follow the guidelines, he said.“We are trying to take

some common ground with the administration on health

care and so far we have seen some compliance towards the a! ordable care act and that is very encouraging but that is not

the same thing as movement,” Podesva said.

In the two weeks since the last of the four unions voted to authorize a strike at any time, union leaders and the administrators say there is progress toward contract negotiations.

Graduate assistants, faculty and sta! represented by Illinois Education Association unions have been without contracts since June 2010 when their previous contracts ended. From Sept. 27 to Oct. 5, dues-paying members of the unions voted and authorized a strike date to be set if no further progress was made towards a settlement. " e vote was the last legal step toward a strike.

Chancellor Rita Cheng said recent media accounts have said there has been a change in attitude during bargaining but she said she believes the bargaining teams have been dedicated throughout the process to # nd a solution.

Faculty Association President Randy Hughes said both the association’s and the administration’s bargaining teams have met almost every day since the vote took place.

Cheng said the change in frequency picked up around Sept. 1 when she said the administration was willing to meet every day.

Hughes said there has been a change in

what happens at the bargaining table.“We thought for a long time very little

was productive and I can’t say any progress has been made when it comes to the very key issues and concerns that are preventing us to a settlement but we haven’t seen nearly enough progress on those key concepts,” he said. “What we do have is more productive and we have more narrowly isolated the issues that need to be resolved.”

He said issues of language in the Reduction in Force Item in the administration’s imposed terms put on the unions in April have been discussed further but the association wants a formal proposal.

Cheng said there has been positive exchange to make sure language is clari# ed.

“" ere have been di! erent language proposals exchanged in the unfortunate situation should occur where we would have to reduce force,” she said.

" e Graduate Assistants United met with the administration Friday. GAU President Jim Podesva said he would not consider what the bargaining team has o! ered to be progress, although there have been more discussions regarding health care.

GAU has proposed that the university commit to the federal health care guidelines but the university is under no obligation to

Members of the Faculty Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a resolution urging the administration and unions to come to contractual agreements.

Senate member Jonathan Wiesen read the resolution, in which senate members urged the Faculty Association, the Association of Civil Service Employees, the Graduate Assistants United and Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association to resolve their di! erences in good faith because contract negotiations would be in the best interests of the university.

“A prolonged impasse at the bargaining tables and a possible interruption to the semester will have unfortunate, immediate consequences, such as a disruption to our students’ progress toward graduation, and unfortunate long-term consequences, such as a disruption to our recruitment

and retention efforts,” the proposal stated.Faculty Senate President Bill

Recktenwald said he was surprised there was not any debate on the resolution.

Recktenwald said he believes it to be a good sign the two sides are ready to negotiate since some faculty in the senate are also union members.

Wiesen said the resolution came out of the executive committee with almost complete unanimity. He said it was similar to a resolution in 2002

when the Faculty Senate wanted to stay neutral in bargaining negotiations.

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CITY THE GRIND SPORTS

Unions and administration make progress

Faculty Senate encourages union settlements

Please see SENATE | 7

SARAH SCHNEIDERDaily Egyptian

TARA KULASHDaily Egyptian

I believe I can state for my colleagues that we all

agree that we do need to … resolve this matter not only in a fair and impartial manner, but also in an expeditious manner.

— Gerald Spittler Faculty Senate member

Faculty Senate member Allan Karnes, also associate dean and professor in the school of accountancy, speaks to the Faculty Senate Tuesday at the

Student Center’s Kaskaskia Room. The senate approved a resolution to urge the IEA/NEA unions and SIU administration to reach a prompt agreement.

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D!"#$ E%$&'"!(S!"#$% 11Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Five players are coming back to the Saluki men’s basketball team a) er a disappointing 13-19 in the 2010-11 season.

Actually, make that four players, or three. Wait, now it’s only two Salukis?

Diamond Taylor is still suspended a) er a marijuana arrest in April, Davante Drinkard was redshirted a) er the Missouri Valley Conference tournament last season even though that wasn’t announced until * ursday, and it looks like Kendal Brown-Surles may have academic issues that could make him ineligible.

“It is possible, but it’s also possible that (Brown-Surles) won’t (miss time),” head coach Chris Lowery said * ursday. “* at’s not for me to talk about and it’s something that needs to be addressed. It will de+ nitely come out, I think, by Nov. 1.”

Academics are a very tricky topic because of privacy concerns for the players, but by giving a speci+ c

deadline it seems more like a question of when, not if, Brown-Surles will be suspended.

With Drinkard’s situation, it seems as if Lowery saw a problem on the horizon with Drinkard’s academics and acted on it quickly and out of the public eye.

* ey could have redshirted Drinkard last year when they had guys like Carlton Fay, Gene Teague and Mamadou Seck in the front court. Fay graduated and Teague jumped ship, so that leaves Seck with four unproven freshmen to share playing time with. Uh-oh.

Taylor’s situation is also hazy, mostly because there hasn’t been any timetable set for his return.

“He’s taken care of everything he needs to do as far as with the law. The social discipline

itself, in regards to me, he’s still suspended,” Lowery said. “Yes, he will miss games. As far as how many, we don’t know, but that’s up to him and if he continues to progress like he has, it will be shorter than we anticipate.”

So for the time being, SIU will only have Seck and Justin Bocot from last year’s team suiting up with the eight newcomers: + ve freshmen, one Division I transfer and two junior college transfers. * is could actually be a positive for the team, especially if the new guys are as excited about their opportunities here as Lowery says they are.

“* e most important thing we’ve learned from our + ve freshman. * ey’re all pleasers. * ey do not want to let us down,” Lowery said.

* is almost feels like getting into

a relationship right a) er a few messy break-ups: * ey say they won’t let you down, but you still remember all the times you have been burned in the past. * is isn’t a knock on any of the current guys we have, but we’ll see how they feel in March a) er they have a full season under their belts.

* e new guys do show promise though. Josh Swan was a proli+ c scorer in high school, Treg Setty is as animated as they come, and SIU snagged two junior college guards from Monroe College who complement each other well in the form of T.J. Lindsay and Je, Early.

But until they actually play some games, it’s hard to tell what direction this team will go. At least with all of the fresh faces, we know it won't be the same as last year.

Hopefully.

O! season basketball issues carry over into regular seasonTaylor, Drinkard and possibly Brown-Surles will sit out season opener

JOE RAGUSADaily Egyptian

A) er a rough season her freshman year, returning point guard Brooke LeMar is using her experience and new motivation to lead the team and quickly turn the program around.

LeMar said she is amazed by how fast the season came, but a) er a 2-28 record for 2010-11, she is eager to get back to another season.

“I’m excited for this year,” LeMar said. “Everyone is looking forward to getting on the court and + nally playing.”

She said her motivation comes from her teammates who encourage her to become a better - oor general.

“We all support each other,” LeMar said. “We are all a team and look out for one another.”

Statistically, LeMar has played a huge role in the Salukis’ overall performance play during 2010-11. She averaged 4.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, along with 4.8 assists per game. Her assist record led the team and was the second highest in the Missouri Valley Conference.

LeMar also led the Salukis for minutes played with 968 minutes, an average of 32.3 minutes per game. She had 135 assists during her + rst season, which ranked her eighth in SIU history for a single season.

LeMar said the 2010-11 season is a hard one to forget, but her team members are ready to put it past them. She said she will take a di, erent approach with a tougher mentality this time around.

“I’m still looking to be a passer and give others the ball, but I’ll be much

more aggressive,” LeMar said. “My goal for our team is to win some games and win a championship.”

LeMar said she will be a better - oor general and show more leadership on and o, the court.

Women’s head coach Missy Tiber said she has known LeMar for two and a half years, which includes the recruiting process; Tiber said the relationship they’ve had since LeMar’s freshman year has bettered her as a coach and LeMar as a player.

“Last year, as a freshman point guard in our system and the pressures and responsibilities, it was quite trying at times,” Tiber said. “It’s very di. cult to train a freshman point guard in everything they need to be taught, but this year I think she learned a lot from last year and we both realize we need the best of the position.”

Tiber said she named LeMar as team captain because she has seen her progress as a player and team leader on-and-o, the court. Tiber said LeMar wasn’t one to throw in the towel coming o, a tough season.

“In my entire career to this stage, if I’ve ever had a kid work so hard over the course of a summer to transform themselves into a greater player and open up as a person it’s been (LeMar),” Tiber said. “She has completely transformed her position on this team and leadership status. * at’s why I named her captain.”

Not only did Tiber say she has grown as coach from LeMar’s leadership role on the team, but the other teammates have grown as well.

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Sophomore guard welcomes leadership role

He said Faulkner has become more of an o, ensive leader, and he gets more comfortable each week.

“I feel like he was maybe a little raw when he + rst came in when (McIntosh) initially got hurt, but I think as the games go on, he has became better,” McKinney said. “He has his composure now and he’s ready to contribute a lot more.”

While Faulkner agrees he is ready to contribute to the team a lot more, he said it is his ‘slow-it-down’ mentality and close family relationship that helped develop his character. He said being only an hour and 20 minutes from his home was a big part of his decision-making process that landed him at SIU.

“I’m a big family guy,” Faulkner said. “Just sitting back and relaxing isn’t too bad.”

With his father, Roger Faulkner, being a pastor in his home town, Faulkner said he has continued to remain active in bible-study groups, but it is sometimes di. cult for him to listen to another pastor when he has been listening to his dad’s words for 20 years.

“I know it’s tough throughout football, but during the o, season, I’ll be spending Saturday’s over here bonding with the guys. But Sunday morning, I’ll be home for church,” Faulkner said.

Sophomore point guard Brooke LeMar shoots the ball Monday during SIU women’s basketball practice at the SIU Arena. During the 2010-11 season, LeMar played in all 30 games and started in 28.

BROOKE GRACE | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Of the three players, Mayes’ 400 attacks on the year is far behind * ole’s 748 and Whitehead’s 678, which Winkeler said they want to change.

“* at’s de+ nitely ball control and passing, and if it’s not close enough to the net, it’s tough to get her a ball,” Winkeler said.

Winkeler said one of the main reasons for the Big * ree’s success is

junior setter Rachael Brown. She is third in the MVC with an average of 10.11 assists per set.

“We’re playing more together this year. * e past two years we haven’t all played at the same time,” Brown said. “* is year, all of us being on the court at the same time has increased our - ow o, ensively.”

Joe Ragusa may be reached at jragusa@dailyegyptian.com or 536-

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! e Carbondale City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to raise water and sewer rates.

“What we’re looking at doing now should have been done six, seven, eight, 10 years ago,” Mayor Joel Fritzler said.

! e ordinance established a " xed monthly charge in addition to rates for every 1,000 gallons consumed per month. ! e private " rms Fehr-Graham & Associates and Ehlers, Inc., along with city sta# , prepared the proposal.

! e " xed monthly charge for water will start at $3.24 in 2012 and increase yearly to $3.76 in 2015. ! e rate for 1,000 gallons per month will start at $3.69 in 2012 and increase yearly to $4.25 in 2015.

! e " xed wastewater charge will start at $3.53 in 2012 and increase yearly to $5.03 in 2015. ! e rate for 1,000 gallons per month will start at $4.21 in 2012 and increase yearly to $6 in 2015.

According to the " rm’s report presented to the City Council on Oct. 4, a household with moderate water usage will pay a monthly total for water and sewer service of $21.78 in 2012 and $35.41 by 2015.

Councilman Don Monty said households that use little water will actually see a decrease in its bill because of the way the rates are being restructured.

The increases are meant to pay for investment into the aging system, which requires a number of equipment and infrastructure replacements.

“People have the expectation that water will be there when they want it and it will go away. ! e reality is, in order to make that happen, there is a substantial amount of infrastructure,” Monty said.

! e Council also unanimously voted to approve a resolution establishing the National League of Cities/CVS Caremark Prescription Discount Card program in Carbondale.

! e card provides an average discount of 20 percent on prescription medications at 12 participating pharmacies in the area, according to the information attached to the resolution establishing the program. It is available to those without medical insurance or whose plan does not cover a particular medication, according to the attachment.

The plan is of no cost to the city or participants, according to the attachment.

Participants will be able to pick up the card at any of the 12 participating pharmacies in the city or the Civic Center, City Manager Allen Gill said.

Councilman Chris Wissmann said there are a lot of people who can’t a# ord medication, and this program could help them to.

! e program had been

considered by the city in the past but rejected because of the limited number of participating pharmacies at the time. Councilman Lee Fronabarger recently brought it back to the city’s attention.

“Being a member of the National League of Cities does have its bene" ts and privileges,

and this is one such bene" t,” Fronabarger said.

Fronabarger said Carbondale is the only city south of Interstate 64 in Illinois that is a member of the organization.

Eli Mileur can be reached at emileur@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 266.

D$%&' E(')*%$+N!"# 3Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Council approves water, sewer rate increases

ELI MILEURDaily Egyptian

George Morgan, center, receives a 35-year pin and plaque from City Manager Allen Gill, right, during Tuesday’s Carbondale City Council meeting at the Carbondale Civic Center. Morgan received the award after his retirement from

35 years as plant operator at the Northwest Wastewater Plant in Carbondale. City Council members also approved a motion for the National League of Cities Prescription Drug Program and a raise of water and sewer rates.

LYNNETTE OOSTMEYER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Prescription discount card program to come to Carbondale

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(C!"#$%Wednesday, October 19, 2011 9

Equipment and so! ware donations from private companies will ensure students in the School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies are competitive in their " eld.

Trustwave Information Security and Compliance will donate nearly $105,000 of equipment and services to the department,

said # omas Imboden, assistant professor in ISAT. # e money will be used for students studying advanced information assurance and security, he said in an email. Trustwave representatives gave a presentation to ISAT students at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday about the information security industry.

Ralph Tate, interim director and associate professor in ISAT, said a! er the 2.2 percent budget reduction was implemented by the administration in " scal year 2012, the ISAT department only received enough money to cover salaries. He said donations from outside companies have helped the school cover other necessities.

Tate said he will reduce the number of classes taught by three non-tenure track faculty members because of budget constraints. He said the teacher’s classes will be reduced from four to three in spring 2012.

“I could have easily just laid someone o$ but I didn’t want to do that,” Tate said. “I wanted to make

sure everyone had some level of employment. It was a matter of stretching the money without anyone losing their job.”

Trustwave is a company many ISAT students intern and work for, Imboden said in the email.

“(# e donation) will allow access to cutting-edge security equipment that large corporations would use to secure and monitor their communications facilities and networks,” he said in the email.

Alden Hutchison, vice president of security service delivery for Trustwave and College of Engineering graduate, said he did not experience the budget issues students now face and values up-to-date equipment.

Hutchison said he always wanted to give back to the university as an alumnus. Once he discovered there was a department in which students study information security, he said he met with professors to see how Trustwave could assist students in their learning process.

Tyler Jno-Baptiste, a senior from Ho$ man Estates studying electronic systems technology, said all university departments have to deal with budget issues, and ISAT has outdated equipment.

“All around, this will be much better,” Jno-Baptiste said. “We will be working with up-to-date equipment in our " eld. Especially in this major, you can’t a$ ord to fall behind.”

Tate said because the job placement rate for ISAT students is at nearly 99 percent, it is especially important education quality is not a$ ected by budget issues.

Imboden said grants and funds from companies have

become a necessity to assist with budget constraints during the past two years.

“Without a donation there is no way we could be able to do what they’ve given us,” Imboden said. “Students like to see that they will be trained on equipment that people use and value in the real world.”

Imboden also said State Farm donated $20,000 in July to the school to enhance its networking and security courses.

Jacqueline Muhammad can be reached at

jmuhammad@dailyegyptian.comor 536-3311 ext. 259.

D%&'( E)(*+&%, N!"#4 Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Outside donations to assist in budget reduction

JACQUELINE MUHAMMADDaily Egyptian

W ithout a donation there is no way we could be able to do what they’ve given us. Students like to see that

they will be trained on equipment that people use and value in the real world.

— Thomas Imbodenassistant professor in ISAT

Information security department receives equipment, so! ware contributions

! e following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Oct. 17:

! ousands of college football fans had their pick of games Saturday, historic rivals Michigan and Michigan State and Oklahoma State and the University of Texas faced o" in anticipated games, while top-ranked LSU took on the Tennessee Volunteers. Sunday, the National Football League drew fans in similar legions, crowding stadiums in Detroit and Chicago, New England and Green Bay; millions more watched from couches across America.

Both days are sports extravaganzas, and lucrative ones. Millions are spent on advertising during telecasts of the games; logos cover the stadiums and team uniforms. ! e coaches and sta" s play to win, and those who do stand to make millions of dollars a year.

But the money # ows unevenly. Sunday's games were played by millionaires — a top NFL player can make more than $10 million a year. Saturday's were played by amateurs, whose e" orts make their schools and sports leagues rich but who themselves are compensated only with scholarships.

! at disparity has long been the subject of debate, and it has been re-energized in recent weeks by Taylor Branch’s powerful essay in October’s Atlantic magazine. Titled “! e Shame of College Sports,” it is a thorough indictment of the state of college athletics. Branch’s conclusions are sobering.

“I once ... shuddered instinctively at the notion of paid college athletes,"”he acknowledges. “But a$ er an inquiry that took me into locker rooms and ivory towers across the country, I have come to believe that sentiment blinds us to what's before our eyes. Big-time college sports are fully commercialized. Billions of dollars # ow through them each year. ! e NCAA makes money, and enables

universities and corporations to make money, from the unpaid labor of young athletes.”

Branch’s essay has stoked a long-running conversation about how best to reconcile the competing impulses of college athletics. His descriptions of transparent injustices, athletes who lose their ability to play over trivial NCAA rules violations, the lack of insurance coverage for student athletes, scholarships voided for athletes who are hurt or lose their touch, legal waivers that allow the NCAA to control the likenesses of college stars long a$ er they have graduated, have touched a nerve among educators and sports o% cials. And though opinion is sharply divided over Branch’s proposed remedy, paying the athletes, many o% cials acknowledge that a wholesale review of the NCAA’s rules is long overdue.

! ere are some basic reforms that would address problems discussed by Branch and acknowledged by college athletic directors and administrators: It is unfair to bring poor students to campuses to play ball and to waive their tuition but then to expect them to survive without money. For Branch, the remedy is to professionalize college sports altogether by o" ering the players a salary. ! at's appealing, but it creates tensions of its own. Would football and basketball stars rake in millions while Olympic-caliber college athletes in water polo or track got nothing? Many coaches and athletic directors are advocating “cost of attendance” scholarships, stipends that would cover tuition, room and board and some reasonable payment for incidentals such as books, travel and spending money. Students who work in libraries or school newspapers as teaching assistants are allowed to earn modest sums of spending money. Why not

athletes for their work? Cost-of-attendance scholarships would be a valuable innovation.

Today’s student athletes lack the most basic worker protections. If a student working in a library is injured by a book falling on her head, she is covered by workers compensation or by college insurance. If a student is crippled on the playing & eld, she is not. ! e NCAA should extend insurance protection to athletes, treating sports as more akin to work-study, and o" ering death bene& ts to the families of those who perish in practice or during games. In addition to o" ering basic security for players, requiring the NCAA to insure them might also encourage development of safety measures.

Scholarships should not be revocable. For too many students, education comes to an end when their eligibility expires or they are injured or cut from a team. Schools that lure athletes to their campuses with the promise of free education

should be good to their word. Once accepted, a scholarship must be binding, whether the athlete completes that degree in four years or comes back to & nish his education at some later point.

! e NCAA’s rights to an athlete’s likeness should end at graduation. Hard as it is to believe, college athletes today are required to permanently waive their rights to their own images as players as a condition of participating in college sports. ! at means the NCAA continues to pro& t from images of Michael Jordan playing for the University of North Carolina or Jackie Robinson at UCLA. Athletes make their own careers; the NCAA should not be allowed to pro& t from those achievements forever.

Even if adopted in entirety, these proposals would not cleanse college sports of commercialism. At major campuses, sports are and would remain multimillion-dollar-a-year businesses, fervidly

backed by alumni and awash in revenue from sponsorships and television contracts, as well as ticket sales and souvenirs. For some, the disparity between the wealth of those programs and the unpaid labor of their stars will remain intolerable and continue to fuel calls for paying athletes outright.

Lawsuits challenging aspects of that disparity already threaten to upend the NCAA’s current system. One is challenging the requirement that athletes give up the rights to their images, for instance, and another is taking on the notion that scholarships can be revoked if a player is injured or cut from a team. Recognizing that, the NCAA’s governing board would be wise to tackle reform before others take the matter into their own hands. ! ese reforms o" er an opportunity to eliminate some of the system’s more egregious inequities while preserving its essence as an amateur endeavor.

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B ig-time college sports are fully commercialized. Billions of dollars flow through them each year.

— Taylor BranchColumnist

Robert Rickman has spent three decades in the broadcast industry as an anchorman, reporter, editor and producer. Despite his success in journalism, Rickman said one position he always wanted to hold was a novelist. Now, a! er eight years of working on the project, he can hold that title.

“In 1999, I went to Europe and I was thinking about what I wanted to do with my life,” Rickman said. “I " gured I was a pretty good writer — I’ll write a novel. Only problem was I (didn’t) know what I wanted to write about until I came back to campus.”

Rickman, a 1974 SIU alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in radio-television, released his debut novel, “Saluki Marooned,” Oct. 9.

In the novel, the protagonist Peter Federson is a down-on-his-luck 58-year-old whose life has been

on a decline since he # unked out of college and was sent to " ght in the Vietnam War. However, things take an interesting twist when he is transported back to SIUC in 1971 and is embodied in his 20-year-old self.

$ e novel states it is a work of pure " ction and the characters’ resemblance to actual people, living or dead, are purely coincidental. Rickman, however, acknowledged that the novel is loosely based on his own experiences at SIUC.

Nathan G. Beck, a 2009 SIU alumnus with a master’s degree in creative writing, said Rickman " rst approached him in 2008 when he was an employee at the Writing Center on campus.

“I hadn’t read a novel about SIU before, and I certainly hadn’t read anything quite like this,” Beck said. “I had " ve great years at SIU, and I saw this project as a way to give back to the community.”

Beck took on the title as the writing consult for the novel. He said Rickman sent him rough dra! s of chapters weekly and he provided Rickman feedback.

“I’m a broadcast writer, but that doesn’t mean I knew how to write a novel,” Rickman said. “You have character development, plot development; I didn’t understand any of that stu% . (Beck) was really there to guide me through that.”

Beck said because of the quality of the manuscript, he had a relatively easy job. He said his vested interest in the concept added to his enthusiasm and respect for the novel.

Kyle Fisher, a senior from DuQuoin

studying radio-television, is the program director at WIDB, which is the radio station that plays a key part in the story and referred to heavily in the novel. He said the presence of the station in the novel was refreshing.

Fisher said students in the story blasted the station in the dining hall, the Student Center and dorm rooms. Because the station was limited to an analog format at the time, Fisher said this was the case for the station’s presence, both in the novel and in actuality.

Fisher said the mix of " ction and history was unique and di% erent from typical novels he has read.

“It was interesting to get the perspective of someone who was on campus when things were different socially, but a lot of things going on can be related to today,” Fisher said. “The buildings and settings he uses are the same now as they were back then.”

Beck said the aspect he most ap-preciated was Rickman’s dedication to the story and how relatable he found the novel.

“At the time the book takes place, I hadn’t even been born yet, but I still really related to the material,” Beck said. “It was interesting for me to see what life was like in that time period, even if it is " ction. It’s a nice time capsule of what life was like at SIU and in Carbondale.”

Brendan Smith can be reached at bsmith@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 258.

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Alumnus brings novel concept to campus

Robert Rickman, an SIU alumnus and owner of Saluki Publishing in Nashville, Tenn., poses Monday in front of the radio-television department at the Communications Building. Rickman graduated from SIUC in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in radio-television and recently published the novel, “Saluki Marooned.” Rickman said the story is about a 21st century SIU broadcasting alumnus who is transported back to 1971 and experiences life at his alma mater.

STEVE MATZKERDAILY EGYPTIAN

BRENDAN SMITHDaily Egyptian

I had five great years at SIU, and I saw this project as a way to give back to the community.

— Nathan G. Beck2009 SIU alumnus

Cheng said university health care specialists were asked to attend the bargaining meeting Friday to discuss health care options for graduate assistants.

“We are an active member in college health care … we will adopt federal requirements as they pertain to college health care,” she said.

Podesva said the other main issue GAU focuses on in negotiations is either a fee freeze or a stipend increase. He said there has been more attention given to both issues, but no contract language yet.

“! is is not the same as progress but it is a start,” Podesva said. “We

remain committed to negotiations.”Numbers obtained by the D"#$%

E&%'(#") show 42 of the non-tenure track faculty members who were on one year appointments in * scal year 2011 were put on semester appointments for FY12. ! ere are 180 total faculty members on semester appointments.

Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association President Anita Stoner said 42 is a large number of semester appointments, which has been discussed in negotiations.

“It should be an exception rather than a rule and we did discuss language that would make that an exception not a rule,” she said. “It is another way to try and spread fear.”

Cheng said the faculty members were not put on year contracts again

because of budget uncertainty.“! ese contracts have to be put

together in July and August and sometimes those appointments are made earlier in the summer. At that time, we didn’t know what our enrollment would be,” she said.

She said the administration did not want to be in a situation that required a layo+ of a faculty member. State money received would determine if the same will happen in FY13, Cheng said.

Members of the Association of Civil Service Employees could not be reached by press time for comment as they were in a bargaining session.

Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 255.

“One of the main motivations coming out of this was to make sure the university community knew that the Faculty Senate is relevant and eager to take on themes that are important to all of us here … certainly the issues facing the university and the four IEA unions right now are serious and a+ ect us all,” Wiesen said.

! e resolution stated the negotiations would have positive long-term e+ ects for the university such as high-quality education provided to students by the faculty and sta+ as part of the university’s governance.

Senate member Gerald Spittler said he agreed with the resolution.

“I believe I can state for my colleagues that we all agree that we do need to … resolve this matter not only in a fair and impartial manner, but also in an expeditious manner,” Spittler said.

! ere were no other comments about the resolution.

Chancellor Rita Cheng announced earlier in the meeting the planning and budget committee and provost plan to hire 15 to 20 people in anticipation of open positions and retirements.

Cheng said there will be an open meeting 11 a.m. Monday at the Student Center Ballrooms to discuss the state’s new method of performance-based funding for universities.

Tara Kulash can be reached at tkulash@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 255.

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Cheng said university health care specialists were asked to attend the bargaining meeting Friday to discuss health care options for graduate assistants.

“We are an active member in college health care … we will adopt federal requirements as they pertain to college health care,” she said.

Podesva said the other main issue GAU focuses on in negotiations is either a fee freeze or a stipend increase. He said there has been more attention given to both issues, but no contract language yet.

“! is is not the same as progress but it is a start,” Podesva said. “We

remain committed to negotiations.”Numbers obtained by the D"#$%

E&%'(#") show 42 of the non-tenure track faculty members who were on one year appointments in * scal year 2011 were put on semester appointments for FY12. ! ere are 180 total faculty members on semester appointments.

Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association President Anita Stoner said 42 is a large number of semester appointments, which has been discussed in negotiations.

“It should be an exception rather than a rule and we did discuss language that would make that an exception not a rule,” she said. “It is another way to try and spread fear.”

Cheng said the faculty members were not put on year contracts again

because of budget uncertainty.“! ese contracts have to be put

together in July and August and sometimes those appointments are made earlier in the summer. At that time, we didn’t know what our enrollment would be,” she said.

She said the administration did not want to be in a situation that required a layo+ of a faculty member. State money received would determine if the same will happen in FY13, Cheng said.

Members of the Association of Civil Service Employees could not be reached by press time for comment as they were in a bargaining session.

Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 255.

“One of the main motivations coming out of this was to make sure the university community knew that the Faculty Senate is relevant and eager to take on themes that are important to all of us here … certainly the issues facing the university and the four IEA unions right now are serious and a+ ect us all,” Wiesen said.

! e resolution stated the negotiations would have positive long-term e+ ects for the university such as high-quality education provided to students by the faculty and sta+ as part of the university’s governance.

Senate member Gerald Spittler said he agreed with the resolution.

“I believe I can state for my colleagues that we all agree that we do need to … resolve this matter not only in a fair and impartial manner, but also in an expeditious manner,” Spittler said.

! ere were no other comments about the resolution.

Chancellor Rita Cheng announced earlier in the meeting the planning and budget committee and provost plan to hire 15 to 20 people in anticipation of open positions and retirements.

Cheng said there will be an open meeting 11 a.m. Monday at the Student Center Ballrooms to discuss the state’s new method of performance-based funding for universities.

Tara Kulash can be reached at tkulash@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 255.

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! e following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Oct. 17:

! ousands of college football fans had their pick of games Saturday, historic rivals Michigan and Michigan State and Oklahoma State and the University of Texas faced o" in anticipated games, while top-ranked LSU took on the Tennessee Volunteers. Sunday, the National Football League drew fans in similar legions, crowding stadiums in Detroit and Chicago, New England and Green Bay; millions more watched from couches across America.

Both days are sports extravaganzas, and lucrative ones. Millions are spent on advertising during telecasts of the games; logos cover the stadiums and team uniforms. ! e coaches and sta" s play to win, and those who do stand to make millions of dollars a year.

But the money # ows unevenly. Sunday's games were played by millionaires — a top NFL player can make more than $10 million a year. Saturday's were played by amateurs, whose e" orts make their schools and sports leagues rich but who themselves are compensated only with scholarships.

! at disparity has long been the subject of debate, and it has been re-energized in recent weeks by Taylor Branch’s powerful essay in October’s Atlantic magazine. Titled “! e Shame of College Sports,” it is a thorough indictment of the state of college athletics. Branch’s conclusions are sobering.

“I once ... shuddered instinctively at the notion of paid college athletes,"”he acknowledges. “But a$ er an inquiry that took me into locker rooms and ivory towers across the country, I have come to believe that sentiment blinds us to what's before our eyes. Big-time college sports are fully commercialized. Billions of dollars # ow through them each year. ! e NCAA makes money, and enables

universities and corporations to make money, from the unpaid labor of young athletes.”

Branch’s essay has stoked a long-running conversation about how best to reconcile the competing impulses of college athletics. His descriptions of transparent injustices, athletes who lose their ability to play over trivial NCAA rules violations, the lack of insurance coverage for student athletes, scholarships voided for athletes who are hurt or lose their touch, legal waivers that allow the NCAA to control the likenesses of college stars long a$ er they have graduated, have touched a nerve among educators and sports o% cials. And though opinion is sharply divided over Branch’s proposed remedy, paying the athletes, many o% cials acknowledge that a wholesale review of the NCAA’s rules is long overdue.

! ere are some basic reforms that would address problems discussed by Branch and acknowledged by college athletic directors and administrators: It is unfair to bring poor students to campuses to play ball and to waive their tuition but then to expect them to survive without money. For Branch, the remedy is to professionalize college sports altogether by o" ering the players a salary. ! at's appealing, but it creates tensions of its own. Would football and basketball stars rake in millions while Olympic-caliber college athletes in water polo or track got nothing? Many coaches and athletic directors are advocating “cost of attendance” scholarships, stipends that would cover tuition, room and board and some reasonable payment for incidentals such as books, travel and spending money. Students who work in libraries or school newspapers as teaching assistants are allowed to earn modest sums of spending money. Why not

athletes for their work? Cost-of-attendance scholarships would be a valuable innovation.

Today’s student athletes lack the most basic worker protections. If a student working in a library is injured by a book falling on her head, she is covered by workers compensation or by college insurance. If a student is crippled on the playing & eld, she is not. ! e NCAA should extend insurance protection to athletes, treating sports as more akin to work-study, and o" ering death bene& ts to the families of those who perish in practice or during games. In addition to o" ering basic security for players, requiring the NCAA to insure them might also encourage development of safety measures.

Scholarships should not be revocable. For too many students, education comes to an end when their eligibility expires or they are injured or cut from a team. Schools that lure athletes to their campuses with the promise of free education

should be good to their word. Once accepted, a scholarship must be binding, whether the athlete completes that degree in four years or comes back to & nish his education at some later point.

! e NCAA’s rights to an athlete’s likeness should end at graduation. Hard as it is to believe, college athletes today are required to permanently waive their rights to their own images as players as a condition of participating in college sports. ! at means the NCAA continues to pro& t from images of Michael Jordan playing for the University of North Carolina or Jackie Robinson at UCLA. Athletes make their own careers; the NCAA should not be allowed to pro& t from those achievements forever.

Even if adopted in entirety, these proposals would not cleanse college sports of commercialism. At major campuses, sports are and would remain multimillion-dollar-a-year businesses, fervidly

backed by alumni and awash in revenue from sponsorships and television contracts, as well as ticket sales and souvenirs. For some, the disparity between the wealth of those programs and the unpaid labor of their stars will remain intolerable and continue to fuel calls for paying athletes outright.

Lawsuits challenging aspects of that disparity already threaten to upend the NCAA’s current system. One is challenging the requirement that athletes give up the rights to their images, for instance, and another is taking on the notion that scholarships can be revoked if a player is injured or cut from a team. Recognizing that, the NCAA’s governing board would be wise to tackle reform before others take the matter into their own hands. ! ese reforms o" er an opportunity to eliminate some of the system’s more egregious inequities while preserving its essence as an amateur endeavor.

Leah StoverEditor-in-Chief

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Lauren LeoneDesign Chief

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B ig-time college sports are fully commercialized. Billions of dollars flow through them each year.

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D!"#$ E%$&'"!(C!"#$%Wednesday, October 19, 2011 9

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Taurus — Today is an 8 — Play isn’t just for children. It’s a great way to learn, and there’s education happening today, especially when you least expect it. Find pleasure in the mundane.

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Virgo — Today is a 7 — The more you get to know a friend, the better you get along. The right words come easily now. Love puts color in your cheeks and a spring in your step.

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D!"#$ E%$&'"!( S!"#$ B%&'( Wednesday, October 19, 201110

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! e Carbondale City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to raise water and sewer rates.

“What we’re looking at doing now should have been done six, seven, eight, 10 years ago,” Mayor Joel Fritzler said.

! e ordinance established a " xed monthly charge in addition to rates for every 1,000 gallons consumed per month. ! e private " rms Fehr-Graham & Associates and Ehlers, Inc., along with city sta# , prepared the proposal.

! e " xed monthly charge for water will start at $3.24 in 2012 and increase yearly to $3.76 in 2015. ! e rate for 1,000 gallons per month will start at $3.69 in 2012 and increase yearly to $4.25 in 2015.

! e " xed wastewater charge will start at $3.53 in 2012 and increase yearly to $5.03 in 2015. ! e rate for 1,000 gallons per month will start at $4.21 in 2012 and increase yearly to $6 in 2015.

According to the " rm’s report presented to the City Council on Oct. 4, a household with moderate water usage will pay a monthly total for water and sewer service of $21.78 in 2012 and $35.41 by 2015.

Councilman Don Monty said households that use little water will actually see a decrease in its bill because of the way the rates are being restructured.

The increases are meant to pay for investment into the aging system, which requires a number of equipment and infrastructure replacements.

“People have the expectation that water will be there when they want it and it will go away. ! e reality is, in order to make that happen, there is a substantial amount of infrastructure,” Monty said.

! e Council also unanimously voted to approve a resolution establishing the National League of Cities/CVS Caremark Prescription Discount Card program in Carbondale.

! e card provides an average discount of 20 percent on prescription medications at 12 participating pharmacies in the area, according to the information attached to the resolution establishing the program. It is available to those without medical insurance or whose plan does not cover a particular medication, according to the attachment.

The plan is of no cost to the city or participants, according to the attachment.

Participants will be able to pick up the card at any of the 12 participating pharmacies in the city or the Civic Center, City Manager Allen Gill said.

Councilman Chris Wissmann said there are a lot of people who can’t a# ord medication, and this program could help them to.

! e program had been

considered by the city in the past but rejected because of the limited number of participating pharmacies at the time. Councilman Lee Fronabarger recently brought it back to the city’s attention.

“Being a member of the National League of Cities does have its bene" ts and privileges,

and this is one such bene" t,” Fronabarger said.

Fronabarger said Carbondale is the only city south of Interstate 64 in Illinois that is a member of the organization.

Eli Mileur can be reached at emileur@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 266.

D$%&' E(')*%$+N!"# 3Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Council approves water, sewer rate increases

ELI MILEURDaily Egyptian

George Morgan, center, receives a 35-year pin and plaque from City Manager Allen Gill, right, during Tuesday’s Carbondale City Council meeting at the Carbondale Civic Center. Morgan received the award after his retirement from

35 years as plant operator at the Northwest Wastewater Plant in Carbondale. City Council members also approved a motion for the National League of Cities Prescription Drug Program and a raise of water and sewer rates.

LYNNETTE OOSTMEYER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Prescription discount card program to come to Carbondale

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(S!"#$% 11Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Five players are coming back to the Saluki men’s basketball team a) er a disappointing 13-19 in the 2010-11 season.

Actually, make that four players, or three. Wait, now it’s only two Salukis?

Diamond Taylor is still suspended a) er a marijuana arrest in April, Davante Drinkard was redshirted a) er the Missouri Valley Conference tournament last season even though that wasn’t announced until * ursday, and it looks like Kendal Brown-Surles may have academic issues that could make him ineligible.

“It is possible, but it’s also possible that (Brown-Surles) won’t (miss time),” head coach Chris Lowery said * ursday. “* at’s not for me to talk about and it’s something that needs to be addressed. It will de+ nitely come out, I think, by Nov. 1.”

Academics are a very tricky topic because of privacy concerns for the players, but by giving a speci+ c

deadline it seems more like a question of when, not if, Brown-Surles will be suspended.

With Drinkard’s situation, it seems as if Lowery saw a problem on the horizon with Drinkard’s academics and acted on it quickly and out of the public eye.

* ey could have redshirted Drinkard last year when they had guys like Carlton Fay, Gene Teague and Mamadou Seck in the front court. Fay graduated and Teague jumped ship, so that leaves Seck with four unproven freshmen to share playing time with. Uh-oh.

Taylor’s situation is also hazy, mostly because there hasn’t been any timetable set for his return.

“He’s taken care of everything he needs to do as far as with the law. The social discipline

itself, in regards to me, he’s still suspended,” Lowery said. “Yes, he will miss games. As far as how many, we don’t know, but that’s up to him and if he continues to progress like he has, it will be shorter than we anticipate.”

So for the time being, SIU will only have Seck and Justin Bocot from last year’s team suiting up with the eight newcomers: + ve freshmen, one Division I transfer and two junior college transfers. * is could actually be a positive for the team, especially if the new guys are as excited about their opportunities here as Lowery says they are.

“* e most important thing we’ve learned from our + ve freshman. * ey’re all pleasers. * ey do not want to let us down,” Lowery said.

* is almost feels like getting into

a relationship right a) er a few messy break-ups: * ey say they won’t let you down, but you still remember all the times you have been burned in the past. * is isn’t a knock on any of the current guys we have, but we’ll see how they feel in March a) er they have a full season under their belts.

* e new guys do show promise though. Josh Swan was a proli+ c scorer in high school, Treg Setty is as animated as they come, and SIU snagged two junior college guards from Monroe College who complement each other well in the form of T.J. Lindsay and Je, Early.

But until they actually play some games, it’s hard to tell what direction this team will go. At least with all of the fresh faces, we know it won't be the same as last year.

Hopefully.

O! season basketball issues carry over into regular seasonTaylor, Drinkard and possibly Brown-Surles will sit out season opener

JOE RAGUSADaily Egyptian

A) er a rough season her freshman year, returning point guard Brooke LeMar is using her experience and new motivation to lead the team and quickly turn the program around.

LeMar said she is amazed by how fast the season came, but a) er a 2-28 record for 2010-11, she is eager to get back to another season.

“I’m excited for this year,” LeMar said. “Everyone is looking forward to getting on the court and + nally playing.”

She said her motivation comes from her teammates who encourage her to become a better - oor general.

“We all support each other,” LeMar said. “We are all a team and look out for one another.”

Statistically, LeMar has played a huge role in the Salukis’ overall performance play during 2010-11. She averaged 4.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, along with 4.8 assists per game. Her assist record led the team and was the second highest in the Missouri Valley Conference.

LeMar also led the Salukis for minutes played with 968 minutes, an average of 32.3 minutes per game. She had 135 assists during her + rst season, which ranked her eighth in SIU history for a single season.

LeMar said the 2010-11 season is a hard one to forget, but her team members are ready to put it past them. She said she will take a di, erent approach with a tougher mentality this time around.

“I’m still looking to be a passer and give others the ball, but I’ll be much

more aggressive,” LeMar said. “My goal for our team is to win some games and win a championship.”

LeMar said she will be a better - oor general and show more leadership on and o, the court.

Women’s head coach Missy Tiber said she has known LeMar for two and a half years, which includes the recruiting process; Tiber said the relationship they’ve had since LeMar’s freshman year has bettered her as a coach and LeMar as a player.

“Last year, as a freshman point guard in our system and the pressures and responsibilities, it was quite trying at times,” Tiber said. “It’s very di. cult to train a freshman point guard in everything they need to be taught, but this year I think she learned a lot from last year and we both realize we need the best of the position.”

Tiber said she named LeMar as team captain because she has seen her progress as a player and team leader on-and-o, the court. Tiber said LeMar wasn’t one to throw in the towel coming o, a tough season.

“In my entire career to this stage, if I’ve ever had a kid work so hard over the course of a summer to transform themselves into a greater player and open up as a person it’s been (LeMar),” Tiber said. “She has completely transformed her position on this team and leadership status. * at’s why I named her captain.”

Not only did Tiber say she has grown as coach from LeMar’s leadership role on the team, but the other teammates have grown as well.

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BRANDON WILLINGHAMDaily Egyptian

Sophomore guard welcomes leadership role

He said Faulkner has become more of an o, ensive leader, and he gets more comfortable each week.

“I feel like he was maybe a little raw when he + rst came in when (McIntosh) initially got hurt, but I think as the games go on, he has became better,” McKinney said. “He has his composure now and he’s ready to contribute a lot more.”

While Faulkner agrees he is ready to contribute to the team a lot more, he said it is his ‘slow-it-down’ mentality and close family relationship that helped develop his character. He said being only an hour and 20 minutes from his home was a big part of his decision-making process that landed him at SIU.

“I’m a big family guy,” Faulkner said. “Just sitting back and relaxing isn’t too bad.”

With his father, Roger Faulkner, being a pastor in his home town, Faulkner said he has continued to remain active in bible-study groups, but it is sometimes di. cult for him to listen to another pastor when he has been listening to his dad’s words for 20 years.

“I know it’s tough throughout football, but during the o, season, I’ll be spending Saturday’s over here bonding with the guys. But Sunday morning, I’ll be home for church,” Faulkner said.

Sophomore point guard Brooke LeMar shoots the ball Monday during SIU women’s basketball practice at the SIU Arena. During the 2010-11 season, LeMar played in all 30 games and started in 28.

BROOKE GRACE | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Of the three players, Mayes’ 400 attacks on the year is far behind * ole’s 748 and Whitehead’s 678, which Winkeler said they want to change.

“* at’s de+ nitely ball control and passing, and if it’s not close enough to the net, it’s tough to get her a ball,” Winkeler said.

Winkeler said one of the main reasons for the Big * ree’s success is

junior setter Rachael Brown. She is third in the MVC with an average of 10.11 assists per set.

“We’re playing more together this year. * e past two years we haven’t all played at the same time,” Brown said. “* is year, all of us being on the court at the same time has increased our - ow o, ensively.”

Joe Ragusa may be reached at jragusa@dailyegyptian.com or 536-

3311 ext. 269.

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Maturity is gained with experience, and sophomore quarterback Kory Faulkner said he has acquired much of it in the limited time he has spent in the starting position.

“I’ve grown up a lot more through the football team,” Faulkner said. “When I go out there, I’m a lot more calm and I’m a lot more knowledgeable about what the defense is going to do.”

Faulkner is in his third year at SIU, but this is the ! rst full season he has been on the roster a" er back-to-back redshirt seasons. He said he has adjusted to a Division I team, but the adjustments come easier each day.

Faulkner, a Bloomsdale, Mo., native, was a three-sport standout athlete at Ste. Genevieve High School and didn’t start to play football until his sophomore year. He played golf and basketball, and basketball was his primary passion growing up.

His passion led him to set Ste. Genevieve High School records with 1,422 points and 651 rebounds in his career. Faulkner said it was his basketball coach and teacher Adam Sherry who encouraged him to go out for the school’s football program.

It was a conversation with Sherry that led him to become one

of the top athletes in the state, and ultimately, a Saluki.

He received All-Regional and All-Conference accolades all three years he played football, and he ! nished with 8,637 yards passing and 102 touchdowns during his high school career.

In 2008, Faulkner passed for 3,899 yards and 47 touchdowns and rushed for 1,055 yards and 15 touchdowns. He was ranked as an Old Spice Red Zone Top 50 Player of the Year and rewarded with the Missouri Class 3A O# ensive Player of the Year honor.

He said it was his high school days that formed his style of quarterback. When his team’s starting running back was hurt in the ! rst week, Faulkner said he was the one le" to run the ball.

He said his high school experience helped him become more marketable to college teams and develop into the player he is today. He said his 6-foot-4-inch 214 pound body didn’t hurt the situation either.

“For my size and weight and being able to run as well as I can, to have the speed I can, it’s de! nitely helped me,” Faulkner said. “I was de! nitely a pro-style quarterback, but at the same time, I ran for 1,000 yards. If I needed to, I could run as well.”

Both junior quarterback Paul McIntosh and Faulkner, his

replacement, have similar styles as they open the ! eld with their running game to create o# ensive opportunities.

McIntosh said it has been di$ cult for him to be an innocent bystander on the sidelines, but he uses his eyes

on the sideline to help Faulkner and the rest of the team have success.

“It’s hard (to be out of the lineup) but Kory has gone in, he’s leading us right now and he’s doing a great job for us,” McIntosh said. “He’s a good leader for this team. He has been a leader and

he will continue to be a leader.”Freshman wide receiver LaSteven

McKinney said the similarities have created a virtually seamless adjustment for the rest of the o# ense.

% e "Big % ree" moniker has taken on a life of its own in the NBA, but Alysia Mayes, Laura % ole and Jessica Whitehead have earned the title for Saluki volleyball.

Whitehead and % ole are in the Missouri Valley Conference's top 10 for kills, while Mayes is second in the MVC in hitting percentage. % e noise made by Salukis this season has been made by those three.

"If we don't show up, it's like a missing piece to the puzzle," % ole said. "We need to make sure that we show up so that the team around us can feed o# our energy."

It has not been easy for the team, as it struggled to a 3-6 conference record midway through the MVC schedule and is currently tied for the sixth and ! nal spot in the MVC tournament. But when the Salukis have been on their game, it has been the big three who lead the charge.

“It’s been a lot of fun (watching them), and they come out strong night a" er night,” said head coach Brenda Winkeler.

Whitehead’s emergence started during conference play in the 2010 season when she became a viable second option on the attack to all-MVC outside hitter Jennifer Berwanger. As a sophomore this season, Whitehead leads the MVC with 4.20 kills per set in conference games.

“Jess, being so raw; every week she does something to shock us and say ‘She couldn’t do that a week ago,’” Winkeler said.

% e downside to Whitehead's performance has been her inconsistency. In the game against Memphis Sept. 10, Whitehead hit for a -.200 percentage. Despite her poor performance, she said % ole is always there to give her support.

“% ole’s been keeping me up, telling me to calm down a" er I make an error,” Whitehead said.

% ole’s journey had a few more bumps in it. % is is her ! rst season with consistent playing time a" er bouncing around every position on the & oor during her freshman and sophomore seasons.

“You just have to be positive in your coach that they made the right decision to move you to wherever you are,” % ole said. “Just try to ! ll the shoes that you're put in.”

% ole has nine double-

doubles and is sixth in the MVC with an average of 3.14 kills per set. However, Winkeler moved her from the right to the le" side a" er their match against Wichita State on Saturday.

“You don’t see many players

like her anymore, she is a six-rotation player and can play the front and the back,” Winkeler said.

% ole said her ! rst two seasons were particularly tough, as she adjusted to college life away from her hometown of Breese, but her con! dence has soared with her successes this season.

“I just think throughout the whole year we need to have a high standard for where our con! dence is," % ole said. "If you have con! dence in yourself, it's easier to have con! dence in the people around you."

Mayes has been around for the Salukis in every game since her freshman year, including 45 consecutive starts. As a junior, she is second in the MVC with a .403 hitting percentage in conference games and has a team-high of 59 blocks.

“I've been more consistent this year, as opposed to previous years,” Mayes said. "It's just the con! dence of getting older and seeing the & oor a lot more."

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SIU women’s volleyball coach Brenda Winkeler, center, uses a timeout Friday to discuss strategy with sophomore outside hitter Jessica

Whitehead, left, and junior outside hitter Laura Thole, right, during the SIU vs. Missouri State game at Davies Gymnasium.

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Sophomore quarterback Kory Faulkner makes a break during Saturday’s game against

Youngstown State University. Faulkner completed 20 out of 35 passes and finished with 184 yards.

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