail after being charged with fi rst-degree murder for McDonald’s death, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Smith said he and others wanted to send thoughts and prayers to those in Chicago suff ering from acts of violence and police brutality.

He said his own reaction to the video was complicated.

“Being from the south side [of Chicago], it’s almost something I’m

used to,” Smith said. He said he stopped getting the

Chicago Tribune because he was tired of reading about black teens shot in the city.

“It’s de-sensitizing,” he said. In his prayer, Smith asked God

to guide the leaders and youth of Chicago in the right direction.

As Smith concluded his prayer, members of the choir started humming in unison, taking over the silence in spiritual a capella.

“I feel better, so much better, since I laid my burden down,” were among the lyrics sang by the group.

Essien, a junior from Belleville

studying TV and digital media radio, said the gathering was refreshing and uplifting.

Alexus Murden, a sophomore from Chicago studying health care management, said she was happy to know people still care about those in Chicago. She said she felt close to those in the circle because they struggle with many of the same things she does.

“Our battle has been long and it’s been tiring,” Smith said. “Th e same fi ght that was fought 50 years ago is still being fought today. We still fi ght the same prejudices, we still fi ght the same administrative imbalances.”

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The firing of SIU football coach Dale Lennon was long overdue. Some fans wanted the change after last year and by the time the 2015 season rolled around, it was down to the last shot for Lennon.

With Lennon seemingly on the hot seat this year, fans neared their boiling point with every loss. Lennon was fired Monday three days after the Dawgs finished 3-8, their worst record since 2001.

He led the Salukis to a 51-42 record and two Missouri Valley Football Conference Championships. While accolades and numbers don’t lie, the championships were not all Lennon’s doing.

SIU won MVFC Championships in his first two seasons with a combined record of 20-5. He was also named the MVFC and American Football Coaches Association Region IV Coach of the Year during both seasons. But, he did so with players recruited mostly by Jerry Kill.

The leading rusher, passer and receiver in 2008 were Kill’s recruits. The leading rusher, top two receivers and one of two starting quarterbacks in 2009 were also recruited by Kill.

In 2009, Lennon’s only recruit to make a major contribution was quarterback Paul McIntosh, who became the starter in week eight and led the Dawgs to a 5-1 finish.

Lennon finished the final six seasons in Carbondale with a 31-37 overall record after the majority of Kill’s recruits left.

He recruited four future NFL players in his time at SIU, including MyCole Pruitt who was drafted in the fifth round of the NFL Draft last year.

The Salukis struggled to mediocre records with his recruits, finishing above .500 twice in six seasons.

However, the team’s 3-8 record this season is deceiving. SIU lost six

of its eight games this year by less than a touchdown. The problem was the defense, which allowed the most total yards, second most passing yards and third most total offense in SIU history.

The defense needs a shake-up. Director of Athletics Tommy Bell could hire a coach with a defensive background. Or, the new coach could shift defensive coordinator/recruiting coordinator David Elson to secondary coach and keep him in charge of recruiting duties as well.

Lennon’s interim replacement, Nick Hill, served as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach this year. The offense, led by a record-setting quarterback, worked for the Salukis and kept them in games.

Lennon recruited senior quarterback Mark Iannotti, but Hill made Iannotti an elite quarterback in the MVFC and Football Championship Subdivision.

Hill was Iannotti’s quarterback’s coach for both of his seasons at SIU and Iannotti became one of the best all-time Salukis. After struggling at times in 2014, Iannotti excelled this season and finished with the most total offense in MVFC history.

Iannotti and Hill are the only SIU quarterbacks to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season. Iannotti is also the second SIU quarterback to throw for two seasons of 2,000 or more yards.

He finished his career in SIU’s top five for 250-plus yard throwing games, touchdown passes, completion percentage, pass attempts and pass completions.

While Hill doesn’t have collegiate experience as a head coach, he has proven he knows how to run an offense at SIU. He and assistant head coach Bill O’Boyle co-coordinated the offense to 5,479 yards — the third-highest in SIU history.

He led the Carbondale High School football team to the 2013 Illinois High School Association playoffs before coaching the Salukis.

Hill said if he was named SIU’s next coach, he would try to involve Kill and former running back Brandon Jacobs with the program.

With Kill as coach, Hill redshirted during 2004, Jacobs’ only year with SIU.

Jacobs, a two-time Super Bowl Champion, tweeted on Monday saying he would be willing to come back to SIU as a positional coach to help Hill. Hill said Jacobs, the New York Giants’ all-time rushing touchdowns leader, is his biggest recruiting draw to the university.

If Hill kept current running backs coach Larry Warner and had Jacobs help with the backs while focusing on recruiting, the Salukis could have a dangerous ground game in the future.

Kill is currently on the advisory committee to help Bell search through

potential coaches.Whoever is named SIU’s next

coach will have plenty of returning offensive firepower to work with. Barring offseason transfers, all seven running backs on roster will return to the team — five of which had a rushing attempt this season.

Freshman Daquan Isom, MVFC All-Newcomer team member, and junior Aaron Stanton were second and third on the team in rushing this season with 548 and 193 yards, respectively.

The Dawgs return three of their top six wide receivers: junior Billy Reed and redshirt freshmen Jimmy Jones and Darrell James who finished first, third and sixth in receptions. The trio finished with 91 of the team’s 280 receptions and 48 percent of the team’s receiving yards.

Much like last offseason, the Salukis are without a clear starting quarterback. Redshirt freshman Sam Straub and true freshman Tanner Hearn are currently the only listed quarterbacks remaining for next season. Straub played in one game this year and completed his only pass attempt for 12 yards. Hearn did not play.

SIU could continue using the wildcat formation and use redshirt freshman wide receiver Matt DeSomer at quarterback as well. He was three for four this season for 28 yards. His only incompletion was an interception.

The defense will return six of its top 10 tacklers. The returners combined for 459 tackles, or 47.2 percent of the total tackles this season.

Bell needs to make the right choice with his first hiring of a football head coach. The current roster can be great, it just needs the right leader.

Brent Meske can be reached at [email protected] or at

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Through dance, every choreographer tells a different story or uniquely expresses their love for the art form.

From contemporary to jazz and hip-hop, the Southern Illinois Dance Company will present its annual fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 and 2 p.m. Dec. 5 in Furr Auditorium in Pulliam Hall.

This year’s showcase will include 10 new apprentices selected to join the company, remaining members and choreographers from the previous year.

Fatal Fusion and Susan Barnes Dance Company, two local dance companies, will also perform.

Donna Wilson, faculty adviser and specialist for the kinesiology department and artistic director of Southern Illinois Dance Company for the last 30 years, will host the showcase.

Wilson began dancing when she was in college at the University Center of Southern Oklahoma before transferring to Stephens

College in Missouri. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, she took a year off to focus on dance, and then earned a master’s degree in fine arts at the University of Oklahoma.

Wilson said the team doesn’t compete, but it hosts a concert every semester to showcase the team’s work.

“I really don’t believe in competing, and that’s definitely gotten more and more popular, but we do still put on a performance because the team works so hard,” Wilson said. “We always start rehearsing the third week of each semester.”

Wilson said she hopes the audience and dancers have a good time, and that everything goes smoothly.

One year during their showcase, the lights turned off at Furr Auditorium in the middle of a dance.

“Furr Auditorium is very old and cranky. Sometimes the lights don’t work, so I really hope all the

technical stuff works as planned,” Wilson said.

Jeremiah Beasley, a sophomore studying musical theatre from Champaign, has been a part of SIDC for two years.

Beasley began hip-hop dancing his sophomore year of high school.

“I’ve never had training in ballet, jazz, musical theatre dance and tap until my freshman year of college,” Beasley said. “However, I’ve been doing musical theatre since I was 11, so I’ve been kind of familiar with it all.”

Beasley hopes the upcoming show will bring a full house both nights. The team has put together a variety of genres for this year’s show with special guests.

“Our director, Donna Wilson, really strives to make every show just as good as the last. And whoever comes to see this show, and future shows, won’t be disappointed,” Beasley said.

Beasley taught a hip-hop piece for this year’s show, which he will also perform in.

“I unfortunately was busier this semester than the past two semesters, so I was really short on time with this piece, but my dancers have worked extremely hard and have really been patient with me,” he said.

Andrea Hernandez, a first-year graduate student in structural engineering from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, has been a part of the SIDC for three years. She has been dancing since she was 13 years old, when she first joined a hip-hop group in Venezuela.

Hernandez moved to Pinckneyville for her senior year of high school and joined the high school dance team. After graduation, she went to Rend Lake College and joined the dance team there. She transferred to SIU after one year at Rend Lake, and joined Saluki Dazzlers her first year and the Saluki Shakers her second year.

“I will be performing in two hip-hop pieces, one contemporary

piece, one lyrical piece and one jazz piece for the show,” Hernandez said.

The most beneficial learning experience has been improving her communication, team building and organization skills, according to Hernandez.

“Organization is key to be a part of SIDC — knowing when all your practices are, fundraisers, what is going on every Thursday while balancing classes and other activities at the same time,” she said. “So, being a part of the team has helped me organize my time better.”

Hernandez is not only excited for the upcoming show, but said she is also proud of the company and all they have accomplished this year.

“I am very excited for the show. All the dances are amazing and really strong pieces. They all have a statement and I believe everybody is going to really enjoy them,” Hernandez said.

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Members of the Southern Illinois Dance Company practice during a rehearsal Tuesday in Furr Auditorium. The company will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. The company specializes in

jazz, hip-hop and modern dancing.

Even in lesser efforts, no animation company creates films like Pixar.

“The Good Dinosaur,” directed by Peter Sohn and starring Jeffrey Wright and Raymond Ochoa brings the emotional depression and good storytelling of any classic Pixar film while only missing the mark a few times.

This world is different than the one people know. Instead of a meteor hitting Earth, it misses and goes farther into space. Dinosaurs never get killed and are still the planet’s dominant species.

Arlo is an apatosaurus just trying to make his mark on the world. After getting lost in the wilderness and befriending a wild human, the young dinosaur figures out everyone’s journey and destination are different.

Since the dawn of “Toy Story,” Pixar has

been the cornerstone of animation and kids movies. They do not pander and tell rare, compelling stories.

“The Good Dinosaur” portrays a subtle and deep story, but doesn’t go much beyond that.

In telling a visually understandable story first, Sohn shows long before he tells. Everything involving emotions, growth and backgrounds of characters happens organically, making it feel more earned.

“The Good Dinosaur” has one of the best character arches in Pixar history.

The coming of age story is no new tale and this film hits a well-treaded road, but it does it well.

Arlo’s journey from a little, somewhat cowardly kid to a brave adult feels genuine — even if it is from a dinosaur’s perspective.

Everyone can relate to it in some fashion.However, the movie has some weak,

sentient villains.There are a lot of obstacles and most are

done well. When the film sticks to dinosaur

versus nature, it succeeds. When it tries using a conscious antagonist, it does not.

With all of the floods, and inner turmoil, Arlo has to fight off random attacks from religious pterodactyls, none of which feel engaging.

The talent of Steve Zahn tries to bring up these villains, but it ends up being a lost cause.

Jacob Pierce can be reached at [email protected] or 536-3325

One Chinese painter and calligraphist continues to create new work more than 7,000 miles away from home.

Rongzhen Fu, who uses the pen name Yuan Zhen, has her art on display at the Carbondale Public Library until Jan. 5.

Since Fu retired from healthcare in 1995, she has been a student at Jinling University for the Elderly to pursue her life-long dream of being an artist. Her specialties are painting and calligraphy.

“She has dedicated her time to studying alongside similarly passionate seniors while cultivating and refining her own craft,” Fu’s daughter, Anna Xiong, said.

Fu’s elementary school art teacher recognized her artistic abilities early in life, however, her family didn’t have the financial stability to send her to the fine arts institute.

In middle school, her teachers again noticed her talent and recommended she take the entrance exam for the fine arts institute. She lived in a mountainous region, and because it rained on the day of the exam, she couldn’t catch the bus because of muddy conditions.

She missed her opportunities to study art when she was younger, so she instead furthered her education to be a teacher.

Fu stopped being a teacher when she became sick. When she recovered she went into the healthcare field.

She then began studying at her current university when she was 56. There are four levels of difficulty — basic, intermediate, advanced and research — but students are not limited to only studying for four years.

It allows students to learn as long as they want. After 20 years at the university, Fu is now studying advanced theories at the research level, which allows her to work with other students outside of school to create new works.

“Chinese art has a long history — it’s an ancient art — and I’m proud of it,” Fu said.

The goal of Chinese-style painting is to capture the outer appearance of a subject as well as its inner-essence, according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Some traditional Chinese painters primarily use black ink, and any colors are usually light and watery.

There are several types of Chinese-style painting: portrait, landscape, flowers, birds, animals and insects, according to China Highlights.

Fu’s paintings vary in subject matter and color use. Her exhibit contains landscapes, flowers, birds and animals with vibrant water colors that contrast the black ink.

There are also several pieces of brush calligraphy, which is another

popular Chinese art style.Fu visited her daughter, Xiong, and grandson in Carbondale from

June to November, and painted consistently during that time. With the encouragement of friends and family, she decided to

display her paintings at the Carbondale Public Library.“This art style is not promoted enough in foreign countries —

especially here in Carbondale, in southern Illinois,” Fu said. “It’s very rare to see Chinese art.”

She wants people to learn about Chinese culture to enhance the friendship between China and the U.S., Xiong said, and she feels a responsibility to share it with the local community.

Fu hopes her exhibit will inspire the younger generation, just as American art she has seen has inspired her.

She said American art is beautiful and amazing. She wants to bring what she has learned to China to share with her teachers and classmates.

She hopes more people will work together in the future and share their cultures.

“I feel that this is great for the development of humanity,” Fu said.All of Fu’s paintings and calligraphy are on sale at the Carbondale

Public Library, and 10 percent of profits will go to the library.

Autumn Douglas can be reached at [email protected] or at 536-3325.

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Top 10 Christmas horror movies

Christmas is on the horizon. Time to put up the tree, wrap presents and make sure all those ridiculous lights still work.

While some will watch holiday classics like "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" or "Christmas Vacation," there are a certain people looking for something a little more terrifying.

Here is my list of top 10 Christmas Horror Movies.

Not all of these are going to be classics. Some can only be enjoyed from a "so bad, it's good" viewpoint.

10. "Santa's Slay" (2005):Speaking of a movie so bad, it's good,

"Santa's Slay" seems like a good place to start. This Bill Goldberg-led cheesefest is by no means a horror masterpiece.

The film successfully takes a ridiculous idea and makes it slightly entertaining.

The entire film flips the concept of the Santa mythos, and almost pulls out a Krampus-like monster. While lacking in actual thrills, "Santa's Slay" should suffice for one drunken December night.

9. "Jack Frost" (1997):This is not 1998 Michael Keaton bomb also

known as "Jack Frost," but a cheap attempt at creating a Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees level icon.

Another cheesy addition to the list, this movie almost knocks itself off for being a bit too "self-referential." But some genuinely funny moments, creative death scenes and a random role for a young Shannon Elizabeth make up for it.

Watch this with a bunch of buddies, and it will definitely be worth the pain.

8. Black Christmas (2006):This 2006 remake of a 1974 holiday classic

suffers from problems a lot of early 2000s remakes did. Most came off a bit gratuitous and lacked originality and visual creativity, but calling "Black Christmas" a complete waste of time would be misleading.

The film has a cast of young and talented actresses like Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Michelle Trachtenberg and a lot of creative kills for gore hounds.

"Black Christmas" passes the test of being watchable, and is a better time than many useless horror remakes out there.

7. P2 (2007):The line separating a thriller and a horror

movie has always been a little murky, and while "P2" is no "Silence of the Lambs," it is an interesting thrill ride.

"P2" is set on Christmas Eve with a young woman trapped inside a parking complex by a twisted security guard. It is a nice cat and mouse game rarely seen in horror.

With good performances from Wes Bentley and Rachel Nichols, and screenwriting from Alexandra Aja and Gregory Levasseur, the movie will keep one watching.

6. "Christmas Evil" (1980):In the dawn of the slasher movies comes

one cult filmmaker John Waters calls the best Christmas movie ever.

"Christmas Evil" takes the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and makes a severe bloodfest out of it. Using a lot of what was great about the slasher movement, this film went past being a cheep gimmick and became a cult classic.

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SIU men’s basketball (7-1) beat Southeast Missouri State (0-6) Wednesday for the eighth time in a row at home.

The Salukis beat the RedHawks 74-50, led by junior forward Sean O’Brien who finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds in his third-straight double-double.

Last season, the Dawgs were bested by the Redhawks in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

“We had a bad taste in our mouth last year,” O’Brien said. “We wanted to throw the first punch, but it just led to sloppiness.”

SEMO junior guard Antonius Cleveland made a free throw 1:58 into the game to open the scoring.

The Salukis were held scoreless for three minutes until O’Brien made a layup to cut the RedHawks lead to three.

Steals on back-to-back possessions by freshman forward Austin Weiher led to SIU layups.

“I definitely feel more comfortable out there,” Weiher said. “We came out knowing we were going to do better [in the second half ].”

Freshman forward Rudy Stradnieks snapped an 8-0 SEMO run, which lasted four minutes, with a layup assisted by junior guard Tyler Smithpeters.

Senior center Deng Leek checked into the game with nine-tenths of a second left on the clock and

attempted a tip-in at the rim off the inbound, but it was unsuccessful. SIU led at the half 32-27.

SIU shot two-of-13 in the first half for three-pointers, both successful attempts were from senior guard Anthony Beane. He finished the half with eight points.

“You have to give [SEMO coach] Rick Ray and his staff credit,” coach Barry Hinson said. “They tried to make it as boring a game as possible, and they did it. Quite frankly, they did it until about 16 minutes were left in the game.”

The second half started with a 4-0 run by SEMO before SIU answered with a 6-0 run in the next 2:27.

Junior guard Mike Rodriguez left the game after a collision with a SEMO player four minutes into the second half. He checked back in the game about two minutes later and finished the game with seven assists.

The Salukis took their first free throws of the game with 12 minutes remaining in the game. O’Brien converted both attempts to make the score 45-37.

Weiher checked out of the game with 6:33 remaining and finished with 10 points.

SEMO freshman guard Robby Dosier, a Carbondale native, checked into the game with 1:54 left in the game. The Marion High School alumnus finished the game with with zero points and one attempted shot.

“[Dosier] is a young man that

can probably help us out down the line,” Ray said. “What we’re looking from [Dosier] right now is to develop.”

The game was played in front of a crowd of 4,781 at SIU Arena. The Salukis had the fourth-best average

attendance in the Valley — 4,380 — entering the game.

“That’s based on a team that had 12 wins last year,” Hinson said. “So I really want to tell our fans thank you and we really appreciate it.”

SIU averaged 4,956 last season,

sixth in the MVC. The Salukis host North Texas at 5

p.m. Saturday at SIU Arena.

Evan Jones can be reached at [email protected] or at

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The SIU women’s basketball team continued its trend of saving its best basketball for the second half Wednesday.

SIU (3-3) defeated Murray State (2-5) 70-57 at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky.

A 28-point third quarter propelled the Salukis to a .500 record this season, and dropped the Racers to five straight losses.

Senior guard Cartaesha Macklin returned to the starting lineup and scored a season-high 24 points to lead all scorers.

The Salukis made four of their first five three-point shots to take a 12-8 lead in the first five minutes of the game. SIU cooled off, making four of its final 24 field goal attempts in the half.

Murray State held a 29-26 lead at halftime, led by junior guard Krystal James with 13 points.

SIU followed its eight for 32 first half shooting performance by making 11 of 16 shots in the third quarter. The Salukis led 54-39 after the third quarter.

SIU attacked from all over the floor in the second half. They pounded the ball inside with senior center Dyana Pierre and stretched the defense with outside shots from Macklin and junior point guard Rishonda Napier.

Macklin finished the game five of six from beyond the three-point line.

Pierre finished one rebound shy of a double-double with 21 points and nine boards.

James led Murray State with 19 points and senior forward Kyra Gulledge recoded a game-high 11 rebounds.

The Salukis play SIUE at noon Friday at SIU Arena.

Thomas Donley can be reached at Tdonley@Dailyegyptian.

com or at 536-3307

The SIU women’s basketball team had the same players start at center and power forward in 29 of 30 games last year.

Although both players returned for 2015, senior power forward Azia Washington and senior center Dyana Pierre started together Sunday for the first time all season.

“It felt pretty good,” Pierre said. “We work so well together just because we know each other well.”

Pierre missed the Dawgs’ season opener while serving a suspension for violating team rules and Washington has been limited in her recovery from offseason knee surgery.

Sunday’s 61-58 loss at Memphis was Washington’s first start of the season after starting 58 of 60 games the previous two years. She scored two points and collected six rebounds in a season-high 23 minutes played.

Washington said the chronic knee problems that necessitated offseason arthroscopic surgery are still nagging her.

“It’s going to be a battle,” she said. “There’s going to be some

days where they’re good, some days where they’re bad. Today I’ll get in the ice bath and see how it goes.”

Pierre averaged 14.6 points per game in 2014 while Washington added 10.6, the second and third-highest totals on the team.

Pierre is second on the team with 13.8 points per game this season. Washington averages five points and 14 minutes per game.

Washington said she is getting better.

“Defensively I’m trying to pick it up and get back to how I usually am,” she said. “I haven’t made any

threes yet. That’s discouraging, but I just stay in the gym and work on my shot. It’s going to come back.”

Coach Cindy Stein said the starters in the frontcourt have been variable this year.

“I think it’s gone well at times,” she said. “Other time’s it’s been a little rusty. I think it kind of depends on the personnel we’re playing. We’re just going to go with whoever gives us the best chance.”

Thomas Donley can be reached at [email protected] or at

618-536-3307

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Dawgs edge Racers despite slow first half

Saluki women’s frontcourt slowly gaining traction

SIU bests SEMO for 16th time in 18 games

Morgan Timms | DAILY EGYPTIANJunior forward Sean O’Brien passes a rebounded ball during Wednesday’s 74-50 victory against Southeast Missouri State at SIU Arena. O’Brien scored 22 points in the win, to lead all scorers.

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