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Sorority numbers on the rise Brent Meske Daily Egyptian

The university has seen the largest number of women joining sororities since 1991, and has a new sorority starting Monday.

Delta Phi Epsilon will be the first new Panhellenic sorority on campus in 20 years.

Andy Morgan, acting associate dean of students and coordinator for fraternity & sorority life, said SIU’s Panhellenic Association invited all

the National Panhellenic Conference sororities to apply to become a part of the SIU community.

Two gave presentations at the university last spring and a commitee chose Delta Phi Epsilon.

Emily Lind, president of the Panhellenic Association, said the success rate of Delta Phi Epsilon was the reason for choosing it over Alpha Sigma Tau. “They seem to fit better for our campus and seem to offer a better advantage,” she said. “Over

the last seven years every time [Delta Phi Epsilon] has tried to start a chapter on a college campus they’ve succeeded. They’re attempting to have 100 chapters in the next two years, and they’re currently at about 90. Coming to SIU is helping towards that goal.”

The Panhellenic Association at SIU also consists of Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Zeta, Sigma Kappa and Sigma Alpha.

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Police chief Long-time sheriff hangs up holster speaks about robberies Gabriella Scibetta Daily Egyptian

There have been reports of multiple robberies on and off campus in the last month, and the Department of Public Safety is working to alert the students and make the campus safer.

A junior from Wauconda studying hospitality, who wished to remain anonymous, was robbed two weeks ago while walking home from a house party.

After meeting two men at the house party and going home with them, the junior was surprised when both guys started beating him and took his phone and money.

“They took everything I had in my hand, and then broke into my house,” he said. “I called the cops and told them everything that happened.”

The criminals took an iPad from the house but his roommates did not notice anything else missing.

“I’m lucky they didn’t take my wallet out of my pocket, it had all my credit cards and debit cards inside,” he said. “All that’s in my wallet now is my student ID and $20.”

After looking at pictures of potential criminals, having dogs sniff around his house and changing the locks on his house, the junior’s perspective has changed.

“I don’t think it’s ever going to stop. The house parties that people have can lead to people going in and stealing a lot of stuff,” he said. “I’m not as friendly as I used to be; I don’t trust anyone.”

Several alerts were sent to SIU email accounts at the end of August about robberies that occurred both on and off campus.

According to the DPS website, the emergency notification is required of colleges and universities under the Clery Act. The department will continue to use a multi-layered approach that also includes the university’s home page, social media and local media outlets.

The Clery Act, also known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, requires universities and colleges that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose any information about crime on and near their respective campuses. The DPS website also includes the university’s 2013 crime report available to the public.

One particular alert was sent Aug. 31, about four days after the incident occurred. Benjamin Newman, DPS chief of police, said the alert was sent late because the department was notified only hours before.

Newman said the robbery had to be appropriately investigated before the alert was sent out. Though it was late, Newman said he believes the alert system helps the campus’ safety.

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A bullet hole in his chest, a limp in his walk and a two-foot tall sign bearing his name are just a few of the souvenirs Sheriff Elry Faulkner will keep heading into retirement.

Faulkner, who has been the sheriff of Johnson County since 1974, is the longest tenured sheriff in Illinois. He plans to retire Nov. 30 after nearly five decades as a law enforcement officer.

Faulkner said people he has arrested have said they would vote for him for sheriff again. His reputation of being fair and

honest is something he takes pride in.

“I can honestly say I have never put an innocent person in jail,” he said. “I have let some guilty ones go. But I wont take you in unless I know in my heart and in my head you did it.”

Faulkner’s 40 years as sheriff is just seven years shorter than the longest tenured sheriff in U.S. history, Dwight Radcliff of Pickaway County, Ohio. Radcliff retired in 2002.

Faulkner said he is choosing to retire now because he feels the timing is right.

He said he was going to retire two terms ago until fate intervened.

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“Seven years ago, a guy tried to kill me,” he said. “I got hit running 100 miles an hour, on purpose—it wasn’t no accident. I was planning on retiring at the end of that term, and everyone thought I was hurt so bad that I was going to quit anyway. I’m stubborn so I ran again, but it took a lot out of me.”

The crash resulted in Faulkner being on life support for three days, parts of his intestines being removed and permanent damage to his right leg.

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Sarvela addresses university Brent Meske Daily Egyptian

Interim Chancellor Paul Sarvela discussed SIU’s financial situation, commitment to research and focus on filling open positions during the State of the University Address Monday.

Sarvela said an increase in financial aid and enrollment contributed to a $3

million decrease in tuition revenue for fiscal year 2014.

Sarvela said tuition revenue decreased even with the minimal increase in total student enrollment partially because the university handed out more need-based tuition waivers.

“Generally, our goal will be to make cuts through administrative reductions as much as possible in order to limit reductions to

academic units,” Sarvela said.

The overall operating budget for this year is $430 million, excluding the School of Medicine, Sarvela said.

Sarvela said the university’s focus on “reinvesting in research” benefits the region and the students.

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Tune as old as time Henry Nicolaides, of Carbondale, tunes a Steinway Concert Grand Model D piano Monday in Shryock Auditorium. “You play one note at a time looking for differences,” Nicolaides said. “Then play the chords for harmony.”

Nicolaides is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of 85 pianos within the SIUC School of Music. Nicolaides began repairing pianos by helping his neighbor as a child. His neighbor was a piano technician and used Nicolaides to reach into small crevices that larger hands could not easily fit into. September is National Piano month, which celebrates an instrument that contributed to the development of music and continues to play a key role.

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While most people would take this a sign to get out of the dangerous profession, Faulkner said he saw it as God keeping him in his position. It was not the first close call he suffered during his lengthy career.

Faulkner said his success as an officer caused him to become over-confident, but fate again interfered to save and humble him.

This time it was a human encounter.

After countless incidents working without a bulletproof vest, Faulkner said his wife Mary suggested he don the Kevlar before heading to a church to investigate a disturbance.

That night, Faulkner was shot in

the chest by an escapee of Marion Federal Penitentiary who was holed up in the church.

“Back in ’79, Marion Federal Prison was the toughest, meanest prison in the United States. They built Marion to replace Alcatraz,” he said. “Both of these guys were serving life sentences for murder and robbing a bank, so they had nothing to lose.”

Faulkner apprehended the shooter and his accomplice. He said those stories are not too common, as Johnson County usually has a lower crime rate than neighboring counties.

Faulkner began his career in 1968 as a Vienna police officer, but differences in policing philosophy from thensheriff Barry Eastman led to Faulkner’s dismissal from the force.

He challenged Eastman’s position in 1974 and won the Johnson County sheriff election. He said through their differences, he and Eastman have remained friends.

“Me and Barry are still friends, great friends,” Faulkner said. “He just had his way of being an officer and I just had my way. I give a lot of credit for giving me my start as a deputy.”

Allen James, a court security officer who has worked alongside Faulkner for 40 years, congratulated the sheriff on his career, and said the town will miss his presence.

“My experience with him as always been great,” James said. “He’s a good sheriff. He treats the prisoners with respect and everyone appreciates that.

It’s going to be hard to replace him.”

Faulkner said his plans for retirement involve fishing and hunting, but he will miss doing “real police work.”

“When I say real police work, I’m talking about catching drug-runners and burglaries,” he said. “We get so many calls like ‘my neighbor’s blowing grass on my lawn,’ but you’ve got to respond to those too. It’s important to the citizens, so even if there’s nothing we can do, we go check on it.”

Faulkner said he would keep an eye on the sheriff’s office, and if he sees a decline in quality he wont hesitate to put himself on the next election ballot.

“If they come in here and screw up a good department, I’ll only be 72 years old when the next election rolls around,” Faulkner said with a laugh.

“They better watch out.”

Johnson County will choose between Democrat Norman Suits and Republican Charles Harner for its next sheriff in November. Faulkner’s official last day is Dec. 1, but he said he has notified the county that he will leave the position Nov. 30 to avoid a longer wait for his first retirement check.

Phil Greer, a senior lecturer and photojournalist in residence at SIU, of Tunnel Hill in northwest Johnson County, said Faulkner has the respect of people in Johnson County and Illinois in general.

“I’ve had some interactions with him and heard a lot of funny stories about the past,” Greer said. “We’ve had students do pieces on him before. He is a legend over here as well as in the state of Illinois.”

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He said the university has had significant success securing federal funding for research.

“Overall research funding for fiscal year 2014 totaled $61.67 million,” he said.

Sarvela said this figure was relatively constant over the previous year.

“Externally sponsored research provides jobs, research and training opportunities for more than 1,000 undergraduate students and twice that many graduate students each year.”

Sarvela said the university is also focused on filling open positions throughout the university.

The university has lost a number of senior faculty members because of retirements.

However, the university is recruiting faculty to fill positions in high-demand areas including a national search for a new director of admissions.

“We have recently filled 34 tenure track or tenured positions across campus.

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“Our current sororities are very strong, academically and through serving the community,” Morgan said. “They’re very competitive, so having someone new to help raise the level will be advantageous to everybody.”

Lind said Delta Phi Epsilon wants to have 50 members.

“The other sororities have 80 to 90 members, so 50 is a really good estimate for the first semester,” she said. “They’ll start their process next Monday.”

Morgan said each of our Panhellenic sororities have seen a rise in recruitment this year. He said Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Zeta, and Sigma Kappa each added

Another 41 have been approved for next year,” Sarvela said.

Dr. Harold Bardo, who recently retired from the School of Medicine, has been asked by Sarvela to return on a part-time basis to assist the admissions team with management guidance.

Sarvela said the university is also looking to fill the director’s vacancy in the Registrar’s Office. Tamora Workman, director of transfer student services, currently holds the position.

Sarvlea said he is appointing a task force to determine if the university is efficient, effective, and answers the needs of the students.

“Dean Mickey Latour has agreed to chair this task force,” he said. “Invitations to participants will be issued shortly.”

Sarvela said it is time to evaluate the structure of the university and the units that serve students to compare it to current trends and best practices.

“We will continue to look at ways we can be more efficient and effective financially and operationally,” he said. “I welcome your suggestions and ideas.”

36 members this semester.

Lind, a senior from Herrin studying studio art, said this could be because of scheduling changes.

“Usually sorority recruitment takes place in the first weekend of school, but this year we pushed it back two weeks to allow people more time to sign up,” Lind said. “It gives girls more time to assimilate on campus before joining something so big. We think that by allowing girls to be here for two weeks and think about it, that helps us out a lot.”

Brent Meske can be reached at bmeske@dailyegyptian.com on Twitter @BrentMeske_DE or at 536-3311

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He also said every semester the department puts together a strategic report about what it could focus on for next semester.

“The university has increased [security] presence when school comes back into session,” Newman said. “The university added Saluki Student Patrol and LED lighting, hoping to help decrease the occurrence of incidents.”

Newman said security cameras would be added all around campus.

“We won’t get [coverage] everywhere on campus,” he said. “They aren’t a tool to prevent things to happen, but will help investigate situations.”

Newman said the department’s goal is to develop community strategies, educate the community and eliminate crimes around campus and in Carbondale.

Amber Billings, a freshman from Paducah, Ky. studying dental hygiene, was robbed last November during her college visit.

Billings and three other girls were dropped off on West College Street by an alley. While on her

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way to a friend’s apartment complex, a man in a black hoodie, walking the opposite direction threatened the group with a gun.

“He said ‘Give me your stuff or I will blow you up,’” Billings said. “My friend and I ran away and found a cop car at a four-way stop nearby.”

Even though the girls did not have much but their cell phones, the man still took all he could, she said.

“I didn’t really hear anything back from the cops,” Billings said. “Nothing on if they caught him or if my friends would get their stuff back.

When they came and got the information, the police said that this has happened before by this same criminal.”

Billings said the situation has traumatized her.

“I’m still to the point where I’m paying attention to my surroundings, even when it’s bright outside,” she said.

Billings said it may seem safer to be in a group, but it’s still important for students to be aware of their surroundings.

“I didn’t know if he would pull the trigger,” Billings said. “But I just know one day, it will go too far.”

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‘The Identical’ fails miserably Jacob Pierce Daily Egyptian

A serious drama is not supposed to make you laugh.

It feels wrong.

“The Identical”(Rated PG; 107 min) is one of those films.

Every piece of dialogue, action — and sometimes even the music — all contribute to this unintentional laughter.

“The Identical” is a film directed

by Dustin Marcellino, and stars Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Joe Pantoliano and Blake Rayne.

When a couple struggling during the Great Depression has a pair of twins, they decide to give one of the babies to a traveling preacher and his wife. Years later, one of the boys becomes a famous rock star and the other an impersonator of his famous brother. The impersonator struggles to please his preacher father and get out of the shadow of his famous brother.

There is nothing wrong with religious or spiritual themes in film.

Using allegories, fictional representations and other storytelling devices, films can achieve these themes without being too overt about it. When the movie shoves these themes down the viewer’s throat, however, the film has failed to do its job.

A film should have a functioning

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ny movie that is way too open about its themes has made a mistake, regardless of its intentions.

story with characters that have thoughts and feelings in a world within the movie. The moment a movie puts a message above either of these, it becomes propaganda.

“Identical” fails to create a believable world. Even with a concept full of potential and interesting pathways, it is dull.

No one in this film has anything resembling a character moment, a character arch or anything resembling character structure.

They are not characters. They are stock mouthpieces used to push off an agenda.

No one involved understood what the nature or culture of rock ‘n’ roll was in the 1950s or after. The screenwriters must have watched “Walk the Line” or “Ray” the night before writing the screenplay. After watching it, their reactions must have been to copy those themes but take out all of the character-defining moments.

The film is clearly taking a cue from the life and music of Elvis Presley. It is noticeable in every “Jailhouse Rock” sounding song in the film.

This is fine, however. When creating a fake historical figure,

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many writers tend to make amalgamations of existing historical figures. In this case, the writers should have just made a biographical Elvis movie.

It is sad to see actors of such talent in this film. It is extremely evident in Ray Liotta’s case.

Liotta has been in some of the greatest films of all time. “Field of Dreams” and “Goodfellas” are both classics in their genre. As of late, Liotta has found himself in a predicament common for many aging actors. When the good roles stop coming in, they must turn to the straight-to-DVD market.

While his acting is some of the best in this film, it is still only the best acting worthy of a straight-toDVD quality film.

This film is really bad. While not as boring some of the movies out there, any moment of enjoyment from this film will come from an ironic way of thinking.

It is simple. Do not see this movie.

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

EA takes one step forward and two backward Aaron Graff Daily Egyptian

You would think after doing something 26 times, there would be a level of mastery achieved. With EA Games’ Madden football franchise, this is not the case.

Madden 15 is the 27th edition of the franchise, but noticeable glitches make the release worse than its predecessors. Previous editions played almost flawlessly and had good enough graphics to keep it fun and up to date.

The newest edition has the best graphics of the franchise by far, but that does not make a game good.

Fans have made complaints of certain glitches, which make a mockery of the game.

Linemen have been seen flying up to 30 feet in the air on basic blocks.

Cleveland Browns linebacker Christian Kirksey is listed at 6-foot-2inches by the NFL, but a typo has him at only 1-foot-2-inches in Madden 15. While EA games is laughing at itself and even created a hash tag called #TinyTitan making fun of the issue, this should not happen.

Kirksey is not rated high on the game, so his shortage of height was noticed by a gamer using the Tennessee Titans in Madden’s Ultimate Team, a featured game mode.

In Madden’s Ultimate Team, gamers start with lower rated players and get coins for every online win.

The coins are good for new card packs, containing more players, usually at higher ratings.

Players once had the option of playing head to-head for a single game, but now must play 10-game seasons. It plays the same, but a player can clinch playoffs with five wins and a first-round bye with eight wins.

It gives a higher sense of pride to users who win a lot, but it is an obsolete system. Users who clinch playoffs will have to play other users who clinched playoffs, which means when gamers upgrade to newer editions of the franchise, they may not be able to ever play those games.

Madden’s Ultimate Team is not the only mode that got more confusing.

Madden game modes used to be more descriptive. Franchise mode and the My Player mode used to be separate, and it should have stayed that way.

Now there is Connected Franchise, which allows gamers to go online or offline with their game. Gamers then have to choose between a player franchise, coach franchise, or owner franchise.

They can then create a new character, use a current one or use an NFL legend, such as Mike Ditka, Barry Sanders or Chris Carter.

Owner franchise gives the gamer the most capabilities, but it is almost too much to handle.

Gamers set ticket prices and can even relocate a team. That is

“Madden 15” is available for Playstation 3 and 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360

one of the cool things about it, but it’s tougher than it seems and challenging to keep up with.

Also, gamers who like to do a fantasy draft for their franchise mode will have to think on their toes.

Picks are 45 seconds to one minute depending on the round, making it difficult to look at ratings.

Players are sorted by their projected draft round instead of their overall potential.

The draft is fixed.

Consistently after one round, the best quarterback available is Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer, who is rated 83 overall. Players left on the board include 2012 Most Valuable Player

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.

In no league should Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill or St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford be selected before Peterson.

The draft strategy is unrealistic, as well as the gauntlet mode, which is something sports fans do not want in a video game.

Gauntlet mode is a series of mini-challenges. The player must complete these to move on. Every fifth challenge there is a boss mode, which are reasonably tougher.

The first boss challenge is to kick a 100-yard field goal with hurricane winds. The wind makes it a chip

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shot, but frankly annoying since it is impossible in real life.

It’s not all bad though. Graphics are at an all-time high and Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton’s voice appears in the game, which connects it more with the NFL. All in all, if you’re playing an outdated version of the game, Madden 15 is worth purchasing. If you have an edition within the past two years, you might want to wait until Madden 16 comes out.

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

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented its best picture Oscar this year on March 2 — almost six months after many pundits, with varying degrees of certainty, had named the harrowing, historical drama “12 Years a Slave” as the de facto winner after seeing the movie (and audiences’ stunned reactions) at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals last September.

You can chalk up the lengthy time lag partly to the media’s impulse to be the first to plant the Flag of Prediction and claim the call in the name of all that is good and holy and click-bait worthy. Half measures are frowned upon these days. Besides, given the absurd length of the awards season, who will remember if you’re wrong on Labor Day (not the Jason Reitman movie of the same name, which was unfairly hobbled leaving the festival gate last year) by the time Presidents Day rolls around?

The motive behind instantly defining the race can be easily understood. The last four best picture Oscar winners — “The King’s Speech,” “The Artist,” “Argo” and “12 Years” — played at both Telluride and Toronto. Last year, the response to “12 Years a Slave” was immediate and deeply

felt. Yes, festival crowds routinely stand and roar their approval to just about any film playing in a prime slot, but the reaction to Steve McQueen’s movie went beyond that.

Audience members clapped in unison while “Roll, Jordan, Roll” played over the movie’s end credits.

And in Toronto, the cheering that greeted McQueen, writer John Ridley and the movie’s fine cast — Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, Brad Pitt and Benedict Cumberbatch — absolutely thundered through the Princess of Wales Theatre. All that was missing was the anointing oil and the Oscar.

But still ... don’t you want to digest the entirety of the year’s offerings (not to mention the burgers you ate at your Labor Day barbecue) before engraving your Oscar winners in stone? When David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” first screened in mid-November, many pundits, weary of writing about “12 Years a Slave” and “Gravity,” immediately catapulted the film ahead of the two early birds, particularly after the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. showered it with love. Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Spike Jonze’s lovely “Her” also had their admirers, though neither could muster enough love to move from being a nominee to a prime contender.

The good news (at least for those who don’t immediately turn to the final page of a book after buying it) is that the Telluride-Toronto two-step will likely go out of fashion this year. For one thing, with Toronto artistic director Cameron Bailey relegating any films that premiere at Telluride to Toronto’s less-attended second weekend, not as many movies are playing both spots this year.

And those that are — Bennett Miller’s warped character study “Foxcatcher,” Reese Witherspoon’s Pacific Crest Trail journey to selfdiscovery “Wild,” Jon Stewart’s directorial debut, “Rosewater,” and Cumberbatch’s historical drama “The Imitation Game” — don’t boast the sort of overwhelming credentials that could lead to endof-the-conversation Oscar talk.

And though we can expect to hear much more about all of those, the best picture contenders will likely include two brilliant titles from earlier in the year, Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age drama “Boyhood,” along with some fall releases: the Venice-premiere “Birdman”; two high-profile auteur adaptations — David Fincher’s “Gone Girl” and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Inherent Vice” — and numerous other imposing titles the studios will dole out through the end of the year.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8 — You can do anything you set your mind to. Listen to your partner. Collaboration brings fruitful results today and tomorrow. Learn from a strong leader. Put your back into it.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 6 — A new project demands attention today and tomorrow.

Talk doesn’t go far... action’s required.

Apply discipline to time management this week, and rely on your schedule. A bonus is available. You’re the stabilizing influence.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 7 — Assert your opinion without clashing with an authority figure.

This requires an attitude adjustment. The practical can also be comfortable. Love is the priority today and tomorrow. Practice

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something you’re passionate about.

Emotional release provides freedom.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 — Imagine a firm foundation. Strengthen your household infrastructure. Take on a project with enthusiasm. Quiet determination gets it done. A disruption or surprise distracts... stay flexible. Follow an expert’s advice, and prepare for a party.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 — You have a knack for putting words together today and tomorrow. Write but don’t publish.

Study and research. Embrace a new phase in leadership. Discover a lost treasure in the process. Don’t let financial constraints stop you.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8 — The next two days are good for making money. Assume responsibility. A loved one offers support.

Act on what you hear. Keep watching for openings. Not all directions progress.

Persistent action gets results.

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Salukis to hold Quidditch sweeps campus walk-on tryouts Thomas Donley Daily Egyptian

The SIU women’s basketball team might find its next key contributor Wednesday.

Head coach Cindy Stein will hold a walk-on tryout Wednesday at SIU Arena. The tryout is open to any female SIU student enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours, who has obtained a tryout physical and registered by Sept. 5.

Stein said the team is holding tryouts to make sure it doesn’t miss out on a potential valuable addition to the roster.

“You never know who’s out there,” Stein said. “You always want to have a lookout for those young ladies that maybe went under the radar.”

The Salukis found a solid player in Hannah Shores in last year’s tryout.

Shores walked on as a sophomore and played in all 30 games for the Salukis and started 18. The 5-foot7-inch guard averaged 4.4 points and 3.0 rebounds per game in 20132014 and led the team in assists.

“Hannah’s a perfect example,” Stein said. “She definitely helped our

team last year when we needed it.”

Injuries depleted the Salukis’ roster last winter, which opened up more playing time for Shores, among others.

Shores said she did not come to SIU with the intent to play varsity basketball, but decided to try out when she saw an announcement outside a classroom.

“I thought, well, it’s not going to hurt to try out,” Shores said, who ranks fifth all-time in scoring at Centralia High School. “I’m definitely glad I did it.”

She said she practiced and played at the Recreation Center leading up to the tryout, but was unprepared in that she did not even have the proper clothes and ended up wearing a tank top and running shorts. Her attire did not end up holding her back, however, and she went on to have a productive first season for SIU. Thomas Donley can be reached at tdonley@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @tdonleyDE or at 536-331 ext. 256

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David Gibellin, left, a sophomore from Chicago studying communication disorders, and Dalton Shaffer, right, a sophomore from Mattoon studying physiology, participate in a seeker drill during Saluki Quidditch practice Monday at Sam Rinella Field. The Saluki Quidditch team is a Registered Student Organization founded in March 2012. The club plays the game of Quidditch similar to the style of the sport from the “Harry Potter” series, and has participated in regional tournafrom 5-7 p.m. every Monday and Thursday and from 1-4 p.m. every Saturday at Sam Rinella Field.

DE Sports Bark The Baltimore Ravens terminated running back Ray Rice’s contract Monday. In a video released by ‘TMZ’, Rice is shown punching his wife Janay Palmer in the head during an altercation on Feb. 15. Palmer is knocked down by the punch and hits her head on a railing in the elevator, which knocks her unconscious. Do you think Rice’s

now, and should be further taken care of.

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