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Daily Egyptian THURSDAY, OCTBER 16, 2014 VOLUME 98 ISSUE 115

Advisory committee addresses signage and streetscapes

Hinson: Smithpeters rejoins Salukis Tyler Davis Daily Egyptian

Men’s basketball coach Barry Hinson confirmed in press release that Tyler Smithpeters, a sophomore guard from Harrisburg, is back with the team and will practice.

Smithpeters said he was back from his suspension yesterday. But it was not until today that Tom Weber, the director of media services, sent the press release

out stating Hinson said Smithpeters will rejoin practices.

Men’s basketball coach Barry Hinson originally confirmed Smithpeters had been suspended from the team for a “personal matter” Monday.

Weber said Monday the team was still gathering information and would not comment on the private matters of a player.

Smithpeters averaged 19 minutes and

4.8 points per game for the Saluki last season. He started 12 games and shot nearly 41 percent from three-point range.

Smithpeters started every game of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament last season and had a career-high 16 points in his first start against Missouri State University.

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World Food Day emphasizes change

Marissa Novel Daily Egyptian

Upon exiting Union Station, it is obvious, even to visitors, one is in Chicago. When stepping down from a train in Carbondale, some community members think more can be done to welcome newcomers and residents.

The Downtown Advisory Committee had its fifth meeting with the focus area of signage and streetscapes in the downtown area Wednesday at the Eurma C. Hayes Center.

City Manager Kevin Baity presented information about regulations on sidewalk sales, outdoor cafes and liquor consumption at the cafes.

He said many sidewalk sales and cafes would be unlikely to fit city code because little area would be left for pedestrian traffic. Baity said some restaurants have the room for outdoor cafes but are unable to serve alcoholic beverages to patrons sitting because of city restrictions.

Three committee members, Meghan Cole, Jeremy Clow and Kristin Gregory also presented.

Cole presented information about streetscape opportunities, citing the practical yet risky renovation techniques Lancaster, Calif. used in its downtown, as well as the job and revenue growth that followed.

“Streetscapes are not just a view of the street, and they’re not just a pictorial view,” she said. “They have to be usable.”

Cole also presented information about current and recommended signage height and proximity regulations for businesses in place of Dan Terry, who had to testify in Springfield unexpectedly.

Jeremy Clow said more landscaping near sidewalks could increase pedestrian safety. He also said downtown needs more disability accessible sidewalks and green energy technology.

Clow said information provided by signage, especially near the Amtrak station, is minimal.

“If I were to get off the Amtrak train here, I don’t know where anything is,” he said. “I have no idea if I’m on the right side of town, where I can rent a car, I don’t know where I can get a taxi cab. There’s no way to get anywhere unless you ask a local.”

Clow said this problem could be fixed by posting directional signage and kiosks in the area.

Kristin Gregory presented the results of other college towns, such as Kent, Ohio and Normal, in terms of job and business creation and revenue after renovating their downtown areas.

Several city council members were in attendance and expressed their concerns as community members.

City Councilman Lee Fronabarger said the primary concern of the committee should be removing overhead utility lines.

“I am a strong advocate for streetscaping downtown, but no matter how many plants we put downtown, or benches or lighting there we have got to do something about overhead utility lines,” he said.

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N icolas G aliNdo d aily E GyptiaN Aaron Barnett, left, and Shelly Kelley, center, the soup kitchen supervisor, serve food Wednesday at the Good Samaritan House soup kitchen in Carbondale. “The appreciation I get from helping people out is my favorite part of working here,” Barnett said.

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Nearly one out of eight people on Earth suffer from chronic malnutrition, according to a United Nations report. U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon said 17,000 children die from hunger-related causes every day.

World Food Day was Oct. 15 and aimed to fight this. The holiday commemorates the formation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, according to its website.

World Food Day addresses ending hunger and poverty, providing food security and nutrition, achieving sustainable development and protecting the environment, according to FAO’s website.

One place in Carbondale addressing food security in southern Illinois is the Good Samaritan House of Carbondale.

The house was set up in 1985 to provide an emergency shelter, transitional housing program, soup kitchen, food pantry and an emergency assistance program in southern Illinois, according to the agency’s website.

Patty Mullen, assistant director of Good Samaritan Ministries, said government

subsidies affect her organization as well.

“It is very hard to get healthy foods for the people who come to the food pantry, as our USDA commodities have not been the greatest,” Mullen said. “We are seeing a lot of the same [issues] in many pantries in our area. Many things you can’t really make a meal out of.”

Churches and donations from the community allow the center to stay open and keep providing services for people without sufficient food, Mullen said.

The FAO reports food security is not only a problem for impovershed countries—even the United States has a hunger problem.

Fourteen percent of Americans do not have enough to eat, according to United States Department of Agriculture Statistics.

Hunger is not the only food-related problem Americans face. Jessica Crowe, an assistant professor of sociology at SIU, said poor nutrition is a challenge because healthy foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables are more expensive than junk food. This causes people to choose cheaper, less-nutritious foods over healthful foods, she said.

“It is harder to eat healthy with a low

income,” Crowe said. “You’ll get more calories off of the dollar menu than you would eating something healthy” Access to fresh foods is an issue around the country and in southern Illinois, Leslie Duram, professor of geography at SIU and director of SIU’s environmental studies program Duram said.

“There are many areas in southern Illinois where people do not have access to healthy, affordable food,” Duram said.

Southern Illinois has a problem with food deserts, Duram said. Food deserts are parts of the country without easy access to fresh fruits, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods. They are usually found in impoverished areas, according to the USDA website.

People in food deserts rely on convenience stores, gas stations and drug stores instead of supermarkets which have more nutritious options, Crowe said.

“You see people [in food deserts] rely on places like Seven-Eleven for food more than grocery stores,” Crowe said.

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Cali’s to re-open as Levels this weekend

Marissa Novel Daily Egyptian

The bar and nightclub previously known as Cali’s will reopen under a new name, Levels, Friday, after renovations have kept it closed for four weeks.

Owner Greg Knoob said the renovations are mostly cosmetic improvements, such as updated lighting and furnishings.

“There were bare concrete floors

before, they’re not bare anymore,” he said. “Things were just not complete before, and now they are.”

Knoob said Levels would continue to be open to patrons 19 years or older.

He said the doors between Saluki Bar ‘N’ Grill and Levels will be open during unofficial Halloween, but entry into Saluki Bar ‘N’ Grill will be regulated by bouncers and permitted only for patrons 21 years or older.

Knoob also said his staff has changed, after a Chicago consulting firm specializing in nightclubs trained his employees.

“You can expect to see more professional staff, more highly trained staff,” he said.

Marissa Novel can be reached at mnovel@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @marissanovelDE or at 536-3311 ext. 268.

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Student advances in business pitch competiton Muriel Berry Daily Egyptian

The Office of Economic and Regional Development held a competition that required students to pitch business ideas to a board of judges in 90 seconds or less.

After deliberation, the judges chose Brandon Nolte, a senior from Golden Eagle studying business management, to be the winner.

Greg Bouhl, assistant director of entrepreneurship and business, was a judge at the competition and said the key qualities judges looked for in a winner were personality, concept, weather or not their pitches will solve a problem for a company, and uniqueness.

“The scoring criteria that is used for this competition is very much like a business plan competition or what an investment planner is going to use to evaluate a project,” he said.

Bouhl also said Nolte had specific characteristics, which set him apart from

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Small convenience stores mainly sell processed food that contains high amounts of salt, sugar, and artificial ingredients, she said.

Crowe said she is still optimistic about many programs aimed at addressing the issue of poor nutrition and food deserts.

To help give low-income people more healthful options, many farmers markets have begun accepting Link cards and other forms of government assistance.

New York City’s FRESH program is one idea that has become popular. This gives tax incentives to stores that provide healthy foods in poor neighborhoods, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

The disparity in price between foods with high nutrition and low nutrition leads to things like obesity and diabetes, Crowe said. The main cause of this price disparity is government subsidies, she said.

“They subsidize corn, wheat and soybeans, which makes them very cheap,” Crowe said. “That is why they put corn in everything.”

Subsidies made high-fructose corn syrup, a type of sugar derived from corn, the most common sweetener in American

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the rest of the competitors.

“Brandon articulated his idea very well,” he said. “He talked about the market opportunity and was very passionate about what he was doing and that really came through in his presentation.”

Bouhl said his job was to work with entrepreneurs to help get investment funding and prepare for competitions.

Nolte said there were different things he had to keep in mind in order to win.

“The judges were a panel of peers and there’s always room for error and that pressure to impress,” he said. “You have one chance to get it right.”

He said he invested a good amount of time and effort into perfecting his pitch and that it was a trail and error process.

“A year and a half ago I started researching,” he said. “It’s a lot of repetition, going over it [the pitch], hitting all the key points and memorizing expressions and mannerisms.” food today, Crowe said. “[Food providers] put [corn syrup] in everything today,” Crowe said. “They put corn syrup in foods that don’t need it just because it is so cheap.”

Those sentiments were shared by Duram.

“They put corn syrup in foods that previously were not sweetened like spaghetti sauce and soup to add flavor,” Duram said. “We need to rethink our priorities, so that fruits and vegetables are cheaper than junk food.”

Addressing food scarcity on an international level is a tougher prospect, Crowe said.

“The root cause of food scarcity is politics and global inequality,” she said.

“There is enough food in the world to feed every person on the planet but political and economic factors lead to unequal distribution of it.”

By 2050, food scarcity may cause a bigger problem because most of the population growth will be in poor nations and the world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion, Crowe said.

The world has won major battles fighting food scarcity. Since 1990, the chance of a child dying before age 5 due to malnutrition has been cut in half. Extreme poverty rates have also been reduced by half, according to the FOA.

s arah G ardner Tyler Smithpeters fakes a pass during the Salukis’ loss to Drake University last season.

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He came to SIU after playing for Harrisburg High School under his father, longtime Coach Randy Smithpeters. Tyler is the second-highest scorer in Harrisburg High School history.

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“Either bury them or put them in the back behind the buildings or else it’s going to look as tacky then as it does today.”

Mayor Don Monty said removing the lines would be extremely expensive, especially because utility companies are very unlikely to cover the costs themselves.

He said Normal recently worked with Ameren and petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission for a special tariff to pay for the removal.

“I think that’s something definitely worth pursuing because something of the magnitude of what may be several million dollars is probably beyond the financial reach of the city right now,” Monty said.

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The team won the 2012-13 2A state championship against Seton Hall Academy.

Tyler Davis can be reached at tdavis@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @TDavis_DE

City Councilwoman Jane Adams said appropriate lighting in the downtown area is a main concern because students think the downtown—and Carbondale in general—is a dark place.

Luke Henson, a junior from Springfield studying architecture, said as a student he can relate to Adams’ comment.

“Light is a huge issue with a lot of students in Carbondale,” he said. “I know that I feel that way and I know since public safety incidents that have happened on campus recently I don’t feel that Carbondale is a safe place at night.”

Marissa Novel can be reached at mnovel@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @marissanovelDE or at 536-3311 ext. 268.

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Terrific acting keeps ‘The Judge’ afloat Jacob Pierce Daily Egyptian

Even littered with clichés and dropped storylines, “The Judge” can still win your heart. It is a film full of such missteps that is saved by an all-star cast.

“The Judge” (Rated R; 141 min.) is directed by David Dobkin and stars Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga and Billy Bob Thornton.

Hank Palmer, played by Downey, is a successful defense lawyer out of Chicago. After receiving notice of his mother’s death, Palmer drops everything to get to Carlinville, Ind. He is immediately reminded why he left, as his relationship with his father only worsened. His father, Duvall, is a respected judge in the town who was indicted with a murder charge. Staying to defend his father, Palmer’s opinions start to change and he tries to save his father with every fiber of his being.

Since Downey’s recent success, he has not done anything close to what

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Downey brings a performance unlike anything he has done recently. He challenges the cool and commanding persona he established in “Iron Man.” His character is humanized by the emotional depth he reaches.

Palmer is selfish, but Downey makes him lovable. Seeing him react to his father’s emotionally detached ways can be a tear-jerker at times—not because of the dialogue, but because of the acting.

The entire cast is to be praised.

While this film is too mediocre to be considered Oscar-worthy, there are award-winning performances.

Thornton is a prime example.

He plays Downey’s rival lawyer.

They face off in the case against his father and it is indeed a battle of wits. Much of the movie’s excitement comes from their battles and seeing how well they match against each other.

Thornton’s character is always understandable and convincing, even if he battles against our protagonists. His role is minor, but his presence is remembered.

It is even a little heartbreaking when he gives empathy to Palmer throughout the film.

This movie falters at times and almost kills any enjoyment. It wants to be like every emotionally driven movie ever made with every cliché in the book. Characters have convenient heart to hearts, and random Bon Iver songs play to convey emotion. It is all there, and it is all devastating.

While this movie uses the talent to its advantage, it wastes a lot of it as well. Storylines seem to appear out of nowhere and come to nothing. At times it is a random assortment of events that don’t further the characters’ developments. They just seem to be there because they might be interesting.

In a slew of really bad films, victories have to be taken no matter what. “The Judge” will hit you emotionally, no matter how hard it tries to annoy you. You will enjoy it.

Jacob Pierce can be reached at jpierce@dailyegyptian.com.

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What does FOX say about playoff baseball?

Austin Miller Daily Egyptian

The 2014 Major League Baseball playoffs have been more interesting than in recent years. Teams like the Royals and Orioles have experienced decades of losses and misery but made it to the playoffs. The Royals swept the Orioles Wednesday to keep their World Series hopes alive.

The Cardinals and Giants, two of the more popular and successful teams in baseball, have had close games throughout their series and have been victim to the shuffle of television broadcasting.

FOX has braodcast post-season baseball for more than 10 years. Incredible memories like Aaron Boone’s walk-off home run to send the Yankees to the World Series in 2003, Steve Bartman’s catch that still haunts Cubs fans, and David Freese’s extra-inning walk-off home-run in the 2011 World Series to force a Game 7 have all been televised on FOX. So why would FOX banish this year’s National League Division Series and Championship Series to the abyss that is cable, and its year-old network FOX Sports 1?

FOX Sports 1 launched in August 2013 in nearly 90 million homes to compete with ESPN. FOX is a broadcast television network and reaches more homes than FS1, which is only accessible through certain cable packages.

FS1 has primarily been used to show UFC events held in small Brazilian towns, drag racing events and some college football games. (Don’t take this as me slighting the UFC; I’m a fan of mixed martial arts and am frustrated that I can’t watch those events either).

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The channel has averaged 292,000 viewers since it launched, according to Street and Smith’s Sports Business Daily’s website. The program Crowd Goes Wild, FS1’s answer to ESPN’s “SportsCenter” was a panel show hosted by America’s favorite grandpa, Regis Philbin. The show was cancelled earlier this year – indicative of the network’s unpopularity.

One of the only reasons cable is even needed in a world of Internet streaming and DVR is because of live sports. Understandably, FOX is trying to connect FS1 with playoff baseball and raise awareness about the new channel.

FS1 has enjoyed success from broadcasting these games. This year’s playoff games have become the most watched programs in the one-year history of the channel, according to the website TV By The Numbers. Games have brought an average of 3 million viewers-per-game.

Sunday night’s Game 2 of the NLCS between the Cardinals and Giants was a close one, where the Giants tied it in the top of the ninth. Cardinals second baseman Kolton Wong answered by hitting a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth.

Instead of this game, FOX broadcasted “The Simpsons,” a re-run of “Family Guy,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and its new show, “Mulaney,” which had less than 2 million viewers the week before, according to Deadline, an entertainment news website.

Game 2 brought more than 4 million viewers, which is almost double what the cartoon brought the network, according to TV by the Numbers.

FOX has known for years when the playoffs

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will happen and they are delivering the games.

The network should have delayed the start of their new fall programming. At the very least, they could have put the shows on different nights, just to accommodate baseball for a couple weeks.

There are more fans of baseball than there are fans of a former writer for “Saturday Night Live,” which Mulaney was.

It is not like ESPN or CBS was supposed to broadcast baseball, and then all of their equipment was stolen and FOX became the de facto home for the playoffs. FOX has broadcast postseason baseball before. FOX has shuffled its original programming around before. FOX has done a good job broadcasting these games before.

The MLB needs to take the reins back on its own product. They need to ensure the games are accessible to fans; not more accessible for FOX. Of course FOX wants to increase its advertising revenue by creating another channel. But MLB should have been weary that the general public would become confused and that fewer people could watch the games.

These are the most important games of the year, and MLB needs to fight for that. Fans should be worried about how their teams are performing, not filtering through hundreds of channels to find the game.

Austin Miller can be reached at amiller@dailyegyptian.com, or on Twitter @AMiller_DE or 536-3311 ext. 254

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Backdraft: balancing life while keeping the country tradition SPOTLIGHT ON THE WINERIES

Chase Myers Daily Egyptian

Bands form for an assortment of reasons. Usually it’s because they revolve around a mutual love for producing the same kind of music.

Members from country rock band Backdraft share this love for traditional country while balancing their careers and music.

Backdraft consists of Lesley Stoffel on vocals, Gary Kinder on rhythm guitar and vocals, Rudy Wheaton on lead guitar and vocals, Bobby Kinder on drums and Preston Dallas on bass and vocals.

All members of the band have separate jobs during the week and perform predominantly on the weekend for their own personal enjoyment and the people watching, vocalist Lesley Stoffel said.

“When you hear and see people out there singing along and tapping their foot, they may not get up and dance but when you see them all interacting at the table, it’s pretty cool just to know that

you’re keeping some history alive,” she said.

The band came about initially from the mutual desire to create music.

“We got out there and did a show outside of practicing in 2010 for one of our friends who had cancer. We did a benefit for him,” vocalist Lesley Stoffel said. “That was our first show.”

The band grabs influence from ‘80s country music as well as artists such as Johnny Cash, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Bob Segar, Stoffel said.

The band does not play original songs when they perform, but plays country songs from their past, she said.

“I want to play music in what I grew up in and what was instilled in me as a kid. That’s who I am,” she said. “When I think back, I listened to my grandpa’s radio come on in the mornings and those are the songs that came on.

Those memories are what take you back in time.”

Wineries in southern Illinois have given Backdraft an opportunity to play for a more diverse audience.

“Different wineries draw different crowds from different towns,” she said. “We get a variety of different people.”

In some instances, the crowd’s age ranges from older to younger audiences that would seem unfamiliar with the tunes Backdraft plays.

“I have really been surprised about how the younger crowd actually grasps the music,” she said.

The band used to play in Cobden at what is now known as Walker’s Bluff, which would draw a younger crowd late at night, she said.

“It’s funny how older music, I guess from your parents listening to it, becomes a part of you whether you realize it or not,” she said.

The future for the band looks pretty comfortable, with shows scheduled at various wineries and bars on weekends in the area.

You can catch Backdraft live at the Tasting Room at Walker’s Bluff this Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m.

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

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nois Sp tlight Cornmeal talks touring, lineup and new album Q&A Chase Myers Daily Egyptian

For nearly 15 years, Chicagobased band Cornmeal has traveled around the country blending folk, Americana, and bluegrass into their own unique sound.

Cornmeal brings that sound to Hangar 9 on Thursday. St. Louisbased “jamgrass” band Acoustics Anonymous open the show at 10 p.m.

Cornmeal has recently emerged from a hiatus in 2013 playing in select shows and music festivals throughout the country.

The band consists of founding members Chris Gangi on bass, “Wavy” Dave Burlingame on banjo, along with new members Scott Tipping on guitar, Drew Littell on drums and guest appearances by Phil Roach on fiddle.

The DAILY EGYPTIAN had the opportunity to talk with Burlingame to discuss touring, line-up changes and the future for the band before tonight’s show.

I noticed you are going to be touring with additional member Philip Roach, how is that going to be?

Yeah, he was with the Giving Tree band, another Chicago Americana band. We’ve done several tours with them and when he left their band, we asked him to help us out and fill in some dates and he’s been playing with us the last six months, pretty much through the summer he helped us out. He really enjoys playing. Phil is really an amazing player and an amazing person. He’s also a road dog just like us, so he fits in great.

How has the band been developing its sound with recent

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line-up changes?

It’s been interesting of course.

Every new person that comes into the band brings their own bag-oftricks and we’ve incorporated that into the sound. I would say that we’ve never lost our integrity for putting on a high-energy show. It’s just always high-energy and we’ve never lost that. I mean, we still play a number of the same songs we used to play, plus newer ones. We’re always writing. We have newer songs that we’ve brought into the mix. Drew Littell on drums, he’s fantastic and Scott Tipping on guitar, he’s such a powerhouse. The high-energy quality of our shows has never waivered and that’s one thing that we’ve always recognized that our fans have always appreciated. You know, nobody sits down at our shows, unless they’re about to pass out.

Coming off of the festival season and recent Chicago bar circuit, how will the transition be into your fall tour?

Well we’ve been touring moderately this year all year long and we’re just coming off of the festival season, in which you’re outside and its nice and you’re among a lot of other bands, friends, musicians and stuff. Transitioning back to the bar is always what happens in the fall. We’re looking

forward to getting back down to Hangar. That’s one of our favorite places to play. Then right after that is Yonder Mountain’s Harvest Fest on Friday in Arkansas. Then we head east, to Oklahoma first, then Texas, then down to New Orleans. This is going to be funfilled. We’re out for about eleven days and we’re playing about nine of those days.

How is your new studio album coming along?

We just went back into the studio two weeks ago and have started up the new album again.

It was hard because in the last couple of years we have gone through some transitions. We started the new album with the original players and when they left it was like “well, do we put this out, or maybe re-record it?”

That is basically what we’ve done.

We’ve re-recorded what we started a couple years back. We’re really excited about it. We’ve got 10 tracks started, so now it’s a matter of doing overdubs and mixing and we’re hoping to have it out the first of the year.

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

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Fetcho likes experience—for now Aaron Graff Daily Egyptian

The SIU men’s golf team does not have any freshmen on the roster, but the team is happy with the structure.

Just eight golfers make up the team, four of whom are seniors.

When former coach Leroy Newton retired, he stopped recruiting to give the new coach an opportunity to fill the roster.

“I had two spots left on the team,” Newton said. “I didn’t want to take up the spots with a new coach coming in. Sometimes a coach has somebody already in mind because he was at some place.

I didn’t think it would be right for

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Walker said the Wolfe brothers’ best swimming trait is that they never give up. He said they are determined, and swim until the end of every race, which is part of the reason Justin was able to qualify for the Olympic tryout “They’ve got kind of a never quit attitude,” Walker said. “They won’t quit until it’s done.”

Michael said he wants to try out for the next Olympics, but knows it is still too far in advance to worry. He said he wants to work with Walker and improve his time to qualify for the tryouts.

Justin said he still follows his brothers

me to load the team up.”

Coach Justin Fetcho said when he got the job nearly every incoming collegiate golfer knew where they were going. He took what he had and ran with it.

“It makes it challenging for me as a coach only from the standpoint that I have to try and rebuild and bring on new players to replace four outgoing guys that have played for us really throughout the fall,” Fetcho said.

Fetcho said he is happy with what he was given. He said he has heard stories from his friends that, when starting a coaching job, they were given players that did not want to be coached.

and the whole SIU swimming team. He said he would go to as many meets as he can because he is proud of his former program. Justin has worked two years full-time in a manufacturing training program in Jackson, Tenn. He is no longer swimming competitively.

“It’s pretty neat when you look back, especially being an alumni, and seeing that my whole family went through that program and was on the team,” Wolfe said. “It was able to make, in my mind, a progressive step in SIU swimming.”

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“They want me to hold them accountable for what they’re doing and I love that, to have a group like that,” Fetcho said. “I didn’t really know anything about them walking into the job. I couldn’t ask for anything better than what I have.”

Newton said he knew Fetcho was coming into a good situation, and it’s great to have such leadership.

“I knew I left him four or five seniors that were pretty good plus [junior Drew] Novara,” Newton said. “I really wasn’t worried about it. If I would have stayed I would have taken probably one freshman and one junior college kid that I had been talking with.”

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Anderson said she is helping Chrysanthou develop her doubles play by working on her volley and moving up in the court.

“I’m enjoying developing that right now,” she said. “I’ve had more success in singles right now, but I’m still learning how to play doubles.”

Anderson said it is normal for a freshman to do better in singles play.

Chrysanthou started the season strong with third place finishes at the Colorado Invitational and Saluki Fall Classic.

She said in the Colorado Invitational she was not aware of the

With half the team graduating, Fetcho said he wants to recruit freshmen that want to be leaders on the team.

“There will be an opportunity for someone to make a name for themself and make an impact as a freshman,” Fetcho said. “Not many programs across the country do you find an opportunity like this.”

Novara said he likes the team how it is.

“It doesn’t really bother me,” he said. “It has its positives. If we had a freshman I wouldn’t be mad by any means, but I think it’s helped this year. The team chemistry has been pretty good.”

Novara said the seniors helped

him adjust to the collegiate level his freshman year, and he will try to do the same.

Newton said he likes Fetcho’s high energy level, and he thinks Fetcho will eventually bring a Missouri Valley Conference Championship to the Salukis through recruiting.

Newton never accomplished an MVC championship in his 18 seasons as coach.

“I think Coach Fetcho has everything moving in the right direction right now,” Novara said.

tournament structure and had no expectations, but was happy with her finish. She said she had to adjust her game to a different environment.

“I was impressed with her comeback in Colorado,” Anderson said. “She was down a set and it looked like she wasn’t going to be able to come back, but she battled. She wasn’t able to use our plan going into the match but she adjusted and was able to hit balls effectively that she might not have had confidence in.”

Chrysanthou said the highlight of her season has been getting to know her team and learning from their experiences.

“This is such a great team and they

give me such great support,” she said.

“My achievements aren’t personal, they are team achievements as well. My team has been so helpful for me.”

Tomishima said she is focusing on helping freshmen like Chrysanthou.

“Our goal as seniors is to help them and make them more comfortable around the team and the campus,” she said.

SIU will compete at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week.

Aaron Graff can be contacted at Agraff@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @Aarongraff_DE or 536-3311 ext. 269.

Brent Meske can be reached by email at bmeske@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @brentmeskeDE

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Freshman runner making an impact Brent Meske Daily Egyptian

On a team where more than a third of the players are seniors, a freshman is making an impact in the starting seven.

Jonathan Vara is the only freshman on the men’s cross-country team who hasn’t been red-shirted. Instead, he is running in the top seven on the team and could improve by the end of the year.

Coach David Beauchem said Vara was not red-shirted because he came in ready to race and has stayed healthy.

Vara was an All-American and AllState runner on the 4x800 meter relay squad for Lane Technical College Prep High School.

Kristopher Roof, Vara’s coach at Lane Tech high school, said Vara was not their best runner, but had a lot of heart.

“He arguably possessed the most heart and drive,” he said. “He is extremely selfless and will do anything for his team. He should have a lot of room for growth at the collegiate level.

He is far from burning out.”

Roof said he has a low mileage philosophy for high school runners.

He said running longer distances in college will allow him room to grow as a runner.

Vara said there has been a learning curve going from high school to the collegiate level. He said the difference between the three-mile race in high school and the 8K race in college has been the biggest change.

“I think that experience helps, it sets the tone,” he said. “I worked hard in L ewis M arien d aiLy e gypTian training during high school, so I’m not Freshmen Jonathan Vara, front, and Josh Maier jog on Douglas Drive Wednesday in Carbondale during cross-country practice. Vara said there has been a learning going to stop now. I learned how to curve going from high school three-mile runs to 8K races in college. The men’s and women’s cross-country teams will compete in the Indiana State University Prerun the three-mile in high school, now National Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind. Although his finishes are not near experienced runnersz like Castel have studying and focusing on the right and I need to just trust him.”

I’ll learn how to run the 8K in college.”

Vara and the rest of the cross-country Vara finished 12th at the the top of the leaderboards, senior helped his running by telling him things outside of racing too.”

Vara said getting more experience team will continue their season at 10 Saluki Invitational and 134th of Michael Castel said Vara can be a great when to push himself and when to take it easy. in races and listening to Beauchem a.m. on Saturday at the Indiana State 174 runners at the Notre Dame racer going forward.

“When I was a freshman I couldn’t “We put a lot of focus on training will help him continue to get better Pre-National Invitational.

Invitational this season.

Beauchem said Vara has been do half the things he is doing right the freshmen,” Castel said. “As going forward. “[Beauchem] knows what he is Brent Meske can be reached by email practicing well but needs to find a now,” he said. “He’s sticking with us upperclassmen, we know what to do at bmeske@dailyegyptian.comor rhythm in his races. He said it is hard to on all the workouts and he’s getting his and how to do it, but the freshmen talking about,” he said. “Everything need guidance. We don’t just help with I learned in high school doesn’t really on Twitter @bentmeskeDE. know what to expect from a freshman, mileage in.”

Vara said Beauchem and more running either, we make sure they are apply in college. I have a new coach or at 536-3311. but Vara is finishing where he expected.

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Wolfe brothers follow each other’s footsteps Aaron Graff Daily Egyptian

The Wolfe family tradition of swimming at SIU almost stopped when the youngest member decided what school to attend.

Justin Wolfe swam with the Salukis from 2008 to 2013, and swam one season with his brother, senior Shaun Wolfe. Now Shaun finds himself in Justin’s role; helping his younger brother, freshman Michael Wolfe, adjust to college life.

Michael said he considered other schools, but chose SIU based on coach Rick Walker’s success, location and family ties to the team.

“It’s not the only place I looked,” Michael said. “I kept my mind really open and it actually came really close between me going to [University at] Buffalo and me going here. I just thought the team was more homey here and I can relate to them better.”

Justin said he did not try and persuade Shaun to come to SIU, so Shaun let Michael make his own decision as well.

“I wanted [Shaun] to make his own decisions whether I was there or not,” Justin said. “I told him I was there if he wanted advice, but I let him make his own decision.”

Shaun said Justin was a big reason he attended SIU because he knew he could comfortably ask for help if he needed it. He said there has never really been actual rivalry swimming against his brothers, but in practice it is game on.

“We all kind of swim different events so there’s not really too much of a rivalry,” Shaun said.

“But practicing, you never like to get beat by your brother, so there’s a rivalry there.”

Walker grew up swimming against

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Freshman swimmer Michael Wolfe, top, and senior swimmer Shaun Wolfe pose Tuesday after practice in the Edward J. Shea Natatorium. Michael has won 5 events for the team and Shaun has won 1 individual event this year. Their older brother Justin Wolfe swam for SIU from 2008 to 2013, and won 30 events in his career. Shaun said his joining the team motivated Justin to swim faster. Now Shaun feels the same way with Michael on the team this season.

his own three brothers and said there is always a sibling rivalry, but it is a healthy one. He said he notices slight rivalry between the Wolfe brothers, but they are a team on their own.

“You will find no three more committed to each other and each

other’s success than those three,” Walker said.

Michael has won five events in his first two meets. Shaun has won five individual events in his career.

Justin won 30 events in his career and qualified for the Olympic trials

his junior year.

Justin injured his shoulder after the Olympic tryouts and did not compete his senior year.

“I felt going into my last year I had a good shot at going to NCAA’s and competing on that level,” Justin

said. “That was the only other thing I didn’t get to do that I wanted to.

I never got any closure on that on my last year, if whether I would have made it or not.”

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Freshman tennis player shows potential Brent Meske Daily Egyptian

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Freshman tennis player Athena Chrysanthou returns a serve Saturday during her singles match at the Saluki Fall Classic at University Courts. Chrysanthou said the biggest highlight of the season so far has been getting to know her teammates and learning from their experiences. “My team has been so helpful for me,” Chrysanthou said. Chrysanthou will be one of four players on the women’s tennis team competing in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championships Thursday in Tulsa, Okla.

The women’s tennis team has a freshman poised to become one of the team’s top players by the end of the year.

Freshman Athena Chrysanthou is from London, and had a successful tennis career before coming to SIU this semester. She was ranked No. 11 in the UK under-16 division, ranked in the top 30 in UK under-18 division and was a member of the National Premier league under-14 winning team.

Chrysanthou said the difference between playing in England and America comes down to the experience level. She needs to transition her game from an individual effort to a team effort.

“I’ve had to change my mindset and adjust myself to being more of a team player,” she said. “In England I was more individual, but now it’s really important that I learn how to be part of a team game. I’ll keep developing that through my years here.”

Coach Audra Anderson said it is impressive for a freshman to come in as a No. 3 player and she has potential

to become a top player.

“Natasha Tomishima is our current No. 1 player, and she started as the No. 4 player in her freshman year,” she said. “I told [Chrysanthou] she has the weapons to eventually play the No. 1 spot for us, whether that is this year, next year, or as a junior or senior.”

Anderson said Chrysanthou is better than her rankings suggest.

“When we recruited her, we knew she had some good weapons. Since then she has really improved through practices,” she said.

Anderson said Chrysanthou’s game consists of a strong serve and a dominant forehand. She said with her current attributes, better footwork would allow her to become an even better player.

Chrysanthou agreed with Anderson.

“I have confidence in my serve and forehand and I have a consistent backhand,” she said. “I also need to improve on my longer points and attack them with consistency; that will help my game. We will be playing a lot more matches coming up, so I need to be ready for longer points and more matches.”

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