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One only needs to go to YouTube and type in “Carbondale Halloween” to see that Halloween and unofficial Halloween are big events in the city.
However, Halloween may provide a significant economic boost to the city according to residents and business owners.
Residents have been celebrating Halloween earlier in the month since an infamous riot in 2000. Carbondale City Manger Kevin Baity said the City Council decided to close many bars on the strip during Halloween, and students reacted by creating unofficial Halloween on an earlier date.
Some residents loathe the annual celebration because of large amounts of alcohol consumption and property damage caused by some party-goers.
Unofficial Halloween attracts hundreds
of people to the city of Carbondale for Halloween-themed parties. This year it fell on Oct. 17 and 18, and resulted in some criminal activity including a flipped car. Still, this year’s celebration was not as unruly as past events, which prompted the council’s decision in the first place, Baity said.
While some say the event has a positive impact on the city economically, Baity disagrees.
“From an economic standpoint, unofficial does not produce significant retail sales that are trackable,” he said.
However, many business owners reported a large increase in sales during the weekend.
James Karayiannis, the president of Pinch Penny Pub and Copper Dragon, said his businesses saw a tremendous increase in sales during unofficial.
Greg Knoob, owner of Levels and Saluki Bar, said he saw a 100 percent increase in business.
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Amtrak: Delays up, ridership down Amtrak ridership dropped an average of
4 percent in Illinois on downstate corridors with connections to Chicago in fiscal 2014, the passenger railroad reported Tuesday, putting much of the blame on late arrivals and departures caused by freight train interference.
The problem of freight congestion blocking passenger trains is affecting Amtrak service across the Midwest and also stretching from
Chicago—Amtrak’s busiest hub—to the East Coast, officials said.
“Delays of four hours or more for Amtrak trains operating between Chicago and Cleveland have become a near daily occurrence,” said Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari. “These and other major delays have ripple effects across the Amtrak national system.”
Amtrak’s Capitol Limited trains, which operate between Chicago and Washington, D.C., were late 97 percent of the time in
September, records show.Amtrak has resorted to busing passengers
overnight to and from Toledo, Ohio, as well as in North Dakota, for instance, because of gridlock on the rails, Magliari said.
In the face of worsening on-time performance, Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman announced Monday that he is setting up a committee of rail and transportation leaders to address rail traffic congestion in Chicago.
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Groups disagree on future of energy
Coal is one the oldest forms of energy in the world, being the fossilized remnants of trees that are millions of years old. Now, the debate is whether or not people should continue to use it.
Jeff Biggers, a southern Illinois native and author of “Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland,” said the future of energy lies in renewable energy sources, rather than coal.
Biggers, who spoke about the future of energy in Illinois on Oct. 16 at Guyon Auditorium, comes from a family of coal miners, and said his grandfather paid for his mother’s education at SIU with wages made as a coal miner.
“We are looking now at a huge issue of conflict,” Biggers said. “This is the challenge of our generation.”
One of the problems with using coal is the working conditions of mines, Biggers said. He said there was a tenfold increase of black lung disease cases from 1998 and 2012, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That rate is the highest since the 1970s.
Black lung is caused by breathing in coal dust, which builds up in the lungs. Biggers said black lung disease was the cause of his grandfather’s death.
Brent Ritzel, president of the Buckminster Fuller Future Registered Student Organization, helped bring Biggers to SIU.
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Kyle Groves, right, hands out draft beer to a customer Saturday at Scratch Brewing Company in Ava. “I was coming out here as a customer before I worked here and I’ve known these guys for the past couple years … this is a really special place,” Groves said.
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Engineering experts sell new system to control coal dust
Sean PheeDaily Egyptian In a coal mine, miners work with clouds
of black soot hanging over their heads and entering their lungs.
Minerals Development Technologies Inc., a local company owned partially by SIU professors Yoginder Chugh and Harrold Gurley, have created a new system to reduce the amount of breathable dust in coal mines.
Chugh, professor of mining and mineral resources engineering, said his group has been researching ways to control dust for six years. He said mine companies have been spraying water to wet the dust and take it out of the air, but those methods have no scientific foundation.
Coal particles are thrown into the air during mining, and Chugh said coal dust gets into the lungs of miners, causing miner’s silicosis. Miner’s silicosis is an incurable disease that causing swelling of the lungs, according to
American Lung Association’s website.“We have been committed to the health
and safety of miners for the last 30 years that I have been working here,” Chugh said. “We feel very, very happy that we are finally able to get some of our ideas into the marketplace.”
Chugh said the spraying system they have developed takes the mineral composition of coal and airflow of the mines into account to create a more scientifically accurate spraying system.
Gurley, professor of mining and mineral resources engineering, said seven to 11 spray blocks–which house the nozzles–are mounted on the machines, called continuous miners, that mine coal.
The sprayed water mixes with the mined coal, but the amount of water used is not large enough to affect the coal, Chugh said. The continuous miners gather 14 to 16 tons of coal per minute, while the water system uses 40 gallons of water per minute.
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“It is by far our biggest event for the fall semester,” Knoob said. “I think for most businesses the Halloween season—including unofficial—is important for them financially.”
Bars were not the only establishments that saw a sales increase.
Many local restaurants including Jimmy John’s, Don Taco, Chili’s, Fat Patties, New Kahala, and several others saw a sales increase, according to their employees.
“I’m guessing we saw a 15 to 20 percent increase in business,” said Brian Swaboda, manager at Harbaugh’s Cafe.
“There was definitely more people at the mall and in here buying things,” said Shantal Byfield, alumna and employee at Buckle.
Students noticed an increase in economic activity.
Kyle Ecton, a junior from Naperville studying criminal justice, said it is hard to find a restaurant to go to during unofficial because of all the people that come into town for the weekend.
“Every restaurant in town had a line out the door,” Ecton said. “The bars, the mall and even Wal-Mart was swarmed with people from out-of-town.”
Baity said additional overtime costs for fireman, police and public works may negate economic benefits.
Kevin Sylwester, as associate professor of economics, said businesses definitely made money with the number of visitors, but that is not the only factor.
“It’s a numbers game,” Sylwester said. “You have to add up all the profit made by the businesses and then subtract the costs of public services.”
Knoob said the boost given to businesses exceeds such costs, and the partying of recent Halloween celebrations is not as detrimental as past decades.
“Halloween events can be positive
from what I have seen. Most of the bars in town are doing a very good job of providing safe places to have these events,” Knoob said.
Still, Baity does not see unofficial as a completely negative event, he said.
Baity said it is only a small percentage of people that are violent and damage property.
“The issues that hurt any community’s image are the small events where people choose to defiantly disobey the laws and the enforcement actions of police,” Baity said.
Ecton said the Halloween activities are mostly positive, but he does not want the party-goers to have a bad reputation.
“It’s a shame that you have a few idiots that ruin it for everyone else,” Ecton said.
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Ritzel, a master’s student in public administration said there are scores toxins present during coal’s life cycle; extraction, processing, distribution, consumption and disposal all put toxins like mercury and carbon dioxide into the air.
Tomasz Wiltowski, director of the Coal Research Center, said coal experts are researching ways to harvest the carbon dioxide from burning coal and turn it into fuels. He said efficiency is an important part of coal processing and plants are working on improving it.
“A typical coal-fired power plant is about 40 percent efficiency, at best,” he said. “What this means is that 60 percent of this chemical energy within the coal is being wasted. So we have to find the technology that is not only cleaner, but more efficient.”
The excess carbon dioxide is contributing to global climate change, Biggers said.
Average summer temperatures in
Illinois are projected to increase by 3 degrees over the next few decades because of climate change, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s website. Nuisances such as ticks and mosquitoes thrive in warmer climates, and can increase instances of Lyme and West Nile diseases.
Frequent heat waves increase the ozone in the atmosphere, deteriorating the air quality. Big cities such as Chicago and St. Louis already have problems with air quality, according to the EPA.
An increase in severe storms and flood damage is also predicted because of the harm of fossil fuels.
Janet Donoghue, assistant to the sustainability coordinator, said to prevent further climate change issues, the country needs to vary our sources of energy.
“If you think about coal, we’re basing everything on death,” she said. “These are literally fossils. It’s the past. It’s history. For the future, we really need to be looking at more ways to diversify.”
Wiltowski said renewable energy will work together with traditional energy sources in the future.
“Taking both renewables and fossil fuels together and using them is very efficient,” he said. “I don’t know what will happen in 20 years, the science moves forward so fast, so maybe we will not have to use it. But at least for today, we have no choice.”
Steve Willis, regional safety director for the American Coal Company, said coal helps create more than 1,000 jobs in southern Illinois. He said a coal job helps create more than 10 other jobs.
“It’s probably the most important source of jobs here,” Willis said. “Here in southern Illinois, coal is still the cheapest source of energy, compared to solar and wind.”
Ritzel said solar energy should be a big business in southern Illinois. He said Germany is one of the leading nations in using renewable energy, with more than 27 percent of the country’s electrical demand being met by renewable energy sources.
The use of solar, wind and hydropower energy increased 7 percent from 2012, according to a September report from the United States Department of Energy. Nearly 12 percent of the nation’s energy
production came from renewable sources that year.
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“We are trying our very best to make sure that not even one drop of water is wasted,” he said. “The advantage being it can control dust all the way until it goes to the surface.”
MDT has to personally engineer each system to fit the conditions of different mines, said Chugh. The designing and building process takes nearly two months.
“For this spray system, it’s pretty much unique to each coal mine because each coal mine is different,” Gurley said.
More than 25 machines in Illinois are using the spraying system designed by MDT. One of the plants using the technology is Knight Hawk Coal Company in Percy.
Tom Hasenstab, engineer at Knight Hawk Coal, said the spraying system has worked as well as he expected.
“It has helped by increasing the amount of dust collected by our scrubber system, which in turn decreases the amount of respirable dust our miners are exposed to,” Hasenstab said. “This leads to a healthier atmosphere underground, and improved compliance with the recently tightened federal regulations.”
Gurley and Chugh both said they expect increases in mine production using the system.
“If we can improve the environment
for the miners to work under, then our production rate and productivity can go up,” Chugh said.
Chugh said the group secured funding from the university to research ways to control dust and now that there is a working product, the university receives a royalty from sales of the sprayer.
He said the price of the system fluctuates; depending on how much engineering has to be done to the mining equipment. He said the invention can cost companies anywhere from $12,000 to $20,000.
MDT is researching how to apply their system to other mining devices.
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Traveling around southern Illinois in hopes of pleasing your pallet with the taste of a smooth alcoholic beverage ten years ago would have introduced you to an exclusive selection of wineries and vineyards.
For beer drinkers, the selection would have been much more limited.
With the recent boom of breweries in the area, the production of craft beer has increased.
One of the first breweries to emerge was Big Muddy Brewing, founded by Chuck Stuhrenberg in 2009.
Stuhrenberg began home brewing as a hobby in the 1980s while attending SIU. His first customers were wineries in the area.
“Four of the wineries that all served beer wanted my beer right away, because they had so many tourists come in asking for some local wine and local beer,” he said. “They never had any local beer to offer until I opened up, so now they had local beer to offer their customers.”
For many years, Illinois breweries were allowed to distribute their own beer specifically in-state without an external distributor.
Anheuser Busch, being a large out-of-state brewing company considered it unfair that local, in-state brewing companies had more distribution in Illinois and filed a lawsuit against the state.
It wasn’t until 2013 that a bill passed to allow craft breweries to double their production cap and continue moving beer independently.
Big Muddy Brewing increased its self-distribution capacity from 7,500 barrels a year to 15,000 barrels a year, helping the local business and economy, Stuhrenberg said.
“Since we got the law passed, we’ve got about 50 new breweries [in Illinois], so it’s really sparked an explosion of breweries and creating jobs here in Illinois,” he said.
Stuhrenberg said they have grown at least 30 percent a year since the opening.
“The big challenge is to keep producing enough beer for our distributors so the shelves don’t go empty,” he said.
In the last few years, some of Big Muddy’s beer selection has been sold as far as New Jersey and Long Island. It also plans to reach future locations in southern Iowa and the Florida panhandle.
On the other side of the mass production spectrum, Scratch Brewing Company in Ava keeps the small-scale brewery atmosphere alive just a few miles outside of the Shawnee National Forest.
Scratch owners Marika Josephson, Ryan Tockstein and Aaron Kleidon opened their doors for the first time in 2013. All of the craft beers are brewed using natural ingredients from its 80-acre property.
“We are definitely happy brewing on a pretty small scale,” Josephson said. “It’s
easier to source ingredients for smaller batches … but we’ve also grown since we’ve opened and we’re brewing bigger batches than we did when we opened.”
As far as the brewery’s future, Scratch plans to brew larger batches over a fire from time to time, she said, maintaining their natural ambiance and local feel.
“We really like the foraging angle,” she said. “We knew that we wanted to incorporate a lot of locally sourced things.”
Also located in a similar location as Scratch in Ava, Little Egypt Beer is in the middle of the spectrum.
The brewery has garnered a reputation for fine quality craft beer after its Hefeweizen, a style of wheat beer, earned a gold medal at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival in Denver.
“Business [since the festival] has increased across the board at like a 200 percent increase,” Ken Rhude, brewer and majority owner of Little Egypt said. “We’re making a lot of Hefeweizen these days.”
Rhude attended Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago, where he studied the art of brewing beer before he moved to California.
After unsuccessfully trying to open a brewery in California for eight years, because of financial reasons, Rhude moved to southern Illinois with his wife and started home brewing and self-distributing.
“We got a lot more help from small business developments here,” he said. “They were very instrumental.”
Little Egypt Beer is one of the Illinois breweries that saw benefits from Stuhrenberg winning the lawsuit for self-distribution rights for small breweries.
Rhude said he found it easier for the brewery to load their beer for transportation themselves rather than paying a distributor a percentage.
Future endeavors for Little Egypt include opening another brewery closer to Carbondale, as well as distributing to areas such as Chicago, St. Louis and places scattered around southern Illinois.
“We’ll do about a 20,000 square foot facility with a 10-barrel brewing system that I can cycle three times a day,” he said. “So we’ll be making 150 barrels of beer a week, whereas this brewery does that in about a year.”
The beer industry in southern Illinois is still growing. The newest addition to the local beer scene, St. Nicholas Brewing Co., will open its doors Saturday in Du Quoin.
Chase Myers can be reached at [email protected],
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A new art group is calling for spooky submissions for its first show on All Hallows’ Eve.
Untitled Art Collective is calling for submissions for its first art show, The Skihaus of Horrors, on Thursday and Friday at the Skihaus, a Carbondale home that doubles as a do-it-yourself music location.
The show plans to feature six bands, including Cramps, The Cure and Operation Ivy, a film screening, a poetry reading and a table distributing zines, which are small, typically illustrated, story-telling booklets.
Marty Hagler, a founder of the collective and an alumna, said her and a few friends created the group earlier this month.
“We wanted to have a place for non-students to meet and actually show their art because we felt like there wasn’t really a place for that,” she said.
She said after graduating in December, the incentive to display her work decreased.
“With school you’re kind of like pushed to do all this stuff and encouraged to display your art,” she said. “But once you’re not pressured, it’s like what kind of sources do you have?”
Hagler said she appreciates
restaurants such as Cristaudo’s and Longbranch Coffeehouse displaying local art, but she would enjoy if other places did the same.
“You don’t want to have to only rely on food joints to display art,” she said. “So one of our ultimate goals would be to get our own space together.”
Hagler said the group decided to host their first show at Skihaus because its residents were already planning a music event for Halloween.
Evan Nueman, a current tenant at Skihaus, said the house has had many residents.
“It’s gone through a lot of people and a lot of people have been in and out,” he said.
Neuman said those who move out usually ask friends to be new tenants.
“It’s really about finding the right people that are motivated to keep up the tradition,” he said.
Marcus Lappin, another tenant, said he has been involved in Carbondale’s music scene for four years.
“A lot of people left town the last couple years that were involved in putting on shows,” he said. “I moved in here with Evan to keep it going for another year because I have been involved in the scene for a while.”
Lappin said Skihaus has been a show house since 2007 or earlier.
Will Scott, a junior studying
aviation flight technology from Glencoe, said he enjoys the intimacy of house shows, but if he had the choice he would rather see bands at established venues like Hangar 9.
“I feel like you kind of have a better experience there because they’re more set up for the task,” he said. “Obviously house shows
are fun but I think Hangar is set up better, with better lights, better speakers, and bigger acts.”
Hagler said all artists will need their own supplies to hang up their works, and the group is not responsible for art that is damaged during the show.
She said there is no set theme for
the show, but Halloween inspired submissions are encouraged.
Hagler said all artists, including students, are welcome to submit work for the show. To submit artwork, Hagler or other founders of the art collective can be contacted through the “Untitled Art Collective” Facebook page.
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“Pinhead,” a sculpture created by Mikhail Tsipis from Mundelein, is one of the pieces of artwork that will be on display
at the SkiHaus of Horror art show Friday in Carbondale. “We wanted to have a place for the community to show their
artwork,” said Marty Hagler, a resident of SkiHaus and SIU alumnus.
‘This is not a Minstrel’ celebrates African-American culture
The Africana Theatre Laboratory will be presenting its two-day production of ‘This is Not a Minstrel’ beginning Thursday at the Christian Moe Lab Theater in the Communications Building at 7:30 p.m. with a second show Friday at the same time.
The production features 15 performers and includes reenactments of the Trayvon Martin case as well as the recent events in Ferguson, Mo. with the death of Mike Brown and events following.
The performance focuses on the African American lifestyle in modern day America and touches on slavery issues, the conflict between African Americans and Whites in schools and struggles in modern day society.
The event will also include an art show and various poetic pieces to go along with a theatrical performance.
Modupe Ogunyemi, president of the Registered Student Organization, said ATL is based around “Africana” and emphasizes black culture on the American stage.
“We plan to do [the production] every semester as an opening to invite people to come and join our RSO, as well as to see who we are and what we do,” she said.
This is the second time ATL will be performing the piece.
Haunted Houses in the
surrounding areaCellblock Haunted HouseFive years ago, an old roller rink
off of Illinois Route 148 in Herrin was transformed into an epicenter of fear and terror.
Enclosed areas, darkness, fog and live actors are just some of the tools Cellblock Haunted House uses to attack the senses.
Cellblock, owned by Slaughterhouse Productions, is a prison-themed haunted house. This is the second year using the prison theme. It got its start 15 years ago in the Las Vegas area and after 10 years, the owner moved to southern Illinois to be closer to family.
Donald Brady, a senior from Chicago studying social work, manages the haunted house. He has been managing Cellblock for two years now. Brady said he oversees everything going on within the haunted house.
Cellblock is more of a traditional haunted house, Brady said. It does not have any animatronics or fancy things that big-budget haunted houses have. The house has to use the available talent and skills they have to scare people.
Brady said his favorite part of running a haunted house was seeing people’s emotions change. People have a range of emotions that hit them when going through the house. They are hesitant to walk in and walk out with a frightening experience, he said.
Cellblock costs $15 and is open Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to midnight and Sunday from 7-10 p.m.
Chittyville School Haunted HouseVisitors of Chittyville School Haunted
House in Herrin can expect 30 minutes of a variety of fears and excitement. Everything from blood-sucking vampires to fear-stricken zombies inhabit Chittyville School Haunted House.
Sammie King, owner and operator of the haunted house, has operated Chittyville for about 10 seasons. The idea for the house started from a passion for Halloween and escalated from there.
The haunted house is not all school themed, King said. It only has school themes in it. Chittyville is broken up into three sections, each section representing a specific age group.
The Haunted School is one of the sections. This section is based around a local legend involving the school itself. Each year, about a third of this section is changed, King said.
The next part is called Spookytown. King said Spookytown is set up for children, parents and anyone who is scared easily. It is a zombie hunting experience where the zombies are afraid of the kids.
The last section is called The Lair. The Lair is the more extreme part of this haunted house, set up for those of an older age. It is partially outdoors and this years theme includes werewolves and vampires.
The Chittyville School Haunted House is open from Thursday through Saturday. Spookytown opens at 6:30 p.m. and costs $8. The Haunted School opens at 7 p.m. and is $15. The Lair opens at 7:30 p.m. and costs $10.
Arts and entertainment briefs for the Halloween weekendChase MyersJacob PierceDaily Egyptian
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To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Today’s Birthday (10/29/14). Take advantage of extra creativity and passion this year. Practice skills and get
onstage. Liven up the party! Groom your image, and take photos. Pick a project that moves you. Healthy routines and exercise pay off in spades. Trust a sibling’s advice. Self-discovery now leads to a new springtime phase of fun and happiness. Prioritize time with the ones you love.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 9 — You make it
look easy. Break through to a new level of understanding. An elusive possibility could fade before you arrive. Make sure you’ve packed for your contingency plans. Check your schedule and your map.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)Today is a 9 — Unexpected
roadblocks could deviate your plans. Take advantage of the situation. Keep communication clear with partners. Avoid sparking an upset by keeping everyone involved in the loop. Find the hidden silver lining by looking for it.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)Today is a 9 — Focus on short-
term financial goals. Review statements
for errors. Don’t dig into savings. Postpone an expense or trip. The outlook shifts, and there are new opportunities, hidden from view but not difficult to find. Don’t react without thinking.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)Today is a 9 — Handle what you
said you’d do. Show your love with actions, rather than words. Misunderstandings could spark between partners. Leave your money in the bank. Defer to a higher level of expertise. Adapt to sudden changes.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is a 9 — Creative
opportunities allow for amazing and delightful connections. But they may give you an excuse to overspend. Get advice from a close friend. Don’t throw your money around. Offer your opinion only if asked. Renew a bond.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Today is a 9 — Transform a room
or space for temporary use. Take care not to hurt a sensitive person’s feelings. Encourage brainstorming from family
and friends. Play a game together. Make a change for the better. You’re good at this.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Today is an 9 — The comforts
of home have a magnetic draw. Follow an intuitive urge for a surprising reaction. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Keep your head in a chaotic moment. Review work from a peaceful room later.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Today is a 9 — Flexibility with
surprises and unexpected deviations allows greater ease. Decide the perspective you espouse, the story to tell. Cables could get crossed in communications. There are more options. Confirm reservations twice. On with the show! You are adored.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is a 9 — Avoid financial
discussions. Understandings can get lost in translation. Get your work done without a lot of talk. Handle unexpected circumstances. You’re growing wiser. Try out a new idea, and make a discovery.
Teach it later.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is a 9 — Focus on obvious,
basic goals. The answer has been there all along. Now you see how to help. Confusion or blockage could deviate your train of thought. Redirect energy to where it makes the most difference.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Today is an 9 — Easy does it.
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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is a 9 — Step outside the
box of what you think you can do. Inhibit bizarre suggestions. Share an unexpected diversion. Hike or bike or take a walk with friends. New possibilities open up. Look at yourself from a different angle.
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Just because a player is listed as a wide receiver does not mean they cannot participate in other roles.
Seniors LaSteven McKinney and Tay Willis make their biggest impact on the team through special teams.
McKinney is the team’s punt returner and is averaging 17.2 yards on 12 returns this year. Last year he averaged 4.6 yards on 14 returns.
He said the increased success is attributed to the blockers doing what they need to do to open up holes for him.
“They are out there making all their blocks that they need to,” he said. “Then it’s up to me to make guys miss and get big returns. I’ve been happy with my returns so far this year but I want to return one for a touchdown this year.”
Kick returns are left up to Willis.Special teams coach Keith Murphy said Willis
is a successful kick returner because of his vision, acceleration and ability to run through the holes.
“It takes time to understand a system, and he has caught on to parts of that early,” he said. “I think the reason why he hasn’t had a touchdown yet is because he doesn’t trust the system yet. I think once he understands the system and has a better feel for the system he’ll be much better than he already is.”
Willis is averaging 26.1 yards on 28 returns, which improves on his 23.1 yards per return average last season. Willis was able to return a kick for a touchdown last season and is still looking for his first score this season.
He said he thinks about it all the time and is disappointed in himself for not having a touchdown yet. But it does not affect him; it just makes him want it more.
McKinney and Willis are wide receivers on a primarily run-heavy offense. They are second
and third in receptions this year with 34 and 31 respectively. MyCole Pruitt is the team leader with 61.
McKinney also has 359 yards and 2 touchdowns this season while Willis has 415 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Wide receivers coach Ashton Aikens said the two receivers are equal in talent.
“I don’t think I’ve ever heard our coaching staff call out a No. 1 player in a position,” he said. “We just try to get them all on the field on the same time and give our quarterbacks the most options as possible.”
Aikens said although McKinney and Willis are both smaller in stature and people might think they play the game the same, they bring different skills to the wide receiver position.
McKinney is a polished and experienced receiver with a great understanding of the position.
“He is our wily veteran that we rely on to make the big plays when we need it,” he said. “That’s what veteran leaders are expected to do.”
McKinney carved his name into the record books against Indiana State. He is now third in school history for career receptions. He passed Joe Allaria who played at SIU from 2007-10 with his 139th career reception. By the end of the game, McKinney had his 144th career reception.
McKinney said he wasn’t aware of his achievement.“I had no idea about it until a couple weeks ago,” he
said. “It’s nice to see that and in 10 or 15 years when I’m playing ball with my kids I’ll pull up the record on the internet and tell them they have to try and beat that now.”
Aikens said Willis has transitioned smoothly to receiver this year, and even with a smaller stature, has become the team’s deep threat guy.
“He’s very fast and you don’t come across that very often,” he said. “When you have a weapon like that you have to get the ball to his hands and let him do things.”
Along with being a special teams weapon and wide
receiver, Willis also takes reps at running back. He said last season he felt underutilized in the position because of the team’s depth. This season he has learned to be more patient.
“When I got in last year, I did not play as well as I should have,” Willis said. “Now that I have patience I know I will get in when I can and I have to make the most of it.”
He said he has more trust from the coaches this year and no longer feels underutilized because they know he can make the big play when needed.
Although they are not team captains, both lead by example instead of words, which has caught the attention of the coaches.
“They do things right, and the guys behind them see that,” Murphy said. “They are both quiet, but they lead by their actions and they really set a good example. They always give 100 percent in practice and that really shows up in games.”
Aikens said McKinney and Willis are both dynamic players who bring versatility to both the special teams and offense. Their leadership supports younger players, setting them up for years of future success.
“I think we are lucky to have those guys,” Aikens said. “They are teaching their teammates how to do everything and I don’t know if they even realize it.”
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Senior wide receiver LaSteven McKinney runs after a catch during the Salukis’ 45-0 win against Taylor University Aug. 28 at Saluki Stadium. In 9 games, McKinney has 12 punt returns for 207 yards.
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