Daily Egyptian 09/22/2010

Juggling school, swim team, and having a part in the musical “Crazy for You” is no change from her busy high school life, Cayman Bone said.

Bone, a freshman from Saraso-ta, Fla., studying musical theater, said it’s her new independence that is a burden.

“Now on top of everything I have dishes and laundry, and I have to clean,” she said. “Whereas at home I had people help me with all of that.”

After several weeks on campus, freshmen at SIU are now trying to balance their newfound indepen-dence and responsibilities, said Mark Amos, director of Saluki First Year, a support network for first year students.

Barb Elam, stress management coordinator for the Student Well-ness Center, said new students are dealing with many new stresses they aren’t used to.

In the first month alone, fresh-men experience homesickness,

roommate issues, not feeling ade-quate for college classes and chal-lenges to their values, Elam said.

She said organization, time management and procrastination are also major issues freshmen are facing.

Adjusting hasn’t been easy for some students.

Erika Watkins, a freshman from Christopher studying zoolo-gy, said she still hasn’t gotten used to college life.

“There are good days and bad days, but I am still trying to fig-ure it all out,” she said. “I don’t like walking everywhere; I don’t like the food; I have had a hard time making friends and I don’t like the parking.”

Kelsey Whitecotton, a fresh-man from Buckner studying bio-logical sciences, said during the

first several weeks of school she has experienced a large amount of added stress.

“There are some nights that I just cry, a lot,” she said. “Then there are other days when I am happy-go-lucky and I’m fine. I’m just trying to take it one day at a time.”

For some students, the biggest transition has been getting used to college classes. Marc Foster, an undecided freshman from Rock-ford, said college classes are less demanding because homework is assigned once a week as opposed to every day.

Taking courses at her local community college in high school helped Bianca Castelli know what classes at SIU would be like.

Castelli, a freshman from De-catur studying radiology, said she

misses the smaller class sizes from high school.

“The lecture halls at first were kind of intimidating because there were so many people in there, and you can’t really get the one-on-one interaction with the teacher,” she said.

Watkins said while she was in high school she thought she was well-prepared for college, but a� er a couple days of classes she started rethinking that. She said in high school the teachers try to prepare students for college, but they don’t know how to because they went to college so long ago.

Castelli said in high school, teachers and guidance counselors pushed her to do well, but in col-lege she is on her own and has to push herself.

“Expectations are high, and there is more pressure to do well in school because it is basically determining the rest of your life,” she said.

As for living in a new environ-ment, Paris Gri� n, a freshman from Chicago studying business manage-ment, said the dorms are the best and worst part. She said she likes be-

ing on her own but she feels alone. “I was used to having my sis-

ters and mom around, so when my roommate is gone it gets kind of lonely,” she said.

Castelli said living in the dorms is something everyone should ex-perience. It opens students up to new experiences, new people and a new way of living, she said.

Amos said in addition to the First Year Program, SIU offers many resources to help first year students. The Counseling and Wellness Center offers emotional support, while Saluki Cares is a referral service for on-campus resources or case management. It also offers student success courses as well as a support network for first year students.

Amos said these services could be very bene� cial for freshmen coping with the new lifestyle of college.

“College is hard; it is different; it’s not easy and that can be unset-tling,” he said.

Sarah Schneider can be reached at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 259.

Freshmen adjust to newfound collegiate independence

SARAH SCHNEIDERDaily Egyptian

STUDENTS PREP FOR ART AUCTION Laurie Marshall, a graduate student in small metals from Springfield, Mo., works Monday at Pulliam Hall on a bracelet that will be auctioned off at the Southern Illinois Metalsmiths Society Conference on Saturday. The conference will feature a live and silent auction, with all the proceeds going toward SIMS. The Neighborhood

Co-Op Grocery, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, is sponsoring the conference, according to Jerry Bradley, Outreach and Owner Services Coordinator for the Co-Op. Student and faculty donations make up the majority of the art in the auction. “I always knew I wanted to be an artist,” Marshall said. “It’s really fun and kind of addictive.”

PAT SUTPHIN | DAILY EGYPTIAN

T here are some nights that I just cry, a lot. Then there are other days when I am happy-go-lucky and I’m fine. I’m

just trying to take it one day at a time. — Kelsey Whitecotton

freshman studying biological sciences

Councilman Joel Fritzler announces mayoral candidacy

Carbondale City Councilman Joel Fritzler announced Tuesday he would run for the o� ce of mayor, according to his press release.

� ere are two con� rmed candidates for mayor. Brent Ritzel, 42, of Carbondale,

announced his campaign early last week. � ere are speculations as to former SIUC Chancellor Sam Goldman and Council-man Steven Haynes running as well.

� e election for the mayor’s seat will occur April 5. Brad Cole currently holds the position of mayor. City Coun-cil seats held by Council Members Ste-ven Haynes, Lance Jack and Mary Pohl-

mann will also be � lled. If three more candidates � le for the position of mayor and/or more than 13 candidates � le for the three council positions, a primary election will be held Feb. 22.

Fritzler has served on City Council since April 2005 and will hold a press con-ference at noon today in the Carbondale Civic Center.

CHRISTINA SPAKOUSKYDaily Egyptian

A month a� er starting college, � rst year students deal with new transition

Phil Gatton says the university is trying to play “catch-up” with an esti-mated $450 million deferred mainte-nance de� cit.

“It’s similar to someone putting o¢ getting their oil changed on their car,” said Gatton, director of the Physical Plant. “� e longer you push it o¢ , the worse it’s going to get. So when a build-ing on campus becomes unusable, that’s when deferred maintenance starts.”

Scott Pike, former superintendent of building maintenance, said in 2007 the amount of money needed for main-tenance projects — such as deteriorat-ing roofs — on campus has risen to about $200 million in the past ten years.

LAUREN LEONEDaily Egyptian

Physical Plant combats $450M de cit

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IOTAS CLEAN ATTUCKS AREA Carl James, an alumnus from Chicago who studied graphic design, cleans up garbage for the Iota Phi Theta park cleanup Monday at Attucks Park. Iota Phi Theta adopted the park as part of an Adopt-A-Spot program in the 1980’s and has done a park cleanup every semester since. “I think the community is dependent on us to play an important role in the development of the community,” Nicholas Hoskin, president of Iota Phi Theta, said.

PAT STUPHIN | DAILY EGYPTIAN

� e Sigma Pi fraternity hopes to create a better image on campus a er a troubled past.

Will Wojcik, the director of ex-pansion and recruitment for the na-tional Sigma Pi chapter, said the orga-nization has brought the chapter back to SIU, and will host an opening cer-emony Oct. 3, where newly recruited members will meet local alumni and elect the fraternity o� cers.

Wojcik said in 2007, the SIU chap-ter had faced a � ve-year suspension by the university, but the national organi-zation closed the chapter on its own to limit the suspension to three years.

“Every organization, as far as national fraternities go, will have chapters every year that close due to various reasons. It could be risk management, it could be low mem-bership, or not good enough grades and things like that. � e organization here just wasn’t really re� ecting our values,” Wojcik said.

Wojcik said he has worked closely with Andy Morgan, a student devel-opment coordinator, to bring the or-ganization back to campus and make it a more positive one.

Morgan said the � rst SIU chapter of the fraternity was originally named the Nu Epsilon Alpha fraternity in 1942 and became a part of the Sigma Pi in 1955.

“We are really excited about their return and we are con� dent that they will be a very successful fraternity on our campus,” Morgan said.

Morgan said whenever a uni-versity brings in a new fraternity or brings a former chapter back, it raises the standards for all of the Greek organizations.

“When a new fraternity starts on our campus, they excel in academics, service and philanthropy. Also, they are usually one of the larger chapters on campus within a year because they are doing everything the right way and it encourages everybody else to follow suit,” Morgan said.

Morgan said the return of Sigma Pi would also allow students who have never been involved with Greek

life to have an opportunity to do so and to create their own legacy at SIU.

Morgan said when new frater-nities start, they attract the type of person who doesn’t want to be in a fraternity but their values are in line with the fraternity’s values.

Brady Wesch, a senior from Charleston studying exercise science and president of Chi Sigma Chi, said he was excited when he became a founding member of the SIU chapter of Chi Sigma Chi, which started in the spring, and is also excited to have another fraternity in Carbondale.

“It is a pretty awesome position to be in being able to be a founding father. We have our own legacy and our own tradition which is amazing,” Wesch said.

“I think having another fraternity will be great for campus. � e more or-ganizations, the better, and I think that is what this campus needs, because Greek life was so small before,” Wesch said.

Sigma Pi rejoins Greek communityRYAN SIMONINDaily Egyptian

W e are really excited about their return and we are confident that they will be a very successful

fraternity on our campus.

— Andy Morganstudent development coordinator


German military officers have come to Carbondale to meet with the ROTC cadets every year since 2005.

However, Carbondale Mayor Brad Cole said the officers would not be able to travel to Illinois be-cause of scheduling conflicts.

He said the German o� cers had con� icts that couldn’t be avoided and coming to Carbondale was isn’t always the easiest thing to do.

“They have an open invitation to come anytime they want,” Cole said. “Of course, I won’t be mayor, but I am sure the community will welcome them just as we have in the past. I am just glad that they were able to come before.”

He said the meetings with the of-� cers happened a� er his two week exchange program in Germany. He said the o� cers would spend an a� ernoon in Carbondale and have a barbecue. � e ROTC units and German exchange students were invited for the opportunity to get to know people casually, Cole said.

“This was based on the fact that I participated in an exchange, met these German officers, estab-lished a personal relationship, and invited them to visit Carbondale and see a real Midwestern com-munity,” he said. “The personal relationships are what allowed this to be so successful and kept it going.”

Capt. Jonathan Cape, enroll-ment officer of SIUC’s army ROTC, said the annual meetings with the German officers gave the cadets an opportunity to have a more cultural awareness of armies they could someday work with, depending on where they were deployed.

“It was a nice program to let the students be aware that there are allies that the United States has, and that we need to keep up those relationships,” he said.

Capt. Eric Diehl, commandant of cadets for SIUC’s Air Force ROTC, said the social meetings with the officers were more of an added bonus than something that would be lost.

“Our cadets, both army and

ours (air force), are going to be officers in the U.S. military, and meeting officers in a foreign military broadens their experiences,” he said. “It gave them a good idea of how (the German officers) perceive us and kind of what to expect when we are deployed with them, or a situation where we are required to help.”

Diehl said ROTC jumped at the opportunity to meet with the officers and would take the opportunity again if any other officers were to visit from another country.

“We like to expose our cadets to a broad spectrum of officers, and the world, as much as we can,” he said. “It’s hard to do, so we liked it when they came to us.”

Cole said Carbondale is an inter-national community and interaction with other countries is something that needs to be sponsored more in citizen diplomacy e¤ orts.

Sarah Schneider can be contacted at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 259.

SARAH SCHNEIDERDaily Egyptian

German visit suspended due to schedule issues

David Carlson says there is no def-inite timeline as to when the 1.5 mil-lion to 2 million books in McLa¤ erty Annex will move to the basement of Morris Library.

Carlson, dean of Library A¤ airs, said the library is waiting on between $30 million and $35 million from Gov. Pat Quinn’s Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program.

“Just because, believe it or not, when the legislator signs it and the governor approves it, that doesn’t mean it’s a done deed,” he said. “� e governor actually needs to release the money.”

He said the second step, which is when the state releases the money to the university, is the cause of the delay and he does not know when the re-lease would occur.

Until shelving can be purchased, the books stored at McLa¤ erty Annex will remain there, Carlson said.

He said it would cost roughly $500,000 to hire a professional mov-ing company to move the books from McLa¤ erty Annex to Morris Library, and it could take a full semester to move all the books.

“It takes a long time to move 1.5 (million) to 2 million books,” he said. “You have to keep them in order, too. You can’t just throw them on a truck.”

Carlson said although books at the annex are used o� en, students should � nd use in the roughly 500,000 books

already shelved at the library. “Books (at the Morris Library) are

the ones that have been published in the last decade, and are the things that get the most use,” he said.

Although � oors six and seven of the library lack carpeting and “cos-metic” � nishing, the issue is a lack of shelving in the basement, not space, said Susan Tulis, associate dean of Li-brary A¤ airs. She said would it would remain that way until state money came through.

“We have students o¤ ering to volunteer to move the books them-selves, but we have nowhere to put the books,” she said.

Carlson said the library is waiting to purchase new compressed mobile shelving, which would allow more book space in the basement.

“It costs a little more, but such a large number of books would not � t without this type of shelving,” he said.

Carlson said he believes the situa-tion is an inconvenience but students shouldn’t have many issues getting the books they need from McLa¤ erty Annex.

� e library’s delivery service makes trips to the annex at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and at

10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, he said.Carlson said students should make

book requests in the morning because of the annex’s limited hours, which is open noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

He said the downside to the situa-tion is students do not have the ability to browse a collection themselves un-less they can make a trip to the annex, located a mile outside campus.

“It’s certainly not convenient,” he said.

Grelissa Baker, a senior from Madi-son studying elementary education who works at the library’s circulation desk, said she notices students frequently use books stored at the annex. She said while working at the library she hears students complain at the inconvenience of having the majority of the university’s books outside of the library.

Carlson said the move could hap-pen fairly quickly once the money is released.

“� e space is ready to go,” he said. “It would just be a matter of purchasing and installing the shelving.”

Lauren Leone can be reached at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 255.

LAUREN LEONEDaily Egyptian

Nearly 2 million books stuck at McLa¤ erty Annex until money is released, no timeline in sight

B ooks (at Morris Library) are the ones that have been published in the last decade, and are the things that

get the most use.

— David Carlsondean of Library Affairs

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It’s official. “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” and Stephen Colbert’s comically competing “March to Keep Fear Alive” will take place Oct. 31 on the National Mall in Washington.

The joint venture will be just like Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Hon-or” rally in that neither stands as reclamation of the civil rights movement. And that’s about where the similarities end and the satire begins.

Mainstream media mendacity and pundit megalomania will not be extolled, but probably playfully mocked.

Pretentious polemicizing on behalf of powerful societal inter-ests will not be present, except in parodied form. Insidious and invidious demagoguery will not dominate the day, but insightful and irreverent discursive humor might.

At least that’s what I am wish-ing for. I also hope a whole bunch

of hilarity ensues, and that I can stop over-using alliterations by then.

I still have reservations about the former. Stewart’s stated rea-soning for the event is a return to rationality. Colbert is, per usual, facetiously revealing folly by mocking major media fear-mongering and touting his march as the exact opposite, a rally to ensure the public remains para-lyzed by the poop-in-the-pants-inducing fear that gets routinely perpetuated.

Insofar as their wayward com-mentary satirizes sophistry and calls attention to the spirited, polarizing debate that pervades popular discourse, I am all about it. In truth, that’s what the two comedians do best. They use humor to expose prevailing hy-pocrisies and contradictions that might otherwise go unchecked in the ideological commercial me-dia echo chamber. Both of their shows humorously deconstruct conventional doctrines, enabling us to critically reflect on the mes-sages we’re inundated with on a daily basis, which permits people to question the legitimacy of the

institutions disseminating those messages and the social order sanctioning the process.

They also make fart jokes and mock celebrity idiocy, which can be pretty funny too.

Still, their comic critiques of media and society resonate the most, and that’s what has imbued both Stewart and Colbert with such cultural significance. But there is one facet of “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” that is disconcerting and could detract from the upcoming event. They do viewers a disservice when they are subservient to the status quo.

When Stewart announced the event, he said, “We live in trou-bled times, with real people facing very real problems — problems that have real, if imperfect, solu-tions.” He said those at the ideo-logical extremes dictate the con-versation, and rhetorically asked, “Why don’t we hear from the 70 to 80 percent-ers? Well, most likely, because you have (expletive) to do.”

He is quite correct in saying most people are too beset with their own problems to participate

in the warped political discus-sions, and I entirely agree that the current landscape is ripe with highly contentious dogmatisms that do little to alleviate people’s suffering. Likewise, I appreciate how Stewart and Colbert call at-tention to this with their comedy. Then the world seems completely insane, we have to joke about the situation, or risk succumbing to insanity ourselves.

However, a number of un-employed, under-employed and under-paid Americans probably don’t find their circumstances positively hilarious.

These people have genuine grievances and are justified in expressing their concerns. Sure, some are manipulated by massive propaganda campaigns masquer-ading as popular movements that manufacture support for policies antithetical to their own interests. And yes, some end up shouting asinine invectives that Stewart and Colbert rightfully satirize.

Others, who can’t help but re-alize their opinions are repeatedly disregarded by political decision-makers, come together to voice their opposition to injustice. They

can be very rational. It is, after all, rational to want to earn a livable wage and not have to worry about sending your kids off to war.

I think Stewart and Colbert are mistaken to champion modera-tion if it means dismissing those whose ideas fall outside the ex-pressible bounds of dissent. Com-edy is subjective, but some sub-jects just aren’t as funny.

As a kid I usually found it hi-larious when someone mocked authoritarian teachers, but not so much when everyone laughed at the nerdy kid.

My point is that labeling all dissidents as extremists and de-valuing their fact-based perspec-tives because they don’t conform to elite narratives is not nearly as fruitful.

So long as the “Rally to Re-store Sanity” and the concurrent “March to Keep Fear Alive” re-frain from reinforcing unproduc-tive marginalization, and instead stick to the sort of anti-establish-ment humor that pits those with ridiculous aversions to reality as the satirical target, it should be a success — an uproariously funny success.

Colbert, Stewart co-rally could be satirical successGUEST COLUMN

e SIUC administration is ap-parently planning to shut down SIUC for a time, but I’d rather see it stay open.

e administration would close the university when classes are not in session. But university employees are not idle simply because classes aren’t meeting. Faculty doesn’t only work in the classroom. We do re-search, we prep classes, and we ad-vise and work with students even on days classes aren’t in session.

Nor does other university sta� sit idle when students aren’t around. ey do essential work to support students and faculty.

A¬ er a lengthy hiring freeze, most SIUC units are understa� ed as it is. Ordering us to take days o� work wouldn’t help matters. So

students returning a¬ er a forced leave would ® nd faculty and sta� playing catch-up. Morale on all sides would su� er. ese furloughs would not be free.

Closing the university also sends a message that could exac-erbate our greatest challenge, the long-term enrollment crisis. With furloughs, we would have students pay full-time tuition and fees for a part-time university.

At the same time we’re saying we are so broke we must close our doors, we’re trumpeting a new foot-ball stadium and will soon show o� our renovated basketball arena. It is hard to understand how a universi-ty that can a� ord new sports facili-ties can’t a� ord to stay open.

e funds lavished on Saluki Way are only one factor obscuring the ® nancial rationale for this move. e state’s budgetary situation is indeed dismal. But the immediate cash-� ow problems of last year seem

to have largely abated — or at least state universities have had enough time by now to come to terms with the fact that the state will pay them only months a¬ er payment is due. While one-time furloughs could conceivably make sense in the face of a one-time budget crunch, they are obviously not a ® x for our long-term budgetary woes.

But the most troubling factor of all is the fact that the administra-tion has decided to plan furloughs ® rst, and consult with sta� later, perhaps in an attempt to present furloughs as a foregone conclusion. Almost all instructors on this cam-pus are unionized, as are civil ser-vice sta� . Changes to the pay and working conditions of these sta� members must be negotiated with the relevant unions, as administra-tors have indeed agreed. ey ap-parently believe negotiations will consist of sta� simply agreeing with plans made without sta� input.

e issue of furloughs has arisen at a particularly delicate time. All three unions represent-ing instructional sta� — tenured and tenure-track faculty; non ten-ure- track faculty; and graduate assistants — are engaged in bar-gaining for new contracts. Tenure-track faculty has worked without a contract since July. It is harder to imagine a worse way to kick o� ne-gotiations than with a plan for sta� to accept immediate pay cuts.

Most importantly, negotiations aren’t just a legal burden required when dealing with a unionized work force. ey can be an op-portunity. Bargaining doesn’t have to result in confrontational power plays. SIUC faculty have called for “interest-based bargaining,” in which both sides communicate their interests and bargaining goes forward with the goal of ® nding creative ways to meet the needs of both parties.

Both the administrators that manage SIUC, and the sta� and faculty that advance the research, teaching and service missions of this university, want what is best for SIUC. ough we may some-times di� er on how best to achieve our mission, we have many shared interests. One ought to be in keep-ing our campus open.

Imagine a university where the administration comes to fac-ulty and sta� and asks them how they can help to keep the univer-sity thriving during di° cult times. Imagine an administration work-ing with sta� about how to keep the campus open, rather than making its own plans about how to shut it down. Imagine two sides that make bargaining over a con-tract an opportunity for planning a better future together. Imagine.

Let’s talk to each other. Let’s work together. Let’s keep SIUC open.

GUEST COLUMN

Administrators should keep SIUC openDavid M. JohnsonAssociate professor, foreign languages and literatures

James Andersongraduate student studying masscommunication and media arts

Maintenance on campus has fallen behind due to lack of capital renewal funding from the state since 2004, Gatton said.

“We practically went six years with-out money from the state — money we had been using for infrastructure improvements, electrical upgrades and roo� ng projects,” he said.

Gatton said because allocated capital renewal money is based on square foot-age and not necessarily the university’s need for improvement, the majority of SIU’s buildings — which are 50 to 60 years old — have been deteriorating without consistent repairs.

“Capital renewal is non-speci� c,” he said. “� e money isn’t for one particu-lar maintenance project, but given out based on percentage of square footage this university has compared to other universities.”

� e Facility Advisory Committee, which consists of administration from the Physical Plant, administration from the Provost’s o� ce and two faculty rep-resentatives, decides how funding is al-located for maintenance across campus, Gatton said.

He said since the facility mainte-nance fee was added to the list of student fees, the Physical Plant has improved problematic areas.

“We try to prioritize based on safety and health issues, in areas with high traf-� c, high academic areas,” Gatton said.

� e Faner Hall roofs, the College of Engineering courtyard and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems top the backlog list.

� e College of Mass Communica-tion and Media Arts’ roo� ng is one of the many projects considered priority on the list of deferred maintenance, said Brad Dillard, associate director of the Physical Plant.

In 2009, the May 8 storm caused wind damage to the MCMA roof. Dil-lard said the repairs will cost roughly $2.4 million and may be partially fund-ed by the maintenance fee, he said.

Gatton said he hopes a percentage of repair costs will stem from the insur-ance company.

“Most of these buildings are origi-nal,” he said. “If you go to the top of Fan-er, you’ll see probably 25 or 30 di� erent layers of roo� ng.”

Gatton said buildings such as Faner Hall started to see mold dam-age because roofs had been leaking for so long.

In 2006, Stacey Sloboda, assistant professor in art history, said her of-� ce in the basement of Allyn Hall had � ooded o� en due to lack of repairs to the roof. She said water would seep in from the walls of her o� ce and � ood the � oor.

“Until repairs could be made, I was given dehumidi� ers so it didn’t get moldy in there,” Sloboda said.

Her o� ce is much drier than it was a few years ago, but she said Allyn Hall is just the beginning of a long list of

problems.Dillard said the Physical Plant is try-

ing to work on deferred maintenance as soon as it’s spotted, but he said the priorities in the backlog list change con-stantly throughout the year.

“We obviously try to plan two, three years in advance, but don’t even make it through the � rst year before we’re having to juggle things around,” he said.

Dillard said the Physical Plant plans to start out with an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 dollars for the heating ven-tilation and air conditioning systems project.

“In such early stages, it makes it dif-� cult to put a dollar � gure on it,” he said. “It’s like an onion. � e outer layer is fall-ing apart. You take that o� and you don’t know what you’re going to � nd under-neath. It’s a cascading e� ect.”

Gatton said most of what is being repaired with the fee could easily go unnoticed by students.

“It’s not what you would call ‘pret-ty work,’” he said. “But there’s a lot of infrastructure that would not have been worked on without that fee.”

Lauren Leone can be reached at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 255.


The steps to the courtyard between the Engineering Building and the Applied Sciences and Arts Building provided a safety hazard due to masonry problems,

leading to their replacement. According to Phil Gatton, director of the Physical Plant, the project totals $200,000 and is being paid for by the maintenance fee.

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WASHINGTONFed moves closer to new action to help economy

WA S H I N G TO N — The Federal Reserve, meeting for the last time before an election that hinges on the weak economy, edged closer Tuesday to jumping in to help and suggested it’s more worried about prices falling than rising.

The central bank gathered as new figures showed some improvement in home construction. But those same figures showed the pace of building would have to double to contribute much to job growth, underscoring the dire state of the housing market.

The Fed announced no new steps. It signaled that for now it will stand back and see whether the economy can heal on its own.

But a change in its policy language, which is examined with precision by the financial world, showed it was moving closer to acting.

MICHIGANCopter for Hugh Jackman film hits Michigan power line

SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — Authorities say a helicopter used in the filming of the Hugh Jackman movie “Real Steel” snagged a power line in Michigan, causing a brief power outage and closing a roadway.

Huron County Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson told the Huron Daily Tribune of Bad Axe that no injuries were reported after the Sunday evening incident in Huron County’s Sheridan Township, about 90 miles north of Detroit.

A section of a nearby road was closed for a short time.

Hanson says the helicopter was equipped with a front-mounted camera. Hanson says the helicopter hooked the electrical wire, then seemed to have “directional control issues” before safely flying away.

WASHINGTONAP Poll: Health care law leaves many uncertain about what’s actually in it

WA S H I N G TO N — Six months after President Barack Obama signed the landmark health care law, the nation still doesn’t really know what’s in it.

More than half of Americans mistakenly believe the overhaul will raise taxes for most people this year, an Associated Press poll finds. But that would be true only if most people were devoted to indoor tanning, which got hit with a sales tax.

Many who wanted the health care system to be overhauled don’t realize that some provisions they cared about actually did make it in. And about a quarter of supporters don’t understand that something hardly anyone wanted didn’t make it: They mistakenly say the law will set up panels of bureaucrats to make decisions about people’s care — what critics labeled “death panels.”

WASHINGTONSenate Republicans block bill that would have allowed gays to serve openly in military

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked legislation that would have repealed the law banning gays from serving open-ly in the military.

The partisan vote was a defeat for Senate Democrats and gay rights advocates, who saw the bill as their last chance before November’s elections to overturn the law known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

Senate Democrats attached the repeal pro-vision to the defense bill in the hopes that Republicans would hesitate to vote against legislation that included popular defense pro-grams. But GOP legislators opposed the bill anyway, thwarting a key part of the Democrats’ legislative agenda.


Consumer groups push for label for modi� ed salmon MARY CLARE JALONICKThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Consumer advocates urged the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to ensure that salmon engineered to grow twice as fast as the conventional variety are labeled in the grocery store as genetically modified.

� e FDA conducted a hearing on how the salmon, if approved for sale by the agency, should be labeled.

According to federal guidelines, the � sh would not be labeled as genetically modi� ed if the agency decides it has the same material makeup as conventional salmon.

Consumer advocates say it is the public’s right to know that genetic modi� cation has occurred. AquaBounty, the company that has developed the � sh and is applying to the FDA to market it, says that genetically modi� ed salmon have

the same � avor, texture, color and odor as the conventional � sh.

Dr. Michael Hansen, senior scientist at Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, testi� ed that his organization disagrees with the FDA that genetic engineering itself does not constitute a material di� erence in the two � sh. He added that the agency does have the authority to demand the labels, citing previous rules that allowed foods to be labeled

so people with religious or cultural sensitivities could avoid them.

Labeling is also a safeguard, Hansen said.

“You need this labeling so if there’s a problem down the road, you can trace it back,” he said.

� e Atlantic salmon engineered by AquaBounty has an added a growth hormone from a Chinook salmon that allows the � sh to produce growth hormone all year long. � e engineers

were able to keep the hormone active by using another gene from an eel-like � sh, an ocean pout, that acts like an “on switch” for the hormone, which conventional salmon produce only some of the time.

In his testimony, Ron Stotish, the CEO of AquaBounty, said the modi� ed salmon have the same � avor, texture, color and odor as the conventional � sh. He told the FDA, “� is � sh is an Atlantic salmon.”

SURVEYING FOR AN A Ashcon Gozloo, a sophomore from Peoria studying mining engineering, practices with different surveying instruments Monday in front of the Engineering Building.

Gozloo was out with other students in Associate Professor Bradley Paul’s surveying class, learning how to work with instruments used in the surveying field.


LONDON — Greenpeace said Tuesday that its activists have climbed aboard a Chevron-operated ship to protest drilling operations in the deep waters o� Britain’s Shetland Islands.

� e environmental group said two members used boats to reach the 228-meter (748 feet) Stena Carron drill ship and attached themselves to the ship’s anchor chain. Greenpeace said the ship had been on its way to the Lagavulin oil � eld, where it was scheduled to begin exploratory drilling.

“Chevron North Sea is appealing to Greenpeace to immediately stop their actions at the Stena Carron while it is going about its lawful business in Bressay Sound,” the U.S.-based oil company said in a statement.

“� is kind of action is foolhardy and demonstrates that Greenpeace is will-ing to put its volunteers at risk to carry out such reckless publicity stunts, and we are concerned for the safety of those involved.”

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Today’s birthday — Your mental focus increases this year when you intensify your connection with significant others. Time spent in conversation reveals a side of a partner you may not have understood or even suspected! Seek to deepen love and commitment.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — Someone at work obsesses over issues that have no place in the project. Respond sympathetically, but keep everyone moving in the right direction.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Narrow your vision without losing track of the bigger picture. That way, you communicate all the necessary details and retain the scope.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Maintain a detailed checklist of everything that needs to get done. Others go in different directions but arrive at the same goal.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — You feel compelled to speak your mind now. With more than one target, you have plenty of pointed comments to choose from. Shoot at your own peril.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — Pay attention to the details of bookkeeping. You may obsess over balances and due dates. Handle today’s problems today and let others wait. Don’t worry; be merry.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Pointing your friends in the right direction may require more than sticking your finger out. They may need inspiration and encouragement.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Co-workers have similar ideas about what should happen, but very different styles of communicating those thoughts. Resolve mixed emotions.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — If you attend a meeting today, be sure to take more than just your outline with you. Others want to understand the underlying principles.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — The inner workings of your family dynamics include intuition or psychic ability. Someone has a deeper sense of what needs to happen now.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Someone assumes the role of teacher and proceeds to lecture you. The critical tone does nothing to help. Tell a joke to lighten the atmosphere.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — The challenge today is in defining your goal. Take time to apply logic to your considerations. That way, energy from enthusiasm powers you.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Someone’s in an obsessively picky mood, and you’re the target. You could take it personally but don’t. It’s not about you. Don’t react.

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Trumpet players from the Marching Salukis Band line up at the first home game against Quincy Sept. 9 at Saluki Stadium.


Sophomore middle blocker Alysia Mayes said the losses were because of lack of energy. The Salukis will have more live-liness against Evansville, she said.

“We didn’t have energy and that really hurt us,” Mayes said.

The Salukis are trying to be-come a contender in the MVC, but have a tradition of getting beat by conference opponents, Winkeler said.

SIU hasn’t beat Creighton since 2002 and lost to Illinois State University 36 consecu-tive times until the Salukis beat them last season, she said.

“We’re slowly getting there,

but a lot of tradition has to do with mindset,” Winkeler said.

Evansville (1-1) beat Drake in five games but was swept by Creighton in three games.

SIU will play at 7 p.m. Satur-day in Evansville.

Brandon LaChance can be reached at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 282.

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“� ey hit a lot of good shots but they let the bad ones cost them,” Newton said.

Cauldwell said he is going to visit the driving range to make sure his mechanics are tourna-ment-worthy. � e team will work on the basics once they get back to

practice, he said. While their opponents were

nearly � awless with shots at 125 yards or less from the green, the Salukis have a few glitches in their short game that they are trying to work out, Newton said.

� e Salukis return to tourna-ment action Saturday and Sunday at the John Dallio Memorial Golf Tournament in Lemont.

“If we do the same show, it gets stale,” Drake said. “(Changing the show) gets a good audience re-sponse.”

One of the most rewarding parts about the marching band is the opportunity to meet and so-cialize with such a diverse group of people, Drake said, but being a member requires a large time commitment, which is the largest challenge to participating in the band. She said she has seen people join the band and not be able to handle the level of commitment it requires.

“You have to be totally commit-ted or it won’t work out,” Drake said.

Brozak writes the music and the drills for the performance. He said he tries to pick music that appeals to the student body.

� e band holds tryouts, but not to keep people out, Brozak said. He

said tryouts are held during band camp to determine which people will play which parts in the shows. If an individual knows how to play an instrument, he or she can join the marching band, he said.

“I can teach them to march in a pretty short time,” Brozak said. “But ... they have to have an under-standing of that instrument.”

Drake, who didn’t play in the marching band in high school, said she never gets nervous before a per-formance.

Drum major Lindsey Gabby, a senior studying pre-med, said she gets nervous about making mistakes, but once the adrenaline kicks in, playing becomes easier.

“In (a) performance, you have one time to do it and if you make a mistake, you can’t go back,” she said.

Cheyenne Adams can be reached at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 269.

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Senior outside hitter Sydney Clark tips the ball over two Drake blockers Saturday during the third set of the Salukis’ match against

Drake in Davies Gymnasium. Both Drake and Creighton defeated SIUC during the weekend.

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VOLLEYBALL

� e SIU men’s golf team wasn’t only playing a golf tournament Monday and Tuesday, they were also in class, Head Coach Leroy Newton said.

“We played good talent that the

players can learn from,” Newton said. “� ey realize if they want to move up in the MVC, they need to learn from players who played bet-ter than them.”

� e Salukis � nished in 15th place out of 18 teams competing at the University of Texas-Austin/Waterchase Invitational in Arling-

ton, Texas, with a combined score of 902. Sophomore Jake Erickson, senior David Gri� n and freshman Brandon Cauldwell � nished in a three-way tie for 56th place with in-dividual scores of 226. � e Univer-sity of North Texas won the tourna-ment with a score of 844 and placed four players in the top 20.

Erickson said the Salukis could have � nished the tournament in � � h or sixth place a� er the � rst round, but they gave away shots with mistakes, such as missing the green from 100 yards away. Col-lege golfers should be able to hit the green from there, he said.

“It comes back to cost you,” Er-

ickson said. “In college golf, scores are close.”

Newton said the Salukis need to work on their mental recovery a� er making bad shots to compete better in the conference.

Southern Illinois uses 15th-place � nish as lessonBRANDON LACHANCEDaily Egyptian

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Because they have a tradition of playing better against preseason competition than in conference matches, Head Coach Brenda Win-keler said the Salukis are working on their mindset heading into Sat-urday’s match against Evansville.

A� er going 9-1 in the preseason against Big Ten and Southeast-ern Conference teams, the Salukis started conference play 0-2 against Creighton University and Drake University. � ey have a week of practice before their next Missouri Valley Conference match against the Evansville Aces.

Ball control and passing defense are two main reasons why SIU started 0-2 in conference, Win-keler said. � e team needs to have more of both, she said.

“Our passing defense lacked this weekend, we knew that, but watching � lm we saw even more of that,” Winkeler said. “We need to pass the ball more to our setters so we can involve our setters.”

Sophomore outside hitter Laura � ole said the team discussed what each player needed to work on af-ter the Saturday loss against Drake.

“We talked about communicat-ing, whether someone gets some-thing wrong or gets something right,” � ole said.

Change of mindset key for SalukisBRANDON LACHANCEDaily Egyptian

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When Jessica Drake moved 40 counts early and stood near the front of the Marching Salukis completely alone, she said she stood with con� dence.

Drake said performances are all about con� dence.

“All the practices are behind you,”

she said. “� ere’s no turning back.” Drake, a senior from Charleston

studying music education and a per-cussionist in the Marching Salukis, is one of around 100 members of the band. � ough she studies music, mu-sic majors are not the norm in the Marching Salukis. Approximately 63 percent of the members are non-mu-sic majors, said George Brozak, direc-

tor of athletic bands. Drake said majors in the March-

ing Salukis range from engineering to nursing and have even helped her with a recent plant biology test.

But it's not for the bene� t of better test scores that Drake marches with the Salukis.

"� e music is what I care about," Drake said.

Brozak said the Marching Salu-kis love being an ambassador for the school.

“� ey are always doing some-thing. We don’t sit down in the stands,” Brozak said.

� e football game performances, which include pregame and hal� ime shows, are all about spirit and moti-vation, he said.

Brozak said the Marching Salukis change the hal� ime show for home games, something other bands don’t do. It’s much more demanding, but it keeps the show interesting to the stu-dents in the band and audience, he said.

Hal� ime means game-time for band membersCHEYENNE ADAMSDaily Egyptian

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