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Undergraduate researchers face finanical uncertainty CORY RAY | @CoryRay_DE

Research comes in many forms, and for the research department, finding ways to fund undergraduate assistants for spring semester may be its next project.

The university undergraduate research budget is being trimmed by 30 percent, with $300,000 cut from uncommitted undergraduate assistantship funds.

James Garvey, vice chancellor for research, said student researchers are guaranteed hours for this semester, but may see a reduction in employed hours in order to retain all of the current research projects.

When the research department issued contracts, Garvey said he was not sure if some students would be able to continue their research in the spring semester.

According to Garvey, roughly 50 percent of grants received are from the state. The usual average of state grants are anywhere between $40 to 50 million, but up to $20 million of that average is uncertain for this year.

Rachel Fishel, a junior from Arcola studying physiology and Spanish, said her professor warned her she may not be able to work during the spring semester, but she could continue to volunteer. Fishel chose to volunteer in her professor’s lab but when she applied, it was as a paid undergraduate assistant.

Fishel works as a research project assistant who studies various ovarian cancer-causing genes.

Miranda Gibson, a senior from Centralia studying psychology and paralegal studies, is a REACH award recipient employed through two undergraduate assistantships. She uses those positions to pay for her cost of living and save for graduate school.

Gibson uses her REACH award to fund research on the effects different amounts of sleep can have on college students. She also studies treatments for sleep apnea — a condition that affects breathing when sleeping.

The REACH award is a $1,500 grant awarded to roughly 20 students every year that employs students for 10 hours a week for the entire academic school year.

Gibson said if her hours are cut, it could be a serious burden, as she sometimes spends more than 10 hours a week in the lab, and finding another job would be difficult.

Rodrigo Carramiñana, director of the Center of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, said he considered REACH recipients in the center’s budget.

As the university’s most prestigious research grant given, the center will continue to pay REACH awardees 10 hours per week for both fall and spring semesters.

Other undergraduate assistantships are still uncertain for the spring semester. Carramiñana said he will be asking undergraduate assistants to work as volunteers if they do not need the income. He will also ask students to if they are able to reduce their number of hours worked each week.

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Marcus Yam | Los Angeles Times Mathew Downing, right, the “lucky survivor” of the Umpqua Community College mass shooting, gets a hug as soon as he arrives back on campus after it reopened Monday.

Education’s relationship to riches remains unclear SAM BEARD | @SamBeard_DE

In the last 10 years, the amount of student debt in America has ballooned from $250 billion to more than $1.2 trillion dollars, according to Forbes.

Unfortunately, even if every young person in America was provided free higher education, they may still not fare as well as their parents economically, St. Louis Federal Reserve Senior Economic Advisor Bill Emmons said.

The Role of Education in Wealth Accumulation, an event from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center, will focus on the correlation between schooling and personal riches.

The St. Louis Federal Reserve, a regional branch of the nation’s independent central bank, commissioned a study and series of essays on how age, education and race separate thrivers from strugglers in today’s economy.

Wednesday’s event focuses on education and how age and race are wrapped up in one’s educational prospects.

Emmons said some of their findings have been troubling.

He said the issue of wealth inequality cannot be overcame by simply providing poor people with more education, as evidenced by the surge in black and hispanic college graduates in recent years.

“Black and hispanic college graduates have

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not fared well on average over time, and that is kind of puzzling and something we are trying to dig into,” Emmons said.

Randolph Burnside, an associate professor of political science, said because people of color have less wealth on average than their white counterparts, they are more likely to accrue a larger amount of student debt.

Eighty percent of black students take out student loans with an average bill of $28,692, compared with 66 percent of white students averaging $24,842, according to Demos.org.

“It’s not surprising,” said Chicago native Albert Mensah-Bekoe, who is taking a year off of school to whittle away at his students loans.

“It’s indicative of the society we live in.”

Before taking time off to work, MensahBekoe was a junior in computer science. He said many students of color drop out after discovering the true cost of attendance.

“People who finish their degree are more likely to have student debt today than they were 10, or 20 years ago,” Emmons said. “Its not just student debt — other kinds of debt, like credit card debt and auto debt, are more common today among young people than they were 20 years ago.”

He said economists tend to focus on the relationship between education and annual income. However, the St. Louis Federal Reserve’s research shows the correlation between education and wealth accumulation

more accurately showcases how one’s education level affects their financial prospects.

“The reason that wealth is even more important than income in understanding why some families are doing better than others is not just the direct, but also indirect reasons,” Emmons said.

He said the ability of wealthy parents to send their kids to college with less debt — or even zero debt — compared to poorer parents, is a direct effect.

The indirect effects are less obvious, which is why Emmons wants to stress their importance.

“Education is important, but I think it is not a silver bullet [when it comes to fighting wealth inequality],” Emmons said. “What seems to be the case is there are a lot more complicated, complex combinations, causes and effects. And education, I would say, is potentially a relatively weak policy instrument.”

Burnside said the financial insecurity many young people see in their future has caused them steer the direction of their education towards majors that have job prospects, as opposed to what they are passionate about or what will be beneficial to democracy.

“If what we see continues, with the increaing cost of college, less state support to education and a stagnation of incomes for families, what’s next,” He asked. “We are going to have people that are making a business decision instead of an educational or academic decision.”

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Controversial study suggests e-cigs draw young smokers to regular cigarettes DAVID TEMPLETON Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

For years, electronic cigarettes have ridden the vapor of respectability as a technology cigarette smokers can use to get nicotine while avoiding tobacco’s health risks.

Their use continues to grow, based in part on their reputation as a gateway out of the cigarette habit.

While that point is not the focus of debate, the discussion has shifted to concern that e-cigarettes may be enticing teenagers and young adults to try regular cigarettes.

“This is the question people are asking: Are e-cigarettes helpful for people as a gateway out of cigarette smoking, or might they also be a gateway in?” said Brian A. Primack, director of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media, Technology and Health and assistant vice chancellor for research on health and society.

A recent study led by Dr. Primack that used Dartmouth University data and was published in JAMA Pediatrics, is controversial with its claims of an association between e-cigarette use among nonsmoking teenagers and young adults and cigarettes.

Among 694 who were 16 to 26 years old and not cigarette smokers, 16 study participants were using e-cigarettes. By the end of the study, 11 of those 16 — 69 percent — had progressed toward cigarette smoking. Of the remaining 678 participants who neither smoked cigarettes nor used e-cigarettes before the study began, 128, or 19 percent, progressed toward smoking cigarettes by study’s end. Based in part on those findings, the study concludes that e-cigarette smoking independently was associated with progression to smoking.

E-cigarettes “are more amenable, milder and more accessible,” while standard cigarettes are vilified in the popular media, Dr. Primack said.

“Here’s this thing being touted as safer — this cool electronic gizmo that you can plug into your USB port on your computer, that lights up and young people find it more attractive in the beginning, but with later transition to cigarettes.”

It might seem illogical, the shift from a trendy electronic appliance whose delicious juices produce thick, white but odorless and generally harmless vapors to ill-smelling, bad-tasting cigarettes

that produce acrid smoke and dirty ashes and butts.

But e-cigarettes allow users to get used to nicotine, making the advance to cigarettes much easier.

“In theory it sounds wonderful for a lifelong smoker having a hard time quitting and not successful with nicotine patches or gum to use e-cigarettes that mimic cigarettes and are a good replacement,” Dr. Primack said.

But he adds that “it’s not hard to find testimonials from people who [used e-cigarettes to] quit smoking. The potential is there for some people to derive benefit.”

Advocates of e-cigarettes as gateways out of smoking agree on a sales ban to minors. But they aren’t lighting up to the Pitt-Dartmouth results.

Bill Godshall, executive director of Smokefree Pennsylvania, reacted angrily to the study, calling its conclusions false, and claiming it was published only to encourage stricter regulations of e-cigarettes.

“While several million daily smokers have become daily vapers, there’s no evidence vaping has ever been a gateway to smoking for anyone, and there’s no evidence vaping has created daily dependence in any nonsmoker,” said Godshall.

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Bruce Rauner on Dems: We’re still talking, but they need to take action MATT DIETRICH | Reboot Illinois

The good news: Gov. Bruce Rauner and his Democratic counterparts — House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton — have met recently to discuss the state budget impasse.

End of good news.

On Friday, at a press conference following Rauner’s appearance at the dedication of the Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Rauner said he had an “ongoing dialogue” with Madigan, Cullerton and General Assembly rank-and-file about the budget.

“I am meeting ... very recently with the leaders. We’ve had ongoing dialogue. What I’ve learned ... is talking about our meetings or talking about what’s discussed or who met with whom when ends up being counter-productive. So I apologize.

I don’t talk about it much, I’m not going to say much about it now,” Rauner said. “Conversations have been ongoing. I’m encouraging them very strongly. And they’re encouraging between myself and the leaders, myself and the members of the General Assembly as well as members who are Republicans and Democrats who are meeting regularly in the Legislature talking about the issues, they’re trying to move this forward.”

Cullerton’s spokeswoman, Rikeesha Phelon, said Rauner and Cullerton met last week. Madigan’s spokesman, Steve Brown, said Madigan and Rauner spoke on Sept. 21.

Rauner needn’t have worried about

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Carramiñana said he understands some students have financial needs met through university research employment, and he wants to make sure they can continue to be paid if possible.

The cut on uncommitted undergraduate assistantships is nonrecurring — only applicable for

divulging sensitive information on the nature of the talks. His remarks earlier made clear that both sides remain exactly where they’ve been for the last three months.

“They need to either raise taxes — I won’t support their raising taxes but they have a super-majority to do it without me. They should go do that or, if they don’t want to do that, I will work them to raise taxes, we’ll get a balanced budget but I want to see us have reforms so we don’t chase our tails down, chase businesses out of the state, hurt homeowners and continue the decline of competitiveness that we’ve had in Illinois without reforms.

We need reforms if we’re going to increase taxes. If we don’t get reforms then they should raise taxes themselves,” Rauner said.

The reforms Rauner wants — term limits, legislative redistricting reform and a long-term property tax freeze are “very politically popular,” Rauner said.

“Let’s do those things. Or if they don’t want to do them, OK, but then they should pass a balanced budget, not one that has a $5 billion hole,” Rauner said.

Rauner’s appearance on the U of I campus coincided with his receipt of a letter signed by the presidents of Illinois’ nine public universities pleading for an end to the budget standoff. The letter went to Rauner, Madigan, Cullerton and the Republican leaders of the General Assembly, Rep. Jim Durkin, R-Western Springfield, and Sen. Christine Radogno, R-Lemont.

“Requiring the public universities to operate without a budget appropriation is unsustainable. The uncertainty of not knowing when, or at what level,

appropriations will be forthcoming is resulting in some students and faculty questioning whether Illinois is the best place to learn or to teach,” the letter read in part.

University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen was among the signatories and also was with Rauner on Friday at the dedication ceremony.

Did he and Rauner discuss the letter and the precarious situation of the state universities?

“President Killeen and I have had a number of conversations about both the budget as well as other issues for the university. I’m a strong advocate for the University of Illinois. It’s one of the greatest institutions in the world,” Rauner said. “I am committed personally to supporting the university every way I can. I have made it clear to the president that I am very unhappy that we do not have a budget. It’s outrageous. There’s no reason for... this to be dragged on so long.”

Not mentioned was Rauner’s original budget proposal, in which direct appropriations to the state’s nine public universities were cut from $1.23 billion to $842.2 million. The Democrats’ budget, almost all of which Rauner vetoed, contained a 6.5 percent cut to higher education overall, compared to Rauner’s 31.5 percent.

Democrats have criticized Rauner for rejecting all of their budget except a single bill that funded P-12 education. They say Rauner could have avoided cuts to higher education, human services and facilities like the now-shuttered Illinois State Museum if he had used his amendatory veto power to change their budget bills as he saw fit.

this year — and will be reevaluated in following years.

“What we’re trying to do now is figure out how to absorb that $300,000 cut without having a significant impact on undergraduate research,” Garvey said. “We’re going to do some belt-tightening and we will work hard to stretch dollars we have to improve [research] even with this cut.”

Despite the cut, University Spokesperson Rae Goldsmith said it will not affect the university’s status as a research institution.

“We’re still very committed to our research status. It’s a distinguishing point for us,” Goldsmith said. “It won’t affect our status because much of that status is driven by our ability to secure external grants.”

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Deadline for Nominations: Friday, October 23 Letters of nomination must be accompanied by a two- to three-page re´sume´, curriculum vita, and/or a biographical sketch of the candidate that includes a description of the unique contributions of the nominee. Please specify the nomination to be in support of either an honorary degree or a distinguished service award. For further definition of these awards, please refer to universityevents.siu.edu.

Strict confidence about the nomination, including with the nominee, must be maintained until completion of the review and approval process.

Please direct all inquiries and nominations to: Gina Shiplett Office of the Chancellor Anthony Hall 116 Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, IL 62901 618/453-2341 FAX 618/453-5362 ginas@siu.edu

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Opinion

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015

Focus on preventing, not debating, college sexual assaults St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A much-needed conversation about how to prevent sexual assault on college campuses is being hijacked. Social media are being manipulated into debating about whether the numbers in recent studies are right. Whether the studies are accurate. Whether this is really about a liberal agenda.

For crying out loud — stop it.

Whether it’s 1 in 4, 1 in 5 or 1 in 100, it’s too many sexual assaults. That is one too many times that a woman — a young and usually inexperienced woman — has been kissed, touched, fondled or raped.

It is one too many times that a man, also most often young and inexperienced, has perceived a woman as willing, available and able to satisfy his sexual urges. It is one too many times that a man took advantage of a woman no matter the message she was giving him.

Knock it off. It’s about misused power. It’s about a crime.

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This is part of the same thinking, or lack thereof, that accompanies men telling women what they can and cannot do with their bodies, their health care, their ambition and their dreams. Denying women full pay (78 cents for every $1 a man makes), family and early child care benefits and adequate maternity leave, makes it tough to crawl out of the sub-basement of despair that goes along with being a second-class citizen.

Feminists have fought this battle for centuries. Some historians credit Plato with being the first feminist, pointing to his arguments around 394 B.C. for political, social, sexual and educational equality for women.

Plato was one of the first to say gender differences could not be explained by biology and that a system of child care would free women to participate in society.

Twenty-four centuries later, these issues are still roiling our nation.

The latest study that is being picked apart was released

Monday by the Association of American Universities. The AAU commissioned the largest survey of its kind, with responses last spring from 150,000 students at 27 colleges and universities.

The survey’s findings, similar to those from previous studies, showed that more than 1 in 4 women experience sexual assault during four years of college. The responses showed that over the span of their college careers, 27.2 percent of women had been the victims of unwanted sexual contact, anything from touching to rape.

The assaults usually occurred by force, or when the women were incapacitated, either from alcohol or drugs. Nearly half the women reported they had experienced penetration, attempted penetration or oral sex.

This is about the point where victim blaming comes in. The women shouldn’t have passed out.

They should have known better than to go to a frat party (or any party, bar, place where men and women congregate), and gotten drunk or stoned. They should not

have worn short skirts or skimpy tops. They should not have been provocative, flirtatious, friendly.

Are men told they shouldn’t do this, that or the other? Of course not. They are told — one hopes — not to sexually assault women. But when they do, the consequences are all-too-often not severe enough to prevent them from doing it again, or to serve as a warning to other men.

Women are reluctant to report episodes of sexual assault, the studies have found. They fear they will not be taken seriously, are ashamed of what happened, or are not certain the episodes were serious enough to warrant reporting. These women have internalized the blame-thevictim message and worry that they caused the assault or will be shunned by their tight-knit college communities if they get the boys in trouble.

Colleges are taking steps to change their cultures. Many have counselors in place to help women understand what

happened, what their rights are and to encourage them to report assaults. More needs to be done.

Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., are among a bipartisan group that is pushing Congress to force colleges to improve the way they handle sexual assaults, including hitting schools that don’t follow federal laws with large fines.

Let’s stop debating the surveys and the numbers, stop questioning the agenda for protecting women from unwanted sexual contact. It’s simple: Any unwanted contact is an assault. It doesn’t matter how trivial or how benign the contact may be.

Women are not prey. Women who drink too much, take drugs, dress to attract attention, entice men, are not prey. Women who are too incapacitated to say no are not prey. Men have no rights where women’s bodies are concerned, be that in the frat house, the statehouse or either house of Congress.

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Twitter creates ‘Moments’ to curate tweets TRACEY LIEN | LOS ANGELES TIMES

Jean Whiteside | ABC Family/ TNS ABC Family’s “Becoming Us” stars Ben and Carly. The show focuses on the struggles Ben and his family face after Carly’s transition from male to female.

ABC Family television network is changing its name to Freeform YVONNE VILLARREAL LOS ANGELES TIMES

It’s the sort of reveal that might draw more bewildered reactions than finding out who “A” is on “Pretty Little Liars”: ABC Family is changing its name.

Starting in January, the Disney-owned cable network will drop its current name and take on the moniker Freeform.

Network president Tom Ascheim said brand perception among its target audience — ages 18 to 34 — fueled the revision.

“Our core viewers know what to expect from our content,” he said. “But among nonviewers, there’s a very different perception of our brand. We over-indexed on two adjectives: one was family-friendly and the other was wholesome. It led us to believe that the huge perception gap is based on our name.”

He continued: “Although we do great in the demo, companies need to grow. As a way to help in that mission, we decided to try to close this perception gap to try to create some harmony between our audience, our content and our brand, which we haven’t really been able to enjoy up until this moment in time.”

Largely because it couldn’t.

The network, now known for youthskewing series like “Pretty Little Liars” and “Switched at Birth,” was originally founded in 1977 for religious programming by evangelist Pat Robertson’s television ministry, and evolved into the Family Channel. Fox Kids bought the outlet in 1998 and renamed it the Fox Family Channel.

When Disney bought the network in 2001, executives at the time were told “family” must remain in its name; the mandate was contained in contracts

Disney and previous owners signed with cable operators dating back to the channel’s creation.

“I don’t doubt that was once the case, but I know it’s no longer true,” said Ascheim of the stipulation, noting that Robertson’s “The 700 Club” will remain on the channel. “I can’t tell you what happened between now and then. We did not have to do a new deal with distributors.

Distributors want to be assured that you are investing in the channel that they are paying you for. We are more than keeping up our bargain.”

At the network’s upfront presentation to advertisers earlier this year, it announced it would double the network’s original programming offerings over the next four years.

The name switch, according to network executives, will be the only large change happening. The alteration comes at a time when the network has been steadily repositioning its strategy away from targeting a generation to instead focus on appealing to a life stage. So, rather than going after millennial viewers, who will eventually cycle out of the demographic, they are going after what the network refers to as “Becomers.”

“ABC Family made a big shift about a dozen years ago to really target millennials _ and it’s done very well for us,” Ascheim said. “But millennials are getting older, and we needed to do something about that. We decided we needed to focus on a life stage.

This is an age group experiencing a lot of firsts — job, love, heartbreak — and are figuring out who they are becoming.”

The network, which has gone through some executive restructuing since

Ascheim came onboard in late 2013, began seriously considering a name change in the past year and worked with a number of outside firms and considered over 3,000 names. When it narrowed down finalists, the names were tested with 1,200 consumers in the core demographic.

“And Freeform — far and away — tested the most positively in terms of the positive attributions and connotations that you want associated with a modern media brand pointed at the young target that we are focused on,” said Nigel Cox-Hagan, senior vice president of marketing, creative and branding at the network.

The network is investing tens of millions of dollars in its campaign to spread word of its new name starting with an announcement video and social call-outs on its various platforms asking viewers to demonstrate through pictures, animation, video, etc., how they express freeform.

Other marketing tactics include movie theater ads, a Comic-Con strategy, and taking advantage of the network’s own noise-building via its heavily watched “25 Days of Christmas” period on the network later this year, as well as aligning the official roll-out to coincide with the January premieres of flagship programs “Pretty Little Liars” and “The Fosters,” in addition to new series “Shadowhunters” and “Recovery Road.”

“It’s a little bit like naming a baby. It’s a crazy process,” Ascheim said. “I have to say we had a lot of false starts along the way with names. One-half of our extended corporate family would be really happy and then the other half thought it was terrible.

This was the name that finally everybody

Twitter is on a feature launch roll, with the social network releasing a “Moments” feature Tuesday, which curates and promotes popular tweets.

The feature, which is now available both on the desktop and mobile versions of the platform, appears as a tab between a user’s notifications and messages. When users click or tap on the tab, they’re shown a list of “Moments,” which are a curated selection of tweets ranging from breaking news to cute animal pictures to football results and tweets from celebrities.

Users have the option to “follow” a Moment and have tweet updates added to their timeline.

Moments are currently assembled by Twitter’s curation team and are intended for a general audience, rather than customized for individual users.

The intent behind the new feature is to surface the “best of Twitter,” but like other features of the platform, it is probably a bid to draw people into the social network and increase the amount of time users spend looking at tweets.

The feature is the latest in a string of products Twitter has launched under the leadership of returning Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, who was named the company’s permanent leader Monday after a three-month stint as interim CEO. Dorsey is now the head of both Twitter and electronic payments company Square.

The company rolled out a News Tab feature in August and added product and places pages in June to help drive e-commerce.

Reddit launches ‘Upvoted’ TRACEY LIEN | LOS ANGELES TIMES

Online community Reddit on Tuesday launched Upvoted, a stand-alone website to house original content inspired by or related to posts from the expansive online forum.

In a post published to Upvoted, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian described the new site as a “hub to give the stories of Reddit — from the seemingly ordinary to extraordinary — the creative space to expand, breathe, and grow.”

Stories that currently appear on Upvoted include a curation of first-person anecdotes about suicide taken from a Reddit thread, a Q-and-A that had its beginnings on Reddit with the webmaster of a cult, and an original profile of a video game developer.

According to Ohanian, Upvoted is a natural extension of Reddit’s attempts to curate and promote content created by Reddit users.

Earlier this year, it launched a podcast called Upvoted, and in April it launched a newsletter with the same name to surface popular content.

The new site may also create new advertising opportunities for Reddit, which has long struggled to attract advertisers despite its large number of users. Critics of the forum have in the past noted that parts of Reddit that house inflammatory content have been known to scare off advertisers who don’t want their brands associated with contentious material.

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2 BDRM HOUSE NEAR SIU. Newly remolded. Hardwood laminate and tile floors. d/w, w/d and elect fireplace, simply a stunning home for 2 students $375p/p 4574422 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 bedrooms. Houses & apartments, W/D, 2 bath 549-4808 www.siucrentals.com

PARSON!S PROPERTY 900 E. Grand Ave. #102 Call 618-457-8302 rentparsons@yahoo.com Country village, beautiful country setting, 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath, pool, water, furnished, w/d, d/w, lawn, trash free parking. Special rates for fall.

Grand Ave. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, w/d, internet, cable, trash, free parking, close to campus, great prices.

1, 2, 3 bedroom apartments. 4 and 5 bedroom houses and duplexes. Availability for fall and winter.

BARGAIN RENTAL PRICES

NICE 1 & 2 BDRM, rental list at 2006 Woodriver, a/c, near shopping, lease & dep, no pets, 529-2535.

STUDIO APT BEAUTIFULLY remodeled, 501 E College St., #6, sublease, near SIU. More info. call 457-4422

NEAR CAMPUS: 2, 3, & 4 Bdrm Houses, W/D, Most C/A, Free Mow. Also, Geodesic Dome 7-10 Minutes from SIU-C (no zoning): SPACIOUS 2 & 3 Bdrm Houses, W/D, Most C/A, 1 3/4 Baths, Carport, Patio or Huge Deck, Free Mow. NO PETS. Call 684-4145.

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1 & 2 BDRMS $275-$490/mo 618-924-0535 www.comptonrentals.com

HELP WANTED PROVIDING in-home assistance for elderly and people with disabilities. Part-time available immediately. CNA preferred. Submit resume to 2135 W. Ramada, C!Dale.

PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER, neat appearance, PT, some lunch hours needed, apply in person, Quatros Pizza, 218 W Freeman.

WAITSTAFF, GRILL AND line staff.

Full & Part Time. Apply in Person 20's Hideout Steakhouse, 2602 Wanda St. Marion. Must be 21 to apply for waitstaff position. Applications can be printed off at Hideoutsteakhouse.com, No phone calls.

DAILY EGYPTIAN NOW HIRING Graphic Designer Graphic design experience and/or communication design major preferred. Must have knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite.

--Must be enrolled at SIUC for at least 3 credit hours during summer semesters, and 6 during fall and spring semesters.

--Federal Work Study is helpful, but not necessary.

--Applications available by emailing classified@dailyegyptian.com, visiting www.DailyEgyptian.com and looking under the “Contact” tab, or the D.E. front desk in the Comm. building, Room 1259, Monday - Friday, 9:00am 3:00pm.

WALKERS BLUFF IS now hiring servers, food runners, and event staff. Weekends required. E-mail resume to hr@walkersbluff.com RESIDENT MANAGER FOR off campus housing firm. Similar to RA on campus. Compensation by housing only. Must have own reliable automobile and pass background and drug check. Christian environment. Call 457-4422

STUDIO APT, 316 E College St., #8, sublease, graduate student preferred, short walk to siu. More information call 457-4422

1, 2, & 3 bdrm apartments, townhouses, duplexes, and houses, avail now & Aug. 549-8000. universityheightsrentals.com

NICE 1 & 2 BDRM, $260-$450, lawn & trash incl, mgmt & maint. On-site, avail now, 618-529-9200, no dogs. www.salukihomes.com MODERN, MANUFACTURED HOMES 2 bdrm, 2 bath, w/d, d/w, a/c, energy efficient, (618) 924-0535 www.comptonrentals.com

3BDRM, 306 W College, like new c/a, w/d, d/w, private yard, 549-4808 www.siucrentals.com

1BDRM SUBLEASE AVAILABLE January 1, 2016. Behind the Rec Center, 321 E. Mill, Apt. 5. $500 includes T.V. and some furniture. Utilities extra.

630-335-0167. dlausas@siu.edu

1 BDRM APT. on Park Street near SIU. Gallery kitchen, spacious living room, lovely apt. Starting $440/mo.

Call 457-4422. universityedge.net

G & R!S BEAUTIFUL NEW, 2 bdrm townhouses, no pets, call 549-4713 or visit 851 E. Grand Ave. or www.grrentals.com.

PRIVATE COUNTRY SETTING, extra nice, 3 bdrm/2 bath, w/d, c/a, 2 decks, no pets. 549-4808, 9am-4pm

NO APPLICATION FEE. PET FRIENDLY. ACROSS FROM SIU

2 BDRM, ALL electric, W/D hookup, A/C, Water included, pets o.k. $375/mo. 618-559-1522 or 684-2711.

AVAIL NOW 1 bdrm, across from SIU. Hi-speed Internet, satellite TV, laundry, parking, water & trash. Call 618-559-4763.

C!DALE AREA, 3 bdrm/2 bath, C/A, WD, Energy Eff., $550/mo, Dep., Ref., Lease. Quiet area. 618-319-0642

AFTERNOON STUDENT HELP, must have strong back. Good wages. Able Appliance 457-7767.

DIGITAL AND TRADITIONAL marketing peron, part-time. Quatros Pizza.

618-303-2199.

PART TIME WAREHOUSE / customer service. Apply in person at 420 Industrial Pk Rd, Carbondale.

HOSTESS/PHONE PERSON, apply in person, some lunch hours needed.

Quatro!s Pizza, 218 W. Freeman.

The Daily Egyptian is hiring for Spring 2016 Classified Office Assistant --5-10 hours a week.

--Hourly wage --Need to have excellent attention to details.

--Applications available at the D.E. front desk in the Comm.

Bldg. Rm 1259, Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 3:00pm. You can also email classified@dailyegyptian.com to request one.

--Must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours for Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 --Varied Hours --Submitting a resume is encouraged HAMPTON INN SEEKING hous keeper. Apply in person. 2175 Reed Station Pkwy.

SALES CLERK, PT, must be 21yrs, apply in person, SI Liquor Mart, 113 N. 12th St., M!boro. Please no calls.

ATTENTION! BOB HAD A JOB. BOB LOST HIS JOB. WE NEED A BETTER BOB! NO EXP. NECESSARY/MUST BE 18 $1,800/MO. CALL TODAY! 815-570-9703 ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE opening at Manor Court NURSES and CNA!s If you are dependable and innovated with a great attitude, we want to talk to you about your future employment.

BENEFITS Group Health Insurance 401k (Up to 5% match) Holiday Pay (Double time) Employee Time Off (Up to 5 wks/yr) Flex Spending Plan For immediate consideration, send your resume to: don@libertyvilageofcarbondale.com Or Apply in Person to: Manor Court of Carbondale 2940 W. Westridge Place Carbondale, IL 62901 618-457-1010 www.libertyvillageofcarbondale.com Not-For-Profit Provider

DAILY EGYPTIAN NOW HIRING Account Executive Competitive spirit, excellent communication skills, outgoing personality, and sales experience.

--Must be enrolled at SIUC for at least 3 credit hours during summer semesters, and 6 during fall and spring semesters.

--Federal Work Study is helpful, but not necessary.

--Applications available by emailing classified@dailyegyptian.com, visiting www.DailyEgyptian.com and looking under the “Contact” tab, or the D.E. front desk in the Comm. building, Room 1259, Monday - Friday, 9:00am 3:00pm.

BAND PRACTICE ROOM. Are you starting up a band or need a place for your current band to practice? Auditioning players for your band? Too loud for your neighbors? The Axe Monkey has just what you need. No need to lug in a drum set, or purchase a PA. Both are avail. in our practice room. The room accomm. up to 5 players and is avail. 12 a.m.-12:p.m.

Mon.-Sat. Sunday hrs. avail. w/reservation. Our rates are very reasonable.

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

ACROSS 1 Great Salt Lake component, to a chemist 5 Moved for a better view, in a way 10 Lucy’s partner 14 Fairy tale villain 15 Yoga position 16 Pair in a loaf 17 Sleeping in the great outdoors, e.g.

19 Big East or Big South org.

20 Generation 21 Org. recommending flossing 22 Like many stunts 23 Making sense 28 In the past 29 Start of a spelling rule broken by deists?

33 Flooded 36 Bring __ a substitute 37 Co-star of Burt in “The Killers” 38 Fair odds 42 Prefix with fold 43 “I get the idea!”

44 Skeptical 45 Guard 48 Korean automaker 49 Airport agent’s request 54 Adolescent sidekick 57 Indifferent response 58 “I did not need to know that” 59 Letter-shaped building part 60 Hockey punishment for the starts of the longest across answers 64 Narrated 65 “State of Affairs” star Katherine 66 Clanton foe 67 Jazz finale?

68 Schmoes 69 Leaf support DOWN 1 Ravi’s musical daughter

Today’s Birthday (10/07/15).

Restoration and peaceful contemplation bring deep gifts this year. Practice meditation and exercise. Apply discipline to creative expression to profit.

Professional changes open new personal discoveries this springtime. Late summer relaxation inspires your spirit and sense

of purpose. Work changes take focus next autumn. Develop passion.

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

Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is a 7 -- Don’t be distracted by well-meaning friends. Ask questions to get to the source. Create something new. Clean closets. Find unexpected resources. Trust a crazy hunch. Intuition provides the best timing. Someone brings home a surprise.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is a 6 -- Devote yourself to your work. Exploit current favorable circumstances. In a disagreement about priorities, listen and wait to decide. Don’t push too fast. Your partner understands the group energy.

Get advice from friends. Your team provides whatever needed.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -Today is a 7 -- Devote your energies to planning. Ask for what you want.

A new power suit would be nice. Take care of nearby errands first. All is not as it appears to be. Take what you get.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -Today is a 7 -- Think it over. Figure out what you really want. Travel flows easily now. There’s no need to drain your resources. Avoid getting burned. Look for what’s missing to achieve your desired outcome.

Listen and learn.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Organize your finances so you can get something your family needs. Research the best bargain and value. Make sure your savings are secure. Feather your nest without breaking the bank. Provide certainty to someone who has none.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Consider your partner’s fantastic scheme. Let a complicated subject soak in. Add a water element. You could discuss possibilities poolside or near a river or

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2 Disco era suffix 3 Mean 4 Wing alternative 5 Flatly denied it 6 Hit __: experience delays 7 Put out on the infield 8 One at the front?

9 Butter serving 10 “Meet the Parents” actor 11 Contents of some envs.

12 Neb. neighbor 13 “Do as __ ...”

18 __-Ashbury: San Francisco section 22 Court official 24 Smidgen of spice 25 Take the top medal 26 By surprise 27 New Age musician John 30 Compete in a heat 31 At any time 32 “Nothing to it!”

33 Siesta hrs.

34 Charging cable, e.g.

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35 Not fer 36 Graphic novel artist 39 Isle of Mull neighbor 40 Land 41 Tide type 46 Classic Fords 47 Accelerator particle 48 Mournful tolls 50 Physical likeness

beach. A hot tub could be especially romantic. Relax together.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Accept a challenge if it pays well. Earn extra points for the fun level of the job. Play with tweaking the technology. Invest in efficiency.

Discover a stroke of brilliance and pop through to success.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Handle household chores before getting outside. An opportunity intrigues your family.

Get unfiltered feedback from children. A loved one gives you a great idea. Encourage creativity. Clean old messes before making new. Take decisive action.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Settle into a comfortable nest and get lost in your studies. Test your theory before acting.

Get alternate views. Meditation amplifies intuition. Try out new ideas in the luxury of your own home.

10/07/15 10/7/15

51 Chance to swing 52 Three-ingredient treat 53 Common dinner hr.

54 Nabisco cracker 55 Concert reed 56 About 500 pounds of cotton 60 Scholar’s deg.

61 Want-ad abbr.

62 Quick drink 63 Aye or hai

Update your home technology.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 7 -- Abandon expectations and devote time to sales and marketing. An opportunity may land faster than you think. Friends teach you the rules. An intensive team effort makes the difference. Be willing to learn new tricks. Come together.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is an 8 -- Grab a delectable opportunity to do what you love.

Trust your imagination. Don’t do it for the money ... that’s not reliable, although unexpected bounty may fall. Enlist your partner’s support.

Follow your intuition and your heart.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 9 -- Insights develop as you work. A brilliantly artistic and cheap idea sparks. You’re especially sensitive and compassionate. Get to the heart of a controversy. Don’t act on a rumor until you’re sure of the facts. Your team provides support.

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Sports

Pac 12 proposal would help level playing field for student-athletes THOMAS DONLEY | @TDonleyDE

College athletics power conferences are using newfound power to chip away at the NCAA’s amateurism model.

The Pac 12 Conference proposed a rule change Sept. 11 that would let student-athletes use their image to promote their own business endeavors.

Student-athletes, however, will not be allowed to associate themselves with their schools or mention they are student-athletes. Also, they will not be permitted to appear in advertisements for other businesses.

The power five conferences — Pac 12, Big 10, Big 12, ACC and SEC — will vote on this proposal and other rule changes in January.

If those conferences pass the rule, the other 27 Division I conferences will have the option to adopt it.

This type of vote is a result of the NCAA’s new autonomy structure in which the power five conferences can make rules, as opposed to the NCAA alone having the power.

Southeast Missouri State assistant athletic director of compliance Rachel Blunt said the Pac 12’s proposal is a step toward reversing the NCAA’s amateurism model for student-athletes.

“At this point in time, this is the start of being able to utilize the name, picture or likeness,” Blunt said. “If this were to go into effect, this would change the legislation that’s existed for the last several years.”

As the rule currently stands, studentathletes can be declared ineligible for promoting their businesses or careers.

Such was the case of Joel Bauman, a former wrestler at Minnesota.

Bauman, an aspiring musician,

sold a song on iTunes. Because he used his own name and identified himself as a Minnesota wrestler, he was declared ineligible.

Missouri Valley Conference Associate Commissioner for Institutional Services Gregory Walter said the proposal would help student-athletes learn about entrepreneurship — something they are currently restricted from.

“It’s increasingly concerning that student-athletes are being put at a disadvantage relative to the general student body,” Walter said.

“And I think that’s what the Pac-12 proposal is trying to get at.”

Walter said while this change would be a step in the right direction, it is not a noteworthy one.

“I don’t think it’s hugely significant,” Walter said. “Right now, studentathletes can have their own nonathletically-related businesses, and they can promote that business. They just can’t use their name or image.”

External efforts are also ongoing to allow NCAA student-athletes to profit from their names and likenesses. Former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon is leading a class action lawsuit against the NCAA for the use of studentathlete likenesses in video games.

SIU assistant athletic director for compliance Matt Vincent said the NCAA’s amateurism rules have come a long way in the last several years.

“When I started working in athletics, if a student-athlete had a job, it counted towards their cost of attendance,” said Vincent, who has worked in college athletics at SIU and Central Michigan since 2001. “I think this is a step in the right direction. There’s more opportunities for student-athletes now.”

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015

Lacrosse under lights

Jacob Wiegand | @JacobWiegand_DE Daniel Drier, a sophomore from St. Louis studying cinematography, evades defense and anticipates passing the ball or trying to score at practice for the SIU Lacrosse Club on Monday. “I look forward to it all week,” Drier said about lacrosse practice. The club practices Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesdays 9 to 11 p.m. The Lacrosse Club plays Oct. 24 against St. Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis.

Cubs’ Arrieta feels confident facing familiar Pirates hitters PAUL ZEISE | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Jake Arrietta was just having fun.

At least that’s what the Cubs ace said Tuesday when he was asked about his recent trolling of Pirates fans on Twitter as the two teams prepare to meet in the National League wild-card game Wednesday night at PNC Park.

“I think it is a big part of the fanplayer interaction and it is all in good fun,” Arrieta said. “I don’t mean anything negative towards anybody. It is kind of a build up to the game. We have two very passionate fan bases, so it is all in fun and there is nothing meant by it.

“It is kind of a unique way to start interaction within the players and the fans so it is something I kind of like to do.”

Nuccio DiNuzzo | Chicago Tribune Arrieta caused a stir earlier this week Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta throws against the Pitts- on social media when a Pirates parody burgh Pirates during the first inning at PNC Park in Pittsaccount tweeted to him that there was burgh on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. going to be a “sea of black” waiting for him

at PNC Park. He responded “whatever helps keep your hope alive, just know it doesn’t matter.”

He then responded to another fan who said the crowd was going to be loud by tweeting “Bring out all the reinforcements.

I need it LOUD.” Fun has been the theme of the Cubs this year, and a lot of that starts with their manager Joe Maddon, who said he has worked hard to try and keep things light because he believes a loose team is a team poised to perform best under pressure.

That’s why he has no issues with Arrieta’s Twitter game. And it’s why he believes the magnitude of the moment of a one-anddone playoff game will not overwhelm his team despite its youth.

“I’ve learned a lot from a lot of coaches that I never wanted to be like,” Maddon said. “When you are growing up playing (sports), I’m serious, the guys that you don’t want to be like are the ones you learn

the most from.

“A lot of that had to do with tightness or trying to have guys do things differently or getting angry and being punitive when things aren’t working well. I don’t understand that method of thinking, so for me I have been very fortunate to have a lot of coaches who have taught me that.”

Arrieta said he expects the PNC Park crowd to be “extremely loud from the getgo,” but he said the noise is something he is comfortable dealing with.

As for the actual game, Arrieta, a Cy Young Award candidate after a season in which he went 22-6 with a 1.77 ERA, said his familiarity with the Pirates lineup will be an advantage because he knows how to approach each hitter.

Arrieta has faced the Pirates five times this year, going 3-1 with a 0.75 ERA. He struck out 33, allowed only 18 hits and walked only five hitters over 36 innings.