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Atheist group hosts first lecture Marissa Novel Daily Egyptian

The debate of the existence of a god or higher being, be it Jesus, Allah, Moses or even Magneto, is never ending, and one man recently brought that dispute to Carbondale.

The Southern Illinois Atheists Meetup Group and the New Humanist Forum of Carbondale Humanitarian Fellowship welcomed speaker Richard Carrier to their first lecture event Saturday at Curbside Bar and Grill and Sunday at the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship.

Carrier is an author, historian and atheist activist. He has degrees from University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University, and has studied the philosophy of ancient civilizations, science and religion.

“Why don’t we pretend to live in the world of ‘Harry Potter’?” Carrier said. “Or what if the ‘X-MEN’ actually existed and were combating ISIS in the Middle East?”

Anne O’Day, founder of the group, said she belonged to a singles’ meetup group, a communal organization of people with similar interests, which became Christian without her knowledge.

She said she created a non-dating meetup group for atheists in Chicago. She initiated one in Champaign and another in southern Illinois in 2008.

“There are so many things out there that are like phantom forums,” O’Day said. “This is for people who actually want to meet face to face rather than just online.”

O’Day said Southern Illinois Atheists consisted of 50 members after its first year and now has 186.

Tom Godshalk and Amelia Ketzle, two members of the group, said they discovered Carrier after being involved in online intellectual debates and finding his lectures on YouTube. Ketzle said they asked Carrier to visit Carbondale after collaborating with the Rationalist Society of St. Louis to split his attendance costs.

“I think he’s one of the stronger voices in that community,” Godshalk said. “I really think he’s a great voice to bring to this community.”

Ketzle said she and her husband Godshalk, have been members of Southern Illinois Atheists since 2012 and have met a lot of friends through the organization.

“As cliché as it sounds, its nice to know you’re in a safe place to talk freely and not offend people’s sensibilities,” Ketzle said.

Bob Camp, coordinator of the New Humanist Forum, said the purpose of the Humanitarian Fellowship is to help people engage in social, political, environmental and justice based dialogue. Camp said it is important to bring lectures to the general public rather than only to the fellowship, especially to address different points of view from people in the southern Illinois area.

Carrier said it was particularly hard to find other atheists in the early 1990s before the take off of the Internet and the creation of the Secular Web, “a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to defending and promoting a naturalistic worldview on the Internet” according to the organization’s website.

“It’s real easy now, but back then it was really hard to find fellow atheists,” he said. “It took me half a year before I found a community that actually existed.”

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International students adapt to SIU life Gabriella Scibetta Daily Egyptian

If living with a stranger from a different town is not hard enough, international students at SIU face an even harder challenge.

With the most new international students at the university since 1985, people from different countries who speak different languages have been randomly paired to live together.

Two students who came to America as a part of an SIU study abroad program, Ayaka Shibuya, a junior from Japan studying liberal arts, and Anaïs Engler, a junior from France studying history, moved into Neely Hall together this semester.

“When I arrived, I just saw her name on the door and I guessed she was Japanese, and I was expecting a lot of differences, but there isn’t so much,” Engler said. “It’s the same for our friends also who are international students, they are alike even though one of them is Spanish and the other is Japanese.”

Tom Saville, associate director of the Center of International Education, said international students might face difficulties adapting to everyday life in the U.S. “No matter where it is or what direction you are going in, it could be difficult,” Saville said. “Going outside and looking back makes [international students] learn a lot more about where they came from.”

Engler said her transition to the university was easier than expected.

She said she was worried about making friends, but is relieved Shibuya is there

to talk to.

“I never have to be alone,” Engler said. “I have to be away from all my friends and my family. We don’t have to talk all the time, but we know that we never have to be alone.”

Saville said connecting with local people as an international student can be difficult.

“Integrating with the host culture is one of those things everyone has to overcome,” he said. “I always tell the students who are going overseas they have to take the initiative … to reach out and meet new people.”

Engler said she understands she has to make an effort to adjust.

“We live such a big change, I don’t feel like it’s a pain,” Engler said. “I just have to adapt, everything is different.”

The roommates said classes in France

and Japan are structured differently and have no discussion sessions.

Saville said universities overseas tend have no core curriculum, so students often take classes in their major.

International students stay at the university for two weeks to an academic year through the study abroad program, Saville said. He said students in the study abroad programs could only apply if they have completed their first year in college at their home country.

Engler and Shibuya said they want to travel the country during breaks before heading home after the semester.

Gabriella Scibetta can be reached at gscibetta@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @gscibetta or at 536-3311 ext. 254

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Smartphone kill switch mandate raises concerns Lindsay Wise

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Megan Boken was chatting with her mom on her new iPhone on August 18, 2012, when a thief shot her dead on the street in St. Louis, Mo. He wanted the 23-year-old’s smartphone.

A new law signed in California this week is designed to eliminate the incentive for smartphonerelated crimes like the one that killed Boken. The law requires all cellphones sold in the state to come with a “kill switch” that allows phones to be remotely disabled, rendering them useless to thieves.

Since there’s little point in making only smartphones in California comply with the new law, the legislation likely will push the wireless industry to adopt kill switches as a default feature on all phones in the United States and worldwide.

Most major smartphone manufacturers and cellular providers in the United States already are moving in that direction, with Apple, Google, Microsoft and others announcing their intention to equip all phones built after July 2015 with anti-theft software, at no cost to consumers.

Consumer advocates and law enforcement officials cheer the prospect, calling the kill switch a powerful tool to protect smartphone users.

“We hope it will be a market changer,” said Elisa Odabashian, who lobbied for the California bill as director of the West Coast office and state programs for Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of

Consumer Reports.

But privacy groups worry that the technology could be abused by government authorities or police, and mobile carriers have raised concerns that a kill switch could make smartphones more vulnerable to hackers.

“We’ve seen instances of governments abusing the ability to block communications both home and abroad; while this bill acknowledges safeguards to prevent such abuses in California, a large barrier — technical access to our phones — will have disappeared,” protested the digital civil liberties group Electronic Frontier Foundation in a written statement.

Sponsored by state senator Mark Leno, California’s kill switch law follows a similar one enacted in Minnesota in May. In Minnesota, however, it’s up to users to download and enable anti-theft technology, whereas in California the kill switch functionality must be preloaded onto the phone.

Kill switch bills also are being considered in Illinois, New York and Rhode Island.

A federal version, dubbed the Smartphone Theft Prevention Act, was introduced by Democrats in the U.S. Congress earlier this year.

Among those pushing for mandatory kill switches are Boken’s family.

“Megan lost her life because people can sell stolen smartphones without any fear of getting caught,” Boken’s father, Paul, said in a hearing on the bill before the California State Senate’s energy committee in April.

“This legislation would shut down

the market for stolen smartphones, which will end the victimization of innocent smartphone customers.”

The gunman in Boken’s killing, 19-year-old Keith Esters, pleaded guilty last year and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

An estimated 3.1 million smart phones were stolen in the United States last year, up from 1.6 million in 2012, according to a recent survey by Consumer Reports.

The survey found that although many people use their phones to store passwords, credit cards, Social Security numbers and other sensitive information, only 26 percent of them take the precaution of using a password or screen lock on their phone.

“Most people aren’t smart about their smartphones,” said Odabashian, of Consumers Union.

“They put a lot of personal data on their phone and then they don’t protect it, so a huge part of this is to combat the theft that goes on, the violent theft that is going on in major cities around cell phones.”

For privacy groups, however, the concern is that the California bill isn’t explicit about who can activate a kill switch, and the technology could potentially be abused by law enforcement or government authorities.

The California bill allows law enforcement to use the kill switch under certain conditions outlined in the state’s public utility code, which gives police the ability to cut off communications with a court order or in an extreme emergency that presents an “immediate danger of death or great bodily injury.”

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Carrier said the first atheist association he discovered was in San Francisco in 1992.

“When I saw the booth for American Atheists at the Castro Street Fair, that was a really game-changing moment for me,” he said.

Carrier’s first lecture, “Arguments Against the Existence of God”, compared theories of the existence and nonexistence of God. His second lecture, “The Philosophy of Naturalism and the Importance of Naturalism as a World View”, explored belief systems atheists should share and promote in relation to naturalism, or the view that only nature, not the supernatural, exists.

The SIU Chapter of the Secular Student Alliance also helped sponsor the events.

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Evelyn Eddings, 9, of Anna, listens to her instructor, Ramona Twellman, of Makanda, Sunday at Giant City Stables in Makanda. Eddings said she started riding horses with her mother Amanda Eddings at the age of 3 by riding the route. “I think I do better on the boy horses than the made us a better mother and daughter,” Amanda said. Both Amanda and Evelyn volunteer at the stables on the weekends.

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Why we should care ISIS in Iraq

Americans’ lives are busy. Of all the things racing through the minds of the everyday citizen, politics—particularly international affairs—ranks low on the priority list.

Besides, isn’t there always some disease breaking out in Asia or Africa? Pretty sure Eastern Europe has always been a bit rocky. Oh yeah, and there are always wars going on in the Middle East.

As long as the grande cafe lattes continue to flow at Starbucks and there are no Hitler-esque figures coming into power, why bother reading international news?

If you answered yes to any of the above (albeit guiltily), then this column is for you. My name is Rebekah Nash. I am from Louisiana and am currently persuing a double MA in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages and Applied Linguistics. I received my undergraduate

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Eleven years have passed since the U.S. began fighting terrorism in Iraq. Yet today, the situation is arguably more dire and calls for U.S. attention and action. ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria also referred to as ISIL and IS, has arisen to not only control the second largest city in Iraq, Mosul, but sizable areas of western Iraq and parts of neighboring Syria with the goal of forming its own Islamist state.

Initially, the alarming nature of the situation stemmed from ISIS’s ability to take over such a large area of land at such a quick pace. Yet ISIS has continued to garner international attention.

After looting large banks and significant financial support from sympathetic foreign donors, ISIS has an estimated net worth of $2 billion, according to intelligence gathered from Iraqi forces.

While ISIS originates from Al Qaeda, it is joined by members of the former Ba’ath political party, Islamic front, Sons of Iraq and various other Sunni groups that have been marginalized by the Shiite-led government in Baghdad since 2003. Men in these organizations are experienced, hardened fighters, who use brute force within the land they control.

Aside from the appalling slaughter of Iraq’s religious

degree in political science from Concordia University in Montreal and also studied at the Sciences Politique in Aix-en-Provence, France. I have been fortunate to travel in more than 15 countries across four continents. When I see the troubles of people thousands of miles away it is the same as seeing a fellow American suffer. Governments can help alleviate this suffering.

This is why politics is my passion.

I understand not everyone is a political news-junkie. Everyone has different passions in life.

But it is still important to understand the basics.

We’re all tired of the CNN and Fox news hype. So, I will attempt to break down the more important issues to keep you up to date, and most importantly, explain why these issues should matter to you.

minorities, women and children and the beheading of two U.S journalists, the group has been surprisingly adept in its use of media to attract others outside Iraq and Syria to its cause.

By sending out videos showing its exploits across social media, ISIS communicates swiftly and directly to potential recruits in a variety of languages. The most recent concern has been that there are Americans who have joined ISIS and have had easy access crossing back and forth between the U.S., Syria, and Iraq.

Authorities estimate ISIS to be made up of only 6,000 to 50,000 fighters. Thus the terrorist group has gained and affected very much very quickly.

On Sept. 5, Barack Obama announced a framework for addressing the current situation. His plan consists of continued airstrikes to support Iraqi and Kurdish troops on the ground, increased support for moderate groups fighting ISIS in Syria and gathering support from regional governments.

Obama has additionally called upon European allies to join in a “coalition of the willing”. However, he has stopped short of calling for troops on the ground.

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times has argued for a cautious, carefully planned approach to combating ISIS. Citing the Bush administration’s “Fire, Aim, Ready” approach after 9/11, Friedman argues that unsuccessful

past experiences show a need to act cautiously and form a strong coalition before taking action.

Few would disagree with Mr. Friedman’s argument.

Others might add that we should not be the ones to take on this role of international policing.

Yet the necessity to act now is building rapidly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said ISIS will continue to gain ground and spiral out of control if left unchecked.

At the very least, commentators on both sides should agree that ISIS will not disappear on its own.

People are being killed -- innocent Americans and Iraqis.

But why should America be the one to step in? Because ISIS hates the U.S. —specifically.

When asked why the U.S. should be the ones involved, Ahmed Alasadi, a doctoral student in Physics at SIUC, answered, “They hate America, these groups. It’s not a danger just to us. So what to wait for? Are you gonna wait till they come attack inside Washington and New York?”

ISIS has declared that they “know no borders” and have the ability to get U.S. agents into the U.S. without batting an eye.

A careful, well-thought-out plan is needed; A plan that takes into consideration past mistakes, extends air strikes into Syria, and brings together a coalition. No one wants to fight this alone. But something must be done soon.

Eleven years have passed. And yes, we should still be worried about Iraq.

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Obama denies political motive in action on immigration Anita Kumar

McClatchy Washington Bureau

President Barack Obama said Sunday he did not postpone his highly anticipated executive actions on immigration because of November’s congressional elections, but because he wanted to build support for his plan.

“It’s going to be more sustainable and more effective if the public understands what the facts are on immigration,” Obama said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I want to spend some time, even as we’re getting all our ducks in a row for the executive action ... to make sure that the public understands why we’re doing this, why it’s the right thing for the American people, why it’s the right thing for the American economy.”

The White House said Saturday that Obama, who promised in late

June to act on an immigration fix before the end of the summer, had delayed his plan until after the midterm elections.

The decision was criticized by immigration advocates, who accused Obama of breaking a promise, and Republicans on Capitol Hill, who accused him of playing politics. After attempts failed in Congress to rewrite the nation’s immigration laws, many had expected Obama to grant temporary legal status to help some of the 11 million undocumented immigrants stay and work in the U.S. But Obama faced pressure from Senate Democrats to put off action after his promise of unilateral action appeared to energize Republicans and threatened a backlash by his own party. Democrats are in danger of losing their majority in

the Senate.

“President Obama, Senate Democrats and House Republicans have all succumbed to their political fears, avoiding what they all privately acknowledge is the right thing to do, not just for the Hispanic community, but for the country they are sworn to serve,” said Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, which calls itself the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S. In the “Meet the Press” interview, which was recorded Saturday and aired Sunday, the president denied the postponement was a political tactic intended to help embattled Democrats. He said the dynamics had changed over the summer after the number of children illegally crossing the southern border alone dropped.

Blue whales back to historical levels Deborah Netburn Los Angeles Times

Good news, whale lovers: A new analysis suggests there are as many blue whales living off the coast of California as there were before humans started hunting them to near extinction 110 years ago.

Today, there are roughly 2,200 blue whales who range from Mexico in the south to Alaska in the north.

In the 1930s, that number was closer to 750.

“For us, this is a great conservation success story,” said Cole Monnahan, a doctoral student in ecology and resource management at the University of Washington. “We caught way too many whales from this population, but when we left them alone, they recovered.”

“And that is really good news,” he said. “That it is possible.”

Blue whales are the largest animals in the world. They can weigh up to 330,000 pounds and grow up to 110 feet in length.

These giants of the ocean are found throughout the world, but for this study, published Friday in Marine Mammal Science, the researchers looked at the relatively small population of whales that live in the eastern North Pacific.

During the height of whaling in the 1930s, this population dropped to between 500 and 1,000 individuals, the researchers said.

After whaling became illegal in the 1970s, their numbers began to bounce back. By the 1990s, the population had grown to about 2,200, according to research from NOAA scientists, and that is currently where it is today.

To see whether this number

represented a complete rebound, the team looked at previously published data of how many California blue whales there are currently, the number of California blue whales that were reportedly killed by whalers in the 20th century [3,400] and how many whales are killed each year by ship strikes [probably 11].

After feeding all this information into a mathematical model, scientists concluded the number of California blue whales swimming around today is 97 percent as large it was before 1905.

This analysis could explain why the number of California blue whales leveled off in the early 1990s.

“Before this study some people thought that number should be going up, but if there were about 2,200 whales to begin with, than that is what the environment can support,” Monnahan said.

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‘The November Man’ comes way too late

Jacob Pierce Daily Egyptian

Now is the time of fantastic spy thrillers.

A genre once thought a casualty of the Cold War ending has risen from its own ashes and reinvented itself. A genre once thought silly and unrealistic, now is viewed as gritty and exhilarating.

“The November Man” (Rated R; 108 mins) is a film stuck in a forgotten time. A time rightfully forgotten.

“The November Man” is an action thriller directed by Roger Donaldson, and staring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, and Olga Kurylenko.

The film follows ex-CIA operative Devereaux, played by Brosnan. After being out of the business for five years, Devereaux finds himself brought back in for a mission very personal to him. After everything goes wrong, he finds himself on the run. Pitted against a former pupil of his, he is in a deadly game that involves everyone from Russian

Officials to CIA agents.

When writing a screenplay, many writers start out with an outline.

An outline tends to be a list of scenes and story points that the script is going to go over. Some writers will make highly detailed outlines, so when they actually start writing things tend to be easy.

Others will make very basic outlines.

These writers tend to be in spot where they are trying to sell their idea to a studio.

They do not have their idea fully set out, so they just put in simple points and hope to come up with it later.

“The November Man” seems like a film by someone who had forgotten to write out an outline.

Instead, the writer decided to just go on the internet and print out a basic spy thriller outline. He then took this basic outline and wrote a script just as basic and cliché.

This film seems to not only go off an outline, but an old one.

This movie tries its best to be modern. Its cinematography is based off the Bourne series,

its protagonist is a haunted man drinking his past away, the government is viewed as a shadowy character.

But at its heart, it is stuck in a period of time that did not know how to make serious spy films.

There are no stakes to this movie.

While Devereaux is in danger for quite a bit of the movie, it never seems like he will not come out of it. He is always the strongest, smartest and most talented agent on the screen. His character never seems to struggle for anything.

In every single fight scene Devereaux has, he easily overpowers what opponent comes at him. It does not matter that he, and Brosnan himself, are both in their sixties and are fighting younger men. The character cannot struggle.

This is a film riddled with actors who either do not care or are stuck with a terrible script.

Brosnan, Kurylenko and even Will Patton are given nothing throughout this script. While

none of them are terrific actors, they are people who would have done well if their characters were anything more than stock characters.

Kurylenko’s specifically is a wasted character.

The character should be easy to invest in.

A woman wanting revenge on the Russian general that killed her family is a recipe for a dynamic character.

But after we get that little piece of background information, the movie stops being about her and completely forgets that she is a character that should be written about.

Do not see “The November Man.” Better yet, do not think of “The November Man.” Let it slip through your mind like every other generic action movie you have heard of. It will be easier that way.

Jacob Pierce can be reached by email at jpierce@dailyegyptian.com on Twitter @JacobPierce1_DE, or at 536-3311 ext. 273

The LouFest experience ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ No. 1 fourth weekend Chase Myers Daily Egyptian

The sun was at its highest point when I arrived, peeking in and out of passing clouds. The walk to the main festival was long, but refreshing with a near perfect temperature and the sound of drums and bass guitar in the distance. Sooner than I knew it, I was there, emerging into a sea of music fans.

LouFest is a two-day music festival in St. Louis that takes place at the expansive Forest Park. There could not have been a better atmosphere for the festival.

Forest Park sits on the western side of St. Louis and provides a perfect canvas for artists to play outdoors, with a cityscape as a background, just above the trees.

There was a stage set up on every corner of the park with what seemed like a milelong food vendor at the far side.

Once I got settled in, I headed to the main stage in order to get a good view for the rest of the evening.

At music festivals, there are two kinds of people.

There are wanderers, who migrate from stage to stage, with no regard to how far back in the crowd they are. They are ready to see as many artists as possible and discover some new music in the process.

I am typically one to walk from stage to stage, but this day was different. Other than a few small bands I saw as I settled in, I was camped out at the main stage.

I was about 20 yards from the front of the stage when the next band started to perform.

The band, Future Islands, was from Baltimore, Md. and was one I was unfamiliar with. As it took the stage, it was obvious it would be a refreshing taste of an older generation. Being older than most bands there, Future Islands brought a seasoned vibe to the festival.

The lead vocalist, Samuel Herring, had a vocal range that spanned from death metal growls to high, ‘80s rock yells, with a Southern country singer in between.

This also matched his intense dance moves on stage.

After Future Islands was The 1975, an alternative rock band from Manchester, England. The band emerged into the American music scene with songs such as

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t did not disappoint in the slightest. The vibes from the crowd were incredible, as everyone was dancing and singing along to nearly every song.

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“Chocolate” and “Sex.” The 1975 will be playing mostly overseas for the remainder of the year so it a rarity to see the band playing at American shows.

It did not disappoint in the slightest.

The vibes from the crowd were incredible, as everyone was dancing and singing along to nearly every song.

I talked to a middle-aged couple behind us during the 1975’s performance. They had no idea who the band was before the performance, but were pleasantly surprised when they heard songs they recognized from the radio.

The final performance on the main stage was Arctic Monkeys, which by the looks of the massive crowd, was the closer for the night.

Riding off the release of its new record titled “AM” in late 2013, the band rocked the enormous crowd as the sun was finally set on the first day of the festival.

The logo for the band’s “AM” record was suspended behind the stage for the entire day leading up to the performance. They played old and new songs and when the guitar riff started for the band’s hit song “Do I wanna know,” the crowd went crazy.

The excitement from both the performing artists and crowd was constant throughout the day. Good music combined with good food left the people’s taste buds and ears satisfied, at least until the next day.

Chase Myers can be reached at cmyers@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @chasemyers_DE or at 536-3311 ext. 273

G aGe S kidmore P rovided Photo The cast and crew of Guardians of the Galaxy at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International. (L-R: producer Kevin Feige, Bautista, director James Gunn, del Toro, Saldana, Hounsou, Pace, Rooker, Gillan, and Pratt)

Saba Hamedy Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES Disney’s Marvel Studios soared this weekend after “Guardians of the Galaxy” topped the box office for the fourth weekend, more than any other Marvel film to date.

The sci-fi film, which opened Aug. 1, met industry expectations and added about $10.2 million to its gross in the U.S. and Canada. The comic-book movie starring Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel and Zoe Saldana (with Bradley Cooper as the voice of a raccoon) has grossed $294.6 million to date. Even with its unconventional August release date, the film is the summer’s highest-grossing film and will likely become the first film this year to hit the $300 million milestone.

In international markets, the film has grossed about $291.6 million, for a total global gross of more than $586 million.

“Hitting the top of the charts again and in as many times as the film has duvring the run is a testament to the continued strength of the Marvel brand,” said Dave Hollis, Walt Disney Studios’ executive vice president of theatrical distribution, who also cited the

support that comes from a company such as Disney and the quality of the film as reasons for the film’s strong, long run.

In the traditionally slow weekend after Labor Day, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” not surprisingly held its No. 2 spot. The Paramount Pictures film, which added $6.5 million in its fifth weekend, has grossed about $175 million in the U.S. and Canada.

The tear-jerker “If I Stay” rounded out the top three, grossing $5.8 million. Based on the 2009 best-selling book by Gayle Forman, the Warner Bros. film stars Chloe Grace Moretz and Jamie Blackley as love-struck teenagers.

To date, the film has grossed $39.7 million in the U.S. and Canada.

Freestyle Releasing’s “The Identical,” the biggest newcomer to the box office over the weekend, came in at No. 11 with about $1.9 million. Starring Blake Rayne, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd and Seth Green, the faith-based musical drama follows identical twin brothers (both played by Rayne) who are separated at birth during the Depression. Other religious films such as “God’s Not Dead,” “Son of God” and “Noah” have fared better among Christian moviegoers at the box office this past year.

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ABOVE: Jim Chestney, left, of Medora, demonstrates to participants crew Saturday during Artillery Safety School at Fort de Chartres in Prairie du Rocher. Artillery Safety School

The participants in the Artillery Safety School learn safety procedures before

RIGHT: Joel Swearingen, left, of Saitta, right, of Leslie, Mo., to search the bore of a cannon Saturday during an Artillery Safety School group cannon drill at Fort de Chartres in Prairie du Rocher.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

<< Answers for Thursday Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www. sudoku.org.uk

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Today’s Birthday (09/08/14).

Talk about the world you’d like to see this year. Creative communications and networking build community

resiliency. After 12/23, begin a new phase at home for the next few years.

If money is tight, trade or barter. Share compassion to make a difference. The solar eclipse (3/20) especially boosts romantic partnership. Grow the love.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 5 — Put a dream into writing under the Full Moon in Pisces. A turning point arises backstage. Peaceful introspection reaps results today and tomorrow. Others want your attention. Calm and clarify.

Inspire with simplicity.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 6 — A new direction presents itself regarding group participation with the Pisces Full Moon. Complete previous efforts gracefully, and prepare. Working in teamwork gets you much farther today and tomorrow. Watch for hidden pitfalls.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is a 6 — Use social

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37 Honors with a fancy party 38 National Gallery architect I.M. __ 39 Second film in a 2000s horror franchise 40 Soviet news source 41 Short exercise dash 43 Charge per day, e.g.

44 Mall booths 45 Late-night pioneer Johnny 49 Tight spots 50 Hilo howdy 51 50-and-over org.

53 Sign of sleepiness 56 X-ray imaging technique 59 Zodiac lion 60 “Put up your dukes” duke 61 Cut while shaving 62 Faux __: blunder 63 Middle-earth creatures 64 Diners 65 Cloud locale DOWN 1 iPhone add-ons 2 Ark captain 3 Blue-staters 4 Cooling units, briefly

grace, especially in an uncomfortable moment. An opportunity to increase your influence and fulfill a fantasy arises with the Full Moon in Pisces.

You get more than expected. Explain and schedule carefully.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 7 — Chores interfere with romantic fantasies. Pay bills and save up. A new adventure calls to you under the Pisces Full Moon. Consider the unlikely when planning. Focus on the main objective. Study for a test.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 6 — Seek a win-win solution regarding shared finances under the Full Moon in Pisces. What at first seems strange turns out to work well. Encourage another to put a dream in the budget. Compromise.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 — Clear up confusion before proceeding. A Full Moon turning point arises in a partnership. Change things around.

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5 Wrinkly Chinese dog 6 Trig ratios 7 Prefix with European 8 Versatile beans 9 Cluck of reproach 10 __ diver 11 Communion bread 12 Degrade 13 They’re stacked in moving vans 19 “How clumsy of me!”

21 Text messaging devices 25 Oct. contest whose winner goes to the World Series 26 __ Diego 27 Dying-out sound 28 Region 29 Heated argument in public, say 30 Settled up 32 Rotating cooking rod 33 Make fun of 34 Region including the Matterhorn 35 Kitchen fixture 36 Little songbirds

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39 Rotate like a top 41 Pale 42 Ship’s captain 43 Waterfall sound 45 Luigi’s drink with latte 46 With 57-Down, multifunctional office machine suggested by this puzzle’s circles 47 Yank out of bed

Check out a vacation destination.

Renovate your workspace. Tight scheduling is key. Set the pace.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8 — Embrace a new career direction under this Pisces Full Moon. Share your dreams and speculate on fantasies. Find what you need far away. Don’t step on sensitive toes. Turn your ideas into scheduled tasks..

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 6 — Rest and play under the Full Moon in Pisces. Begin a new game. Physical activity gets your passion out. Relax in as much luxury as you can muster, without maxing out funds. Invite family.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 5 — The Full Moon in Pisces illuminates a new phase at home. You’re in tune with a distant loved one. Opposites attract. Checks and balances are needed. You’re gaining

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54 Frail from the flu, say 55 Minding business that’s not your own 57 See 46-Down 58 NFL gains

spirituality. Investigate the unknowable.

Play in the water.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 6 — Present a balanced report. Open a new communications door under the Full Moon. It’s better to save than to spend now. Count your winnings. Scoop up both gold and straw. Shop carefully for a family event.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 7 — A new financial opportunity arises with the Pisces Full Moon. Don’t tell anyone yet. Re-affirm a commitment. A female points out an inconsistency. Keep the goal in mind.

Make a decision you can live with.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8 — You’re in a state of flux. Begin a new phase in personal development with this Full Moon in your sign. Follow a hunch.

Write down your dreams. Find someone you’d like to play with.

Make magic.

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Gene pool meets the swimming pool Aaron Graff Daily Egyptian

SIU’s Rick Walker has coached swimming for 28 years, but he has never coached his own daughter until now.

Freshman Kelsie Walker is the daughter of Walker and will be joining the Saluki swimming and diving team at SIU. Her original top choices for school were Evansville University, University of Kentucky, University of Miami, Purdue University and Ohio State University.

“Originally SIU was not on my list at all because he was my dad,” she said. “I didn’t want the team to exclude me or treat me any different because I was the coach’s daughter.”

Kelsie finished fourth in the Illinois State High School Finals in the 500-yard freestyle race last year with a time of 4:56.66. Rick was coaching at the Phoenix Invite in Chicago that weekend and had enough time to watch.

“It meant a lot to me that he could be there,” she said. “He was there as a dad. He wasn’t there as a coach. He was up there cheering for his daughter, and that’s probably what meant the most to me.”

Rick said he recruited Kelsie the same way as any swimmer, by making a phone call from his basement. He also made it known he would take her to visit any other school she was interested in and would support her decision no matter what.

“I called her on July 1 to make her first recruiting phone call

to let her know that yes, SIU is interested,” Rick said. “Then I laid out the framework. We wanted us to be one of her five visits.”

Rick said he checked with his administrators before he made her any scholarship offer because he wanted to make sure it was fair and clean. He said he would offer someone at Kelsie’s caliber more scholarship money than what he offered his daughter.

He said Kelsie was never completely sold on going to other schools. He said some schools pitched that if she went there she could beat her dad’s team.

“That set her over the edge,” Rick said. “That’s when she came back and reevaluated.”

Rick said he coaches Kelsie the same as all swimmers.

“Once they walk through the door, they’re all the same to me,” Rick said. “ … It’s been that way since I’ve started coaching.”

While the Walkers reside in Carbondale, Kelsie is living in the residence halls with freshman swimmer Bryn Handley.

“In some respects I’m trying to remove myself,” Rick said. “So that I’m not in her face and can experience what it’s like to be in college that everybody else gets to experience.”

Handley said Kelsie definitely earned her spot on the team and is one of the best swimmers.

Kelsie isn’t the first Walker to move out of the Walker residence.

Junior thrower Kyle Walker

e van F ait d aily e gyptian Kelsie Walker, a freshman from Carbondale studying exercise science, races through a drill during practice Saturday at the Edward J. Shea Natatorium. Walker is the daughter of Rick Walker, SIU head swimming coach. “He treats me like anyone else,” Kelsie said. “If I’m not doing what I’m supposed to be doing I’m going to get yelled at.”

also attends SIU and lives in an apartment in town.

“It’s really quiet around the house,” Rick said. “My wife said the other day she got home and she kind of freaked out because she didn’t have to rush. She’s always rushing to do something for somebody else and she didn’t have to do that.”

Kyle swam competitively for nearly 10 years, up until his senior year of high school. He said in eighth grade his physical education teacher and neighbor persuaded him to join the track team because he was bigger than most kids.

“I haven’t lost the love of [swimming],” Kyle said. “I just

wanted to pursue something different to see if I fit there better.”

Kyle said if he swam, he would want to be coached by Rick.

Rick said watching Kyle brings the same amount of pleasure as coaching Kelsie.

“I’d be lying if I didn’t say it’s always been kind of a long time dream that maybe one day I’d be able to coach my daughter,” Rick said. “I felt the same way about my son, but Kyle just kept on growing.”

Kyle said he stands behind his decision of coming to SIU, and he’s happy Kelsie chose SIU because they are close.

“Throughout the duration of her visiting other colleges and talking to other coaches, I know she just felt like more and more that this was her place,” Kyle said.

Kelsie said Rick has treated her like everyone else, and she hopes it stays that way.

“I’m just a swimmer on the Saluki team,” she said. “There’s really no difference. I just happen to be related to and look like him.

That’s about as far as it goes.”

Aaron Graff can be reached at Agraff@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @Aarongraff_DE or at 536-3311 ext. 282

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Tony McDaniel SIU football (2-0) had its first real test of the season Saturday night against Eastern Illinois University (02) and passed with flying colors.

The Salukis beat the Panthers in the second half and cruised to a 38-21 victory on the road. Eastern entered the game as the No. 14 team in the nation.

SIU’s first road win against EIU was also its first against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent.

The win meant more than just a tally in the win column for the Salukis. In week one, SIU blew out Taylor University 45-0 and proved it has the potential to run the ball efficiently. The Salukis also displayed their powerful defense.

In the game against Eastern Illinois, SIU proved it could do the same things against an FCS opponent.

Senior running back Malcom Agnew said he feels healthier than ever, and he certainly looked that way at EIU. Agnew ran the ball with ease around the Eastern defense for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns. Agnew was the catalyst in the Saluki offense Saturday night.

Agnew ranks first in FCS in rushing touchdowns this year with 5, and sixth in rushing yards with 292.

Agnew is the type of running back who doesn’t stop moving his legs, even when it seems the play is over.

Agnew showed that in Saturday’s game when he appeared to have been tackled by an EIU defender, but stayed on his feet and broke free for a 32-yard touchdown.

At quarterback, junior Mark Iannotti is beginning to settle into his role as the starter.

The junior quarterback passed for 2 touchdowns and 233 yards Saturday night.

Iannotti also completed 73 percent of his passes.

He has thrown an interception in

N athaN h oefert D aily e gyptiaN Senior running back Malcolm Agnew rushes for a touchdown Saturday during the second quarter of the Salukis’ 38-21 win against Eastern Illinois University

each game this season however.

Iannotti has not been called upon to carry the offense yet. But a time will come this season when he will need to lead the offense on a drive to get SIU a quick score. Whether or not he can handle the pressure is unclear.

Iannotti has proven he can be an effective quarterback early in the game, and while holding a lead.

However, his ability to command the Saluki passing attack late in the game is yet to be advertised.

Senior receivers LaSteven McKinney and Tay Willis haven’t made an impact, but they haven’t been called upon to do so either. The Salukis have a real weapon with the speed of these two receivers, but have not had to put that weapon on display yet.

SIU is in luck though.

If Agnew continues to run the ball for 100 plus yards and multiple touchdowns in each game, the passing attack will be able to play with little pressure.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Salukis looked as if they had their hands full against Eastern in the first half.

EIU went into halftime with 339 total yards of offense and a 21-14 lead. SIU surrendered the lead to Eastern late in the half when junior quarterback Andrew Manley led EIU on an 11-play, 86-yard drive that only took one minute, eight seconds.

The Salukis also struggled with EIU’s junior quarterback Jalen Whitlow. Whitlow ran for 45

yards on just 6 attempts.

In the second half SIU’s defense looked completely different.

SIU held EIU to 112 yards in the second half and no touchdowns. The Salukis outscored Eastern 24-0 in the second half.

The difference in the game for the defense came from adjustments by head coach Dale Lennon, who said everything came together for SIU in the second half.

Senior linebacker Tyler Williamson’s 7 tackles and 1 sack were good enough for him to earn Missouri Valley Football Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week.

If the defense performs like it did in the second half against Eastern Illinois, the Salukis will be tough to

beat for the rest of the season.

Next week the Salukis can be sure their No. 25 ranking will improve after knocking off the No. 14 team. SIU may even be able to break into the top20 thanks to this victory.

In SIU’s next matchup, Southeastern Missouri State will travel to Saluki Stadium in search of its second win of the season.

If SIU performs well in that game and earns a third win on the year, it could be on its way to a very special season, and it will be a lot of fun for all of us at SIU to watch.

Tony McDaniel can be reached at tmcdaniel@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @tonymcdanielDE or at 536-3311 ext. 256

Women’s golf opens season in Kentucky Thomas Donley Daily Egyptian

After a four-month hiatus, the SIU women’s golf team is ready to get back into the swing of things.

The Salukis start their season Monday at the renamed Jan WeaverMurray State Invitational at Drake Creek Golf Club in Ledbetter, Ky. Teams will play 36 holes Monday and finish with 18 holes Tuesday.

SIU is the only Missouri Valley Conference team competing in the 10-team field, which includes host Murray State University, Belmont University, SIU-E and Northern Kentucky University. Defending tournament champion Murray State will enter two teams.

“It’s a winnable tournament,”

head coach Alexis Mihelich said. “At any given time, any team could win.”

The Salukis play 10-round qualifying tournaments to determine the lineup for each tournament. Sophomore Brooke Cusumano, junior Mattie Lindner, sophomore Xianmei Jin, sophomore Kristie Yang and senior Kris Grimes posted the five best scores in qualifying and will compete at DCGC. Freshman Alice Ho will compete as an individual.

Yang made the season-opening lineup for the first time in her career this fall after playing two tournaments as a freshman.

Three of the Salukis traveling to Murray State have played at DCGC before. Cusumano, who played

there eight times, said the Salukis could use their familiarity with the course to their advantage.

“We’ll have a really good showing, I think,” Cusumano said.

“The course plays to our strengths.

We could probably put good couple days together.”

The invitational will be the first test for the Salukis after losing Ashleigh and Cassie Rushing. The Rushings finished their careers in the top-10 lowest average scores in school history. Cassie, a four-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection, holds the all-time lowest career average at SIU. Mihelich said replacing the Rushings would be a team effort.

“When you lose two players, you

know how much work you have to do to improve to step up,” Mihelich said. “Everyone gets a couple strokes better and you kind of fill that gap.”

SIU returns a solid roster for 2014-2015.

The Salukis bring back the golfers with the third and fourth lowest average scores from last season in Lindner ‘s 78.8 and Grimes’s 78.9.

Jin and Cusumano tied for fifthlowest in 2013-2014 with averages of 79.0 while playing in all 34 rounds as true freshmen.

Yang also averaged 79.0 in her two tournaments last season.

Grimes said the Salukis have developed good team chemistry to help each other improve this season.

“I have high expectations for

the team this year,” Grimes said.

“We all push one another to reach our limits and blow through the roof on that.”

Mihelich said she is more confident in this year’s team than she has been in seasons past. She said her players have been feeding off of each other and is happy with the work they put in over the summer.

“We’re ready to compete. We know where we stand,” Mihelich said.

“We’re just anxious to get out there and show people how good we are.”

Thomas Donley can be reached at tdonley@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @tdonleyDE or at 536-3311 ext. 282