Fall Greetings!

Saluki Fans and Alumni!

- This is an exciting time to be a Saluki! Our Football Team is ranked #1 in the Division I-AA Football Championship Subdivision! Thus, there is a very good chance that we will see McAndrew Stadium on ESPN in high-def one more time before the stadium is officially retired! The decision will depend on our ranking at the end of the season and where we are seated for the playoffs.

The final regular season football games are: (1) Sat., Nov. 14 vs. Missouri State in Carbondale, at 3:00 p.m. EST and, (2) Sat., Nov. 21 at Southeast Missouri State Cape Girardeau, Mo. at 2:00 p.m. EST.

- This is also the first week of the Basketball Season and SIU has an exciting new team filled with an remarkable amount of talent! So standby for information regarding local watch parties in the near future! If anyone would like to sponsor a watch party, just let me know!

The first regular season basketball game is this Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, in Carbondale against Tennessee-Martin at 8:05 p.m. EST.

- For those of you who have not been to Carbondale for some time, you can watch the construction of Saluki Way from your home computer by pasting the link below into your web browser:

http://www.pso.siu.edu/webcams/webcamsPage.html

- Thank you to all who attended our Fall Picnic in September! We had perfect weather, great food, and good discussions! The SIU Alumni Executive Director, Michelle Suarez, and the Director of Off-Campus Events and Chapter Development, Zach Sapienza, were in attendance. They provided us with a detailed update on the forward progress of SIU and initiatives to support SIU Alumni Clubs and Chapters! Also I would like to offer a special thanks to our guest speaker, Ms. Karla Horn, for sharing her experience at the Pentagon with us and to the publishers of Saluki Illustrated Magazine for providing us with complimentary editions.
Pictures of the event are posted on our SIU Alumni Website at www.siualumni.com (click on Alumni: Chapters, Clubs, and Groups; Scroll down to the end of the list and click on the Washington D.C. - Baltimore link) or simply click on this link: Webpage

For those of you interested in subscribing to Saluki Illustrated, you can go to: http://www.salukiillustrated.com/

- Finally, our club is growing at an amazing rate! I believe that this year we will able to elect a board of officers and establish our official chapter. If you are interested in serving on our board, let me know!

I will be in contact with you soon with a list of future watch parties!! Go Salukis!!!

Ryan, '97

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