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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015 VOLUME 99 ISSUE 15

NBC’s Brian Williams is suspended amid scandal STEPHEN BATTAGLIO Los Angeles Times

An exaggerated tale of combat in which no one was injured has proved injurious to the career of Brian Williams, who was suspended for six months without pay from his post at the top-rated “NBC Nightly News.”

The swift punishment for Williams comes days after the news anchor announced he was taking a brief break from the anchor chair as a public relations crisis for the network continued to escalate.

“We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as managing editor and anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News’ for six months,” NBC News President Deborah Turness said in a statement Tuesday evening. “The suspension will be without pay and is effective immediately. We let Brian know of our decision earlier today. Lester Holt will continue to substitute anchor the ‘NBC Nightly News.’ “ In recent years, Williams has said that during the Iraq war he was in a Chinook

helicopter that was forced down by grenade and small-arms fire, even though his original 2003 reporting said it was another helicopter in the formation that was hit.

But military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported that a number of crew members in the 159th Aviation Regiment who were on the mission disputed Williams’ account.

Williams apologized during his “NBC Nightly News” broadcast last week, but it was widely perceived as insufficient by a chorus of media critics and war veterans.

Poetry connects to history

A jA gArmAn • D Aily E gyptiAn Author of the poem “778 Bullets,” B. Rael Ali, was inspired by the 2011 documentary of the same name. Directed by Angela Aguayo, the film documented the violent attack between Carbondale police and members of the Black Panther party in November of 1970. Ali hopes his poem will inspire citizens of Carbondale to make an investment in their community. Please see page 4 for the story, and www.dailyegyptian.com for Ali’s video performance of the poem.

Broken wings mean success for SIU debate team Austin Miller

@AMiller_DE | Daily Egyptian

The SIU debate team is breaking more than just records.

Joshua Rivera and Zach Schneider won back-to-back tournaments at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, Calif., last weekend.

Schneider and Rivera’s trophies were broken this year because the bronze eagles earned at the competitions did not

survive the trip back home.

Rivera, a senior from Chicago studying political science, said he packed his eagle nice and tight and put it in his carry-on luggage, but somehow had the wings knocked off during the flight.

Schneider, a senior from Great Mills, Md., studying computer science, said he decided to include trophy in his checked baggage, however the poor bird did not survive.

Todd Graham, director of debate, has collected a cache of bronze paint and plaster glue in addition to collecting trophies specifically for this reason.

The Point Loma Round Robin Tournament of Champions is an invite-only competition featuring the top 12 ranked teams in the nation.

The Sunset Cliffs Classic was held Sunday, which included more than 100 teams.

Graham said the Salukis have

a tradition of excellence when they compete in San Diego, almost a home away from home.

For the last eight years, SIU has won 12 of the 16 tournaments held at Point Loma.

“I’ll just call that a fluke,” Graham said. “I don’t know why we’re winning. These are the biggest, most competitive tournaments of the second semester and some of the biggest of the whole year.”

The warm beaches of San Diego may have provided a mental boost for the team. Debates will always be the same, this time arguing topics surrounding President Obama’s recent State of the Union Address. But Graham said the change from hotel and debate rooms to beaches and the ocean removes some stress.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Memory lane

Tragedies drive fight against inequality Jessica Brown

@brownjessicaj | Daily Egyptian

P eter r ogalla • d aily e gyPtian Brian Solak, 29, recalls memories of growing up in Carbondale while sitting next to Piles Fork creek at a table inlaid with a checkerboard Tuesday afternoon. Solak moved to Carbondale from Chicago when he was a child with his mother, where he has lived since. Solak enjoys going to the creek on winter days when there are less people around, and when the weather gets warmer dandelions grow around the creek that he uses as pieces to play checkers on the table.

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Even though the team has performed well in warm weather, the team still had to put in hours of work during winter break to get ready for the spring semester.

Graham said assignments were due on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, which he believes was reasonable. One assignment provided some troubles for the team, so Graham asked one of the graduate coaches to work on it. Just one-sixth of the assignment took 14 hours of research.

More than 120 hours will be spent hitting the books in the weeks before the national championships.

Rivera said Graham’s idea of reasonable is a demand of excellence, which he has learned to expect.

SIU has just one debate team, smaller than other schools they face that field two or three teams. Smaller teams in

other sports often struggle to compete, but debate recognizes their shortcomings and works above them.

“There’s a chip on our shoulder when we’re doing the research,” Graham said. “We have to remember that we’re being out-researched by these other teams. We have one team doing research, they know how good this has to be.”

Graham switched the order of debaters during the semester break even after winning three of five tournaments. Graham said the team did not perform well in the last few tournaments, so he made the switch, which has paid off thus far. He did the same thing during last year’s national championship, with less success.

“My frienemies say, ‘Todd it’s not that you’ve made a genius move, it’s that you were wrong for most of the year,’” he said.

“We’ll just say, first semester I had a terrible coaching time and then when I switched positions it was like turning on a light bulb.”

Schneider, who transferred to SIU from Cedarville University in Ohio last semester, now provides the opening and closing argument for the team. He said he has gotten good with the final speech because he is able to piece the debate together and find the important parts for the end.

At this weekend’s tournament at Loyola University in Chicago, Rivera will face the last two tournaments of his collegiate career. He is a two-time national champion and has been a part of four of the seven straight final fours in a national championship.

“I am comfortable with the end of my career, but I want to close it out the best way possible,” he said.

After this weekend, the team will take a weeklong break before getting ready for the National Parliamentary Debate Association Nationals on March 15 in Kansas City, Kan., and the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence on March 20 in Liberty, Mo.

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Talk of racial equality sounded through SIU’s Student Center auditorium Tuesday evening.

John Gaskin III—NAACP’s youngest member on the national board of directors—along with SIU President Randy Dunn and various leaders of Registered Student Organizations discussed police brutality, as well as equality for the black community.

The event, “Ferguson and Beyond: Not Just a Moment, but a Movement,” was hosted by the SIU Chapter of NAACP, Blacks Interested in Business and the College of Business Office of Minority Affairs.

Dunn briefly spoke at the event.

“We have this great and strong push to have a wide variety of events for Black History Month,” Dunn said.

The affair featured a spoken word poem by Nicolette Shegog, director of finance at the College of Business Office of Minority Affairs.

Gaskin, a resident of Ferguson, Mo., until the age of 13, was the last to speak. He said he became aware of civil injustice and abuse of police power as a child.

“I remember the police department vividly,” Gaskin said.

He said his mother was targeted

by Ferguson law enforcement while driving and was often pulled over at the same stop sign.

“You shouldn’t repeatedly be harassing your own residential neighborhood,” Gaskin said.

He said he has experienced racial profiling as well.

“That’s like asking if I have a social security number,” he said.

“Every African-American male

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that I know has been confronted by law enforcement and has been put in a situation that they shouldn’t have.”

However, his awareness of social injustice did not grow purely from personal encounters with police.

Gaskin’s grandmother, Esther Haywood, was a driving force in his fight against discrimination.

Haywood, president of the St. Louis County NAACP and a former Missouri state legislator, often brought Gaskin to the organization’s events when he was young.

He said his exposure to the NAACP helped him succeed.

Through his involvement in the organization, he met President Barack Obama on several occasions, as well as Beyoncé, Al Sharpton, Clive Davis, Russell Simmons, Snoop Dogg and other famous Americans.

“It’s a blessing,” he said. “But you’ve got to maintain a certain level of humility to stay in this kind of game.”

His work is not motivated by the incredible experiences he has had because of the organization, though.

“What drives my force is when I look at the tragedies,” he said.

The stories of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Amadou Diallo, Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice are just a small representation of minorities killed at the hands of law enforcement, he said.

“There are tons of Michael Browns in America who have gotten no attention and no justice,” Gaskin said. “The list goes on and on.”

The fight against racial disparity and excessive police force will continue as necessary, he said.

come before you making no apolgies for my race or color.

— John Gaskin III NAACP board member

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Black Panthers remem Jacob Pierce

@JacobPierce1_DE | Daily Egyptian

Art can be used as a medium to deliver unheard messages to the masses.

The documentary “778 Bullets” and the poem derived from it do just that regarding a piece of Carbondale history.

The film was directed by Angela Aguayo, an assistant professor in cinema and digital culture, and inspired a poem written by B.Rael Ali, a senior from Chicago studying art.

Both pieces are based on the Nov. 12, 1970 event when university, city and state police fought in a 90 minute gun battle, shooting 778 bullets into the home of students affiliated with the Black Panthers.

Aguayo, a former Los Angeles resident, had been digging for local stories involving civil rights since coming to the university six years ago.

“As a filmmaker I am interested in undocumented history,” she said.

“Partly because our history and our sense of ourselves cannot be whole until we include the voices ignored.”

Aguayo said she initially had trouble finding civil rights narratives in Carbondale until she heard rumors about a Black Panthers group in town.

She said she was impressed by the diversity in such a rural and seemingly stagnant area.

Aguayo said she found a clipping of the 1970 incident. She researched the event extensively, going through court documents and newspaper articles, spending more than a year communicating with witnesses and community members.

“Documentaries as a film form are primarily interested in the types

Multimedia To see a video report visit: www.dailyegyptian.com

of stories that are unseen,” she “Ideas not documented by fiction, documented by news.”

Aguayo said the movie, rele in 2013, depicts the institution policing. There is a rough relation between the police and people Carbondale, particularly a d between the black and the white sid town, she said.

“This kind of problematic relation between police and community existed here for decades,” she “These kind of tensions could e erupt in towns like this where we surrounded by sundown towns.”

Creative work about the inciden not stop after the film’s release.

Ali said after viewing Aguayo’s at Longbranch Café and Bakery he inspired to talk about social issues, s of which are still evident today.

“Sharing the video was a little difficult to get the message out,” said. “Me going to an open mic he put it into people’s preferred forma Ali said the poem, by the same discusses negative stereotypes put African-American males. It is a knowing the history of revolutio

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Black Panthers remem Jacob Pierce

@JacobPierce1_DE | Daily Egyptian

Art can be used as a medium to deliver unheard messages to the masses.

The documentary “778 Bullets” and the poem derived from it do just that regarding a piece of Carbondale history.

The film was directed by Angela Aguayo, an assistant professor in cinema and digital culture, and inspired a poem written by B. Rael Ali, a senior from Chicago studying art.

Both pieces are based on the Nov. 12, 1970 event when university, city and state police fought in a 90 minute gun battle, shooting 778 bullets into the home of students affiliated with the Black Panthers.

Aguayo, a former Los Angeles resident, had been digging for local stories involving civil rights since coming to the university six years ago.

“As a filmmaker I am interested in undocumented history,” she said.

“Partly because our history and our sense of ourselves cannot be whole until we include the voices ignored.”

Aguayo said she initially had trouble finding civil rights narratives in Carbondale until she heard rumors about a Black Panthers group in town.

She said she was impressed by the diversity in such a rural and seemingly stagnant area.

Aguayo said she found a clipping of the 1970 incident. She researched the event extensively, going through court documents and newspaper articles, spending more than a year communicating with witnesses and community members.

“Documentaries as a film form are primarily interested in the types

Multimedia To see a video report visit: www.dailyegyptian.com

of stories that are unseen,” she “Ideas not documented by fiction, documented by news.”

Aguayo said the movie, rele in 2011, depicts the institution policing. There is a rough relation between the police and people Carbondale, particularly a d between the black and the white sid town, she said.

“This kind of problematic relation between police and community existed here for decades,” she “These kind of tensions could e erupt in towns like this where we surrounded by sundown towns.”

Creative work about the inciden not stop after the film’s release.

Ali said after viewing Aguayo’s at Longbranch Café and Bakery he inspired to talk about social issues, s of which are still evident today.

“Sharing the video was a little difficult to get the message out,” said. “Me going to an open mic he put it into people’s preferred forma Ali said the poem, by the same discusses negative stereotypes put African-American males. It is a knowing the history of revolutio

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

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“In grammar school we did not have the talk of who we are historically,” he said. “We are taught more about our oppression than our victories.”

The decision to create a spoken word poem came organically, Ali said. The rhythm draws people in and the vibe grabs attention, he said, making it better than a normal speech.

Ali, who is also a dancer and painter, has art on display at Morris Library in an exhibit called “The Expressions of Freedom,” which is about African American identity and symbolism making up black culture. He will give a presentation about his work at 5 p.m.

Feb. 25 at the library.

As a Studio Art major at SIU, B. Ra-El Ali connects many of his poems to his artwork, describing his poetry as a “visual-language of black experience.”

An exhibition of his work entitled “Expressions of Freedom” is on display in the rotunda of Morris Library until March 31. a ja garman d aily e gyptian

Don’t grow up—‘Grow Home’ Austin Miller

@AMiller_DE | Daily Egyptian

When your home planet has exhausted all resources, it is time to take to the stars and hope there is a planet suitable for life. Survival of a species is a serious topic—one featured in many films.

Last year’s “Interstellar” saw Matthew McConaughey rocket light years away to find a new home for earthlings.

The film is such an emotional ride, if you make it through the movie without crying, you must be some kind of heartless robot.

In contrast to “Interstellar,” “Grow Home” tackles the same concept, including making a heartless robot the main character.

B.U.D. is a botanical utility droid tasked with gathering crystals from a foreign plant to save his own.

Even though the game takes a lighthearted approach to extinction, the world is full of charm.

The environment of “Grow Home” is full of bright colors and an interesting flat, polygonal aesthetic.

The game seems like a long-lost Pixar movie that never happened.

Even though rocks and plants have a flat, jagged exterior, the color scheme creates a cool contrast reminiscent of being a kid again. You cannot help but feel like a little kid again; seeing the world as a bright jewel full of happiness, before everyone becomes jaded adults.

I just want to go dig through my old toy box and play with Legos and Hot Wheels.

A giant plant sticks up through the center of the world, with little islands floating around it. Players have to recreate the classic bedtime story and take the role of Jack climbing up the beanstalk. Climbing is the main source of exploration, as B.U.D.’s mechanical arms stick to all surfaces with clicks of the controller triggers. Ascending is tricky at first, but quickly mastered.

Small branches stick out of the plant, which B.U.D can grow to serve as a magic carpet to ride higher.

There is no evil giant sitting at the top of the plant, only the nightmares of acrophobic people. It is a long way down, so if heights scare you, do not let go of the edge.

Players can also fly around with a leaf and unlock a jetpack, but just walking around is the best way to travel.

B.U.D.’s movements are procedurally animated, meaning his arm and leg movements are random when moved. This can be a little frustrating at first because the little red robot trips and stumbles around like he has been celebrating Polar Bear. He gets his limbs tangled up often, but you cannot help from just laughing at the little guy.

Walking around with B.U.D. is similar to games like “Octodad” and “QWOP,” but not as much of a chore.

“Grow Home” successfully creates an interesting world with

fun and simple gameplay. However, a little bit of storyline could have made the game an early standout for 2015.

M.O.M., the helpful navigation program guiding the hero, speaks frequently, but only offers tips about the planet. As her name appears, she serves as a mom to B.U.D., but would have been better utilized by telling stories about or referencing the dire straits of their home world.

Subtle bits of narrative can make B.U.D. an even more likable character and add a little importance to his harvesting.

It does not have to be as emotional or sad as “Interstellar,” but could have been a little more personable.

“Portal” delivered fun puzzles with a story only delivered via intercom messages and “Grow Home” came up just a bit short of joining that elite company.

The game is also quite short, being able to be completed in just a couple of hours. Additional exploration can pack on more playtime, but there is no aspect of replay-ability.

Those gripes are only a small complaint for a both adorable and arduous game.

“Grow Home” is a great way to escape from the real world for a few hours. Just plug in some headphones and forget about all of the troubles of life. Forget about bills piling up, car problems and student loans, just take a second and go to space for a bit. Be a kid again and hunt for crystals with your M.O.M.

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Today’s Birthday (02/11/15).

Social networks and partnerships amplify fortune this year. Work together and realize a shared dream too large for

individuals. Make bigger bucks after 3/20.

Begin a new educational path after 4/4.

Take advantage of opportunities that arise to expand shared finances after 10/13.

Your family and friends are your greatest wealth. Grow the love.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is an 8 -- Costs may be higher than expected. Hunt for a bargain.

Recent mental gyrations give way to direct communication, now that Mercury’s direct. Values shift. Deliver a message of love. Reconnect with a distant friend or relative.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s easier to concentrate.

Artistic impressions play a role. Balance work with fun. Play with the big kids.

You’re irresistible, and partners buzz.

Salary talks move forward now, with savings growth possible. Rules undergo substantial change.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -Today is a 7 -- It’s easier to learn, with Mercury direct. Creative efforts take

ACROSS 1 Audio problem 4 Finish paying a bill, perhaps 10 Controlled 14 Radio host Glass 15 Ethically indifferent 16 Adidas rival 17 *Motown Records founder 19 Baptismal basin 20 Spanish royalty 21 Oceanic reflux 23 Jessica of “Dark Angel” 24 *Cubs broadcaster known for singing along with “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the seventh-inning stretch 27 Mental grasp 29 McCain or McCaskill: Abbr.

30 Tummy muscles 32 Circular gasket 34 Time at the inn 38 Shad eggs 39 Biblical trio ... and a homophonic hint to the answers to starred clues 42 Have a mortgage, e.g.

43 Send to the canvas 45 Graceful swimmers 46 Pull down 47 Dorm monitors, briefly 50 Windpipe, e.g.

52 *“That’ll Be the Day” singer 56 Grand Forks locale: Abbr.

59 “It’s finally clear to me” 60 Accustom 61 Sushi option 62 *Longtime “60 Minutes” closer 66 Follow, or follower 67 Listen to, as a podcast 68 Bearded beast 69 Suburban street liners 70 Physical jerks 71 Blather

a leap forward. A legal or partnership agreement comes together. Re-affirm a commitment. Optimism returns. Plans can advance quickly. Serve up love, beauty and deliciousness.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -Today is an 8 -- Launch new projects now that Mercury’s direct. You can see clearly the future you want to create.

Study. Solidify the steps to take to meet your goals. Work faster for higher income. Words flow like water.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Communication with your partner creates new possibilities at home. Resolve a breakdown. It could get intimate and lovely. Don’t spend beyond your budget or gamble, though. Creativity infuses the air. Harness it for beautiful results.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Today is an 8 -- Cash flows in a more positive direction now, although a potentially expensive moment lies ahead. Look farther away for your answer. Creative solutions emerge.

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Friends believe in you. It’s easier to reach consensus and compromise.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 9 -- The game is getting fun (and profitable), despite setbacks.

It’s easier to get your message out and advance to the next level now that Mercury’s direct. You’re exceptionally persuasive now. Agree on terms and send invoices.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is an 8 -- Take extra time for yourself today. Travel and transport flow with renewed ease, but home comforts tempt. A new style or look suits you. Indulge in a little personal pampering. A bubble bath by candlelight soothes.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Rest and think things over. A glass ceiling dissolves.

All is not as it appears to be. Indulge an urge to daydream. Long-distance connections come together. Consider, and then ask for what you want.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 7 -- Brainstorming gets more productive with Mercury direct.

Negotiations go well. Sign contracts, make agreements and file papers.

Adapt to deviations in the plan.

Collaboration sparks like fireworks.

Organize the action. Work together for mutual benefit and profit.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is an 8 -- Travel plans advance, despite an obstacle. A test requires your full attention. Proceed with caution. A raise in status is possible. It’s easier to ask for money. Stretch yourself emotionally.

Collaboration is a good idea.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- A barrier to your objective is dissolving. Pack your bags, and get moving! Curtail extravagance. Words and traffic flow better with Mercury direct. A potential disagreement could disrupt things. Express love. A change in scenery delights.

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Jumper excels with second chance Brent Meske

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After being kicked off the track and field team for a week last year, SIU’s best men’s triple jumper has taken the hiatus as a lesson.

Senior Luke James was removed by coaches last season for behavior issues, but returned to the team and changed his attitude. James said he has improved his mental toughness thanks to jumps coach Andre Scott.

“Last year, my mind wasn’t in the right place,” he said. “Coach Scott has taught me to build on each event and not get down on myself.”

Scott said he and coach Connie Price-Smith made the decision to remove James from the team for anger issues. James had to calm down before the staff allowed him to return. Price-Smith said she believes James will continue to change and is glad she gave him a second chance.

“I’ve had a lot of people ask

me what I did to him,” Scott said. “He’s a completely different person this year.”

Upon his return, James was named All-Missouri Valley Conference in both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

He finished No. 2 in the MVC triple jump during the indoor season, jumping 14.64 meters. He won the MVC triple jump during the outdoor season, jumping 15.12 meters. The outdoor mark also earned him a spot at the NCAA West Regional event, where he finished 30th.

James said he had a hard transition last year after transferring from Bethel University, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics school. He said he was not as serious as he needed to be, which is something he has changed.

“My goal is to be top-five in the nation,” he said. “I’m en route to do that so I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing in practice and hope for execution at the meet.”

H oliday W agner • d aily e gyptian Senior triple-jumper Luke James prepares for his event at the SIU Invitational at the Recreation Center on Saturday. His best jump was 15.65 meters.

H oliday W agner • d aily e gyptian Senior triple-jumper Luke James jumps during the SIU Invitational at the Recreation Center on Saturday. James is leading the MVC and is 15th in the nation.

Scott said he wished he had more time to work with James.

After fixing bad jumping habits last year, now he only has the rest of this year to better those skills. He said James can jump three feet farther since he started at SIU. After the end of his first year at SIU, James used summer workouts to improve more. Scott said he is able to get two years’ worth of training into a single summer.

Sophomore triple jumper Louis Dotson said James’ progress has convinced him to stay in Carbondale and work out this summer.

Now, James is No. 1 in the MVC with a jump of 15.87 meters. The

length is No. 15 in the nation this year and No. 3 on SIU’s all-time indoor list. James was not in the top 10 before this year.

He set a new personal best at the Kentucky Invitational on Jan. 17 at 15.58 meters before setting his personal best at both the Vanderbilt Invite on Jan. 23 and the Indiana Relays on Jan. 31. At the time of the Vanderbilt meet, James was ranked No. 5 in the nation.

Dotson said he has learned a lot from James, who has become a leader.

“He’s vocal and he pulls me aside at practice to point out the little things,” Dotson said. “I’m working out with him every day

and mirroring him.”

Although James knows he will not continue his athletic career past college, he is still working on all the steps in his jump and hopes to set the school records for triple jump, which are 16.4 meters indoors and 16.73 meters outdoors. Both were set in 1975 by Phil Robins, who was a member of Bahamas’ Olympic teams in 1976 and 1980.

Scott said James can still get better, and he did not rule out the possibility of him breaking the school record.

“It depends on him and if he can put a complete jump together,” Scott said. “He will go as far as his legs will take him.”

Young Dawgs play Frogs on opening weekend W Aaron Graff

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SIU baseball will start its season against a team that played in the College World Series last year.

The Salukis play the No. 3 Texas Christian Horned Frogs in a three-game series Friday through Sunday.

“We knew they were going to be good,” Saluki coach Ken Henderson said. “You schedule about a year and a half or two years in advance all the time. But we knew we were going to be young.

We came to the decision that it’d be good for our club.”

Any time the host team does not make a return visit to the team traveling, the host team has to financially compensate the visiting team.

Henderson said the Salukis will get paid some money, but it is not tens of thousands of dollars like larger market sports.

SIU has started seasons against winning programs before. In 2012, the Salukis started against the South Carolina Gamecocks, which were two-time defending national champions.

“We lost all three games, but they were all three competitive games,” Henderson said.

Henderson said he is hoping to get a good idea of his program for the rest of the season.

The Salukis were picked to finish eighth of eight

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e knew they were going to be good. You schedule about a year and a half or two years

in advance all the time. But we knew we were going to be young. We came to the decision that it’d be good for our club.

teams in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Henderson said he has a good idea of five starting position players for opening day. He said there are a lot of questions regarding who will consistently start.

“There are so many kids at this point that are so deserving,” Henderson said. “It will solidify itself.

It always does, but it’s going to take some time.”

Sophomore infielder Will Farmer said he is confident in starting at third base or second base, but he will have to hit better than a few of his teammates. Farmer hit .268 last season with 4 doubles and 12 runs in 35 games.

He said he is more confident at the plate and has improved hitting sliders this summer.

Farmer said he had a good fall, and it has carried into the spring.

Pitching for the Dawgs is more concrete.

Senior left-handed pitcher Aaron Hauge will likely start Friday for the Salukis. Hauge was the

— Ken Henderson SIU Baseball coach Sunday starter last season. He finished 3-4 with a 4.00 earned run average and 37 strikeouts in 11 starts.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher Kyle Pruemer will likely start Saturday. Pruemer was a late-inning relief pitcher last season. He finished 2-4 with a 1.61 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 17 appearances. “[Pitching] coach [P.J.] Finigan said last year I had a decent shot of becoming a starter,” Pruemer said. “I tried to work on it a little bit and it paid off.”

Pruemer said he got in better shape and worked on his pitching mechanics in the offseason. Henderson said his off-speed pitches have gotten better, and that is the main reason he earned the role.

Junior right-handed pitcher Alex Lesiak will likely start Sunday. Lesiak transferred from Parkland Community College, where he

went 3-0 with a 7.94 ERA and 1 save in 13 appearances.

Henderson said sophomore left-handed pitcher Kyle Pauly will eventually be a weekend starter, but is nursing a tender elbow and will not pitch this weekend.

Pauly threw from the bullpen last season. He finished 2-3 with a 1.43 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 22 appearances. He was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American last season.

While the rotation is more set than the lineup, Henderson said a few pitchers are close to earning a starting role. He said freshman Michael Baird will throw a lot this season and will likely be a weekend starter in the future.

Henderson is not sure if that will happen this year though.

The Salukis do not have a player with more than a year of Division I College Baseball experience. They have 26 underclassmen, three juniors and four seniors.

“Everyone has a role,” Hauge said. “Me and the other seniors have a last go around at it.

There’s definitely added pressure because you want to win, but I don’t feel any weight on my shoulders.”

The Salukis start at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Williams-Reilly Field in Fort Worth, Texas.