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LUKE NOZICKA Daily Egyptian USG approved three new Registered Student Organizations and allocated eight RSO’s which amounted to more than $14,800 at the government’s Tuesday night meeting.

Treasurer Cameron Shulak said USG has more than $17,000 left in the student organization activity fee account, along with an additional $9,000 for emergency.

The Senate was to negotiate umbrella organizations fiscal year 2015 operational allocations requests, but because of a late submission from the Engineering Student Council, USG floored discussion about the operational allocations.

Shulak and Sen. Chris Wheetley, both of whom are running for the USG president seat, went head to head in a heated debate about the late allocation submission.

“Can’t you tell it’s campaign season?” President Adrian Miller said. “There are nearly 30 people in this senate and I’ve heard from three.”

The Engineering Student Council requested $6,000 for programming. The debate was to either amend the bill or table it, and ended with the decision to discuss it in the future.

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Sarah Barker, right, of Carbondale, and Rita Pearce, left, of Marion, help Joyce Deutsch with her makeup Monday before a dress rehearsal of“Other Desert Cities” at Varsity Center for the Arts in Carbondale. Deutsch, of Carbondale and transcript evaluator at SIU Transfer Student Services, plays Aunt Silda in the production, which is her first role with The Stage Company.“I saw an advertisement that the director was looking for a woman in her sixties, which I thought was very rare,” Deutsch said.“I used to do drama as a child, so I thought it would be a very big thing for me to come to an audition.”The performance will open Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Varsity Center for the Arts.

Campaigns begin for student trustee election The SIU Board of Trustee student trustee election takes place April 9 and 10 on D2L. The student trustee campaign has USG President Adrian Miller facing USG Sen. Kane Hudson. An hour-long debate will be held. April 8 in the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at 6 p.m. between the two candidates. The trustees’ term begins in June when current Student Trustee Jesse Cler’s term expires.

LUKE NOZICKA Daily Egyptian Adrian Miller, a junior studying political science from Carbondale, is running for the open student trustee seat on the SIU Board of Trustees.

Miller said he is running because he

believes he can truly represent students and advocate the student body on important issues and topics. Miller is president of the Undergraduate Student Government and previously served as a senator for two years.

Miller said as president, he passed the largest finance reform and an election bylaw reform.

He is managing changes and improvements to the USG constitutional amendments.

“We’ve had a lot of success in USG the last year. I think that’s a tribute to the great team I’ve had,” he said. “But as president, I have been able to oversee a lot of that success.”

Miller said he matured as a leader and is ready to move on from his current position and will make student representation present as a member of the board.

“I believe I’ve grown as much as I could and I have done as much as I could as president for the year and it’s time for me to move on,” he said. “It’s time for me to serve in another capacity, and I believe that capacity is to serve as student trustee.”

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SARAH NIEBRUGGE Daily Egyptian With a year of legislative work under his belt, Kane Hudson wants to continue his success in Undergraduate Student Government as a trustee in the fall.

Hudson, a freshman from Peoria studying engineering, will announce his candidacy for USG trustee Wednesday.

He said he feels his first year as senator in USG opened up many opportunities and made communicating with students and faculty much easier.

One of the biggest experiences Hudson said would help him is the communication skill he gained in his senator position.

“I would like to investigate and try to create more of a sense of community within the university,” he said. “Because right now, as many people explained earlier, we are a diverse campus, but yet we are still separate.”

Self-segregation is a problem on our campus and not enough is done to address it, Hudson said.

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He said the best way to address this problem is to hold seminars, ask questions, dissect students’ problems and hold interviews to provide students with answers to create more understanding and interest in their university.

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GPSC Calls for ACA Compliant Plan

SARAH NIEBRUGGE Daily Egyptian The Affordable Care Act took center stage at the Graduate Professional Student Council meeting Tuesday night as members decided whether they wanted the university to opt in to a fully compliant plan.

The ACA, commonly known as “Obamacare,” took effect April 1 and was created to expand health coverage across the nation. Matt Ryg, vice president of administrative affairs, said the university is using minimal compliance to adhere to the law.

“It’s come in the time in the school year, this meeting and next, to voice

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The Senate will debate the other five proposed umbrella organizations operational allocations next meeting in two weeks.

Hispanic Student Council is requesting $13,500, divided into $8,000 for programming, $4,000 for stipends, $1,000 for advertising and $500 for office supplies.

The Black Affairs Council is asking for $19,815, divided into $10,000 for programming, $5,440 for secretarial wages, $3,000 for stipends and $1,375 for stipends.

The Inter-Greek Council is hoping USG will allocate $24,500, divided into $22,000 for programming, $1,000 for advertising, $1,000 for stipends and $500 for office supplies.

WIDB is requesting $10,491.15, divided into $3,693 for engineering, $3,000 for stipends, $2,936.15 for administration and $862 for advertising.

The International Student Council is hopeful to be allocated $26,830, divided into $15,000 for programming, $5,780 for secretarial wages, $5,100 for

our opinion about what kind of health insurance we want as a student body,” Ryg said. “Do we want a student insurance plan that is fully compliant with the Affordable Care Act or do we want to leave alone our minimally compliant plan?”

The council agreed they wanted the students to have a fully ACA compliant plan and voted unanimously to propose a resolution to be voted on at the next meeting.

If the resolution passes, it will be presented to the Board of Trustees at the April 17 meeting.

The ACA also came into the spotlight during the nomination process for next year’s members.

John Stewart, vice president of graduate affairs, was unable to accept a nomination for a second term because of what he calls the “75 percent rule.”

Stewart said the rule states because a graduate assistant can only work 75 percent of a full-time workweek, or 30 hours, accepting the nomination would put him above the limit, making him unable to continue his assistantship.

Stewart said he was unsatisfied with being unable to run and it hindered the democratic process.

“It does stifle representation because … someone tried to nominate me, and I understand that I’m just one person,” he said.

stipends and $950 for office expenses.

The Senate approved the National Society of Leadership and Success, the SIU Billiards Club and the Clinical Center Counselors as RSO’s, along with many funding requests.

USG allocated the Beautify Southern Illinois Student Alliance’s request of $219.51, divided into $69.67 for work supplies and $149.84 for food and supplies for volunteers.

Iota Phi Theta requested $1,500 for a speaker honorarium, which was approved as well.

Sigma Lambda Beta requested $4,050, for a speaker honorarium, a band, catering and a venue along with related expenses. USG approved the bill.

The Senate repurposed $4,000 of Chi Alpha’s unused funds towards a Student Easter Service, $2,900 for a pastor, $800 for audio equipment rental and $300 for ballroom rental.

USG approved Phi Beta Sigma requested $1,920, divided into $1,300 for a bus rental and $620 for equipment rental.

The Senate allocated Speaking and Teaching $3,348, divided into and $2,500 for honorariums, $500 for marketing and $348 for room rental.

Southern Illinois Steampunk Society requested $925, which USG allocated.

The Hispanic Business Association requested $777, divided into $500 for catering, $227 for venue and related expenses and $50 for advertising, which was approved by the Senate.

Brad Dillard, associate director of facilities and a member of the smoke free implementation committee, spoke and said he hopes USG will support the smoking free policy. The policy will ban smoking cigarettes and E-Cigarettes on campus.

Dillard said this policy has become common practice at many universities including the University of Illinois, which went completely smoke free Jan. 1.

The Senate approved Naomi Tolbert as a senator to represent the College of Liberal Arts and Dexavier Lengham as a senator to represent the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts.

Sen. Desmon Walker said he and other senators would attend SIU Lobby Dayw Wednesday in Springfield.

New constitution changes will be voted on at the next meeting, one of two more meetings of the semester.

“However, down the line, the majority of us in here have some sort of assistantship, and it does stifle representation because the individual being nominated can not take the nomination without compromising or coming between the two jobs.”

He said he brought up the issue with the administration multiple times, but to no avail.

However, nominees were selected without Stewart on the ballot.

Patrick Hunn, Matt Ryg, Amanda Barnard and Ryan Ceresola were nominated for president. Barnard, Ceresola and Jenn Roche were nominated for vice president of administrative affairs. Ceresola,

Barnard, Mike Levy and Andrew Gillespie were nominated for vice president of graduate affairs.

The potential name change of Undergraduate Student Government to Student Government Association was not on the agenda, but drew some criticism from members.

President Blaine Tisdale said while changing its name would not be a bad idea, the name Student Government Association could confuse graduate students as to which council to go to with concerns since it does not identify itself as for undergraduates.

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Hanging with the kids

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Katy Burns, left, director of Kids Korner, Emma Raymond, 7, and Madeline Prideaux, 11, sit and talk Tuesday during the after school program at Lenus Turley Park. Burns said a lot of parents are still working when kids get out of school and need their children to be looked after and they work to get them outdoors and bonding with one another. “At Kids Korner, we try to teach everyone it is okay to be unique in their own way,” Burns said.

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Palestinians resume bid for further UN recognition KARIN LAUB MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — In a surprise move which could derail U.S. peace efforts, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on Tuesday, resumed a campaign for further international recognition of a state of Palestine, despite a previous promise to suspend such efforts during nine months of negotiations with Israel.

Shortly after Abbas’ announcement, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry canceled plans to return to the Middle East on Wednesday, but also said it’s “completely premature” to write off

the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks he restarted in late July.

“We are continuing, even now ... to be engaged with both parties,” Kerry told a news conference in Brussels, where he was attending a meeting of NATO foreign ministers.

“We urge both sides to show restraint while we work with them.”

There was no immediate Israeli comment.

However, Abbas’ decision threw into doubt Israeli claims of a deal which was emerging and would have extended Israel-Palestinian talks beyond an April 29 deadline and included the release of Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of spying on the U.S. for Israel in the 1980s.

It remained unclear whether

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Miller was also appointed for a oneyear term on the Illinois Board of Higher Education. He said with all his experience he is ready for the trustee position.

“On day one I can work with the other trustees and start making ground on student issues—advocating for students on the Carbondale campus,” he said.

Miller’s terms as USG president and as an IBHE board member end in May. “Really, I’m running as the candidate with experience, the candidate who can make real change,” he said.

The student body will elect the SIU representative next week. Both student

Abbas’ dramatic announcement was a negotiating tactic or signaled a fundamental shift in strategy.

In a hastily convened ceremony televised live from his West Bank headquarters, Abbas signed applications for Palestinians to join to 15 international treaties and conventions.

Abbas said he was compelled to act because Israel had failed to carry out a promised release of Palestinian prisoners by the end of March.

At the same time, Abbas said he is not seeking a confrontation with the United States and remains determined to “reach a peaceful solution through negotiations” with Israel. A senior aide, Nabil Abu Rdeneh, later urged the international

representatives from the Carbondale and Edwardsville campus will serve on the board, but Gov. Pat Quinn will appoint one to have the actual student vote. The other representative will hold a symbolic vote on the board.

Miller said he hopes Carbondale gets the vote this year, as SIU-Edwardsville has received the vote the previous two years.

“It will be interesting to see because I don’t know if SIU has ever had a student trustee that served on the Illinois Board of Higher Education and had knowledge of how the system works,” Miller said.

Luke Nozicka can be reached at lnozicka@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @lukenozicka, or 536-3311 ext. 268.

community to pressure Israel to release the prisoners, indicating the Palestinians might reverse course if their demand is met.

Still, Abbas’ surprise decision signaled a new crisis in Kerry’s troubled peace efforts.

Kerry had nudged Israelis and Palestinians back to the table in July, after a five-year break in negotiations, and got them to commit to nine months of negotiations, until April 29. The target was to reach a framework deal on the terms of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

As part of the resumption of talks, Abbas had promised to suspend efforts to seek further international recognition of a state of Palestine for

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“Not one person has the complete solution to the problem,” Hudson said. “It’s just many different people have different parts of a solution.”

One of the major points Hudson said is of great importance to the university, is the problem of increasing fees and tuition. He said these rising costs are causing students to lose their college education.

“I had one friend, he was talking to me last semester, complaining about how he didn’t know whether or not he could afford to attend this college next semester,” he said. “This semester, he’s not here.”

Hudson said although it is necessary to increase some fees, many frivolous fees are negatively affecting students and making it difficult to maintain their ability to stay enrolled.

nine months.

A major nod from the U.N. came in November 2012, when the General Assembly voted by an overwhelming majority to accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem — lands Israel occupied in 1967 — as a nonmember observer, overriding Israeli and U.S. objections.

Palestinian officials have said that vote paved the way for Palestine to join 63 international institutions, conventions and treaties. A Palestine Liberation Organization statement quoted Abbas as saying Tuesday that the 15 letters he signed were for conventions and treaties that can be joined immediately.

“As a student trustee, I can’t stop all fees increases,” he said. “But I can stop small ones, the ones that aren’t as necessary.”

Hudson said some of the needless fees go into funding random projects that do not necessarily need to be taken care of right away. Eliminating some of these fees could slow down the rising tuition.

With elections coming soon for the fall semester, Hudson said he has high hopes for the next year and would like to continue to be a part of the student’s voice by becoming the next trustee.

“I hope the election goes well, and the students’ voices are heard,” hew said.

Sarah Niebrugge can be reached at sniebrugge@dailyegyptian.com, o n Twitter at @SNiebrugge_DE or

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Cities in pension straits Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan for fixing part of the nation’s worst municipal pension crisis is now in the hands of state lawmakers — and it’s likely just the first of many from cities across the state seeking legislative help for their employee retirement funds.

The Democratic mayor’s proposal comes just months after the General Assembly finally tackled a plan — challenged in court — to deal with its own $100 billion pension problem. But Emanuel hasn’t yet addressed shortfalls in the city’s fire and police pension programs, a problem that nearly every large city in Illinois faces.

Chicago has the worst-funded public pension system of any major U.S. city, a distinction that could threaten its attempts to position itself as a modern transportation hub and a place for high-tech development.

Emanuel announced he had reached a deal with several municipal and laborers unions to cut in half a $19.5 billion pension debt over 40 years in accounts that cover more than 50,000 employees and retirees.

The agreement would raise property taxes by $250 million over five years, require higher contributions from employees and reduce the annual benefits retirees receive.

Less than a year from facing the voters for re-election, Emanuel’s plan is politically risky.

“Voters did not elect me to think

about my political future,” Emanuel said in a statement Tuesday. “They elected me to think about Chicago’s future.”

He suggested the effort with the unions could be a template for solving $10 billion in police and fire shortfalls, but didn’t suggest specifics, including how the city can meet a required $600 million balloon payment to police and fire funds next year.

And despite Emanuel’s claim of widespread union support, a coalition of labor groups representing firefighters, police officers, teachers, nurses and other city workers called We Are One Chicago all but promised a lawsuit if lawmakers OK the plan. A similar group has filed a lawsuit over the state plan.

In Springfield, Republicans were noncommittal, saying they wanted to see the details and who would have to pay for the plan before they signed on.

Democrats, who control supermajorities in both legislative chambers, already begun drafting language for the necessary bills in the House.

Other cities wrestling with their own pension shortfalls are watching.

“Chicago drives things throughout the state and it also gets the majority of funding from Springfield and Washington, D.C.,” Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis said. “A healthy Chicago means more scraps for the Peorias, Rockfords, Danvilles of the state.”

Rep. Elaine Nekritz, a Northbrook Democrat and House leader on pension issues, predicted lawmakers would deal with the current Emanuel plan by itself, but that when it comes to police and fire funds, Chicago and

the state’s other large cities will be coming to Springfield for help.

Aurora, the state’s second-largest city, is among municipalities struggling with police and fire obligations, including state financial penalties to take effect in 2016 for cities that do not make sufficient contributions to those pension accounts. That amounts to an increase of more than $1 million annually for Aurora, which has reduced its operating expenses and laid off employees in recent years, Mayor Tom Weisner said.

“It’s not sustainable. Without some reform, there’s going to be cities that basically, I believe, will be going under,” Weisner said. “I’d be hardpressed to find a community whose leaders are not in favor of pension reform for public safety employees.”

According to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, a legislative budget analyst, police and fire pension funds in cities outside Chicago have deteriorated significantly in the past two decades. Police funds, for example, were 75 percent funded in 1991, while they were only 54 percent funded — $4.4 billion short — in 2010.

The commission points out that assets in that time have tripled, but liabilities have increased even more.

Springfield Mayor Michael Houston said police and fire funds were hit hard by the financial downturn of 2008 and, over the years, legislatively approved enhancements to pension benefits that did not come with money to pay for them.

costs. Those who use the grace period will get coverage starting May 1 and won’t owe a fine.

2. Use a special enrollment period The government also is offering special extensions for a host of problems that might have prevented people from signing up through a marketplace: Natural disasters.

Domestic abuse. A serious illness.

Mistakes by application counselors.

Errors by insurance companies.

To seek a “special enrollment period,” contact the federal call center, at 1-800-318-2596, or your state marketplace and explain what went wrong. It’s on the honor system. If the extension is approved, that brings another 60 days to enroll.

Also, at any time during the year, certain life events — such as changing jobs, getting married or divorced, or becoming a parent — open a 60-day window to sign up for marketplace coverage.

3. Sign up for medicaid Those who qualify can still enroll in Medicaid — there’s no deadline.

Eligibility is based on income and varies from state to state. About half the states expanded their Medicaid programs. The main beneficiaries of the change are adults earning up to about $16,100 per year, with no children living at home. Previously, Medicaid was limited mostly to poor children and their parents and people with disabilities.

4. Buy insurance outside the marketplaces Buyers can always go directly to an insurance company, but it may be expensive. Plans bought outside

the marketplaces don’t come with government subsidies that hold down the cost for people with low or midlevel incomes. But they do include the law’s consumer protections. For example, insurers can’t turn down customers because of pre-existing medical conditions.

Even after the deadline, buying a plan that meets the law’s essential coverage standard reduces the penalty owed, which is based on the number of months without coverage.

The fine for going uninsured all year is the greater of two formulas: about 1 percent of household income above the tax-filing threshold of $10,150 or $95 per adult and $47.50 per child under 18, up to $285 per family. It’s due to the IRS in April 2015.

5. Get ready for next time Open enrollment for 2015 is coming later this year. It’s scheduled to begin Nov. 15 and run just three months. That’s another chance to get covered or switch into a plan with subsidies.

Supporters of the law are calling on President Barack Obama to make things easier next time around.

The advocacy group Families USA suggested a bunch of improvements Tuesday, including more faceto-face sign-ups, coordinating enrollment with tax-filing season so people better understand the fines, and improving coordination with Medicaid programs.

Something to think about: The uninsured penalty next year rises to 2 percent of income or $325 per adult and $162.50 per child.

Missed health care deadline?

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Judith F. Daar “Currents in Reproductive Medicine: Examining the Opportunities and Limits of Genetic Selection” Recent advances in embryology and reproductive medicine enable prospective parents to learn much about the genetic make-up of their future offspring, including the sex and health profile of a child-tobe. Whether parents can or should utilize this information in their reproductive decision-making is the subject of intense debate in legal, medical and ethical circles.

Professor Judith Daar holds a joint appointment at the Whittier Law School and the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. In her lecture she will review the current state of reproductive technologies from the perspectives of law, medicine and ethics, inviting attendees to consider whether opportunities for genetic selection should be embraced, restricted or regarded in some alternate manner.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not too late to get covered. A few routes remain open for those who missed the health care law’s big enrollment deadline.

Millions may be eligible for a second chance to sign up for subsidized insurance this year. And people who get coverage after the deadline can still avoid, or at least reduce, the fine for going uninsured.

Here are five options for those still without insurance: 1. Take advantage of the grace period This special break was created for anyone who began enrolling in an insurance marketplace by Monday’s deadline but didn’t finish. That includes people stymied by website outages or overwhelmed phone lines, missing information on applications, and other problems or confusion.

Those who started an application on HealthCare.gov by March 31 should log on and finish it as soon as possible. Federal officials say they will take what time is necessary to work through cases pending.

People applying online will have until April 15 to finish, administration spokesman Aaron Albright said Tuesday. Paper applications will be accepted until April 7.

Consumers will have to attest that they had tried to enroll by March 31.

Rules vary in the 14 states running their own insurance marketplaces.

For most people, going through a marketplace opens the door to lower

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The bizarre names celebs call themselves SYMONE WOOLRIDGE Daily Egyptian While munching on popcorn with your feet kicked up on the couch, you hear a name that makes you spit out your soda or just blatantly laugh. We all know someone with a crazy nickname, whether it makes you giggle or raise an eyebrow.

In the celebrity world, there are many stars and athletes with names that make you do both.

Rob Morrow, from the TV show “Numbers”, named his daughter something everyone would have to look for in the future. Literally. His daughter is named Tu Morrow. Her first name is bad enough, but Tu Morrow? Really?

Some people are inspired by their favorite movie or even TV show.

Magician Penn Jillette considered both when he and his wife Emily Zolten named their daughter Moxie Crimefighter.

This name seriously sounds like a character from a generic 70s movie. The sad part is Jillete actually said he wanted his daughter and cops to know

they’re similar, in terms of trying to fight crime.

Yes, no comment.

Former Washington Wizards player God Shammgod was originally known as Shammgod Wells until permanently changing his first name to God. I’m sure the real God may have been a little upset after his name was used in vain.

Long story short, Shammgod only lasted 20 games in the NBA. Celebrity names are getting a little ridiculous.

To be honest, there are times when I wish I could change my last name from sounding like a linebacker but jeez, is it really necessary?

The sad part is, everyone is trying so hard to be unique and now they’re just starting to sound unintelligent.

People with boring and typical names should try to add pizazz by calling themselves names like Peachy, Rainbow or Crispy. I guess they feel like they need crazy nicknames to stand out.

It seems as though professional football player Walter “Sneeze” Achiu thought the same.

The commentator who does play-by-play must get a lot of people who say “bless you” after yelling “Achiu” a million times during a broadcast.

Not to be pessimistic, but I know we live in a world full of war, anger and defeat.

Some people may wish and pray for peace and happiness, while others act more drastically by changing their names to World B. Free and Metta World Peace.

World Peace and Shammgod went to high school together.

Shocker right?

On another note, celebrities have not taken proper grammar into consideration during name picking either, especially Tarrold DeShaun “Rod” Smart also known as “He Hate Me.” The new fragmented sentence on the back of his jersey caused a few jaws to drop. It’s clear everyone doesn’t necessarily love us, but He Hate Me is kind of clever.

After hearing He Hate Me’s name, I almost forgot about Chad Johnson, better known as Chad Ochocinco. I mean, there’s a lot of Ochocinco’s in the

world right. This is completely normal. Let’s just change our name to numbers—in Spanish.

No big deal.

Out of courtesy, I saved the best for last, only if you’re really ready to hear. Writer Paula Yates and her husband, actor and singer Michael Hutchence made my day with their children’s names and I’m sure she will make yours.

Honeyblossom, Fifi Trixibelle, Heavenly Hiranni Tiger Lilly, Little Pixie Geldof and Peaches.

I wish I were kidding. I could not make this stuff up, even on a good day. I’ll just let you ponder on this last one.

Although I wish I could understand these people’s thought processes, I do not. It’s getting to a point where naming ourselves after things we see in the room like pencil, iPhone, or post-it is completely acceptable.

But on a serious note, stop.

These names are giving me a headache.

Symone Woolridge can be reached at swoolridge@dailyegyptian.com, @swoolridge_de or 536-3311 ext. 269.

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‘Range of Light’ shines

JAKE SAUNDERS Daily Egyptian

Though he might be better known as a drummer and backing vocalist for Bon Iver, vocalist Sean Carey has a spectrum of his own music.

Carey’s solo work began with the 2010 album “All We Grow.” Critics met it with rave reviews focused on the glowing atmosphere of the album rather than the craft of the composition.

“Range of Light” features a similar tone. The album’s first song, “Glass/ Film,” starts down-tempo before picking up moments later with belltones and syncopated chimes. A horn plays as the surrounding noises continue and Carey’s calm whisper arrives. The piece has catchiness, with opulent vocal and instrument arrangements.

The second song, “Creaking,” feels reminiscent of “All We Grow”’s tracks, but features an upbeat tempo, something not seen so early on in Carey’s first steady crescendo of an album. This song boasts a hauntingly pleasant feel as it progresses around distant drum-taps.

“Crown the Pines” arrives with a strong structure, initially alternating between vocal layers.

Carey’s own vocals resound prominently within the flourishing

aery swoon; the rhythmic harmony breeds what is dream into reality — simply put, the song entrances.

Considering enchantment, “The Dome” focuses on and harks back to Carey’s rooted instrumentation.

Though not as quickly clustered by strings, there is fullness to the melody; The laboring lap-guitar and banjo are enraptured in the ambient trance of leisurely measure.

PROVIDED PHOTO Similar to “Fleeting Light,” violin harmony. “Fire-scene” is the song is ethereal and drives where Carey thrives — the graceful an unconsciousness-like tempo. and controlled music hums and, The tenth and final track is at a clever measure, the flat note a musical flow which is, very works to further the intimacies of unfortunately, bound by restraint. the broadly precise notes.

It exists as a collection of the The album persists with slow and album’s earlier tracks — consider focused metered melodies through the song, “Neverending Fountain,” “Radiant” and “Alpenglow.” In the the basin the earlier tracks flow latter, listeners find an absence of toward. In this respect, the song electric strings, made up for in is boundless and creates an album the distance of the synthetically that is also everlasting. induced electronic atmosphere.

Because the album only has ten As the album stirs in the songs, it runs quickly. But “Range of dissonance of multi-layered Light”’s deep melodies give the album vocal and electronic instruments, value through countless replays. there is an enveloping symphony in “Fleeting Light.” It swells Jake Saunders can be reached at in rising and falling electronic jsaunders@dailyegyptian.com, or by instrumentation, which creates an phone at 536-3311 ext. 254.

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Professors hydrate film JAKE SAUNDERS Daily Egyptian Several SIU faculty members let their finely crafted films about water flow.

Seven employees created the seven films focused on the relationship between humanity and water featured in the Big Muddy Faculty Showcase.

They presented the projects in Morris Library’s Guyon Auditorium March 27. The films had many differences from one another; while each film related to water, they each focused on an individual narrative.

However, to say the films could be divided into cut and dry sections is quite an understatement, as each film was elaborate in its own respect. Journalism instructor Peter Lemish, along with his publication “Imagining Geographies,” sponsored the event. Lemish said the water films were part of a university-wide theme this year.

“The seven faculty-produced films are exemplary of the research and multiple perspectives contributed by the arts to environmental-oriented discussions across campus and in the region,” Lemish said.

All of the pieces focused on the value of water as it connects to our individual lives. Although the methods of filmmaking differed, each one managed to speak out for water in diverse ways.

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professor Cade Bursell incorporated intriguing and iconic imagery in her two films, “Heron Pond: Boardwalk View” and “Waveland.” “[The films} are very different pieces. ‘Heron Pond: Boardwalk View’ is about this place in southern Illinois, and how we visit a place and how we engage with a place,” Bursell said. “You are kind of limited to experiencing Heron Pond to this boardwalk. So my question was, ‘how do you get to know a place and become intimate?’”

“Heron Pond: Boardwalk View” naturally found its theme through a stroll down the boardwalk around the pond. Bursell scattered images of a forested area in a grained texture throughout the fragmented narrative.

Bursell’s “Waveland” focused on the state of, and her concern for, the ocean with excerpts from theatrical films and quotes from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” a famous poem by romantic-era poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

“The ocean is critical for our survival, the health of the ocean is important,” Bursell said. “The more research I did, the more I became aware of how it was being impacted by being overfished, oil spills, climate change, acidification, all of these issues.”

Bursell created the films with a Super 8 and 16mm film and hand processed the result. She ingrained extra images onto the film, making for an intense appeal.

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“I think the aesthetic is similar because that’s the way I tend to work, with the handmade,” Bursell said.

“Both (films) utilize hand-processing techniques. One has hand-painted material on clear liter, the other actually took a plant and glued it onto clear liter and re-photographed it.”

Clear liter is 16mm film with no image on it. Bursell said she would apply either paint or duckweed plant frame by frame.

Radio-television professor H.D. Motyl composed his film, “Three Creeks,” on a much smaller scale, yet presented a similarly intimate scope.

“I’m really interested in how stories are told, how people react to them and whether they are open ended or closed,” Motyl said. “A lot of work that I do actually takes stories and interweaves them.”

The film focused on alternating dialogues between two separate narratives, which through careful direction intertwine at times while shifting between imagery of flowing and stagnant water, respectively. One dialogue is between the director and his brother, while the other, a monologue delivered by a woman.

“Any time there’s a frame with a creek on top of a creek, that’s (the woman’s) story because her story was about immersion, like body on top of body,” Motyl said. “The conversation we were having, the water was murky, as there was no answer for us.”

Other films included RadioTelevision Professor Sarah Lewison’s “March;” “River Planet” and “The Lens Looks In: Oregon” from Karla Berry and Greg Wendt, respectively, of the Center for Teaching Excellence; and “A River through Illinois,” from WSIU’s Roger Suski Jak Tichenor.

Jake Saunders can be reached at jsaunders@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @saundersfj or by phone at 536-3311 ext. 254.

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West has competition for the starting job this season. The Salukis bring back sophomore Matt Vincent who did not attempt a pass last season. SIU will also try out junior transfer Mark Iannotti. Iannotti played for Eastern Michigan University last year, only throwing one pass for the Eagles.

Lennon said Iannotti’s style fits the type of offense SIU will run this season.

“His skills are right on to what we want to do,” Lennon said.

“One of the schools that recruited him heavily out of high school was North Dakota State. They’ve got a good run game, play power football, play action, that type of stuff. That’s kind of what we want to do with our offense.”

Whoever is named the starting quarterback for the season opener against Eastern Illinois University will have a veteran receiver to throw to.

Junior tight end MyCole Pruitt racked up 601 receiving yards with five touchdowns last season on his way to being named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team.

Pruitt’s season was cut two games short last season when he broke his leg against Missouri State University. Pruitt said it feels good

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to be back at practice.

“The weather is cooperating right now, and its good to get back into it after I missed the last few games of last season,” he said. “It’s good for me to be out here running around with my guys and catch a few footballs.”

One spot on the offense where there is a plethora of talent is in the backfield. The Salukis will return junior running backs Malcolm Agnew, Tay Willis and Ken Malcome. The three backs rushed for a combined 1,486 yards and 11 touchdowns last season.

Willis will also take reps at wide receiver this season.

Agnew, who rushed for 888 yards, said he has one goal for this season.

“This season, I want to win a championship,” he said. “It’s our goal as a team, and that’s what we want to do.”

The Saluki offense will get its first chance to play in live action April 17 in the annual maroon and white spring game at Saluki Stadium.

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VadeBoncouer said she rarely walks out to the mound to calm Bertelsen down, but when she does, soothing Bertelsen is simple.

“Making her laugh is something that I think calms her down,” VadeBoncouer said. “When things get kind of riled up or some errors are made, I go out and make a joke and she laughs. That’s the best way to calm her down.”

Bertelsen is 3-4 in her last seven games, but in the two of those losses, Bertelsen may have pitched her best games of the season.

In the loss against University of Northern Iowa, Bertelsen matched the Panthers’ ace Jamie Fisher for 10 innings before allowing a run in the

of his 2014 signees show off their skills at the 37th Annual McDonald’s All-American Game.

The game annually showcases the 24 best high school senior basketball boys players in the country.

The Duke class, which may be one Krzyzewski’s best, is led by 7-0, 270-pound center Jahlil Okafor, who won the Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year award. Okafor follows the footsteps of Parker, a fellow Chicagoan who also won the

award the last year before starring for the Blue Devils.

The class also features point guard Tyus Jones from Apple Valley, Minn., and shooting guard Justise Winslow from Houston. Jones and Winslow were selected to the West squad.

The less heralded recruit of the class, Grayson Allen from Jacksonville, Fla., put on the biggest show so far at the dunk contest on Monday. The 6-4 guard wowed the crowd by leaping over Okafor to claim the title.

top of the 10th inning to give UNI the 4-3 win.

Bertelsen started for the Salukis in a match against the Saint Louis University Billikens on March 26, in which she was handed a tough 1-0 loss when SLU pitcher Brianna Lore threw a no-hitter against SIU. Bertelsen said while the losses were upsetting, they did not get her down.

“It’s frustrating, but you’ve just got to take it and go to the next game,” she said. “You’ve just got to take it and go to the next game. You can’t dwell on it.”

Pitching with dominance is something that is not new to Bertelsen.

While playing for United High School in Alexis, Bertelsen set Illinois state records with 1,619 strikeouts and 79 shutouts. Bertelsen is also tied for wins in the state of Illinois with 73.

Bertelsen said while the records are

nice, it is not something she thinks about.

“Playing at United was fun. Getting to play Taylor [Orsburn] three years at state was fun,” she said. “I don’t really look at [the records] right now, but in the future I will. It was a good experience to go to state and get all those records; it was the time of my life. Now I just want to start something new here at Southern.”

The Saluki softball team could make a run for the Missouri Valley Conference title. VadeBoncouer said if Bertelsen can continue to pitch well, the team could rally around her.

“I think having her as a dominant force on the mound is something that we’ve needed,” she said. “She’s finally stepped into that role. We know if we need to go to her, we have her.

That’s something that will make us contenders in the MVC.”

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SIU golfer finds home in Carbondale Racers call TYLER DAVIS Daily Egyptian SIU and Murray State University may only be two hours apart, but for one Saluki golfer, the two were a world apart.

For Junior Wade Thompson, the hardest decision was to make the jump to Carbondale.

Thompson was a two-year golfer at Murray State University before he evaluated his career on and off the course, and brought his swing to SIU. “I had a scholarship from (MSU) and went down there because I thought I’d like it, but it just didn’t end up working out,” he said. “Our facilities were not what I expected and I didn’t like the way things were ran.”

Thompson said his initial decision to attend Murray State was a tough one. He said he had multiple Division I institutions to choose from, including walk-on opportunities at Big 10 schools, like the University of Michigan and Penn State University.

Academics played a huge role for Thompson, who was a National Honor Society student in high school while he led his golf team to a state championship. He has a combined 3.91 grade point average through five semesters at both universities.

“I knew I wasn’t quite good enough to play (Big 10) at that stage of my career,” he said. “I wanted to be a civil engineer, so I chose Murray State, but they only had civil engineering technology, so I switched to accounting.”

Thompson said when he joined the Racers ,things were not as he expected. He said being a Saluki gave him more opportunities to play golf every tournament and more chances in the classroom.

Thompson said he knew about SIU’s prestigious accounting program while attending MSU, but academics were not his only reason for switching. At the college level, not all players compete in every tournament. During his first two years, the Racers had top players in the Ohio Valley Conference as well as a solid lineup of seniors.

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ith how great SIUC’s accounting was, it was the biggest reason I ended up here. But I would also qualify quite a bit but wouldn’t get taken to tournaments. I didnt think I was getting treated fairly in that department.

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Players must do well in the qualifying round before being allowed to play a tournament.

Thompson said academics come first but the lack of inclusion in tournaments he qualified for also played a role in his departure.

“With how great SIUC’s accounting was, it was the biggest reason I ended up here,” he said.

“But I would also qualify quite a bit but wouldn’t get taken to tournaments. I didn’t think I was getting treated fairly in that department.”

MSU Head Coach Eddie Hunt said he enjoyed Wade as a student and golfer, but disagreed with the notion that he held Thompson out of tournaments he qualified for.

“I have nothing but positive things to stay about Wade, he was a great kid,” Hunt said.

“I’ll dispute that (he was held out), he got every opportunity to play at Murray State.”

Hunt said Thompson’s departure was a blow to his program. He said he expected Thompson to play more with the graduation of three seniors but in the end, he felt the decision was what’s best for both parties.

“He got to be where he wanted to be and we freed up a scholarship,” Hunt said. “It was a winwin for both of us.”

SIU coach Leroy Newton said he was excited to have a polished golfer fall into his lap. Newton did not originally recruit Thompson but said he is happy to have him on the team. He is usually the No. 1 or 2 player for the Salukis.

“He’s adapted to our style, the kids enjoy him, I enjoy him and he’s got a lot of potential to be a very good player for us,” Newton said. “He’s working on being one of our main players and

that’s what we expect.”

Both Hunt and Newton said he lived up to the billing. Hunt saw Thompson play well against the Racers in two fall tournaments. Thompson shot a 5-over-par for the Austin Peay State University Intercollegiate tournament and a 2-under-par at the Skyhawk Fall Classic.

Newton and Thompson’s teammates are also looking to the junior for leadership moving forward. Newton said he hopes Thompson will “step up” next year and take over for senior captain Caleb Harms.

Harms said Thompson should take the reins next year but he already has started to show leadership skills with his honesty and quick wit.

“He’s always keeping us laughing and loose,” Harms said. “He’s already a leader. He always voices his opinion and tells what he thinks no matter what. He’ll be a good captain if he gets selected.”

For Thompson, his teammates, his academic success and an upgrade in facilities have made Carbondale the right destination for him. He said what ended up being his toughest adjustment was transferring his credits.

“A lot of my credits didn’t transfer, so I’m going to have to make up a lot of that but I still think it was the best decision for me,” he said. “I like Carbondale. It’s been kind of a crooked road but I feel like I’m on the right path now.”

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

After five games away from Charlotte West Stadium, SIU scored early and often to send Murray State University back to the commonwealth early.

The Salukis scored seven runs in the third inning and also had their first grand slam of the year to beat the Racers 9-1 Tuesday.

SIU opened the scoring in the top of the third inning when they loaded up the bases against Murray State’s pitcher CheyAnne Gaskey. Gaskey walked freshman Shaye Harre to push junior Kalyn Harker home to give the Salukis a one-run lead.

Senior Taylor Orsburn hit a pitch over the centerfield wall for a grand slam to give SIU a 5-0 lead. Later in the same inning, Harker hit a two RBI triple to put SIU up 7-0.

The Racers scored one run in the top of the fifth inning, but SIU answered back in the bottom of the frame when Harker hit a double to score her third RBI of the game. Two batters later, senior Jayna Spivey hit a single to right field that scored one and ended Murray State’s game by the mercy rule.

Junior Katie Bertelsen got the start for the Salukis and continued her streak of strong performances. Bertelsen pitched all five innings for the Dawgs allowing just one run on three hits to earn the win. With the win Bertelsen improved to 8-5 on the season.

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Coach Dale Lennon leads the Saluki football team in drills during an early morning spring practice March 28 at Saluki Stadium. Lennon said he’s excited about the offensive players that are returning for the upcoming season. “We feel good about the back field,” Lennon said. “With Malcolm Agnew and Ken Malcome I think you have two quality running backs that you can establish the run game with.”

When the lights of Saluki Stadium shine down on a dew soaked football field, it can only mean one thing. Football has returned to Carbondale.

Saluki football opened its spring season last Monday with early morning team practices and drills.

Head coach Dale Lennon said he would use spring practices to establish an identity and trim down the roster.

“Our theme that I’m yelling every time we break is make a statement,” Lennon said. “I want each player to basically show what they’re capable of doing. Spring ball is also a time where we make some tough decisions and we don’t invite some guys back.”

Coach Lennon will also have a new coaching staff to evaluate as well. Lennon will have five new assistants this season on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. One of the new coaches, Nick Hill, will be in charge of the quarterbacks this season. Hill was the head coach at Carbondale Community High School last season, and played quarterback for the Salukis from 2004 to 2007.

Lennon said he likes what he has seen from his new staff so far.

“Each coach has their own strength that they bring to the staff,” he said. “The interaction with the players has been very positive. I think our players have received the new coaches well. It’s kind of a getting to know each other thing in spring ball too.”

There is also a change in who runs offense and defense.

Lennon will take the reigns of the defense, while offensive line coach Bill O’Boyle will take charge of the offense.

O’Boyle said he has already installed almost 75 percent of his offense, which will reflect the type of offense that former SIU and current Minnesota University coach Jerry Kill runs.

“We spent two and a half days in Minnesota. It was nice just to see what they’re doing,” O’Boyle said. “Coach Hill is very familiar with their throwing game, and he’s our throwing game coordinator, he’s doing a great job with that.

The team will try out a new player at quarterback in 2014.

The teams could look to returning redshirt freshman Ryan West to call the plays in place of Kory Faulkner who graduated after the 2013 season. West played in seven games for the Salukis last season with 63 completions for 675 yards and six touchdowns after Faulkner broke his finger.

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Quality starts become routine for pitcher TONY MCDANIEL Daily Egyptian The Salukis’ softball pitching staff may have a new ace up their sleeve.

Junior pitcher Katie Bertelsen has been a solid starter in the circle for the Salukis this season. In 16 starts, Katie Bertelsen is 8-5 with a 3.46 ERA, but Bertelsen’s best performances of the season have come in her last four starts for the Dawgs.

From March 15 to March 26, Bertelsen allowed just five runs in 27.2 innings of work, while striking out nine batters in the process.

Bertelsen says her pitches are working well for her.

“My drop ball has been doing really well,” she said. “I developed a back door curve, and that’s been working right now, too.”

A large part of Bertelsen’s success could be attributed to her being healthy for the first time in a while. Bertelsen had a knee scope Jan. 11 of last year, which hindered her ability to pitch.

Coach Kerri Blaylock said having Bertelsen

healthy is not only good for the team, but Bertelsen herself.

“I don’t think she’s liked that she hadn’t been healthy until this year and it was frustrating for her,” Blaylock said. “I think you’re seeing the benefits of her being healthy and her working so hard to develop a full compliment of pitches.”

Another aspect of Bertelsen’s game which makes her so good is how quickly she works in the circle. Bertelsen does not take much time in between pitches, which keeps the defense on its toes behind her and the hitter at the plate off-balance.

Senior catcher AllieVadeBoncouer said she loves playing with Bertelsen because of her pace of play while pitching.

“She gets the ball, she throws and I never have to wait around very long,” VadeBoncouer said. “When it takes a long time for someone to throw, it kind of gets exhausting.

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Junior pitcher Katie Bertelsen delivers a pitch Tuesday during the Salukis’ 9-1 win against Murray State University at Charlotte West Stadium. Bertelsen allowed one run off three hits in five innings before the game was called for the mercy rule.

The Salukis travel to SIU-Edwardsville Wednesday to take on the Cougars.

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