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Shari Sweeney remembers her late husband Patrick at their family farm Sunday. Patrick Sweeney passed away Aug. 5 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The Sweeney name has been attached to the local growers movement in Carbondale for more than 25 years, and the family stand is a key fixture at the weekly Farmers Market at Westown Mall parking lot. Since her husband’s passing, Sweeney has been struggling with the decision to operate the farm beyond the end of this season. “[I] have to figure out what I’m going to do. It’s all still new,” Sweeny said. The decision is a tough one because she said she sees Patrick in the farm he built. ISAAC SMITH D AILY E GYPTIAN
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Patrick Sweeney spent the last 27 years of his life growing a community out of his passion. Sweeney, an organic farmer, provided Carbondale residents with fresh produce as one of the original vendors at the Carbondale
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Farmers Market before he died from pancreatic cancer Aug. 5. And while he will no longer be at the market, his stand of multicol-
ored flowers and vegetables will remain throughout the season as his wife is left to manage without him. Steve Smith, a local farmer and
familiar face at the market, said Sweeney was a part of the market for 27 years and president of the Farmers Market Association for the last 10. The local produce market is a weekly grocery stop for many residents as well as an opportunity to socialize. Founded in 1976 by the Illinois
Search set to begin for associate provost position Stile T. Smith
Rice said Elmore’s former staff has taken the duties of the position since her departure, with Rice overAdministrators are trying to fill seeing any decisions they make. Rice said the ultimate decision two interim dean positions and an associate provost position in the of who to hire is up to him. “But I would make that decimonths ahead. sion in collaboThe associration with the ate provost for t is one of the most chancellor and Academic Afother adminfairs position has important things istrators,” Rice been open since that the faculty can said. Patricia Elmore undertake. We’re going Dean searches stepped down for the School July 1. to work hard at it. of Law and the Interim Pro— Eugene Basanta chariman of the search committee College of Apvost Don Rice plied Science said an in-house search would begin in the next and Arts would be an external search, as opposed to the internal week. “It will be an internal search, search for the associate provost of so the application period will not Academic Affairs. The School of Law is finishing be as long as it might be for a national search,” Rice said. “It will be the job description for its dean, and chairman of the search comover in the fall.” DAILY EGYPTIAN STS34@SIU.EDU
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mittee Eugene Basanta said he is expecting advertising to begin in the next week. Basanta said the committee has clearly defined goals it wants the next dean to accomplish. “The main focus is a good leader for the law school,” Basanta said. “We just completed a selfstudy and identified directions and future plans for the law school, so we’re looking for a dean that will help define and implement those plans.” Frank Houdek has been the interim dean since former dean Peter Alexander stepped down during the summer. Basanta said locating a good dean is vital to the success of any college on campus. “I’ve been involved with searches here before for the dean,” Basanta said. “It is one of the most important things that the faculty can under-
take. We’re going to work hard at it.” CASA has been working on locating a new dean since last spring. Co-chairman of the search committee David NewMyer said he has received 16 applications so far. “We had our first meeting last week to look at qualifications, and we determined at that meeting that we needed more time,” NewMyer said. “We’re meeting again Wednesday and hope to get through the applications.” NewMyer said the committee hopes to narrow the field at the Wednesday meeting leaving between two and five applicants. NewMyer said the committee is taking its time to find the best candidate available. “The way we advertised it, we were hoping to have somebody in place at the latest by the summer or next fall,” he said.
South Project, it outgrew two previous locations and moved to the Westown Mall parking lot where its operated for the last 25 years. Henry Mulder, a health inspector for Jackson County, said Sweeney believed in providing organic vegetables and natural fruit to people. See SWEENEY | 8
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Some Illinois liquor prices may be raised as a result of a statewide tax increase taking effect today. Liquor, candy and soft drinks are all part of a new tax increase, which provides funding for statewide improvements to roads, schools and bridges, including the patching and resurfacing of Route 13 from Murphysboro to Carbondale. According to the Illinois Department of Revenue Web site, excise taxes are increasing from 10.4 cents to 13 cents for a six-pack of beer, 15 cents to 28 cents for a bottle of wine and 90 cents to $1.71 for a fifth of distilled spirits. See LIQUOR | 8
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Ousted Illinois governor explains himself in new book Deanna Bellandi CHICAGO — Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted his help in arranging to leave the Obama administration after two years to reclaim his seat in Congress. Blagojevich writes in “The Governor” that Emanuel spoke with him about whether it was possible to appoint a “placeholder” to the congressional seat Emanuel was giving up so that he could win back the seat in 2010 and continue his efforts to become speaker some day. “As we have done for many months, we will continue to decline comment,” Emanuel spokeswoman Sarah Feinberg said in an e-mail Monday. Blagojevich also admits that he wanted something in exchange for appointing Obama’s replacement in the Senate, but it wasn’t the deal described in federal corruption charges against him. The Chicago Democrat says that the night before his arrest in December, he had launched a plan to appoint Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to the Senate seat because he hoped to cut a deal on pet projects with her father, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
That plan was ruined by his arrest. Blagojevich writes that he eventually appointed Roland Burris, in part because of Burris’ famously big ego. No one else but Burris would accept the appointment and fight to be seated under the circumstances, Blagojevich says. Burris’ office declined to comment. The ex-governor’s 264-page book, published by Phoenix, comes out Sept. 8. It offers a benign picture of events surrounding Blagojevich’s arrest in a corruption scandal that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said would make Abraham Lincoln “roll over in his grave.” The scandal cost Blagojevich his job when lawmakers impeached and threw him out of office in January. The once-rising political star is scheduled to stand trial next year. Blagojevich, who has pleaded not guilty, repeatedly asserts his innocence in the book. He says his discussions about Obama’s possible successors amounted to “ordinary and routine politicking.” But federal authorities cast it in a much different light, alleging Blagojevich was caught on FBI wiretaps discussing what he could get in exchange for the seat, from jobs to campaign contributions. Blagojevich says that story is “upside down” and that he never
asked for, or raised the subject of, campaign contributions in exchange for the Senate seat. Others approached his administration with offers of campaign money, he says in “The Governor” without naming names. “If anyone should have been charged with a crime for this, it should have been them and not me,” he writes. When Blagojevich talked to Emanuel after the election about the Senate pick, Obama’s right-hand man “did not lobby for anyone in particular,” according to the book. Blagojevich says Emanuel was interested in his own career because he had to give up his congressional seat to work in Obama’s White House. Blagojevich writes that Emanuel dreamed of being speaker of the U.S. House and wanted to know if Blagojevich would work with him to name a successor to “hold” his seat until he wanted it back. Blagojevich says he told Emanuel he didn’t think he could do that and the House vacancy would have to be filled by special election. But Emanuel reportedly told him “his lawyers thought there was a way.” Blagojevich writes that he struggled with the idea of appointing Lisa Madigan to the Senate. The prospect “repulsed” him because of bad blood with her father.
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Japan opposition scrambles to form transition team Eric Talmadge
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TOKYO — Japan’s newly empowered leader Yukio Hatoyama rushed Monday to select Cabinet ministers and start making good on promises to revive the world’s second-largest economy after his party’s historic trouncing of the ruling conservatives. Hatoyama, who also has signaled he wants to redefine Tokyo’s diplomacy to make it less reliant on Washington, said in a victory speech late Sunday he would focus on a quick and smooth transition and make a priority of choosing the nation’s next finance minister. Hatoyama spoke only briefly with reporters on Monday before huddling with his party leaders. Prime Minister Taro Aso, conceding defeat, said he would step down as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. “I have no plan to run for re-election,” Aso said. His successor is expected to be named late next month. “The most important thing is rejuvenating our party.” Although the nation gave the Democrats a landslide win, most voters were seen as venting dissatisfaction with the Liberal Democratic Party and the status quo more than they were endorsing the policies of the opposition. The Liberal Democrats have governed Japan for virtually all of the past 54 years. The Democrats will also face next year an election for the less powerful upper house
of parliament. They have controlled million by the middle of the century. that chamber with two smaller allies The Democrats’ solution is to since 2007, but if they fail to deliver move Japan away from a corporatequickly on their promises the Lib- centric economic model to one that eral Democrats could resurge. focuses on helping people. They have Official results were still being proposed an expensive array of initiacounted, but exit polls by all major tives: cash handouts to families and media said Hatoyama’s Democratic farmers, toll-free highways, a higher Party of Japan had won more than minimum wage and tax cuts. The es300 of the 480 seats in the lower timated bill comes to 16.8 trillion yen house of parliament. That would ($179 billion) when fully implementeasily be enough to ensure that he ed starting in the 2013 fiscal year. is installed as prime minister in a The party has said it plans to cut special session of waste and rely parliament that on untapped fireserves is expected to be he challenges we face nancial to fund their held in mid-Separe many, but through programs. But tember. with Japan’s The task our partnership our two public debt ahead for the great democracies will heading toward Democrats is 200 percent of daunting. meet them in a spirit gross domesJapan mantic product, aged to climb of cooperation and the Democrats out of a yearlong friendship. plan has been recession in the — John V. Roos criticized as a second quarter, United States ambassador to Japan financial fanbut its economy remains weak. Unemployment and tasy that would worsen Japan’s preanxiety over falling wages threatens carious fiscal health. Japan’s stock market surged early to undermine any recovery. The jobless rate has risen to a record 5.7 per- in the morning on the news of the cent. After a rapid succession of three election, but then fell back — indiadministrations in three years, Japan cating uncertainty among investors is facing its worst crisis of confidence about what the Democratic government will bring. in decades. “The key difference is the In the long-term it faces a bleak outlook if it isn’t able to figure out Liberal Democrats’ spending on how to cope with a rapidly aging and public projects and infrastructure, shrinking population. Government es- but the Democrats spend on famtimates predict the figure will drop to ily and education,” said Martin 115 million in 2030 and fall below 100 Schulz, a senior economist at the
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Fujitsu Research Institute. “The Democrats have a year to show results,” he added, noting next year’s elections are looming. The Democrats are also under scrutiny for their positions on national security and foreign policy. Party leader Yukio Hatoyama, set to become Japan’s next prime minister, has been vocal about distancing the country from Washington and forging closer ties with its Asian neighbors. Washington’s new ambassador to Japan said the U.S. is looking forward to working with the administration in Tokyo. “The challenges we face are many, but through our partnership our two great democracies will meet them in a spirit of cooperation and friendship,” Ambassador John V. Roos said in a statement Monday. The Democrats first task will be to convince a skeptical public that they can actually lead. “I feel very insecure with the Democratic Party of Japan,” said 65-year-old voter Shuji Ueki. “They don’t have a record.” The Democrats are made up of an inexperienced group of leftwing activists and LDP defectors. The party is just 11 years old, and only a handful have served in top government positions. But Ichiro Ozawa, co-founder of the party, expressed a quiet confidence. “We have no fear, and we will steadily achieve our campaign promises one by one,” he said.
Gears move on possibly naming Kennedy replacement Steve LeBlanc
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BO S T O N — The push to name a successor to the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy gained momentum Monday, with state lawmakers scheduling a hearing on whether to allow an appointee to serve until a special election in January. Gov. Deval Patrick also said Monday that Kennedy’s widow, Vicki Kennedy, told him she does not want to be appointed as an interim replacement. “Mrs. Kennedy is not interested in the position,” Patrick said referring to the interim post. Before he died last week, Kennedy had asked Massachusetts lawmakers to change state law to let the governor name an interim appointee to serve until voters can choose a permanent replacement. Current Massachusetts law does not allow an interim appointee.
“This is the only way to ensure that Massachusetts is fully represented,” Patrick said, but cautioned that “I don’t think by any means it is a certainty it will happen.” Patrick said he agreed with Kennedy that the state needs two voices in the Senate during the intervening five months. State law requires a special election between 145 and 160 days after a vacancy; the special election was set for Jan. 19. Patrick said he has heard from top Democrats in Washington, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., both of whom support the change allowing an appointee. Senate Democrats say they need as many votes as they can during the debate on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Patrick, a Democrat and friend of Obama’s, had previously expressed support for the change. He declined to say whom he might name as interim senator.
Lawmakers in the Democratcontrolled Massachusetts House and Senate announced Monday they would hold a hearing Sept. 9 on a bill that would allow the interim appointment. The speedy scheduling of the hearing was the clearest sign yet that lawmakers might change the law. Democrats are facing charges of hypocrisy from critics who point out that just five years ago, Democrats changed the law to block then-Gov. Mitt Romney from naming a fellow Republican to fill the seat if Kerry, the Democrats’ presidential nominee, won his White House campaign. Before that change, the governor was allowed to appoint a nominee until the next general election. As part of the change, Democratic lawmakers also blocked the possibility of Romney naming an interim senator. “Changing the rules in the middle of the game is fundamentally wrong,”
said Rep. Brad Jones, the Republican leader in the Massachusetts House. The race to fill Kennedy’s seat is expected to be crowded. The biggest question is whether another Kennedy will jump into the race. While family aides to Vicki Kennedy have said she is not interested in replacing her husband, she has not publicly taken herself out of the running. Kennedy’s nephew and former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II has also been suggested as a possible candidate but has not said whether he is interested in running for the seat held, also held by another uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. Other possible contenders for the seat were also keeping mum on Monday. On the Democratic side, those include state Attorney General Martha Coakley, who would be the first woman elected to the Senate from Massachusetts. Although Coakley
has won statewide election, she would also need to raise money quickly. Several members of Massachusetts’ all-Democratic congressional delegation have also been mentioned, including Reps. Stephen Lynch, Michael Capuano and Edward Markey. Lynch, a former steelworker first elected to Congress during a special election to succeed the late Rep. Joseph Moakley of South Boston in 2001, is considered more socially conservative than Capuano, the former mayor of Somerville, who holds the same seat in Congress once held by House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill Jr. Markey, chairman of the House Select Committee on Global Warming, is the longest-serving member of the Massachusetts delegation. All three have sizable federal campaign war chests, including $1.3 million for Lynch, $1.2 million for Capuano and $2.8 million for Markey as of June 30.
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Yoga month stretches through September Chris McGregor
“Unlike a lot of other forms of exercise, yoga addresses balance and flexibility throughout the body,” she said. “Other forms may do some of those things, but do not address the entire body Kathy Neely knows how to combat flu season. like yoga does.” Yoga has helped Shawna Pope, a resident of Neely, owner of One O One Yoga Center, said practicing yoga helps boost the body’s Carbondale, overcome injuries she sustained in immune system and fight off flu-like symptoms. a car accident. “I was in a car accident as a teenager and September is Yoga month and the One O One Yoga Center, as well as the Recreation have rods in my back and always had decreased Center, is scheduled to host a variety of different flexibility,” she said. She said once she started doing yoga she yoga classes. One O One Yoga is scheduled to offer a free gained back her flexibility and it has helped her class every Sunday in September from 4 p.m. reach her full potential in day-to-day activities. until 5:30 p.m. The Recreation She said she loves yoga Center is scheduled to begin its fall because it has great physical yoga classes on Sept. 8. and mental benefits. nlike a lot of “Yoga month invites all styles of She participates in power yoga to participate in an awareness yoga and vinyasa yoga, which other forms campaign designed to draw have different benefits, she of exercise, yoga attention to the many benefits of said. addresses balance yoga and inspire our fellow citizens “Power yoga encourages to live healthier, happier lives,” the muscles to relax and be as and flexibility according to Yogamonth.org, a flexible as possible by warming throughout the Web site designed to promote and the muscles up,” she said. body. spread yoga. She said many people don’t — Kathy Neely Neely said Yoga month is a understand the power of yoga’s One O One Yoga Center owner great way for different instructors mental and emotional benefits. to get together and teach each other as well as “It is good for the body, mind and spirit communities. because it addresses the body in such a holistic “Yoga month is a month where studios fashion,” she said. get together and offer special things to the Yoga teaches people to control their attention community,” Neely said. “I want to offer the and be able to control responses in their body, newly trained teachers an opportunity to teach she said. in front of the community.” She said she would recommend yoga to She said the amount of yoga instructors has anyone who is looking to relieve stress and start roughly doubled in the past five years. a healthier lifestyle. She said yoga is a great form of exercise “Yoga is good for combating a lot of stressbecause it is designed to stretch and work every related health problems,” she said. “It is starting muscle in the body. Yoga is different from to be used as a treatment for managing stress.” other forms of physical activities because of its For more information on Yoga month visit balance, she said. www.yogamonth.org. DAILY EGYPTIAN CHRISM@SIU.EDU
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Yoga instructor Toni Morris, of One O One Yoga, helps Kris Darnell, of Carbondale, with her positioning during class Monday. “I love yoga because it helps me relax and stay limber. My daughter is the one who got me into it,” Darnell said. Morris, who has been doing yoga for more than 12 years said, “Yoga is a part of my lifestyle now. I started because I had arthritis pain, and now I don’t.” JULIA RENDLEMAN D AILY E GYPTIAN
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Morris auditorium named after historic administrator
Benjamin A. Shepherd, former vice president for Academic Affairs, center, chuckles during the dedication ceremony of the John C. Guyon Auditorium in Morris Library Monday. Shepherd sits with SIUC Chancellor Sam Goldman, right, and Carbondale Mayor Brad Cole, left, all of whom are familiar with past SIUC associate vice president John Guyon. “Guyon made historic and unprecedented decisions to make sure women and minorities were represented,” Shepherd said during his speech. Cole gave a speech as well. “I remember [Shepherd] challenging the campus to build a library of the future in 1992,” Cole said. “We are finally here, his vision complete.” JAMES DURBIN D AILY E GYPTIAN
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The real issue with enrollment Dear Editor: I quote from the recent story on enrollments and the projected drop (again!), “Poshard said with the set of circumstances facing the university, it would be highly unusual for SIUC’s enrollment to increase.” University administrators continue to pretend that the enrollment problems are external. However, other universities continue to do better. For example, the University of Evansville (whose teams we see here regularly) has just reported the biggest freshman class in 13 years. Let’s face it. SIU is known throughout the education environment as The University With
The Plagiarist President and The University That Builds A New Stadium While The Academic Buildings Rot. Parents (that’s who pay the bills for the majority of students) won’t send their children here. Just why do you think Saluki Way must be financed by overcharging students and taxing the people of Carbondale? Why is it that alumni outside of Carbondale don’t make donations? It is clear why the Board of Trustees had to sneak through the motion to extend the President’s term, at a meeting that took place outside of term time. W. D. Wallis Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
Gus Bode says: It’s time to send the DE a letter. Don’t like what our student columnists and editorial board have to say? Want to make your opinion heard on some other university policy? Do something about it. Send letters to the editor and guest columnist submissions to voices@siude.com, and don’t forget to include your name, year in school, major, hometown and a phone number for verification.
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GENNA ORD | D AILY E GYPTIAN Phil Reed, chef for Trueblood dining hall, brushes seasoning onto grilled eggplant at the farmers market Saturday. Reed and other university chefs grilled sausage and vegetables to make free food for the marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s customer appreciation day. Bill Connors, head chef for the university, said the dining halls want to purchase more food from local growers. He said the goal is for the university to purchase 20 percent of its produce locally.
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several varieties of tomatoes, garlic, strawberries, squash, sunflowers and zinnias, “After a while, it becomes less about how along with a host of other vegetables and much money you make and more of a way of flowers. At this time of year, the property is a riot life,” he said. Shari Sweeney, Patrick Sweeney’s wife of reds, yellows, oranges and greens—until the produce is of 14 years, said takpicked. ing care of the four “We used to acres of organic proatrick planted these things. I call ourselves duce was hard but can’t just let them go. the color robbeautiful work. — Shari Sweeney Shari She said he Patrick Sweeney’s wife bers,” Sweeney said. would rise with the She said she sun, drink a cup of coffee and head outside, often not finishing is not sure what she is going to do with the farm in the future, but for the time being, until dark. The farm, identified by a cabin-like she is going to continue tending and harhouse and Patrick Sweeney’s famous pile of vesting the gardens. “Patrick planted these things,” she said. compost, grows a wide range of produce. Nurtured within the five gardens are “I can’t just let them go.” CONTINUED FROM
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Smith said Patrick Sweeney would be remembered for his tenacity. Sweeney kept a positive attitude throughout his illness, he said, and was still talking about the farm days before he passed away. During his years providing produce, Smith said he was focused at having more and better supplies than he did the year before. Shari Sweeney said even when her husband went through chemotherapy and doctors suggested he cut down on the amount of produce he provided to the farmers market, he thought he would let customers down if he did not offer everything he usually did. “He loved to supply the people in this community with good food,” she said. “He cared about the people that he fed.”
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Sue Hofer, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Revenue, said consumers might not see an increase on liquor prices, because the tax affects distributors and retailers. Some may choose not to pass that increase on to their customers, she said. “It’s strictly up to the distributor,” Hofer said. “They may choose not to pass on that increase at all.” Though the tax increase officially begins today, opposition to the increase has already reached the courts. According to Cook County court records, Rocky Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks and a liquor distributor, filed suit in January claiming the tax is unconstitutional. As of Monday, the court had not taken any action.
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The Duplex
Study Break
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Across 1 Wordsworth work 5 Pipe organ knobs 10 Calif. cop org. 14 __ snuff 15 Birdie beater 16 Ballerina’s bend 17 Stealthy felon 19 Very small amount 20 Friend of Jerry and George 21 Tonsillitis MD 22 McGregor of“Angels & Demons” 23 Anderson of“WKRP in Cincinnati” 25 Cannes cup 27 Flamenco yell 29 Elementary school basics 31 Left ventricle outlet 34“__ Old Man”: kids’song 35“Gloria in Excelsis __” 36 The Greeks’Helios, e.g. 37 Battle of Britain defense gp. 38“Oh, be serious!” 40 Call __ day
41 Sports spots 43 Like Paree, in song 44 Jam-pack 45 Captain’s superior 46 Grab bag category: Abbr. 47 Heart and soul 48 Pie fruit 50 So 52 Table salt, to a chemist 54 Lupino of film 56“Sleepless in Seattle”director Nora 60 __-Seltzer 61 Apartment building emergency exit 63 Blueprint detail, briefly 64 White-tie accompanier 65 Finished 66 Handy bag 67 Sidewinder, e.g. 68 Untamed, and word that can precede the starts of 17and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down
Monday’s answers
Down 1 Dark purple 2 October gemstone 3 James of jazz 4 Art pieces that hang from the ceiling 5 Woos with song 6 Game with an“it” 7 Stare at obviously 8 Herbs and shrubs 9 Big name in mattresses 10 Watches secretly 11 Wedding party tyke 12 Bread with tabbouleh 13 Martin of the Rat Pack 18 Family card game 24“Not likely!” 26 Nobelist Bellow 27 Butler’s love 28 Boating safety feature 30 Short-legged Welsh pooch 32 Do sum work 33 First mate? 34 Streetcar cousin 36 Photographer’s request
38“The World According to __”: John Irving novel 39 Cheyenne-to-Omaha direction 42“There’s __ like home” 44 Consistent moneymaker 46 Middle of the road 49 Picks up 51 Favorable times
Horoscopes
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — If you can keep them on schedule, they’ll be much more efficient. Show them how that happens and gain their support.
By Linda C. Black
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — You’re fascinated by a person you can’t really understand. Are you sure you want to go that way?
Today’s Birthday — This year, sorting out the facts is even more important than getting the job done. A big project takes longer than a year; it could take your whole career. They need you to stay on track. If they do finish this year, it’ll be because of you.
Scorpio (Oct. 23—Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You have a knack for initially finding the hard way to do things. But you do learn the lesson, thankfully.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Monday’s answers
52 Democrat’s donkey designer 53 Chop House dog food maker 55 Diva’s solo 57 Sitarist Shankar 58 European auto 59 Uncool sort 62 Moose, to a European
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — A brainstorming session turns up great but insubstantial ideas. Don’t throw them out. At least one will work.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Money’s burning a hole in your pocket. You can afford a couple of treats, but don’t pig out.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — A person set in his ways has an unusual request. No point arguing. It’s easier to just provide what’s desired.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — New technology is great, except for the learning curve. That’s where you make mistakes, but you’ll figure it out.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — Rules and regulations complicate the project. You and your friends don’t give up, and you do win the prize.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — When you’re doing research, you don’t need anyone to show you how. You’ll set up the protocol for them to follow.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — You’re anxious to get started, but you aren’t quite sure where to go. Don’t react emotionally; think it over.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Ask your friends to help you figure out what needs to be done. They’re in a better position to see than you are.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Listen to a technical type. Don’t waste your time on something you know you’re not going to do.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek
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Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.
Print your answer here: Monday’s answers
( (Answers tomorrow) ) Jumbles: SINGE PECAN FIXING SURETY Answer: When she requested a song, the guitarist had it at his — FINGERTIPS
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Sports
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Rich Rodriguez and the University of Michigan football team are under fire for allegedly breaking the NCAA rule of 20 hours of practice a week. Is this a big deal?
RYAN VOYLES sports rvoyles@siu.edu
So much for Michigan being one of the cleanest schools around. After seeing the way Rich Rodriguez acts, hearing about violations isn’t too shocking. But to hear Rodriguez explain it, the Detroit Free-Press writers hate his kids. The ‘Won’t somebody please think of the children’ defense makes this story even better. I can’t wait to see Rodriguez get canned.
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“We have real good recruits this year and we have been training together, working together and just cause they’re freshmen doesn’t mean that they can’t be a contributing factor,” he said. “They just need to stay confident. We
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RYAN SIMMON sports @siu.edu
DEREK ROBBINS sports @siu.edu
This is definitely a big deal. College athletes are students as well, and spending 30-40 hours a week practicing hurts their chances at succeeding in school. It’s a rule for a reason.
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And just a month ago it looked like that would change this season. The teams were tied for first place on Aug. 6, but since then the Cardinals have gone 18-4 while the Cubs have gone 8-14. As the Cardinals revamped their offense with the additions of Matt Holliday, Mark DeRosa and Julio Lugo; Jim Hendry could only watch as the Cubs offense disappeared overnight, Zambrano broke down and everybody got injured. At least if the Cubs stay in second, one shocking record will finally end.
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he story of the CubsCardinals is full of intrigue and thrills, but the chapter about the heartwrenching twist and the storybook ending has yet to be written.
The Cubs and Cardinals have never finished 1-2 in the central division since its formation in 1994. While the Yankees and Red Sox have played each other three times in the last 10 years for the right to go to the World Series, the Cardinals-Cubs
haven’t met each other in the playoffs in the modern era – going back to the 19th century. No you did not misread that, it’s been more than 100 years. So as we watch the Cardinals coast their way into the playoffs and Cubs fans drown away their sorrow as they add another year to the 101 and counting, it might be fun to imagine what could have been. Sitting in the bleachers of the friendly confines, sipping your beverage as two great rivals compete to see who would represent the National League in the World Series. The drama would be almost immeasurable. Oh well, there is always next year!
recruited them for a reason.” Cross country coach Matt Sparks said the team needs to transfer the confidence it has in conference competition to the national level of competition. “At this point they need to believe in themselves, push themselves to be as good as they can be and keep a confident mindset,” Sparks said.
Patriots LB Tedy Bruschi retires after 13 years THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
If what the players are saying is true, Rodriguez is doing more than simply breaking the rule – he is outright crushing it. In his case, it is a big deal. Honestly though, I bet most big programs break the 20-hour rule. Are you telling me schools like USC or Ohio State abide by the practice rules all the time? Probably not. If it was just a minor bending of the rules, no, this would not be a big deal.
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FOXBO RO U G H, M as s . — Tedy Bruschi retired Monday after a 13-year NFL career in which he won three Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots and made a gallant return from a stroke. The inside linebacker played for no other team and leaves football with only one unachieved goal — a fourth championship. “I’m 36 years old,” Bruschi said at a news conference. “Your body doesn’t heal as quickly.” He came back from a mild stroke in February 2005 to play eight months later. “I was retired,” he said. “I didn’t think it was possible” to play again. Bruschi’s performance declined last year. He missed much of training camp with an undisclosed injury but played in two of the team’s last three exhibition games. Coach Bill Belichick, usually stoic, choked up as he discussed Bruschi. “How do I feel about Tedy Bruschi?” Belichick said. “He’s a perfect player.” Bruschi’s reaction? On defense, 2001 first-round pick, defensive end Richard Seymour, has been with the team
the longest. In the offseason, the Patriots lost two other defensive leaders — safety Rodney Harrison to retirement and linebacker Mike Vrabel in a trade with Kansas City. “I don’t think you can fill that (leadership) void with one person,” outside linebacker Adalius Thomas said. “(Bruschi) has been here. He’s seen so much, been through so many things.” Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini was New England’s defensive coordinator in 2005 after spending five seasons as the team’s defensive backs coach. “Tedy is an unbelievable guy, a special guy,” Mangini said Monday. “He moved to inside linebacker my first year there and there was some growing pains. I swear he is made out of elastic the way he can get around blockers and torque his body.” U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts issued a statement calling Bruschi “the heart and soul of the New England Patriots, a leader, a motivator and a role model.” Bruschi played on all three Super Bowl-winning Patriots teams. The last championship game was Feb. 6, 2005, against the Philadelphia Eagles. He played in his only Pro Bowl on Feb. 13.
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Cross country picked to three-peat
EDYTA BLASZCZYK | D AILY E GYPTIAN T.J. Heffernan, a sophomore runner from Batavia, stretches after Monday’s practice. In a preseason poll conducted by the Missouri Valley Conference, SIU was picked to win the conference championship for a third straight year.
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!Conference championships are not enough. After two years of dominating the Missouri Valley Conference, the SIU cross country team has its sights set on national competition. The Salukis are the favorites to win a third consecutive conference championship, taking eight of the nine first-place votes in the MVC preseason poll. Indiana State
University cross country coach John McNichols said while the whole conference has improved, SIU is undoubtedly the team to beat. “All across the board the conference is tougher,” McNichols said. “But Southern is going to have one of the best teams they have had since the early 80s.” The Salukis have four returning seniors this season in Jeff Schirmer, Mohamed Mohamed, Jason Ordway and Jared Milam. Mohamed said this year the team is pushing to finally
make it to the NCAA Nationals as a team. “This is our last year here and everybody’s healthy,” Mohamed said. “This year it’s do or die.” Two of the Salukis are no strangers to national competition. Schirmer finished 25th overall in the nation last season while Mohamed finished 77th in 2007. Schirmer said he was not surprised by the results of the preseason poll, but knows the team has to stay focused. “I would hope that we would be ranked first, but it is exciting
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e have real good recruits this year and we have been training together, working together and just cause they’re freshmen doesn’t mean that they can’t be a contributing factor.
to know that people have high expectations of our team,” Schirmer said. Schirmer said the freshmen runners coming in have an
— Jeff Schirmer senior runner
opportunity to be a big part of the Salukis’ success this season. See CROSS COUNTRY | 11
VOYLES’ VISIONS
A closer race makes rivalries better for all RYAN VOLES
rvoyles@siu.edu
The St. Louis Cardinals have all but punched their tickets into October, leaving the Chicago Cubs and the rest of Central Division in their dust. All Cardinal fans seem to enjoy embarrassing the Cubs in the division race. Every Cardinal fan can be pleased with the seemingly inevitable playoff appearance, but there is little argument that this season would be more satisfying if the Cubs were closer in contention.
Some Cardinals fans could say, “Showing sympathy for the Cubbies? How could you?” No, it’s not sympathy, but there should be a feeling that something is missing from the CubsCardinals rivalry that separates it from the elite rivalries. The story of the Cubs-Cardinals is full of intrigue and thrills, but the chapter about the heart-wrenching twist and the storybook ending has yet to be written. Complain all you want about how much coverage the Yankees-Red Sox receive every time they play on ESPN, but they have earned the right to have Joe Morgan spout his “knowledge” about them almost every Sunday. Ask any Yankee or Red Sox fan about their rivalry, and sit and lis-
ten to them ramble for hours about the 2003 and 2004 American League Championship Series, Aaron ‘bleeping’ Boone, Bucky Dent and the trade of the Bambino. Now think about the great moments that have happened throughout the Cubs-Cardinal rivalry. What memories come to you? Think about it for a second. The Lou Brock trade and the 1998 Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa home run chase come to mind, as does the five-game series at Wrigley Field Labor Day week 2003. Other than that, there has been a spark missing in the rivalry. See RIVALRIES | 11
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