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SIUC prepares for worst-case scenario JEFF ENGELHARDT Daily Egyptian SIU President Glenn Poshard said Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed budget has put the university one step closer to possible furloughs and layoffs.

Poshard said the university is preparing a budget that reflects the bleak outlook the governor gave in his budget address Wednesday. Gov. Pat Quinn proposed $2.2 billion in cuts for next fiscal year, $1.3 billion of which comes from education.

On top of the $100 million cut

from federal stimulus money and the more than $20 million cut from state support outlined in Quinn’s address, Poshard said the university continues to battle delayed payments and threats of more cuts.

The state still owes the university $150 million for this year and a proposal in the Legislature could cost the university 10 percent of its fiscal year 2010 budget, which would result in layoffs of 15 percent of SIU system personnel for the rest of the fiscal year, Poshard said.

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e have done everything short of personnel cuts, but we are going to continue to take this a day at a time and develop the best budget we can.

standing payments could come in and the proposed cuts for next year has led the university to prepare for furloughs and layoffs, Poshard said. “It really puts us under the gun because we can’t sustain our operations with the cuts that we are

— Glenn Poshard SIU president

expecting,� Poshard said. “We are developing budgets with all the decreases factored in and no tuition or income tax increases because we can only go with what we know for sure is going to happen.�

Poshard said the university must

present its budget and request funding from a Senate committee by the end of March for approval. SIU spokesman Dave Gross said the initial request is usually much higher than what is appropriated and said funding from the state could be down to as low as fiscal year 2000 levels. The operating budget for this year is $235 million and could fall to $219 million for fiscal year 2011, Gross said.

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SPRING BREAK ON THE ROCKS David Quinney, a sophomore from Crystal Lake studying geology, works on a bouldering problem at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch near Jasper, Ark., as other climbers watch. Quinney was one of seven members of the SIU climbing club who spent spring break on the ranch.

He said he enjoys the sport because of its adrenaline rush and ability to challenge him mentally and physically. “I like pushing myself, and it’s exciting,â€? he said. “It gets the heart going. I wouldn’t be doing it if it didn’t.â€? • Read Genna Ord’s blog at www.dailyegyptian. com to learn more about climbing and

the club’s trip.

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Toyota fires back, Gilbert to visit research firm this week NICK JOHNSON Daily Egyptian This week, awutomotive technology professor Dr. David Gilbert said he plans to visit Exponent, the Californiabased research firm that helped Toyota criticize his research on the carmaker’s sudden unintended acceleration problem in a March 8 webcast and news conference. “I am pleased that further examination of these safety and acceleration issues is taking place and I look forward to participating in this pro-

cess,� Gilbert said in a statement after the webcast aired.

Gilbert used “careful and deliberate manipulation,� to obtain “unnatural� sudden unintended acceleration in his experiment with a Toyota vehicle, representatives from Toyota and Exponent Research, Inc. said in the webcast.

Relying on testimony from the independent research firm, Toyota attempted to prove through several demonstrations in front of reporters at its national headquarters in Torrance, Calif., that its electronics systems were not at fault for instances of

SUA in its vehicles.

Since it was founded more than 40 years ago by five Stanford University researchers, Exponent has been called to defend large corporations such as Boeing Co., Suzuki, General Electric Co. and Ford Motor Co. Exponent was hired by Exxon in 1989 to orchestrate its defense of the Valdez oil spill and by Swiss Re, an insurer of the World Trade Center, in 2001 to attempt to cut the amount of money owed by the insurer after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a Feb. 18 article in

the Los Angeles Times.

Toyota, which has donated vehicles and funds to SIUC’s automotive technology department during a 25year partnership, has recalled more than 8 million vehicles since October because of SUA-related incidents in more than a dozen models.

The March 8 demonstrations mimicked the one done by Gilbert in his research on SUA in Toyota vehicles, which began Feb. 11. In a Feb. 23 broadcast, Gilbert showed ABC News’ Brian Ross he could introduce a “fault,� an instance of SUA, to a Toyota

vehicle without the computer reporting it as an error. The day after the broadcast aired, Gilbert testified in the first of three congressional hearings in Washington, D.C., in which members of Congress criticized Toyota’s handling of the SUA problem.

Gilbert “re-engineered and rewired� the accelerator pedal circuit on the Toyota Avalon used in the ABC broadcast, Exponent electronics expert Shukri Souri said.

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With a complete alteration of the pedal circuit, including the addition of a resistor, an instance of SUA could go undetected by Toyota’s computer, but Gilbert failed to provide evidence that such an alteration could occur naturally, Souri and other Exponent researchers said at the news conference.

Toyota spokesman Mike Michels said in a separate interview March 8 that Gilbert “may have been taken advantage of by ABC.” “We have no issues with the university. I think our position is that Dr. Gilbert meant well but didn’t dive deep enough into it,” Michels said.

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Of the potential $16 million decrease, $11 million would be cut from the Carbondale campus, Gross said.

The severity of the cuts could depend on whether Gov. Quinn is able to convince members of his party a temporary 1 percent income tax increase is necessary to offset the cuts to education.

“The governor’s leadership is going to be tested here to see if he can

“He may have not the proper point of view to interpret what he did in a real scenario.”

In a Feb. 25 interview, Gilbert told the Daily Egyptian he applied the same tests to a Buick during his research and the GM computer system caught the artificial “fault” every time.

In the March 8 demonstrations, Exponent researchers applied Gilbert’s test to several other vehicles, including a Ford Fusion, Chevy Malibu, Chrysler Crossfire and a Subaru Outback.

Each of the cars reacted the same way the Avalon did in Gilbert’s Feb. 23 demonstration: The vehicle accelerated instantly upon application of the fault, with no error reported by

the onboard computer.

Stanford automotive technology professor Chris Gerdes also testified that he spoke with Toyota and Gilbert. Based on his individual research, Gerdes said Gilbert’s findings warrant further investigation but do not provide a reason to doubt the fault-finding ability of Toyota’s computers.

Gilbert’s demonstration did not acknowledge it was a simulation, Gerdes said at the conference.

Toyota will continue to support SIUC’s automotive technology program as it has in the past, Michels said.

convince members of his own party the tax increase is necessary,” Gross said. “It’s hard to see a Republican signing on to a tax increase during elections, so it will be interesting to see if this can be done.”

If a temporary income tax is not passed, the university will turn to its last resort in the borrowing authority, Poshard said. The bill is in the House and is scheduled to be heard in a committee session Wednesday, Gross said.

Poshard said there has been no signs of support for the income tax and

without the borrowing authority, the university is running out of options to cover the deficit left by the state.

“Our first goal is to keep our people working and not raise tuition,” Poshard said. “We have done everything short of personnel cuts, but we are going to continue to take this a day at a time and develop the best budget we can.”

Nick Johnson can be reached at njohnson@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 263.

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USG to discuss proposed student fees Students asked to attend Tuesday meeting, voice opinions ERIN HOLCOMB Daily Egyptian Undergraduate Student Government will discuss the proposed student fees for fiscal year 2011 Tuesday and President Priciliano Fabian said he hopes conversation includes one group often overlooked — students.

The senate will discuss the proposed fees to determine whether it wants to suggest any revisions to Chancellor Sam Goldman, SIU President Glenn Poshard or the Board of Trustees, Fabian said.

He said revisions would be made based on feedback from students.

Every student is required to pay student fees, which include the Student Health Center, Mass Transit

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and Green fees.

The trustees will make the ultimate decision on the proposed fees at their meeting in April.

The student government has been plagued by student apathy in past semesters and Chief of Staff Krystin McDermott said this is the most important student government meeting of the semester.

“We try to reach everyone, but we can’t,” McDermott said. “We’re there for them to voice their opinions. It’s really important that they give us feedback.”

Even though the student government cannot change the fees, it has the power of strong suggestion, Executive Assistant John Kiwala said.

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t would be very important for these students to show up to this meeting and voice their concerns because we want to hear what they have to say.

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Student Center Recreation Center Mass Transit Residence Housing Student Health Center Primary Care Fee

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Source: USG records cord rd ds Pablo Tobon | DAILY EGYPTIAN PTIAN fiscal year 2011 have the lowest increase in the past couple of years.

The Primary Care fee for the Student Health Center increased more than 16 percent for fiscal year 2010, from $181 to $211 per semester. The proposed increase for fiscal year 2011 is just more than 4 percent, which would bring the cost to $220.

The Student Recreation fee increased more than 5 percent in fiscal year 2010 from $120 to $126.73, and is proposed to increase only about 1.8 percent for fiscal year 2011. Students would pay less than $3 more for the fee if it passes.

Fabian said many students do not understand the specifics of student fees and what services they provide.

He said the senate would give them a better understanding of where their money is going if they attend the next meeting.

“I want to make sure our students on campus are getting what they want,” Fabian said. “You have to have an understanding and get a voice out there.”

Fabian said he understands the students’ lack of interest in questioning the student fees because he used to think the trustees would not listen to him.

He said when he joined the student government, he realized that school officials wanted to listen to students and it was up to the students to voice their opinions.

“Nothing’s going to get done

without student input and letting us as student leaders know what they want,” Fabian said.

Kiwala said students must understand the student government exists for them and will do everything in its power to recognize their suggestions.

“It would be very important for these students to show up to this meeting and voice their concerns because we want to hear what they have to say,” Kiwala said.

The next student government meeting will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Student Health Center Auditorium.

Erin Holcomb can be reached at eholcomb@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 255.

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Pelosi must do heavy lifting for health care It’s up to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep health care reform alive.

President Barack Obama is taking care of the outside game. Showing a passion that has been missing for too long, he’s out on the stump urging Americans to demand an up-or-down vote from Congress.

Pelosi is in charge of the inside game — to make sure that vote is a yes. The San Francisco Democrat will need to call on all her vaunted vote-corralling skills and to dip into the goodwill she has built over the years. Her legacy as speaker hangs in the balance.

In November, Pelosi and other Democratic leaders herded the House to approve a health care bill 220-215, with only two votes to spare and the support of a lone Republican.

Her task now might be even tougher. She must persuade her rank-and-file to swallow the Senate version of the health care bill — and take it on faith that any objections will be mollified in a subsequent “reconciliation� bill they haven’t yet seen.

And her caucus is antsy. Some don’t trust the Senate. Anti-abortion Democrats are angry that the Senate bill includes less-restrictive abortion language than the House bill. Liberals are upset that the Senate measure doesn’t include a stronger governmentoverseen health plan to compete with private insurers.

Those issues, however, are sidelights compared with the essentials of extending coverage to millions of Americans, reining in insurance companies and starting to get

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nstead of worrying about how a health care vote might play in their campaigns, Democrats should get a backbone. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity, and it is worth losing an election over. health care costs under control.

Every House seat is on the November ballot, so many who are seeking re-election are hypersensitive to any vote that could hurt their prospects. They heard the public outrage over the “Cornhusker Kickback,� “Louisiana Purchase� and other special goodies in the Senate bill. They are only too aware that the health care bill is unpopular with a majority of the public — (a 10-percentage point gap in the RealClearPolitics average of nine polls conducted last month).

The typical inside-the-Beltway speculation about whether Pelosi

can pull off the vote is reaching a fever pitch. “Pelosi’s grip on House slips� Politico headlined a report Tuesday about the speaker being rebuffed more often in recent weeks.

Elsewhere, anonymous rankand-file members are griping about Pelosi’s inner circle of “California liberals� who are in safe, gerrymandered seats and who expect vulnerable Democrats to fall in line.

In a speech Tuesday to the National Association of Counties, Pelosi correctly focused her health care remarks on the bigger picture — how the bill will help the vast majority of Americans.

“We stand at the doorstep of history, ready to realize a centuries-old dream ...� she said. “We must have the courage, though, to get the job done.�

She’s right.

Instead of worrying about how a health care vote might play in their campaigns, Democrats should get a backbone. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity, and it is worth losing an election over.

If Democrats can’t produce a health care bill, many of their supporters will ask with ample justification: “Why does it matter which party is in charge?�

Pelosi needs to seize this moment and show that it does.

This editorial appeared in the Sacramento Bee Wednesday.

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Students attempt to balance education, marriage TRAVIS BEAN Daily Egyptian When leaving a martini bar in St. Louis on New Year’s Eve, Benjamin Quoss got down on one knee and asked Jenna Rongstad to marry him.

“It was freezing cold out, so I would have rather had it happen inside,” Rongstad said.

“But whatever floats his boat.”

Rongstad, a junior from Bolingbrook studying management, is one of many students who chose to get engaged while in college. But, she said her education puts a hold on any marriage plans until after graduation.

Rongstad said she receives mixed reactions when she tells people she is an engaged college student. She said while some support her, many people have said she has her whole life ahead of her and should not be getting married at such a young age.

“I went and got my tattoo covered up over the weekend and I told (the tatoo artist) I was engaged,” Rongstad said. “He looked at me like I was crazy.”

According to a study by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2005, couples are waiting longer to get married. The average male gets married around age 27, while the average female ties the knot at 25.

While Rongstad, 20, faces many people who believe she is too young for marriage, Teresa Hubbs, owner of Mr. Tuxedo and Bridal, located at 600 N. Giant City Road, said many students are well prepared when they come to her store.

“I guess they’ve been through the high school experience and that’s educated them a little bit…with proms and all that,” Hubbs said.

When not in classes, Rongstad works at the Saluki Team Store at University Mall, while Quoss, 23, works full time at Marion Ford.

Rongstad said she has not started browsing for bridal wear because of her financial situation, another big reason she said contributes to college students’ struggles with marriage.

“Financially, things are different because we’re starting to save for it,” Rongstad said. “We made out a plan of how much we should start saving every month, but we haven’t started it because we’ve had so much stuff going on.”

SIUC offers certain benefits to married college students. Scholarships are available for married students such as the John M. Fohr Memorial Scholarship, which offers $1,000 to married graduate students in the College of Business.

The Wellness Center offers counseling for

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Jenna Rongstad, a junior from Bolingbrook studying management, laughs with her fiancé, Benjamin Quoss, as the couple watches the History channel Sunday. Rongstad, who

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got engaged on New Year’s Eve, said the planning process is more work than she had initially thought because of the difficulty of balancing the cost of school and a wedding.

inancially, things are different because we’re starting to save for it. We made out a plan of how much we should start saving every month, but we haven’t started it because we’ve had so much stuff going on.

— Jenna Rongstad junior from Bolingbrook studying management

married couples in college, which includes advice for dealing with stress and financial situations.

While Rongstad and Quoss will not be married for over a year, Angela Parkinson will be married in two weeks to her fiancé Jake Myers, a graduate student in art, at Victory Fellowship Church, located at 414 N. 2nd St. in Murphysboro.

Parkinson, a part-time employee of Mr. Tuxedo and Bridal, said while Myers has been

preoccupied with studying and has had little time to help plan the wedding, it is post-wedding plans that will be difficult to balance with school.

“We can’t go on our honeymoon right after we get married because he’s in school,” Parkinson said. “It’s not going to be traditional or anything like that. So I look at that as a huge problem.”

Parkinson said money is a big problem for them as well. Because neither of them has a

large income, she said their wedding would have a low budget.

According to the Association for Wedding Professionals International Web site, the average cost of a wedding is between $21,000 and $24,000. Parkinson said her wedding budget is about $1,200.

Besides their troubled financial situation, Parkinson said she and Myers are ready to tie the knot after dating for four years and living together. But, she said her new name bothers her.

“I’m really proud of my signature,” Parkinson said. “I’ve tried practicing and I just can’t get a cool signature.”

Travis Bean can be reached at tbean@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 274.

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Guns in Pentagon, Las Vegas court shootings came from Memphis

Probe raises questions about driver’s description of runaway Prius

Governor demands more Afghan forces, NATO help after explosions

Storm leaves more than 500,000 without power at its peak

WASHINGTON — Two guns used in highprofile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.

Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that both guns were once seized in criminal cases in Memphis. The officials described how the weapons made their separate ways from an evidence vault to gun dealers and to the shooters.

S A N D I E G O — Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, according to a draft memorandum obtained Saturday by The Associated Press that casts doubt on the driver’s story.

James Sikes, 61, called 911 Monday to report losing control of his Prius as the hybrid reached speeds of 94 mph. A California Highway Patrol officer helped Sikes bring the vehicle to a safe stop on Interstate 8.

K A N DA H A R — The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan’s largest southern city Sunday after a series of explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland.

The blasts, which occurred one after another for 25 minutes across Kandahar city Saturday night, indicate that the insurgents remain a potent force in the area where NATO plans an assault later this year industry should carry significant.

AT L A N T I C C I T Y — Utility crews pushed through fallen trees and windblown debris to reach downed power lines Sunday, working to restore electricity to more than a half-million homes and businesses after strong winds and heavy rain wreaked havoc in parts of the Northeast.

The storm, which battered parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut Saturday with gusts of up to 70 mph, struck about two weeks after heavy snow and hurricane-force winds.

Mistrust of census process is misplaced, officials say STEVE CAMPBELL The Associated Press F ORT WORT H , Texas — The anti-government sentiment that sparked the tea party movement is brewing a backlash of sorts against the coming census by people who say it asks too many questions and intrudes on their privacy.

Such census resisters say the Constitution only empowers the Census Bureau to count the number of people in a household. They say that’s the only inquiry they’ll respond to when the 10-question census forms are mailed to 130 million households in mid-March.

Gabriel Sanchez, the Dallasbased regional census director, says the claim is wrong.

“The truth is, when the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they gave Congress the power to determine how the census is conducted. The U.S. Supreme Court has again and again upheld how the Census Bureau conducts the census,” Sanchez said.

The 2010 form is the shortest in modern history, he said, and asks only simple questions such as age, gender, ethnicity and whether a dwelling is owned or rented.

But a household head count is all the census will get from Robyn Leann Burwell, 30, of Hawley, Texas.

“My position, at this point, is that the only constitutional part of it is for them to do a head count,” she said. “The bottom line is, I feel like the government has been trying

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Students are handed packets of information and toys after listening to a presentation Jan. 5 at Bellaire Elementary School in Hurst, Texas, to encourage participation in the upcoming census. The travelling Take 10 program will work across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi through mid-April. to find ways to get information they don’t necessarily need.”

Burwell, an English professor at Abilene Christian University and a Libertarian candidate for state House District 85, and her husband, John, a Libertarian candidate for U.S. House District 13 in West Texas, helped start an Abilene chapter of the 912 Project, a grassroots conservative organization.

“I think it’s just really important

to look at it as more than a random questionnaire. We should be asking if they really need to ask the questions,” Burwell said. Renee Higgins, a 51-year-old housewife from Merkel, Texas, and a member of the Abilene 912 Project, agrees with that stance.

“I think the only thing we need to answer is our name and how many people. Beyond that, it’s none of their business,” said Higgins, who says she has grown increasing-

ly leery of all government entities.

“The overreaching things going on with our government lead people to question things. I question everything they do,” Higgins said. “I’m not some nut job. I’m a realist, and I’ve looked into a lot of things and I question a lot of things.”

Higgins says that she filled out the 2000 Census forms but that “I was stupid then, I thought you had to do it. But when they start invad-

ing your privacy, you have to draw the line. I was ignorant, but I’ve learned.” State Demographer Karl Eschbach says that such “independent streaks” have come and gone over the years but that the current fears seem misplaced.

“It’s kind of a peculiar concern in an age in which so much is being collected about us by folks other than the government. These are fairly benign questions,” said Eschbach, a professor and health researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, noting that the first census, in 1790, asked six questions.

“Clearly, everyone’s ability to monitor us has gone way up,” he said. “Private industry can track the keystrokes on your computer.

You’ve got people making databanks of your every consumer purchase, and you are worried about the government knowing how you classify yourself by race and ethnicity for purposes of allocation of funds?”

Many of the concerns appear linked to the American Community Survey, a much more extensive census questionnaire sent to 75,000 households nationwide each month.

The survey, Sanchez said, is an important tool for local planners, who need to know detailed information like how many toilets are in a home to determine the need for sewage facilities. Questions on commute times help communities identify transportation needs, he said.

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No postseason play for Dawgs STILE T. SMITH Daily Egyptian For the second consecutive year, the SIU men’s basketball team’s season ended without a bid to a postseason tournament.

Southern’s 63-61 loss to Drake March 4 gave the team its first Thursday loss in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament since 1997.

The Salukis, who began the season 9-2, lost 13 of their last 19 games to finish the season 15-15 and 6-12 in the MVC, marking the second consecutive year SIU finished without a winning record.

Junior forward Carlton Fay said the Salukis, who finished the season 3-9 in conference games decided by five points or less, would need to learn how to win close games in order to have a successful season next year.

“Looking forward to next year, we know that it’s going to come down to finishing off games for us to be successful,” Fay said.

Southern is losing only Tony Freeman to graduation and could return as many as four starters and four key reserves to the team.

But Freeman will not be an easy player to replace. The University of Iowa transfer averaged 11.8 points and

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shot 41 percent from 3-point range.

Junior forward John Freeman, who could be one of five seniors on the team next year, said he expects every member of the team to come back next year ready to play.

“We have a lot of players coming back next year and I think everyone’s going to be hungry,” John Freeman said. “We don’t want the same thing to happen again next year.”

The two straight seasons without a postseason appearance reverses a trend that included six straight NCAA Tournament appearances for SIU from 2002-2007 and a berth in the NIT in 2008.

Head coach Chris Lowery said he fully expects the team he has returning next season to help bring the program back to postseason play.

“The guys are committed to winning and they’re committed to doing things right,” Lowery said. “We just gotta make sure, the staff, we push them in the right direction.

“That’s kind of part of why we’ve been good. We’ve been able to coach kids above their level. We couldn’t get these guys above their level. That’s why we’re 15-15. It’s a challenge for me and it’s a challenge for our staff to get these guys above their level and to get these guys to play harder than they did this year.”

and photo galleries Stile T. Smith can of each game of the MVC be reached at Tournament online at ssmith@dailyegyptian.com www.dailyegyptian.com. or 536-3311 ext. 256.

Junior forward Carlton Fay walks off the court March 4 after the Salukis’ 63-61 loss in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis. Fay could be one of five seniors returning to the team next season.

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Across 1 Month with showers 6 Auctioned auto, briefly 10 Journalist Nellie 13 Egypt’s capital 14 Ancient Greek district 15 Corned beef bread 16 Kids’ game with an “it” 18 Nest egg item, for short 19 Bridge supports 20 Curving pitch 22 Garment bottom 23 Suffix with meth- or prop24 Alley competitor 28 Backyard play apparatus 33 Like some college walls 34 Employed 35 Caesar’s 1,051 36 Author André 37 Fall apple drink 38 Pass’s opposite 39 Single 40 City on the Ruhr

41 Group of lions 42 Nuclear treaty subjects 44 9-Down footballer 45 Corn discard 46 The Atty. General is head of it 47 Low-level clouds 50 Icy formation at either extremity of the Earth’s axis 55 Peeper 56 Today, to Caesar—and a hint to the hidden word appearing in this puzzle 15 times (including the one in this answer) 58 Classic Jaguar model 59 Jeans material 60 “What’s in __?”: Juliet 61 Japanese money 62 Has a sandwich 63 Brawn Down 1 Eight, in Berlin

Spring Break edition’s answers

2 Twosome 3 Bike outing 4 Enrages 5 Despised 6 Perot of politics 7 Denver-to-Chicago dir.

8 Crusty desserts 9 San Francisco Bay city 10 Wedding party member 11 Old Greek stringed instrument 12 365 days 14 As above, in footnotes 17 Met, Nat or Card 21 Beethoven’s “Minuet __” 24 Archie Bunker type 25 Like lambs and rams 26 Like most modern TVs, picturewise 27 Reb general 28 Square’s four 29 Birdhouse songbird 30 Suffix with bombard

31 Drop in pronunciation 32 Flooring specialist 34 Yokel’s possessive 37 27-Down’s org.

38 End of most work wks.

40 Oceanic reflux 41 Dr. Denton’s, e.g.

43 Ode title starter 44 Massage deeply 46 Dire fate

Horoscopes

By Nancy Black and Stephanie Clement

Today’s birthday — Chaotic events this year challenge you to manage willful behavior and assert your practical side. Love relationships grow as you pursue your desire for increased harmony in relationships. Stress signals the need to back off a bit.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Although harmony is in the ear of the beholder, you choose to power your way to gratification.

They put a soft pedal on the piano forareason.Use it to tone it down.

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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.

Spring Break edition’s answers

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Prepare for the drill sergeant to run everyone ragged. Extra effort is needed to please a powerful female. Don’t try to get creativetoday.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Share your weekend experiences with the female who set you on the right path. Notice how much more relaxed you are?

47 Like a sheer negligee 48 Small child 49 What’s on your mind 50 Trident-shaped letters 51 Hindu princess 52 Prefix with apple 53 Summit 54 Relieved cry 57 Tolkien tree creature

Virgo(Aug.23-Sept.22)—Todayisan8—Clear the decks in order to do all your work as quickly as possible. Order in your work environment goes a long way.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — You may not have a PowerPoint presentation, but you have a powerful message to deliver. Add sugar to make the medicine go down.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — The office despot arrives early and stays late. Create a diversion with a female associate or friend. Chatter abounds. Distract with chocolate.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Redirecting your mind to the task at hand takes some doing today. Get practical, and get going on necessary changes. It’ll be worth it.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Add feminine touches to your home (even if it’s a home full of guys). Water the plants and check supplies. Everyone benefits today from a softer touch.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is a 7 —Your partner puts everything into perspective. The new view includes more harmonious furnishings in a room the two of you will share.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — To love your neighbor, you must take care of yourself first.Work out a win-win agreement, then fulfill your end of the bargain.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Break out of a dull pattern at work and bring in some new data to shake things up. It won’t take long for people to get the picture.

Pisces(Feb.19-March20)—Todayisa7 —Your associates believe they have the final say, yet an older person has reserved veto power. Focus your persuasion on that person.

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Sports

Monday, March 15, 2010

Saluki Insider With Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, Ohio State and Temple winning their conference tournaments Sunday, the field of 65 for the NCAA Tournament has been set. Who is your pick to run the table?

Even with injury problems, I will not stray from my preseason pick of Syracuse. Wesley Johnson is one of the best players in the nation and Jim Boeheim is one of the best coaches. “One Shining Moment” will be played with Johnson and Boeheim hoisting the national championship trophy.

STILE T. SMITH

Daily Egyptian

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SIU continued its hot play Friday against New Orleans with a convincing 6-1 victory.

Three Privateers were forced to retire due to injury during their matches, resulting in wins for Delsart, sophomore Emily Whitney and

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The only team that really flexed any muscle in the conference tourneys was Kansas, but I, too, refuse to abandon my preseason pick: Calipari’s Wildcats. Mississippi State executed the perfect game plan to beat Kentucky, yet UK still managed to come out on top. It’s hard to beat a team that has taken everybody’s best shot.

RAY MCGILLIS

rmcgillis@dailyegyptian.com

It comes down to Kansas and Kentucky. In the end, I think the youth of the Wildcats will lead to their downfall and Bill Self will lead Kansas to another national championship. There could be challenges from Syracuse, Kansas State and Texas along the way.

JEFF ENGELHARDT

jengelhardt@dailyegyptian.com

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Junior left-handed starter Randy Hoelscher entered Sunday’s contest with an ERA slightly above 19 after two appearances, but five earned runs through five innings brought his average down five points and resulted in a no-decision.

Hoelscher said the pitching staff has settled in a bit after they started the season as the team’s weakest link.

“We’ve improved in location of our

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freshman Anastacia Simons.

After she dropped the first set of her match (3-6) in No. 4 singles, freshman Jennifer Dien came back with 6-0 and 10-6 set victories against Ceara Howey to pick up the match win.

The Salukis will return to the court with a home showdown at 1 p.m. Saturday against Northern Illinois. pitches,” Hoelscher said. “Confidence is a big thing, too. Guys get more confident on the mound when they know their stuff is good … they just have to go out there and throw like they can.”

The team will return to action at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Kentucky against Murray State before it returns home for a three-game series Friday with Northern Illinois.

Ray McGillis can be reached at rmcgillis@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Women bounced in tourney’s first round RAY MCGILLIS Daily Egyptian

Neptune named Newcomer of the Year

Much like its male counterpart, the SIU women’s basketball team had its season end in an openinground defeat in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

The Salukis (5-24, 4-15 MVC) fell to the Sycamores of Indiana State, 73-57, in the first game of the tournament Thursday night at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo. The contest was knotted up at 31 heading into the intermission, but Indiana State (17-13, 8-11 MVC) embarked on a 14-5 run in the first 10 minutes of the second half, holding SIU to only two field goals during the stretch.

Sycamore senior guard Kelsey Luna had a game-high 20 points and went 12-12 at the charity stripe. Luna leads the nation in free throw percentage, shooting 92.5 percent from the line.

Aside from Luna, the Sycamores had four players finish with

double-digit point totals. Sophomore center Shannon Thomas recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

After shooting 41 percent in the first half, the Salukis struggled to hit their shots down the stretch, shooting only 17 percent in the latter half, or six of 35 from the field.

“In the first half we played with a lot of energy and a lot of heart,” senior guard/forward Stephany Neptune said. “We just couldn’t get over the hump in the second half.”

Three Salukis achieved double-digit point totals, led by senior guard Christine Presswood, who finished with 15 points in her final game as a Saluki.

Neptune — who finished the regular season as the MVC’s lone player averaging a double-double — recorded 14 points, 11 boards, eight assists and five steals for her

13th double-double of the year. In her only season at SIU, Neptune came within eight rebounds of Amy Rakers’ single-season school record of 325.

Though the Salukis ended the night in disappointment, not everybody went away empty-handed.

After being named Newcomer of the Week five times throughout the year, Neptune was the MVC’s Newcomer of the Year recipient, announced at the conference’s annual award ceremony Thursday night.

Head coach Missy Tiber said the effort put forth by this year’s team should lay the groundwork for a successful program in years to come.

“I think all year long we battled through taking over a program for the first time,” she said. “I have to give our kids credit, especially the seniors that have battled through it. We have multiple kids that any

given night can play 40 minutes. … They give so much and I just credit them so much for the effort that they’ve given.”

Neptune led the conference with an overall average of 36 minutes on the hardwood per contest, while freshman guard Teri Oliver and Presswood each ranked in the top 10 in minutes per game — 34.4 and 33.7, respectively.

“We’re looking forward to the future of our program,” Tiber said.

“That doesn’t come without saying that these three seniors, especially, have helped lay the foundation.”

Looking toward next season, the team will lose three faces from this year’s roster in Presswood, Neptune and former softball star Katie Wagner. Wasting little time, the firstyear head coach has already been at work on the recruiting trail.

Tiber inked seven recruits in the early signing period in No-

vember, including a system-specific point guard from Canyon County, Calif., (Brooke LeMar), and some much needed size with a 6-foot 3-inch center from Homewood Flossmoor (Cici Shannon).

Although her final year as a Saluki will be associated with a losing record in Tiber’s inaugural season, Presswood said she enjoyed her time spent playing for the Salukis.

Presswood led the team in scoring this season with 15.9 points per game, Neptune led all Salukis with 10.9 boards per contest and Oliver’s 74 3-pointers are good for third all-time for a freshman in MVC history.

The Salukis end this season as the ninth-place squad in a 10-team conference and, for the eighth time since the 1999-00 season, finished with 20 or more defeats.

Ray McGillis can be reached at rmcgillis@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.

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Salukis snag a pair of wins against Nicholls State, New Orleans

The S IU women’s tennis team picked up wins Thursday and Friday, taking down Nicholls State University and the University of New Orleans.

The Salukis started off their hot play with a 4-3 Thursday win against Nicholls State.

Freshman Melanie Delsart picked up a big third set victory, allowing SIU to take down the Lady Colonels. Delsart took down Florina Nosca with a 6-3, 6-7 (7-5), 6-2 victory.

Senior Michela Cruise picked up her first win since her injury, defeating

Melissa Harrison 6-1, 6-1.

Delsart and senior Martina Vianna Ce picked up the lone doubles win for the Salukis, as they beat Nosca and Tatiana Denezhkina 8-6 in No. 1 doubles.

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BASEBALL

Southern cold in California RAY MCGILLIS Daily Egyptian

While many Salukis fled s outh for Spring Break, the SIU baseball team traveled to Santa Clara, Calif., for the second annual Jack Gifford Memorial Tournament.

Southern (5-10) played five games against three teams over a five-day span, finishing its only trip of the season west of Kansas with a record of 1-4.

Head coach Dan Callahan said the team’s struggles on the mound could affect where the team finishes this season. “I saw some things I liked and I saw some things that concerned me,� Callahan said. “When your team ERA is right around 10 and none of your starters below six (ERA), it’s going to be difficult to win ball games.�

SIU lost the first game of its road trip to San Jose State Wednesday, 18-6, bounced back the next day for a 6-5 victory against Santa Clara University, fell Friday in its only game against University of California-Davis 5-3 and was defeated Saturday for the second time by SJSU, 10-1.

After trailing SCU for the first eight innings Sunday, it appeared as if the Salukis would leave California quietly.

However, SIU hit for the cycle in the bottom half of the eighth inning, pushing six runs across the plate and taking an 8-6 lead into the ninth.

Southern’s all-time leader in career saves, senior Bryant George, entered only needing three putouts to seal the victory, but the Saluki closer accounted for only one out against six batters faced, allowing five earned runs off four hits and a walk.

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Freshman infielder Wes Neece takes a cut at a Middle Tennessee State pitch March 3 at Abe Martin Field. The Salukis finished the Jack Gifford Memorial Baseball Tournament with a record of 1-3 in Santa Clara, Calif.

Before the final two frames of the game, SIU had not pushed more than one run across the plate in an inning Sunday. But the Salukis followed their eighth-inning rally with a three-run ninth.

The comeback fell short as the team stranded the tying run on first when junior center fielder Chris Murphy grounded out to shortstop, ending the game with a 12-11 defeat.

Freshman reliever Rhett Nelson (1-0) picked up the win for

the Broncos and George (3-1) was credited with the loss.

SCU sent Chris Mendoza to the bump Sunday and the right-handed freshman struck out three batters, allowed two runs and scattered six hits through 6.1 innings of work in his first collegiate start.

Seven different Salukis had at least two of the team’s 16 hits Sunday, while senior right fielder Aaron Roberts had a game-high three hits with a team-high three RBIs and

two runs scored.

Roberts, who leads the team with 21 hits on the season, said the team’s hitters need to stay aggressive because its pitching is beginning to show signs of improvement. “We have a good lineup,� Roberts said. “We’re capable of putting up a crooked number anytime we’re up at the dish. Our pitching made some great strides this weekend, so one of these days we’ll put it all together and that should make for

some pretty good baseball.�

Heading into the road trip, Saluki pitchers had allowed 10 or more runs in seven of the team’s previous eight games.

Despite giving up double-digit runs in two of the five contests, SIU had three of its five starting pitchers contribute five or more innings of work while on the West Coast.

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SOFTBALL

Dawgs drop two of three in South Florida

STILE T. SMITH Daily Egyptian

After watching the rain wash away two Friday games, the SIU softball team fell in two close games Saturday before picking up a convincing win Sunday at the South Florida Tournament in Clearwater, Fla. The Salukis (14-9) opened the tournament with a loss to Maine in extra innings. After the two teams battled back and forth, carrying a 1-1 game into the ninth inning, junior pitcher Alex Peters gave up a grand slam in the ninth to Chelsea Soule to give the Black Bears the 5-1 win.

Head coach Kerri Blaylock said

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did whatever it took to get out of it. — Alex Peters junior pitcher

the offense must be able to come up with more than one run to win games. “We’ve gotta be better than that offensively,� Blaylock said. “We have to be able to hit the ball better.�

Peters went a complete game, 8.2 innings, and tied her season high with nine strikeouts in a losing effort.

Peters said it was tough to pitch such a good game and come out on the losing end. “That was really upsetting and

really frustrating to go that long and make one mistake and it’s over,� Peters said.

The Salukis continued play Saturday with a 1-0 loss to Penn State.

Junior pitcher Danielle Glosson tied her season high with 10 strikeouts, including the first six Penn State batters, in a losing effort.

The Nittany Lions scored in the top of the third inning, jumping in front of the Salukis 1-0.

That would prove to be the difference in the contest.

Glosson (6-6) pitched a complete game, seven innings, in the loss, allowing just one run on four hits and two walks.

The Salukis picked up just nine hits and one run, none earned, in

their two Saturday losses.

But the SIU bats woke up Sunday, as the Salukis were able to beat Fairfield in a 13-0, run-ruled win.

The Salukis connected for 11 hits and 13 runs in five innings, as senior outfielder Katie Wilson went 3-for-3 with three runs and five RBIs. Wilson said she felt comfortable at the plate against Fairfield. “I just went up there and was just relaxed and hit the ball,� Wilson said. “That’s all I was thinking was see the ball, hit the ball.�

Freshman pitcher Brittney Lang got the start, but Peters entered in relief in the bottom of the first with just one out and the bases loaded.

Peters proceeded to strike out

the next two batters to get the Salukis out of the early jam. “I did whatever it took to get out of it,� Peters said. “They were swinging at everything.�

Peters (6-3) pitched 4.2 innings in the contest, giving up no runs on just two hits and one walk while striking out a season-high 10 batters.

The Salukis will return to the diamond at 3 p.m. Wednesday for their first Missouri Valley Conference game of the season when they take on Evansville at Charlotte West Stadium.

Stile T. Smith can be reached at ssmith@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 256.