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USG reconsiders wage increases ERIN HOLCOMB Daily Egyptian After receiving many complaints from students, Undergraduate Student Government President Priciliano Fabian said he has limited the recent wage increases for USG executives Tuesday.

However, the full increase will be imple-

mented in the summer and fall, Fabian said.

For the rest of this semester, the president will be paid $2,800; the vice president $2,600; the chief of staff $2,100; and the executive assistant $1,300, Fabian said.

Senators approved an amendment Jan. 26 to increase all of its executive officers’ pay.

The wage increases that will now take

effect in the summer include the president’s wage to be $4,000 a semester instead of $1,800; the vice president $3,000 instead of $1,600; and in the fall the chief of staff $2,200 instead of $1,600; and the executive assistant $1,500 instead of $800, Fabian said.

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Enrollment numbers bottom out JEFF ENGELHARDT Daily Egyptian

Out of the 12 Illinois public universities, SIUC is one of only three to record decreased enrollment in the fall and spring semesters.

Western Illinois recorded the largest decrease at 2.7 percent in

the fall 2009 semester, according to a university release. SIUC was second with a 1.6 percent decrease in the fall and 1.3 percent decrease in the spring. Western Illinois does not release spring numbers.

Eastern Illinois had a decrease of 0.6 percent and 0.7 percent in the fall and spring semesters, respectively.

SIU President Glenn Poshard said he has learned not to count students before they are on campus. “Until students are admitted and registered, you don’t count them,�

Poshard said. “Just because admissions are up and those kind of things — it could be a good barometer, but I’m just not into predictions.�

Early admission numbers in December had some administrators expressing optimism for an increase this semester, but have since been instructed not to comment on the official count.

Office secretaries for Victoria Valle, assistant vice chancellor of enrollment management, and Patsy Reynolds, di-

rector of undergraduate admissions, deferred comment to the chancellor’s office again Tuesday.

Chancellor Sam Goldman said he would comment in an interview with the Daily Egyptian at 4:30 p.m. today.

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Less than 20 percent of Jackson County voters turn out Results for governor too close to call JEFF ENGELHARDT Daily Egyptian The Illinois primaries came and went with little recognition as the state recorded some of the lowest voter turnout numbers in its history, according to Chicago election officials.

Only 18.7 percent, or 6,869 of the 36,567 Jackson County’s registered voters, showed up to the polls in Jackson County, according to the to the Jackson County Clerk’s unofficial results. Despite low turnout, votes from more than 200 precincts were yet to be counted as of press time.

Either Gov. Pat Quinn or state Comptroller Daniel Hynes will run against the Republicans’ Bill Brady or Kirk Dillard for the governor seat.

Democrat Alexi Giannoulias will run against Mark Kirk for the U.S. Senate seat.

Judy Baar Topinka will battle either the Democrats’ David Miller or Rajafor Krishnamoorthi for comptroller.

The county turnout was one of the lowest he has ever seen and some of it can be attributed to a bad economy and political climate, said David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and veteran political journalist. “I think for a while there a lot us expected the turnout might be better because there were so many spirited races,� Yepsen said. “But there is a phenomenon where people are so discouraged and so down, they just say to heck with it all. They don’t see politics as a way out of their problems.�

Jackson County Clerk Larry Reinhardt said the turnout was lower than the 2006 primaries and said weather could have been a key factor.

Yepsen said it would be the responsibility of the candidates competing for the state offices to restore faith and energy in the citizens.

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Voters choose their candidates in the Illinois primary elections Tuesday at Lakeland Baptist Church in Carbondale. Only 18.7 percent of registered voters showed up to the polls in Jackson County, according to the county’s unofficial results.

Cole falls short in lieutenant governor race despite local support NICK JOHNSON Daily Egyptian Mayor Brad Cole fell short of the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor Tuesday by approximately 172,807 votes, according to poll results from The Associated Press.

Of six candidates vying for the nomination, Cole finished in fourth place with 9 percent of the total votes, according to the AP’s results. Jason Plummer, an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves, won the Republican nomination with 34 percent. Scott Cohen won the Democratic bid.

Cole garnered 53.55 percent of Republican votes in Jackson County,

according to results from the Jackson County Clerk’s office.

Cole said his grassroots campaign was at a disadvantage against candidates in the Chicago area. “When you’re not where all the people are it puts you at a disadvantage,� Cole said. “The biggest thing is the amount of money spent by the top two candidates. The two front runners each spent millions of dollars.�

City Councilman Joel Fritzler said he thought being a downstate candidate would have helped Cole’s chances because other candidates from Chicago may have split votes among themselves. “I am surprised that it wasn’t clos-

er,� Fritzler said.

Cole said he would continue to support the Republican ticket. “We’ve run a good race,� Cole said. “We’re satisfied with what we did.�

Cole fought an uphill battle from the start, said David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. “He did not have the vast amount of financial resources, and he came from a part of the state without a lot of votes in it,� Yepsen said.

But don’t count Cole out of future state offices altogether, Yepsen said. “I think he will live to fight another day,� he said. “He is young enough, he ran a credible campaign (and) he was honest about the state’s

financial problems. “These people that lost elections today cannot be counted out for the future.�

Nick Johnson can be reached at nickj39@siu.edu or 536-3311 ext. 263.

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Different executive officers may be in position in the summer and fall after this spring’s elections, Fabian said.

The money comes out of student activity fees, which USG has full control of dispensing.

Fabian said that regardless of the amount of increase, the amendment still needed to be passed.

“I stand by what we did with the amendment because I feel that (the

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wages) need to be increased,” Fabian said. “This needs to be our only job so we don’t need to find another job and we can focus more on USG.” Fabian said he wishes that students would always be this involved in the student government no matter what the issue.

Students also need to understand how much work goes on behind the scenes, said Vice President Ashley Epps.

“We do work our butts off,” Epps said. “We work hard for whatever little

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Comparably sized Illinois State posted its highest enrollment numbers in seven years in both the fall and spring semesters, said Jay Groves, director of media relations. Illinois State enrolled 20,856 students in the fall and 19,619 this semester, he said.

Groves said the university’s goal is to maintain between 20,000 and 21,000 students and the set number has created more competition for entry. He said there are about 14,000 applications for a class of 3,000 freshmen and the average ACT score for incoming freshmen has reached 24.3.

“We’ve been a very popular institution the last few years … only about one out of every four people who apply make it,” he said. “We’re certainly not cheap, but the quality of education and value is great and our retention rates have grown.”

Poshard said retention remains the main reason for enrollment decline at SIUC. Retention of freshmen improved this semester as SIUC has 63 more than this time last year.

Poshard said the university moved too slowly in solving the freshman retention issues as it had the necessary

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But some politicians anticipate low voter numbers and use it to their advantage, he said.

“I have long held the view that

Western Illinois SIUC Eastern Illinois

pay we’re getting.”

Epps and Fabian said they hope students now understand that they have a voice on campus and in the USG, and that the senators are listening to them.

Students are encouraged to come to and speak at the meetings at 6:00 p.m. every other Tuesday in the Student Health Center Auditorium, they said.

The next meeting will be Tuesday.

Erin Holcomb can be reached at eeerin9@siu.edu or 536-3311 ext. 255.

Fall ‘09 vs. Fall ’08

Spring ‘10 vs. Spring ’09

10,487 (2.7) 20,350 (1.6) 11,966 (0.6)

Not released 19,134 (1.3) 11,075 (0.7)

24, 424 (0.1) 20,856 (2) 13,942 (2.4)

Not released 19,619 (2) 13,132 (1.2)

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*The six remaining public universities recorded enrollment increases (#)= percentages LINDSEY SMITH | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Source: Respective university Web sites

information to start programs such as First-Year Experience a few years ago.

The university participated in a Pell Institute report offering solutions for retention problems at SIUC a few years ago, but Poshard said somehow there was a failure of communication and the data was not found until recently.

“There are so many things that go into retention — and I don’t think our biggest problem is getting students, it’s keeping them,” Poshard said. “If we had embraced a lot of the recommendations in that report several years ago, maybe we could have turned this retention problem around by now, but we didn’t.”

Poshard said the university needs to move fast to reverse the declining

enrollment trend not only for academic health, but financial health as well.

With the university still owed more than $100 million from the state, Poshard said tuition payments become even more important.

“There is enough ideas, programs and strategies to deal with this problem; we just haven’t settled on the way to do it and we have to,” Poshard said. “In a time like this, we can help ourselves only by increasing enrollment because we can’t spend non-discretionary funds or bond money on payroll. Enrollment is the only thing open to us.”

incumbents, members of the legislature, have allowed this early primary to continue as a way to protect their jobs,” Yepsen said. “It’s working for them. The turnout is so low that they don’t have to worry about many of them being beaten and that is a sad

state of affairs.”

In one of the more high-profile local races, Teri Newman edged Theresa Kormos to win the Republican nomination to run against Jerry Costello and represent the 12th Congressional District.

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Jake Coil, a senior from Evanston studying fine arts in glass, uses a punty pipe and marver to shape molten glass in preparation for the process of pulling cane Tuesday in Pulliam Hall. Pulling cane is a technique used to wrap clear glass around colored glass to be used later in the glassblowing process. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of 30 state schools nationwide that offers a degree in glassblowing.

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Lift military ban on gays, defense officials say ANNE FLAHERTY The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — It’s time to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history, the nation’s top defense officials said Tuesday, with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff proclaiming that service members should not be forced to “lie about who they are.”

However, both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen asked for a year to study the impact before Congress would lift the controversial policy.

Reversing the Pentagon’s 17-yearold policy toward gays “comes down to integrity,” for the military as an institution as well as the service members themselves, Mullen told a Senate hearing. Unpersuaded, several Republican senators said they would oppose any congressional effort to repeal the policy.

The Pentagon announced an 11-month review of how the ban could be lifted, as President Barack Obama has said he will work to do. But there is no deadline for ending the policy that dates to President Bill Clinton’s tenure and that gay rights advocates are pressing to overturn.

In the meantime, Gates announced plans to loosen enforcement rules for the policy, which says, in essence, that gays may serve so long as they keep their sexuality private.

Obama has called for repeal but has done little in his first year in office to advance that goal. If he succeeds, it would mark the biggest shake-up to

military personnel policies since President Harry S. Truman’s 1948 executive order integrating the services.

Homosexuality has never been openly tolerated in the American military, and the 1993 policy was intended to be a compromise that let gay men and women serve so long as they stayed silent about their sexuality.

Clinton had wanted to repeal the ban entirely, but the military and many in Congress argued that doing so would dangerously disrupt order.

Repealing the ban would take an act of Congress, something that does not appear close to happening.

Since “don’t ask, don’t tell” was established, much has changed. Five states and the District of Columbia have adopted laws permitting marriage of gay couples, while nine other states have granted similar rights to gay domestic partners.

The public’s attitude toward gays and lesbians also has undergone a significant shift. A Pew poll last year indicated that 59 percent of Americans favor allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, up from 52 percent in 1994.

On Tuesday, several Democratic senators praised Mullen and Gates for what they said was courageous stance, but a number of Republicans spoke strongly against the idea of a repeal.

Gates drew unusually pointed criticism from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee for saying the review would examine how, not whether, to repeal the ban. Arizona Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the panel, icily told Gates he

was disappointed in his position and suggested the Pentagon was usurping Congress’ job.

“Has this policy been ideal? No, it has not,” McCain said. “But it has been effective.”

Mullen looked pained when Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., suggested that the Joint Chiefs chairman had preordained the outcome of any study by signaling his own opposition to the ban.

“This is about leadership, and I take that very, very seriously,” Mullen replied, tightlipped.

Tuesday’s session gave Obama high-level cover on a divisive social issue complicated by the strains on an all-volunteer military force fighting two wars.

Gates, who says he is a Republican, is the only member of former President George W. Bush’s Cabinet whom Obama asked to stay on. He has gained a reputation for both candor and caution. Mullen’s words were a forceful endorsement from a careful man, and his very appearance, starched uniform and four stars on view, made a statement as well.

Gates said change was inevitable and called for a yearlong internal study into how it would occur.

He told the senators he understood that any change in the law was up to them. But he made it clear he believes it is time to do away with the 1993 policy, and by implication the outright ban on gay service that preceded it. Alongside Mullen, that put the Pentagon’s top leadership at odds with uniformed leaders a rung or two below, as well as with and also with senior members of

Congress.

“No matter how I look at the issue,” Mullen said, “I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.”

Noting that he was speaking for himself and not for the other service chiefs, Mullen added: “For me, it comes down to integrity — theirs as individuals and ours as an institution.”

Gates has appointed a four-star Army general, Carter Ham, and his own chief legal counsel, Jeh Johnson, to conduct the assessment. He also has requested legal advice on how the military can relax enforcement standards of the current policy.

McCain, the ranking Republican on the panel, bristled at the Pentagon decision to pursue the study, saying he was “deeply disappointed” and calling the assessment “clearly biased” in presuming the law should be changed.

For their part, Democrats hailed the internal review but suggested they wouldn’t wait too long. Sen. Carl Levin, the committee’s chairman and a Michigan Democrat who has long opposed the ban, said he was considering legislation this year that would temporarily suspend dismissals of gays under the current policy until a full repeal could be passed.

Democrat Mark Udall said his Colorado constituents pride themselves on allowing others to live and let live.

“You don’t have to be straight to shoot straight,” said Udall, quoting longtime Arizona Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater.

The tenor of the hearings could change significantly when lawmakers hear from other senior military officials. Each of the service chiefs is expected to testify this month on his 2011 budget, and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway is said to have serious concerns about the upheaval that a change to “don’t ask, don’t tell” could cause.

Rep. Ike Skelton, a conservative Democrat from Missouri who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, says he thinks it would be ill-advised to pursue such a major shakeup at a time when forces are consumed by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mullen said it was his sense that rank-and-file troops would support the change.

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The new faces of Saluki athletics W

ith the new costumes came more insight into the Dawgsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; backstories.

ISAAC SMITH Daily Egyptian When the SIU menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team took to the court this season there were two new Saluki faces with it. They werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t known for their jump shots or ability to score outside the three; rather they were simply there for the fans.

In spring 2009, SIU unveiled new costumes for its mascots: Grey Dawg and Brown Dawg. The change in appearance, from fierce and menacing with teeth bared to smiling and sweet, was met with mixed reactions from fans. Some argued the duo looked too cartoony, not nearly ferocious enough for collegiate mascots. Others, particularly parents, relished the softer, more kid-friendly façade.

While the identity of former

mascots was no big secret, this year Mark Gazdik, assistant athletic director for marketing, is going to great lengths to keep the students who play the Dawgs out of the limelight. Even Gray Dawgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closest acquaintances donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know their friend is the official face of SIU. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone is friends with Gray Dawg, not the guy in the suit,â&#x20AC;? said the student who plays Grey Dawg.

With the new costumes came more insight into the Dawgsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; backstories. For instance, many might not know that Brown Dawg is actually a girl. Though her puppy features, doe-like eyes and boneshaped collar tag are the only clues to her gender.

Gray Dawg is more of the cool kid, Gazdik said. He added that Grey Dawg is the older of the two and differences in age help them

Tisten Wallace, 11, of Herrin, gives Gray Dawg a high-five Sunday at the SIU Arena during the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home basketball game against Witchita State. connect with all fans, whether it is a child or a season ticket holder.

Gray Dawg said that the anonymity brings a timeless or â&#x20AC;&#x153;lifelessnessâ&#x20AC;? to the character with fans feeling like they are just talking to

characters they come to know over the years.

The only chance to see Gray Dawgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity might come on senior day, Gazdik said, as some schools reveal senior mascots.

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Intel chief: Al-Qaida likely to attempt attack PAMELA HESS The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida can be expected to attempt an attack on the United States in the next three to six months, senior U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Tuesday.

The terrorist organization is deploying operatives to the United States to carry out new attacks from inside the country, including “clean” recruits with a negligible trail of terrorist contacts, CIA Director Leon Panetta said.

The chilling warning comes as Christmas Day airline attack suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutullab is cooperating with federal investigators, a federal law

enforcement official said Tuesday.

Al-Qaida is also inspiring homegrown extremists to trigger violence on their own, Panetta said.

The annual assessment of the nation’s terror threats provided no startling new terror trends, but amplified growing concerns since the Christmas Day airline attack in Detroit that militants are growing harder to detect and moving more quickly in their plots.

“The biggest threat is not so much that we face an attack like 9/11. It is that al-Qaida is adapting its methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect,” Panetta told the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Several senators tangled over

whether suspected terrorists should be tried in civilian or military court.

At the same time, a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced legislation that would force the Obama administration to backtrack on its plans to try Sept. 11 defendants in federal court in New York and use military tribunals instead.

As al-Qaida presses new terror plots, it is increasingly relying on new recruits with minimal training and simple devices to carry out attacks, Panetta said as part of the terror assessment to Congress.

Panetta also warned of the danger of extremists acting alone: “It’s the lone-wolf strategy that I think we have

to pay attention to as the main threat to this country,” he said.

The hearing comes just over a month since a failed attempt to bring down an airliner in Detroit, allegedly by a Nigerian suspect. And the assessment comes only a few months after U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hassan is accused of single-handedly attacking his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13.

National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said with changes made since the Dec. 25 attack, U.S. intelligence would he able to identify and stop someone like the Detroit bomber before he got on the plane.

But he warned a more careful and

skilled would-be terrorist might not be detected.

FBI Director Robert Mueller defended the FBI’s handling of the Detroit attempted bombing attack, disputing assertions that agents shortcircuited more intelligence insights from the Nigerian suspect by quickly providing him with his Miranda rights to remain silent.

Mueller was asked by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., whether the interrogation of Abdulmutullab continues despite the fact that the suspect had already been read his legal right to remain silent. Mueller replied: “Yes.”

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Saluki baseball projected to finish where they left off Preseason coaches polls released RAY MCGILLIS Daily Egyptian Th e SIU baseball team has been forecasted to finish in fifth place in an eight-team league, according to the preseason Missouri Valley Conference coaches poll released Tuesday.

M issouri State won the regular season title last year and was picked to finish this year in second place. Wichita State, who won the 2009 State Farm MVC Tournament Championship, received seven of the eight possible first place votes and are the coaches preseason favorite to win the conference title.

The Salukis finished last season in fifth place with a record of 24-28. The team returns seven of last year’s eight starters in the field and one starting pitcher.

At the conclusion of the 2008-09 season, two SIU seniors were selected to the All-MVC first team: righthanded closer Bryant George and catcher Tyler Bullock Both George and Bullock were named to the preseason All-Confer-

ence team this season.

Head coach Dan Callahan said both players deserve the recognition the conference has given them and he is glad they made the list.

“Tyler Bullock is an established college player, and a heck of a good hitter,” Callahan said. “We think we have the best closer in the Valley in Bryant George and I feel fortunate that we have him in our program. It’s been fun to watch how he’s evolved as a person and as a baseball player, even as a closer.”

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Ray McGillis can be reached at ray1021jr@siu.edu or 536-3311 ext. 269.

yler Bullock is an established college player, and . . . we think we have the best closer in the Valley in Bryant George.

— Dan Callahan head coach

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Across 1 Bogs 5 New moon, e.g.

10 Month, in Mexico 13 Short article 14 Memory mishap 15 Brewer’s need 16 India’s first prime minister 19 Lead-in for suited or timed 20 Slurpee alternative 21 Wrinkle-resistant fabric 22 Washington wine region 26 Used the alley, in a way 28 Tweak, e.g.

29 Nymph associated with Artemis 30 Careful shopper’s criterion 32 Pea holders 33 Malice 34 Thompson of “Sense and Sensibility” 38 Taxpayer, e.g.

39 Iraqi, for instance

40 Subway Restaurants spokesman __ Fogle 42 Lake that’s a source of the Mississippi 43 Chicago ‘L,’ e.g.

46 Leg bone 47 Actress Sommer 48 Model Landry 51 Part of a twill suit 55 Southernmost crosscountry U.S. highway 56 Rubberneck 57 Chick tenders 58 Away partner 59 Letter-shaped opening 60 May race, for short

Down 1 Pacific island nation 2 Research paper abbr.

3 Honeymooner, probably 4 Wee, to Burns 5 Unruffled 6 Polygamous household group

Tuesday’s answers

7 Cop __ 8 FICA funds it 9 Sushi bar serving 10 “Symphony of a Thousand” composer 11 Judy Jetson’s brother 12 Leave speechless 15 First name in country 17 Raised 18 “The Prince of Tides” co-star 23 Quaint complaint 24 Medalworthy behavior 25 Homecoming guest 26 Conk 27 Juegos Olímpicos goal 30 African grassland 31 “Wheel of Fortune” purchase 33 Competed 34 Tony’s portrayer on “NYPD Blue” 35 All wet 36 Buddy

37 Santa __, seat of California’s Orange County 38 Frock wearer 39 Confused 40 Talk on and on, and a hint to the three-letter starts of 16-, 22-, 43- and 51-Across 41 Like some swarms 42 Type of printer

Horoscopes

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold boarders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

Tuesday’s answers

Today’s birthday —Take time this year to really pay attention to other people. You may have some difficulty understanding them, so allow time to think through conversations carefully.

When you do this, you find compassion replacing anger. This is a nice outcome for everyone.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Success today is not measured by what you finish. Instead, it depends on the creative efforts you apply. Enjoy the process. Laugh at yourself.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — A perceived power struggle is really about what you want or need, and less about others. Write your own script today.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — Your high energy level communicates itself in e-mails and conversations. This enthusiasm fires up team members to get the work done early.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Listen to the silence whenever you get a chance. You may have to spend time in seclusion to make this happen. Do it for peace of mind.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is 7 — Let go of judgments for more power in leadership.

Tone down your message and consider more creative possibilities. Own your decisions and actions.

43 Gaucho’s rope 44 Related to the kidneys 45 Last Olds off the line 46 Cry after a hard week 49 Extend credit 50 Minuscule 52 It ends in Nov. 53 Part of 46-Down 54 Fraternity letter

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Take time for yourself. Get a workout without going to the gym. Lift each grocery bag two or three times. Dance while doing the dishes.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is 7 — Take a ride on the romance train. You can punch your own ticket if you remember what you thought up yesterday and then run with it.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — As long as you keep your game plan in mind, you can race ahead to the finish line with all your projects. Keep your mind on work ... when you’re at work.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Members of an important group choose very different approaches to new data.

Some say not to touch the project, while one member wants it to go forward.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Business factors require that you curb your personal desires and seize an opportunity to satisfy others. Benefits include improved cash flow and wider distribution.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — No force is needed to accomplish what you and your partner desire. You have plenty of enthusiasm and great ideas (more than you can possibly pursue).

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Use your creative talent to address a business matter. Although sometimes you resist using your skills, now is the time to show others their true range.

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Sports

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Saluki Insider

New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan was the latest celebrity victim of camera phones. Ryan was fined $50,000 for a picture snapped of him “flipping the bird” to Miami Dolphin fans Saturday at a Showtime MMA event featuring ex-NFL superstar Herschel Walker. Will Ryan’s style of coaching have a positive or negative impact on his reputation upon his retirement?

Rex Ryan is going to do things his way and that’s all there is to it. He’s brash and he lets people know what he thinks. He’s not going to change the way he is just because he’s an NFL head coach, he’s going to keep getting in your face and let you know the way things are.

STILE T. SMITH sts34@siu.edu

Ryan is hard-nosed and he lets people have it. It is really no surprise to me to see that kind of behavior out of him. I just think that is good ol’ Ryan being as crazy as ever. He is aggressive and ruthless and he is either well liked or hated thoroughly.

RYAN SIMONIN

rsimmy@siu.edu

Rex Ryan is the type of coach that you love if he’s leading your favorite team, but finds a way to get under every other team’s skin. Thus far, his players play exactly the way Ryan carries himself — imposingly large and fearless.

RAY MCGILLIS

ray1021jr@siu.edu

MEN’S BASKETBALL

SIU to play Western Michigan in BracketBusters The SIU men’s basketball team will have the opportunity to continue its solid play in the ESPN BracketBuster series when it takes on Western Michigan at 2:05 p.m.

Feb. 20 at the SIU Arena in a nontelevised game.

The Salukis (12-9, 4-7 Missouri Valley Conference) have a 5-2 record in BracketBuster games, and a 3-3 record of games returned after the non-conference

matchups, including a win against Illinois-Chicago early this season.

Western Michigan, meanwhile, is 11-9 this season and 3-4 in the Mid-American Conference, currently in fourth place in the West Division. The Salukis and Broncos have had no common opponents this season.

Three Missouri Valley Conference teams will have televised games.

No. 24 Northern Iowa (19-2, 10-1 MVC) will host Old Dominion (17-6, 9-2 Colonial Athletic Association) at 6 p.m. Feb. 19 on ESPNU. Wichita State (19-4, 8-3 MVC) will travel to Utah State (16-6, 6-2 Western Athletic Conference) at 10:59 a.m. Feb. 20 on ESPN2.

Missouri State (15-7, 5-6 MVC) will host Nevada (13-8, 5-3 WAC) at 2 p.m. Feb. 20 on ESPN2.

Missouri Valley Conference team standings

MEN’S BASKETBALL 1. Northern Iowa .................... 10-1

6. Drake ............................ 6-6

2. Wichita State ....................... 8-3

7. Missouri State .............. 5-6

3. Illinois State ......................... 6-5

8. Indiana State ................ 5-6

4. Creighton ............................ 6-5

9. Southern Illinois ......... 4-7

5. Bradley ................................. 6-6

10. Evansville ..................... 0-11

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WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BASKETBALL

McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AllAmerican nominee signs on for fall

RAY MCGILLIS Daily Egyptian

Coaches in any sporting arena are judged not by how their program looks at the beginning of their term, but rather by how the team is regarded after their departure.

While the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team is 4-15 with only nine games remaining on its schedule, Tiber wasted no time in her inaugural season at SIU seeking out players who could lead her program for years to come.

In November, Tiber released the names of seven recruits spanning four different states who signed early letters of intent to join the team in fall 2010.

Tiber said the players in her first recruiting class were selected with the idea of building a solid foundation for the SIU womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel we made huge strides in building this program from the ground up, and with the foundation we are instilling now I am very excited about the future of Saluki womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball,â&#x20AC;? Tiber said.

McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announced in the latter half of January that Brooke LeMar, a high school senior from Canyon County, Calif., and one of the seven to sign early with SIU, was among more than 500 players nationwide to be nominated for a spot on the 2010 womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All-American team.

LeMar has played all four of her high school years at the varsity level and is averaging 14.5 points, 4.4 assists and 2.2 steals per game thus far in her senior campaign.

The likelihood of LeMar obtaining one of the 25 arch-sponsored roster spots is very slim, but, since 2002 when women were first included in the high school all-star festivities, 41 past participants are now competing in the WNBA. Tiber said LeMar made her official visit to the Carbondale campus in October along with her father, and in the process portrayed herself as a true basketball junky. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(LeMar) has a real passion for the game and to run the point guard position at this level you need to have that in a player,â&#x20AC;? Tiber said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She competes every possession and is a winner â&#x20AC;Ś people are going to fall in love with the way she plays.â&#x20AC;?

The 5-foot-6 combo guard has led the Foothill League in assists three separate times as well as being named Canyon H.S. Most Valuable Player and All-Santa Clarita Valley All-Area first team twice, respectively.

LeMar said she expects to experience somewhat of a transitional period entering collegiate competition, but does not doubt her abilities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be different at the next level, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not ready,â&#x20AC;? LeMar said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will probably be a little bit of a learning curve, but I know I will work hard at it right away.â&#x20AC;?

While competing alongside the local talent in southern California, LeMar has also played the past few years for the highly regarded Amateur Athletic Unionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FBC National Program coached by Ray Mayes, who is also commissioner of the Adidas Top Ten All-American Camp.

Chuck Jones, who took over as LeMarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high school head coach for her senior season, said he has seen her surpass the 1,000-point mark and more than 500 assists for her high school career this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brooke is very instrumental in everything we do. She practices by example and leads our team vocally,â&#x20AC;? Jones said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an excellent ball handler and comfortable in transition. (LeMar) is, by far, the most competitive player I have ever coached â&#x20AC;Ś she just does not like to lose.â&#x20AC;?

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Ray McGillis can be reached at ray1021jr@siu.edu or 536-3311 ext. 269.

he competes every possession and is a winner . . . people are going to fall in love with the way she plays. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Missy Tiber head coach

ISAAC SMITH | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Senior guard Tony Freeman shoots a layup Sunday during the Salukis 55-54 home loss against the Wichita State Shockers. The Salukis will try to rebound from the loss against Missouri State at 7:05 p.m. today at the SIU Arena.

MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BASKETBALL

Lowery: Strong finish key to MSU victory Team now second to last in MVC

STILE T. SMITH Daily Egyptian After losing consecutive games to Indiana State and Wichita State, the SIU menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team now finds itself in ninth place in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Salukis (12-9, 4-7 MVC) will begin their attempt to climb out in the Thursday play-in game of the MVC Tournament at 7:05 p.m. today when they host Missouri State (15-7, 5-6 MVC).

Head coach Chris Lowery said while it has struggled as of late, he still feels good about his team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re guarding people. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re giving up 50 points at home two out of three games,â&#x20AC;? Lowery said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win them and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very frustrating, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re locked in and focused and doing things right, we just gotta finish stuff off.â&#x20AC;?

Lowery said the team has to execute the offense down the stretch in order to win close games.

The Bears have been led this season by sophomore forward Kyle Weems and junior guard Adam

Leonard. Weems has averaged 14 points per game, while Leonard has scored 12 points per game.

Lowery said Weems, standing at 6 feet 6 inches, would be a difficult matchup for the Salukis because of his ability to play either forward position and post up small SIU players. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Weems is just an exceptional shooter to go along with that,â&#x20AC;?

Lowery said.

Missouri State has lost two of its last three games, but nearly upset MVC leading and No. 24 ranked Northern Iowa Saturday, losing 55-54.

In Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss to Wichita State, SIU was outscored 40-26 in the paint. Sophomore forward Anthony Booker said the team would look to reverse that trend against Missouri State. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just gotta re-establish the post,â&#x20AC;? Booker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some pretty good guys down there who can finish around the basket.â&#x20AC;?

Booker said establishing a post game would also open things up for the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guards.

Sophomore guard Kevin Dillard said the Salukis need to start a late-

season push in order to avoid the MVC Tournament play-in game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not where we want to be or where we need to be, but we need to make the best out of our situation,â&#x20AC;? Dillard said.

Booker said the team would also like to show Saluki fans that it can be as good as it has in the past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just gonna keep working and getting better,â&#x20AC;? Booker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully we can re-establish this place as one of the toughest places to play in the MVC.â&#x20AC;?

Stile T. Smith can be reached at sts34@siu.edu or 536-3311 ext. 256.

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eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not where we want to be or where we need to be, but we need to make the best out of our situation. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kevin Dillard sophomore guard