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State legislator: MAP will be restored Madeleine Leroux DAILY EGYPTIAN MLEROUX@SIU.EDU

State legislators say they are in favor of restoring the Monetary Award Program, but questions on where the money will come from remain to be unanswered.

The MAP grant, which affects more than 5,000 students on the Carbondale campus, received only half of its funding for the year and, without another $200 million, has no money for grants for the spring semester. Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed several options to provide money for the program, including a $1 cigarette tax increase to be imposed gradually throughout a two-year period.

At a rally in support of the program held on campus last week, Sen. Gary Forby, D-Benton, said education is what keeps the United States in a position of power, and the MAP grant is what enables education for many people.

“We are going to have the MAP grant for you,” Forby said.

Forby said the General Assembly would pass Quinn’s proposed income tax increase to fully restore the grant program, though there has not been much support for the increase from state legislators.

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Okawville, said another option “There are some people who feel presented was a tax amnesty pro- ‘why didn’t the Governor use the gram, proposed by Rep. Tom Cross, money at his discretion to get that R-Plainfield. Accorddone,’” Luechtefeld ing to the Chicago said. “I wouldn’t oney’s going blame it all on him; Tribune, the amnesty program would allow obviously he didn’t to be the people to pay back have enough money issue, raising that to go around, or he taxes without penalty $200 million, for a six-week period would have put it on beginning Jan.1, yet the MAP grant.” but hopefully the plan is estimated to press confersomething can be enceIn afollowing only raise about $104.9 last done (so) that it week’s rally, Quinn million — half of the necessary funds to resaid he used the will be funded. store the grant. money from his dis—Sen. Dave Luechtefeld R-Okawville Luechtefeld said cretionary fund to more options would be presented pay for Medicaid, adult and early once the General Assembly gathers childhood education, among other in Springfield later this week. The programs.

General Assembly veto session runs “The legislators know you can’t Wednesday until Friday and again take $1 billion and convert it to $3 Oct. 28 to Oct. 30. billion,” Quinn said. “I think we need “I would guess that there will be to solve the problem rather than have other recommendations when we get people pointing fingers at anyone to the veto session,” Luechtefeld said. else.”

“Money’s going to be the issue, raisQuinn said the best measure ing that $200 million, but hopefully would be a tax based on ability to something can be done (so) that it pay, which would be the income-tax increase. will be funded.”

“We’ll just have to wait and see Luechtefeld said Quinn had the opportunity to provide the rest of what happens,” Luechtefeld said. the money needed for MAP from his discretionary fund, which equaled Madeleine Leroux can be reached $1.2 billion. at 536-3311 ext. 254.

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Students unsure of Grant failure could cost jobs Layoffs possible if grant not restored future without MAP Stile T. Smith DAILY EGYPTIAN STS34@SIU.EDU

There are more than 5,000 students on the Carbondale campus who could lose the Monetary Awards Program grant in the spring.

Two of those students are Carina Beck and Laura Ziller.

Beck, a senior from Scottville studying university studies, said she was concerned when she heard the MAP grant was cut.

“Not necessarily for myself, but I also have friends who depend on the MAP grant,” Beck said. “I remember, right after seeing that on the news, calling several of my friends and asking them what they were going to do if there’s no MAP.” Beck said she would take out more student loans and take on a smaller class load if the grant is not reinstated, but many of her friends would not be able to continue their education.

Ziller, a senior from Woodstock studying elementary education, said the financial aid office told her to wait until November to see if the grant is reinstated, and if it is not, to come back and see if she could qualify for student loans.

“I don’t know if I’ll be able to get that, because I’ve heard that they’re a lot pickier about who they give that out to, now that the economy’s bad,” Ziller said.

Ziller said she is determined to graduate because she would be the first person in her family to receive a college degree.

Beck said she would attend Thursday’s rally in Springfield to convince legislators to reverse their decision and restore funding to the grant.

“My overall message to legislators is that by not funding the MAP grant, they really are giving up on 138,000 people in Illinois,” Beck said.

Interim Provost Don Rice said his office would provide written excuses for students to miss class Thursday and attend the rally.

“We have distributed to administrators our endorsement of students going to Springfield,” Rice said.

Ziller said if the grant is not restored, and she is not able to secure a loan, she would be determined to find another way to stay in school.

“I don’t know exactly how I would do that or pay for it, because my parents aren’t helping me out with school or anything like that,” Ziller said. “And they encourage you not to work while you’re student-teaching, but I would (pay for school) somehow.”

Ziller said she would student-teach next semester, so she would not be able to work to make money and pay for college.

Beck said if the grant is not restored, the state would be saying students from middleand low-income families do not deserve to receive a college education.

“They would be saying higher education is simply for the elite few that can afford to go to school, and the rest of us aren’t worth it,” Beck said.

Stile Smith can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 259.

If the grant does not get restored this week, there will be one more chance in a late October veto session. If the grant is not restored in either session, officials will Ruth Moon DAILY EGYPTIAN have to look for the money within the uniRUTH.C.MOON@GMAIL.COM versity system. On the Carbondale campus, Poshard said that would likely mean layoffs. “(MAP funding) can only come from A vote in Springfield on Wednesday could determine the fate of several school further cuts,” Poshard said. “The question is how much deeper employees and thousands of can we go, and can we students. do it without cutting The Illinois Legislature into personnel? At this will vote on funding for the e don’t want point, I don’t see any Monetary Award Program in a to deal with way that is possible.” veto session starting Wednesday. The grant awards up to In the meantime, hypotheticals right now $5,000 to Illinois residents Poshard said financial — we want to get this aid has given prelimiwith financial need who attend approved schools. It funded nary notice to students MAP money restored 138,000 of 270,000 eligible who may be affected and keep pressure on students last year, and 5,200 of and is working on althose students attended SIUC. the Legislature and the ternatives such as in“The worst case will be if creasing work-study, governor. That’s job No. additional loans and the Legislature and government can’t agree on the revother aid options.

1 right now. enue stream, and we have to go But officials are into efficiencies and personnel holding out hope the —Dave Gross cuts to make up for it,” said SIU spokesman grant will be fully reSIU President Glenn Poshard. stored.

“It’s difficult to see how we could ever make “You’ll see information coming out of the money to fund these MAP grants on the university if nothing gets done in that our own.” veto session,” said Dave Gross, SIU spokesIf legislators do not pass grant funding, man. “We don’t want to deal with hypostudents will lose the award for the spring theticals right now — we want to get this 2010 semester, or universities will have to MAP money restored and keep pressure on come up with a replacement source of money. the Legislature and the governor. That’s job Poshard said he is heading to Springfield No. 1 right now.” later this week, where he will meet with higher education committees and lobby for Ruth Moon can be reached the grant. at 536-3311 ext. 254.

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I posed this question to my reasonable, thoughtful and, like me, Catholic husband and started an argument.

Linda said: I understand why the officials Judge Richard Talman wrote this for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the were skittish. They’d gotten complaints the year before when the choir sang a song with case of Nurre v. Whitehead: “Once again we enter the legal labyrinth God, heaven and angels in the lyrics.

But the ensemble wasn’t going to invoke of a student’s First Amendment right to free speech. There exists a delicate balance Jesus’ name or even ask anyone to bow their between protecting a student’s right to speak heads.

Geoff said: Of course the ensemble wasn’t freely and necessary actions taken by school administrators to avoid collision with the going to invoke Jesus’ name verbally. But it Establishment Clause. ... The District had was going to offer musical praise to Mary. a legitimate interest in avoiding what it I’m not a Latin scholar, but I do know that Ave Maria means “Hail Mary.” believed could cause confroneasonable The music itself, in my mind, is tation with the Establishment Clause. Its requirement that all isn’t as easy inextricably tied to Catholicism musical selections be secular and is religious in nature. When to define as it was a reasonable action taken was the last time you heard “Ave to avoid confrontation with the should be.

Maria” on “The Edge?”

Establishment Clause.”

Linda said: Then I guess the The upshot: Officials in Everett, Wash., Abilene High School band shouldn’t have didn’t violate a student’s free-speech rights played “Faith of Our Fathers” last Friday by telling members of her wind ensemble night as the flags were carried onto the footthat they couldn’t play an instrumental ver- ball field for the national anthem. sion of “Ave Maria” at Henry Jackson High That’s an identifiably Protestant song to School’s graduation. me. You know, I don’t believe public schools What could possibly have been wrong should force prayers on the audience at with student musicians playing a composition football games or graduations. Coaches and not for its religious significance but because teachers shouldn’t be leading students in they considered it a pretty piece of music? prayer; that’s our job as parents.

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But the Supreme Court’s test from Lemon v. Kurtzman says government action violates the Establishment Clause when its purpose is religious, it has the primary effect of advancing or inhibiting religion and it creates excessive entanglement between government and religion.

I don’t see how allowing the instrumental would have done any of those things. I just think the district’s administrators were worried for no good reason this time.

Geoff said: Funny you should mention Abilene, which is the buckle of the Texas Bible Belt. Surely you know the uproar that would ensue if the band had played “Ave Maria.”

Perhaps the reason the Everett district’s administrators were worried is because they understand that music, like a national flag, carries enormous symbolic value.

Linda said: True, but in this case, the reason the students wanted to play that particular piece was that it showed off their skills.

That’s why the student who sued claimed administrators suppressed her free-speech rights in the name of avoiding religious endorsement.

You’re usually a free-speech advocate.

Shouldn’t there be some protection for students’ right to play the music of their choice in a limited public forum?

Geoff said: I know. William O. Douglas rocked. He took the Constitution literally where it says Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech.

But it pains me to have to say this: He lost. And the law of the land is such that the First Amendment is not absolute. It’s regrettable, but our courts have held that students in particular do not enjoy full speech rights.

As a matter of fact, none of us do. Talman indeed expressed sympathy to the students’ point of view but in the end concluded that “when there is a captive audience at a graduation ceremony, which spans a finite amount of time, and during which the demand for equal time is so great that comparable nonreligious musical works might not be presented, it is reasonable for a school official to prohibit the performance of an obviously religious piece.”

Linda said: This really is a labyrinth.

Even Judge Milan Smith, who disagreed with the court’s main holding, said school officials “often find themselves in a Catch22, subject to criticism and potential lawsuits regardless of the position they take.”

Reasonable isn’t as easy to define as it should be.

Campbell is a columnist and editorial writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

3454'6%7'8/06'"%-."%&'$296)7'*6-.'2$.*) Marifeli Perez-Stable MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE

The United States and Cuba are taking baby steps toward each other.

Since President Barack Obama called for a “new beginning,” his administration has allowed unlimited family travel and remittances, resumed migration talks, proposed direct-mail service and given its blessing to the concert by Colombian pop star, Juanes.

In the last 10 months, the State Department issued 5,500 more visas for Cubans to visit the United States than in the like period before October 2008.

When news leaked that Bisa Williams, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, had traveled to Cuba, eyebrows were raised.

Over six days, she met with Cuban officials on direct-mail service, toured an agricultural cooperative, lunched with five dissidents, hosted a reception at the U.S. Interests Section and took in the Juanes concert.

On Sept. 29, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told the U.N. General Assembly that not much had changed between Cuba and the United States since Obama’s inauguration.

“The economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba remains intact,” said Rodriguez.

True, but it takes two to tango.

Cuba’s Foreign Ministry, seat of a first-rate diplomatic corps, should review its files from the 1970s when Havana and Washington established a dialogue on a doable, not maximalist, agenda.

The White House, in turn, should look back to the late 1990s when President Bill Clinton’s administration reclaimed his foreignpolicy prerogatives and crafted a flexible Cuba policy.

The Helms-Burton Act seemingly codified the embargo, but it also codified the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s rule-making powers regarding Cuba.

Thus, after Pope John Paul II’s visit to Cuba, Clinton restored charter flights, family travel and remittances.

The administration had to do an inevitable balancing act: mollifying U.S. allies on HelmsBurton; announcing new democracy grants mandated by Helms-Burton; giving Cuban airliners en route to and from Canada the right to overfly the United States; and arresting the Wasp Network of Cuban spies in south Florida.

In January 1999, the White House truly pushed the envelope by: 1. Authorizing direct flights between cities other than Miami and Havana.

2. Allowing remittances to independent organizations and individuals unaffiliated with the government or the Communist Party.

3. Expanding licensed travel to Cuba for of limited engagement. At first, George W. academics, artists, scientists, journalists and Bush stayed the course but then did a U-turn increasing visas for Cubans to visit the United in 2003 until the end of his presidency.

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The White House cannot lift the embargo 4. Allowing the Baltimore Orioles and the nor end the travel ban. The president nonetheCuban national team to play ball. less retains broad authority to license trade, 5. Authorizing the licensed sale of food and Cuban imports, limited investments and most agricultural products to NGOs travel except tourism. and private individuals in Cuba.

Today, making n the last 10 months, Clinton’s decision to license the Cuba policy is much the State Department sale of food and agricultural prodless mined than it was ucts harbored the greatest poten- issued 5,500 more visas under Clinton. Cuban tial for change in bilateral relations Miami has become for Cubans to visit the since the 1970s. It gave renewed more diverse. More impetus to the anti-embargo United States than in the time has passed under movement. like period before October the embargo without Market forces had created a Cubans being any 2008. potentially powerful constituency closer to freedom. for a change. Amid the agricultural Cuba policy is glut and depressed prices of the late 1990s, U.S. bipartisan, for and against the embargo. Obama farming interests turned their hungry eyes on can do more than meets the Helms-Burton eye. the Cuban market.

Yet, I’m not surprised that the tempo is slow.

In October 2000, Clinton signed the Trade Sure, he’s got a lot on his plate, but even if that Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancements weren’t so, 50 years of mistrust can’t be bridged Act, which authorized the sale of agricultural quickly. commodities while barring Havana from U.S. I say so far so good, but I hope a lot more public or private credits. eyebrows, here and there, are raised.

TSRA also codified the travel ban — that is, all OFAC Cuba-related travel regulations.

Perez-Stable is vice president for democratic Clinton set a precedent that mobilized governance at the Inter-American Dialogue in agricultural trade and soft power to pry Cuba Washington, a professor at Florida International open. His administration started down a path University and a columnist for the Miami Herald.

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Original Trail of Tears section to be restored Christina Spakousky DAILY EGYPTIAN XTINA25@SIU.EDU

For Joe Crabb, access to walk in the footsteps of Cherokee Indians who marched across his land more than 150 years ago should be shared with everyone.

Volunteers from the Shawnee Forest Service, the Shawnee Volunteer Corps and WSIU joined Crabb Saturday to begin clearing a three-quarter mile section of trail on his property he and experts believe is part of the original Trail of Tears.

Crabb, 81, of Grantsburg, and vice president of the Illinois Trail of Tears Association, said he and his wife Cindy have been living in Pope County for more than 45 years. He said it is a privilege to live near such a historic marker.

“We have determined the segment we are working on today is part of the original Trail of Tears,” Crabb said.

Crabb said the Trail of Tears remains one of the few historic remnants of the Cherokee, who had nothing but footprints to leave

behind when they were forced off their land.

The trail begins three miles west of Golconda on Homberg County Road, travels west through Pope County and crosses U.S. Route 145 and Sugar Creek onto the CrabbAbbott farm, he said.

Crabb said the nine-mile section of trail in Pope County can be broken into small segments for walking or touring in a vehicle.

Mary McCorvie, an archaeologist with the Shawnee National Forest in Murphysboro, said it is important educate people on the historical significance of the trail and the access they have to it.

“This is the actual trail the (Cherokee) used,” McCorvie said.

“Having something that authentic is important for people to know.”

McCorvie said the National Park Service is responsible for defining and maintaining historic trail systems. It plans to identify the trail with markers, which will make it easier to find and follow. “(It) was a terrible episode in our history and not something we want to forget,” McCorvie said.

Joe Crabb, 81, from Grantsburg, addresses Shawnee National Forest Service volunteers Saturday. The volunteers traveled from Carbondale to Crabb’s property to clear a portion of the historic Trail of Tears, which runs through his land.

ISAAC SMITH D AILY E GYPTIAN Vickie Davenport, director of WSIU’s Southern Illinois Radio Information Service, said WSIU partnered with the Shawnee Forest Service to raise awareness of the trail and the effort to restore it. The partnership was funded by a grant from the National Park Service, Davenport said.

“This is the beginning of an effort for public access, and the idea here is this will be a loop people can walk and (explore),” Davenport said.

Doug Hughes, of Carterville, said he saw a clip on Channel 8 asking for volunteers to help clear the trail. Hughes and his wife Vivi

joined more than 20 others in helping clear the trail.

“The thought of knowing how many people walked through here is amazing,” Hughes said. “Plus, I’m part Cherokee.”

Christina Spakousky can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 258.

Class of 1959 reunites, celebrates improved campus Erin Holcomb DAILY EGYPTIAN EEERIN9@SIU.EDU

A half-century later, the class of 1959 shared memories of being in college — the good, the bad and the unforgettable.

Many of the men said they met their wives at SIUC while many of the women said they have maintained long-lasting friendships from their college days.

More than 80 of these alumni gathered in the Old Main Lounge of the Student Center for brunch and a guided tour of campus Friday.

Tina Shingleton, administrative clerk of the Alumni Association, said she likes to see former Salukis come back to campus.

Norwood, who served on the “There are a lot of people who’ve not been back since graduation,” SIU Board of Trustees for 27 years, said his eduShingleton said. “It’s cation at the really neat to watch ’ve always said university was their reunions.” just as imporBill Norwood, the that a university tant as the reuniversity’s first black education teaches you lationships he quarterback, said it to start something formed. was a great experience “I’ve always to graduate from a and to finish it. campus that was more — Bill Norwood said that a uni1959 SIU alumnus versity educaopen to different races tion teaches you to start something compared to other universities.

“There was a very supportive and to finish it,” he said.

Norwood said he noticed the administration, a very supportive athletic director and a very growing changes on campus over supportive head coach,” Norwood the years and has no hard feelings said. “They felt that I was the most that the football stadium he used to qualified quarterback, and we liked play in is closing to make room for a new one. each other as team.”

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“You have to have facilities that are up to date,” he said. “Life moves on.”

The Rev. Herb Stemler, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology, said he and his wife got lost looking for the Student Center.

“You can’t recognize it,” Stemler said. “It’s another world.”

However frustrating it was to wander around the campus, Stemler said he and his wife appreciated the enormous transformation the campus has gone through.

“We didn’t have the computers or the buildings like the Student Center,” Stemler said. “It’s great.”

Sen. Roland Burris was also a 1959 graduate who attended the brunch.

“I’ve told everyone in Washington, even on the Senate, that I’m not going to miss this,” Burris said.

Compared to when he graduated, the university’s campus is like night and day, he said. He said he doesn’t forget about the university and he visits as much as possible.

Burris said he wants to encourage his fellow graduates to continue to be a part of the university that made them who they are today.

“Let’s keep coming down here for however many days we have left,” Burris said.

Erin Holcomb can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 255.

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LELA NOREM | D AILY E GYPTIAN The 2009 Miss Eboness Court gathers in a huddle backstage before beginning the pageant while entertainers practice their opening dance Saturday. “I’ve never been in a pageant before,” said winner Caren Oliver backstage beforehand. Each woman had an introduction pre-recorded, which played during her walk, and then performed individual talents of singing, dancing or rapping.

Miss Eboness pageant empowers contestants Christina Spakousky DAILY EGYPTIAN XTINA25@SIU.EDU

There were no tears from Caren Oliver when she was crowned 2009 Miss Eboness Saturday in Shryock Auditorium.

The Miss Eboness pageant showcases the beauty, talent and intelligence of black women and is annually sponsored by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Oliver, a senior from Naperville studying business management, walked proudly across the stage after being announced winner of the 38th annual pageant.

“I feel like I just won an academy,” Oliver said.

Oliver performed a ballet-inspired interpretive dance that held a message about the survival of breast cancer. Oliver said several people in her life have been victims of cancer and hopes her message for awareness reached the audience.

“I want the crowd to feel the emotion,” Oliver said before her performance. “I want them to get chills.”

The pageant has been an Alpha Phi Alpha tradition since 1971,

when a black woman was crowned homecoming queen for the first time, but did not receive the same honor commonly associated with the title, according to the fraternity’s Web site.

Miss Eboness becomes a role model for other women who do not have the confidence to step out of their boundaries, said last year’s winner Arielle Thompson, a junior from Chicago studying chemistry.

The show began with the contestants doing a practiced stroll across the stage accompanied by a recording of the women introducing themselves. Thompson said the walk is part of the traditional stroll of the Alphas.

“The walk is made to look like you’re floating,” said contestant Vernetta Wright, a junior from Champaign studying special education.

Even though Wright did not win the pageant, she said she took great pleasure in being part of the show.

Following the walk, contestants showcased a variety of talents including poetry, song and dance. Each contestant had to answer an impromptu question dealing with love, politics and the pageant.

Oliver was asked if she thought

President Barack Obama should have won the Nobel Peace Prize. She replied that while Obama had only been in office a short time, he earned the award by working to bring soldiers home from Iraq, reform health care and improve education.

Jamie Hogue, one of five pageant judges, said the contestants receive points for personality, talent, poise and knowledge. He said the judges rate the contestants privately and then turn the scores in.

Sondra Johnson, a senior from Chicago studying psychology and a former Miss Eboness contestant, said it is important for women to be proud of their talents.

“It changed my life, and I really hope it changes theirs too,” Johnson said.

Dennis Stout, president of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, gave a short speech while the votes were tallied.

He said the entire theme of the pageant this year was, “Remember the Times.”

“In order to move forward, you need to know where you come from,” Stout said.

Christina Spakousky can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 258.

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STOMPERS Eddie Knox, a junior from Chicago studying finance, grimaces as he steps in the Alpha Phi Alpha step show Friday at Shryock auditorium. The show featured performances

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In 2008 Afghanistan firefight, US weapons failed Richard Lardner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WA S H I NGTO N — It was chaos during the early morning assault last year on a remote U.S. outpost in Afghanistan and Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips’ M4 carbine had quit firing as militant forces surrounded the base. The machine gun he grabbed after tossing the rifle aside didn’t work either.

When the battle in the small village of Wanat ended, nine U.S. soldiers lay dead and 27 more were wounded. A detailed study of the attack by a military historian found that weapons failed repeatedly at a “critical moment” during the firefight on July 13, 2008, putting the outnumbered American troops at risk of being overrun by nearly 200 insurgents.

Which raises the question: Eight years into the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, do U.S. armed forces have the best guns money can buy?

Despite the military’s insistence that they do, a small but vocal number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq has complained that the standard-issue M4 rifles need too much maintenance and jam at the worst possible times.

A week ago, eight U.S. troops were killed at a base near Kamdesh, a town near Wanat. There’s no immediate evidence of weapons failures at Kamdesh on Oct. 3, but the circumstances were eerily similar to the

Wanat battle: insurgents stormed an isolated stronghold manned by American forces stretched thin by the demands of war.

Army Col. Wayne Shanks, a military spokesman in Afghanistan, said a review of the battle at Kamdesh is under way. “It is too early to make any assumptions regarding what did or didn’t work correctly,” he said.

Complaints about the weapons the troops carry, especially the M4, aren’t new. Army officials say that when properly cleaned and maintained, the M4 is a quality weapon that can pump out more than 3,000 rounds before any failures occur.

The M4 is a shorter, lighter version of the M16, which made its debut during the Vietnam war.

Roughly 500,000 M4s are in service, making it the rifle troops on the front lines trust with their lives.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a leading critic of the M4, said Thursday the Army needs to move quickly to acquire a combat rifle suited for the extreme conditions U.S. troops are fighting in.

U.S. special operations forces, with their own acquisition budget and the latitude to buy gear the other military branches can’t, already are replacing their M4s with a new rifle.

“The M4 has served us well but it’s not as good as it needs to be,” Coburn said.

Battlefield surveys show that nearly 90 percent of soldiers are sat-

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isfied with their M4s, according to Brig. Gen. Peter Fuller, head of the Army office that buys soldier gear.

Still, the rifle is continually being improved to make it even more reliable and lethal.

Fuller said he’s received no official reports of flawed weapons performance at Wanat. “Until it showed up in the news, I was surprised to hear about all this,” he said.

The study by Douglas Cubbison of the Army Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., hasn’t been publicly released. Copies of the study have been leaked to news organizations and are circulating on the Internet.

Cubbison’s study is based on an earlier Army investigation and interviews with soldiers who survived the attack at Wanat. He describes a

well-coordinated attack by a potent enemy that unleashed a withering barrage with AK-47 automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.

The soldiers said their weapons were meticulously cared for and routinely inspected by commanders. But still the weapons had breakdowns, especially when the rifles were on full automatic, which allows hundreds of bullets to be fired a minute.

Cubbison acknowledges the high rates of fire during the twohour battle may have led to the failures. But he says numerous problems occurred relatively early in the engagement.

He also said the enemy forces were “experienced, numerically powerful, highly skilled, adequately equipped (and) tactically accomplished.”

Gay rights advocates march on DC, divided on Obama Brett Zongker THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WA S H I NGTO N — Tens of thousands of gay rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays.

Rainbow flags and homemade signs dotted the crowds filling Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as people chanted “Hey, Obama, let mama marry mama” and “We’re out; we’re proud; we won’t back down.” Many children were also among the protesters. A few counter-protesters had also joined the crowd, which stretched several blocks by the afternoon.

Jason Yanowitz, a 37-yearold computer programmer from Chicago, held his daughter, 5-yearold Amira, on his shoulders. His partner, Annie, had their 2-year-old son, Isiah, in a stroller. Yanowitz

said more straight people were Obama’s blunt pledge to end the ban turning out to show their support for on gays serving openly in the military gay rights. during a speech to the nation’s largest “If somebody doesn’t have equal gay rights group Saturday night. rights, then none of us are free,” he The chairman of the Senate said.

Armed Services Committee said “For all I know, she’s gay or Sunday that Congress will need to he’s gay,” he added, pointing to his muster the resolve to change the “don’t children. ask, don’t tell policy” Keynote speaker — a change that Julian Bond, chairman the military may be f somebody of the NAACP, firmly ready for. doesn’t have equal linked the gay rights “I think it has struggle to the Civil to be done in the rights, then none of Rights movement, right way, which us are free. saying gays and is to get a buy-in — Jason Yanowitz lesbians should be free gay rights supporter from the military, from discrimination. which I think is “Black people of all people should now possible,” said Sen. Carl Levin, not oppose equality, and that is what D-Mich. marriage is all about,” he said. “We Obama’s political energies have have a lot of real and serious problems been focused on two wars, the in this country, and same-sex marriage economic crisis and health care reform, is not one of them. Good things don’t though he pledged “unwavering” come to those who wait, but they commitment even as he wrestled with come to those who agitate.” those problems.

Some participants in the National March organizer Cleve Jones, Equality March woke up energized by creator of the AIDS Memorial Quilt

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and a protege of gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk, said he had initially discouraged a rally earlier in the year.

But he and others began to worry Obama was backing away from his campaign promises.

“Since we’ve seen that so many times before, I didn’t want it to happen again,” he said. “We’re not settling.

There’s no such thing as a fraction of equality.”

Pop singer Lady Gaga got the biggest cheers on stage. She didn’t perform but pledged to reject homophobia in the music industry for her “most beautiful gay fans in the world.”

Unlike the first march in 1979 and others in 1987, 1993 and 2000 that included celebrity performances and drew as many as 500,000 people, Sunday’s event was driven by grassroots efforts and was expected to be more low-key. Washington authorities don’t disclose crowd estimates at rallies, though at least several thousand appeared to be in attendance.

RAWALP I N D I , Pak is t an — Pakistani commandos raided their own army’s headquarters Sunday to free 30 people held hostage by Islamist fighters who staged a brazen attack on the compound while wearing military uniforms.

Three captives and four hostagetakers were among those killed in the 22-hour-long drama that ended with the capture of the attackers’ ringleader, an army spokesman said.

The audacious assault on the nerve-center of the country’s military establishment showed the strength of militants allied with al-Qaida and the Taliban ahead of a planned army offensive on their heartland in South Waziristan along the Afghan border.

It also signaled that any push there would be met with more attacks across Pakistan.

The government said the siege had steeled its resolve to go through with the South Waziristan offensive, calling it “inevitable.” The United States and Pakistan’s other Western allies want the country to take more action against insurgents also blamed for soaring attacks on U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Explosions and gunshots rang out just before dawn Sunday as commandos moved into a building in the complex, while a helicopter hovered in the sky. Three ambulances were seen driving out of the heavily fortified base close to the capital, Islamabad.

Two hours after the raid began, two new explosions were heard. The army said it was “mopping up” the remaining insurgents.

Five heavily armed militants took the hostages after they and about four other assailants attacked the main gate of the army headquarters Saturday, killing six soldiers, including a brigadier and a lieutenant colonel. Four of the attackers, who were wearing army uniforms, were killed.

No group claimed responsibility, but authorities said they were sure that the Pakistani Taliban or an allied Islamist militant group were behind the strike.The city is filled with security checkpoints and police roadblocks.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said 20 of the hostages had been kept in a room guarded by a militant wearing a suicide vest who was shot and killed before he managed to detonate his explosives.

He said the 30 who were ultimately freed included soldiers and civilians. Three captives died, along with four militants, and two of the rescuers, he said.

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BAGH DAD — A series of car bombings killed 19 people in western Iraq on Sunday, in attacks that spotlight an uptick in violence in Anbar province, once a hotbed of the insurgency that has since become a showcase for restoring peace.

The province was the scene of some of the most intense fighting by U.S. troops during the insurgency. Violence tapered off significantly after local tribes decided to align themselves with U.S. forces instead of al-Qaida in what is widely considered to be one of the key turning points of the Iraq war.

K A B U L — The top U.N. official in Afghanistan on Sunday acknowledged “widespread fraud” in the disputed presidential election and rejected allegations from a former deputy that he covered up cheating to smooth the path to victory for President Hamid Karzai.

The remarks by Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide appeared designed to win back respect for both the troubled U.N. mission and the entire election process ahead of a ruling by investigators on whether fraud was extensive enough in the Aug. 20 balloting to require a runoff.

D U B L I N — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday the Taliban siege of Pakistan’s army headquarters showed extremists are a growing threat in the nuclear-armed American ally, but she contended they don’t pose a risk to the country’s atomic arsenal.

Clinton, in London on the second leg of a fiveday tour of Europe and Russia, also joined British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in warning Iran that they would not wait long for the Islamic republic to convince the world that its nuclear intentions are peaceful.

F OR T ED WA R D — Crews dredging a polluted stretch of the upper Hudson River this year battled high water, old logging debris and unexpected levels of PCB contamination that slowed progress.

But as the first phase of one of the most costliest and complex federal Superfund projects wraps up this month, regulators say results are generally positive and show dredging can work. They are already preparing for a far more expansive second phase, which would clean up 40 miles of river and likely push total project costs over $700 million.

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Across 1 A little batty 5 Fills completely 10 Skips, as ads on a taped show 14 “Garfield” dog 15 What an ump’s protector protects 16 Approximately 17 Former Italian coins 18 Main blood line 19 Loch with a legend 20 Corporate-sponsored vacation 23 Ruhr valley city 24 Largest continent 25 Sicilian volcano 28 Mediterranean island republic 33 Place to retire to?

36 Tournament matches before finals, briefly 39 Matador’s foe 40 Retirement account

transaction that may incur a penalty 44 “Iliad” setting 45 Big name in tractors 46 __-mo replay 47 Challenge a verdict in a higher court 50 Money you owe 52 Follow, as a suspect 55 Love poetry Muse 59 Local airline trip 64 “A guy walks into a bar ...” may start one 65 Christener 66 Go-__: small racer 67 Gets it wrong 68 Dolly the sheep, for one 69 Fencing blade 70 Herbal brews 71 Sharpened 72 Crystal gazer Down 1 “La __ Vita”

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4 Conical abode 5 CAT procedure 6 Greeting at sea 7 __ cotta 8 Colorado’s __ Park 9 Unwanted radio noise 10 No-fly __ 11 Locale 12 Sibilant attention getter 13 Brillo rival 21 Unable to sit still 22 Jamie Foxx biopic about singer Charles 26 Previously unseen 27 In the thick of 29 School org.

30 Lines of seats 31 River through southern Russia 32 Unaccompanied performance 33 Alpha, __, gamma

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Horoscopes

By Linda C. Black

Friday’s answers

Today’s Birthday — Today you know for sure that you’re on the right track. You have all the supplies, energy and ideas you need. Instead of making hay while the sun shines, how about making some money?

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — So you think you want to be king or queen of the hill? Put on that crown only after you do the work.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — You get a chance to wrap up a project that’s been nagging you. Do it completely. Start something new tomorrow.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — Change is in the air, and long-distance communication confirms your intuition. Travel is possible. Take the train.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Friction today keeps you from peak performance. An older person shows you something you weren’t taught in school.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Starting today, be responsible for your self-image. Talk to yourself if you have to.

53 “Boot” country prefix 54 Iced tea flavor 56 Wide open 57 Crowd quota?

58 Playful river critter 59 Planetary center 60 Cajun vegetable 61 Army meal 62 Actress Russo 63 Barney’s Bedrock pal 64 “Jumbo” flier

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 8 — Your personal needs take priority. Tell others exactly what you want and accept whatever they offer.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 7 — It seems like everything changes today. What you thought was firmly in place gives way to something even more magical.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Everything seems to be pretty well balanced today. This is good, as tomorrow you’ll start in a whole new direction.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 6 — The sands shift under your feet. Be ready to move in a new direction, knowing that good fortune awaits you.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Take advantage of every opportunity to tell others you love them. Wisdom grows as you show your feelings.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — You’ve been dragging your feet on a project.

Now is the time to move ahead. Anything you do will have good results.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — By the end of the day you’ll be on a roll. In the morning you need to get the engines started.

Find the right key.

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Yeah, thanks, let’s rub it in some more. All of my sport teams have lost in the last week, all in heart-crushing fashion. The Vikings spanked the Packers last Monday, and now my beloved Cardinals cannot even muster up a couple of runs against Vicente Padilla and Randy Wolf. Surprised — yes. Devastated — yes. At least the Blues have been somewhat decent, and the U.S. is going to the World Cup.

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If you had told me the Dodgers would beat the Cardinals in five games, maybe I could have bought it. After all, the Dodgers are a good team. A sweep, though?

Never would I have imagined that. The Cardinals opened with Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright, arguably the best one-two in baseball. As a Cubs fan, it feels nice seeing them fall in a similar fashion to the Cubs of last year, but really … this was a huge shock to me. I’m glad I was wrong about who would win the World Series.

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SIU swept twice in weekend matches Lose six sets to Wichita State and Missouri State Derek Robbins DAILY EGYPTIAN

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It was a bad case of déjà vu for the SIU volleyball team.

The Salukis dropped both of its road matches on the weekend to Missouri State and Wichita State — both in straight sets.

Service errors doomed the Salukis; they committed 19 of them between Friday’s and Saturday’s matches.

“We played pretty well offensively and defensively; what really hurt us was passing,” said head coach Brenda Winkeler. “We just didn’t have consistent passing and

allowed more service errors than we should have.”

SIU (13-3, 3-4 MVC) opened play Friday at Missouri State, the defending Missouri Valley Conference champions.

Missouri State (14-4, 7-0 MVC) defeated the Salukis in straight sets (25-23, 25-19, 25-13). The Bears hit .298 compared to SIU’s .135.

“When you play a tough team like Missouri State, everyone has to be meshing,” said senior middle blocker Chandra Roberson. “We only had a couple of people who were really playing well, and it’s tough to beat a team like that when that is the case.”

The first game was competitive, with the Salukis hitting .212 to the Bears .260. In the second set, Missouri State hit .425 and SIU hit .143. In the final set, SIU

SEAN MCGAHAN | D AILY E GYPTIAN Middle blocker Chandra Roberson serves during the 3-1 home loss to Illinois State Oct. 2. The Salukis lost both matches this weekend, losing 3-0 to Missouri State on Friday and 3-0 to Wichita State on Saturday.

hit 0 percent.

The Salukis committed nine service errors in the match, and in the final game they had as many errors — six — as they did kills.

“In the first set, we ran great offense,” Winkeler said. “But our inconsistent passing led to problems in the final two sets of the night.”

On Saturday, SIU fell to Wichita State in straight sets (25-20, 2520, 25-16). It was the first time this season SIU had lost back-to-back matches. It also marked its second straight three-game defeat.

Wichita State (14-3, 5-2 MVC) out-hit SIU .175 to .119. Junior outside hitter Jennifer Berwanger picked up 14 kills in the loss and senior middle blocker Marina Medic hit .333.

The trend from the night before carried over, with SIU recording 10 service errors.

SIU hit 0 percent in the third game for the second time on the weekend.

Despite the loss, Roberson said the team played better against Wichita State than it did against Missouri State.

“Even though we lost, we went out there and played with a lot of intensity,” Roberson said. “We played with a hot team, and we were right there with them on most sets. If we play like we did against Wichita State against most other teams, we will win.”

SIU will host Drake (13-7, 3-4) and Creighton (6-11, 3-4) Friday and Saturday at Davies Gym. SIU’s Friday opponent, Drake, has already surpassed its win total from 2008.

“We’re really excited about next weekend,” said junior right side Alicia Johnson. “We came back and played a lot better on Saturday. We are going to carry that momentum over into next weekend and play extra well. We’re happy to play at home again.”

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SIU coach Dale Lennon said Brown would be a force in the Missouri Valley Football Conference for years to come.

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going into next week.

“I think we have a good combination with the offense, defensive and special teams,” Lennon said.

“We know we’ll have to play our best game of the season to stand a chance, but it’s one of those things where we are looking forward to the challenge.” demeanor, his maturity and his arm strength,” Lennon said. “He didn’t look like a freshman out there executing that offense.”

Stile Smith can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 259.

Americans win the Presidents Cup Doug Ferguson

Sean O’Hair and Anthony Kim followed with big victories of their own, and Hunter Mahan eventually SA N FR A N C I SCO — won his leadoff match over Camilo Tiger Woods provided a fitting Villegas of Colombia, the only player conclusion Sunday to a perfect week to get shut out at Harding Park.

That set the stage for Woods, at the Presidents Cup, for him and an American team that remains perfect whose performance has been mediocre since he started playing these at home.

With a flop shot out of the trees team competitions in 1997.

He won four holes in a five-hole to set up one last birdie, Woods won the point that clinched the cup stretch in the middle of the round, and made him only the third player pouring in one birdie putt after another, then sealed it in the Presidents Cup with a 9-foot birdie to win all five matches.

His 6-and-5 victory e came here on the 13th hole.

Woods went 5-0 over Y.E. Yang was a to win as a for the week, jointiny token of revenge for Woods blowing team and we did ing Mark O’Meara (1996) and Shigeki a final-round lead it.

Maruyama (1998) to him in the PGA — Tiger Woods as the only players Championship this summer. Even so, it was the first to win all five matches in the Presitime in either the Presidents Cup dents Cup. Woods has 18 victories, or Ryder Cup that Woods earned the most of any player in this event.

“It’s one of my better Cup experithe decisive point. ences — we won, and that’s the name And he didn’t even know it.

“Oh, perfect,” Woods said, an of the game, whether you go 0-5 or apt choice of words. “All I knew was 5-0,” Woods said. “The fact that we I was trying to get my point, and I won, that’s the No. 1 thing. We came here to win as a team, and we did it.” was 5 up trying to make it 6.”

Woods and Stricker became the Phil Mickelson wrapped up another anticlimactic finish with first partnership in the Presidents a 7-foot birdie putt for a 2-and-1 Cup to win all four of their matches, victory over Retief Goosen, leav- with Stricker making all the putts and ing Lefty unbeaten (4-0-1) in the Woods providing the defining moPresidents Cup for the second time ment Saturday morning with a 25foot birdie and a 3-iron to 8 feet on the in the last three contests.

The Americans won 19½-14½, par-5 18th that turned a certain loss the same margin as last time against into an inspiring victory in foursomes.

U.S. captain Fred Couples was an overmatched International team.

“They are just one hell of a the first to greet Woods with a hug.

When Couples was appointed team,” Ernie Els said. “We have to pretty much go back to the draw- captain, he called Woods and joking board, because they are a pretty ingly asked for a big favor: Make well-oiled team, and it’s hard to the team so Couples wouldn’t have to waste a captain’s pick on the beat that kind of team.”

The United States leads 6-1-1 world’s No. 1 player.

What he didn’t tell Woods were since the Presidents Cup began in 1994, and it improved to 5-0 on home the expectations Couples had for soil, the previous four victories coming him at Harding Park.

“I needed him — this is going to across the country in Virginia.

“I’m sure we tried our best all sound stupid — to go 5-0,” Couples week,” Geoff Ogilvy said after his said.

It was the first time Woods and 2-and-1 victory over Steve Stricker. “Coming in today, we had too Yang have played together since much to do and the U.S. team was the South Korean became the first obviously very motivated.” player to rally in the final round at British Open champion Stewart a major to beat Woods. This wasn’t Cink, disgusted with his performance quite the same.

Saturday, asked to play early and put “He got me there, and I figured I the first point on the board by over- could get him here,” Woods said. “It whelming Adam Scott, a question- certainly was not exactly the same atable captain’s pick who contributed mosphere, but then it still was an important point.” only one point for the week.

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Salukis rally past Redbirds Ryan Voyles DAILY EGYPTIAN

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EVAN DAVIS | D AILY E GYPTIAN Running back Steve Strother runs past the defense in Saturday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds. Strother gained 30 yards on four touches Saturday. The Salukis defeated Illinois State 43-23.

run from scrimmage for the second straight week with a 93-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, beating his 92-yard run last week against Western Illinois.

Karim’s 273 yards also placed him third all-time for rushing yards in a game — 46 yards behind Andre Herrera’s record of 319 yards against Northern Illinois in 1976.

“I say this every week, but it’s those guys on the line that have

been key to my success this season,” Karim said. “I can’t forget my fullback either. They open up the holes for me to run through.”

Despite Karim’s big game, the Redbirds stayed within striking distance for the first three quarters. But the momentum changed after the Lindsey interception, as SIU outscored Illinois State 17-0 after the pick to clinch its eighthstraight Homecoming victory.

“For a while there, we were just trading field goals, and we just knew what we had to do,” Dieker said.

“We knew that, overall, we were a better team and that we could definitely pound the ball at these guys.

Deji did a great job running the ball, and when they loaded a lot of guys into the box to stop the run, we opened up with the passing.”

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SIU dominates the Redhawks Ryan Simonin DAILY EGYPTIAN RSIMMY@SIU.EDU

The SIU men’s swimming and diving team cruised past the University of Miami (Ohio) Saturday as it won 10 out of 13 events.

The dual meet against the RedHawks at the Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium in Carbondale improved the Salukis’ record to 2-0.

SIU swimming and diving head coach Rick Walker said he was impressed with the team’s focus.

“When I came in here today during warm-ups, I knew we were going to swim our best,” Walker said. “We were determined to get the job done.”

The Salukis came out strong in the first five events, starting with the 400-yard medley relay. The Salukis had two teams in the event and took the top two places. Sophomore Matt Parsons finished first in the 1000yard freestyle with a time of 9 minutes, 42.82 seconds.

“My event is usually one of the first, and I try to get the team off to a good start,” Parsons said. “We’ve been

Defense spoils Brown’s homecoming Stile T. Smith

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SIU and Illinois State traded touchdowns and field goals Saturday, but one jump ball changed the momentum of the game.

Cornerback Korey Lindsey beat Illinois State wide receiver Eyad Salem on a pass that could have given the Redbirds a 29-26 lead early in the fourth quarter. The interception led the No. 6 Salukis (41, 3-0 MVFC) to a 43-23 victory Saturday at McAndrew Stadium.

“I just kind of glanced over and had seen that the quarterback put a lot of air under it, so I just tried to go over and make a play,” Lindsey said. “We were needing a stop for the defense. Illinois State had the momentum at the time, so we were just trying to swing things back on our side.”

Salem, the reigning conference offensive player of the week, seemed ready to give the Redbirds (2-4, 1-2 MVFC) their first lead of the game, but Redbird quarterback and Marion native Matt Brown’s pass soared high, and Lindsey beat Salem in a jump-off to get the ball.

SIU’s running back Deji Karim sealed the victory for the Salukis on the ensuing drive with a 21yard touchdown run, adding to his already-historic game.

The redshirt senior finished the game with 273 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Karim broke the school’s record for longest

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training harder than we ever have before, and it shows — even when we’re tired.”

Sophomore swimmer César Pérez won the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard backstroke to add 18 points to the Salukis’ lead. Pérez finished with a time of 1:55.24 in the event and swam a time of 1:53.57 in the 200-yard backstroke.

Junior Anthony Bousquet also took first for SIU, winning the 50yard freestyle with a time of 22.01.

Sophomore Matt Kruse took first place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.80. He also placed first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:44.07.

Senior Jameson Kuper took first place in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:12.11. Steve Wood and team captain Chris Gaffney came close behind Kuper, finishing in second and third place with times of 2:12.28 and 2:14.43.

Gaffney said the Salukis did well, and he said was not surprised because they have trained hard.

“I really thought the team effort

ISAAC SMITH | D AILY E GYPTIAN Sophomore Matt Parsons takes a breath while working on his butterfly during practice Sept. 30. Parsons and teammates Matt Kruse, Tim Silkaitis, and Justin Wolfe finished first in the 400meter freestyle relay during Saturday’s home meet. The Salukis hosted the meet at Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium, defeating University of Miami (Ohio). was excellent and the energy was there right from the get-go,” Gaffney said.

Assistant coach Scott Olson said the team wanted to do more than just win the meet.

“The one thing that impressed

me the most was that the team was ready to step up on the blocks, and they were ready to go. Nobody was sluggish,” Olson said. “I could tell they wanted to win the meet, but they wanted to also make good time.”

In just his second career start, Illinois State quarterback Matt Brown completed 28 of 44 passes for 321 yards and two touchdowns in his own homecoming.

But it was the Marion native’s two interceptions and fumble in the fourth quarter that helped SIU win its Homecoming game 43-23.

Brown said he tried to approach the contest as if it was just another conference game.

“I knew it was like a homecoming, basically, for me,” Brown said. “I tried not to think too much into that.

I just tried to play as hard as I could and battle.”

SIU held a slim 26-23 lead in the fourth quarter when Illinois State decided to try a little trickery.

The Redbirds went for a flea flicker, and Brown saw a wide-open Eyad Salem down the center of the field. But Brown put too much air under the ball, and SIU junior cornerback Korey Lindsey was able to pick off the pass.

Lindsey said he wasn’t sure he was going to get to the ball until it was in his hands.

“I glanced over and out of the corner of my eye I saw he had a step on our guy,” Lindsey said. “I was just trying to make a play for the team.”

Lindsey’s interception, the 11th of his career, moved him into fifth place in SIU history.

Illinois State coach Brock Spack said the momentum turned after Lindsey’s pick.

“It seemed that way on the sidelines,” Spack said. “We kind of lost our stinger a little bit after the interception.”

Brown was in a groove early in the contest. In the second quarter, he found freshman wide receiver Tyrone Walker for an 81-yard touchdown pass, the longest of his career, to cut the SIU lead to 16-10.

A series of penalties allowed Illinois State to begin another scoring drive late in the second quarter, culminating in a 14-yard touchdown pass from Brown to senior receiver Salem to make it a 23-20 SIU lead at the half.

Salem was Brown’s favorite target on the day, as he caught 14 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown.

Brown drove Illinois State down the field to begin the third quarter, ending in a 33-yard field goal for senior kicker Zach Kutch, but SIU scored 20 unanswered points to pick up the victory.

Trailing SIU 33-23, the Redbirds drove down to the Saluki 15-yard line when linebacker Ryan Patton sacked Brown and forced a fumble that was recovered by defensive end Chance Coda.

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