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Tiffany Blanchette | DAILY EGYPTIAN Students flock to the Attitude Designs table Tuesday as Courtney Smith, general manager of Attitude Designs, throws free T-shirts during Meet Me on Main, a Week of Welcome event at SIU. Carbondale Main Street, local businesses, Registered Student Organizations and sport clubs gathered on the Recreation Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s south lawn to inform students, recruit members and give away free merchandise. Amy Spomer, customer service manager at Attitude Designs, said the event is a great opportunity for downtown merchants to spread the word about their businesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For two weeks after events like this, we see our shirts everywhere so we know the marketing works,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plus, everyone likes free shirts.â&#x20AC;?

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new library dean said she possesses.

Anne Cooper Moore, dean of library affairs, started her position July 16 and planned changes she said will better serve students inside and outside of the library. Moore said while she knows Morris Library is an excellent facility, she thinks there are many positive additions she can help the library work toward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to put as much in this building as possible so that whatever you come in for you can finish â&#x20AC;Ś and not leave until youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really satisfied,â&#x20AC;?

Moore said.

She was hired after former dean David Carlson left July 1 to work at Texas A&M University as dean of university libraries.

The new dean said she has many plans to attract more people to the library â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including completion of the sixth and seventh floors, which have remained inactive since the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renovation in 2008.

Moore said she wants to use the extra space to create more study room, bring in academic support services and make the library a place students can visit for anything school-related.

Howard Carter, associate dean for library support services, said Moore is a refreshing change, and he hopes to see her ideas implemented around the library.

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The accident occurred around 3:40 p.m. at the 300 block of E. Grand Avenue, according to the police report.

The 21-year-old pedestrian was taken to the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale with non-fatal injuries, according to the report.

The carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s driver, Andrew R. Heller, a former SIU student from Aurora, was arrested at the scene for driving with a suspended driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license.

The accident is still under investigation, according to the report.

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Employees from the Physical Plant and Service Operations worked to repair a water main break on the east side of the Communications Building after water was found flooding into the basement.

Brad Dillard, associate director of facilities, said at about 8 p.m. workers were still unaware of where the break was located and what caused it. He said university personnel became aware of the problem after water was found to be flowing out of a steam tunnel into the building.

Dave Degenhardt, refrigeration foreman, said the water that flowed into the building was contained because it was directed into a drain.

Dillard said he hopes the break would be located and repairs could be made before classes started in the morning.

"We'll be on it until we have it fixed," he said.

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At Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Council meeting, the The Carbondale Convention and Tourisim Bureau was approved for $75,000 to help complete its website, file all necessary state and local reports, develop a welcome center, balance its budget and hire an interim director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This project has been a longtime coming,â&#x20AC;? Mayor Joel Frtizler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It started two Mayors and two city managers ago.â&#x20AC;? An ordinance that allows video gambling machines in liscensed establishments was also passed by a 5-2 vote, and water and sewer fees were updated with a 6-0 vote to create a Tax Increment Financing district in Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown area.

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86 KRUVH UHVFXHV RYHUZKHOPHG E\ DEDQGRQHG DQLPDOV *5$17 6&+8/7( $VVRFLDWHG 3UHVV L I N C O L N , Neb. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Double R Horse Rescue looks different in drought: Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little but stubble in the pastures and a chain and padlock on the gate.

The owner began locking up the property last month in an effort to

keep people from driving up at night and dropping off horses they can no longer afford to feed.

Horse rescue groups nationwide have been struggling to care for a growing number of animals abandoned since the Great Recession hit more than four years ago, but leaders say their work has become even more difficult and expensive this summer as drought and

wildfires burned up pastures and sent hay prices skyrocketing. Many people who held on to their horses in the downturn are now letting them go because they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find or afford feed that has more than doubled in price.

Jami Salter is caring for 15 horses at the Double R Horse Rescue in Riverdale, about 150 miles west of Omaha, and she said thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all she can handle. But sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still

getting three or four calls a week from people asking her to take their horses. At one point, people were abandoning one or two animals a week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People would just drop horses off without asking me,â&#x20AC;? Salter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every morning, I went out to water them, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have more horses than the day before.â&#x20AC;?

Most farmers and ranchers have had

trouble growing hay this year because of the drought that stretches from Ohio west to California. Salter said a company that donates to her rescue got 46 bales last year from a 22-acre plot but this year expects only six or seven. Recent wildfires in northern Nebraska have added to the shortage, forcing ranchers to choose between feeding their horses and more profitable cattle.

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He said some changes have already taken place such as the beginning phase of the One Search program, an online search engine on the Morris Library website that allows students to look up books, journals, articles and videos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has some new enthusiasm,â&#x20AC;?

Carter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking at the ways that we have done things in the past and asking questions about why things are being done the way they are and how we can do them better.

She has breathed new life into the building and the staff.â&#x20AC;?

Chancellor Rita Cheng said Moore was chosen from a pool of qualified applicants because of her ability to skillfully articulate her goals and visions she has for Morris Library. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had a much, much stronger message than some of the other candidates,â&#x20AC;? Cheng said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a beautiful building and I'm so excited that we have a library director

who wants to see the library's use increased.â&#x20AC;?

Moore was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where she was first introduced to libraries at a young age.

When Moore was a child her mother was a public library trustee and actively worked to establish a county-wide public library system.

Moore said she would go with her mother to the openings of new libraries and from then on built a passion for the facilities and the way they worked.

She attended college at Duke University in North Carolina where she studied English and Spanish and spent much of her time in the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Perkins Library.

When Moore graduated from Duke University, she got a job at Perkins Library before attending University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where she received her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in library and information sciences.

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t was a pleasure for me to work with her. I think what you saw was that her success in South Dakota led to her being eligible to move up to a library like SIU, which is probably one of the top 100 academic libraries in the United States.

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many different parts of the country with her most recent as dean of libraries at the University of South Dakota, Moore said.

Chuck Staben, provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of South Dakota, said Moore started with the University of South Dakota in 2008 and managed more than one academic library on the campus.

He said Moore made vast improvements to the libraries at the University of South Dakota; one of the most notable, he said, was when she simplified an entire collection of books into a more mangeable amount of space.

This freed up physical space in the library, Staben said, and has enabled

the school to bring in more academic services such as a writing center and a study abroad office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a pleasure for me to work with her,â&#x20AC;? Staben said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think what you saw was that her success in South Dakota led to her being eligible to move up to a library like SIU, which is probably one of the top 100 academic libraries in the United States.â&#x20AC;?

When she is not at Morris Library, Moore said she can be found either running four miles a day with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Molly, or listening to Madonna on her treadmill.

She has three children and a grandson; 30-year-old Rider, 28-yearold Ian, 25-year-old Cassandra and

10-month-old Loren, or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ren.â&#x20AC;?

Her daughter Cassandra may follow in her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s footsteps to get a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in library affairs soon, Moore said.

With some changes underway and more planned for the future, Moore said she wants to know what students want and be able to give it to them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of my personal mantras is if you have to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; repeatedly, you need to examine your policy and develop a way that you can say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ... put things in place so it can be a positive experience rather than a negative one,â&#x20AC;? Moore said.

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6DOH RI 1LJHU QRPDG¡V ODVW FDPHO LV VLJQ RI KXQJHU 58.0,1, &$//,0$&+, $VVRFLDWH 3UHVV S A K A B A L , Niger â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In a part of the world where the worth of a man is measured by his animals, Tuareg nomad Soumaila Wantala has come to this market to do the unthinkable: Sell his last camel.

He crouches in the shade of a thorn tree as traders haggle over the 4-yearold male animal, Yedi. When the sale is complete, Yedi rears his enormous

neck and lets out a cry, like the deep, subterranean call of a whale. It takes three men to drag the camel out of the arena, as if he understands the fate that has just befallen his master.

In markets all over Niger, hungry people are selling hungry animals for half their normal value, giving up on the milk and money of tomorrow so that their children can eat today. Their plight is a sign of how far the economy of the desert has broken down, leaving its people unable to feed themselves in drought after drought.

This is a community so tied to its animals that children play with miniature camels or cows cut from rock. It's in livestock that a man settles disputes, pays the dowry for his future bride and leaves an inheritance to his sons.

So to see a nomad sell his last camel is like watching someone sell their house and car, liquidate their 401(k) and empty their bank account all at once, just to buy groceries.

Such fire sales are now happening with frightening regularity in cattle

markets like this one, poised on the edge of the massive grasslands that run like a ribbon across the neck of Africa.

In a normal year, an adult camel like Yedi could sell for as much as $1,600. After spending all day under the thorn tree, Wantala, a 35-yearold who looks like a human stick, was forced to accept half that price.

Across the plains, his wife and six children were waiting for him under an animal-skin tent, their bag of grain nearly empty.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a deep shock. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve fallen into a hole,â&#x20AC;? said Wantala. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But right now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hungry. And I need first of all to remove the hunger.â&#x20AC;?

Animals in the Sahel act as a buffer, a cushion against hunger. In times of need, a cow or camel provides milk, and is also an asset that can be traded for food.

Eighty percent of people in this landlocked nation, and virtually all in its rural areas, depend on livestock for some part of their income, according to Nigerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breedersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; association.

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6XPPHU FRQVWUXFWLRQ DOPRVW FRPSOHWH 0$77 '$5$< 'DLO\ (J\SWLDQ The work of more than 20 construction projects across the university may catch students' attention.

While a majority of the projects started by the Physical Plant and Service Operations this summer are complete, some finishing touches still linger.

Although some students have called the ongoing construction and changes an inconvenience, Physical Plant director Phil Gatton said most projects should be completed in the first few weeks of the semester.

While the construction may create minor obstacles around campus, Chancellor Rita Cheng said she has heard compliments on the projects rather than complaints. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People have also commented that the campus hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looked this good for a long time,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we are starting to make a difference in the external and internal improvements we are making.â&#x20AC;?

Some students visited campus for the first time last week before officially moving to Carbondale, and Cheng said she thought many families responded positively to the ongoing changes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The parents and students who were here for move-in and for Saluki Startup really complimented us on the construction projects that were going on and the quality of the work that had been done,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Richard Heins, a freshman from Campbell Hill studying physical therapy, said he thinks the renovations help improve the campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; look. He said he knew about construction happening on campus before he arrived, but he was unaware of how much was being done.

He said even if he did not know about the construction, he would still have chosen to attend SIU because the renovations are signs of the campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; modernization.

The Physical Plant and Service Operations is in charge of cleaning, maintenance and repairs as well as campus facility operation and maintenance. The

Sarah Gardner | DAILY EGYPTIAN Some areas of sidewalk are blocked by fences beause of construction near Faner Hall. Construction on the area is running on schedule and should be completed within the semester. projects the Physical Plant completed this summer totaled around $120 million, Gatton said. Those projects included renovations to Faner Hall, which has yet to be completed.

Gatton said the addition of lighting and wider walkways around Faner Hall is intended to make more space for student interaction. He said lighting construction is ongoing, and cement work in front of the building is not complete despite plans for a finished project before fall. Another week of concrete work is needed before the pathway is complete, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope the students who have been here before see all the improvements, and hopefully all the new students who come here appreciate the way the campus looks,â&#x20AC;? Gatton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really heading in the right direction on facility improvements.â&#x20AC;?

Renovations were also made to remove asbestos

and replace seating, flooring, lights and the ceiling in Lindegren Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s French Auditorium.

Hallway and office upgrades in Faner Hall and the Agriculture Building are also complete. This is the first significant renovation the Agriculture Building has received since it was built in 1955. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looked like you were stepping back in time,â&#x20AC;?

Gatton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The building) had poor lighting (and) just had a poor look.â&#x20AC;?

Faner Hall also underwent construction to fix its roof and increase precautions to prevent mold from occupying the building.

Although the construction around Faner is near complete, the summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction work raised concerns because of gas line leaks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it was that huge of an issue. It was a small gas line; it caused some problems over the summer,â&#x20AC;? Gatton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was unfortunate, but given the magnitude and scope of the project, it

probably wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t unexpected.â&#x20AC;?

Gatton said several buildings were evacuated during the gas leak, but only as an added precaution. He said it is not uncommon to run into things such as gas and water lines during construction.

While most construction around campus is complete, some projects such as the new Student Services Center are still under construction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re starting to actually see the layout of the building,â&#x20AC;? Gatton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approximately a $30 million project that should be finished by the end of next summer.â&#x20AC;?

Gatton said the construction is going better than he thought because there have been no rain delays.

Cheng said future improvements will be made to academic buildings and the library along with remodeling Pulliam and Quigley Halls.

With the ongoing construction running into fall semester, some students and faculty have concerns.

Grace Darmour-Paul, a professor in foreign languages, said the construction has been a hassle for her to maneuver around campus. She said the campus seems to change everyday, and the routes she takes one day are sometimes blocked off the next. But Darmour-Paul said she believes the improved look will help bring in more students.

Chris Banner, a junior from ChampaignUrbana studying psychology, said the campus was difficult to navigate this summer, but it has become easier with some projectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; completion. He said he likes the campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new look and thinks it could attract more students to the university.

David Palm, a junior from Schaumburg studying plant biology, said the construction makes the campus look more appealing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially as a transfer student. He said he does not think the ongoing construction will prevent him from reaching his classes on time.

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BP spokesman Scott Dean says some of the recalled fuel was sent to Milwaukee and sold at retailers there Monday and Tuesday before sales were halted.

The company announced the recall Monday, saying it was

limited to regular gasoline sold at retailers in northwestern Indiana.

Dean now says some of the tankers delivering the fuel there also crossed the state line into Illinois. Dean says it also might involve premium and mid-grade gasoline.

He says BP has heard from more than 5,000 customers whose cars have required repairs because of the gasoline with a high level of a polymeric residue.

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Wheat for December delivery rose 19.25 cents to $9.22 a bushel; December corn rose 15 cents to $8.3875 a bushel; December oats rose 8.25 cents to $3.97 a bushel; while November

soybeans jumped 49 cents to $17.3250 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

October live cattle fell 0.85 cent to $1.2462 a pound; October feeder cattle fell 1.65 cent to $1.4240 a pound; while October lean hogs slipped 0.10 cent to 75.80 cents a pound.

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Officials announced Tuesday that a Las Vegas-based carrier that halted its service out of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport near Mascoutah in January 2009 will be restoring its flights to

Orlando, Fla. That nonstop service by Allegiant is to begin Nov. 7 and will include twice-weekly flights.

MidAmerica has struggled since opening in 1998, and it lost its last passenger service a decade later.

Since then, the county largely has focused on attracting cargo business to the money-losing airport.

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Leo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Today is a 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Handle responsibilities so you can have fun outside, and then head for a comforting evening at home. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re lucky with money this month, and your dreams are fueled by love.

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Saluki swimmers, Csaba Gercsak, Pamela Benitez and Mazen Aziz went to London to compete in their respective competitions this Olympic season.

Walker coached Egyptian Aziz in the 10 km. marathon. Both Gercsak and Benitez will return for the Salukisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2012-13 season.

It was the first Olympic experience for Walker, who had a chance to swim in the 1980 games but could not because of the United States boycott. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In 1980 we held the trials, and I did not make the team, but nobody did,â&#x20AC;? Walker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We boycotted and nobody went. That was kind of my year. I felt like I had a reasonable shot and I still wanted to go.â&#x20AC;?

Walker said he relished his first trip to the games â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly being in the company of athletes around the world who worked relentlessly to get there. He said

he also enjoyed seeing how similar all the competitors were, even across cultural barriers and in the presence of world-class athletes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think in the (Olympic) Village everybody was just like everybody else,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kobe Bryant could go down to go eat and, while people wanted to talk to him or get a picture, he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the biggest star there,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Hungarian Csaba Gercsak swam alongside SIU teammate Mazen Aziz in the 10 km. marathon and finished six places ahead of him in 18th. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mazen is a good friend of mine,â&#x20AC;? Gercsak said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really special that we both made the Olympics, but in the water we compete against each other, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t treat him differently than anybody else.â&#x20AC;?

It was Gercsakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second Olympic appearance, as he also competed in the 10 km. marathon during the 2008 Beijing games.

He also won bronze in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Swimming Federation World Championships 25 km. marathon in Shanghai. Of all the gamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spectacle and hoopla, Gercsak said it is the competition that he will remember most. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The race was in my mind all the time. It was my second Olympics, so I kind of knew what to expect,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, I had a little

more pressure on me, but it mostly came from the feeling that the world was watching.â&#x20AC;?

Though Gercsak enjoyed his time at the Olympics, he is not focused on competing in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, I am not really thinking about Rio,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will be competing next year at the World Championships in Barcelona. I still have plans with swimming, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really plan four years ahead.â&#x20AC;?

Pamela Benitez, from El Salvador, swam in the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 800 meter freestyle and finished in 33rd after the first heat at 9 minutes and 2.66 seconds.

Benitez, who does not typically swim in longer distance competition, only swam in one event greater than 500 meters last season. Against Washington University, she swam the 1,000 meter and finished at 10:13.85.

Coach Walker said he is proud of his Olympians, and he enjoys watching his swimmers progress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every good grade that we get, every good swim that we get, every challege we overcome, I get equal sense of reward and a sense of accomplishment,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Alex Rostowsky can be reached at arostowsky@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.

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Tiffany Blanchette| DAILY EGYPTIAN Philip Barrett, center, a sophomore from Chicago studying computer engineering, goes in for a lay-up Tuesday at the Recreation Center against Alex Dieckmann, left, a senior from Naperville studying exercise science, and Harold Sidney, right, a freshman from East St. Louis studying computer animation. Dieckmann said he enjoys coming to the Recreation Center to play pick-up games, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great way to meet other students from different backgrounds.

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Dallas Baptist University officially moved to the Missouri Valley Conference Monday as an affiliate member in baseball.

The Patriotsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; remaining 13 sports teams will continue to compete in the Division II Heartland Conference.

SIU Athletic Director Mario Moccia said the vote to add a ninth conference member to the Valley was nearly unanimous by the coaches earlier this month and affirmed by the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Council, which includes elected officials from the various Valley schools, effective the 2013-14 school year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was totally sold on (the move) from the beginning,â&#x20AC;?

Moccia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have been a traditional baseball power in the (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) since the mid â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for the league, and I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for baseball.â&#x20AC;?

Last season, the Patriots â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who had an enrollment of 5,545 in fall 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; compiled a 14-7 record against MVC teams en route to a 41-19 finish as well as an NCAA bid. The Patriots swept the Salukis in a weekend series April 12-14 and never scored fewer than 11 runs in a game.

Moccia said Dallas Baptist will boost the conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ratings Percentage Index.

RPIs assign teams a rank

based on winning percentage and schedule strength. It is also used as a measuring stick for a teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quality.The lower a teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RPI, the better.

Dallas Baptist had an RPI of 23 last season. The Salukisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was 114. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the things the coaches around the league were saying was we needed to bolster our RPI,â&#x20AC;? Moccia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Dallas Baptist) has a tremendous RPI. Even if they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t having a great season, they will still have the high RPI, which will help (the university).â&#x20AC;?

Moccia said other positives Dallas Baptistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference addition include are a warm weather climate, a market for alumni, a great media market in Dallas and a new recruiting pipeline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question that Dallas Baptist University is a premier power in Division I baseball,â&#x20AC;? MVC commissioner Doug Elgin said in a statement released Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their addition to our conference as an affiliate member in baseball will strengthen our position in the national landscape, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to commit to one another for a lengthy term. The Missouri Valley Conference has a rich tradition in baseball, and the addition of Dallas Baptist will make us stronger.â&#x20AC;?

Ben Conrady can be reached at bconrady@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 282.

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Coach Audra Nothwehr said

because the team did well last year, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team should only improve.

The depth and experience of the team are its strengths, Nothwehr said. Senior Melanie Delsart is coming back after her record of 22-8 last year. Senior Anastacia Simons managed to notch 14 wins to three losses last season, and Junior Anita Lee finished last year with 19 singles and double wins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are always things I can do

better â&#x20AC;Ś I just start by remembering to work hard,â&#x20AC;? Lee said.

To emphasis hustle and intensity, Nothwehr often says at practice, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never let the ball bounce twice; donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it in games, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it in practice.â&#x20AC;?

The team takes part in numerous drills designed to challenge the skill sets of the players, Nothwehr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are probably the most experienced team in the conference this year,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The team has only one freshman, Abigail Plecki, who Nothwehr said will receive significant experience by training with such a veteran group of players.

Sophomore Natasha Tomishima said major improvements begin for players in their first year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Growing up in Brazil, I was used to clay courts and not the stuff used here,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was something I really had to work on.â&#x20AC;?

Coach Nothwehr said she expects the team to pick up where it left off last season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are a team that has seen some success last year. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see why it would change this year,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The team will begin its season Sept.

21 in Clarksville, Tenn.

Demario Smith-Phipps can be reached at dsmith-phipps@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.

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