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Unions picket 428 days without contract SARAH SCHNEIDER Daily Egyptian For two hours Thursday in 99-degree weather anywhere from 50 to 100 union members picketed at any given time in protest of continued contract negotiations.

More than 300 Carbondale residents, students and activists signed in at the demonstration on the intersection of Highway 51 and Grand Avenue, where picketers carried signs, some of which said “We are the heart of SIUC,� “Fair contracts for quality employees� and “I love my students but I fear my administration.�

Jim Clark, an Illinois Education Association representative, said the goal of the rally was to dramatize the situation of the four IEA unions at Southern Illinois University Carbondale —the SIUC Faculty Association, the NonTenure Track Faculty Association, Graduate Assistants United and the Association of Civil Service Employees – that have gone 428 days without a contract. “In the week before Labor Day to have unions without contracts is unfair to the employees,� Clark said. “Not having a collective bargaining contract is a ticking time bomb getting ready to go off. We have been patient and suffered under imposed terms by the chancellor.�

The four unions filed intent-to-strike notices in April. “We are waiting to see if the chancellor can get an agreement quickly and if she doesn’t then other considerations will start coming in,� Clark said.

Chants of “Rita says cut back, we say fight back� could be heard at the rally over car horns honking as they passed.

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Senior lecturer of Aviation Flight, Gerald Spittler, along with colleagues, picketed the outer edge of campus Thursday at the corner of Highway 51 and Grand Avenue. Despite the heat index exceeding 99 degrees, more than 300 university

employees, Carbondale residents, students and activists signed in at the rally to show their support of those affected without contracts. The Illinois Education Association unions at SIUC have begun their second year without contracts.

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nthe week before Labor Day, to have unions without contracts is unfair to the employees. Not having a collective bargaining contract is a ticking time bomb getting ready to go off. We have been patient and suffered under imposed terms by the chancellor.

— Jim Clark Illinois Education Association

Cheng said the campus does not have the money to cover the deficit and when the state appropriations are cut and tuition cannot be raised enough to cover all of the deficit, additional cuts had to be made across the university. “We can’t spend money we don’t have,� she said.

Cheng sent an email Wednesday to SIUC faculty and staff in regard to the Financial Progress Report that was submitted to the Higher Learning Commission and the “false assumptions in some parts of campus.�

In the email Cheng said fiscal year 2010 began with a structural deficit of $13 million, so unpaid closure days and a hiring freeze were implemented. The deficit for FY11 was reduced to $5.7 million. The combination of

savings from the hiring freeze and unpaid closure days helped to temporarily cover the deficit for fiscal year 2011 and 4 to 5 percent budget cuts to all colleges and academic buildings, Cheng said. “No one wanted to take unpaid days, but I was heartened by the recognition of so many, including many labor unions, that by working together and with temporary sacrifice, we could continue our mission and avoid layoffs, which would have had consequences for families, communities and, of course, the university,� Cheng said in the email.

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Retirement plan change may lead to vacant positions LAUREN DUNCAN Daily Egyptian Some faculty members can receive more money if they retire now than if they wait one year.

A new formula used by the State University Retirement System — the system SIUC employees finance their retirement through — will decrease interest rates after July 2012.

Jake Baggot, assistant to the chancellor, said he heard from representatives at SURS that the number of statewide university faculty members who retire this year is expected to double from the 2011 fiscal year.

Allan Karnes, associate dean to the college of business, said after the July

deadline passes, those who receive their pension through the money purchase plan are liable to lose between eight and 10 percent of their salary toward the pension total. “That’s why people are retiring. They look at that and they say if I retire now I can get 73 percent of my salary, but if I keep working, that’s going to go down to 65 percent,� he said. “So they’re saying, ‘Why should I keep working if I get less money?’�

While Karnes said he expects more people to retire this year due to pension changes, there was recently an increase of retired faculty at SIUC that occurred before pension plan changes. Baggott said the number of university faculty who re-

Faculty members in the

Money Purchase Plan will receive 8-10 percent less of their salary than those who retire before July 2, 2012.

Year Retired

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FY12..............................73 FY13.............................65

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tired between FY10 and FY11 increased from 109 to 160, or 51 percent.

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Carbondale water system OK for now; improvements still needed ELI MILEUR Daily Egyptian Carbondale’s water system may be in good shape now, however it will need reinvestment to stay that way, says Gayle Klam. “It’s essential. It’s pay now or pay later,� said Klam, a member of the Jackson County League of Women Voters.

Klam was part of a committee of the league that researched and wrote a report on Carbondale’s water system.

She and league member Liz Gersbacher presented the report to the Carbondale City Council at its last meeting Aug. 16.

According to the report, the league decided to investigate the issue after then-Mayor Brad Cole proposed sell-

ing the city’s water system to a private company in 2009. Though the proposal was dropped, members of the league believed questions were still left unanswered, the report said.

Klam said the system is aging and needs repair, and though there are no critical problems, there are chronic ones.

She said the breaks of water mains

in the city have damaged roads, inconvenienced residents and wasted treated water.

City Manager Allen Gill said the city’s water system is sound and delivers high-quality water at reasonable rates. He said the city does have a number of backlogged investments that need to be made, though, which includes the aging water main system.

Both Klam and councilwoman Jane Adams said the price of water needs to be raised. “We have not been increasing our rates in a way that allows for continual reinvestment, particularly in the water and sewer line,�

Adams said.

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‘Bath salts’ are no experimental matter TARA KULASH Daily Egyptian Synthetic cocaine, also known as bath salts, may be illegal in Illinois, but its use is still prominent.

The Carbondale City Council voted to make sale and possession of the drug illegal June 7, and Gov. Pat Quinn signed it into law for the state July 22. If caught with the product in Carbondale, the ordinance calls for a fine that could range from $250 to $750 with possible court supervision.

Chief of Police Jody O’Guinn said he pushed to make the product illegal in Carbondale because he did not know how long it would be until the state caught on to the idea.

“We didn’t know if it was going to be a couple weeks or a couple months before it was made illegal in Illinois,” O’Guinn said. “But there had been a couple of instances where individuals were taken to the hospital from ingestion, and I felt that it was a serious enough problem that we needed to address it locally.”

O’Guinn said use of the drug caused deaths in Alton, Granite City and Marion. While law enforcement has not found the salts in any local retail shops, he said purchase is still easily available through the Internet.

O’Guinn said although the product is labeled as salt, it has more of a powdery consistency. He said it

can be smoked, swallowed, injected or snorted, and can be purchased for a low price. The product label also states that it is not for human consumption, but O’Guinn said if it is consumed, users experience an increase in heart rate and blood pressure coupled with euphoria and alertness. He said chest pains, seizures, hypothermia, extreme paranoia, suicidal thoughts and hallucinations are some of the drug's negative effects.

Gene Gooden and Jennifer Bocock-Gooden, owners of The Groove Shop, a tobacco and pipe store in DeSoto, said they do not sell the product for their customers' safety.

“I think that all pipe shops need to be held accountable just like a bartender does,” Bocock-Gooden said. “If you serve a drink in a bar after someone is already drunk, then you can go to jail if this person dies or gets in a car accident on the way home. I think pipe shops should be held just as (responsible).”

Bocock-Gooden said she still receives multiple phone calls a day from customers who ask for the drug, however.

Gooden said he also received multiple calls daily from a sales representative who tried to talk the two into retailing the product.

“He kept telling us that we could make a killing off it,” Gooden said.

“And I told him, ‘Man, you just don’t get it. We’re not into it. We

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Bocock-Gooden said she and her husband try to raise the bar on pipe shops, because they sent a letter to the state to ask Quinn to make the drug illegal before he signed it into effect. She said they also sent a letter to request that pipe shops in Illinois be made to carry both a tobacco license and bond, which The Groove Shop has.

The two said they have seen people come into their shop high on bath salts.

“They’re bouncing off the walls.

It’s almost like we needed to wear baseball gloves to catch them,” Bocock-Gooden said.

Gooden said he noticed their

eyes and bodies twitch, and they seemed desperate for more of the product.

Jason Gillman, assistant director of the Student Health Center and director of the Wellness Center, said the dangers of the drug are extensive. He said it causes a cellular breakdown that damages internal organs severely.

“The unfortunate thing about the bath salts is they pop up on the scene, and people get all excited about it, and we as health educators try to address the problem,” Gillman said. “What it does is it diminishes our ability to attack other issues going on, such as alcoholism and marijuana use.”

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Gillman said bath salts are what he calls the new scene, which is a drug that erupts in the media for a short period of time like Four Loko and K2. He said it is frustrating to have to turn his attention to similar drugs when they are fleeting issues.

O’Guinn said he thinks the fad will die out.

“I don’t see it as becoming a huge problem as long as the legislature and lawmakers can keep up with the different strands of the synthetic compounds that they use to create these kinds of things,” he said.

Tara Kulash can be reached at tkulash@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 273.

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Jeff Beaulieu, an associate professor in agribusiness economics and member of the SURS Board of Trustees, said the board changed the way money is distributed after retirement because of a review that reflects earnings rate and age of SURS members.

“We learned that people are living longer so that annuity must be distributed over a longer number of years,” he said. “You have to decide to draw a line in the sand at some time and so in June they decided you’re in or out.”

Another factor into retirement trends is what legislative changes might occur, and Beaulieu said retirement plans are in threat of fu-

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Gill said the city commissioned a professional study of Carbondale’s water rates a year ago, and the results will be presented in the near future.

Klam said if the system is not improved, the city might find itself in a situation down the road in which selling its system to a private company will be raised again.

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ture changes that involve benefits.

“If I’m an employee and have the money purchase factor, given the uncertainty in Springfield, I might say, ‘What the heck, just go now’,” he said.

Beaulieu said the reduction for a member’s pension can be earned back after about a year, however, he said for the rest of that individual’s retirement, the amount they had expected to receive will be one year behind.

The changes to the plan have factored into Beaulieu’s decision to retire. He said he had originally planned to retire in FY13, but will have to wait until FY14 if he wants to receive what he had counted on before the change.

“Right now, I’m kind of watching what is going on legislative,” he said. “I will either go this year

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or two years from now, 2014. Now it’s a question of when to go.”

Baggott said open positions could be left at the university because of more retirees than previous years.

“Anytime a vacancy occurs, whether it be retirement or resignation, the employing college or department must evaluate the organizational needs and make decisions on how to manage the responsibilities held by the vacated position,” he said.

Baggot said the university could benefit from an increase in retired faculty because vacant positions can work in conjunction with the hiring freeze.

“Savings from vacant positions has been important to help balance the university budget,” he said.

Karnes said general demographics can also affect a higher number of retirees.

“We’re baby boomers that went to school at a time when

universities were expanding and federal aid was much better than it is now, so there was a lot of faculty that began their careers at the same time,” he said. “If you look, especially at different disciplines, there’s a real disparity of people moving through the system getting about ready to retire.”

Adams said the city owns its entire water system, from its source at Cedar Lake to the treatment plants to the water mains under the streets.

Barb McKasson, a league member who also worked on the report, said the committee found that privatization would likely lead to higher rates and worse service. She said communities across the country turn to privatization with negative results.

“A lot of people think this is not a

hot issue, but I think they are insulating themselves from the reality that is out there,” she said.

Chris Bacon, external affairs manager for Illinois American Water, a private water firm, said his company is proactive in maintaining its water systems.

“We’re proud of what we do as far as our service,” he said.

He said the Illinois Commerce Commission regulates the company’s

rates and customers are charged for the full cost of the water. He said municipalities can charge more than the direct rate through other costs such as property taxes.

Adams said Carbondale’s water system is supposed to be able to pay for itself.

She said she believes many communities that have privatized their water systems have done so in desperation, though Carbondale isn’t at

that point. She said she thinks the water system will be a major issue for the city in the fall.

“We’re more like somebody who’s let their roof go a couple years longer than they should rather than somebody whose roof is blown off and the rain’s pouring in,” she said.

e learned that people are living longer so that annuity must be distributed over a longer number of years. You have to decide to draw a line in the sand at some time and so in June they decided you’re in or out.

—Jeff Beaulieu member of the SURS Board of Trustees

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Probe of illnesses at Illinois Air Force base ends JIM SUHR Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — The source of an irritant that sent three workers in a southwestern Illinois air base's mail center to the hospital may forever be a mystery, authorities said Thursday.

Lt. Benjamin Garland said a “thorough and exhaustive examination” by bio-environmental specialists was unable to determine what caused Wednesday's illnesses at Scott Air Force Base

and a brief evacuation of that portion of the installation.

“We’re really grateful we came to a safe resolution of this incident,” Garland said.

Officials have said it’s possible whatever caused the mail handlers to develop respiratory or skin reactions and spurred the precautionary decontamination of 13 other people who had been at the scene may have dissipated by the time tests were done later in the day.

“There was definitely unmistakable evidence of symptoms of an irritant,” though no source of

it could be uncovered after several packages were scrutinized, Garland said. “At this point, it's going to be a mystery.”

The mail center remained closed Thursday, though an education center and other services housed in that building were reopened later Wednesday at Scott, near the town of Mascoutah about 25 miles east of St. Louis.

The base's commander, Col. Michael Hornitschek, said he didn't believe there was ever any threat to the local community and that it's possible the package could

have been a “very benign shipment someone had sent (and that) something had spilled or broke.”

But he stopped short of assuring that it wasn't a deliberate act.

Hornitschek said he believed the matter was “absolutely not” connected to the pending 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — a sentiment Garland again stressed Thursday.

“There's no evidence that it's related to 9/11 or a terrorist attack of any sort,” Garland said. On the base where there are 10,000 to 12,000 people any given day, "our

personnel are currently safe, and the buildings in which they work have been declared safe.”

The air base serves as a global mobility and transportation hub for the Defense Department. The base is home to the U.S. Transportation Command, Air Mobility Command, the 618th Air and Space Operations Center and Air Force Network Integration Center.

It is also one of four bases in the Air Force to house both a Reserve unit — the 932nd Airlift Wing — and an Air National Guard unit — the 126th Air Refueling Wing.

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Getting off on getting overstuffed

DERRICK L. WILLIAMS Wellness Center A large portion of men are held captive to hyper-masculine expectations. Could it be that hypermasculinity is actually killing men?

According to U.S. health statistics, heart disease is the leading cause of death among men and women. It is reported that men live seven years less than women.

While it becomes increasingly

more acceptable to discuss men’s health, historical factors contribute to the celebration of poor health among men. Pop culture is a powerful tool used to market the celebration of poor health to a male audience.

This can be seen in the popular television show, “Man v. Food,� where host, Adam Richman, travels the country in search of opportunities to conquer super-sized meals in a competitive nature. As Richman devours sandwiches, loaded with

pounds of meat and cheese, and fries that drape the plate restaurant locals cheer him on in a fashion similar to an NCAA Final Four matchup.

Man v. Food is viewed by millions who participate in the spectacle. The show communicates a very dangerous social message about food and health.

Unfortunately, the social signifier associated with Man v. Food reinforces hyper-masculinity by finding selfworth in the ability to overeat.

Richman admits that he works

out intensely in order to maintain a size that is socially acceptable for a television host. This gross illusion promotes poor health in the long run, and can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and ultimately death.

Recent news coverage illuminates extreme food shortages in Somalia, and the number of Americans visiting food pantries continues to increase. In

a time where millions of people are starving globally, Man v. Food celebrates the overconsumption of food. In conjunction with poor eating habits, many men also find it admirably masculine to avoid life-saving preventative measures through health or wellness checks.

Men must find the courage to step out of these hyper-masculine scripts and resist behaviors that ultimately work against healthy choices and life decisions.

There is a difference between Bush and Perry WILLIAM MCKENZIE McClatchy Tribune Do George W. Bush and Rick Perry loathe each other? Are they blood enemies?

There’s plenty of speculation these days about a personal animosity. Jeb Bush, the former president’s brother, says none exists. After covering both Texans, I still don’t know.

But I do know this: The distinction runs deeper than any personal grievance. The differences are more profound. And understanding them is a key to understanding Texas politics, which many around the country are trying to do again with Perry running for the White House.

Both are conservatives, but they come at politics from competing spheres, and I don't mean Yale vs.

Texas A&M. The universes represent

a cleavage between the modern, business-style Texas politician and the cowboy brand of yesteryear.

Despite an occasional inclination for quick-draw comments as president, like his “Bring it on� challenge to Iraqi insurgents, Bush approached politics more as a problem solver. His orientation reflects the career track and culture he was part of before he ran for governor in 1994.

Texas has a broad base of corporate managers, business professionals and independent entrepreneurs. The orientation of this professional class, which includes many engineers and technocrats, is toward getting things done. Or, at least, focusing on how to get things done so their enterprises stay afloat.

If that means taking risks, they will take a calculated one. That’s

essentially what Bush did when he tackled the state’s messed-up school finance system as governor and tried to reform the nation's flawed immigration system as president.

Some republicans opposed him on both issues. They thought he would spend his political capital unwisely.

They were right in one way: Bush lost those gambles, just as he lost before on oil ventures, but at least he tried to deal with a problem.

People derided him for being a CEO president, and indeed he did seem too detached at times, but his MBA background guided his approach to politics.

It also reflected the modern professional class that populates metropolitan areas like Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Austin-San Antonio. That’s where you find the headquarters of such corporate giants

as Exxon Mobil, Dell and AT&T. Perry’s style is far more rooted in Texas’ past. In some ways, he is closer to the way Lyndon Johnson came up through politics.

Each came from rural communities and had their world widen once they hit college and bigger cities. But they never lost their rooting to Texas' rural, cowboy heritage.

Hence, the swagger that Perry brings, just as LBJ had his own in-your-faceTexan style.

Politics also was more of an industry in that older tradition.

LBJ was a political lifer. And he was surrounded in his days in Congress and the White House by Texas legislators who were Capitol Hill barons, thanks to their staying power.

For them, politics was more akin to blood sport than solving problems.

That’s been true, too, for Perry, who

has been in elected office since 1984.

As governor, he’s not known for many major signatures outside of keeping taxes low and appointing allies to state boards. In fact, he’s often shown tepid leadership on such big issues as correcting Texas’ school funding problems. Getting too engaged could cost him politically.

What’s surprising about Perry’s rise is that the mythology he represents still lives on, even as the state long ago moved beyond its rural heritage.

But we keep dealing with these competing strains. Last year’s governor’s race provided another glimpse into the duality: cowboy politico Perry vs. manager/ businessman Bill White.

My proclivities run toward the problem solvers, but, as I noted on a column about White vs. Perry, they lack the frontier politician’s flair.

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Kristi Brownfield, vice-president of communications for GAU, said she thinks 428 days without a contract shows that the administration’s priorities are not in education or providers of education.

“I love SIUC … and I feel like the administration doesn’t particularly love me back,” she said. “For (graduate assistants) as students especially we are paying into this (university) and it feels like all they care about is the money we are bringing in. I feel like a walking dollar sign.”

Brownfield said GAU bargains for fee freezes, better health care and stipend increases.

Janelle Briggs, a graduate assistant from Monroe La. in speech communication, said she does not think GAU asks too much.

“The fact that by the time we get our paycheck we do not begin making money until October because our fees are so high is ridiculous,” she said. “We are not paid a living wage by any stretch of the imagination, so I think asking for basic needs to be met is really reasonable.”

Randy Hughes, president of the FA, said he hopes the rally sends a message to the university administration and the SIU Board of Trustees.

“What we have been offered so far is unacceptable,” he said.

In a report from the FA bargain-

ing team Wednesday, Hughes said the administration has said no to efforts made in the language of the contract to protect faculty interests and hold the administration accountable.

He said there has been a shift of resources in recent years.

“Fees are proposed by the administration and ratified by the board, and they make the decision where the fees go,” he said. “They have the power to change the way money is allocated across campus.”

Anita Stoner, president of the NTTFA, said her main concern is provide best possible education for SIUC students.

“That involves faculty governance, shared governance and settled contracts,” she said.

Stoner said the chancellor’s claims that there were no layoffs is not entirely true for NTT faculty.

“They can claim there are no layoffs but in the non-tenure track they cannot reappoint us,” she said. “We have had a lot of non-reappointments and they want the power to be able to do that.”

Ami Ruffing, a member of the bargaining team for the ACSE, said the association wants to rid the imposed terms and conditions the administration is allowed to put on the employees.

Cyndi Kessler-Criswell, president of the ACSE, said the association has asked for many things that would not cost the university anything, such as better vacation benefits.

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Signs bearing slogans such as “428,” “Students and workers are the heart of SIU” and “We are the face of education” littered the ground Thursday near the intersection of Interstate 51 and Grand Street during the protest for a fair labor contract.

“Right now if you want a vacation day you have to ask in advance and be approved in advance to take your vacation time. But there are times when you may have a water main break, heating and air conditioning go out, you call and alert the university and say you can’t make it and they say you have to,” she said. “You have to decide if you want to kind of screw over your

Four associations — the Faculty Association, Graduate Assistants United, the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association and the Association of Civil Service Employees — protested Thursday after working for 428 days without a labor contract.

family or if you want to come to work and that is difficult.”

Cheng said the university has to focus on positive outcomes for the future.

“Individuals continue to say that we don’t have a budget problem and individuals don’t seem to connect the ten years of declining enrollment with the fact that we haven’t had an

effective brand and marketing and enrollment management strategic initiative,” she said. “People have somehow suggested that our infrastructure doesn’t have to be taken care of.”

Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 255.

Dental office extends offer for free dental exams SEAN MEREDITH Daily Egyptian The Student Health Center’s dental office has extended its offer for students to receive free dental examinations for the next two semesters.

The exam provides students with a checkup focused on a student’s overall dental health and potential oral problems that may develop, said Dr. Russell Klein, a staff dentist. The free exams are given to help detect student dental issues before they escalate into bigger problems, he said. The fee was waived this past summer to increase the slow business that occurs while students are gone, said Dr. Ted Grace, director of the Student Health Center.

Grace said the positive response from students during the summer was what prompted them to provide the service throughout the year.

John Massie, assistant director of sports and medicine at the Student Health Center, said from June 1 to Aug. 12, 2010 the office completed approximately 50 exams whereas this year the number increased to 111 visits during the same time period.

“This benefits us as well because we won’t be having as many students out there with potentially tragic problems,” Klein said.

“To me it’s the ultimate form of outreach to the students.”

Students are still charged a $6 door fee per examination but the previous charge was waived with the decision to provide free exams over the summer, Grace said.

The previous fee was around $95 to $143, according to a pam-

phlet from the dental office.

Once a student has had an initial exam and X-ray, a treatment plan is developed based on what was found, Massie said.

“The idea is if students come in early in their college career and identify what kind of dental work they need we can tell them what care is most urgent,” Grace said.

Massie and Klein said in dentistry, a number of problems can be related to oral and preventative oral health, which could mirror complications elsewhere in the body.

“As students you’re transitioning from parental care to your own and there’s many things that aren’t clear as to what your needs are,” Klein said. “We want to help the students establish good dental habits for their own care. What better way to do this than to open the door with a complete examination.”

The choice to waive the

In July, the Student Health Center’s Dental Office expanded the coverage offered under their $6 front door fee. Originally the fee covered emergency exams and X-rays, according

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Gregg Harris, a sophomore from Chicago studying elementary education, is readied for X-rays Thursday in the Dental Office in the Student Health Center. Recently the Dental Office increased the number of services it will perform for its $6 front door fee. Though he is covered under veteran services, Harris said he still thinks the new plan is a great opportunity for students. “You can’t beat $6,” he said. fee stemmed from a decision

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to a pamphlet from the Dental Office, but now the fee also covers gum disease evaluation, evaluation of bite and position of teeth and cavity evaluation as well many other services.

amongst staff on how they could better serve students and provide greater access to dental care, Massie said.

“From a greater philosophical standpoint I think this was about access and providing students with care,” he said.

Dr. Kendall Wachter, chief of staff for the dental office, said even though exams had been done before the fee change this is now an added benefit for students.

“A new patient exam takes an hour, if it’s a returning patient we’ve seen it’s usually a half hour,” Wachter said.

Each exam studies different dental aspects such as health history, X-rays, an oral cancer exam, lymph node evaluation and cav-

ity evaluation among others, according to a pamphlet from the dental office.

The wait for an appointment can take one to two weeks but emergency visits will still be seen immediately, Wachter said.

These services have been provided for 22 years since Wachter joined the staff, she said.

“Nowhere else are students going to get a more unbiased opinion on what their dental needs are than here,” Klein said.

“There’s virtually no financial interest in treating them. We care for them as students and we’re here for the students.”

Sean Meredith can be reached at smeredith@dailyegyptian. com or 536-3311 ext. 259.

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Nonstop Reggae performs at Hangar 9 – the band brings its sultry signature island sound to Carbondale.

Left Handed Smiles at the Main Street Friday Night Fair — every night until the last week in October, Carbondale Main Street puts on its weekly Friday Night Fair. This free event kicks off the weekend with music, food, crafts and activities.

Rock and roll band Southern Pride and singer-songwriter Brittany Clark join outlaw country superstar Willie Nelson at the DuQuoin State Fair.

Local favorite DJ Nasty Nate will spin at Tres Hombres.

The five-member pop/club and dance band Your Villain My Hero will perform at Pinch Penny.

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Anything but Clothes fundraiser at Sports Blast – the event will raise money for Southern Illinois Roller Girls. The event will have a costume contest; door prizes and music will be provided by WIDB. Indie rock showcase at Hangar 9 – New York dance-rockers Young Loves will bring its catchy, 80s-influenced sound to Carbondale. The band will share the bill with self-dubbed “garage-country” songsters State Champion.

Canadian rock band My Darkest Days will join Finger Eleven at the DuQuoin State Fair. The band is sure to perform its chart-topping hits “One Thing,” “Living in a Dream” and “Paralyzer.”

Under the Radar is set to play at Pinch Penny; horseshoes and handgrenades will be at Sidetracks and student jam band Spread will play at at Tres Hombres.

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The Sunday in the Park series continues with singer-songwriter Barry Cloyd at Blue Sky Vineyard and Winery.

Country band Whistle Pigs is scheduled at PK’s and Beaucoup Creek, Four Play and Aaron Owens will take the stage at the DuQuoin State Fair.

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Seattle program teaches homeless to feed hungry GENE JOHNSON Associated Press

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SE AT TL E — When he spent his days smoking crack and helping women sell themselves, Brandon Hicks had little occasion to ponder an herbed goat-cheese tartine.

But here he was in the kitchen of FareStart, a Seattle nonprofit that specializes in turning around lives like his, carefully weighing dollops of a savory cheese mixture onto small slabs of baked dough to be served with arugula and roasted cherry tomatoes. Before long, hundreds of diners would begin arriving at the restaurant for a fixed-menu dinner overseen by a guest chef, Seth Caswell of Seattle restaurant emmer&rye. “I didn’t know nothing about goat cheese before, but it’s pretty good,

you know,� said Hicks, 23. “I’ve tried a lot of new things since I’ve been here.�

He was surrounded by people trying new things — being sober at work, showing up on time, getting a grip on their anger or shyness.

Marvin Blackweasel, a member of the Blackfeet Tribe, stood over an industrial mixer, dumping thyme, tarragon, parsley and chives into the fresh cheese — learning to cook after decades of alcoholism. He lost a landscaping job nearly three years ago, and at one point was living between a retaining wall and a cluster of trees in West Seattle.

At a metal table nearby, Andy Osterman laid a ruler beside a rectangle of chilled fennel crust and cut it in a precise grid for the entree — one square for each 4-ounce

Talks on possible deal with Wrigley bomb suspect CH ICAGO — Federal prosecutors say they have discussed a possible plea deal for a Lebanese immigrant accused of placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago’s Wrigley Field last year.

Prosecutors didn’t elaborate when they told Judge Robert Gettleman at a Thursday status hearing in Chicago that they’ve been talking to defense lawyers about resolving the case before it gets to trial.

Sami Samir Hassoun has pleaded not guilty, including to an attempted use a weapon of mass destruction charge.

pork medallion. Osterman, 41, has struggled with a bad temper and a domestic violence conviction, and said he’s starting over after becoming a victim of the recession. He was laid off by a moving company and found himself unable to afford the room he was renting in a friend’s house.

Double-checking their work was FareStart staff chef Sam Clinton, who had once himself been homeless after blowing a promising culinary career and swanky condo on a cocaine habit. “The students here keep me grounded,� he said. “If you want to be sober, you need to be with people who want to be sober.�

Since it was founded in the early 1990s, FareStart has helped thousands of troubled and homeless people by training them to work in

Winged roller coaster to debut at Six Flags GU R N E E — A winged roller coaster will debut next year at Six Flags Great America between Chicago and Milwaukee.

Riders on the X-Flight coaster will have no track above or below them. They will sit in pairs suspended on either side of the track with their feet dangling. The coaster will include a 12-story plunge, 3,000 feet of drops and reach speeds of 55 mph. Six Flags announced the new coaster Thursday.

Six Flags Great America president Hank Salemi says “the coaster’s train actually looks like a plane with seats suspended on either side of the track.�

the food industry. Its students have cooked millions of meals delivered to shelters, senior centers and daycares along the way. Now, with its profile raised this year by a James Beard Foundation Humanitarian Award, the program is expanding its influence by creating a network for like-minded programs across the country.

From traditional soup kitchens to programs like celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s three Fifteen restaurants, which train at-risk youngsters to be chefs, food has long been a vehicle for improving people’s lives. But FareStart and others in its new network, called Catalyst Kitchens, take it a step further, based on the powerful notion that they can accomplish three goals at once: feeding hungry people, providing

87-year-old Girard man killed in home explosion G I R A R D — An 87-year-old central Illinois man has died after an explosion at his home.

The Telegraph in Alton reports that Thomas Barnard of Girard in Macoupin County died early Thursday in the explosion and fire. Authorities say the explosion sent a fireball into the sky that a deputy saw in a patrol car. The deputy responded to the scene.

Six fire engines responded to the blaze and it took crews eight hours to contain it.

Barnard’s body was found in the basement and the coroner pronounced him dead at about 2:45 a.m. Fire officials say they are investigating the cause of the blaze.

housing and other support to those on the margins of society, and giving people the skills they need to lift themselves out of poverty.

Launched this year following a pilot project, Catalyst has 20 members, including Chicago’s Inspiration Corporation and Washington’s D.C. Central Kitchen.

Some, such as Liberty’s Kitchen in New Orleans and Life’s Kitchen in Boise, Idaho, have created or expanded their programs based on input from Catalyst. Benefits for the member organizations can include discounted or free items from Catalyst sponsors, including job postings on Monster.com, cut-rate Starbucks products and culinary training videos from rouxbe.com. Catalyst also evaluates the organizations and gives them suggestions.

U of Illinois to ask for 5 percent more money UR BA NA — The University of Illinois plans to ask the state for about five percent more money in the coming fiscal year.

A university trustees’ committee on Wednesday reviewed plans for a budget just over $5 billion for the 2012 fiscal year. The News-Gazette in Champaign reports that would be 5.2 percent more than the 2011 budget. The proposed budget must be cleared by trustees before it is considered by the governor, General Assembly and Illinois Board of Higher Education.

The state is now $313 million behind on money it owes the university from past appropriations.

Police: Mother in custody in deaths of two children JIM SHUR Associated Press ST. LOUIS — An Illinois woman suspected in the shotgun deaths of her two youngest children was arrested in Missouri after allegedly hitting three pedestrians with her car near St. Louis’ Gateway Arch, Illinois State Police said Thursday.

Authorities said they arrested the woman Wednesday night in St. Louis as she sat with a shotgun on a bench outside KMOV-TV after the wreck. Officers in nearby East St. Louis, responded shortly before to reports of shots fired and found the bodies of a 4-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy in a bedroom of the family's apartment, state police Capt. James Morrisey said.

Autopsies on Thursday determined that each child was shot

once in the head at close range with a shotgun and died instantly of the “devastating� injuries, said Danny Haskenhoff, St. Clair County’s chief deputy coroner.

The woman’s 8-year-old son managed to escape unharmed and was in a relative’s custody Thursday, Morrisey said.

Investigators have interviewed the 25-year-old woman, who remained jailed Thursday in St. Louis, and “have an understanding� of why the shootings happened, Morrisey said without elaborating.

A spokeswoman for the St. Clair County, Ill., prosecutor’s office said no charges were expected Thursday, though they could be filed Friday.

Word of the woman’s arrest sparked celebrations among a throng that gathered Wednesday night outside the apartment where the killings took place.

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his is a horrific scene inside. Once we got word of her being in custody, they erupted in praise and clapping of the hands.

“This is a horrific scene inside,�East St. Louis Police Capt. Bobby Cole told reporters before gesturing toward the onlookers. “Once we got word of her being in custody, they erupted in praise and clapping of the hands.�

The suspect’s relatives told media outlets she recently had been prescribed medication to treat depression or a mental illness.

The pedestrians injured in the St. Louis accident were taken to a hospital with injuries police termed not life-threatening.

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St. Louis Police Chief Ranadore Foggs and detectives in his department were not immediately returned.

The woman was investigated twice between December 2007 and March of this year by Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services on allegations of child neglect but never for reports involving physical abuse, spokesman Kendall Marlowe said.

He declined to detail the claims, citing privacy laws.

The woman never lost custody of her children, Marlowe said. Police briefly took protective custody once,

but DCFS did not take that matter to court because the woman’s relatives took steps to adequately ensure the children’s well-being, Marlowe said.

The state agency also offered the woman aid, but she refused it, Marlowe said. He described DCFS as “reaching out to the family and helping in whatever way we can,� from February 2008 to April 2009.

The shooting marked the latest deadly outburst that victimized children in the struggling city of East St. Louis, evoking memories of a 2006 case in which Tiffany Hall killed pregnant best friend Jimella Tunstall, cut Tunstall’s fetus from the womb and drowned Tunstall’s other three children. Those children's bodies were later found stuffed in the washer and dryer of the Tunstall family’s apartment.

Hall is serving four life sentences in the killings, as well as a 60-year term linked to the fetus’ death.

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Aries -- Today is an 8 -- Things are flowing easily at home, and a slow morning builds up to an afternoon with creativity in action, which produces positive results.

Cancer -- Today is a 7 -- If you’re willing to learn, you can make whatever you need. You have more resources than you thought.

Get your team involved. Resolve conflicts with diplomacy and

Libra -- Today is an 8 -- You’re successful, even if you make a few financial mistakes. There are many ways to measure success.

Change holds good lessons. Use your charm.

Capricorn -- Today is a 6 -- Spend time with your friends, the real ones, not the electronic profiles on Facebook. Disconnect and have an old-fashioned party (turn off cellphones, even).

Taurus -- Today is an 8 -- If you don’t know how to do the next step, it’s easy to find out. Seek the funding; ask for what you want; and get professional advice. All turns out well.

Leo -- Today is an 8 -- Romance is building up close to home.

Exercise restraint. The more you discover together, the deeper the love grows. Keep discovering subjects of fascination.

Scorpio -- -- Today is a 9 -- Take in more wealth than you spend, and anticipate a coming trend.

You’re in control, and a genius at planning now. Discover how to make it happen.

Aquarius -- Today is an 8 -Make the most of any publicity that should arise. Minimize distractions, and keep hammering toward a focused goal. A female has a solution. Aim for justice.

Gemini -- Today is an 8 -Distant connections expand your boundaries, providing a fresh point of view. It’s time to prepare to harvest those seeds you planted earlier this year.

Virgo -- Today is an 8 -- Make sure you speak clearly. There’s plenty of money, but none to waste.

You’re especially sensitive now, so express yourself in an artistic way.

Don’t be afraid.

Sagittarius -- -- Today is a 7 -- You’re very perceptive now.

Pay attention to the picky details to make the necessary tweaks that solve the problem. You’re surrounded by love. Let it in.

Pisces -- Today is a 7 -- If you aren’t knee-deep in an adventure by now, it’s time to gather your gear and head into the woods.

Conserve your energy. Explore, and imagine an exciting future.

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Saluki head coach Dale Lennon said the team has been focused on the upcoming game for a while now and there is still some work to be done.

“It’s the first game of the season for us, so naturally we’ve

been anticipating this for a long time,” Lennon said. “Now that we’re finally here in game week we’ve got a lot of work to do, a lot of preparation to take care of.”

McIntosh said he hopes the team’s physicality and experience on the offensive side will be an asset for them.

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“Hopefully our team can be a physical team. We’re very experienced on the offensive line,” McIntosh said. “Hopefully we can be a run-dominant team and that can open up the other aspects of the offense.”

Red-shirt senior and safety Mike McElroy said a good start is

important, especially as the team is excited to get back on the field.

“I think it’s important to get off on the right foot. For us, we need to win as many games as we can,” McElroy said. “This is just ‘the next game’ so we’re excited to get out there.”

Lennon said he is glad that SIU landed SEMO as their first game

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but said he is realistic and knows the game won’t be a walk in the park.

“So that’s our challenge ... it’s exciting to be here looking at that first game,” Lennon said. “They got momentum, we know we’re going into a full house, we know that it’s going to be a hostile environment.”

Salukis rise and shine to kick off season NAREG KURTJIAN Daily Egyptian There’s a saying that goes like this: The early-bird gets the worm.

The SIU cross-country team starts its season Friday with the Saluki Early Bird meet.

“For me, as a coach, it’s an opportunity to see ... the underclassmen, where they’ve developed from when we last saw them race,” said Matt Sparks, head cross-country coach. “So this is sort of the kick off to all the crosscountry teams throughout the country.”

The race is Friday at 5:30 p.m. for the women and 6:00 p.m. for the men. Visiting teams include the University of Missouri’s men and women’s B team squad and Rend Lake College.

The team will run on a newly redesigned course and the race will start to the south of Abe Martin Field. The course will wrap around the intramural fields and baseball diamonds twice before the finish.

Sparks said runners will consist mostly of freshman and sophomores to acclimate them to the collegiate pace and work them into the bulk of the season.

“On the women’s side, with an amazingly young team, ... 70 percent of the team is in their first year of competition for us,” Sparks said.

He said practice has been even between the women freshmen runners and this event will be the first indicator as to who can put themselves ahead of the rest.

“As far as practice goes, we’ve had a great two weeks of practice, with those freshman especially,” Sparks said. “So this will be an opportunity for me to kinda see who the gamers are versus who just the practice superstars might be.”

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Members of the women’s cross-country team set out on a severalmile run Wednesday. SIU is hosting the Saluki Early Bird Invitational Sophomore runner Eileen Schweiss, who finished first among saluki runners at last fall’s event, said the meet is a good way to for runners to get over any anxiety that comes with a new season.

“It’s kind of nice to have a first meet that there’s not too much pressure on,” Schweiss said. “Kind of a way to get rid of the new season jitters or for the freshman, that ‘first-college-meet’ nervousness.”

Since the race is a chance for the runners to rev their engines,

it will also be a shorter distance than a typical regular-season race.

Schweiss said this will affect the approach the runners take.

“It’s definitely going to be quicker,” Schweiss said. “It’s gonna feel like it’s over faster and it’s just important to use all the energy in a shorter amount of time.”

With three true freshmen on the men’s side, Evan Ehrenheim, Oscar Medina and Juan Carrera, Sparks said the event will help gauge readiness of the athletes to

Men’s golf team enters season with reputation to prove KEVIN TAYLOR Daily Egyptian The SIU men’s golf team has established a consistent amount of success over the past several years. Since head coach Leroy Newton took over the program before the 19961997 season, the team has become a perennial contender.

The team finished an uncharacteristic eighth in the 2010-11 Missouri Valley Conference tournament, and the only member from that season’s roster not to return is David Griffin. Last year’s

finish was the first time since 2003 that the team failed to finish in the top four of the MVC tournament — something the players and Newton have not forgotten.

“The guys, as well as myself, are out to prove something,” Newton said.

Newton, who enters his 16th season as head coach, has quietly established a program in contention for the MVC title year in and out. Newton said he will rely heavily on juniors Brandon Cauldwell, Jeffrey Miller and Jake Erickson. The team is

heavily stacked with seasoned veterans; the youngest player, George Tate, is a sophomore.

Tate’s youth will play no factor in how much he plays, Newton said.

“When George was a freshman, he stepped up for us and played several tournaments,” Newton said.

“We look at how well the players are scoring and contributing, not necessarily if they are a sophomore or a freshman.”

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today at 5:30 p.m., opening the Saluki cross-country season for both the men’s and women’s teams. determine whether or not red-shirt tags need to be placed on them.

He said they will run ‘unattached’ in order to maintain red-shirt eligibility as an option.

“We’ll evaluate where they might fit in, in that race without them losing, potentially, the year of eligibility by competing for the team,” Sparks said.

“Then maybe make some decisions from there, whether they’re going to compete or not this year.”

Sparks said the three runners who red-shirted last year, Cole Allison, Kulayifi Haji and Nick Schrader, will return to compete in the event.

He said those who compete will be the runners who round out the men’s team, and will be an integral part of the team.

“So right now we feel like we’ve got a solid top five but we’re looking for that sixth, seventh and eighth guy to maybe fill in, if one of those five happen to have a bad day or an injury comes up,” Sparks said.

Saluki volleyball has sweet tooth for Sugar Bowl tournament JOE RAGUSA Daily Egyptian Normally, the SIU women’s volleyball team is noticeably taller when they lineup against their opponents, but that won’t be the case this weekend.

The team heads to New Orleans to play in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic Friday and Saturday.

“We’ll be facing a lot of height this weekend and some teams that will help ready us for the top teams of our conference,” head coach

Brenda Winkeler said.

The Salukis face off against the College of William and Mary in the opening match Friday at 5 p.m. The William and Mary Tribe come into the game with a 1-2 record after their first tournament August 26 and 27.

“William and Mary is a well-coached team, so they’ll be solid,” Winkeler said.

“They won’t be as big as the other two squads, though.”

The other two squads are the teams SIU will play Saturday: host school Tulane

University and San Diego State University, a team that received votes for the AVCA Coaches poll but landed just outside of the top 25 after a 3-0 start to its season. “(San Diego State is) coached by an ex-olympian, Deitre Collins, so they’re definitely going to be a challenge for us,” Winkeler said. “I think they’ll parallel some of the top teams in the top of our league.”

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Salukis look for revenge on opening day NAREG KURTJIAN Daily Egyptian Opening day has been on the minds of the Saluki faithful for some time now.

Saturday, Sept. 3 is dually significant. First, it marks the opening kickoff at 6 p.m. for the SIU football team as they head to Missouri to take on the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks.

Secondly, SEMO outplayed SIU in last season’s contest, defeating them 24-21.

Saluki football finished the 2010-11 season with a record of 5-6, while SEMO had a more impressive year at 9-3.

Senior quarterback Paul McIntosh said the team is trying to take this one back from SEMO. “They’re a really good team,�

McIntosh said. “Last memory I have of them is them walking off our field with a victory.�

SEMO is one of a handful of teams that still operates the option offense, which gives quarterbacks the ability to

read the defensive line and decide whether to run the ball themselves or hand it off to tailbacks. This type of offense makes the play more unpredictable. Senior inside linebacker Connor James said because of this, the team must focus on their own individual assignments on the field. “It really tests your defensive discipline. Discipline is very important and you can’t do your own thing when you’re playing an option team,� James said. “One miscommunication, one mistake can lead to a big play.�

James said it was mental errors that let the team down during last year’s game. “We definitely had some mental breakdowns and they made some adjustments. We tried to counter those adjustments, there were some mistakes we made,� James said. “The mental breakdowns are something that we try to eliminate.�

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Taylor Sterk, a football equipment manager from Atlanta, Ga., hangs game pants with jerseys Thursday in the equipment room. The team starts its season Saturday at Southeast Missouri State University and will head out at 10 a.m. Sterk and the rest of the staff will pack an 18-foot long truck with all the gear the night before. Though there are nine personnel on staff, five to six will travel with the team and manage everything from helmets and shoulder pads to extra hardware

and strength trainers’ equipment. Sterk said he adjusts his gear based on the weather and because the temperature is expected to be in the triple digits Saturday, Sterk will pack fans and a generator for the locker room. Sterk has worked in the equipment room for the last six years, but must move on in January. “It’s about passion and working with different athletes,� Sterk said. “And feeling as if you're part of the team.�