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University recognized for diversity

Man arrested in connection with threats Luke Nozicka Daily Egyptian

The man who federal law enforcement say is responsible for sending bomb threat letters to the university that caused the evacuation of more than 2,000 students from the Brush Towers in the middle of the night in September 2012, has been charged.

Seven of his fingerprints were identified on four of the seven letters in the case, according to the charges

announced Monday.

Derrick Dawon Burns, 21, of Chicago, was arrested Monday and charged with eight federal charges in connection to bomb and violent threats made against students and faculty in 2012 and 2013, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, a U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.

Burns was charged Thursday for the then private criminal complaint, which

was made public after his arrest Monday in the U.S. States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, an FBI release states.

Burns sent the series of letters to the university between September 2012 and 2013, which included threats such as rape, murder and blowing up buildings, according to U.S. District Court case records.

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Professor: Can ‘Moneyball’ help Saluki basketball?

Marissa Novel Daily Egyptian

Students can see diversity while walking on campus, encountering an art exhibit on Day of the Dead, the Mexican holiday, or International Coffee Hour, a social event uniting non-American students.

The university received INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine’s Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award for the third consecutive year, and will be featured in its November issue.

Holly Mendelson, co-owner of INSIGHT, said schools complete a 52-part questionnaire to apply for the award by the June 15th deadline. She said schools are not in competition with one another, but are judged by the type of institution they are and their corresponding merits.

“Obviously the selection criteria is very stringent,” she said. “We have a lot more applicants who don’t receive the award than those that do, so in order to be selected they truly have to show a devotion to diversity and inclusivity on campus.”

Mendelson said the 40-year-old magazine is the oldest and largest publication that promotes awareness and education on diversity and inclusion.

SIU was the only Illinois school of the 46 awarded in 2012.

Linda McCabe Smith, associate chancellor for Institutional Diversity, said the diversity of the student body and Board of Trustees contribute to the university receiving the award, as well as a wide variety of programs for first year and nontraditional students.

“SIU continues to have intentional, active and ongoing engagement practices of inclusivity,” she said.

Smith said two programs, the Women’s Resource Center and Diversity Opportunity Hires, have been added since the first year the university received the award.

She said Diversity Opportunity Hires helps departments bring diverse tenure-track faculty to campus in a fiscally responsible way.

Minorities accounted for 28 percent of the student population while they accounted for 14 percent of all full-time employees in 2013, according to the SIU factbook.

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Gregory Budzban, chair of the mathematics department, looks over his graph of possible basketball player positions Tuesday in the Neckers a graduate student at Stanford University, showed the possibility of 13 positions based on common attributes and playing styles. The study math and the real world,” Budzban said. Budzban started the project to give students a chance to apply their mathematical skills to a real world situation.

Austin Miller Daily Egyptian

In basketball, the only numbers on the court used to be on the back of jerseys.

A research group from the SIU math department is using the men’s and women’s basketball statistics to try and find ways the teams can improve.

Gregory Budzban, math department chair, and undergraduate assistants Nicole Staples and Chen Li began the Mathematical Modeling of Effective Sports Performance project in January.

They based their work on Muthu Alagappan’s research,

who used statistical software to study all 452 NBA players in the 2010-11 season. He found there are actually 13 role positions that are more in depth than the standard five starting positions in basketball- point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center.

Alagappan’s research showed a struggling team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, had only a couple of those 13 filled. But the Dallas Mavericks, who won the NBA Championship that year, had a wide variety in each of the 13 positions.

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SIU students raise money for cancer research Muriel Berry Daily Egyptian

October is childhood cancer awareness month and various students are getting involved by raising funds for St. Jude Children’s Hospital through participating in the

Up ‘til Dawn event.

According to the hospital’s website, St. Jude’s mission is to advance cures and means of prevention, for pediatric diseases through research and treatment for children despite their race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.

The hospital has collaborated with SIU in past years, holding six previous Up ‘til Dawn events. Each school year the hospital sends regional directors to different universities in an effort to recruit people to fundraise.

Up ’til Dawn is an overnight

competition, which will take place Nov. 8 to the morning of Nov. 9 at various locations throughout campus. In order for students to participate, they have to form a team of six and raise at least $600 by the day of the event.

Rachel Slick, a junior from Roscoe studying social work and Spanish, is director of Up ‘til Dawn and said the hospital’s representatives give the organization all of the materials to fundraise.

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“We’re trying to do roughly the same thing, but at the college level,” Budzban said. “We want to find what the structural makeup is of the good teams.”

With Alagappan’s research in mind, Budzban, Staples and Li used the statistics of the 2013-14 season of all teams in the Missouri Valley Conference.

They used eight basic statistics: field goal percentage, points scored, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, assists, blocks, steals and three-point percentage.

They normalized each statistic by the playing time of each player, eliminating players with less than 75 minutes played. They found how many halves of basketball played by dividing a player’s total minutes by 20.

Then, they took players’ statistic totals and divided them by halves played.

They created a max value for each statistic. For example, if SIU guard Anthony Beane Jr. had 300 assists and that led the league, that would be the max value. They then divided each player’s individual statistics by the max value. That created a number between zero and one, which created rankings for each player.

“The initial categories have to be based on just the basic statistics,” Budzban said. “From here, we find guards who can shoot three pointers and guards who can’t shoot three pointers. We find guards with great assist capabilities and some who don’t.

There are really different categories of players here; they’re not all the same kind of guard.

The statistics were put into a program called X-dimensional Data Analysis Tool, or XDAT, a free program that coordinates players with their rankings.

Staples, a senior from Herrin studying math, worked with the men’s data and Li, a junior from China studying finance, worked with the women’s data.

“I was really excited when I heard about this project,” Staples said. “I love math and I love sports so this was

perfect for me.”

Working with the women’s data, Li said she found one major difference between the men’s and women’s game.

“Based on the height and weight and women, there are fewer centers,” she said. “If a girl is tall, she will be the center, most likely.”

She said having a talented center is a major advantage in women’s basketball because women are not normally as big as men.

Kathy Jones, senior associate athletic director, and Nate Mast, director of basketball operations, have been bridging the gap between the academics and athletics. They have helped facilitate Budzban and his researchers.

Mast gave the group access to the Synergy Sports website, which stores all of the team’s statistics.

Mast said he does not know if there are any immediate applications for the data, but finds the possibilities intriguing.

“The precedent that was set in the NBA has been successful,” he said. “Hopefully, we can further define these categories at the college level. We could eventually look at teams like UCONN, who won the championship this year, and see what categories they have and what we are missing.”

Jones said right now the project is just an interesting idea, but hopes this upcoming season can help make the data more useful.

“If the data creates this ‘aha’ moment, that is not something where the coach can say ‘Yeah, I knew that already,’ that’s when it’s going to be valuable,” she said.

Budzban said he hopes other math students will notice the work and want to get involved.

“I’ve been looking for interesting applications of statistics and data analysis, something that students would get interested in, but something we could also use as a recruitment tool,” he said. “Students would see this whole math thing has stuff you can actually do with it that’s not only interesting, but fun.”

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The first threat letter titled “The War on SIU,” found on Sept. 18, included threats to kill students, decapitate and rape female students and blow up the three Brush Tower Dormitories, according to the records.

“Give me $50 million or SIU is history,” Burns’ first letter stated.

The second letter entitled “The War on SIU Part 1 of 2,” again threatened students and was recovered by a USPS postal employee on about Sept. 20, 2012. The second letter stated bombs would be planted at the campus towers “tonight,” which were set to go off at 2 a.m. In response to the letters, about 2,100 students in the towers were evacuated to search for explosives, but no devices were found.

On about July 2, the Department of Public Safety and the FBI received two calls, from a caller with a distinctive voice, who claimed to have spoken with someone who introduced himself as “Big Russ” in fall 2012.

The caller said Big Russ told him he made a threat to the university, raped at least five students on campus, buried human remains in campus woods and disposed

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African Americans accounted for about 17 percent of students on campus and 6 percent of fulltime faculty and staff positions in the same time period according to the factbook.

SIU-Edwardsville also received the award this year, but its student-to- faculty demographics are different.

Minorities accounted for 23 percent of the student population while they accounted for 21 percent of all full-time employees at SIU-Edwardsville in 2013 its Fact Book reported.

African American students

bodies in campus lake. The caller said he wished to remain anonymous because he had lost his wallet or ID at a bar in Carbondale, where he first met Big Russ, and was concerned Big Russ may show up at his home because he knew the caller’s address, court records state. The second call received later that day also described the caller’s two meetings with Big Russ in October 2012, and the caller had the same distinct voice.

Investigations revealed the phone used to make both tips is used by Burns, and he was questioned by FBI agents and Task Force Officer Christopher Scott Miller on Aug. 26 in Chicago, where Burns admitted to placing the calls.

“Among other things, Burns indicated that Big Russ claimed to have raped 20 to 30 women, to have killed a couple people, to have hung a couple people and to have made bomb threats,” court paperwork states. “The affiant expressed concerns to Burns that ‘...after having listened to your call to SIU, your call to the FBI, your accounts here today, that they do not...’, and Burns interjected ‘match up.’”

Agents suspected Burns was

involved or knew about the letters, and sent them to the FBI Lab for DNA and fingerprint examinations. Burns provided fingerprints to agents on Sept.

3 in Chicago, which were submitted to the FBI Laboratory.

Lab examiners positively matched Burns’ submitted fingerprints to four of the seven letters.

“It is also noted that Burns demonstrated detailed knowledge of the content of the violent threats and claims made by the writer of the letters, and that these details had not been disclosed publicly,” the court records state.

University spokesperson Rae Goldsmith said Burns attended the university in fall 2011, spring 2012, fall 2012 and fall 2013, where he was working toward a major in criminology and criminal justice.

“Burns is being held without bond pending a detention hearing set for Wednesday” in Chicago, the FBI release states.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Liam Coonan and Special Assitant U.S. Attorney John C. Constance are prosecuting the case.

This story will be updated online as more information becomes available.

and full-time faculty each accounted for 13 percent of their respective populations at SIUE in the same time period according to its Fact Book.

Nathan Stephens, director for the Center for Inclusive Excellence, said the two-year -old center provides several separate resource centers for the LGBTQA, African American, Latino and female communities while operating with a dual mission.

“On the one hand, we provide cultural space for diverse groups that have been historically marginalized,” he said. “But on the other hand, you provide an opportunity for education and

entertainment for students who may not be from those cultures.”

Stephens said he coordinated the Oldham Black Culture Center at the University of Missouri one year ago. He said they had centers for diversity, but there was a lack of inclusivity.

“Diversity tends to be compositional, with numbers,” he said. “Inclusivity speaks more specifically on getting people together but also looking at why they weren’t here in the first place.”

Stephens said the notion of inclusivity was something that attracted him to the position at CIE. “We no longer have an ‘us’ and a ‘them’. Its an us,” he said. “It’s an SIU, we’re all Salukis.”

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Good eats and good grades

n icOlas G alindO d aily e Gyptian Matt Rendleman, associate professor of agribusiness and economics, grades papers and eats a sandwich Tuesday at Underground Barrel Room and Grill. The location, formally known as Chicago Underground Grille and Pub, was closed for two and a half years and reopened Sept. 22. “I needed to get a bite to eat, kill an hour before I pick up my daughter and grade papers,” Rendleman said. “This

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She said SIU was one of the first universities chosen to collaborate with St. Jude because of its high enrollment and the executive board of Up ‘til Dawn works together to plan events and recruit members from all over campus.

“Every year our goal is to have a recruitment person to target different groups to encourage campus wide participation,” Slick said. “The only requirement to participate is to be a student of SIU.” She also said recruiting freshman is beneficial because if they have fun raising money in their first year, they will be more likely to participate when they are upperclassmen.

Melanie Kurinec, a senior from Mt. Prospect studying communication studies, is a public relations director for the organization and said it had been recruiting since Sept.

22 to get people registered for Up ‘til Dawn.

“In the past, it has been the largest Greek event,” she said.

“Up ‘til Dawn shifted from a letter writing event to more of an ‘Amazing Race’ format so we’re expecting a larger outcome.”

Tara Lowry, a freshman from St. Louis studying radio television and digital arts, said she wants to raise money for St. Jude because she understands what it’s like to come from an underprivileged background.

“I have nieces and nephews and I know that if they were to

come down with this disease, my family probably wouldn’t have the resources to pay for their treatment,” she said. “Your financial situation shouldn’t dictate weather or not you get a chance to live.”

Lowry said she thinks people who do not have family members who are affected by cancer should participate as well.

Kurinec said around 150 students participated in Up ‘Till Dawn last year, raising more than $45,000. This year the organization plans to raise $55,000.The money the university raises for St. Jude goes toward research, treatment and administration.

Slick said students could sign up to fundraise by visiting fundraising.stjude.org/salukis.

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‘The Boxtrolls’ entertainment for the whole family Jacob Pierce Daily Egyptian

Stop motion animation films transcend the traditional idea of animation and produce something different and unique.

Movies like “A Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Coraline” and “Frankenweenie” all marveled audiences on a technical level, while having a complex story for all ages.

“The Boxtrolls” (Rated PG; 96 min) continues this tradition, with only a few missteps.

“The Boxtrolls” is an animated film directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi and stars Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost and Elle Fanning. The film is based on the children’s novel, “Here Be Monsters” by Alan Snow.

A young orphan boy raised by cave-dwelling trolls with boxes on their bodies called Boxtrolls, finds the world he once knew turning upside down.

Not only is his human heritage revealed, but danger also comes to the Boxtroll way of life. The boy finds himself in a race against time to save his adopted Boxtroll family while on a journey of self-discovery.

When it comes to stop motion animated films, there seem to be two popular techniques.

There is the Tim Burton style, which is where “A Nightmare Before Christmas”, “Coraline” and “Frankenweenie” all fall. These films always seem to have a little Burton quality to them, even when he has little to no involvement.

These movies are known for focusing on a world with weird and extraordinary things. The story follows characters who have trouble belonging, and more of a gothic quality.

The other style is more of a British technique.

This style focuses on the same aspects as Burton’s, just less gothic. It has a combination of being slapstick and intellectual—a little bit of “Monty Python” and a little bit of “Great Expectations,” all rolled into one.

“Boxtrolls” adds a little of both while introducing its own flavor to the pot as well.

What makes the Pixar and DreamWorks movies so good is the lack of pandering. Many films geared toward children tend to only be that, films for children. The best kinds of children’s movies always capture both the kids watching it and the adults who brought them.

Funny looking characters, crude jokes and child protagonists still fill this unconventional story. But along with those, many adult themes are explored.

Everything from the duality of good and evil to the idea of class system bias is in this film. It is intellectual beyond its need to be, but not to a point where children will be lost watching it. It knows what it is, but is never hindered by it.

The acting is terrific and even battles screenwriting for the best aspect of the film. This film was never promoted as having a big-name cast.

Yet, the moment dialogue hits your ears, it is easy to recognize the talent within the film.

Kingsley and Harris bring their British charm to this film, elevating it past its means. The comedic talents of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Richard Ayoade round a cast of supporting characters that rival the main characters for interest.

“The Boxtrolls” is an unexpected surprise for movie going audiences. While you may not know what a Boxtroll is, you should still go see this movie.

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Top 20 greatest guitarists of all time 17. Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins was not in the original top 20 when this list was first made. However, after spending some time listening to some of his more famous work, I thought it was important to put him on the list. “Mr. Guitar,” as he is also known, is absolutely the most country on the list, being a creator of the Nashville sound. Atkins brought country music into popular culture with his fingerpickin’ style with songs like “Mr. Sandman” and “Yakety Axe.” 16. Chuck Berry When I think of Chuck Berry, the first things to pop into my head is the opening riff to “Johnny B. Goode.” A rock and roll pioneer, Berry is one name that has to come up in conversation. His style blended country with Chicago Blues, and his fast-paced solo’s gave him a sound his own, one that has been portrayed throughout the history of rock and roll.

15. Les Paul Lester Polfus, also known as Les Paul, is a name I cannot leave off this list. His influence on music as we know it today is so vast. He made the list although, I can admit I’m not too particularly familiar with his work as a musician. Paul designed a solid-body electric guitar in 1941 called “The Log,” with a sound so sweet, it would be the guitar of choice for some of the most well known guitarists for years to come. The guitar was later produced in 1952 by Gibson and has since been one of the best selling guitars out there.

Kyle Sutton’s Top 20 Guitarists

14. Neil Young

Guitarists are musicians who have captivated audiences for centuries. In today’s society, the greats are considered gods among humans.

There are so many greats out there. It is near impossible to make a list of 100, let alone 20.

Everyone’s list will vary depending on influences and particular likes and styles. This is my list of the best guitarists of all time. Here are numbers 20 through 11.

20. Tom Morello

Canadian-born guitar legend, Neil Young got his start early, playing in bands throughout high school. Young’s success primarily comes from the 60s and 70s, playing with Crosby, Stills and Nash, Buffalo Springfield and his solo work with Crazy Horse. The beginning section to his famous song “Down By the River” was the first thing I ever learned on guitar, still finding myself playing it often three years later. He could play acoustic folk and hard rock interchangeably just as well as anyone.

13. Jerry Garcia

While not being the most talented guitarist on this list, Tom Morello is absolutely one of the most creative. Throughout his stints in the 1990s and 2000s with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Morello captivated audiences with his unique style of playing, making his name by mastering various effects including experimenting with the guitar’s toggle switch. To this day, my rebellious inner teenager emerges every time I hear “Bulls on Parade.”

The first time I heard the music of the Grateful Dead, my world changed. It captivated me in ways no other music had before, and that was largely in part thanks to Jerry Garcia. Garcia’s background in bluegrass and blues led him to the creation of a style of playing totally unique. His long subtle solos became the sound for the counterculture of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Garcia and the Grateful Dead have one of the largest and most dedicated fan bases out there and their unique style lives on at music festivals across the country years after his passing in 1995.

19. Frank Zappa 12. Santana The real question is ‘what couldn’t Frank Zappa do?’ A man who was not necessarily know for his commercial success, but one of the biggest influences nonetheless. His compositions were as much jazz as they were experimental. His works have influenced some of the best guitarists such as Phish’s Trey Anastasio and Umphrey’s Mcgee lead axe man Jake Cinninger.

Carlos Santana is most well known for creating a fusion of rock and Latin-influenced music, portrayed through his blues-based guitar playing. His high pitched guitar style mixed with Latin and African percussion made him a rock and roll innovator. “Black Magic Woman” is a song everyone knows the riff too. His guitar cries with every movement down the fret board, a sound only he could produce.

18. Keith Richards 11. Randy Rhoads Keith Richards epitomizes the definition of a rock star. Throughout his long and illustrious career with The Rolling Stones, a rock band some critics might consider the greatest of all-time, Richards solidified his position as a hall of fame worthy musician.

He is not the flashiest player, but his style, which is similar to that of Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters, will forever ring in our ears. According to Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of 100 greatest guitarists, “Richards has created, and immortalized on record, rock’s greatest single body of riffs.”

Randy Rhoads was a heavy metal guitarist who made a name for himself with Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz. Probably his best known work came with Ozzy on “Crazy Train” and “Mr. Crowley.” Rhoads changed how neo-classical metal was played, his style influencing some of metal’s biggest names such as Dimebag Darrell and John Petrucci.

Check tomorrow’s DAILY EGYPTIAN for the top 10.

Disney empire strikes back with ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Rick Bentley The Fresno Bee

LOS ANGELES — December 2015 seems light years away, especially to “Star Wars” fans eagerly awaiting the seventh feature film in the popular sci-fi series.

Disney will fill a little of that dark void with the new animated series “Star Wars Rebels.” The action in a galaxy far, far away begins Friday with the one-hour movie, “Star Wars: Spark of Rebellion,” on the Disney Channel.

The first series episodes launch Oct. 13 on Disney XD. Events in the one-hour special and the “Star Wars Rebels” series take place between the feature films “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” and “Star Wars: A New Hope.” A motley crew of freedom fighters aboard the starship Ghost are waging a small war against

the Empire. In command is Kanan (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), a survivor of the Emperor’s Jedi purge. The crew also includes: Ezra (Taylor Gray), a con artist; Sabine (Tiya Sircar), lover of explosions; Zeb (Steve Blum), the muscle; and Chopper, a grumpy droid.

The ace pilot of the ship is Hera, voiced by veteran animation actor Vanessa Marshall. She’s as happy as an Ewok playing drums on Stormtrooper helmets to be part of the “Star Wars” world. Like so many fans of the series, Marshall can tell you exactly where she saw the first “Star Wars” movie.

“It was 1977 and I was in Boulder, Colorado. I had no idea what my aunt (Carol Van Ark) was taking me to and it completely changed my world view on every level,” Marshall says during an interview at the Disney Channel

screening room. “I will never forget that opening sequence. To now be involved in the ‘Star Wars’ galaxy at this level is sublime. If my aunt had told me someday I would be piloting a ship in the ‘Star Wars’ universe, I would have never believed her.”

Hera is just one of the new characters introduced. Because of how the new show’s chronology falls, the potential exists for familiar characters from the “Star Wars” world to appear, such as in an upcoming episode with C-3PO and R2-D2. The series makers are closed mouth about other people, places and things that could appear in the series.

Because Marshall is such a huge “Star Wars” fan, she’s excited about what bits of information could be included in the show. One of the things she’s always wondered is how

Princess Leia got to the point where she could put a holographic message into R2-D2 – the message that eventually brought Luke Skywalker into the battle. The potential for that kind of insight makes each script an exciting experience for the huge “Star Wars” fan.

Providing the voice for a strong animated character is another day at work for Marshall. She has been the voice of Wonder Woman in “Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox,” Black Canary in “Young Justice,” Black Widow in “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes,” Poison Ivy in “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” and Mary Jane Watson in “The Spectacular Spider-Man.” Finding Hera’s voice was easy. A major theme in the series is hope and so Marshall incorporated a youthful

optimism into her voice performance.

“I think about things I care about and would call me into action that way. I think my performance is more credible because it’s coming from a real place,” Marshall says.

Marshall initially chased a career in front of the camera – a gene she inherited from her mother, actress Joan Van Ark. But once she found voice work, she had no interest in going back in front of the camera.

“If someone doesn’t like my voice.

If I make a creative choice that doesn’t work – and I’ve played everything from a small African-American boy to a Russian woman – I don’t take it personally because I have three million other things to go do,” Marshall says.

“But, when they reject me entirely as a person, I found it very challenging.

This is way more fun.”

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Frankfort kicker overcomes adversity Thomas Donley Daily Egyptian

Chaz Centore is very much a typical high school junior. On a typical day, he wakes up, gets to school as late as he can without being tardy, goes to football practice and goes home to do homework, play video games or hang out with friends.

There is one thing noticeably different about him, however.

The Frankfort Community High School place kicker was born

with a condition that left him with underdeveloped arms. Doctors have not been able to pinpoint Centore’s exact condition. Centore said it has most often been described as bilateral brachial plexus.

Centore has adjusted to overcome his challenges in everyday life.

He puts on the same gray helmet with red feathers as his teammates, although he needs a teammate to snap the strap up. The same goes for his shoulder pads.

During team workouts, he spends most of his time in a room upstairs

from the main weight room. It houses machines he uses to do leg press, hamstring curls, and a lift of his own invention that involves standing on one leg while straightening the other with resistance to improve quadriceps strength along with balance.

Frankfort head coach Brian Beery said Centore’s condition did not make him uneasy about letting him onto the team.

“I don’t ever want to take away the opportunity to play football from a young kid,” Beery said. “I think it’s a

great sport. I knew that I could find something that he could do.”

Centore spends about fifteen minutes of practice working on extra points, taking the same five steps back from the kicking block, and coming at the ball straight on, making more than he misses.

After that, his day at practice is more or less over.

“I have a motto that I follow – Adapt and overcome,” Centore said.

“Because I’ve had to live by that my whole life.”

Centore said the biggest

N athaN h oefert D aily e gyptiaN Senior kicker Chaz Centore, center, heads out of the away locker room Saturday during West Frankfort High School’s 26-21 win against Benton High School at Tabor Field in Benton. Centore has what he most often describes as bilateral brachial plexus, which leaves him with underdeveloped arms. “I don’t limit myself on and

Women’s golf comes down to earth at Missouri tournament

Thomas Donley Daily Egyptian

After winning its first two tournaments this fall, the SIU women’s golf team fell down to earth at the University of Missouri’s Johnie Imes Invitational hosted in Columbia, Mo. The Salukis finished 12th out of 15 teams with a threeround score of 915.

SIU finished ahead of only Florida Gulf Coast University, Oklahoma City University and Redlands Community College.

SIU shot a 316 in the first round, putting itself in a hole it never got out of.

“The first round was the only mishap,” head coach Alexis Mihelich said. “No

one played good in the first round.”

The Salukis bounced back with scores of 300 and 299 in the second and third rounds, but did not rise above 12th place.

Missouri took first with a score of 846. Kansas State University finished second with a score of 850.

Missouri Valley Conference rivals Wichita State University, Bradley University and Illinois State University finished eighth, ninth and 10th respectively.

Sophomore Brooke Cusumano led SIU with a score of 227. Cusumano tied for 44th overall with sophomore Katherine Gravel-Coursol of Kansas

State and senior Brianna Cooper of Illinois State.

Junior Mattie Lindner tied for 54th with a score of 231.

Sophomore Kristie Yang and freshman Alice Ho shot 232 and 233, respectively.

Yang finished tied for 57th and Ho tied for 60th.

Sophomore Xianmei Jin tied for 68th with a score of 238.

Freshman Connie Jaffrey of Kansas State took first overall with a score of 208.

The Salukis will next tee off at the Diane Thomason Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa Oct. 4-5.

Thomas can be reached at tdonley@dailyegyptian.com and on Twitter @tdonleyDE

adjustment he has had to make was when he started school.

Accustomed to doing everything— from drawing and writing to getting dressed—with his feet, Centore was forced to learn to write with his hands.

His teachers would not let him use his feet until after he was used to using his hands.

“I could write and draw beautifully with my feet,” Centore said. “But then I got used to my hands.”

Centore retained one skill with his feet: Playing video games.

Centore plays Call of Duty on Xbox 360 and Titanfall and Killer Instinct on Xbox One, along with older games on his Nintendo, all with his feet.

Some nights, Centore and his best friend, fellow junior Josh McReynolds work out at the West Frankfort Aquatic and Activities Center. The two have been friends since sixth grade.

“Just because he’s got a disability,” McReynolds said, “I don’t want him to feel different than anybody else.”

Football is not Centore’s only sport. He is also a competitive swimmer.

He competes in the Illinois High School Association’s Boys with Disabilities state finals, where he has earned seven medals.

Centore said his mother, Teri Centore, a United States Marine Corps veteran, got him started in both swimming and football.

“She knew that I was always into swimming,” Centore said.

“I’ve always been kind of a fish out of water.”

Centore developed a competitive spirit swimming with friends and relatives. He said his goal was always to beat his older cousins.

Although he never did, he was usually not far behind.

Salukis have rough day on course, drop six spots in tournament standings Aaron Graff Daily Egyptian

The Saluki men’s golf team dropped more spots than any other team on day two of the Cardinal Intercollegiate to finish near the bottom of the pack.

Louisville, the host, won the tournament with a score of 870, good for 6-over-par. SIU’s total score of 923, 59-over-par put them in 15th place of 16 teams.

The team shot two 298’s on day one and placed ninth.

In the third round it shot 18 strokes more than any other team to drop six places on the leaderboard.

Coach Justin Fetcho changed his lineup from the last tournament. Junior Drew Novara golfed from the number one spot in both tournaments

before this week, but moved to the third spot. Novara finished 15 strokes over par to finish tied for 54th place.

“We went off of the scores from Illinois State,” Novara said.

“It didn’t really bother me, I didn’t think too much about it.

It was just my role on the team for this tournament. I just tried to put up the best numbers that I could.”

Novara said the course was drier and the winds were stronger on day two of competition.

“The wind picked up a little bit, but not enough to warrant any high scores like we had,” Fetcho said. “We got rattled early and we couldn’t recover.”

Senior Steven Souchek moved up to the number one spot from the third spot on the team and

finished 20 strokes over par to finish tied for 73rd.

Senior Wade Thompson led the team in scoring. Thompson shot three rounds in the 70s to finish 7-over-par and tied for 26th.

Thompson said he was happy with his overall performance, except for a couple of holes.

“It would feel better if I played up to my standards, as well as everyone else,” Thompson said.

“It’s kind of hard to say if it feels good at all to lead the team at this tournament.”

Senior Andrew Mitchell finished 22-over to finish tied for 75th and senior Brady Brown was one stroke worse than him to finish tied for 77th.

The Salukis next play at the Skyhawk Classic Oct. 6-7 in Paris, Tenn.