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Loss of MAP grants could cost students more than money BILL LUKITSCH | @Bill_LukitschDE
Abigail Tochalauski doesn’t have a dream job. She has six. “It just depends on the day,” said Tochalauski, a sophomore from Peoria studying anthropology and communication studies. In two years at the university she has picked up a second major, joined a sorority and found a parttime job that schedules her 19 hours a week. But that could all come to a halt if the state does not pass a budget that funds financial aid for higher education soon, Tochalauski said. Tochalauski is one of about 130,000 low-income students in Illinois who receive the Monetary Award Program, a need-based grant that has gone unfunded this fiscal year because of the state’s budget impasse. The MAP grant made it possible for her to go away to college after growing up with a mostly absent father and losing her mother at a young age. “The nicest thing about the MAP grant was that I didn’t have to think about it,” she said. “It allows people who wouldn’t normally do such crazy things as go to college ... not worry about it.” After Tochlauski’s parents split up in 2002, her father was not consistently in her life and living in a single-parent home was trying. Receiving government food assistance benefits, shopping for clothes in consignment stores and living in subsidized housing made her feel ashamed, she said. “It was never something you wanted
to talk about,” Tochalauski said. Tochalauski was 11 years old when her mom abruptly died of an enlarged heart at age 31. Tochalauski’s family was further fractured, and her living situation became tumultuous. She lived with her mother’s boyfriend until sophomore year of high school before moving in with her grandparents. “It was rough,” she said. “I’m the type of person, though, that shuts it down and doesn’t deal with it.” After graduation from Richwoods High School, SIU was one of the more affordable options because she received an enticing financial aid package. Coming to Carbondale meant a fresh start where she could learn to be financially independent, meet new friends and reinvent herself, Tochalauski said. “Not being at home means I don’t have to walk on eggshells, which is nice,” she said. Most Republican and Democratic leaders have said they support funding for higher education but remain divided on how much public universities should receive in fiscal year 2016. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner vowed to veto a partial spending bill to fund MAP grants and operational costs at community colleges that passed the Illinois General Assembly last month. Democratic Senate President John Cullerton announced last month the Illinois Senate would stall the bill so Rauner could reconsider his veto promise. Please see MAP | 2
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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Nick Green, a senior from Annawan studying physical education, wrestles Drew Tremper, a junior from Indianapolis studying chemistry, during SIU Wrestling Club’s training session Tuesday at the Recreation Center. Though the club began last fall, Tremper has been wrestling for eight years. “When you’re out there, you’re putting your will out there,” Tremper said. “Your competitor’s putting their will out there and you’re just going at it. You just feel this fire inside you and it’s like when you’re down, you just gotta get back up.” Tremper said wrestling has helped him develop the confidence to overcome adversity in everyday life. The club hopes to compete in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association next year.
State budget glance: Revenue down, spending up and no end in sight REBOOT ILLINOIS
Gov. Bruce Rauner delivers his 2016 Budget Address on Wednesday. He’s in an awkward situation: The Budget Address is intended as a preview of the Illinois state budget for fiscal year 2017, which starts July 1. State government has yet to adopt a budget for FY 2016, which started last July 1. Making matters worse, without a budget to cut spending or raise more revenue, state government since July 1 has been spending far more than it’s taking in. Taxpayers will have to make up the difference whenever Rauner and the Democrat-controlled General Assembly pass a budget. The longer the current budget impasse continues, the bigger the hit on taxpayers will be. And with indications now that all sides are squeamish about voting on any tax increases before the Nov. 4 elections, we could be well into FY 2017 before we even begin to pay down the state’s debts of FY 2016. Here’s a quick look at how things
stand as Rauner delivers his second Budget Address without having signed his first budget. The Illinois Constitution requires that the governor and General Assembly pass a budget by May 31. If they fail to do so, a three-fifths majority vote of the General Assembly is required for passage. As budget talks began in spring 2015, the state forecast $32 billion in revenue for FY 2016. Maintaining state services at FY 2015 levels would require $38 billion. Rauner proposed a budget containing heavy cuts and no tax increases to end FY 2016 with surplus of $505 million. Democrats passed a budget that ended the year with a deficit the administration estimated at $4 billion. Rauner vetoed all but one of the 20 budget bills (he signed legislation to fund elementary and secondary education, ensuring that schools statewide would open on time), saying he wouldn’t discuss the budget until Democrats pass some of the business and political reforms contained in his Illinois Turnaround agenda. Democrats
have refused to do so. In theory, the Illinois Constitution says state government can’t spend money unless there is a balanced budget to authorize that spending. That means government should have all but shut down as of July 1, with most state employees not receiving paychecks as of that date. In practice, Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger, backed by the administration and unions, sought and received a court order authorizing payment of state employees for the duration of the budget impasse. Court orders have forced the state to continue roughly 90 percent of its FY 2015 spending. Thus the state is on pace to overspend by $4.6 billion by June 30. The state could end the year with more than $9 billion in unpaid bills. Illinois public colleges and universities have received no funding since July 1. To read more, please see www. dailyegyptian.com
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Autumn Suyko | @AutumnSuyko_DE Bochay Drum, of San Francisco, son of Sarah Lewison, an associate professor of radio, television and digital media, examines locally crafted herbal oils at Flyover Infoshop on Monday during the pre-party for the documentary, “Can You Dig This?” The independent film about an urban gardening movement in south Los Angeles was shown Monday night at Showplace 8 in Carbondale. “I came out to Carbondale for this event,” Drum said. “My mom convinced me about how interesting this event would be. She wasn’t wrong.” Community members gathered in the social center to drink organically grown tea, go on a tour through the Flyover Infoshop garden and discuss upcoming events at the shop. Flyover Infoshop is a center for creative collaboration and focuses on making positive change in the community.
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“I would urge the governor to rethink his position, reconsider his priorities and not act rashly but rather in the best interests of these students, their futures and the future of Illinois,” Cullerton said in a statement last month. The bill was sent Rauner's desk on Tuesday. SIU President Randy Dunn applauded the measure to get funding for cash-strapped institutions around the state as the gridlock in Springfield nears its ninth month. The university fronted about $15 million for students who were eligible to receive the grants in fall and
spring with expectation of reimbursement from the state. But it is unlikely the university would be able to fully fund another semester of MAP grants, and students who received them during the last school year may be forced to pay them back if no state budget is passed, Dunn said. Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said Tuesday the cooling-off period Cullerton proposed has not swayed Rauner’s position on the legislation. "The bill is an empty promise” because it does not provide a revenue source for the spending and the governor will veto it, Kelly said. Rauner is instead supporting a complete appropriation bill that funds higher education at a lower
rate than what was originally proposed by the General Assembly in August. "I feel like it's all of them," Tochalauski said when asked if she thought any politicians in particular were to blame for the higher education funding crisis in Illinois. Tochalauski said she understands why some Illinois residents are reluctant to help send kids like her to college. “But at the same time, would you rather it be kids like me turning into a criminal?" she said. "I mean, that’s a possibility.” Bill Lukitsch can be reached at blukitsch@dailyegyptian.com or (618) 536-3329.
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Supreme Court speculation about Kamala Harris shadows Senate bid PHIL WILLON | LOS ANGELES TIMES
Speculation that California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris could be on President Barack Obama's shortlist of possible nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court has reached a fever pitch — but don't fit her for a robe just yet. The talk that Harris — simultaneously the first woman and African-American to be elected to the statewide post — could fill the vacancy created by this weekend's unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia is just that, for the moment. It's a line of thought that is coming mostly from media outlets and analysts offering commentary ahead of what is likely to be a deliberative process that will start in earnest when President Obama returns to Washington this week after spending several days in California. Still, it's not hard to understand why court observers and the legal community would watch Harris, 51, the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica. She is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C., and earned her law degree at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. Former Obama White House advisor David Axelrod mentioned the possibility of a Harris nomination on a weekend news show, and Harris' name has popped up on hypothetical lists from the New York Times, Associated Press, USA Today, the National Law Journal and the wonky but well-regarded SCOTUSblog. Harris has brushed aside the speculation, although questions about the issue will follow her during her ongoing campaign for U.S. Senate ahead of California's June 7 primary. "While the attorney general is honored to be mentioned in these conversations, she's committed to her current job and continuing her fight for California families in the U.S. Senate," campaign spokesman Nathan Click said Monday. Most describe Harris as a veteran prosecutor and astute, ambitious political leader. Harris also has been a strong Obama supporter since he was a U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois. Harris' national profile got a boost when Obama gave her a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention in 2012. The headlines continued in 2013 when Obama apologized publicly for having described her as "the best-looking" attorney general in the country. For all her demographic and political strengths, Harris does not come from the judicial realm. She has staked out liberal positions on issues that would raise the ire of
Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris addresses a news conference Feb. 3 on the verdict in the cyber exploitation “revenge porn” trial in Los Angeles where Kevin Bollaert was found guilty of six counts of extortion and 21 counts of identity theft. He faces up to 23 years in prison when sentenced April 3.
Republican Senate leaders who already have warned Obama to leave the nomination to the next president. "Kamala Harris would be an unusual choice — most recent appointments have been federal court of appeals judges — but a plausible one," said Erwin Chemerinksy, dean of the UC Irvine School of Law. "However, there are so many plausible names. I doubt anyone has inside information so it is just all speculation." Plus, Harris is the current frontrunner to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, and she may not want to forgo the opportunity to represent Californians in Washington. Throughout her political career, Harris has articulated clear positions on many controversial, divisive issues that could come before the nation's high court. Harris favors the protection of abortion rights, an end to the federal ban on medical marijuana and a path to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally. She backs major changes in the criminal justice system, in part to address racial disparities, including shorter sentences for low-level drug crimes and a shift in government funding from prisons to crime prevention. As attorney general, Harris has taken actions conservatives would no doubt take issue with during a Senate confirmation hearing, should one ever occur: She refused to defend Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that outlawed same-sex marriage in California until the U.S. Supreme Court found it unconstitutional. Harris defended a state law that required members of public employee unions to help pay for collective bargaining. A case challenging those requirements — Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Assn. — is pending
in the Supreme Court and could yield a 4-4 decision in Scalia's absence. Harris, who has been supported politically by the California Teachers Assn., appealed a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge's ruling in the case of Vergara vs. California, which threw out the state's tenure process for grade school teachers. Harris criticized a federal appeals court for rejecting Obama's executive actions on immigration, a case that is also pending before the Supreme Court. When she was San Francisco district attorney, Harris was scrutinized for refusing to seek the death penalty against a gang member who in 2004 gunned down police Officer Isaac Espinoza. Harris stuck to her campaign promise never to pursue the death penalty. Boxer, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, then-state Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer and then-Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, all Democrats, criticized Harris' decision. For more than a decade, she worked as a prosecutor in Alameda County and San Francisco, and tried cases involving charges of drunk driving, sex crimes, assault and homicide. Her transition to electoral politics began in 2003 during her successful campaign to unseat San Francisco Dist. Atty. Terence Hallinan. Harris was elected attorney general in 2010, narrowly beating L.A. County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley, a Republican. She was reelected in 2014 by a wide margin. Her parents divorced when Harris was a toddler and her late mother, who was a breast cancer researcher at UC Berkeley, raised Harris and her sister, Maya, to be proud African-American women during a tumultuous time in the United States. Harris was a student in the second class to integrate Berkeley's public schools in the late 1960s. Her sister has served as advisor to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
McKendree students call for MAP grant funding SCOTT WUERZ BELLEVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT
A busload of McKendree University students joined about 250 other Illinois private university students Tuesday at the state capitol to demonstrate in favor of the state government funding of MAP grants. The group applauded as Senate
Democratic leaders hand delivered a bill to fund the grants to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's office after months of budget gridlock. Democrats expressed some optimism that Rauner would sign the bill to fund the grants, which affect about 125,000 Illinois college students. State Sen. Kyle McCarter,
R-Lebanon, said in some ways it's unfair that private school students have been affected by the state budget crisis. McCarter said the state government has been trying to implement reforms in the public college system and that the private college students who rely on MAP grants have been caught up in that effort.
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SIU baseball’s new look leads to improvement in practice TED WARD | @TedWard_DE
SIU baseball has taken a stand against “hookers.” The team has eight shirts with different words on them that are given to players who showed the most improvement throughout the week, including one that reads “No Hookers.” At first glance, the phrase may seem out of place on a baseball diamond, but this statement is a reward for batters who don’t repeatedly pull, or hook, the ball to their natural side. “It relates to our hitters who showed improvements in their contact and hitting to all fields,” said sophomore infielder Logan Blackfan. He wore the “No Whiff ” shirt for putting the ball in play the most. He said they also have a “No Hangers” shirt for the player who makes solid contact, instead of weakly popping the ball up. The new tradition puts the power in the hands of the players as they determine who is worthy of wearing each shirt. “The shirts symbolize an area where, we as a team, thought they did exceptionally well during the week, and we vote on who will wear it for practice,” said junior second baseman Will Farmer. Farmer wore “Bus Driver” for the week, which exemplifies strong leadership. His teammates noticed that when Farmer speaks words of encouragement, players listen. “’Bus Driver’ goes to the guy who works hard and is always pushing his teammates to do better,” he said. “It’s really easy to
get complacent and tired, so I try to motivate my teammates every day to keep improving in every drill we do by just being positive and leading by example ... telling them to keep their heads up and they did well for the day.” Pitchers also have two shirts of their own with “Lunch Pail,” worn by junior Joey Marciano because he shows up for practice early and leaves late, and “Carver” worn by redshirt junior Anthony Shimkus because of his pinpoint accuracy. Coach Ken Henderson, the man behind the idea, said the shirts give the team motivation to work harder because there is a tangible goal to be achieved. “It was an idea we came up with in the fall to reward the guys on a weekly basis and it seems to be working,” he said. “It’s made a difference in how the guys practice as they’re competing for who will win a shirt every week.” Those tangible achievements already seem to have made a difference in the young season. Farmer said players take a great sense of pride in the signature shirts. “When you wear it around, you’re feeling accomplished knowing that you’ve helped a teammate out and worked hard to earn it,” he said. “You can’t get complacent though; you have to keep working hard and keep improving.” Fans will get their first chance to see if they shirts work when the Salukis open the season against McNeese State at 6 p.m. Friday in Lake Charles, La. Ted Ward can be reached at tward@ dailyegyptian.com or 618-534-3303.
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A IDAN O SBORNE | @AidanOsborne_DE Redshirt junior pitcher Anthony Shimkus prepares to throw the ball Friday during practice at the Saluki training facility at the Garden Grove Event Center. Each week the team votes on who will wear the golden shirts, which have either a word or phrase written across the back. Shimkus received the “carver” shirt for consistently and quickly hitting the strike zone.
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SIU finished with the top three times in the 1,650-yard freestyle event last season. Walker, Handley and Amorim finished in that order and contributed 53 of the Salukis 720 total points in
that event alone. “If we go and do our job this week, we will have a chance to take the top spots,” Walker said. “You have to respect the other teams because nothing is final until you touch the wall.” In her senior season, diver Sherry Zhang looks to finish her career on top of the 1-meter
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open to shifting circumstances. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Partnership produces results over the next two days. Begin a potentially profitable month, with Venus in Aquarius. Negotiate terms to find a win-win situation. Collaborate to manage responsibilities while taking advantage of opportunities. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is an 8 -- Focus on work for the next t wo days. The pace is pick ing up. Upgrade your image this month, with Venus in your sign. Pa mper yourself with persona l attention. This restores a nd recha rges you. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 6 -- There’s more time for love today and tomorrow. Share peaceful activities with your inner circle. Tranquil contemplation soothes over the next month, with Venus in Aquarius. Plan the road ahead. Rest and recharge.
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Salukis to face nation’s youngest team SEAN CARLEY | @SCarleyDE
SIU men’s basketball has just one word on it’s mind going into Wednesday’s matchup with Bradley: focus. The Salukis’ (20-7, 9-5 Missouri Valley Conference) coaches and players emphasized the importance of staying focused and not letting the incredibly young Bradley Braves (4-23, 2-12 MVC), derail the team’s larger goals. “Our biggest concern right now is just this next game,” coach Barry Hinson said. “We felt like even during our four-game skid our sights got off track thinking about bigger things and numbers ... what we’ve done is said ‘Okay, next game and next game only.’” Bradley’s first-year coach Brian Wardle isn’t the only Brave making his first trip to SIU Arena — he leads the most inexperienced team in Division I, according to Kenpom. com. Only one upperclassman, senior Ka’Darryl Bell, has played this season. Sophomore forward Donte Thomas is the only other non-freshman to play for the Braves this season. Bradley comes into the game with the worst overall record in the MVC, but beat Indiana State on Feb. 6, showing the team has improved and is gaining confidence. “They’re starting to score the ball a lot more,” freshman guard Armon Fletcher said. “When you score more it just gives you a lot more confidence, and we just have to take that down real quick.” In its last five games, Bradley has averaged 60.4 points per game — in the previous 22, it averaged 53.4.
Hinson said he wants the Salukis to stomp out that confidence as early as possible. “The thing that we want to do against Bradley is get off to a great start,” he said. “Then get off to another great start in the second half.” In the previous matchup, SIU defeated Bradley 65-44. SIU led by as much as 27 in the second half, but allowed the Braves to inch closer with two minutes to play. “When we played Bradley the last time, we played good for about 30 minutes and we really played bad basketball the last 10 minutes,” Hinson said. “I was very upset at how we played against them the last time.” The Braves leading scorer, freshman guard Dwayne LautierOgunleye, is one player Hinson says has progressed since last game. “He’s gotten a lot better,” Hinson said. “When his distribution numbers go up it’s because those guys are scoring. That makes him look a lot better as well.” He has improved from 2.3 assists per game last time the teams played to 2.8. But Lautier-Ogunleye will need to take care of the ball for his team to win. The Braves turn the ball over more than any Division I team with 457 turnovers, almost 17 per game. SIU averages 13.4 per game, leaving the potential for this game to get sloppy quick. If the Dawgs can hold on to the ball and take advantage of Bradley’s inexperience, they should not have a problem extending their winning streak to three games. Sean Carley can be reached at scar@dailyegyptian.com or at 618-536-3307.
D AILY E GYPTIAN File Photo Senior guard Anthony Beane dribbles the ball during SIU’s 70-59 win against Bradley on Jan. 21, 2015, at SIU Arena. Beane scored 16 points and had six rebounds in the game.
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J ACOB W IEGAND | @JacobWiegand_DE Alex Martinez, a freshman swimmer from Gilbert, Ariz., studying mechanical engineering, performs the butterfly during the SIU vs. Evansville meet Feb. 6 at Edward J. Shea Natatorium. Martinez finished in second place in the 200-yard individual medley and third place in the 100-yard breaststroke.
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By the time the average student’s water for coffee has heated up, the average Saluki swimmer has been in a cold pool for hours. Saluki swimmers usually begin their day at 5 a.m., but before important meets, SIU swimming coach Rick
Walker decreases the amount of pool time for his athletes. Three to four days a week swimmers are practicing at 6 a.m. during the season, but the week of the Missouri Valley Conference championships, morning practices are not mandatory. However, sophomore Bryn Handley will be in the pool at 9 a.m.
Wednesday. Since the competition doesn’t start until that evening, Handley said it is important to get in the pool early and warm up. It has been 11 days since the team competed against Evansville in Carbondale, winning 191-46. Walker said the extra time off and tapered workouts mean the SIU swimmers will be well rested and ready to compete during the fourday competition. The women’s swim team went undefeated in MVC competition this season. The MVC pre-championship coaches poll, released Tuesday, picked SIU to finish second — four votes behind Missouri State. SIU finished in second place last year. In the dual meet between SIU and MSU in October, the Dawgs won 125-116. “It came down to the last [400-yard] relay, and we ended up doing really well in that event,” Handley said. “It was back and forth the whole time.” The meet came down to a six-second victory by the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Handley, sophomore Kelsie Walker, junior Lauren Stockton and senior Helena Amorim. Please see SWIMMING | 5
Kyle Landon and Freya Block earn MVC awards BRENT MESKE | @brentmeskeDE
SIU track and field swept the Missouri Valley Conference Field Athlete of the Week awards as junior jumper Kyle Landon and junior thrower Freya Block won the prize for men and women. Landon, an accounting major, also won the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week award with a 3.72 grade point average. He is undefeated in the high jump through four invitationals this season and is No. 5 in the nation with a jump of 2.24 meters. Last weekend at the Samford Invitational, Landon jumped 2.21 meters in the high jump and his season-best 6.93 meters in the long jump finished seventh in the event. This is the second time Landon has won both awards in the same week. Block earned her first career Field Athlete of the Week Award after her personal best throw of 20.22 meters put her second in the Hoosier Hills Invitational. She is second in the MVC for weight throw going into the conference championships. The Salukis compete at the MVC Indoor Championships beginning Feb. 27 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Brent Meske can be reached at bmeske@dailyegyptian.com or at 618-536-3333.