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Leave clause included in presidential agreement TERMINATION WOULD COST DUNN $250,000 LUKE NOZICKA Daily Egyptian Incoming SIU President Randy Dunn’s contract negotiation may have been rushed and includes what Dunn considers a bulky leave clause.

Dunn and the SIU Board of Trustees negotiated the contract for three days beginning Feb. 13, one day after his interview with the board in St. Louis.

The board approved the agreement Feb. 17, and publically named Dunn the eighth president of SIU that same day.

Raymond D. Cotton, a Washington, D.C. attorney who specializes in presidential contracts and compensation, said three days is a rushed time frame. He said presidential contract negotiations usually take anywhere between a few weeks to a month.

The contract states Dunn owes the university $250,000 if he terminates the four-year presidential contract before 42 months, or three and a half years, as of Aug. 17.

Dunn will earn $430,000 each year as SIU president.

Dunn said this type of clause is typical for CEO arrangements.

“It’s not all that unusual to find some sort of contract language that would allow the employee — in this case the president — to separate from the university with some amount of notice,” he said. “Going hand-in-hand with that, it’s not unusual to see some amount of liquidated damages that would accompany separation.”

Cotton, who has specialized in presidential contracts for 33 years, said this is not normally seen in presidential contracts.

“In all the contracts that I’ve done, I’ve never put a clause like that in any of them,” he said.

“When boards have brought up the concept, I would discourage them from pursuing it, and boards — at least my clients — have dropped it immediately. I would advise them strongly not to do so.”

Cotton said he was curious as to who advised the board on this decision, as it poses a potential problem for the university.

“If Dr. Dunn or any other president became unhappy in his job, but yet chose to stay anyway because he didn’t want to pay the penalty, how does that help the university?” he said. “It impinges on Dr. Dunn’s academic freedom.”

However, President Glenn Poshard’s first contract had a similar clause. It required him to reimburse the university for 50 percent of his remaining salary for each year he left early if he were to do so.

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Shannon Lambert, 2, of Marion, receives a pair of dog tags Saturday after riding in a stroller as her father Nicholas Lambert ran the “Run for the Warriors” 5K at Campus Lake. Lambert was a bulk fuel specialist in the Marines from 2008 to 2012.

Matt Hazel, a senior from Rantoul studying accounting, participates in the inaugural “Run for the Warriors” 5K Saturday at Campus Lake. Hazel finished the race first out of all participants.

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The event was sponsored

by Hope for the Warriors, a nonprofit organizatixon that strives to enhance the quality of life for post-9/11 service members, as well as families of the fallen who have sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty, according to the Hope for the Warriors website.

According to the Wounded Warrior Project, in recent military conflicts 51,876 have been wounded, 6,795 have died, 320,000 have traumatic brain injuries and 400,000 have post-traumatic stress disorder. Ninety percent of the $3,000 raised from the race will go to the Hope for the Warriors organization.

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Oil spill cleanup impedes major Texas ship channel MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press T E X A S C I T Y, Te x as (AP) — The cleanup of an unknown amount of oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked the movement Sunday of about 60 ships, including three cruise ships, between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world’s busiest petrochemical transportation waterways.

A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of marine fuel oil sprung a leak after colliding with a ship Saturday afternoon in the Houston Ship Channel. Officials believe only one of the barge’s tanks — which holds 168,000 gallons — was breached, though Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Sam Danus said Sunday it wasn’t clear how much oil had spilled.

Crews were skimming oil out of the water Sunday and about six and half miles of containment booms were being used to protect environmentally sensitive areas, the Coast Guard said. The area is home to popular bird habitats, especially during the approaching migratory shorebird season. Danus said flights are planned later Sunday to assess whether wetlands or wildlife had been affected.

While the remaining oil in the damaged barge is removed Sunday, the mouth of Houston ship channel is closed to all ships in either direction. It’s not clear when it will reopen, Danus said. Twenty-seven vessels, including two cruise ships, are waiting to enter the channel from the Gulf of Mexico. Thirty-four vessels, including one cruise ship, are

Pizza and Politics delve into situation in Ukraine SETH RICHARDSON Daily Egyptian The Paul Simon’s Public Policy Institute’s Pizza and Politics series continues at 5 p.m Monday, with a discussion about Ukraine.

Associate Professors Stephen Bloom and Stephen Shulman are set to discuss the ongoing Ukrainian crisis and the international implications.

The two associate professors work in the political science department. Bloom specializes in the politics of ethnicity and nationalism in the former Soviet Union while Shulman teaches courses in international relations and ethnic policies.

Shulman’s area of specialization is Ukraine. He has visited Ukraine

18 times for research purposes, teaching and consulting, including teaching as a Fulbright Scholar at Tavrida National University in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea.

The crisis in Ukraine has worsened over the past month when Russia annexed the territory.

Ukraine still claims Crimea as part of its territory.

The U.S. placed sanctions against more than 20 Russian officials in response. Russia responded by placing sanctions on 10 U.S. leaders including Speaker of the House John Boehner and Sen. John McCain.

Anyone wishing to attend Pizza and Politics should RSVP by noon Monday to 618-453-4009 or rsvp@paulsimoninstitute.org.

waiting to leave Galveston Bay. Also closed is the Texas City dike, a popular fishing spot that extends into the Gulf nearly five miles.

Lee Rilat, 58, owns Lee’s Bait and Tackle, the last store before the access road to the dike, which was blocked by a police car Sunday. If it weren’t for the spill, Rilat’s business would be hopping.

“This would be the first spring deal, the first real weekend for fishing,” Rilat said. He says ships and barges have collided before, but this is the first time — at least this year — that one has sprung a leak. His wife, Brenda Rilat, said sea fog was hanging over the bay Saturday.

Rilat, who’s lived in the area most of his life, doesn’t think the spill is too big of a deal. “It’ll be fine. ... Mother Nature takes care of its own,” he said.

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Poshard said the clause was removed as he has served for eight and a half years of his initial fiveyear contract.

Dunn said while his clause is normal, he considers the reimbursement amount to be hefty.

“As I’ve looked at some of these contracts, I would say it’s on the high side,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s unfair.”

Cotton could not say if the reimbursement amount is average, as he has never seen a provision like this in a presidential contract.

The clause may be in the contract for numerous reasons, including for the cost of a new presidential search or for reputational damage to the institution, Dunn said.

He said it was strange his Youngstown State University contract did not require a payment clause like SIU’s. At Youngstown, Dunn’s

Question: More than thirty percent of students surveyed are dissatisfied with the current student tailgate experience. Which of the following changes would you like to see implemented?

A- New location, such as, closer to the stadium and alumni B- Longer tailgate hours, such as, all day rather than five hours prior C- More entertainment, such as, live music or TVs screening other games D- Re-establishment of the allowance of the ability to have keg beer in the tailgate section

The collision in the channel, which sits between Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, was still being investigated, the Coast Guard said.

Once the oil is removed from the damaged barge, it will be taken to a local shipyard to be assessed, Danus said.

The captain of the 585-foot ship, Summer Wind, reported the spill just after noon Saturday. Six crew members from the tow vessel, which was going from Texas City to Bolivar, were injured, the Coast Guard said.

Kirby Inland Marine, which owns the tow vessel and barge, is working with the Texas General Land Office and many other federal, state and nonprofit agencies to respond to the spill, The Coast Guard said. Tara Kilgore, an operations coordinator with Kirby Inland Marine, declined to comment Saturday.

contract had a 180-day free and clear clause, which allowed for leave as long as he provided a 180-day notice.

Dunn submitted his 180-day notice to leave YSU Feb. 17, making his earliest possible leave date Aug. 17, exactly one day before SIU’s 2014-2015 school year begins.

However, Youngstown released Dunn from his contract Friday.

Dunn said his Murray State University contract did not include this type of clause either.

He said the clause did not make him reconsider the position, as he plans to finish his career at SIU. “I’m not going to be looking at other jobs; I’m not thinking about one more move,” he said.

“It was easy for me to agree to that type of language because from my perspective, it’s never going to be put into effect.”

In accordance with board legislation, the board may terminate Dunn’s contract without cause.

If there is no prior termination,

Jim Suydam, spokesman for the Texas’ General Land Office, described the type of oil the barge was carrying as “sticky, gooey, thick, tarry stuff.”

“That stuff is terrible to have to clean up,” he said.

Richard Gibbons, the conservation director of the Houston Audubon Society, said there is important shorebird habitat on both sides of the ship channel. One is the Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary just to the east, which Gibbons said attracts 50,000 to 70,000 shorebirds to shallow mud flats that are perfect foraging habitat.

“The timing really couldn’t be much worse since we’re approaching the peak shorebird migration season,” Gibbons said. He added that tens of thousands of wintering birds remain in the area.

Dunn’s contract expires Feb. 16, 2018. However, the board can decide whether it wishes to renew or extend the agreement an additional four years before the termination date.

The contract states the board will reimburse reasonable moving expenses, not exceeding $13,000, for Dunn to relocate to southern Illinois. He and his wife Ronda have a purchase agreement for a house in the Orchard, a subdivision about five miles from campus.

“We’re still talking with the mover on exact dates, but I would hope that we’re able to have everything moved in some time right after Easter weekend,” Dunn said.

He said the April 16 and 17 board meetings will focus on a presidential transition plan.

“Any additional time that Randy can come early is going to serve him and the university well if we can really get him up to par before I leave,” Poshard said.

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Pilots’ mental health a concern amid jet mystery

DAVID KOENIG Associated Press D A L L A S — Reinforced doors with keypad entries. Body scanners and pat-downs. Elaborate crew maneuvers when a pilot has to use the restroom. All those tactics are designed to keep dangerous people out of the cockpit. But what if the pilot is the problem?

With no answers yet in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, investigators said they’re considering many options: hijacking, sabotage, terrorism or catastrophic equipment failure. Nobody knows if the pilots are heroes who tried to save a crippled airliner or if one collaborated with hijackers or was on a suicide mission.

Whatever the outcome, the

mystery has raised concerns about whether airlines and governments do enough to make sure that pilots are mentally fit to fly.

“One of the most dangerous things that can happen is the rogue captain,” said John Gadzinski, a Boeing 737 captain and aviationsafety consultant. “If you get somebody who — for whatever reason — turns cancerous and starts

going on their own agenda, it can be a really bad situation.”

Malaysia Airlines said this week that its pilots take psychological tests during the hiring process.

“We will obviously look into all these and see whether we can strengthen, tighten all the various entry requirements and examinations,” CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said. He did not

describe the tests.

Many U.S. airlines also perform mental health screenings when pilots and crew apply for jobs.

On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said the Russian flag was now flying over 189 military facilities in Crimea. It didn’t specify whether any Ukrainian military operations there remained under Ukrainian control.

WWII troop transport plane Ukraine says top commander held after base stormed will return to Normandy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press GENESEO, N.Y. — The next time the American military transport plane known as Whiskey 7 drops its paratroopers over Normandy, France, it will be for a commemoration instead of an invasion.

Seventy years after taking part in D-Day, the plane now housed at the National Warplane Museum in western New York is being prepared to recreate its role in the mission, when it dropped troops behind enemy lines under German fire.

At the invitation of the French government, the restored Douglas C-47 will fly in for 70th-anniversary festivities and again release paratroopers over the original jump zone at Sainte-Mere-Eglise.

“There are very few of these planes still flying, and this plane was very significant on D-Day,” said Erin Vitale, chairwoman of the Return to Normandy Project. “It dropped people that were some of the first into Sainte-Mere-Eglise and liberated that town.”

Museum officials say the twin-prop Whiskey 7, so named because of its W-7 squadron marking, is one of several C-47s scheduled to be part of the D-Day anniversary, with jumpers made up of active and retired military personnel.

But it is believed to be the only one flying from the United States.

The plane will fly to France by way of Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and Germany, each leg 5 ½ to 7 hours. Vitale compared it to trying to drive a 70-year-old car across the country without a breakdown. “It’s going to be a huge challenge.”

JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian air force commander is being held after his base in Crimea was stormed by pro-Russian forces, and the acting president called for his release Sunday.

Col. Yuliy Mamchur is the commander of the Belbek Air Force base near Sevastopol, which was taken over Saturday by forces who sent armored personnel carriers smashing through the base’s walls and fired shots and stun grenades. One Ukrainian serviceman was reported wounded in the clash.

It was unclear if the forces, who didn’t bear insignia, were Russian military or local proRussia militia.

Ukraine President Oleksandr Turchynov, in a statement, said Mamchur was “abducted” by

the forces. He didn’t specify where Mamchur is believed to be held.

However, prominent politician Vitali Klitschko said Sunday that Mamchur is being held by the Russian military in a jail in Sevastopol, the Crimean city that is the base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

Klitschko was one of the leaders of the three months of protests in Ukraine that culminated in late February with President Viktor Yanukovych fleeing the country and interim authorities taking power before a May 25 presidential election. The protests were triggered by Yanukovych’s decision to reject a deal for closer ties with the European Union and turn to Moscow instead.

Yanukovych’s ouster was denounced by Russia and much of Ukraine’s ethnic Russian population as a coup. Soon thereafter, Russian forces took control of Crimea and the region held a referendum to break off from Ukraine and join Russia.

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Monday, March 24, 2014

Praying to the gods

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Jim Engel, of Carbondale, prepares a horn of alcohol for members of the Southern Illinois Pagan Alliance as part of a pagan sabbath ritual Saturday at the Gaia House Interfaith Center. Engel has been a member of SIPA for five and a half years. He said he explores different religions to learn more about each one. Engel passed around the horn of alcohol for all group members to share goals they wanted to accomplish this year.

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The Supreme Court and Civil Rights on the 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY

Founding Dean & Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law Erwin Chemerinsky is one of the nation’s top experts in constitutional law, federal practice, civil rights and civil liberties, and appellate litigation. He frequently argues appellate cases, including matters before the U.S. Supreme Court, and regularly serves as a commentator on legal issues for national media.

He is the author of eight books and over 200 law review articles.

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Lottery tickets and long shots DAVID J. HAND Los Angeles Times We humans have a curious relationship with chance. We’re prepared to place bets that events with incredibly small probabilities will occur — such as the one in 259 million chance that a ticket will win the Mega Millions lottery.

Yet, we go about our everyday lives happily ignoring far larger probabilities — that we might get killed by a lightning strike, for example, which has a chance of about one in 3 million in the United States each year.

The great mathematician Emile Borel said that sufficiently improbable events never occur.

If he were right, then while we shouldn’t worry about being killed by lightning, we should certainly never play the Mega Millions lottery.

Of course, Borel didn’t mean that such things were actually impossible. What he really meant was that we should regard as impossible any event that had so small a probability that we were unlikely to see it in our lifetimes.

Like winning the lottery.

And yet ... And yet ... People do win lotteries. People do get struck by lightning. And even less probable events do occur, such as the same lottery numbers coming up in consecutive weeks and people winning the lottery twice.

(So unfair!)

If these events are so improbable that we won’t see them in our lifetime, so improbable that we should regard them as impossible, how is it that we see such things happening again and again?

The explanation lies in what I call “the improbability principle.” In brief, this says that extremely improbable events are

commonplace. That, in complete contrast to what Borel said, highly unlikely events keep happening, and indeed that they do so with an almost tedious regularity.

To resolve the apparent contradiction between Borel’s assertion and the improbability principle, we need to look at the bigger picture.

The improbability principle is composed of five basic laws, which combine with each other and then interact with human behavior, perceptions and understanding.

The five laws are the law of inevitability, the law of truly large numbers, the law of selection, the law of the probability lever and the law of near enough.

You may already be familiar with some of these laws.

For example, the law of inevitability says that if you predict that the outcome will be one of all the possible outcomes, you are certain to be right: You can predict that a thrown die will certainly show one of the numbers 1 to 6.

If this sounds simple, it is. But this basic idea has been taken and made profitable use of: in guaranteeing lottery wins (though not the Mega Millions), in stock picking and in other areas.

For the lottery wins, for example, all you have to do is contrive to buy all possible ticket combinations. In 1992 a group of people did exactly this for the Virginia state lottery.

Though it is indeed simple in theory, the practice may not be so straightforward.

After all, they had to buy some 7 million tickets in just a few days to guarantee holding the ticket with the jackpot numbers, an exercise that in fact proved too complicated — they managed to buy only 5 million.

Fortunately for them, after

much nail-biting searching, these 5 million were found to include the winning ticket.

But even then there are further risks. Just buying the winning ticket in a lottery doesn’t guarantee you’ll win it all; you may have to split a jackpot with another winner.

A second law, the law of truly large numbers, says that if you have enough opportunities then even the most improbable of events is likely to happen.

Given the number of poker hands dealt around the world each year, it would be nothing short of amazing if a royal flush didn’t come up occasionally. After all, the probability that a randomly dealt five cards is a royal flush is about 1 in 650,000 and there are far more poker games than that played around the world each year.

Those two laws are straightforward enough, but the other three are deeper, and can lead to some very surprising and often counterintuitive conclusions: That the best-scoring student is probably not the most able; that the long-term statistical average (according to a U.S. National Academies of Sciences report) works out to 91 people killed per year from meteorite strikes — and yet hardly any such deaths have been recorded throughout the whole of human history; and that positive test results of psychic powers never translate into anything that is practically useful.

The five laws of the improbability principle are powerful enough in themselves to produce extraordinarily unlikely events. But we must also factor in the human brain.

The brain has evolved to recognize patterns: that a particular shape and color of fruit is good to

eat, that a particular hissing sound means danger. These patterns are abstracted from the constant turmoil of events boiling around us. And often that abstraction has to be done quickly — or, for example, the snake will strike. So we have evolved heuristics, simple, quick rough approximations to condense the confusion into signals that can be acted on — Nobelist Daniel Kahneman’s “fast thinking.”

But such simple approximations come at a cost. We overestimate small probabilities, we selectively remember things that seemed interesting, we confuse the probability that a suspect is guilty given the evidence with the probability of this evidence given that they are guilty, we think that just because A happened after B then A must have been caused

by B, and we look back and curse ourselves for not seeing what is obvious only in hindsight.

When such heuristic failures in the way we think are coupled with the five laws of the improbability principle, then no wonder we fail to recognize that unlikely events will keep happening. No wonder we fail to see that highly improbable events are commonplace.

Given all this, it shouldn’t have surprised me when, on reading about my book, an author I didn’t know contacted me. John Ironmonger told me that his novel, “Coincidence,” was about to be published in the U.S. It is about a London-based professor who studied and wrote about coincidences, who was born on June 30 (my birthday); the female protagonist worked at the University of London, where my wife works.

It shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did.

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Sun rises high a third time at Hangar KYLE SUTTON Daily Egyptian When Chicago-based band IndigoSun took the Hangar 9 stage Friday night, the sky took on a different color.

The trio of Kyle Liss on keys/ synth/vocals, Steve Florian on drums and Mike Cantella on bass came together on stage to produce an uplifting message of love and dance, combining styles of funk, jazz and electronic music.

Florian said the band’s sound is difficult to describe because it encompasses a multitude of styles.

“We combine a lot of different sounds and a lot of different genres,” Florian said. “The core of it is kind of like electronic-dance funk. It’s got this funky soul but it’s also got the electronic production. The goal is to make you dance.”

“Over time, we have all sort of embraced our own influences to create a new sound,” Cantella said.

As the band took its place on stage, the crowd began to enter the building. The audience was instantly transformed into a part of the music as the instruments came together to produce a sensual, uplifting rhythm.

Liss’ auto-tuned vocals floated melodically above the audience,

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Mike Cantella, of Chicago based band IndigoSun, focuses on hand placement Friday during the band’s show at Hanger 9. “We combine a lot of different sounds and a lot of different genres,” fellow band member Steve Florian said. “The goal is to make you dance.” IndigoSun blends electronic dance, funk, soul and jazz to make their own unique sound, according to the band’s Facebook page. putting them in a trance until the urge to dance became entirely too much to bear.

This was the third time the band played at Hangar 9. Liss said the music

scene in Carbondale never disappoints.

“This place is awesome; the venue is beautiful,” Liss said. “We discovered that we had a fan base that we didn’t really know we had. There

his place is awesome; the venue is beautiful,” Liss said. “We discovered that we had a fan base that we didn’t really know we had. There is a really good vibe here, always.

— Kyle Liss of IndigoSun

is a really good vibe here, always.”

The band went through a shift in September when saxophonist Lucas Ellman departed. During his time with the band, Ellman split his time between playing and studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

“We were a trio for a long time because Lucas went to Berklee, so when he was in school, which was the bulk of the year, we would travel as a trio,” Liss said.

Liss said the band has no immediate plans to add another element, but have kept the possibility in mind.

“We’re considering a fourth, but for right now we are just experimenting,” he said. “To strip it back down has really forced Mike and I to step out a little more and that has been a lot of fun to explore.”

The band released a seven-track studio album, “A Love Song for the Human Race,” Feb. 7. “Love” follows the band on their exploration of hiphop and neo-soul. Liss said the album is meant to be an uplifting experience, with the ultimate goal being the unification of the mind with everything and everyone around listeners.

“We always strive to keep a very positive and uplifting message,” he said. “I am Buddhist, and Steve is as well, so for meditative experiences, there is a lot gained there that we try to bring music. There is a lot about unconditional love and about using the imagination to kind of see beyond the suffering we are seeing right now thus collectively creating a better world to inhabit.”

Florian said the band is working on another album to be released sometime this year. IndigoSun plans to take a few weeks off but will begin playing again in April. They’ll keep busy this summer, playing several festivals and a Colorado tour in early May. Kyle Sutton can be reached at ksutton@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @KyleSutton_DE or by phone at 536-3311 ext. 254.

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Monday, March 24, 2014

Burger’s film too ‘Divergent’ KARSTEN BURGSTAHLER

tIt seems counterintuitive to be upset when a movie encourages viewers to go their own way but doesn’t perfectly reflect its own source material.

And yet, “Divergent” (Rated PG13; 139 Min.) manages to lose the bite the book had by taking away its protagonist’s inner monologue. No amount of mind-created dogs she must face can replace that bark.

“Divergent” is the latest in a line of young-adult adaptations hoping to cash in on the mega-success of “The Hunger Games,” which was really an attempt to cash in the mega-success of “Harry Potter.”

Our heroine Tris (“The Descendants”’ Shailene Woodley) lives in a futuristic Chicago where all people have been divided into five factions based on a test they take at the end of their schooling.

The test requires them to complete tasks, including taking on the aforementioned dogs, in order to determine what quality they best exemplify. They can choose between abnegation (selflessness), dauntless (bravery), candor (honesty), erudite (intelligence) or amity (kindness).

But Tris doesn’t fall into one of these categories and is considered divergent. It’s quickly established that being divergent can get a person killed, simply because divergents cannot be controlled.

Veronica Roth’s 2011 novel is

written just like Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” novels, allowing readers into the head of the lead character as she tries to fit in in a world that constantly poses her danger. And when the film version of “Hunger Games” hit theaters many fans complained the movie lost the hero Katniss’ true emotions.

But the move from first-person to third-preson storytelling that plagues “Divergent” does so to a greater extent than it did the adaptations of Collins’ books. In the book, Tris struggles with her move from selflessness to accepting that, as a human being, she’s selfish.

She gets satisfaction out of seeing someone else hurt and wrestles with her pleasure.

The problem lies with what moments, and what lines of dialogue, have been cut from the film version.

Two screenwriters, Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor, worked on the adaptation with consultation from Roth, and the few risks they take with the material don’t pay off.

The book stands above its brethren through its historical allegories, none of which have been lost here. But their biggest mistake is giving viewers more closure than what was provided in the book’s third act — the book ends on a decidedly downbeat note, while the movie answers questions to create a more self-contained experience. It’s as if the studio was worried the franchise wouldn’t take off so they put an escape pod in the closing minutes.

Woodley puts off a vibe closer to Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss than

Kristen Stewart’s Bella, but that could be because the source material gives her more to work with. She still seems generic, a cog in the storytelling machine never given the chance to rise above her castmates, many of whom have seen their roles from the books diminished to mere cameos. Woodley has given better performances than this; her Golden Globe-nominated role in “The Descendants” is proof of her ability to give a stunning performance.

Woodley has actually expressed her desire to go back to indie films once the trilogy is over. Her resume shows a tendency to choose smaller films, and that’s where she shines.

“Divergent” doesn’t muster the same A-list cast Lionsgate was able to assemble for “The Hunger Games,” but director Neil Burger get serviceable performances from his supporting cast, including Tony Goldwyn and Ashley Judd as Tris’ parents. As the evil Jeanine, Kate Winslet has fun with a role the screenwriters expanded from the book. But her character now resembles a more traditional villain than the scheming, scathing antagonist she was in the book.

Fans of the book won’t be disappointed in “Divergent,” but newcomers likely won’t understand what the buzz is about. As soon as the movie lost Tris’ inner turmoil it became too divergent for its own good.

Karsten Burgstahler can be reached at kburgstahler@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @kburgstahler_DE or by phone at 536-3311 ext. 254

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Women’s tennis opens conference play Wednesday TYLER DAVIS Daily Egyptian Wichita State dominates the Missouri Valley Conference in high profile sports such as basketball and baseball, but the Shockers’ success spans nearly all athletics, including tennis.

SIU women’s tennis has been competitive with WSU and in seven years under coach Audra Anderson, finished lower than fifth in conference and had back-to-back runner-up finishes.

The Salukis are 10-4 heading into conference play this week and won 10 straight matches until last week’s loss to No. 52 University of Illinois. Anderson said she doesn’t believe the loss will hurt her team going into conference.

“I think we have enough wins to give us confidence,” Anderson said. “The combination of wins and doing well against good teams will put you in a better position.”

The MVC has a nationally ranked team of its own in Wichita State, ranked 44 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. WSU, the

defending MVC Champion, has an impressive 5-4 record against ranked teams.

The Shockers don’t start conference play until April but could be the favorites. Anderson said Wichita State will be tough but Drake University also has a contending team.

Drake University was ranked No. 72 this season and plays its conference opener against the University of Northern Iowa Sunday.

MVC play starts Wednesday with a matchup between Bradley University and Illinois State University in Bloomington.

The Braves were winless in conference play last year and have had a rough 2014. They have had a six-match losing streak this season and have just three wins.

Illinois State is 7-3 in their last 10 matches and has had a better start this spring. They finished third in conference in 2013.

SIU and Evansville also play Wednesday.

Evansville, an annual cellar-dweller in the MVC, is playing well as of late and Anderson said SIU can’t take the Purple Aces for granted.

“You’ve got to watch out for them because I

know they haven’t done well early on but they have been playing better,” Anderson said.

SIU will count on senior Anita Lee to ensure success. Lee said SIU is a young team but will be ready to compete in conference.

“Before the season we really didn’t have too many expectations,” Lee said. “Now, our team is getting a lot better and I think we can take home some titles.”

Freshman Meagan Monaghan is one of those young players. Playing No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles, a lot is expected out of her and she has posted a winning record in both flights so far this season.

Monaghan said there is added pressure in conference matches because this is her first year but she still has high expectations.

“In a regular match it isn’t like, ‘Oh, you’ll see these people again,’ so that adds pressure to it,” Monaghan said. “I would really like to be the Freshman of the MVC, so that’s my expectation.”

Drake (9-3) has the highest winning percentage in the MVC. SIU (10-4) is just behind and WSU (11-5) trails in third. UNI

(9-6), after a seventh place finish last season, is in fourth and ISU (7-4) is fifth. Evansville and Bradley are each 3-8.

SIU went 6-1 in regular season conference matches last year, beating every team but WSU. The Salukis lost to the Shockers in the MVC Championships as well.

Anderson said winning a team title is the goal but having players named to the All-MVC team is another accomplishment the players strive for.

“We haven’t had an all-conference in a couple years and I think it’s a little bit tougher because it’s an evaluation of the whole season so you have to be consistent,” Anderson said.

“That’s what they’re gearing for and they know where they’ve got to be.”

First serve for SIU versus Evansville is 2 p.m. Wednesday at University courts, weather permitting.

Tyler Davis can be reached at tdavis@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @TDavis_DE or 536-3311 ext. 269

Wichita State’s unbeaten run ends with 78-76 loss to Kentucky PAUL SUELLENTROP The Witchita Eagle Wichita State’s history-making season ended at the hands of one of college basketball’s most historic programs.

That is probably no consolation.

The end came abruptly, as they always seem to in March, when a five-point lead disappeared.

Eighth-seeded Kentucky defeated the top-seeded Shockers 78-76, stopping the greatest win streak in college basketball history.

Kentucky, 26-10, made 15 of 19 free throws in the second half.

Julius Randle made two with 22.5 seconds to play for a 77-74 lead.

After Wichita State’s Ron Baker missed a guarded three, Cleanthony Early rebounded and drew a foul.

His free throws, with 9.8 seconds to play, made it 77-76. Kentucky’s Andrew Harrison made one free throw and missed the second with

7.2 seconds to play.

Wichita State called timeout at halfcourt with three seconds remaining. Guard Fred VanVleet took the inbound pass and dribbled clear for a three, which hit hard off the heel of the rim and bounced away, ending Wichita State’s season with a 35-1 record.

Early led all scorers with 31 points. Baker added 20 for the Shockers. Andrew Harrison led Kentucky with 20 points, and twin brother Aaron added 19.

The game seemed more fitting for a Final Four matchup. Instead, Wichita State heads home and the Wildcats advance to the Sweet 16. The Shockers led 69-64 on Early’s three with under five minutes to play. Kentucky ended the game on a 14-7 run.

The Wildcats played with more intensity in the second half and quickly cut Wichita State’s ninepoint lead to one on a three-point

play by Randle. A layup by Alex Poythress briefly gave the Wildcats a lead. A three by Aaron Harrison regained it 48-46.

Randle, after resting a few minutes, completed a three-point play with 11:38 to play for a 53-49 lead. Nick Wiggins started a charge by the Shockers with a three from the wing. A basket by Chadrack Lufile brought Wichita State within 55-54. After a Wildcats miss, Early’s layup gave Wichita State 56-55 lead. He sprinted past defenders again for a layup and a 58-55 lead, prompting a Kentucky timeout with 8:54 to play.

Wichita State made three threes two by Early to turn a 60-all tie into a 69-64 lead.

The Wildcats scored their next four points at the foul line. They took a 70-69 lead on James Young’s basket. Early responded with a long jumper, giving him 29 points,

to restore a one-point lead. Young came through again, making a three over the Wichita State zone for a 73-71 lead.

Tekele Cotton’s three bounced out.

Kentucky made seven of its first 11 shots to lead 16-13. The Wildcats led 19-15 on Andrew Harrison’s three-pointer.

Cotton responded with a three to start a run that gave the Shockers control of the first half. His steal and free throws put Wichita State up 20-19 with 9:53 to play. Kentucky’s Andrew Harrison, playing with an injured right elbow, dribbled the ball across his body in front of VanVleet, who poked it away. VanVleet grabbed the loose ball and fed Darius Carter for a dunk and a 22-19 lead.

Ron Baker’s layup gave Wichita State a 28-23 lead and Early’s basket forced a Kentucky timeout

with 5:12 to play. After another Kentucky turnover, VanVleet made two free throws with 4:37 to play for a 32-23 lead.

Kentucky made a push to grab momentum before halftime with a 6-2 run. Early shut that down with a show-stopping dunk over 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein. VanVleet — again — started the play with a steal. His bounce pass led Early to the basket for swooping onehanded dunk. His free throw made it 37-28 with 46.2 seconds to play.

The Shockers led 37-31 at halftime after making 13 of 24 shots and 8 of 9 free throws. Early scored 10 points in the half. Kentucky made 13 of 24 shots, but took only three free throws. The Shockers stayed out of foul trouble, with Darius Carter and Evan Wessel the only players with two.

James Young led Kentucky with eight first-half points.

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Zhang puts Salukis on national scoreboard AARON GRAFF Daily Egyptian Sophomore diver Sherry Zhang was roughly 700 miles away from her teammates this weekend, but received all of their support.

Zhang qualified for the national tournament in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives at NCAA Zone Diving in mid-March and was the only representative of SIU’s swimming and diving team at the national tournament in Minneapolis, Minn. She earned All-American honors in both events.

She was the Missouri Valley Conference diver of the year after winning the 1-meter and 3-meter dives in the conference tournament.

Zhang was the MVC diver of the week four times this season and an MVC scholar-athlete of the week.

“I’m honored to represent our school in this big meet,” Zhang said.

Zhang finished the 1-meter dive in 12th place Thursday. While this was good for All-American honors, it isn’t her best event.

Diving coach Joy Zhao said the 1-meter board is better fitted for divers with more body weight. Zhang is five-feet tall and only weighs 80 pounds.

Zhang competed in the 3-meter dive Friday and was in the lead after the preliminaries. She

finished in third place with a score of 385.20 and earned All-American honors again.

Coach Rick Walker said Zhang’s success could help the recruiting process in the future.

“It means the world to the program,” Walker said. “It’s an SIU athlete making the championships. It’s huge, there are a lot of programs that don’t get there.”

Zhao said Zhang was nervous before the meet; she had junior diver Kegan Skelton and senior diver Brittany Weigel talk to Zhang to calm her down.

“Coach (Zhao) actually texted me and said, ‘Can you please talk to Sherry? She’s very nervous and she wants you to kind of comfort her’,” Weigel said.

This was the first time Zhang competed in the national tournament.

“She doesn’t have many big meets like this,” Skelton said. “This (was) her first time experiencing a very big meet without her teammates; she just has (Zhao).”

Weigel said she watched all of Zhang’s dives with several of the Saluki swimmers, who asked her if each dive was good or bad.

“I was the only diver watching here,” Weigel said. “It makes it kind of hard when you’re the only diver and not everyone really understands it.”

Weigel said she helped calm Zhang down, but had to hide her own nerves.

“I was more nervous than she was to compete,” Weigel said. “I know she probably felt a lot of pressure from prelims just because she dove so well and was seeded in first.”

Zhang had no teammates with her, but there was another member of the MVC diving against her and cheering her on. Illinois State University’s Wenting Zhang has been Sherry’s friend since they grew up in China.

Wenting Zhang finished the 3-meter dive in sixth place with a score of 363.90.

“This will draw an awful a lot of attention in the conference from divers that otherwise would have never looked at our conference and haven’t,” Walker said.

Zhang said she didn’t feel alone because her teammates, former teammates and Wenting Zhang were all cheering her on.

“I feel I have the best teammates in the world,” Zhang said.

Zhang was the first Saluki diver to qualify for the NCAA tournament since Rob Siracusano in 1994. Siracusano was a seven-time AllAmerican.

Walker has been the coach for 27 years and said it would not be fair to either Zhang or Siracusano to compare them. Walker said the diving technology has changed a lot during the last 20 years and it’s too hard to

assess the situation.

Diving is a subjective sport and Zhao said she wasn’t judging in her head and doesn’t know where she would rank Zhang.

“I’m very happy I wasn’t judging,” Zhao said.

Zhao said Zhang wanted to do better, but was probably nervous since it was her first time at the national tournament, and she would probably do better with more experience.

“I’m very happy and very proud of her,” Zhao said.

Skelton said he was impressed with Zhang doing so well as a sophomore.

“She’s a 23-year-old from China who is only a sophomore at SIU,” Skelton said. “It’s mind blowing to me. She still has two more years to do this again.”

Zhang said she appreciated all her teammates’ support and agreed she can do better the next two seasons.

“I still feel I have a lot of potential to prove in the future,” Zhang said. “This is my first time at the national meet. Now I have the experience, I believe I can do better the next two years.”

Aaron Graff can be contacted at Agraff@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @Aarongraff_DE or 536-3311 ext. 269

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Salukis steal series from Purdue

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Senior shortstop Jake Welch became the first Saluki to hit a home run at Itchy Jones Stadium on Sunday.

The Salukis (13-9) hosted Purdue University (3-16) to a weekend series. SIU lost Friday 3-2, but won Saturday 5-4 and Sunday 4-0 to claim the series.

Junior Sam Coonrod started Friday and did not allow a run in six innings. The Salukis took a 1-0 first inning lead, which started from a Welch double.

Freshman Chad Whitmer relieved Coonrod in the seventh and gave up a two-run home run to give Purdue a 2-1 lead.

The Salukis tied the game at two in the eighth inning, but senior Derek Fogel gave up a run in the ninth for a 3-2 Purdue victory.

Senior Todd Eaton started Saturday and has given up 10 first inning runs in only six games. Saturday, he only needed six pitches to get out of the first and he did not allow a run. Eaton forced a double play and coach Ken Henderson said that helped Eaton going forward.

“His teammates went crazy,” Henderson said.

“Once he got those two outs, he got on a roll and he did a great job.”

Eaton threw 107 pitches in 7.2 innings. Senior Tyler Dray relieved him in a 4-4 ballgame. Dray is typically a closer, but he threw 3.1 hitless innings before freshman Kyle Pauly came in, Pauly did not allow a run in four innings.

Senior Lee Weld pitched a perfect 16th inning for SIU, which kept the game tied.

“We love this stuff,” Weld said. “We love when it’s a close game going in and keeping it where it’s at.”

The Salukis finally scored in the bottom of the 16th, which gave them a 5-4 win. Senior Ryan Rosthenhausler batted with the bases loaded and one out, and hit a single over the second baseman to score senior Matt Jones. Rosthenhausler said Welch was due up after him and he helped inspire him to drive in the game winner.

“I was in the same situation last year,” Rosthenhausler said. “I told (Welch) he wasn’t getting an at bat because I was going to win the game for us. … He asked me what I told him last year so I said, ‘Sorry, you’re not getting

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Senior Donny Duschinsky prepares for his at bat during the Salukis’ 5-4 win against Purdue Saturday at Itchy Jones Stadium. The Salukis won on a walk-off in the 16th inning. SIU (13-9) will play at Murray State University Tuesday. another at bat.’”

Weld earned his second win of the season and his second of the week after beating Eastern Illinois University Tuesday.

“A lot of guys around here are calling me ‘The Snake’,” Weld said. “I’ve thrown like 10 total pitches in the last two wins.”

Junior Aaron Hauge started the rubber match for the Salukis and threw five shutout innings and recorded five strikeouts. His record improved to 3-1. Hauge threw 96 pitches last weekend, and Henderson said he wasn’t sure how long he’d throw Sunday.

“We didn’t even know if (Hauge) was going to

throw (Sunday),” Henderson said. “It was 50-50 he had a little bit of tenderness in the chest area.”

Hauge threw 76 pitches before being taken out in a 1-0 ballgame. He went to the clubhouse with the trainer and missed most of the excitement.

Freshman pitcher Austin McPheron only recorded one out and loaded the bases. Senior Matt Murphy was called on to relieve him and only needed two pitches to get a double play groundball to end the inning.

Senior Jake Welch hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth, the first of the season, which gave the Salukis a 3-0 lead.

“I’ve gotten in the habit of taking the first pitch

fastball,” Welch said. “Our coaches talked to me and said, ‘If they’re throwing you a first pitch fastball, take advantage of it more often’.”

Hauge said he was still with the trainer but his teammates gave him all the news when he got back to the dugout.

“I was in the clubhouse when he hit his home run,” Hauge said. “I heard it was a pretty good shot and it definitely helped us out getting it 3-0 instead of 1-0, it’s a whole different ballgame.”

The Salukis scored one more run in the eighth to win 4-0 and the series 2-1.

The Salukis play at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Murray State University.

Dawgs dominate Drake to turn season around TONY MCDANIEL Daily Egyptian SIU scored 20 runs in three games at Charlotte West Stadium to begin to turn their season around.

The Salukis came into the three-game series with a 10-12 record while Drake entered the weekend underachieving with 16 losses and just six wins.

In game one, SIU was able to set the tone for the rest of the weekend with its first of three dominating performances. The Salukis defeated the Bulldogs with just three runs, all of which were scored in the top of the third inning.

The Dawgs were able to make up for their lack of scoring with a stellar performance from their starting pitcher.

Junior Katie Bertelsen led the Salukis with her arm in game one. Bertelsen went the distance for the Salukis while only giving up four hits to the

Bulldog lineup.

Coach Kerri Blaylock said her upperclassman has been pitching lights out as of late.

“Katie has thrown back to back two of the best games she’s thrown as a Saluki,” Blaylock said.

“She’s just throwing the ball well, she’s throwing to both sides of the plate and mixing speeds. She’s doing everything she’s supposed to.”

In game two, SIU’s pitching and defense were enough to see them through to its second straight win.

Freshman Shaye Harre started the game for the Salukis but gave up three runs on six hits in one inning of work before being swapped for senior pitcher and first baseman Taylor Orsburn.

In the top of the third inning, SIU scored two runs when senior Kelsea Ashton hit a two-RBI single to put the Salukis on top 4-3. SIU was able to score two runs over the next three innings to

Men’s Tennis:

SIU 7 Vincennes University 0

seal the win 6-3.

Orsburn pitched six innings in the win for the Dawgs and allowed three hits. She finished with three strikeouts and no walks to clinch her first ever collegiate win. Blaylock said Orsburn has worked hard to get to where she is as a pitcher.

“Taylor Orsburn is just gutsy.” Blaylock said.

“For her to go in at a reliever role and do what she’s done has been special.”

Game three featured an offensive explosion from the Dawgs. Drake opened the scoring in the first inning when Hayley Nybo hit a ball to left field that scored Megan Sowa from second base.

After giving up the early run, Bertelsen, the Saluki starter settled down in the circle to allow the bats to take over the game.

SIU tied the game in the second inning when Junior Kalyn Harker hit an RBI triple to left field that sent junior Kara Kimball to even the score.

The Salukis scored runs in each remaining inning to win the final game 11-3.

Senior second baseman Jayna Spivey stood out for the Dawgs during the weekend. Spivey had four RBI’s in the three-game series to bring her within two of the Saluki record. Spivey’s 131 career RBI’s put her just one behind current alltime leaders Alicia Garcia and Jamie Schuttek.

Spivey said despite being on the verge of making history, her focus still sits on the goals her team set instead of her personal achievements.

“I’m more interested in what we’re doing in conference right now,” Spivey said. “I’ll worry about [records] whenever I’m a few years gone from here.”

SIU will look to improve on its 13-12 record when it heads to Saint Louis University Wednesday for a mid-week doubleheader against the Billikens.

Women’s Tennis:

SIU 1 University of Illinois 6