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Jonathan Biggers performs a rendition of Max Reger’s “Phantasie über den Choral” Friday at Shryock Auditorium as part of the Distinguished Organ Recital Series. Biggers, an associate professor of organ at Binghamton University in Binghampton, N.Y., told the audience how he puts together a performance. “When you present a concert, it’s important that you have three different types of literature,” he said. “You present music that everyone can love, music that you love and music that the audience can love.”

Pension expert to speak on issues SETH RICHARDSON Daily Egyptian Linda Brookhart will be at SIU Thursday to speak about pension issues facing current and retired faculty.

Brookhart is the executive director of the State Universities Annuitants Association, a lobbyist organization based in Springfield for current and former university and community college employees and retirees. It handles issues such as pension reform and benefits. It currently has 52 state university and community college chapters and over 15,000 members.

Brookhart has been the director of SUAA since March 2007. She was previously with the Taxpayers Federation of Illinois where she served in various capacities as financial secretary, membership director and vice-president.

“She’s very knowledgeable about what is going on in Springfield,” said Bruce Appleby, a retired professor and president of the southern

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he’s very knowledgeable about what is going on in Springfield. That’s saying a lot because not too many people understand what’s going on in Springfield with pensions and benefits.

— Bruce Appleby president, southern Illinois chapter of the SUAA

Illinois chapter of the SUAA. “That’s saying a lot because not too many people understand what’s going on in Springfield with pensions and benefits.”

The pension crisis is one of the top issues in the state of Illinois. Massive underfunding issues have the potential to leave thousands of retirees without their state guaranteed pension and benefits.

Appleby said it was particularly important for people who are still employed to attend to find out what is happening with their money in the pension system. He said Brookhart was the best way to find out about these issues.

“Come in and find out what’s happening to your pensions and benefits,” he said. “This is the best source of information you’re going to have.”

The presentation takes place Thursday in the Student Center Auditorium at 5:15 p.m. where Brookhart will be speaking and have a Q&A session. Wine and appetizers will be served before she speaks at 4:30 p.m.

For more information about the SUAA, visit their website at www.suaa.org.

Seth Richardson can be reached at srichardson@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 259.

When George Harrison visited the small coal-mining town of Benton, most people did not know who he was, let alone the lasting impact his band would have on music.

The Liverpool, England rock band, The Beatles, had three hits in the United Kingdom but were still unknown in the United States when they took a few weeks off in the summer of 1963 before their American debut the following year.

While Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr went to Greece and John Lennon went to Paris, Harrison and his brother Peter went to southern Illinois to visit their sister Louise Harrison.

George was the first Beatle to visit America, Louise said, making the trip almost as a scout to determine if their music would be popular in the country.

But Louise said she knew it would be.

Saturday, the town unveiled a historical marker that tells the story of Harrison’s first visit to the U.S. on the day Gov. Pat Quinn has dubbed George Harrison day.

Louise Harrison and her brothers were all in culture shock at the town of 7,000, but Louise said they loved how nice everyone in the town was.

“Back in those days everybody, the whole world, was pretty different,” she said. “There wasn’t as much hatred and fear and suspicion. People were open with each other and you could walk into somewhere and be accepted for who you were without everybody wanting to do a background check. It was more free and open of a society than it is now.”

Louise moved to Benton in March of 1963 with her husband. He worked as a mining engineer. After the band gained recognition in the UK after their 1962 hit, Love Me Do, she took it on herself to get the word out about The Beatles.

“I spent most of the summer of ’63 going around about a 200 mile radius of Benton, going to the major radio stations I could find trying to get them to play my kid brother’s band on the radio,” she said. “I was pushing very, very hard trying to get that to happen.”

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Internships bring students work-force experience LAKENDRIA KENNER Daily Egyptian With internships becoming a popular gateway into the work force, some students are weighing the options of how to go about gaining work experience.

With the approaching application deadlines for those wanting to intern, students should consider the growing opportunities that become available, Jaime Conley-Holt, career development

director at Career Services said.

Internships are vital to competing in today’s tough job market, even if the internship is not paid. It can still be vital for networking. It can be helpful to intern if the opportunity comes and it is not in your area of study, she said.

Interns get hands-on work experience in their field. Tools students use to get internships can also be used to get a job, said Conley-Holt.

James Anderson, a graduate student

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interned in undergraduate admissions, it’s kind of a step out of what I’m used to. It gave me a chance to experience new things about higher education.

in mass communication and media from Greenville, said internships can be paid as well as non-paid, but have the benefit of gaining work experience as well as a potential job opportunity.

— Joshua Baugh graduate student “I think a lot of internships are exploitative,” he said. “There are a lot of unpaid internships where you have people doing the jobs of others that might be paid for it, and having them

fill the position. Even paid internships oftentimes the interns are overworked, or not doing the jobs or task that are going to benefit them.”

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Environmentalists win dead zone round against EPA JANET MCCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Environmental advocates in states along the Mississippi River have won a round toward a long-term goal of having federal standards created to regulate farmland runoff and other pollution blamed for the oxygendepleted “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico and problems in other bodies of water.

In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey in New Orleans gave the Environmental Protection Agency six months to decide whether to set Clean Water Act standards for nitrogen and phosphorous in all U.S. waterways or explain why they’re not needed. The EPA describes the nutrients on its website as “one of America’s most widespread, costly and challenging environmental problems,” affecting every state.

“If they step up to the plate and do the right thing, agreeing to promulgate federal standards where states have failed, the impact on waters throughout the nation could be hugely positive,” said Ann Alexander, an attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of nine environmental groups including the Gulf Restoration Network, the Sierra Club and the Prairie Rivers Network.

If they do, she said Monday, one of the first areas to look at could be the 31 states of the Mississippi River basin, because the annual

dead zone is “one of the clearest manifestations of the severity of the problem.” Every summer, nutrients feed algae blooms at the river’s mouth. Algae and the protozoa that eat them die and fall to the bottom, where their decomposition uses up oxygen. That creates an area on the sea bottom averaging nearly 5,800 square miles — larger than the state of Connecticut — where there is too little oxygen for aquatic life.

“More than 100,000 miles of rivers and streams, close to 2.5 million acres of lakes, reservoirs and ponds, and more than 800 square miles of bays and estuaries in the United States have poor water quality because of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution,” according to EPA. “Additionally, nutrients can soak into ground water, which provides drinking water to millions of Americans.”

Earlier this month, a federal judge in Virginia upheld federal and state pollution limits worked out by the EPA, six states and Washington, D.C., to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay by more tightly regulating wastewater treatment, construction along waterways and agricultural runoff. The American Farm Bureau, one of 44 agricultural groups that asked to join EPA as plaintiffs in the Louisiana lawsuit, had challenged the regulations.

Similar issues are driving the damaging algae blooms in Lake Erie and threatening other parts of the Great Lakes, the NRDC said in

a news release.

The environmental groups are also members of the Mississippi River Collaborative, which asked EPA in a 2008 petition to set standards and cleanup plans for nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the river.

A spokesman for Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana — one of 12 states that asked to join EPA as plaintiffs — did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An attorney for the agricultural groups, from the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, the National Corn Growers Association and the National Pork Producers Council to farm bureaus in 15 states from Louisiana to Wyoming, said he would ask his clients if they wanted to comment.

“We’re reviewing the ruling. We have no further comment at this time,” U.S. Department of Justice attorney Wyn Hornbuckle wrote in an email.

The department argued for EPA that setting such rules would be unnecessarily complex, would take too many people and too much time, and that the agency could more effectively fight water pollution by working with states to reduce such pollution from fertilizer, sewage and storm runoff.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 ruling in a lawsuit about greenhouse gases and car emissions also requires EPA to investigate whether federal water pollution standards are needed, Zainey ruled Friday.

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When the Harrison brothers came to southern Illinois, Louise pushed again for a local West Frankfort station to play George’s music. Marcia Schafer Raubach hosted a radio show on WFRX and was the first DJ in the U.S. to play the Beatles.

Jim Kirkpatrick, author of “Before He Was Fab” which chronicles Harrison’s trip to America, said the Beatles music Raubach played was completely different from the Frank Sinatra and Buddy Holiday music playing on the radio at that time.

Harrison also played at the VFW in Eldorado with the Four Vests Sept.

28. Kirkpatrick said he was reluctant to play, but once he did, he wanted to play country. He sang Hank Williams’ “Your Cheatin’ Heart”.

The lead guitar player later referred to as, “the quiet Beatle,” was only 20 at the time and spent much of the trip walking the streets of Benton. He bought a few records at Barton and Collins, one of a fairly unknown artist with the song “Got My Mind Set on You” which he covered in 1987.

Harrison played Boccie Ball at the Boneyard Club and bought a guitar in Mt. Vernon that is now on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In 1963 Harrison was not yet a vegetarian, so Louise took her brothers to try a steak, which they had never tried before. There, George realized he had lost his wallet with more than $400 in cash.

“He had dropped it out of his pocket and got it back in 20 minutes from a local boy,” she said. “That doesn’t happen anywhere. He was pretty pleased about it.”

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The historical marker which tells the story of George Harrison’s first visit to the United States was unveiled Saturday in Benton, 30 miles northeast of Carbondale. The Beatles lead guitar player visited his sister, who at the time lived in Benton, 50 years ago. Gov. Pat Quinn proclaimed Sept. 21 as “George Harrison Day,” in honor of the visit. “George Harrison helped define a generation, and we encourage visitors to follow his footsteps throughout southern Illinois,” Quinn said.

During the trip, the siblings spent a lot of time camping in the Shawnee National Forest and stopped in several southern Illinois towns.

Harrison spent the last few days of his trip in New York and then returned to England. His next visit to America was with the rest of the “Fab Four” in February 1964 when 73 million viewers watched the group preform on the Ed Sullivan Show.

“The next time he came back was fully fledged Beatle-mania everywhere he went,” Louise Harrison said. “He

was one of the only ones who got the opportunity to meet American people being normal and not screaming and wanting to pull his hair out.”

Bob Rea, the president of the Franklin County Historic Preservation Society, was 12 years old when Harrison visited that fall.

“I was there when every single came out and I lived through those years,” he said. “When you were my age, you grew up with The Beatles whether you liked them or not.”

Rea, who has spent most of his life

in Benton, said the town recognizes the importance Harrison’s visit had on his music, which influenced a generation.

“The 60’s was a decade of revolution,” he said. “And from that came the most adored group, the Beatles, which was the most important band in the 60’s because they led a generation through a revolution of change.”

The Franklin County Historic Preservation Society and the Illinois State Historical Society held the historical marker dedication at Benton’s Capitol Park. The marker titled, “The

First Beatle in America,” also has an inscription saying this sign is sponsored

by Beatles fans everywhere.

More than 300 people were in attendance Saturday, most from out of state, Kirkpatrick said.

He said many visitors walked around town to look at what Harrison saw during his first trip to the states. Some even had pictures taken at the Antique Mall that used to be the record store where Harrison shopped.

George Harrison died in 2001, and Louise Harrison’s home was preserved in 1995. Several visited the house as well.

Harrison said apart from a few of the speakers, she knew most of the people were Beatles fans who drove a great distance to see the marker. When they asked the crowd if any youngsters from Benton could help reveal the marker, there was only one in attendance.

“I remember commenting to myself at the time that George would have liked this because he is going to be in a place where he is going to be totally ignored, because his entire life after he became a Beatle he was looking for peace and quiet,” she said.

After nine years with The Beatles when he wrote hits such as, “Something,” “For You Blue,” “Here Comes the Sun,” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” the band broke up and members started their solo careers.

Louise said the dedication proved The Beatles would always be an influential band for generations to come.

“There are still so many people who understand what The Beatles are all about,” she said. “It wasn’t just the music, but it was also the attitude to life that we need to be compassionate to each other and try to live together in peace. All those things were part of The Beatles message.”

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Some students have not yet interned.

Simone Blackmon, a junior from Zion studying advertising said she wants to finish her general education courses before applying for internships.

“Just so once I’m in an internship, I can fully focus on the job at hand, and how it actually plays into my major so I can fully practice advertising,” she said.

Blackmon said interning in an area you are not studying proves to be beneficial. Blackmon interned in cosmetology before attending SIU, and believes learning that trade may help her support herself if she gets an internship that is not paid.

Others who intern outside of their field believe that it broadens

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nce they come in they’re back one or two times; they kind of get hooked especially with resume writing. It’s an ongoing process. We recommend that once we see you, go back make some changes and come back before you upload to Saluki Recruiting or apply for a job.

their horizons. Joshua Baugh, a graduate student studying higher education from Springfield, said by doing his internship he was exposed to an area in his field that he would not have considered, but has gained interest in a new possible area that he would consider working in.

“I interned in undergraduate admissions. It’s kind of a step out of what I’m used to,” he said. “It gave me a chance to experience new things about higher education.”

Career services located in Woody Hall, help students prepare for job searching, and internships

— Michelle Rust graduate student

by offering mock interviews and workshops on resume and cover letter writing. Testing is also offered for students unsure of what they are interested in.

Students upload resumes to Saluki Recruiting, a job bank similar to career builder or other job sites. What is different about Saluki Recruiting is a lot of jobs that are spam get filtered out, and employers can search for you the same way you search for them, said Michelle Rust, a graduate student studying educational psychology from Chester.

Rust said resumes and cover letters showcase your ability to express yourself on paper, and what stands out to employers is what you may have done that the next person did not. Any relevant experience can make your resume look good to employers.

“Once they come in they’re back one or two times; they kind of get hooked especially with resume writing. It’s an ongoing process,” she said. “We recommend that once we see you, go back make some changes and come back before you upload to Saluki Recruiting or

apply for a job.”

The tools provided for students to assist them in landing a job go hand-in-hand with landing an internship, as you may interview or send your resume out to get an internship, said Jaime ConleyHolt, the career development coordinator at career services.

“The process of applying for jobs and internships are the same,” Rust said.

Interning also gives students the chance to explore the other side of their career field not just the academic side. Interning and being in the actual environment allows them to find out if they chose the right career path sooner rather than later.

Lakendria Kenner can be reached at lkenner@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext 254.

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Doyle McManus: In Washington, countdown to a shutdown DOYLE MCMANUS LOS ANGELES TIMES “The American people don’t want the government shut down, and they don’t want Obamacare. The House has listened to the American people.”

That’s what Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, said at the GOP’s victory rally Friday after the House voted to pass a spending bill that cut all funding for the president’s health-care law — and took the country one step closer to a government shutdown on Oct. 1.

The American people, alas, weren’t in the room to speak for themselves. But was Boehner right about their desires? Polls show that most Americans are, not surprisingly, divided.

Yes, a majority doesn’t like Obamacare. They’re unsure about what it will do and worried that it might make their health care worse.

But do they really want to defund the law, and risk the chaos of a government shutdown to do it?

Probably not, most polls suggest.

As one Republican pollster told me, though a majority of voters don’t like Obamacare, they’re not angry enough about it to risk a fiscal crisis that could hurt the economy.

So why are Republican lawmakers hearing a different message? Because most of them represent districts so conservative that they are listening only to their own choir. “It’s clear where the public in my district is,” said Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., a tea party firebrand. “They want Obamacare

repealed. They want it defunded. They want it dismantled.”

Bridenstine, a Navy Reserve pilot from Tulsa, is probably right. In his solidly Republican district, Mitt Romney won two-thirds of the vote in the last presidential election.

A visit to the House side of Capitol Hill these days feels a bit like an excursion to an alternate universe, where the voters are all conservative, the will of the American people is crystal clear and the only mystery is how that Obama fellow ever got re-elected.

“This is all a result of redistricting,” a Republican strategist told me. “The only election these guys have to worry about is the Republican primary. The only danger they face is from the right.”

According to ratings compiled by Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, only 28 of the House’s 233 Republicans have even a theoretical chance of losing their seats to a Democrat next year; the other 205 are safe as long as they win their primaries. (The same is true of most House Democrats, of course.)

Outside the conservative bubble of the House GOP conference, the politics of the budget standoff look different.

Karl Rove, former political adviser to George W. Bush, has warned that the only winner in a government shutdown would be Obama. “This is one thing that can rescue him,” Rove said on Fox News.

In the Senate, Republicans acknowledge there

is almost no chance of passing legislation to defund Obamacare, the president’s most cherished achievement. Even Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the loudest champion of the defund Obamacare movement, agreed on that last week, landing him in hot water with the House conservatives he was urging to plunge ahead.

The entire strategy, warned Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is “a box canyon” for Republicans — a trap with no way out but retreat.

Cruz and other tea party senators have vowed to filibuster to block the Senate from approving a spending bill that doesn’t defund Obamacare, but Senate rules make that difficult.

So the Senate is expected to strip the Obamacare provision and kick the bill back to the House, where Boehner and his Republicans will consider their next move.

They might make a dignified retreat and pass the Senate version before the Sept. 30 deadline.

Or, more likely, they might engage in another round of legislative pingpong, in which doomed proposals bounce between the two branches of Congress as the clock runs out.

One veteran budget guru, Stan Collender of Qorvis Communications, puts the chances of a government shutdown at 70 percent.

And that’s not even the worst possible outcome.

Boehner and his lieutenants have told House members that the current battle over the spending bill is only a preliminary bout. The real fight, they’ve said, will be over the debt ceiling — the government’s authority to borrow money to pay

its bills, which is expected to run out in October or November, Once again, conservatives have begun telling one another that the American people would welcome the crisis if it resulted in less federal spending and the end of Obamacare.

They argue that a debt-ceiling standoff wouldn’t force the federal government to default on its debts and throw the world economy into crisis; the Treasury, they say, could keep paying bondholders and stop most of its other checks.

Even if that were possible (and the Treasury Department says it isn’t), the world’s lenders would almost certainly downgrade Uncle Sam’s credit rating, imposing higher interest costs on the federal budget for years to come.

This may sound like just another round of Washington’s recurring impasse, but this time the prospects for a quick solution look worse.

The Republicans have chosen to demand the one concession Obama is least likely to make: the crippling of Obamacare. And the GOP’s chief deal maker, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is battling a primary challenge on his right, which means he’s not eager to play the role of middleman this year.

When Boehner described what the American people want from Congress, he left one thing out: They also want their government to solve problems, even if that sometimes requires an uncomfortable dose of compromise. They aren’t seeing much of that from the House of Representatives this year.

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Group aims to help minority staff transition STEPHANIE DANNER Daily Egyptian Students are not the only ones who have to adjust to a new life on a college campus. Faculty and staff have to adjust as well, and a new group on campus is hoping to make those adjustments a little smoother.

The Black Staff and Faculty Council is in the process of becoming an official constituency group on campus. In addition to helping black staff and faculty, it wants to help recruit more black people to the university, said group president Carolin Harvey.

Harvey said she believes they will be more successful as an organization by becoming a constituency group on campus.

“By becoming a constituency group we will get official representation through the Board of Trustees, committees that make decisions concerning the university and we are also funded,” Harvey said.

The Black Faculty and Staff Council is assisting black professors

with tenure, sponsoring workshops, mentorship programs and recruiting.

“The group came together to deal with issues of employment and the reduction of staff and faculty, tenure and also the treatment of blacks once they got here,” said Alfred Jackson, treasurer of the Black Staff and Faculty Council.

The council will help people who work or go to school at SIU be properly informed about the racial climate of Southern Illinois, Jackson said.

Many students, faculty and staff who come to SIU hit cultural barriers that can make life more difficult, said Zenetta Coleman, a member of the group and associate director of the University Honors Program.

Coleman said problems might be caused by differences in teaching styles, moving from a community of mostly black students and faculty to a community of mostly white students and faculty, or moving from a large area to a small area.

She said the more black students, faculty and staff members who are

present on campus, the less cultural tension or stress caused by change.

Black students, faculty and staff feel more at home.

“Contrary to popular belief, faculty and staff members have an impact on student life,” Jackson said.

“When black students walk into an office and see no black faces or you don’t see someone you can relate to, then you may not envision yourself being as successful there.”

Jackson said he believes having a better retention of black faculty and staff will help black students, faculty and staff members be more comfortable and allow them to have a better quality of life.

Coleman said the council is also a good resource for black faculty, staff and students. It is helping to inform black faculty about job promotion and tenure and informing students about various organizations on campus, such as the honors society.

Stephanie Danner can be reached at sdanner@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 259

Alumni toss competition aside

ZANE ECKLUND | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Blake Brown, of Belleville, looks for an open receiver Sunday during the championship match of the So. Ill 8 Ultimate Frisbee Tournament held at the practice fields south of Saluki Stadium. Brown competed for the team Full Tilt Alumni, which was composed entirely of SIU alumni. Full Tilt Alumni won the tournament defeating team Risky Bidness 15-9. Ultimate Frisbee sports club captain and tournament organizer Austin Neilan, a senior from Lake In The Hills studying forestry, said the tournament has positive impact on campus. “This tournament helps out the sports club community because it’s a popular tournament which brings positive attention to SIU and sports clubs on campus,” Neilan said.

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Quidditch sweeps campus

ALLISON LAMPE | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Quidditch players from the Illinois State University Red Owls and the University of Missouri Tigers face off Saturday at Sam Rinella Field during the Southern Illinois Quidditch Open. The tournament, hosted by the Southern Illinois Quidditch RSO, was the first of the season. Mizzou beat ISU 140-40, and went on to face Tennessee Tech in the championship match, losing 130-60.

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WORLD & NATION JASON STRAZIUSO TOM ODULA

N A I RO B I , Kenya — Kenyan security forces battled al-Qaidalinked terrorists in an upscale mall for a third day Monday in what they said was a final push to rescue the last few hostages in a siege that has left at least 62 people dead.

While the government announced Sunday that “most” hostages had been released, a security expert with contacts inside the mall said at least 10 were still being held by a band of attackers described as “a multinational collection from all over the world.”

The expert, who insisted on anonymity to talk freely about the situation, said many hostages had been freed or escaped in the previous 24-36 hours, including some who were in hiding.

However, there were at least 30 hostages when the assault by alShabab militants began Saturday, he said, and “it’s clear” that Kenyan security officials “haven’t cleared the building fully.”

Flames and dark plumes of smoke rose Monday above the Westgate shopping complex for more than an hour after four large explosions rocked the surrounding neighborhood. The smoke was pouring through a large skylight inside the mall’s main department and grocery store, where mattresses and other flammable goods appeared to have been set on fire, a person with knowledge of the rescue operation told The Associated Press.

The explosions were followed by volleys of gunfire as police helicopters and a military jet circled overhead, giving the neighborhood the feel of a war zone.

By evening, Kenyan security officials claimed the upper hand.

“Taken control of all the floors.

We’re not here to feed the attackers

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Soldiers arrive at Westgate Mall on Saturday, September 21, 2013, in Nairobi, Kenya. A gun battle inside the shopping center left several people dead after gunmen attacked one of the city’s most exclusive malls. with pastries but to finish and punish them,” Police Inspector General David Kimaiyo said on Twitter.

Kenya’s Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said the evacuation of hostages had gone “very, very well” and that Kenyan officials were “very certain” that few if any hostages were left in the building.

But with the mall cordoned off and under heavy security it was not possible to independently verify the assertions. Similar claims of a quick resolution were made by Kenyan officials on Sunday and the siege continued. Authorities have also not provided any details on how many hostages were freed or how many still remain captive.

Three attackers were killed in the fighting Monday, Kenyan authorities said, and more than 10 suspects arrested. Eleven Kenyan soldiers were wounded in the running gun battles.

Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group, al-Shabab, which claimed responsibility for the attack, said the hostage-takers were well-armed and ready to take on the Kenyan forces.

An al-Shabab spokesman, Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage, said in an audio file posted on a militant website that the attackers had been ordered to “take punitive action against the hostages” if force was used to try to rescue them.

The attackers have lots of ammunition, the militant group said in a Twitter feed, adding that Kenya’s government would be responsible for any loss of hostages’ lives.

A Western security official in Nairobi who insisted on not being named to share information about the rescue operation said the only reason the siege hadn’t yet ended would be because hostages were still inside.

Westgate mall, a vast complex

with multiple banks that have secure vaults and bulletproof glass partitions, as well as a casino, is difficult to take, the official said.

“They are not made for storming,” he said of the labyrinth of shops, restaurants and offices. “They’re made to be unstormable.”

At least 62 people were killed in the assault Saturday by some 12 to 15 al-Shabab militants wielding grenades and firing on civilians inside the mall, which includes shops for such retail giants as Nike, Adidas and Bose and is popular with foreigners and wealthy Kenyans.

The militants specifically targeted non-Muslims, and at least 18 foreigners were among the dead, including six Britons, as well as citizens from France, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, Peru, India, Ghana, South Africa and China. More than 100 people were

wounded, including five Americans.

Fighters from an array of nations participated in the assault, according to Kenya Chief of Defense forces Gen. Julius Karangi. “We have an idea who these people are and they are clearly a multinational collection from all over the world,” he said.

In the United States, the FBI was looking into whether Americans were involved in the attack, said FBI spokesman Paul Bresson.

Al-Shabab, whose name means “The Youth” in Arabic, said the mall attack was in retribution for Kenyan forces’ 2011 push into neighboring Somalia.

An extremist Islamic terrorist force that grew out of the anarchy that crippled Somalia after warlords ousted a longtime dictator in 1991, it is estimated to have several thousand fighters, including a few hundred foreign fighters, among them militants from the Middle East with experience in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Others are young, raw recruits from Somali communities in the United States and Europe.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the attack showed that al-Shabab was a threat not just to Somalia but to the international community.

Reports that some of the attackers may have been Somalis who lived in the United States illustrate the global nature of the militant group, the Somali leader said in a speech at Ohio State University. “Today, there are clear evidences that Shabab is not a threat to Somalia and Somali people only,” he said. “They are a threat to the continent of Africa, and the world at large.”

As the crisis passed the 48-hour mark, a video emerged that was taken by someone inside the mall's main department store when the assault began. It showed frightened and unsure shoppers crouching as long, loud volleys of gunfire could be heard.

Car slams into cyclists Small plane lands on main Chicago roadway during NH ride, killing 2 C H I C AG O — The pilot of a singleengine plane made an emergency landing early Sunday along Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive because of mechanical issues.

John Pedersen told the Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/1fpX6w9) he was flying over the lakefront about 6 a.m. when an elevator on his experimental plane broke, causing the aircraft to shake.

“I thought the plane was going to break apart,” he said.

He landed in the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park, authorities said.

“There’s always a risk. I always look for a place to land,” said Pedersen, who’s been a pilot for five years.

Chicago police said no one was injured. Traffic on the iconic roadway along Lake Michigan was

back to normal within a few hours, Chicago police spokesman Jose Estrada said.

Pedersen, 51, of the Chicago suburb of Lombard, said two cars hit the plane’s left wing after he landed, but drove off. The plane was later pushed off the roadway into a grassy area.

“This could have been fatal, been much worse. The toughest thing now is getting it out of here,” Chicago Police Sgt. Craig Roberts told the newspaper. Authorities said Pedersen won’t be issued a citation.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said only one person was aboard and that the agency would investigate, which would take several weeks. She said the plane’s point of departure and intended destination were still being determined.

FAA records show the plane, a RANS S-6 Coyote II, was built in 2003.

HAMPTON, N.H. — A car slammed into a group of bicyclists Saturday during an annual ride along the New England coastline, killing two riders and injuring two others, police said.

The crash happened on a two-lane bridge in Hampton at about 8:30 a.m., just after the start of the 40th annual Granite State Wheelmen Tri-State Seacoast Century ride.

Police said two Massachusetts women were killed. They were identified as Pamela Wells, 60, of South Hamilton, and Elise Bouchard, 52, of Danvers. Two other riders suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Investigators said a 20-year-old motorist was driving southbound and crossed into the northbound lane, hitting the riders. The woman was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and released.

Authorities haven’t said whether the driver

will be charged. Hampton police Deputy Chief Richard Sawyer said the investigation is ongoing and could take some time while police interview witnesses.

Event organizers didn’t immediately return messages seeking comment. A section of Ocean Boulevard, also known as Route 1A, was closed off while police investigated the crash but reopened around 2 p.m., Sawyer said.

Sawyer said riders had to be routed around the bridge closure while police investigated.

The route typically follows the Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine coastlines, according to the event’s website.

The event included rides of up to 100 miles on Saturday and Sunday. Riders were encouraged to follow all the rules of the road as they encountered narrow colonial New England roads, steel decked bridges and weekend traffic, according to the event’s website.

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Senior guard Jordyn Courier participates in open gym Monday at SIU Arena. Courier recently returned from Taipei, Taiwan where she trained and coached at the Glory Days Basketball Camp. The Salukis open their season Oct. 25 against Maryville University at SIU Arena.

Courier shares her knowledge in Taiwan AARON GRAFF Daily Egyptian Women’s basketball senior Jordyn Courier gave up part of her summer to spend time overseas teaching high school students a few basketball pointers.

Courier spent roughly three weeks in Taiwan with her father teaching drills to players who did not speak English. She said she had to communicate through basketball to get her message across.

Courier has been named a captain of the women’s basketball team this season, and Coach Cindy Stein thinks going to Taiwan was too good of an opportunity to pass on.

“I think that any time you’re teaching the game it makes you a better player,” Stein said. “It gives you a better understanding, and that’s what it brings to us.”

Courier spent her time training both a girl’s team and a boy’s team each for a week. She said she focused on the little details of teaching, which helped her think about the little things, such as fundamentals that make her a better player.

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“Those are things I learned in fourth grade,” Courier said. “It’s something (I) don’t do every day, so actually practicing them again and getting them perfect really helped me.”

Although Courier speaks English, she did not know how close she would ultimately end up with the players.

She said there was an emotional moment when it was time for Courier to leave.

“We didn’t speak the same language,” Courier said. “But at the end of the week they were crying because they didn’t want me to leave. It was amazing how much we connected in just that short period of time.”

Courier said her best learning experience was to appreciate what she has here at SIU, because the kids over there are dying to play college basketball, and are willing to do anything to get there. She said she has been thinking about what she wants to do with basketball after college and said she wants to end up overseas teaching.

Junior Mercedes Griffin said she knows Courier had a great time in Taiwan. She has seen pictures and even watched a Youtube clip of

Courier’s experience.

Griffin expressed how much of a leader Courier is.

“She’s a great academic student,” Griffin said. “I know she majors in psychology, she’s a 4.0 student. On the court she works hard, she’s a vocal leader, she just has the whole package.”

Courier said the time with her father was a great father-daughter experience, and he showed a lot of trust in her. She said her father has been her coach her whole life, and was a guidance tool to her when she needed him.

Taiwan was a culture shock for Courier, and she said she had never been anywhere like it.

“There’s thousands and thousands of scooters on the road and buildings everywhere, I’ve never been anywhere like that,” Courier said.

Courier said traveling to Taiwan was a great opportunity and a fun experience for her, and she is now ready to start using what she learned on the court.

that is what will make the team better.”

Senior infielder Taylor Orsburn said she has been working on her hitting skills for the final season as well. Last year Orsburn ranked second on the team with 51 hits and scored 27 runs. She hopes to be a leader this year and become a role model for the younger athletes on the team.

“In practice I have been working on taking extra swings and making sure that I’m constantly talking,” she said. “I also make sure that I keep everyone organized and I try to keep their confidence up too.”

Orsburn, along with her senior

teammates, are looking forward to a fantastic last season.

“I really want to come out and have a really good year,” Orsburn said. “I think everyone is on the same page and we’re ready to win as many games as we possibly can.”

The Saluki women will compete every Saturday and Sunday until the first weekend of October.

Their next game will be held in Nashville, Tennessee where they will take on the Belmont Bruins.

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“Right now I am working on my offensive game because when I get up to bat, I am not necessarily the power hitter that’s going to hit a home run,” Ashton said. “But maybe moving a runner over or getting a base hit and just being more confident at the plate will help one of my teammates be more confident.”

Ashton thinks the new freshmen are a big addition, and are helping the team in a positive way.

“I love this class, I think they are all ready to play and play hard,” Ashton said. “They are very competitive and I think they’re pushing the upperclassman, and

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Tune-ups prepare Salukis for spring SYMONE WOOLRIDGE Daily Egyptian The SIU softball team took over Charlotte West Stadium last weekend as they continue to prepare themselves for the spring season.

Last year the Salukis completed their season with a home record of 14-8 and an overall seasonal record of 25-27. This year, the SIU women prepare themselves to become a force to be reckoned with.

Coach Kerri Blaylock said her biggest goal of the upcoming season is to finish the year better than it started.

“I like to take it game by game and try to improve as much as we can,” she said. “The improvement as the season progresses is what I love to see the most.”

The Salukis added four new freshmen this year: two from Illinois, and two from Tennessee.

“The freshmen are doing a great job and they all looked really well this weekend,” Blaylock said. “They are a good group of kids to work with, and I think we will be seeing a lot of good things to come from them.”

Freshman infielder Brook Womack has been working to adjust to Blaylock’s way of coaching.

“Her style is different than what I am used to,” Womack said. “At the beginning I was getting frustrated, but it’s definitely getting easier.”

The Salukis went 2-1 over the weekend defeating John A. Logan College 10-2 and St. Louis University 4-3. Sunday the Salukis

TYLER DIXON Daily Egyptian The Salukis had trouble finding their rhythm during the weekend in Murfreesboro,Tenn., but were able to grab a few wins against talented opponents.

SIU entered the tournament with only six players on its roster.

The team is comprised of two freshmen, sophomore Jonny Rigby, two juniors and a senior leader in Rafael Cuadrillero.

Coach Dann Nelson said, despite the rough tournament for his team, there were some positives to take away from it.

“We didn’t do as well as we hoped this weekend. We had some bright spots in doubles play where we really competed, but we need to improve in singles play,” Nelson said in a Salukis Athletics press release.

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Senior catcher Allie VadeBoncouer tags out Southeast Missouri State’s pitcher Whitney Dupuis at home plate Sunday during the game at Charlotte West Stadium. VadeBoncouer’s effort to protect the plate was not enough to hold off the Redhawks, and the Salukis fell 7-4 for their only loss over the three-game weekend. SIU defeated Saint Louis University 4-3 and John A. Logan College 10-2 before losing to SEMO. lacked momentum until late in the game, as they fell short to Southeast Missouri State 7-3.

Womack competed in the first college game of her career as her parents and grandparents cheered from the bleachers.

“They all came down here to cheer me on,” she said. “After the

first game they were telling me how good I played.”

“Although her parents were delighted with her performance, Womack showed that she is her biggest critic.

“I don’t think I played very well, and as a freshman I just don’t want to let the team down,” Womack

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said. “I just want to play good for them, but also for myself.”

Not only are the Saluki women preparing for the spring with a few newcomers, the women also welcome back five seniors who will play the last season of their college careers. Each of these women possesses her own personal goals.

t’s exciting because we played good competition, now we know where we stand and we know what we need to work on. We’re going to take what we learned from this tournament and get back on the practice court and try to fix a few areas.

to get a win during singles matches on the first day. Rigby fell in the first set to Middle Tennessee State University junior Ettore Zito 2-6, but battled back and took the next two sets 6-3, 6-3.

Nelson said Rigby is the type of player that can never be counted out in a match.

“The mental side for Jonny (Rigby) is excellent because he does fight until the last ball,” Nelson said.

Five of the six Salukis fell in straight sets to the Blue Raiders.

Three SIU players fell in singles

— Dann Nelson Men’s tennis coach matches while they dropped two doubles matches against MTSU. Junior Szymon Opieczonek was the key player on the second day of the tournament for the Salukis with SIU winning one singles match and two doubles matches.

Opieczonek won his singles match against Lipscomb freshman Rob Mitchell 6-2, 7-5 and then was paired with junior Jorge Cavero in an 8-5 win over Lipscomb in doubles.

Nelson said Opieczonek has worked hard over the summer and looks to improve as time moves

forward.

“Szymon’s (Opieczonek) really stepped up,” he said. “He’s had a great fall.”

Freshman Filip Aleksic had the task of playing against Lipscomb senior Miguel Cortez and held his own taking the first set 2-6, but later fell 6-2, 7-5.

Freshman Michal Kianicki was paired with Rigby on day two where SIU beat Lipscomb 8-2 in doubles play. Kianiki won his singles match on day three as well with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Mitchell Martel of the Univerity of Alabama

Senior infielder Kelsea Ashton said she is looking forward to hitting well her final year of college. Last year, Ashton led SIU with eight sacrifice hits and ranked third on the team with 28 walks.

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Nelson said even though it is still early in the season for Kianicki, he has been finding a bond with his partner.

“He’s getting his feet wet, he played really well in doubles,” Nelson said. “He and Jonny (Rigby) are starting to gel in doubles and they can be an excellent team.”

Nelson and his team have a few days to practice and rest for the next tournament, but Nelson said he is excited about where his team is after the weekend tournament.

“It’s exciting because we played good competition. Now we know where we stand and we know what we need to work on,” he said. “We’re going to take what we learned from this tournament and get back on the practice court and try to fix a few areas.”

Tyler Dixon can be reached at tdixon@dailyegyptian.com