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Both sides: Blame lies with other No talks scheduled as faculty walk out TARA KULASH Daily Egyptian No negotiations took place Thursday between the Faculty Association and administration, none are planned and each side blamed the other.

"This is their call," said Morteza Daneshdoost, chair of the Faculty Association bargaining team. "We have given them a contract proposal. We are expecting them to come back to us. My phone is waiting to be ringing."

But Chancellor Rita Cheng said the next move belongs to the union. “We have extended our willingness to meet when they are ready. They are the ones who walked away, and when they come back that’s the way it works,� Cheng said.

The disagreement even extended to who was responsible for the end of talks Wednesday night. “We were hoping to continue the night," Daneshdoost said. "We wanted to have a contract rather than a strike. But it really looked to us they were interested in a strike more than a fair contract."

But Cheng blamed the union’s bargaining team for bringing a proposal to negotiations Wednesday about financial exigency — containing the same language the administration rejected in March. “They want to be the decision maker, rather than the board, and that can’t happen,� she said.

Cheng said when and how to declare financial exigency — language that would allow the board to lay off tenured faculty in a budget crisis — was the last major issue.

With the two sides unable to agree on that key issue, members of the faculty union set up picket lines at 16 entrances to the university Thursday.

Johnny Gray, an associate professor of speech communications, was one of a cluster of pickets at the entrance near the Communications Building. “I think that we see what their plan is for the future of SIU, which is fewer and fewer tenured and tenure track-faculty,� he said.

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William Stodden, right, a doctoral student from the political science department, distributes flyers to students Thursday in the free forum area.

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Michael Batinski, a retired history professor of 40 years, pickets with other professors and graduate assistants Thursday on the corner of West Pleasant Hill Road and Arena Drive. Thursday marked the beginning of the strike for the Faculty Association.

Members of the FA picketed at 16 different locations on campus. Graduate assistants, students and community members also came out to support the strike. Pickets commenced before 7:30 a.m. and continued until about 5 p.m.

Strike spurs half-empty classrooms; administrators' hopes remain half-full Day one picket: Students report business not as usual LEAH STOVER GENNA ORD Daily Egyptian The effects of a strike by tenured and tenure-track faculty could be seen in half-empty classrooms Thursday.

While university officials said it looked like business as usual on campus — despite about 100 pickets at entrances to campus — many students said attendance was far lower than normal in their classes.

Some students reported their classes were cancelled, while others had classes led by designated attendance monitors and were told to return

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here’s so much hearsay. Nobody really knows what’s happening. — Artemus Holguin sophomore from San Antonio studying physiology

for the next class meeting when a substitute would be present.

Although the majority of professors represented by the Faculty Association taught as usual, Chancellor Rita Cheng said about 78 of the 650 faculty members represented by the union did not attend class Thursday. Union members said about

200 of their colleagues had joined the strike.

Cheng said department chairs, college deans, non-striking faculty and, in some cases, retired faculty taught in place of those on strike.

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Students don't 'like' censorship SIUC's Facebook wall goes silent ELI MILEUR Daily Egyptian Comments on SIUC’s Facebook page have been disabled after a flurry of activity on its wall Wednesday, leaving some students wondering about the freedom of their speech. “It’s really insulting,� said Monica Brennan, a junior from St. Charles studying hospitality and tourism.

Brennan was one of many people who posted on the university’s Facebook wall following the posting of a letter from Chancellor Rita Cheng Wednesday night.

The letter assured students operations at the university would continue as normal should any of the four unions bargaining with administration go on strike.

Facebook users, including students, alumni and parents noticed the disappearance of posts on SIUC's Facebook page Wednesday night. The posts were deleted soon after but not before some captured screen shots of them. The university disabled comments on its wall entirely Thursday morning.

This was followed by scores of comments ranging from questions to the chancellor, to pleas for an agreement to be reached with the unions to taunts directed at administration.

At first, comments were deleted individually at increasing speed, Brennan said. While her first comment was deleted within 10 to 20 minutes, by her fourth or fifth, they were being deleted within seconds. Eventually, though, she was outright blocked from posting, she said.

The university decided to disable comments entirely for the time being to remove the possibility of inflammatory posts, said Rod Sievers, university spokesman. “They were pretty nasty and pretty rude and not acceptable,� he said.

Some of the comments may have been more mild, but the overall spirit was not that of an open debate, he said.

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Gray said he wants the faculty to have a voice at the bargaining table.

“We want to preserve shared government,” he said. “We want to be part of this place and not have this place dictated to us by the administration. That’s what we’re fighting for, and I think those are noble things to fight for.”

Kristen Barber, an assistant professor of sociology, said this is

Friday, November 4, 2011 her first year as SIU faculty and she hopes to stay at the university for the long-term. She said that makes negotiating an acceptable contract important enough for her to strike.

During the past several months, the four unions posted fliers around campus to emphasize how many days they had worked without contracts. They said their contracts expired in June 2010.

But even that became a point of contention.

On Friday the chancellor

sent an email titled “Know the Facts: CONTRACT OR NO CONTRACT?” to students, faculty and staff. She argued that because the terms of the contracts remained in effect after their expiration, the unions had not been without a contract until Oct. 28, 10 days after they gave legal notice they were terminating the agreements.

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Three unions to have members vote on tentative agreement SARAH SCHNEIDER Daily Egyptian Contracts for three unions must be approved by dues-paying members before they can be signed.

Early Thursday morning as the Faculty Association went on strike the unions representing civil service employees, non-tenure track faculty and graduate assistants reached tentative agreements.

Chancellor Rita Cheng said the union and administration bargaining teams have met frequently in the last few weeks and negotiated from early morning Wednesday to early morning Thursday to avoid a strike.

The unions and the administration have been negotiating since June 2010.

Cheng said the settlements took

so long to reach because the issues are very complex.

“The country is in financial crisis,” she said. “Not being able to have large pay increases meant it was really difficult for people to want to come to closure on the contract and we needed to put in some flexibilities for being able to address big cuts to the institution should they happen.”

She said because the administration wanted to put language in the contracts to prepare for a financial crisis, many in the unions assumed there would be drastic cuts.

“We need to have language to prepare for the worst case,” she said.

The three unions accepted the pay raises of 1 percent in January, 1 percent in July and 2 percent in July 2013 with reopener clauses.

Cheng said the clauses state if the university receives increased revenue more than what is needed to support operating costs, including increased payroll from the pay raises, the contracts will be opened to negotiate increasing salaries.

“If we get a windfall, if the economy turns around, they didn’t want to be locked into a long term contract with what they considered low pay increases,” she said. “They recognized we don’t have the money nor do many companies and universities across the country to provide big pay raises now.”

According to the Graduate Assistants United website, major fee increases will also trigger renegotiation of salaries.

“We also got a conceptual link between fees and stipends, and in a

side letter, a commitment to keep fee increases manageable, the teeth of that commitment being the renegotiation triggers,” the tentative agreement summary on the GAU website stated.

The tentative agreement also said the union had to trade demands for implementation of healthcare benefits such as coverage of preexisting conditions to come up with a better healthcare benefit package for students.

Jim Clark, Illinois Education Association representative, said appointment and layoff procedure was established for the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association.

He said the layoff procedure describes reason for layoff and recall. Clark said a new category called ‘continuing part time’ was also

established.

Association of Civil Service Employees President Cyndi KesslerCriswell said personal days were agreed upon and would be taken out of vacation days for union members.

The employees will still have to notify in advance if they will not be at work.

She said possible language that allowed unpaid days was taken out of the ACSE contract.

While negotiations were very slow she said it was worth it because union members got what they needed.

Cheng said members of the three unions with tentative agreements who did not show up to work or their classrooms Thursday without previously giving authority would be disciplined, though she said she does not think that happened.

Networks bring national entertainment to campus, community BRENDAN SMITH Daily Egyptian In a single day, Carbondale has experienced a roller coaster of events and emotions, said Nicholas Schurman, talent buyer for Hangar 9.

“The school’s on strike today, Adult Swim’s throwing a giant free party and MTV is competing with them,” Schurman said. “It’s pretty wild.

It’s probably ... the wildest thing in Carbondale history, or at least in the top ranks.”

On Thursday, Cartoon Network’s late-night affiliate Adult Swim stopped in Carbondale as part of their national tour of free music, games and prizes catered toward college students.

Carbondale was one of 10 stops Adult Swim made around the country. The free event, Adult Swim Block Party, featured music from rapper Kendrick Lamar, DJ Z-Trip and local band Kid Tiger.

At the same time, the SIU Arena played host to the MTVu Campus Invasion Music Festival, which featured We The Kings, Chiddy Bang and DJ Diamond Kuts. The free event was sponsored by Southern Lights Entertainment, the Student Programming Council and University Housing. The festival featured a booth from MTVu’s “Against Our Will Campaign,” a political activist organization geared toward ending modern-day slavery and human trafficking in the U.S. The event also

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Patricia McCann, left, a junior from Carbondale studying English education, participates in a screaming contest Thursday with Pam Hordwicke, right, of Carbondale, during the featured crafts, prizes and giveaways from Teen Nick’s short-term nostalgia series “The ‘90s are All That,” a block of syndicated programming from Nickelodeon’s late ‘90s line-up including “All That,” “Kenan & Kel” and “Clarissa Explains it All.” Nicholas Gresham, a senior from Chicago studying radio-television, said he was excited when he heard such big names were coming to Carbondale.

“I was ecstatic because SIU doesn’t really get artists to really come down

Adult Swim Block Party at Hangar 9. The event featured carnival themed games, free T-shirts and prizes, and a performance by hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar.

here,” Gresham said. “Usually we have to go to other colleges to see somebody.

To see posters up with Kendrick Lamar and Chiddy Bang; it’s a good feeling that finally SIU is getting some love from mainstream artists.”

Schurman said Adult Swim contacted him about three months ago and expressed interest in using Hangar 9 as a venue for the event. He said they were interested in a downtown location that would be able to attract the local residents and students. He said he was

thrilled about the event but became concerned when he heard about the MTVu concert.

“I heard about MTV recently … that was the strangest coincidence and it's unfortunate, too,” Schurman said.

“How great is it for a small town like Carbondale to have two giant networks to bring big talent to town for free?”

Ashley Wright, box office manager for Southern Lights Entertainment, said she too was surprised by the occurrence.

“MTV announced they wanted to bring their tour to four colleges nationwide, and we put in a bid and our campus was one of the four chosen,” Wright said. “We found out right about the time they confirmed that there was going to be another event and, of course, we don’t want to necessarily compete with that.”

Schurman said he thought the event drew similar crowds, although the simultaneously held events may have divided audiences.

“It (did) become a competition because Adult Swim added on Z-Trip to the bill, who is one of the biggest DJs in America,” Schurman said.

Gresham said he was confused by the clashing events. He said he went to Adult Swim’s event because he was more familiar with Kendrick Lamar, but said he wished the events weren’t at the same time.

“I didn’t understand that part,” Gresham said. “I know that it’s MTV and Adult Swim, and I know that they’re different, but why schedule them on the same day and force people to choose? You’re going to have a split, basically.”

Gresham said despite the time conflict, he’s glad the events came to Carbondale. “(With) all the negative news at SIU in terms of the strike, (these events) are bit of a positive reinforcement to just hang out and enjoy some music that’s been absent from Carbondale for a really long time,” Gresham said.

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Delayed funds leaves greenhouse to rot JACQUELINE MUHAMMAD Daily Egyptian College of Agricultural Sciences' faculty and staff say although their greenhouse is in major need of repairs, they try their hardest to provide students with the best hands-on-learning experience possible.

Brian Klubek, chair of the plant, soil science and agricultural systems department, said the greenhouse located behind the College of Agriculture hasn't seen the maintenance it needs to operate.

“We’re at the point now where the wood frame is beginning to rot, and although we have some metal beams to help hold the structure in place, it’s only a matter of time before the structure begins to collapse,” Klubek said.

The greenhouse was built in 1956 and offers students in the plant and soil science department a chance to work with plants and agricultural tools they may see in the workforce. It services classes such as horticulture and weed science and is also used for research.

Klubek said the state of Illinois has allocated nearly $1 million in deferred maintenance funds for those renovations.

Todd Winters, interim dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, said money was allocated to the college for greenhouse repairs several years ago but has not been received because of the state’s current economic situation.

He said a plan of how the money for renovations will be distributed has not been developed.

Amy Boren, professor in the plant, soil and agricultural systems department and SIU alumna, has been teaching horticulture for more than 20 years and said the greenhouse’s conditions were not

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Ryan Dwyer, a freshman from Mokena studying forestry, weeds plant beds Tuesday in the teaching greenhouse. Dwyer has been working in the greenhouse during the semester to gain credit up-to-date when she was a student and have only become worse.

“In industry, we would expect to have uniform conditions.

We have different light levels, different temperatures and uneven heat. Can we grow plants? It’s a challenge, but we can,” Boren said.

She said more than 15 classes in the College of Agriculture Sciences use the teaching greenhouse, and students and faculty face many dangers every time they enter the facility.

Boren said the rotting wood and glass often cause problems during inclement weather. She said the roof leaks and glass panes sometimes fall out of place, which is hazardous.

“It’s like a lab; we want it to be safe for all students,” Boren said. “The top vents do not open

hours toward his degree. Amy Boren, a professor in the plant and soil science department, said the 55-year-old greenhouse is in need of many upgrades.

automatically, or if they do, the glass slides. When it breaks it comes down in sharp shards. If those pieces come down it could cause a lot of injury.”

Afton Salata, greenhouse manager and graduate student studying plant, soil and agricultural systems, said she is responsible for task delegation to greenhouse workers and oversees the facility.

Along with other student workers, she said she spends much of her time making minor adjustments and ensuring safe conditions. Salata said students are not able to devote as much time to their studies in the greenhouse because of the conditions.

She said it is difficult to manage plants under the circumstances because the facility is not a

controlled environment.

“When it rains we can’t control watering because of the leaking, and no one can be in here due to pane glass sliding. It’s really hard to monitor insect control due to the space in between the glass and rotting wood,” Salata said.

Salata said she is not only concerned about how the conditions impact the quality of her education, but she is worried her lack of experience with new technologies will impact her in the workforce.

“When I graduate I will have to get used to how a modern greenhouse works. If I were to get a job at a modern greenhouse, I would have no idea how to work in good conditions,” Salata said.

Faculty and staff in the college are in the beginning stages of

fundraising for an additional greenhouse as money for the renovation of the current facility waits.

The new greenhouse is projected to cost nearly $4.5 million, and $500,000 has already been raised.

PotashCorp, one of the world’s largest fertilizer companies, donated $250,000 and the Illinois Soybean Association contributed the same amount from its checkoff dollars — a percentage of revenue generated by soybean growers — toward the new greenhouse.

Rebecca Stenhaug, associate director for institutional advancement in the College of Agricultural Sciences, said she will help gather private donations for the new greenhouse.

“We’ve seen delays in state funding in general. The leadership board and the faculty have initiated some priority initiatives in the college as a whole, and the undergraduate greenhouse was identified as a priority for the college,” Stenhaug said.

She said the greenhouse is a core-learning laboratory for the department and it has no modern technology, so the goal is to build a greenhouse that incorporates new technologies.

Klubek said though students are not getting the best, they should because of the lack of technology in the greenhouse due to current economic constraints, the college is supporting students through other learning techniques.

“We do as best we can to try and keep everybody safe ... and provide them with up-to-date technology in the classroom rather than the greenhouse,” Klubek said.

Jacqueline Muhammad can be reached at 536-3113 ext. 259 or jmuhammad@dailyegyptian.com.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pro-union comments removed from SIUC's Facebook page

Dear Editor: As contract negotiations continued Wednesday night into Thursday morning, I posted the following solemn and desperate plea to all involved in contract negotiations on SIUC's official Facebook page: "I love SIU, this community, this campus, my teachers and my college ,but these hateful words, censorship, and biased 'facts' from all sides are not helping anyone.

Without decent perks and appropriate rights, decent and prestigious faculty will not want to work here, and SIU's reputation will fall dramatically. Students will not want to come here, and we will lose our school.

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f you go on SIUC's Facebook page today, you will see none of these posts. The university and whoever is in charge of SIUC's official Facebook page deleted all pro-union or prosettle comments.

I think most people will agree when I say this: All sides, please, do not ask for too much and do not accept too little. Students want to come here and be proud of the education they receive.

With the way things are headed, no one will be proud of this education.

This was my solemn and desperate plea to all involved in the contract negotiations."

I posted this amid pleas from others simply stating 'Please settle.'

If you go on SIUC's Facebook

page today, you will see none of these posts. The university and whoever is in charge of SIUC's official Facebook page deleted all pro-union or prosettle comments.

I would not have been so mad had the university not done two other things. The university left up an antiunion, pro-Cheng comment, which was more of a hateful message than any other comments posted.

They deleted my comment on this same post.

The university also removed me from its Facebook page, and when I went back to "like" SIUC's Facebook page again, I was unable to comment on any status, post on the wall or “like� statuses or comments. I felt unwanted, disrespected and bullied by the university I hold so closely to my heart — the same university I have successfully recommended to others.

It was a betrayal like I had never felt before.

At this point, I am trying to stay optimistic. I do not want to begin thinking about transferring schools, and it makes me sad the thought has even crossed my mind.

I don’t want to be angry, but I am.

As a recent letter to the editor says: (As a student), I am angry as hell. Did I choose to be a part of a university that does not respect me? Did I recommend this same disrespect to others? I am not sure if it is an option, but this is what I want: a meeting to be held by all unions and administration, together, at once.

I want to hear the unbiased facts of how this will affect me. I want my university to show that they really do care about their students. I want to feel like a Saluki again.

figures at which administrators will scratch their heads and continue to be puzzled.

The histrionic behavior that comes out of this university puts a blight on the reputation of accomplished faculty, alumni and students who work hard and are beginning to look for jobs during an economic crisis.

Faculty members insist they care about students, yet the reason they strike is about their contracts. This situation has left students wondering about their classes, grades, and

possibly, if it will influence when they are able to graduate. So they really care about their students?

This university needs to get its act together and seriously reevaluate its priorities. If administrators and faculty wish to do this, then so be it.

However, current students, alumni and prospective students may have to reconsider Southern in their future.

Callie Bailey sophomore from Taylorville studying English education

University giving itself one black eye after another Dear Editor: I am a three-time SIU alumnus and a proud Saluki. I will always be thankful for the education, training, faculty mentoring and friends I made as a student. I am, however, not thankful for the news about the faculty strike. I have heard from more than 1,200 miles away.

For as long as I was a student, the university strived, and still continues to strive, to improve its standing and shed its party school reputation, based on an article from

a men's magazine from the 1980s.

Sadly, the drama queen theatrics and asinine behavior from some individuals in the university community have prompted the university to give itself one black eye after another. This is disgusting.

When colleagues, who have never set foot in Illinois, ask me about it, it is embarrassing.

From the Kodee Kennings hoax involving student journalists, the famed Halloween riots, SIU President Poshard's "unintentional

plagiarism," the revolving door also known as the Chancellor's Office, administration making SIU athletics a priority over improving academic buildings, to our present faculty strike — is there any wonder as to why enrollment is sagging?

Why on earth would any clearthinking parent who truly cares about their child's future send their kid to an unstable learning environment? However, next fall, the Daily Egyptian will publish yet another article on enrollment

Jason M. Arnold SIU alumnus

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Wear a tastier form of sunblock

LAURAANN WOOD Daily Egyptian Realizing you forgot your sunblock it isn’t the worst thing in the world. Just pop the cork

on that Merlot in the picnic basket, enjoy a glass and consider yourself protected.

A collaborative research study between the University of Barcelona and the Spanish National Research Council concluded grapes contain compounds, called flavonoids, that help block chemical changes the body undergoes during skin damage. The researchers also tested wine and found this compound in wine, specifically red. The study was published in the May 11 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Flavonoids help prevent the skin from forming reactive oxygen species. These species react with UV rays to destroy cells and cause sunburn, and they are always present in our bodies as a byproduct of the way we metabolize oxygen. Reactive oxygen species play an important role in cell health at normal levels, but they can cause DNA and lipid damage or cell death at high rates.

In layman’s terms, sunburn kills skin cells. Flavonoids don’t. Grapes and wine contain flavonoids. Eat, drink and be protected. It sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

Well, that’s because it kind of is.

The study was, of course, conducted in a lab, but the skin that was tested was grown inside the lab as well. There were no skin donators or voluntary grape eaters.

There were only petri dishes, special grape-pressing machines, big scientific terms for separating the compounds and UV rays — not from the sun but rather a lamp placed 10 centimeters away.

While this doesn’t necessarily discredit the researcher’s findings, it is enough to make the previously weary demonstrator eager of finding out whether this works

as easy as it sounds. From a bystander’s assumption, it would probably take a lot more than a glass or even four to get some good skin protection going.

The market hasn’t been hit with any new sunblock lotions or ointments that harness and take advantage of this recent finding, yet. Perhaps merchants are as hesitant to sell such products as consumers would be to purchase them.

But eating grapes and drinking wine does help reduce the severity of sunburn, so who cares? Let’s go have a picnic!

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In a 300-level sociology course in which seven of the usual 50 students attended, sociology chair Jennifer Dunn taught in place of the striking professor.

Dunn, who seemed distraught about having to teach the course, said the class was one of six she would instruct if the strike continues.

As students in the class voiced their opinions, Dunn welcomed questions. Although she made it clear she did not want to prolong the strike, she said the classes need to be taught.

Dunn expressed respect for her colleagues, but never sided with faculty or administration.

Gary Kolb, dean of the College of Mass Communications and Media Arts, sent an email to MCMA students around 3 p.m. Thursday informing students on the college’s status.

In the email, Kolb said substitutes included local professionals, administrators, faculty and staff at the university.

“Where faculty have opted to strike and are not teaching their classes, we are finding the best possible way to cover these classes with well-qualified teachers,” Kolb stated in the email.

Kolb said he was teaching four to five classes himself and other administrators in the college were taking similar loads. He informed students on the potential learning experience the strike could provide, and said he was available to answer questions.

Kathy Glieewell, a Chartwells employee in the Student Center, said business was slower than usual and said she believed it was a result of the strike.

“There’s been quite a bit of a

Students in Dr. Jo Ann Argersinger’s History 110 lecture are addressed Thursday by Susan Wills, an attendance monitor, decline,” she said. “It was really busy yesterday.”

Typically crowded parking lots had plenty of available spots, and the faculty parking lots were noticeably empty.

Artemus Holguin, a sophomore from San Antonio studying physiology, said although several of his instructors are on strike, he still intends to attend class, both to be marked in attendance and to see how viable the lessons are.

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He said someone in the office of admissions is in charge of monitoring the university’s Facebook page, and he wasn’t sure as to what the policy is in regards to what is deleted. He said it falls under the purview of the provost’s office.

Provost John Nicklow was not available for comment as of press time.

Elliott Zieman, a graduate student in zoology from Lake in the Hills, said it appeared to him that only pro-union posts were being deleted. Some neutral comments were also taken down, he said, including his own.

Zieman said one of his posts saying that he hoped an agreement was reached was deleted, and he was blocked from commenting further.

“I felt my comment was respectful and wasn’t inflammatory,” he said.

Shaheen Shorish, a junior from ChampaignUrbana studying cinema, philosophy and art, said she had a similar experience. She posted a link to an open letter to Cheng she’d written. She said it was removed, but she wasn’t too surprised.

“My spidey-sense told me they were probably going to delete it,” Shorish said.

She said the purpose of the letter was not to make any accusations but to let the chancellor know her education was being compromised by the failure of the administration and unions to reach an agreement. Shorish said she later got a reply from Cheng via email.

Instead of deleting posts, the university should have addressed the questions being raised, she said.

The wall should be treated as a forum for discussion, she said.

“I’m a student; that’s my university’s page. I have every right to post something that’s respectful,” Shorish said.

The deletion of the comments is not a matter of freedom of speech, Sievers said. The Facebook

He said his calculus class was taught Thursday by an unnamed professor in the economics department, and the instruction was lacking.

While administrators report they have a contingency plan for classes to continue, Holguin said it was dismaying to find classes being led by unqualified instructors.

Holguin also said it has been difficult to find truth from either side.

“There’s so much hearsay. Nobody

page was set up as a marketing tool, not a debate forum, he said.

William Freivogel, director of the School of Journalism, said social networks are still a gray area when it comes to freedom of speech issues.

Whether Facebook comments on the university’s page have First Amendment protections would depend on how courts characterize the page’s wall, Alan Howard, a professor at the Saint Louis University Law School, wrote in an email.

If it was designated as a public forum, the university could not delete anything based on content, but could close down the wall altogether, he wrote. If the wall was interpreted like a government-owned newspaper, the university would have control over what is included, he wrote.

“Posts to the wall could be analogized to letters to the editor which the publisher/editor can accept or reject for any reason,” he wrote.

Even though the university deleted the comments, many of them are now available to view on a new Facebook page created in response to the censorship.

The page, called “SIUC Fan Page. Stop Censoring,” has close to 600 'likes' and almost 60 images. Most of the pictures are screen captures of comments before they were deleted.

Brennan said she knew at least 20 people whose posts had been deleted.

The creation of the “Stop Censoring” page shows freedom of speech has not been hindered, Sievers said.

It would have been in the best interest of the university to let respectful discussion continue, Shorish said. The university’s own page should be the focal point of discussion and speech from students and others should not be stopped, she said.

“When any institution starts shutting up members of that institution, that’s when problems happen,” Shorish said.

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during class. Students in attendance were recorded by Wills and then dismissed. really knows what’s happening,” he said.

After most classes concluded Thursday, Cheng said she thought students had gotten the message and will continue to be in class.

“There were some faculty who tried to stir up students, and if they were striking they told their students they didn’t have to go to class in complete difference from what we were instructing them to do,” she said.

“Students need to be in class.”

Students, alumni and students' parents flooded SIUC's Facebook page Wednesday night with comments and questions concerning the strike and the sudden deletion of posts. Some

Benard McKinley, a sophomore from Denver studying radiotelevision, said he didn’t attend two of his classes because he knew teachers wouldn’t be there. He said his professors had previously informed students about their decision to strike, and gave students the choice to attend or not.

“I understand they want what they deserve,” McKinley said. “I might go on Tuesday to see what’s going on.”

captured screenshots of the comments before they were deleted and uploaded them to a new Facebook page titled "SIUC fan page. Stop Censoring," which has about 600 likes.

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Feature

MT V INVADES SIU We The Kings drummer Danny Duncan plays during

the MTVu Campus Invasion Musical Festival Thursday at the SIU Arena.

Friday, November 4, 2011

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The show, which featured bands We The Kings, Chiddy Bang, and DJ Diamond Kuts, was free to the public and lasted from 7 to 10 p.m.

Sports

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SWIM CONTINUED FROM

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Training during this part of the season can really wear down a swimmer’s body, said assistant coach Scott Olson. He said if the swimmers take proper care of themselves, though, they should be able to perform at their peak.

“The adjustment of them as far as the breakdown (of muscles), they’ve adjusted to that,” Olson said. “They’re still sore, they’re still tired, but they’re adjusting to the workload. When they do have free time, they take advantage of it and stay off their feet and recover.”

The women’s team was not able to do as well as the men in last year's meet against Kentucky and Mizzou.

Groome was the only athlete to achieve a first-place finish during the meet. Senior Kristin Geppert said the team will kick its game into a higher gear this season.

“We know it’s going to be a hard race; some pretty fast swimmers are going to be there,” Geppert said.

“We’ll just try to make the best of it and use them to make us swim faster.”

Daily Egyptian Senior diver Justin Ruszkowski swept the events last season, winning both the one-meter and three-meter dives; however, last year’s event was a home meet for the Salukis. This year they will be at Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center. Ruszkowski said each pool has different boards, which can affect dives.

“It's always a matter of getting

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used to the other team's board; every board has its own feel,” Ruszkowski said. “We do a lot of warm-up drills when we go to meets to get used to the boards. If I can get a good feel for the boards, then all should go well.”

Akeem Glaspie can be reached at aglaspie@dailyegyptian.com or 536-331 ext. 269.

Sinking Salukis look to resurface in South Dakota CORY DOWNER Daily Egyptian The Salukis will again try to get out of their fiveweek tailspin as they use their conference-best pass defense to matchup against the conference’s most potent pass offense.

SIU (2-6, 1-5 Missouri Valley Football Conference) has now lost five straight games, no longer holding the No. 12 ranking they had when the slide toward the bottom of the conference began. The Salukis now focus their attention on the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State (3-6, 2-4 MVFC) in an attempt to salvage the remainder of the season. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Saturday in Brookings, S.D. The last win for the Salukis was the Sept. 24 home opener against the 1-8 Missouri State, the same team the Jackrabbits beat 43-36 in double overtime Saturday to rebound from back-to-back losses.

They did so with 377 passing yards and only 104 yards on the ground.

Coach Dale Lennon said the combination of freshman quarterback Austin Sumner and his top

two receivers, senior Dale Moss and junior Aaron Rollin, is a major concern for the Salukis’ defense.

Moss has 722 yards on 49 catches and four touchdowns on the year, with an average of 80.2 yards per game, while Rollin has 704 yards on 51 catches and five touchdowns on the year, with an average of 78.2 yards per game.

Lennon said the defense didn’t put the adequate pressure on Illinois State’s quarterback Saturday, and it is something they need to improve on in order to have a competitive game.

“They’re going to challenge us at the secondary,” Lennon said. “When we have an opportunity to take the quarterback down, we have to take him down.”

Sumner has been a staple for the Jackrabbits’ offense; however, starting quarterback sophomore Kory Faulkner has also played more of an integral role in the Salukis’ offensive scheme.

Faulkner had a careerhigh day against Illinois State when he completed 29 of his 37 passes for 334 yards and one touchdown. With his

44 rushing yards, Faulkner accounted for 93 percent of the Salukis offense against the Redbirds.

Faulkner said he has consistently become more comfortable during his four weeks in the position. He said the comfort is directly related to his confidence in his own ability.

“The more passes I completed, I kind of got in a rhythm where I felt like everything was there,” Faulkner said. “I just have to keep preparing and hopefully get better and better every week and hopefully finish the season with some wins.”

While the Jackrabbits have the top passing offense in the conference, the Salukis have established themselves as having the top pass defense in the MVFC. SIU has limited opponents to an average of 198.6 passing yards per game.

Sophomore cornerback Terrell Wilson said the team has had success in recent weeks but hasn’t been able to finish the games when needed.

He said preparation will be the key to success in the Salukis’ three remaining games.

He said it’s important that the defense

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Senior inside linebacker Connor James tries to bring down Illinois State University tight end James O’Shaughnessy Saturday at Saluki Stadium. The Salukis play South consistently puts pressure on the quarterback and they capitalize on the momentum-changing opportunities.

“When you get a hold

Dakota State University Saturday in Brookings, S.D., where they’ll try to break a five-game losing streak against the 3-6 Jackrabbits.

of the quarterback, like our defensive line does, you’ve got to get them down. You can’t let them scramble,” Wilson said. “That’s when receivers get away and they

make the big plays. We need to make the big plays.”

Cory Downer can be reached at cdowner@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 256.

Playoff hopes on the line for volleyball Salukis haven’t won a match since Oct. 7 meet against Indiana State JOE RAGUSA Daily Egyptian Saluki volleyball sits in a tie for seventh place in the Missouri Valley Conference as they return to Davies Gymnasium on a six-game losing streak.

“We’ve had some really close losses, so it’s frustrating but encouraging that we’re only losing by two or three points here and there,” said junior libero Bailey Yeager.

SIU (9-12, 3-9 MVC) will take on Indiana State (11-13, 3-10 MVC) 7 p.m. today at Davies Gymnasium.

The Salukis defeated the Sycamores on their home turf 3-1 Oct. 7.

Saturday’s match-up will be at 7 p.m. against Illinois State (15-10, 7-6 MVC), a team that defeated the Salukis 3-1 Oct. 8.

Injuries continue to pile up for SIU as defensive specialist Caitlin Schumacher is questionable to play

after she missed the team’s previous game at Evansville. She returned to practice Wednesday, but did not participate.

“She’s a great player, but other people have to step up,” Yeager said.

Head coach Brenda Winkeler said she plans to use sophomore outside hitter Jessica Whitehead in the back row, which would be Whitehead’s first time in this position all season. Sophomore outside hitter Elly Braaten will move to the right side to help with the blocking.

“Elly, the inexperienced player that she is, has had to make the switch from the left side to the right side. She’s been doing the best that she can but it’s definitely been a challenge for us,” Winkeler said.

“What Elly does bring to the right side is a bigger block.”

Junior outside hitter Laura Thole recovered from surgery on her left pinky in time for Friday’s match

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e’ve had some really close losses, so it’s frustrating but encouraging that we’re only losing by two or three points here and there.

against Evansville, and had eight kills and eight errors in the loss.

“This little guy, he’s magic, I guess,” Thole said in reference to the brace she wears on her left hand. “It didn’t hurt that bad. I just had to get over not practicing all week.”

In their Oct. 7 win over Indiana State, Sycamore middle blocker Stacy Qualizza was tied for the team lead with 14 kills.

She’s currently fifth in the MVC with a .330 hit percentage in conference play. “(Qualizza) is good at running the back slide, and she’s been doing really well in conference,” Winkeler said. “They’re a team that’s also at

— Bailey Yeager Junior SIU volleyball libero the top in digs, so they'll send a lot of balls back which is how they frustrate you.”

In the Oct. 8 loss against Illinois State, Redbird outside hitter Shannon McGlaughlin and middle blocker LeighAnn Hranka had a combined 38 kills.

“Hranka has been getting more swings to the right side, and in the past, right side attacks have given us problems,” Winkeler said.

The loss to Illinois State started the Salukis’ six-game losing streak, and they now sit in seventh place with Evansville (13-14, 3-9 MVC), the team that defeated the Salukis in straight sets.

“(Evansville) played pretty flawless and we weren’t on our A-game,” Thole said. “It pushed us down even deeper than where we wanted to be from the start.”

Winkeler said they’ve cranked up the intensity in practice this week to keep the team out of mediocrity. Sixth-place Drake (9-18, 5-8 MVC) has lost two straight and still has games against the top four teams in the MVC, so the stage is set for the Salukis to make a run at the sixth and final playoff spot.

“I feel good about (making the tournament),” Winkeler said. “The amount of points we’ve lost by is a narrow margin. It’s going to come down to continuing to play like that, and when the game’s on the line, we need to make those plays.”

Joe Ragusa can be reached at jragusa@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.

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Salukis to face vengeful Wildcats AKEEM GLASPIE Daily Egyptian The Salukis seek to be the top dog in the weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-team meet, as they take on the Wildcats and Tigers.

This is the first meet in three weeks for the SIU womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s swimming and diving team, while the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team is coming off Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 38-point win against Division II Missouri University of Science and Technology.

The tri-meet, with the University of Kentucky and the University of Missouri, will take place Saturday in Lexington, Ky. The Saluki men held their own last season when they beat Kentucky, but narrowly lost to Missouri by a 12-point margin.

After their performance during the 2010-2011 season, senior Steve Wood said he knows what it takes to compete against these two teams.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole different race when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re facing a program like Kentucky or Mizzou, a program that has a very good history of great swimmers,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to bring your best mentally and physically.â&#x20AC;?

Swimmers prepare a little differently than most other athletes, said senior Justin Wolfe. He said every meet during the season is important, and while swimmers want to be at their best during the conference meets, a chance to face two top teams brings out the best in all of the swimmers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can tell around the pool the atmosphere is different,â&#x20AC;? Wolfe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last week we faced a D-II school, and this week weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re facing some of the fastest teams in the nation. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very good for us to swim against these big teams because we know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re good enough to swim with them, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to prove it.â&#x20AC;?

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Senior freestyle swimmer Jared Bradd stretches Thursday during swim practice at Edward J. Shea Natatorium in the Recreation Center. The Saluki

swimming and diving team will compete at 10 a.m.

Saturday against the University of Kentucky and University of Missouri in Lexington.