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Childbirth choices lacking in Carbondale
JULIA RENDLEMAN | D AILY E GYPTIAN Alexis Brown plays with her daughter Ella Jane, 1, at her home in Pamona. Brown delivered Ella in the water with certified nurse midwife Joy Wayman. Brown’s other children, age 3 and 5, were delivered with a physician at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. “Joy encouraged me to listen to my body and trust the process of birth,” Brown said. Although Brown had a “great physician and relationship with him,” she said the midwife experience left her feeling “empowered and proud of myself.”
Area women left Joy-less Julia Rendleman Diana Soliwon Rebekah Teel was in her third trimester when she found out Shawnee Women’s Health had abruptly fired her midwife. Teel’s original birth plan was with Joy Wayman, the last local certified nurse midwife in the MurphysboroCarbondale area before she was fired
May 15. Teel said she was forced to find someone else she felt comfortable with in a very short period of time. She said she decided to travel more than 300 miles to a midwife who delivered her other four children. “The day that Joy told me she could no longer deliver babies at Carbondale Hospital was devastating,”Teel said. Against a national backdrop of ris-
Last local midwife fired ing Cesarean rates and the need for affordable health care, Carbondale is lacking one of the most cost-effective birthing options available in Illinois. Midwifery is the practice of providing low-intervention care during the prenatal, birth and postnatal stages of pregnancy. See JOY | 6
Julia Rendleman Diana Soliwon Certified nurse midwife Joy Wayman delivered more than 1,000 babies in southern Illinois before she lost her privilege to do so. A particular delivery situation that arose in April left Wayman at odds with physicians in her practice at Shawnee Women’s Health.
A week later, Wayman was told by Patsy Jensen, CEO of SWH, that she had lost her privilege to deliver babies. Administrators told her the negative backlash from community members and patients was too great to handle, Wayman said. She was fired May 15. See MIDWIFE | 7
Greek Row to receive new housing Christina Spakousky DAILY EGYPTIAN XTINA25@SIU.EDU
The future of Greek Row is no longer completely uncertain. The existing structures will be torn down by May 2012 to make way for new housing, said Julie
Payne Kirchmeier, director of university housing. In 2004, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act, which requires dormitories at all colleges and universities in Illinois to have fire sprinkler systems installed by
Jan. 1, 2013. Kirchmeier said it would be too expensive to install new sprinklers in the Greek facilities and the university is now opting to completely replace the old buildings. Greek Row housing was built during the 1950s and has a history of water damage and molding
because of storms. “We’re listening to them, and we know the current facilities are not meeting their needs,” Kirchmeier said. Kirchmeier said the university has some legal decisions in place for private partnerships and is planning
small, group housing to be built in the same area. The group housing will serve as a new Greek Row as well as multi-functional facilities with varying price levels that a wide range of incomes could afford. See GREEK | 8
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Chicago’s top government watchdog goes for Senate Deanna Bellandi CHICAGO — The city of Chicago’s top government watchdog quit on Wednesday to run for President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat. Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman said he’s in the race for the Democratic nomination for the seat Democratic Sen. Roland Burris now holds. Burris, who was appointed by ousted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, has said he won’t seek a full term. “People want representatives in Washington who are going to fight for accountability and be an independent voice,” said Hoffman, 42, who plans a formal announcement next week. A former federal prosecutor, Hoffman joins a Democratic primary field that includes first-term state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson has said she plans to run but won’t formally announce her candidacy until next month. Giannoulias’ campaign declined comment Wednesday when asked about Hoffman’s announcement. Jackson’s campaign manager, Frank Watkins, said: “Everyone has a right to run.” Hoffman was hired four years ago by Mayor Richard Daley to be the city’s inspector general, and he relished his watchdog role in a city with a reputation for corruption. And he didn’t shy away from big targets. He recently made headlines for criticizing Daley’s deal to lease city parking meters, and he investigated how Daley’s own nephew got business making investments for city pension funds. It’s that reputation as a watchdog for government accountability
that Hoffman said he would bring to Washington. Hoffman also recently served on a reform commission appointed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn to recommend ways to clean up state government in the wake of the scandals surrounding former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Lawmakers removed Blagojevich from office in January after he was arrested on federal corruption charges. The former governor has pleaded not guilty. Hoffman said he decided to run for office in part after hearing from people at reform commission meetings about how frustrated they were that the same people always ran for office. “It’s time for people who have not been in politics to say ‘I’m ready to jump in,’” he said. The Republican primary field is far more crowded and includes U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk from Chicago’s northern suburbs.
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University preaches prevention in fight against H1N1 Vaccines available at Student Health Center in mid-October Erin Holcomb
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Students are being urged to keep their hands to themselves. An increasing number of hand sanitizing stations and posters have been popping up around campus, signaling the efforts to keep the flu and the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, at bay. The posters stressing the “Three Cs,” — clean, cover, contain — are posted at the Student Center and the Recreation Center. Hand sanitizers were also installed at the dining halls and the Recreation Center. Officials in the medical field are trying to remind students of this potentially dangerous virus, said Ted Grace, director of the Student Health Center.
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“You never know when you’re around somebody who has the flu,” Grace said. “They may either be asymptomatic or they may be incubating it.” Grace said he is encouraging students to get the flu vaccine as well as the H1N1 vaccine. The H1N1 vaccine will be offered midOctober, consisting of two injections at least three weeks apart, and the flu vaccine will be offered Dec. 1. Both vaccines will be free to students, Grace said. The Health Center ordered 5,000 H1N1 vaccines, but they may not get that many depending on availability, Grace said. Students used to be among the last to get the flu vaccine, but now they will be among the first, Grace said. No reports of the virus have cropped up at the university, Grace said, but one case was reported in Jackson County. “(The H1N1 virus) has a very low mortality associated with it,” Grace said. “But when you’re talking mortality in a young age group, it’s just tragic when it occurs.” Symptoms of the H1N1 virus include a fever and an abrupt onset of a runny nose, cough, sore throat and body aches, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If students experience any of these symptoms, they should go to the Student Health Center or call the center at 453-3311.
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“This is an infection that targets young people,” Grace said. “You certainly can touch a doorknob or a keyboard and then wipe your nose and introduce this virus.” Miriam Link-Mullison, director of the Jackson County Health Department, said the county is increasing its effort this year to get out the cautionary message. “We are encouraging people to know how to protect themselves, Link-Mullinson said. The most important thing to do to prevent contracting the H1N1 virus is to follow the Three Cs, Grace said. And students are getting the message. Raf Redlinski, a freshman from La Grange studying radio-television, said even though he usually does not get sick during the winter, he is still preparing himself.
“I drink juices high in vitamin C,” Redlinski said. “And I wash my hands regularly.” Regardless of the efforts students put towards prevention, there is always a risk.
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Enrollment could close in on 2008-09 numbers Stile T. Smith DAILY EGYPTIAN
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A late surge in student registration has some administrators thinking there is an slight chance enrollment might not decline this semester. Official enrollment numbers will not be released until Sept. 4, but director of undergraduate admissions Patsy Reynolds said students seem to be registering later than ever this year.
“We still have a number of students we’re working with for the fall,” Reynolds said. “We picked up a huge amount in the last week and if we pick up an amount like that (in the next week), we’re OK.” Reynolds said a possible explanation for the large number of late registrations this year is because of problems with the network ID and the number of times it changed during the summer, which she said caused students to wait until they were back on campus to register. In an interview with WSIU taped two weeks ago, SIU President Glenn Poshard said enrollment was down 800 students on the Carbondale
campus, but the large number of students registering late could change the outlook significantly. Despite the number of late registrations, Poshard said he still expects enrollment to decline, even if it is only slightly. “It would be highly unusual for us not to decline,” Poshard said Monday. “We worked real hard to overcome the circumstances that we face.” Enrollment numbers could be maintained this year because of SIUC’s offering of in-state tuition to Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Arkansas. This is the first full year in-state tuition has
been offered to neighboring states. Reynolds said the biggest increase in students has been from Missouri and Indiana, while they are still working on getting more students from the other three states. “Arkansas just doesn’t have a large population,” Reynolds said. “Even though it’s still a border state, it’s a little further away, and we haven’t seen a lot of influence yet.” Reynolds said the most difficult aspect of recruiting students from Kentucky is that the state awards them money for college based on how well they perform in high school, but that money can only be used in Kentucky colleges.
Cuts to the statewide Monetary Award Program (MAP) grants also hurt the university. Reynolds said funds for SIUC’s MAP grants have been cut to 47 percent of what was received last year. “A lot of our students, probably a higher percentage here than any other school in the state, qualify for it,” Reynolds said. “For some of our students, that’s around $2,000 cut in their financial aid.” Chancellor Sam Goldman said financial issues in Illinois are directly hurting enrollment at SIUC. “We’re already squeezed,”Goldman said. “It’s extremely difficult passing on the cost to the public.”
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!"#$%&'()$*+#&,-'( cians made Illinois a state that was unfriendly to guns. The base of the trapshooting universe was in Ohio MICHAEL SPRINGSTON leftypen@egyptian.net and Pennsylvania. There are still shooters who refuse to come to Sparta, although Since moving to the World the eastern stay-at-home continShooting & Recreational Complex gent is slowly being replaced by (WSRC) in Sparta in 2006, the Midwestern and western shooters Grand American has been a work who find Illinois a more convenient drive than Ohio. in progress. After 70-plus years in Dayton, When the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) was forced to the relocation process does include a healthy dose of denial. abandon its longtime Most shooters dishome in Dayton, the ast year the miss rumors that the scramble for a new locale Grand will go to Las had more intrigue than a WSRC threw Vegas after the ATA’s Hitchcock thriller. more than 3.5 10-year agreement Sparta was in, then expires. it was out. Amarillo, million targets, As hot as the Texas, and Shelbyville, making it the Grand was in 2007, Ind., became contenders. most utilized when hundreds were Finally Illinois committed to the construction shooting complex treated for heat-related illnesses, the Nevada of the complex, spending in the country. desert is not a viable more than $50 million option for holding an outdoor event on the project. Sparta had several detractors in for 10 days in August. Now the competition centers the trapshooting community. Hotel space was limited. Chicago politi- around a new shooting complex in
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Ohio. But moving back to Ohio would mean staging trapshooting’s major event on a trapline that is not the longest in the world. Whatever other factors go into locating the Grand American, holding it somewhere that is not the premiere venue does fly into the competitive face of the participants. A record number of 200 scores (out of 200) were recorded during the Winchester AA Singles event on Aug. 10 and the WSRC has established itself in four years as a world-class facility. If Chicago does land the 2016 Olympics, many feel the WSRC will see many of the shooting events. One doubts Chicago Mayor Richard Daley will resent the gun-toting Olympians abandoning Chicago. At the very least, the WSRC will become the training facility for the U.S. team. The WSRC itself has matured. The workforce for the Grand American is more experienced than it was in 2006, with many workers returning for a 10-day summer paycheck that often tops $1,400.
The opening of the WSRC in southern Illinois has also been the impetus for an increase in the number of southern Illinois high schools fielding trapshooting teams. Last year the WSRC threw more than 3.5 million targets, making it the most utilized shooting complex in the country. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources finally tabbed Chris Hespen as the complex’s main man. More than 60 events have been booked at the complex in 2009. The ATA itself has reiterated plans to relocate the Trapshooting Hall of Fame from Dayton to Sparta. Expectations were high when the first Grand American arrived in southern Illinois in 2006, but reality has set in. For 10 days in August, southern Illinois is the destination spot for shooters from 50 states, Canada and beyond. Mike Springston is a graduate student in the MAT program. He was an editor in southern Illinois for more than 30 years.
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If you are a freshman or transfer student, let me welcome you to the absurd, beautiful carnival that is the Dale. This region is full of many amazing places that returning students don’t even know about. Now, I’m not about to let you all know the location of secret swimming holes or how to track the Big Muddy Monster, you’ll have to figure that out on your own. But until you do, I present three not-so secret treasures of southern Illinois. Enjoy. 1. Outdoor southern Illinois: It never ceases to amaze me how few students have actually left Carbondale. This town is in one of the most beautiful regions of the entire country, and thousands of people down here never experience it. Don’t let yourself be one of those people. From Shawnee National Forest to Garden of the Gods, there is always something to explore in nature down here. For the last few weeks of (relative) warmth, head out to the Spillway, which has a “beach,” a man-made
waterfall and lake. Take Route 13 out past Murphysboro a few miles until it turns into 149. Then take a right on Spillway Road and follow the path to fun. Sadly, swimming weather will be gone soon, so when it starts getting cold, head on over to Giant City. It is a beautiful state park full of natural rock bluffs that you can climb, hike or just look at. And in the fall, one word; foliage. The vibrant colors from the leaves are amazing. Plus they got a wicked cheap, fried chicken dinner at the lodge. Just take Giant City Road all the way to the park and follow the signs. 2. The wineries: While I was back in Chicago this past week, I was in a bar that had a bunch of free promotional postcards. To my surprise, one of these postcards was for something near and dear to me, the Southern Illinois Wine Trail. The postcard was of a wine bottle-shaped crop circle with the headline “Southern Illinois Wine Country, IT DOES EXIST.” And it sure does. For those of you who are of age, the wineries provide a fun, relaxing alternative to the bars. From Blue Sky and
If, however, you’re looking for Alto vineyards to Kite Hill, there are more than a dozen unique win- greasy southern delights, look no eries along the Southern Illinois further than Mary Lou’s. Mary Wine Trail. Lou’s is a Carbondale institution Some scoff at the region and the that has been serving GREAT food fruity wine that comes for years. I cannot from it. Let the hater’s recommend their he postcard hate. It’s not as presbiscuits and gravy was of a wine strongly enough, I tigious as Napa Valley, but it has a lot less yup- bottle-shaped have never, ever, had pies and cheaper wine. crop circle with better. But you better Just make sure you have get up early because the headline a sober driver, they get most days they run free booze-less drinks “Southern Illinois out before 11. for being responsible. And finally, the Wine Country, IT 3. The food: I love best for last, if you DOES EXIST.” me some southern food. need to eat some And if you do too, Carbondale and delicious animals, look no further SIU will not disappoint. There than 17th Street Bar & Grill in are all types of great places in the Murphysboro (and Marion). region, and part of the fun will be They have been in books, on the finding those places yourself (like travel channel and hold a special the $5 whole fried chicken in a place in my heart as the best ribs 300-person town an hour away). I ever had. You can catch them But I’ll let you all in on my favorite and other great BBQ at the Pig breakfast spots and BBQ joint. Out in downtown Carbondale next Carbondale has two great month. breakfast spots to grub up at. If you Good luck, and when I inevilike skillets, ranch potatoes or any tably enrage half of you with my type of veggie breakfast, Harbaughs brand of poli-tricks starting next Café, located right across from week, don’t say I never gave you Quigley, is a good spot. You get a nothing. discount if you’re an alumni association member too (only $15 for Andrew O’Connor is a senior students) but it gets packed fast so studying political science and phiplan ahead. losophy.
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Most experts consider midwifery to be the golden standard of pregnancy because of its safety and low costs, with 75 percent of European women attended by a midwife in 2001, according to the World Health Organization. “(Midwives) provide the highquality and cost-effective package of care desperately needed by millions of women throughout the world,” according to the WHO Web site. Donald Bishop, an OB/GYN at Shawnee Women’s Health and Wayman’s former collaborating physician, said while midwifery is an important service, there’s nothing wrong with traditional practice. “A pregnant woman, by and large – their goal is to come home with a healthy baby,” Bishop said.
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emotional guidance throughout the comfortable with that, even though delivery and can accompany a mid- all the data says its just as effecwife or physician. tive as continuous monitoring,” Modern standards of medicine Wayman said. have overshadowed a historic pracA midwife-assisted delivery tice. In 1900, about 95 percent of costs about $1200 whereas a physician-attended births took place birth costs at home with a he lack of about $4200, midwife-like figsaid Marsden ure, according to a understanding about Wagner, docNew York Times midwifery drives down the tor, WHO report. demand for service. consultant “The lack of — Kate Wayman and author of understanding daughter of Joy Wayman “Born in the about midwifery drives down the demand for the U.S.A.” Bishop said there were benefits service,” said Kate Wayman, Joy of having a midwife. Wayman’s daughter. “There is very good data to show that not necessarily a midwife The benefits but a support person in labor - a A nurse midwife spends quality time with her patients and doula, a midwife - has been shown provides hands-on care less typi- to reduce the Cesarean rate in cal of an OB/GYN, according to a statistically significant manner,” Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Bishop said. The Cesarean rate in the United Web site. Northwestern is nationally ranked in the top 20 for OB/ GYN care by U.S. News and World Report. Midwives encourage natural births, which can include a water birth option and do not involve the use of an epidural. “To do water birth you have to do intermittent monitoring, and that’s sort of where the glitch is with doctors because they’re not
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Half of the United States allows a midwife to practice on their own if they have a license, certificate or permit, according to the Midwives Alliance of North America. But the other half has either outlawed midwifery all together or requires a medical doctor to back up the midwife through a collaborative agreement. Planning a pregnancy might take on a different meaning for some of today’s generation, which seems to side with comfort and convenience, said Debbie Fraedrich, Anna Robinson, far left, leads a a longtime colleague of Wayman’s. discussion with the Support for A lot of women want to get in, get Joy group at the Neighborhood out and have their baby by a schedCo-op Aug. 11. The women met uled time, she said. every week throughout the summer to organize the event, A But not having any other option Time for Joy, which will be held is “like throwing the baby out with Saturday at the Unitarian church in the bath water,” she said. Carbondale from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. “The reality is that in our sociJULIA RENDLEMAN ety most women will choose to D AILY E GYPTIAN birth with a doctor,” Fraedrich said. “But that should not preclude other women from getting … that choice.” Fraedrich has been a doula more than 23 years. A doula is a nonmedically trained birth assistant who provides encouragement and
States was 31.1 percent in 2006, up 50 percent since 1996, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Friends and former clients of Wayman formed the Support for Joy group shortly after she left Shawnee Women’s Health. The group has met throughout the summer to raise awareness, organize petitions, pen surveys and arrange “A Time for Joy,” a party in Wayman’s honor from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Unitarian Church of Carbondale. Its work is done in hopes a doctor will see there is still a demand for midwifery service, said Anna Robinson, the group’s organizer. Wayman was the only certified nurse midwife serving the Carbondale-Murphysboro area since 2001. “Originally, I thought that if
enough women got together to show support, we could get (Wayman’s) privileges back,” Robinson said. But now the group’s goal is to raise awareness about the lack of options, Robinson said. The group has about 280 members on Facebook. Teel said she and her family drove up north for the last six weeks of her pregnancy so that Barb Tieman, a midwife who delivered her other four children, could provide the care she could no longer have in Carbondale. Teel said midwives understand that birth is a natural process, not a medical condition – and someone all women should have the choice of using. “I feel sad for the women of southern Illinois,” Teel said. “They have lost an amazing resource. “They have lost their ability to choose the birth experience that they want.”
Jacquee Wenger, seen here eight months pregnant, displays two dresses she hand made for her expected baby. Wenger’s birth plan was to include a water birth at Memorial Hospital attended by nurse-midwife Joy Wayman. Wegner instead delivered via cesarean section with a physician on July 19, 2009. “After Joy was fired, there was a lack of options. I had to fight for what I wanted,” Wenger said. JULIA RENDLEMAN D AILY E GYPTIAN
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EDYTA BŁASZCZYK | D AILY E GYPTIAN Certified nurse midwife Joy Wayman reviews the charts for this recently delivered baby at Memorial Hospital last November. Wayman delivered the baby with no complications and delivered more than 700 babies during her tenure at Shawnee Women’s Health in Carbondale, she said
DIANA SOLIWON | D AILY E GYPTIAN (From left) Julie Grey, of Carbondale, and Matthew Coleman, a senior from Chicago studying computer engineering, stop to sign a petition for more birthing options in southern Illinois Aug. 15 at the Carbondale Farmer’s Market. Debbie Fraedrich, right, is a doula who helped deliver babies with Wayman for more than 17 years and a member of the Support for Joy group.
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“Quite simply, (Wayman) was terminated because she refused to operate within the guidelines we established,” said Donald Bishop, Wayman’s collaborating physician at SWH. Bishop said that and a blow up
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those standards of the American College of Nurse Midwives. “Our collaborative agreement was that we would follow ACOG,” Bishop said. But Wayman said their agreement and her decision not to induce labor were made on evidence-based research put forth by the ACNM. “Did we have an agreement that said, ‘Yeah, if somebody’s water broke, I’ll tell them they have to come to the hospital right now?’ No,” Wayman said. Wayman and Bishop began their professional relationship in 2003 when Wayman joined Bishop’s private practice, he said. The two decided to work together when Bishop was overloaded with patients and Wayman was able to manage low-risk births, Bishop said. Their collaboration also helped to relieve sky-rocketing malpractice insurance costs, which increased exponentially for doctors in the area after Carbondale Hospital was put on probation by its only malpractice carrier, Wayman said. “Eventually, his malpractice went up exponentially to the point where we really couldn’t increase our workload to cover it,” Wayman said. In 2004, because of the rising insurance costs, Bishop sold
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his practice to Shawnee Women’s Health and brought Wayman with him. Wayman went on to deliver more than 700 babies for them. Although Shawnee Women’s Health was within its legal rights, its decision has left women with few choices. “I didn’t want it to not be a choice for women,” Wayman said. “Who knows how long I would have worked?”
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Larry Dietz, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, said there has been interest from students other than Greeks to use the housing such as law groups, international students and faith-based groups, which would also fall under the umbrella of small, group housing. Kirchmeier said with the help of private partnerships, the university might be able to build a small, multifunctional, group-housing area for less than $26 million, which was the cost of the Wall & Grand Apartments. Despite the deteriorating living conditions and the future of
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better part of five days, said Meg Quinn, Panhellenic president and a senior from Brookfield studying special education. Potential recruits will have a chance to tour each house, learn the history of the sororities and determine their top two choices, Quinn said. Reiff said the recruitment counselors electronically rate each potential new member and match her to a sorority. The sororities offer students a support system, group housing and nationally funded scholarships, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People make connections. (This is) their home away from home,â&#x20AC;? Reiff said.
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EDYTA BLASZCZYK | D AILY E GYPTIAN Budi Divan, a chef at Fujiyama Japanese Steakhouse, entertains diners Tuesday by trailing an onion engulfed in fire while patrons watch. Divan moved from Georgia and has been working at Fujiyama for 18 months. He said he loves Carbondale, the people and what he cooks.
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First-year grad students make first impression Chris McGregor
interaction between the programs rarely occurs outside of special events, Monteith said. “Given that we are so spread First-year art and design out on campus, we try to do graduate students will get to show everything we can to bring all off their skills after only one week these different areas together,” he said. “We want to establish a group of class. The School of Art and Design identity.” Harris Deller, a professor in is scheduled to host its annual first-year graduate presentation 7 ceramics, said a graduate student p.m. Monday at the School of Art could spend a couple years here and never know what the other and Design. The event is held at the programs or students were doing. “This helps break down beginning of the year to welcome barriers,” he said. students and introduce The students give a large body of different a several-minute Master of Fine Arts iven that presentation of their programs to one another, we are so work as a way to said Jerry Monteith, help peers familiarize head of graduate studies spread out themselves more with for the School of Art their work, Monteith and Design. on campus, said. “It offers us the we try to do “ W ith the opportunity to become work people see, it acquainted with the everything establishes common new faces coming in,” we can to ground and can be the he said. “We also get to see their work.” bring all these starting point for a lot He said the event good discussion,” different areas of is a good way to learn he said. about the students’ Julie Chabrian, a together. backgrounds and what first-year graduate — Jerry Monteith head of graduate studinterests them. student from Tampa ies forthe School of Art The School of Art Bay, Fla., in sculpture, and Design and Design offers said she was excited eight different MFAs including to show her work to her peers and ceramics, drawing, glass, metals/ professors. blacksmithing, painting, “I’m excited to show my work printmaking, sculpture and art to others so they can see what my history. The programs operate style is and the materials I work independently of each other, so with,” she said. DAILY EGYPTIAN CHRISM@SIU.EDU
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’m excited to show my work to others so they can see what my style is and the materials I work with. — Julie Chabrian first-year graduate student in sculpture
“You get to see what somebody’s starting out with,” Deller said. “The first-year students get to see what their classmates have done also.” He said the presentations are a good way to gauge the progress of both the student as well as the program. “We get a sense of who they are at the beginning and what they have learned or accomplished in the following years,” Deller said. He said it helps to see the programs’ strengths and weaknesses as well. There are several other times the graduate students exhibit their work, but the graduate presentation event is the starting point, he said.
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Today’s Birthday — The outcome this year will be a surprise — something that seems impossible now. Make a plan, work the plan. It may not get accomplished completely, but it’s an adventure.
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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — You’re trying to keep a lid on things. It may be impossible. Unfortunately, you’re not in control of the situation.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — We’re moving into confusion again, temporarily. Take it one step at a time. Protect your interests.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Others are making changes, sometimes to your benefit, sometimes not. Try to be in the right place at the right time.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Not a good day to gamble, take risks or buy real estate. Stick with what you have. It’ll go up in value.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — You may be tempted to take a risk with your savings. Don’t do it now. Investigate. You’ll find a pail of worms.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — There’s a shake-up going on. You may be an instigator. Keep your objective in mind. You’re easily distracted.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — It’s easier for you to learn now, and you’re eager to do that. Your best bet is to spend extra time doing homework.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Overdue and rush orders are piling up. What to do? Get help as soon as possible. Somebody you trust is standing by.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — A new procedure at work isn’t quite de-bugged yet. Do what you know will produce results, even if it’s dated.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Are you instigating changes? Are you encountering resistance? Give clear instructions and listen to concerns.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Are you stirring things up? Somebody is. Any new opportunities? You’re also lucky in love, by the way.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — You and your associates haven’t worked out all the bugs. Keep arguing and listening; eventually you’ll find a way.
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World leaders pay tribute to Kennedy Jill Lawless
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D U B LI N — Nowhere outside of America has the Kennedy legacy been more deeply felt than in Ireland, where photographs of the family adorn homes and hundreds claim to be distant relations of the glittering dynasty that brought the first Roman Catholic to the White House. Here, Senator Edward Kennedy is largely known as JFK’s brother. But he was also a power broker who mobilized Irish Americans and their political views on Northern Ireland — a kingmaker whose actions in the years before the Good Friday peace talks served to lay the groundwork for a lasting accord. “He lived to see two great chasms bridged, between Catholic and Protestant in Northern Ireland and between black and white in his own United States,” former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said. “These achievements, which were the dreams imagined by his brothers in his youth, were the legacy of a long life and of a good and great man.” Initially a strong supporter of the Irish nationalist cause, Kennedy was a key American promoter of the peace process, urging Britain
to negotiate with the IRA-linked Sinn Fein party, and also reaching out to Protestant Unionists. David Owen, who served as British foreign secretary in the 1970s, said Kennedy put his weight behind peace in Northern Ireland even at the risk of alienating powerful Irish-American allies whose sympathies lay with the province’s Catholic Irish nationalists rather than the British Protestant majority. “His influence on the peace process, and his influence on successive American presidents was I think absolutely crucial, and in particular of course on President (Bill) Clinton,” Owen told the BBC. Martin McGuinness, formerly an Irish Republican Army commander and now the senior Catholic in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing administration, told the broadcaster that despite disagreements he had “always respected” the senator, saying that “he understood what was required for the conflict to be resolved.” At a Dublin pub, 69-year-old Gerry Keating said Kennedy’s role in the peace process made him “a good man.” “He was a great friend of this
country,” Keating said. The senator from Massachusetts inspired praise from leaders of nations and campaigners for human rights, and many expressed sadness at learning of his death Tuesday from a brain tumor. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised Kennedy for “keeping and upholding the ideals and goals of the United Nations” and said his work “will be long remembered in the minds and in the hearts of many people, particularly vulnerable people, and those people whose human rights have been abused.” “He had been the voice of the voiceless and the defender of many defenseless people,” Ban told reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York. In Britain, where Kennedy received a knighthood earlier this year, he was praised for his indefatigable work on causes such as health care and judicial reform. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that, “even facing illness and death, he never stopped fighting.” Achmat Dangor, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in South Africa, said Kennedy had been “a champion of democracy and civil rights.” “He made his voice heard in the struggle against apartheid at a
time when the freedom struggle was not widely supported in the West,” the foundation said. “We remain grateful for his role.” South African President Jacob Zuma sent his “sincerest condolences.” In Australia, Prime Minister Kevin
Senator Ted Kennedy in his Washington, residence, April 19, 2006. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother in a political dynasty died Tuesday at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong struggle with brain cancer. He was 77. CHUCK KENNEDY M C C LATCHY TRIBUNE Rudd said Kennedy “made an extraordinary contribution to American politics.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced “deep sorrow” at his death. In Italy, President Giorgio Napolitano said Kennedy “deserves the homage of all the free world.”
Mexico’s new drug use law worries US police Julie Watson
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M EX I CO CI T Y — Mexico now has one of the world’s most liberal laws for drug users after eliminating jail time for small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and even heroin, LSD and methamphetamine. “All right!” said a grinning Ivan Rojas, a rail-thin 20-year-old addict who endured police harassment during the decade he has spent sleeping in Mexico City’s gritty streets and subway stations. But stunned police on the U.S. side of the border say the law contradicts President Felipe Calderon’s drug war, and some fear it could make Mexico a destination for drugfueled spring breaks and tourism. Tens of thousands of American college students flock to Cancun and Acapulco each year to party at beachside discos offering wet T-shirt contests and all-you-can-drink deals. “Now they will go because they can get drugs,” said San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne. “For a country that has experienced thousands of deaths from warring drug cartels for many years, it defies logic why they would pass a law that will clearly encourage drug use.” Enacted last week, the Mexican law is part of a growing trend
across Latin America to treat drug use as a public health problem and make room in overcrowded prisons for violent traffickers rather than small-time users.
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Brazil and Uruguay have already eliminated jail time for people carrying small amounts of drugs for personal use, although possession is still considered a crime in Brazil. Argentina’s Supreme Court ruled out prison for pot possession on Tuesday and officials say they plan to propose a law keeping drug consumers out of the justice system. Colombia has decriminalized marijuana and cocaine for personal use, but kept penalties for other drugs.
Officials in those countries say they are not legalizing drugs — just drawing a line between users, dealers and traffickers amid a fierce drug war. Mexico’s law toughens penalties for selling drugs even as it relaxes the law against using them. “Latin America is disappointed with the results of the current drug policies and is exploring alternatives,” said Ricardo Soberon, director of the Drug Research and Human Rights Center in Lima, Peru. As Mexico ratcheted up its fight against cartels, drug use jumped more than 50 percent between 2002 and 2008, according to the government, and today prisons are filled with addicts, many under the age of 25. Rojas has spent half his life snorting cocaine and sniffing paint thinner as he roamed Mexico City’s streets in a daze. Most days he was roused awake by police demanding a bribe and forcing him to move along, he said. “It’s good they have this law so police don’t grab you,” said Rojas, whose name, I-V-A-N, is tattooed across his knuckles. Rojas hit bottom three weeks ago when he could not score enough money for drugs by begging and found himself shaking uncontrollably. He accepted an
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BAGHDAD — Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, who channeled rising Shiite Muslim power after the fall of Saddam Hussein to become one of Iraq’s most influential politicians and maintained ties with both the U.S. and Iran, died Wednesday in Tehran. He was 59. The calm, soft-spoken al-Hakim was a kingmaker in Iraq’s politics as the head of the country’s biggest Shiite political party, and his death from lung cancer left a vacancy at the helm with just five months to go before crucial parliamentary elections.
WA S H I N G TO N — The popular Cash for Clunkers program generated nearly 700,000 new car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a badly needed jolt of activity during the deepest decline in auto sales in two decades. The government, releasing final data on the car incentives, said Wednesday that dealers submitted 690,114 sales totaling $2.88 billion, bringing the program to a close under its $3 billion budget. Japanese auto manufacturers led American companies in new car sales through the program, which ended late Monday.
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offer for help from workers from a drug rehabilitation center who approached him on the street. “Drugs were finishing me off,” said Rojas, whose 13-year-old brother died of an overdose eight years ago. “I lost my brother. I lost my youth.” Juan Martin Perez, who runs Caracol, the nonprofit center helping Rojas, said the government has poured millions of dollars into the drug war but has done little to treat addicts. His group relies on grants from foundations. The new law requires officials to encourage drug users to seek treatment in lieu of jail, but the government has not allocated more money for organizations like Caracol that are supposed to help them. Treatment is mandatory for third-time offenders, but the law does not specify penalties for noncompliance. “This was passed quickly and quietly but it’s going to have to be adjusted to match reality,” Perez said. Supporters of the change point to Portugal, which removed jail terms for drug possession for personal use in 2001 and still has one of the lowest rates of cocaine use in Europe. Portugal’s law defines personal use as the equivalent of what one person would consume over 10 days.
Police confiscate the drugs and the suspect must appear before a government commission, which reviews the person’s drug consumption patterns. Users may be fined, sent for treatment or put on probation. Foreigners caught with drugs still face arrest in Portugal, a measure to prevent drug tourism. The same is not true for Mexico, where there is no jail time for anyone caught with roughly four marijuana cigarettes, four lines of cocaine, 50 milligrams of heroin, 40 milligrams of methamphetamine or 0.015 milligrams of LSD. That’s what concerns U.S. law enforcement at the border. “It provides an officially sanctioned market for the consumption of the world’s most dangerous drugs,” San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said. “For the people of San Diego the risk is direct and lethal. There are those who will drive to Mexico to use drugs and return to the U.S. under their influence.” Don Thornhill, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration supervisor who investigated Mexican cartels for 25 years, said Mexico’s rampant drug violence will likely deter most U.S. drug users, and the new law will allow Mexican police to focus on “the bigger fish.”
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WA S H I N G TO N — NASA will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket Thursday, a milestone in a program that has already spent $7 billion for a rocket that astronauts may never use. When that first stage is tested, it will be mounted horizontally. The engine will fire, shake and make lots of noise. But by design, it will not leave the ground. The same could be said for NASA’s plans to go to the moon, Mars or beyond Earth orbit. It’s not so much a physical challenge for engineers as it is a financial challenge for budgeteers.
BERLIN ) — The Israeli and Palestinian leaders are likely to hold their first meeting in the coming weeks, both sides indicated Wednesday, in what would be an important step toward a formal resumption of peace talks and a signal achievement for President Barack Obama. The indications came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held four hours of talks with Obama’s Mideast envoy, George Mitchell, in London on Wednesday.
To the moon, NASA? Not on this Israeli, Palestinian leaders likely to budget, experts say meet soon
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New football T-shirts celebrate final season
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All proceeds will go toward Saluki Way Ryan Voyles DAILY EGYPTIAN
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Silkworm Inc., in cooperation with the Saluki athletics, has unveiled new football T-shirts commemorating the final season at McAndrew Stadium, with all proceeds going toward Saluki Way. The shirts are $10 and will be available in a variety of outlets,
including Schnucks, Silkworm Inc., Kroger, SIU Ticket Office, Saluki Bookstore, Stadium Grille, 710 Bookstore, Harbaughs and The Saluki Bar in Chicago. Senior marketing coordinator Samantha Bell said the T-shirts would be unique because of the printing style. “It is one of the first T-shirt runs the company has done using the jumbo-printing technique,” Bell said. “We thought that this would be a great chance to use it, to show the entire football stadium as it was.”
Vice President of Silkworm Inc., Cheryl Endres said she is excited about the shirts and how much the project could help Saluki Way. “It’s got the all-over print of the stadium with the fans in the seats in the background, so no two shirts will be exactly alike because of the printing method,” Endres said. “We want to sell as many shirts as we can. Every little bit helps.” The design of the shirts has many fans around campus, including head football coach Dale Lennon. Issac Smith contributed to this report.
Orton braces for Bears visit Andrew Seligman AP SPORTS WRITER
L A K E F O R ES T — The quarterback couldn’t stop praising his new team and his new surroundings, only this wasn’t Jay Cutler talking about the Chicago Bears. It was Kyle Orton speaking of the Broncos. While Cutler’s return to Denver is grabbing the headlines, he won’t be the only quarterback facing his former team in Sunday’s preseason game. “It’ll be a lot of fun to see the guys,” Orton said Wednesday on a conference call with Chicago reporters. “But it’s basically one more chance for us to get ready for Cincinnati, when it really matters.” Even so, the quarterbacks give
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he teammates have been great. They’ve accepted me. They’ve been great. The coaches have done a great job. Anytime I needed work, they were there and certainly put the time in with me to help me learn this system. — Kyle Orton Broncos quarterback
Cutler’s falling out with new coach Josh McDaniels and Broncos
management led to the blockbuster trade to Chicago that sent Orton and draft picks to Denver. The Bears finally got the franchise quarterback they craved. Cutler got a new start after a messy exit from Denver. And Orton got another chance to prove he’s a legitimate starting quarterback with a team that appears to have more weapons than the one that traded him. “Everybody’s been great,” Orton said. “The teammates have been great. They’ve accepted me. They’ve been great. The coaches have done a great job. Anytime I needed work, they were there and certainly put the time in with me to help me learn this system. So it’s all been great.”
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At this point I’m not sure which player would have a more noticeable impact. If the Lions are smart, they’ll keep Stafford from being killed behind their socalled offensive line. Sanchez has a decent enough team around him and his arm strength isn’t too much of a drop-off from late-era Favre. Though in a homer pick, expect B.J. Raji to dominate inside.
I actually do think Sanchez will have a big impact this year. Not a good one though. The Jets are a team that is built to win right now and Sanchez is an unproven rookie. When Jet Favre had his break down last season, he took an 8-3 team and drove it into the ground. That was Favre, this is a guy who has no NFL experience. Unless he pulls a Matt Ryan, it is my belief that the play of Sanchez will prevent the Jets from entering the playoffs. After the treatment of Pennington, I can’t say I feel bad for them either.
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Medic said regardless of what
happens, the senior class is ready to leave one final mark on the program. “My senior year came up really fast, it’s exciting,” Medic said. “I
feel like we have done a lot for this program. I’m really excited to start this year and ready to go out with a bang.”
Women’s tennis team holding tryouts Derek Robbins DAILY EGYPTIAN DROBBINS@SIU.EDU
Coming off its best season ever, the women’s tennis team is scheduled to hold open tryouts next week.
Tryouts for the team will be taking place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the University Courts. All interested students must get the proper forms and information from the athletic training room in SIU Arena. All participants need to obtain an athletic physical from the Student Health
Center before tryouts. Any questions can be directed towards Michael Benson, an undergraduate assistant at media services, at 618-453-7236. Interested students can also contact head coach Audra Nothwehr at nothwehr@ siu.edu.
Baseball tryouts coming soon Ryan Voyles
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The Saluki baseball team will host open tryouts 10 a.m. Sept. 6 at Abe Martin Field.
Head coach Dan Callahan said the team is looking for players to come and compete for a position on the baseball team. Anyone interested in trying out can contact the baseball office at 618-453-2802.
Those trying out must have a physical on file from within the past six months. Physicals may be obtained from the Student Health Center. For any questions about physicals, please contact head athletic trainer Ed Thompson at 618-453-5161.
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Mohamed back on track Ryan Simonin DAILY EGYPTIAN RSIMMY@SIU.EDU
One year ago Mohamed Mohamed was questioning whether he had a future running for the men’s cross country team again. “I honestly didn’t think I was going to come back to the sport,” Mohamed said. But after being sidelined by a fractured heel bone for all of last season, Mohamed is ready to makes his return to the track. Even without Mohamed, the men’s cross country team retained its title as Missouri Valley Conference champions last season, giving it even more confidence going into this season. Mohamed’s teammate Jeff Schirmer said Mohamed would only help the defending conference champions. “Last year we were worried about being able to defend our conference title without Mohamed, but we did it and we improved, and now we feel like there is nothing that is standing in our way,” Schirmer said In 2007, Mohamed finished 14th in NCAA Regionals and 77th overall in the NCAA National Championship. Coach Matt Sparks said the return of Mohamed has been a great boost for the team’s confidence, especially the leadership he provides to the young runners on the team. “Mohamed brings to the team a general confidence and understanding of what collegiate cross country is all about,” Sparks said. “He is the type of guy that will be more vocal and will talk to some of the younger guys and give them some advice on what they need to do to get to that next level.” Mohamed said his rehabilitation process was a blessing in disguise. He said it helped him pay more attention to his body, which has resulted in a change in his training regiment. Mohamed said he runs 65 miles a week, which is considerably fewer miles than the 100 miles a week he ran prior to the injury. “Before the injuries I took
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Lennon’s last look at lineup before season Ryan Voyles
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JAMES DURBIN | D AILY E GYPTIAN Mohamed Mohamed returns to SIU cross country after spending a year off because of a fractured heel bone. He returns with his sights set on national competition. everything for granted and I settled for being conference champ; but the time off changed me mentally and physically as a person,” Mohamed said. “I feel like I’m ready to roll more than I’ve ever
been before. I’m mentally tougher.” After missing all of last season, Mohamed said he is ready to be a leader again and handle pressures that go along with it. “It’s not so much pressure
being put on me by my coaches or my teammates,” he said. “Coming in as a freshmen I had some pretty hefty goals, and if I want to achieve any of those goals I know I have to put pressure on myself.”
After weeks of studying playbooks and tackling teammates, the Salukis are one scrimmage away from Marshall. The Saluki football team finishes its preseason with the annual scrimmage kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m. at McAndrew Stadium. Head coach Dale Lennon said the team is ready for the preseason to be over. “They’re getting tired of hitting each other every day. They’re looking forward to the chance to get out there and hit somebody else,” Lennon said. It will be the first time for many fans to experience the Saluki football team and McAndrew Stadium this season. The Salukis will not play at home again until their home opener Sept. 19 against Southwest Baptist. Lennon said this will be the last time the coaches get a good look at the players in game-scenarios before the first game next week at Marshall. He said it is important to see how well the players handle the stadium pressure. “We get one last chance to see how these guys look during preseason, because starting next week, it’s nothing but pre-game preparations for Marshall,” Lennon said. The annual preseason scrimmage will kickoff the last season at McAndrew Stadium, which has been the home of the Salukis since 1937. The 73-year-old stadium was part of the works program instituted during the Great Depression. The new football stadium is scheduled to be complete in time for the 2010 football season as part of the Saluki Way project. The annual scrimmage will be open to the public and admission will be free. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and kickoff is set around 7 p.m. The 710 Bookstore will be sponsoring and providing chances for free gear for the school year. Free food will also be available while supplies last.
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The seniors on the SIU volleyball team are used to firsts. As sophomores in 2007, they were part of the first Saluki playoff squad since 2002. As juniors in 2008, they helped the team to its best start in school history at 9-1. And now for their curtain call, the seniors want to be the first Saluki team to win a conference championship since 1985. Head coach Brenda Winkeler said the seniors possess the leadership to bring the team its second Missouri Valley Conference championship. “Their leadership is really important to us,” Winkeler said. “They have been there, they have been around, and they know the ropes. They have done
a good job of acclimating the new people to the lineup and making them feel comfortable.” The four seniors are outside hitter Kelsie Laughlin, middle blocker Marina Medic, middle blocker Chandra Roberson and defensive specialist Caitlin Dugger. Winkeler said she knows this team has the potential to finish high in the Valley standings and it will be on the seniors to unite the team in their final effort for a championship. The team has a chip on its shoulder as it missed the MVC tournament cut last year by one game, but junior Sydney Clark said she knows the seniors would be motivated to win it all either way. Clark said the seniors are capable of leading the Salukis to more than just the MVC tournament. “These girls came into a program that was kind of below a level that we
wanted it to be at,” Clark said. “They worked really hard and stayed on track and they helped bring us one of the best records we have ever had. These girls know what they are doing and they are awesome.” Medic said she hopes the senior leadership can take the Salukis past the MVC tournament and into the NCAA tournament. “It was a really big disappointment that we didn’t make the MVC tournament last year,” Medic said. “I want to make the tournament this year, and then hopefully we can also make the NCAA tournament.” The volleyball program, which started in 1958, has never made it to the NCAA tournament. The last conference championship it won was in 1985. That championship was the only one in the program’s history. See VOLLEYBALL | 15
Defensive specialist Caitlin Dugger, one of four seniors on the Saluki volleyball team, serves in Satuday’s scrimmage. Dugger had 51 digs in the 2008 season and a career high of 13 digs against Southeast Missouri. Dugger will begin her senior season Friday against Stephen F. Austin State University at the NIU Invitational in DeKalb. EVAN DAVIS D AILY E GYPTIAN