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Media outlets debate, celebrate, change

WDBX radio station manager Brian Powell speaks to a representative from “Nightlife� over speakerphone about changing the banner in their advertisement to showcase the “Democracy Now!� news program.

Powell said he wants to give “Democracy Now!� its best chance for success by giving it a primetime spot.

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Change at station irks volunteers CHRISTINA SPAKOUSKY Daily Egyptian A decision to cut time from longrunning music shows to make room for a news program has roiled the staff and some listeners of a Carbondale community radio station.

The news program is called “Democracy Now!� but some staff members and listeners of WDBX say the way Station Manager Brian Powell made the decision was anything but democratic. “The handbook says (Powell) can make changes anyway, anytime he wants. You’d think (we would) deserve more respect than that,� said Jim Foer-

ster, DJ of “Chaos CafĂŠ.â€?

Powell said even with the addition of “Democracy Now!� the station still plays only two hours of talk radio and 22 hours of music. Powell said WDBX has a long history of listeners who prefer music to talk shows, which is why he gave the show the 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. time slot. He said if he had placed the new show anywhere else, the shows cut would be an hour instead of only 30 minutes. “There seemed to be a fairness issue as well as the opportunity for a good program. It was the decision that would impact staff the least,� Powell said.

WDBX, 91.1 FM, is run by volunteers and supported by donations.

Powell is the only paid employee and makes all programming decisions with the supervision of the board of directors. The board of directors contains three permanent members, seven elected members and one member of the WDBX staff.

Tony Graham’s “The Big Mix� was the most severely affected show because it ran Friday during basketball and football games, Powell said. “Democracy Now!� would take 30 minutes and the games would take the rest. The show was temporarily canceled until Powell could find another Please see WDBX | 3

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Jim Foerster looks for music on his iPod to play during his radio show “Chaos Cafe� Tuesday at the WDBX radio station. Foerster has been a volunteer DJ at the station for 12 years and hosts one of six radio shows being affected by the recent addition of the news program “Democracy Now!� as well as scheduling conflicts with local sports.

Student T.V. program receives professional honors RYAN SIMONIN Daily Egyptian Kevin Hill has hoped he would win an Emmy as executive producer since he joined “alt.news 26:46� as a freshman.

In a little more than a month,

he‘ll find out if he will.

Hill, a senior from Arlington Heights studying radio-television and cinema and photography, is one of two executive producers of “alt.news 26:46�, a program broadcast on WSIU-TV. The student-produced pro-

gram has been nominated for a regional professional Emmy as best magazine show and in two other categories for 2010.

Judges evaluate television programs from Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri, and the awards are given by the National Acad-

emy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Mid-America regional chapter.

Hill said though he and John Elder, who graduated, were the executive producers of the show last year, the nomination was for everyone involved with the program.

“It is a nice resolve and it brings closure to it,� Hill said. “Win or lose, I am just happy to be nominated.�

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Randy Osborn, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale, talks about the Saluki Angels program to the students at the semester’s

first USG meeting The Saluki Angels plans to pair SIU students with area teenagers to mentor them and help prepare them for college.

Mentorship forms between Saluki Angels, Boys and Girls Club LAUREN LEONE Daily Egyptian Students will soon be able to help make a difference in teenagers’ lives by becoming mentors at the Boys and Girls Club.

Saluki Angels — a new, collaborative effort between Marcus King, undergraduate student government president, and the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale — is designed for teenagers who wish to attend college but may not have the support system at home, King said.

King, who originally proposed the idea, said he didn’t expect to go to college when he was in high school.

“I needed that motivational push when I was growing up,” he said. “Sometimes you just need that one push.”

King said he is in the position now where he understands college is vital and wants high school students to feel the same way.

USG held its first meeting of the semester Tuesday where Randy Osborn, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club, and Tina Carpenter, program director, gained support for the program from senate members.

Ashley Epps, USG senator for College of Liberal Arts, said she wants to be the first Angel in the program.

“My brother and I are products of the Boys and Girls Club,” she said. “My brother wouldn’t have been in college if it hadn’t been for the program.”

Osborn said the program will allow teenagers to realize and reach their full potential.

“There are students out there with all the intelligence and the capacity in the world to go to college and be a success, but they lack the support and encouragement in the home or the confidence,” he said.

Because of Saluki Angels, USG members and SIU student volunteers could be mentors for high school students at freshman, sophomore and junior levels, Osborn said.

“We’re trying to open the doors of possibility — by giving them the exposure and support they need by meeting somebody who understands the college experience,” he said.

Osborn said he hopes students can build long-term relationships with college students on campus.

The program is seeking volunteers willing to spend time with the high schoolers outside of class, Carpenter said.

Students who are interested are invited to an open house at 5 p.m.

Sept. 9 at Boys and Girls Club to fill out applications and required background forms, Carpenter said.

King said with the help of the Boys and Girls Club, Saluki Angels would try to match younger students and SIUC students with the same interests and goals.

“We want to expose them to different careers offered at the college,” he said.

The program would focus on five core areas: character and lead-

ership development; education and career development; health and life skills; liberal arts and sports; and fitness and recreation.

Osborn said the volunteers at the club end up getting as much out of the experience as the high school students.

“We hope the same happens with this program for students at the university,” he said.

Osborn said volunteering to be a mentor for a younger child will last beyond the time the student spends with them.

“The legacy will be in five or six years — when the kid invites you to their graduation,” he said.

Brad Cole, mayor of Carbondale, said he was part of the Big Brother, Big Sister program 15 years ago, and is proof of this legacy. He said he recently received a graduation invitation from the student he mentored at the program years ago.

At the meeting, Cole handed the Boys and Girls Club $100 to pay for the first 10 background checks to ensure anyone who wants to volunteer can do so.

Osborn said he wants to see Saluki Angels up and running in the next couple weeks.

“This is a way to be part of a project that will last for years,” he said. “The value of this program will die young if we only look at one year.”

Lauren Leone can be reached at lleone@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 255.

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FROM THE PHOTO ON PAGE 1 Satellite receivers monitor all of the PBS satellite feeds Tuesday in the equipment room behind WSIU’s master control room. These receivers were part of a $2 million renovation of the WSIU studio which was completed in March.

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WSIU gets comfortable in new master control room JACOB MAYER Daily Egyptian Renovations to the master control room at WSIU have helped bring the station into the digital age.

A $2 million project, funded by a grant from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and money from supporters of the station, allowed WSIU to get on air with the fully automated master control room since March 25, said Terry Harvey, associate director of WSIU. Previously, the station had to store all programs on videotapes to put them on the air, but now everything is stored in digital files on servers that work with about 70 computers in the

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slot for it, Powell said.

“I have the option of coming back and doing an abbreviated show, and he’s also offered me a different time slot. My only problem (with “Democracy Now!”) is the placement,” Graham said.

Some listeners haven’t been happy, either. Aaron Young, 35, of Car-

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Jan Thompson, associate professor in the radio and television department and faculty adviser for “alt.news 26:46” said the program sees new faces every year but still manages to see success.

Since 2001, the show has won 28 regional professional Emmys and has just begun its 12th season.

“We have created a dynasty,” Thompson said. “We change out our executive producers every year, which makes it more difficult to excel, and we still excel.”

She said the Emmy nomina-

control room, Harvey said.

“It’s quite a transition for the station, going from an analogue-based broadcast facility to something that’s much more state-of-the-art,” he said.

Harvey said work on the new room in the Communications Building began in November 2008.

To get a program on the air, the master control room records programs from PBS and saves them to a digital file that WSIU will schedule to broadcast, said Jim Eagelston, manager of operations at the station.

Harvey said the station began to broadcast with a digital transmitter in 2003, but the master control room was still designed for analogue. The station ran both digital and analogue

transmitters until June 2009, when the analogue signal was dropped, he said.

The master control room’s computer system can now automatically communicate with other computers at the station, including those used by the department that schedules the programs, Harvey said.

Compared to what the station used previously, the new room makes life much easier for WSIU personnel, Eagelston said.

“Everything that we did, we had our fingers on — all the tapes, all the machines,” he said. “Since we went to the digital automation, the playlist pretty much takes care of everything ...

We’re more quality control.”

Eagelston said seven students work

as master control operators, and the new room gives those workers the chance to work with the newest equipment available, he said.

The experience students gain using state-of-the-art technology will help them in their careers after graduation, Eagelston said.

“They get to deal with the new systems, like the trimming and the clipping and all that stuff,” he said. “If they move on and decide to stay with TV, they will already have experience with the latest versions here.”

Haylea Peters, a senior from Litchfield studying radio-television who works as a master control operator, said she came into the station as the renovations were being completed and

bondale said “Democracy Now!” is just a recap of the morning news and isn’t what listeners want. “’The Big Mix’ has been a big part of my life for 10 years at least. The stuff on there you won’t hear anywhere else,” Young said.

Multiple listeners have taken the debate to WDBX’s Facebook page, voicing their support or frustration on the decision.

Aur Beck, host of “Your Commu-

nity Spirit,” a half-hour news show that airs every Friday, said he knows many requests for “Democracy Now!” have been made by listeners, but he would still rather hear local news.

Foerster has been a DJ for 12 years at the station and is worried listeners will miss the music, and won’t give to the station’s annual pledge drive which is just days away.

“These shows are big money makers for the radio station. I think it’s

a bad move financially and listener wise,” Foerster said.

Board member Alex Paull, host of “Roots Rockin’ Reggae,” said the end result may be positive for the station because the conflict has made the volunteers more passionate about the station. He said the DJs are forming a programming committee, and have started a listserv where comments and ideas can be heard. The programming committee would evalu-

tions are based on a professional standard, not a collegiate one, which shows the dedication of the student volunteer staff.

One of the three nominations went to graduate Frank McDonald Jr. and junior James Throgmorton for their segment called “For Kids’ Sake,” which will be contested in the public/current/ community affairs category. McDonald said the segment documented the organization For Kids’ Sake which raised money for children in Bangladesh by auctioning local children’s donated artwork.

“We were really proud about how well we got these people to tell us these remarkable stories.

I think our segment was really good and it turned out to be a lot more impactful than we thought going into it,” McDonald said.

The third nomination went to Jenna Tromburg, a senior from Littleton, Colo., studying cinema and photography, for her segment called “The Bishop Castle” in the arts and entertainment feature category.

The 34th annual awards ceremony will be held Oct. 9 in St. Louis at the Rennaissance Grand Hotel.

was able to experience the difference between the old and the new.

“I wasn’t stuck in the old room very long, but (the new room) is amazing,” she said. “Obviously it’s a huge room.

We’ve got awesome screens, and it’s a lot better than being cramped in the small room where we were.”

Peters said they had to do many aspects of their job manually with the old system, and even though the job is still intense, the new programs have made things easier.

For Eagelston, he said this is the type of facility he has wanted to work in and teach his students.

“I’ve been waiting 16 years for something like this, and it’s made my life a lot easier,” he said. ate programs and suggest changes, Paull said.

“I look at it as a positive step forward. We didn’t even talk to each other before,” Paull said.

Board meetings are open to the public, and the station’s fall membership drive begins Saturday.

Christina Spakousky can be reached at cgray@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 258.

Alt.news 26:46 gave a presentation to Kellogg Hall residents Sunday, encouraging new members to join the organization. The program produces a weekly television show in addition to commercials, promotions and documentaries.

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Thompson said “alt.news 26:46” may be a student-run television show, but it is run in a professional manner.

“We really represent what it is like in the real world out there,” Thompson said. “With alt.news,

there is a demand for excellence and they are self motivated which is why we have done so well.”

Ryan Simonin can be reached at rsimonin@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 274.

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Obama marks end of long U.S. combat mission in Iraq but declares it’s no time for ‘victory lap’

Palestinian gunman kills 4 Israelis in West Bank shooting on eve of new round of peace talks

Fun in the sun may be shelved as Hurricane Earl heads toward East Coast vacation spots

WASHINGTON —Closing a divisive chapter of American history, President Barack Obama marked the end of the nation’s combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday without declaring victory, winding down the U.S. role in a war he considered a terrible mistake.

Obama’s defiant pledge to end the war helped catapult him into office. Now as commander in chief, he is intent on assuring the nation and the stretched military that all the work and bloodshed in Iraq was not in vain, declaring that because of it “America is more secure.”

Though the U.S. commitment in Iraq is winding down, as many up to 50,000 troops will stay as long as the end of next year to help train the country’s forces and operate counterterrorism missions. And Obama is sending more troops to Afghanistan, the home base of the Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida terrorists, where Americans have been fighting for nearly nine years.

J E R U S A L E M —Palestinian gunmen opened fire Tuesday on an Israeli car in the West Bank and killed four passengers on the eve of a new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility.

Assailants firing from a passing car riddled the vehicle with bullets as it traveled near Hebron — a volatile city that has been a flash point of violence in the past. Some 500 ultranationalist Jewish settlers live in heavily fortified enclaves in the city amid more than 100,000 Palestinians.

One of the victims was pregnant, said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. Israel’s national rescue service said the victims were two men and two women, and Israeli media said everyone in the car was killed.

Video broadcast live on Israel TV late Tuesday showed a white Subaru station wagon standing at an angle at the side of a road, its windows shot out and its doors dotted with bullet holes. The car was flanked by army and police vehicles and dozens of soldiers.

R A L E I G H— A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency warned people along the Eastern Seaboard to prepare for possible evacuations and islanders in the Turks and Caicos hunkered down in their homes Tuesday as the Category 4 hurricane steamed across the Caribbean with winds of 135 mph.

Earl was expected to remain over the open ocean before turning north and running parallel to the East Coast, bringing high winds and heavy rain to North Carolina’s Outer Banks by late Thursday or early Friday. From there, forecasters said, it could curve away from the coast somewhat as it makes it way north, perhaps hitting Massachusetts’ Cape Cod and the Maine shoreline on Friday night and Saturday.

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CHIC AG O — Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.

The study is the largest to date to find advantages for preventive surgery for women who carry BRCA gene mutations. Women with the faulty genes have a dramatically higher cancer risk than other women — five times greater for breast cancer and at least 10 times greater for ovarian cancer.

The study, appearing in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association, found benefits for women with two different BRCA gene variants whether they had previously had breast cancer or not.

The results offer more tailored evidence for women considering ovary removal, a surgery that ends fertility, fast-forwards them into early menopause and may contribute to osteoporosis or heart problems later in life.

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Dining halls progress toward health-conscious options SARAH SCHNEIDER Daily Egyptian Peggy Connors remains determined to promote Saluki Steps and aid students who look for healthier food choices.

Connors, associate director of housing and dietitian for resident hall dining, said the program was started last spring to help give students healthy options in the dining halls.

Paw prints were placed at dining areas around campus to identify healthy options, Connors said.

“The silver paw print is the best choice there is as far as calories, protein, fat and sodium, so that would be the healthiest choice,” she said. “The second-best choice is the maroon paw print.”

The program also requires the dining halls to have healthy, low-fat dishes for lunch and dinner every day, Connors said.

“Light items are chicken, turkey, fish or a lean item that doesn’t have any added fat and is not fried,” she said. “There is one of those up every single day and at every single meal.

We have fresh whole fruit and cut fruit that is out everyday. We have salad bars with salad dressings that do not have any additional fat.”

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Jim Gilmore, Lentz Hall food production manager, said he has seen positive outcomes from the new program.

“Students have been asking questions like what is in the products we buy; they want to know the ingredients list,” Gilmore said.

But Dan Mikalian said more changes need to be made.

“I think they do a pretty good job of providing fruit and salad and a vegetarian course every meal,” said Mikalian, a sophomore from New Lenox studying geology. “However, I feel like a lot of times fruit tends to go bad and (vegetarians) are limited to just one vegetarian dish maybe four days in a row. I have noticed that, so I think they could expand on it, and give a better variety.”

Mikalian said he feels there is a lack of balance between healthy and fried options.

“They offer a lot of different fried foods and not a lot of grilled or baked foods,” Mikalian said. “The fish is always fried fish, there is never panseared tuna or mahi-mahi.”

Unhealthy foods tend to be wellliked by students, Connors said.

“Our light items are not the most popular items,” she said. “We have 10,000 items in our inventory and the

Ben Edwards, left, a senior from Marshall studying computer engineering, and Brian Ruben Pfau, a junior from Pinckneyville studying civil engineering, right, dine together Monday with friend Brian Gurley, a junior from Galatia studying electrical engineering, in Lentz Dining Hall. Gurley said despite signage pointing out healthier foods that there is a lack of options when it comes to eating healthy.

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top 10 items are fried.”

In spite of this, Gilmore said the dining halls are trying to steer the traditional food in a new direction.

“Kids like the fried foods, I have to give them that option as well as the healthy options,” he said. “But we are implementing a lot of new healthy choices. We are trying to get out of the fryer, out of the box and back to fresh healthy vegetables that are grown locally.”

Bill Connors, a food service chef, said the dining halls look toward local food providers to get more food

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ids like the fried foods, I have to give them that option as well as the healthy options.

But we are implementing a lot of new healthy choices. We are trying to get out of the fryer, out of the box and back to fresh healthy vegetables that are grown locally.

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from the region. A study performed by an undergraduate research project last fall showed only 28 percent of products at dining halls come from the region, Connors said.

Buying locally is an important job for the chef, Connors said.

“You get a fresher, better tasting, and at times, better quality product,” he said. “We have a unique opportunity to educate the students and let them know how good locally grown can be.”

Gilmore said both the pork and the beef used at the dining halls are locally raised.

“All the pork we have used this semester has been purchased from SIU farms,” he said. “We buy the swine and have it butchered locally.

We smoke it and make pulled pork, ham, bacon and pork tenderloin.”

Lauryn Livengood, an undecided

freshman from Villa Grove, said knowing foods were grown locally would influence her food selection.

“I would more than likely choose those foods over processed (items),” she said.

When it comes to helping students make healthy decisions, many staff members are willing to assist students, Peggy Connors said.

“Myself and our grad student are available to show students the different options and to go through the dining hall, through the menus, and point out how they can eat healthier,” she said. “We are available to talk about anything from healthy eating in the dining halls to high cholesterol, to exercise.”

Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 259.

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GRILL AND GREET Kenneth Teitelbaum, the dean of the College of Education, greets members of the faculty and student body at the department’s Welcome Back Picnic Tuesday outside of Wham Education Building. “We want to let the students know we appreciate them being back here,” Teitelbaum said. “We want to provide them a nice time, with some free food and giveaways.”

Secret testimony reveals stars’ loss

ANTHONY MCCARTNEY The Associated Press

LO S A N G E L E S — Roughly two weeks before a judge would sentence her to jail, Lindsay Lohan sat in a downtown courtroom and recounted to a grand jury how a burglar’s black fingerprints on her wall left her so unnerved that she had to move.

Moments later, Orlando Bloom told the same panel how a break-in at his home had left him distrustful of those around him, especially after he realized his carefully hidden collection of watches had been plundered.

The appearance of Lohan, Bloom and four other celebrities in late June before a Los Angeles County grand jury went unnoticed. Yet their testimony helped indict five young people who authorities claim desperately craved what the stars had and were willing to cut through fences and climb through a doggie door to get.

The stars’ reactions revealed in recently unsealed testimony obtained

by The Associated Press offers the most detailed account so far of the personal toll that resulted from the rash of celebrity break-ins by the so-called “Bling Ring” between October 2008 and August 2009. One ring member pleaded out and served time; the five others face trial later this year.

Lohan’s testimony typified the fear felt by the celebrities whose homes had been targeted: “That night I went back to the house, I just felt, to be honest, so violated and uncomfortable that I literally packed as much stuff as I could,” Lohan told the jurors, “because it wasn’t about the things that were taken, it was just the fact that someone came into the only private space that I have in

my life at this point.”

One-by-one, Rachel Bilson, Audrina Patridge and Paris Hilton also recounted for grand jurors how they walked into their supposedly secure Hollywood Hills homes to find them ransacked and looted.

Brian Austin Green told the jury how the burglary of his home — the last one targeted — was so stealthy that he thought his missing items were simply misplaced. It wasn’t until a detective called and told him his stolen Sig Sauer handgun had been recovered that he realized he’d been robbed.

Some of the items stolen were eventually returned. But still outstanding are several irreplaceable personal items, including Bilson’s mother’s engagement ring that she gave to “The O.C.” star.

For a while, the actors told jurors, their belongings had been replaced with a sense of vulnerability and dread.

“It took me a while to feel comfortable staying there,” Bilson said of her home. “I wouldn’t sleep in my bedroom for about a month.

“And I was convinced that I needed to sell my house and get out of there, because I was very scared,” she told jurors. “But I’m still there.”

Deputy District Attorney Sarika Kim, who is handling the prosecution, urged jurors to overlook the stars’ wealth and celebrity.

“It doesn’t matter,” Kim told the grand jury in closing remarks. “The fact that you are able to replace property doesn’t matter. And in fact, we heard evidence in this case some of the folks weren’t able to replace any of the property. Some folks lost items of sentimental value.”

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Illinois reports year's 1st human West Nile case SPR I N G F I E L D — Illinois health officials say they've confirmed this year's first human case of West Nile virus.

A woman in her 50s living in DuPage County got sick with the virus in early August.

Health officials are seeing an increase in mosquitoes carrying

the virus. They're urging people to protect themselves from mosquito bites by wearing insect repellent and avoiding the outdoors between dusk and dawn.

This year, 25 Illinois counties have reported mosquitoes or birds testing positive for West Nile virus.

Chicago is stepping up efforts against the virus by spraying to kill adult mosquitoes.

130 Ill. employers to get retiree health subsidy The Associated Press C H IC AG O — Early retiree Richard Rouse told federal officials Tuesday he would like to know that his former employers' health plan for retirees is stable and won't be raising his $500 monthly premiums.

"A lot of predictions show that in January things are going to go up quite a lot," Rouse, 62, said at a Chicago senior center after U.S. Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Howard Koh spoke about the new national health law, including subsidies for employers to help cover retirees' medical claims.

In Illinois, 130 employers were approved for federal subsidies, the federal government announced Tuesday.

Koh said the law provides $5

billion to help employers maintain coverage for early retirees like Rouse, who are 55 and older but not yet eligible for Medicare. The subsidies are a bridge until other provisions of the health care law come online in 2014, he said.

Koh fielded senior citizens' questions on long-term care, Medicare and states' ability to regulate premium rate increases.

And because he was speaking at a senior center that's part of a 3-yearold gay community center complex, Koh talked about new rules requiring nearly all hospitals to let same-sex partners have visiting rights and help make medical decisions. The draft rules are not part of the health care law, but are an initiative of President Barack Obama.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — You perceive a problem with accomplishing your task with available resources. Figure out a way around this problem today. Consult a professional.

Today's birthday — Passions present themselves in the form of emotional impulses that startle even you. Some of your ideas are too weird to act upon, but they could provide the basis for wildly entertaining short stories or even a plot for that novel you've been meaning to write.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — The last thing you want is for someone to interfere with fulfilling your desires.

Laugh at requests that take you off track.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — Romantic thoughts must adapt to practical considerations. Use that delightful fantasy to inspire everyone to move in the right direction.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Unless you make your partner comfortable, your energy gets drained unnecessarily. Serve favorite food and drink, and relax.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 -- It's a good thing you're not seeking precision. Your mission is to create a bridge between diverse elements of your situation.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22--Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Emotions flare when group members disagree. You need to get the practical issues on the table quickly, and allow each person to suggest solutions.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Passion creates problems for you now. Take care of even the smallest injury immediately. That way, you reduce difficulties later on.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Planning a party at your house takes more effort than you thought. Take care of practical matters (like grocery shopping), while others clean up.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 5 — Reading a romance novel will not achieve the relaxation you'd like. It requires action to bring imaginative possibilities into reality.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Take care of practical details for someone far from home. Reschedule an appointment, or refill a prescription and send it by overnight mail.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — While you seek comfort, an associate seems to be grasping for power. Don't let laziness prevent you from protecting your position. Inject humor.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Emotional purchases fail to satisfy later.

Extending limits helps everyone today.

Think about big expenditures for 24 hours before buying.

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Saluki Way phase two should shed light on Abe Martin Field S

IU baseball saw its glory days from the mid sixties to the early nineties, but it isn’t seeing much these days.

The team, quite literally, is in the dark. Abe Martin Field, named after the coach who led the Salukis from 1947 to 1965, is the only field in the Missouri Valley Conference without lights.

The field, like most of SIUC’s buildings, was built in the sixties and has not had a real renovation since former baseball coach Richard Jones raised $65,000 selling nameplates on lockers and rooms to former players. Jones scrounged up free labor and squeezed $35,000 out of the uni-

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e understand this means football and basketball generate more money for the university right now, but lights and seating could bring Saluki baseball back into the limelight, hosting the MVC tournament itself and making ESPN coverage a possibility. versity for a press box and clubhouse. Since then, the facilities have been re-carpeted and a new scoreboard was added four or five years ago. The outfield was redone in 1999.

Most of these renovations were made possible only through work done by the baseball players and coaches themselves. After each game, SIUC baseball players clean up the field themselves. Our football team doesn’t even wash its own uniforms.

Perhaps, in the eyes of the administration, the carpet, outfield and scoreboard count as a renovation comparable to that of the $83 million recently thrown down for basketball, football and other athletic facilities.

The Daily Egyptian, however, agrees with SIUC alumni, upset that a million or two — small amounts compared to the larger figure — couldn’t be allocated to renovating Abe Martin Field.

Saluki Stadium and the arena

are, by location and team success, more in the public eye. We understand this means football and basketball generate more money for the university right now, but lights and seating could bring Saluki baseball back into the limelight, hosting the MVC tournament itself and making ESPN coverage a possibility.

Shouldn’t an amount of money so large be more evenly dispersed among the sports? Even during the eighties and nineties when it

won four MVC titles, the team and its facilities received little to no financial support. This is representative of decades of favoritism in university sports.

Mario Moccia, SIUC’s athletic director, said he believes the lack of lighting is the result of financial constraints.

Although the university is undoubtedly financially constrained, administrators found ways to scrounge up $83 million for football and basketball.

As the ribbon cutting ceremonies and kickoffs commence in new facilities, the administration should take a look at the field left in the dark.

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With little more than a month left in MLB regular season play, the American League East remains a race between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Will 36-year-old Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter lead his team to back-to-back division crowns, or will Evan Longoria and the Devil Rays end the Yankees’ hope for a repeat? at??

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I think it comes down to their last eight head-to-head games at the end of September. No matter what their record is going into the first game on Sept. 12, the team that manages to win both series 3 to 1 will win the A.L. East and carry momentum into October playoffs.

RYAN SIMONIN

rsimonin@dailyegyptian.com The Yankees are going to take it. For one, they owe it to George Steinbrenner, and two, they are the better team. The Yanks have more experience than the Rays and they could get to the playoffs in their sleep. While the Rays have good young players, I still have to put my money on the veteran team.

NICK JOHNSON

nkohnson@dailyegyptian.com I’d like to see the Rays win, and I think they have the talent to beat out the Yanks. But as long as the Boston Red Sox don’t win the division, I don’t care.

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“There is not another place that I would want to get my start at, and if you asked me for a perfect scenario, this is it,” Finigan said.

“There is a vested interest in me to ... battle that much more in recruiting to try to get the program back to where it was in the College World Series days.”

Callahan said he is excited to have a former Saluki in a position to make an impact on his team.

“P.J. was very high-energy as a student-athlete, and we hope he can bring that same energy level to Saluki baseball,” Callahan said in the press release.

Callahan said Finigan is young enough to be able to relate well with the pitchers, but old enough to authoritatively coach them.

“He’s mature beyond his years as far as his knowledge of the game, and I think because of his

experience in professional baseball, he will be able to bring even that much more to the table,” Callahan said.

After being drafted into Detroit’s system, Finigan became the first pitcher of his draft class to reach Double A, doing so in 2006, the press release stated. He stayed there until 2007, when he went on the disabled list for two seasons.

Injuries that required two shoulder surgeries forced him to retire from playing, the release stated.

Finigan said this year’s pitching staff shows potential for to do well right away and even better in the future.

“We have a lot of good athletes and we’re all going to grow together,” Finigan said. “It’s going to be a great chance for us to build some chemistry and really become a tight-knit group.”

The Daily Egyptian sports desk can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 256.

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Now in his second season, Spack said his team, which returns 18 starters, gained experience in the latter half of 2009 and the off-season but remains on the younger side.

“The back half of our season we improved quite a bit defensively. We didn’t do anything very well early in the first half of the year,” Spack said. “(This year) there’s more stability and comfort in what we’re doing. Players have a lot better grasp of the system.”

One starter the Redbirds will sorely miss is receiver Eyad Salem, who set an ISU single-season record when he caught 92 passes in 2009.

“When you’ve got a guy catching almost 100 balls, that will be tough (to replace),” Spack said.

Spack pegged sophomore Tyrone Walker (38 receptions

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in 2009) and junior Marvon Sanders, a transfer from Eastern Michigan, as receivers he believes can fill the void left by Salem.

Spack said there won’t be any magic game plan to beat the Salukis, but he looks forward to his second shot at Lennon’s team

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when ISU hosts SIU Oct. 2.

“I don’t know what it’s going to take, but that will be a good game I think. It’s going to be a lot of fun,” Spack said.

Nick Johnson can be reached at njohnson@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 256.

Offensive struggles don’t faze Cutler’s determination L A K E F O R E S T — Jay Cutler understands the angst. He also has a message — relax.

Whether it’s breakdowns on the line or just poor execution overall, the Chicago Bears aren’t getting what they envisioned from their starting offense.

Good thing for them it’s just the preseason. The games don’t count until Sept. 12, when Chicago opens against Detroit, meaning there’s time to figure it all out.

With a new offensive coordinator in Mike Martz, Cutler said the Bears are running plays “just to get it on film” so he’s not too worried about what he’s seen so far.

The line has been shaky, and the

points simply aren’t coming. The starters were held scoreless in last week’s 14-9 loss to Arizona, drawing boos from antsy fans who have seen the Bears fail to make the playoffs since the 2006 team’s Super Bowl run.

“Is there a reason for concern?

Maybe, maybe not,” Cutler said. “I’m not concerned. I don’t think anybody in that locker room is really concerned of where we’re at. I think we’re happy where we’re at. There’s room to improve, absolutely, but I think we’ll be ready.”

The Bears have scored on just three of 16 drives with Cutler, getting a field goal from Robbie Gould along with an 89-yard touchdown run by Matt Forte and TD pass to Johnny Knox.

Gould also had one field goal blocked and another hit the upright against Arizona, but it wasn’t exactly a smooth performance for the offense, either.

Cutler was 10 of 20 for 129 yards and intercepted twice by Greg Toler while being sacked four times. He was taken down five times the previous week. On one of the sacks against Arizona, he tripped, but the pass protection was better.

Even so, he admittedly was skittish. And the offense again was out of sync. It didn’t help, either, that Cutler had some problems with the audio.

Even so, Martz was “a little surprised” by some of the mistakes he saw.

Cutler acknowledged that the

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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) throws a pass against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of a preseason game at Soldier Field in Chicago, Saturday.

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Baseball adds former Saluki as pitching coach The Salukis hired P.J. Finigan as their new assistant coach in charge of pitching staff, head baseball coach Dan Callahan said Tuesday.

Finigan was an infielder and pitcher for the Salukis from 2002-05 and was

Finigan told the athletic office it meant everything to him to join Callahan’s staff.

named 2005 Joe Carter Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, an athletic department press release stated. He was a seventh-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers and pitched for four seasons in its system.

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SOCCER

Students join growing soccer phenomenon SEAN O’CONNOR Daily Egyptian

Soccer, or futbol, is one of the most popular sports in the world and is played in more countries than any other sport, and Shane Bennett said students can be a part of the growing phenomenon by signing up for an intramural team at the Recreation Center.

Bennett, assistant director of intramural sports and summer camps, said registration for Intramural Soccer is open and will conclude on Sept. 27. He said there will be a captains meeting Sept. 28 with games beginning Oct.3 at the Intramural Sports Playfields.

Open fields are available for student use, Bennett said. He said Sam Rinella Field is available for play everyday, as are the Sport Club Play Fields, which feature open goals.

Bennett said lights will now be on for students playing on the field after 6 p.m. He said there will also be a ‘Skillz Challenge’ from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 21-22 at the Recreation Center.

Another option for those interested is the SIU Men’s Soccer Club, a part of the Sports Clubs Program, which practices at 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Stehr Field.

The team will play against regional foe and fellow Midwest Soccer Alliance member University of Iowa Men’s Club Team at 12 p.m.

Saturday, said Oskar Puente, a team member and a senior from Cicero studying art. He said the game will be huge for the team. “We usually get a good turnout of about 15 to 20 people,� he said. “We’re pretty open as a group. There are no tryouts.�

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Denis Mbuthra, a sophomore from Bradley studying nursing, practices headers with teammates of the club soccer team Tuesday at Stehr Field outside of Wham Educational Building.

An alternative to campus sports is the Southern Illinois Adult Soccer League, at 4 p.m. every Saturday at Parrish Park and at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Marion Soccer Complex.

The SIASL is the only adult soccer league in the Carbondale/Mar-

ion area and features players from the area, as well as out of state, said Falko Frommelt, marketing director for SIASL. He said the league features eight teams with 160 players and will begin their 10 game season Sept. 8.

SIASL is full until registration

Fernando Acosta, a member of the team, said the team travels as far as Iowa to play games and has been on campus since the mid nineties. opens again in March, Frommelt said.

The league is affiliated with the Illinois State Soccer Affiliation, the governing body for adult soccer in Illinois, and invites all skill levels to participate, Frommelt said. He said the group has reached maximum

growth, but the SIASL expects to get bigger and bigger. “Nobody knows about the potential of soccer,� Frommelt said.

Sean O’Connor can be reached at soconnor@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 282.

FOOTBALL

Salukis to battle tougher conference opponents in 2010 NICK JOHNSON Daily Egyptian The Salukis will face a much tougher Missouri Valley Football Conference this season after bulldozing through it last season, conference coaches said.

The Salukis went 8-0 in conference play last season and, at No. 5, are the highest-ranked MVFC team in the FCS preseason coaches poll, released Aug. 23. Two other conference teams join the Salukis in the top fifteen, with South Dakota State University ranked No. 10 and the University of Northern Iowa ranked at No. 13. “We all know it’s competitive.

That’s what this business is,� Northern Iowa head coach Mark Farley

said. “A lot of the universities have put a lot into making sure they have competitive teams.�

Inexperience in Iowa The Salukis snapped an 11-game losing streak to Farley’s Panthers with a 27-20 victory in Cedar Falls last year. SIU head coach Dale Lennon is just one of several coaches making the MVFC tougher each season, Farley said. “That’s where the challenge is — to find that one thing that will set (UNI) apart,� he said.

Northern Iowa replaced its entire offensive line during the off-season, and will also have to replace first team All-MVFC quarterback Pat Grace, who threw for 2,280 yards and 20 touchdowns in 2009, Farley said.

Senior linebacker Jamar Thomp-

son, who made 86 tackles last season, also returns to lead the Panther defense.

Farley said his defensive line also lacks experience, as they return just one starter from last year’s unit. “We’ll have to do a good job of development,� Farley said.

Don’t be a bonehead Taking the South Dakota State Jackrabbits to their second straight playoff appearance will require a simple strategy, head coach John Stiegelmeier said. “Part of coaching is don’t be a bonehead, figure out what your strengths are,� Stiegelmeier said.

He said the Jackrabbits’ strengths this season lie in their linebackers and blitz packages, though they lost defensive end Danny Batten to the NFL when he was drafted by the Buf-

falo Bills in April.

Batten was one of four former Jackrabbits present in NFL camps this off-season.

Returning starters Jake Steffen and Antonio Thompson won’t be expected to put up numbers similar to Batten’s nine sacks in 2009, but they will be playmakers on defense, Stiegelmeier said.

But even with their strong defense, the Jackrabbits struggled moving the football last season, Stiegelmeier said.

Returning senior running back Kyle Minett rushed for more than 1,300 yards last season, but South Dakota State struggled with a poor yard per carry average, Stiegelmeier said. “We need to be much better on third and short and third and medium,� he said. “Third and long is

tough. But those other two downs are not as tough as we made them last year.�

The Jackrabbits were battered at home by the Salukis 34-15 in 2009, and Stiegelmeier said a better game plan might lead to a victory against SIU this season. “It starts with believing you can beat a team, and I think we do believe,� he said.

Building a nest Head coach Brock Spack took the Illinois State football reigns before the 2009 season and said his Redbird team was still a fledgling when it fell to SIU 43-23 in the Saluki Homecoming game last year.

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