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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014 VOLUME 98 ISSUE 122

Flying Salukis Students take steps to stop sexual assault win regional championship Muriel Berry

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Pigs may not be able to fly, the SIU Aviation team can, and did, at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s Region VIII Competition.

After competing against four other universities Tuesday through Friday, SIU took home the regional championship trophy.

During the competition student aviators competed for the best scores in nine events, including aircraft recognition, computer accuracy, power off, air flight inspection, short-field approach, landing, simulated comprehensive aircraft navigation and message drop.

The Flying Salukis qualified for the NIFA SAFECON national Competition for the second-consecutive year.

James Libuszowski, SIU aviation coach, said the team has participated in competitions for the past 48 years and qualified for nationals 47 of those years. He attributed the students’ success to their work ethic and the coach’s standards for the team.

“The team meets and exceeds our expectations every time,” he said. “They get a taste of winning and they never want to let that go. So, they’re willing to do as much work as we need from them.”

Libuszowski also said the flying events prepared students for a wide variety of careers, ranging from corporate to commercial flying.

SIU students finished in the top five of every event, contending with students from Quincy University, Purdue University, Lewis University and Indiana State University.

Andrew Ross, acting chief judge of the competition, said the judges had to take more than the technique and skill level of the aviators into consideration when they were picking event winners.

“What makes a good aviator is decision making; [aviation] careers are not so much technical careers as people believe them to be,” he said. “Showing how you alter when issues arise is what the competition really assesses.”

Seventy-five students participated in the event, 14 airplanes from different schools were used and 20 judges from the Region VIII area chose winners.

George Nimmer, a sophomore from Plymouth, Wis. studying aviation flight, placed first in three events.

Nimmer said he has flown since his sophomore year of high school and will pursue a career as a professional pilot.

“These competitions help students work toward their future careers,” Nimmer said. “They teach us how to work really hard, because these flying events require students to go above and beyond.”

Ross said the aviation workforce needs all the talent it can find, and students who competed in the flying association’s competitions obtained an edge that their counterparts don’t have.

The national competition will be take place May 11 at the Ohio State University airport.

J ordan d uncan d aily E gyptian Kari Hammond, left, a junior from Marion studying psychology, and Joshua-Kyle Brandon, a sophomore from Buffalo Grove studying psychology escort people home Saturday night in Carbondale. They are helping start a group to walk people home from Illinois Avenue. The group congregates near Sam’s Café on Saturdays. Brandon said 14 people showed up to escort the previous week, but no escorts were made, and six met Saturday. “We are offering a solution,” Brandon said. “It’s not a solution for everyone, but it’s one solution where many solutions are needed.”

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The first person walked home by a student-led group formed to stop sexual assaults resulted in a call to the Department of Public Safety on Saturday.

An unidentified woman was told by her friends to go with the group at about 1 a.m. Kari Hammond, a junior from Marion studying psychology, is in the group and carried her most of the way.

Once the group walked to Neely Hall, the woman realized she could not enter the residence without her student ID card. After she bypassed the lobby and attempted to get in an elevator, she began screaming racial slurs and cursing before getting in an altercation with a resident assistant. The RA could not comment.

Hammond said the woman grabbed an RA by the throat in the lobby of the hall, prompting staff to call DPS. Hammond said she intervened because she was concerned for the safety of the others in the building.

“I also didn’t want the girl to hurt herself, or get on the elevator

successfully and get onto another floor and potentially hurt somebody upstairs,” she said.

The night began with Brandon tying blue armbands onto participants to signify who was a member of the group walking students home.

The students met outside Sam’s Café at 11 p.m. Saturday to hold signs advocating to stop sexual assault and advertise a free walk home for anyone in need. The students consisted of six volunteers representing different organizations on campus.

Joshua-Kyle Brandon, one of the Undergraduate Student Government senators who founded the group, said it started Oct. 25 without USG resources because someone needed to act on the issue.

“It’s one thing to stand up and say words,” said Brandon, a sophomore from Buffalo Grove studying psychology. “It’s nothing unless you stand up and take action.”

Sean Douglas, of the Registered Student Organization Active Minds, said he joined the group, which does not

have an official name, because the issue has affected his life and he has stopped sexual assaults before.

“It’s one of the most despicable things mankind could ever do to each other, and this is my way of saying ‘I’m not okay with it,’” said Douglas, a junior from Chicago studying biomedical science.

Dakota Justice, one of three representatives from Alpha Sigma Phi, said people needed to step up and be better members of campus and the community.

“Even a small thing as walking a person home could make a huge difference in someone’s life,” said Justice, a junior from Chicago studying anthropology.

Brandon said he would seek an official status for the group with the university in coming semesters.

“Unless we start taking action immediately, no change is going to be seen,” he said. “We cannot wait for official status. We cannot wait for an organization to develop over time.”

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State unemployment rate drops to six-year low Sean Phee

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Illinois’ unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since July 2008.

The unemployment rate is 6.6 percent, and the state had the steepest one-year decline in unemployment in 30 years, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security.

Steve Payne, owner of Quatro’s Deep Pan Pizza and a member of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce, said Carbondale is different than many other communities in the state, so a drop in unemployment affects the city differently.

Payne, the Board President of Carbondale Main Street, said

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Carbondale does not have many large industries like other places in Illinois and instead relies on the university for employment.

A statewide increase in employment may not affect Carbondale as much as other communities because of a nineyear enrollment decline that stopped this year, he said.

With such a large university in such a small town, SIU is Carbondale’s biggest employer, Payne said. He said low enrollment means less money for the school and less students buying things in the town.

“Carbondale employment may parallel SIU enrollment,” Payne said.

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Brandon said he encourages any organizations or individuals to join.

“I need men and women to stand up and show they are ready to take a stand, and make a difference in their own lives and their own homes, and be a support for each other to get through these atrocities that are happening to our community,” Brandon said.

USG President Cameron Shulak said he supports student-led efforts to take action against sexual assault.

“If students want to see change, the most efficient way to go about it is to do it themselves,” said Shulak, a senior from Louisville, Ky., studying aviation. “There’s powers that be, the administration and the law enforcement that can assist them, but any response from them isn’t going to be nearly as

Likewise, the unemployment rate in Carbondale was significantly higher in the summer, according to the United States Department of Labor website.

Payne said the lack of on-campus students in the summer is the reason for the spike in unemployment.

The department’s website said Carbondale’s unemployment rate has a different pattern than the rest of the state.

It changed drastically over the course of a couple months, but never fluctuated higher than 9.5 percent during the recession, while the rest of the state dealt with a rate higher than 11 percent, according to the department’s website.

Students have said they see the change.

effective as a student-led response.”

He said SIU does not have an inherently unsafe campus.

“Obviously, this year, there have been some things that have happened that have sort of shifted that perception,” Shulak said “It’s On Us,” the USG-led sexual assault task force, is working to produce tangible results on the crimes, he said.

Brandon said volunteers handled the situation well and finished the goal of getting someone home safe.

“We don’t know what will happen to her after, with housing, but we do know what didn’t happen to her,” he said.

Brandon said the first sign of a dangerous, liable situation would immediately prompt the group to call the police.

“It was a situation that wasn’t anticipated, it is a situation that we have learned from,” he said. “If you’re going to drop your intoxicated

Tevin Faulkner, a junior from Chicago studying art, said the falling unemployment rate has benefited him.

“When I first got to SIU, I applied everywhere in town and would get a call back maybe 1 percent of the time,” said Faulkner, an employee at the Student Health Center. “Now it seems like I can get hired anywhere in town.”

One student said he is more hopeful about employment prospects after graduation.

Michael Ashby, who graduated in May, said his post-graduation job prospects are higher than he thought they would be.

“When I started college, the

friend with us, we will call the police if they become a detriment to the volunteer group.”

Brandon said if the woman exhibited erratic behavior during the walk, they would have called for an ambulance, as it is not their responsibility to handle someone intoxicated.

“We are here no matter what the circumstance is, but we are not liable for personal responsibility,” he said.

After the incident, Brandon asked the group if anyone was uncomfortable continuing to escort. He said he wanted to ensure the volunteers’ safety and everyone agreed to continue for the rest the night.

Winslow Chou, co-owner and founder of El Greco, he supports the efforts of the group because he is concerned about violence on the Strip.

“It’s not going to necessarily stop these kinds of activities, I’m afraid,” said Chou, who said he is worried about dimmed lighting on Illinois Avenue and violent outbursts on the Strip. “It’ll

economy was terrible and everyone was worried about being able to find work after taking out all these college loans,” Ashby said. “This summer I was able to find a good job a month after graduating.”

Gov. Pat Quinn was quick to address the unemployment drop during his reelection campaign.

During the Oct. 20 debate between Quinn, a Democrat, and his challenger, Republican Bruce Rauner, Quinn said the drop in unemployment was because of his policies as governor.

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probably just push it out to the fringes.”

Chou said he has helped people get out of bad situations at his business before. He said he helped one woman outside the building after her escort was pulled over and she couldn’t get home.

He said he does not want the Strip to be associated with violence.

“No one wants it associated with any of these things,” Chou said. “No one wants somebody to think ‘Wow, it’s 10:30, I’m too scared to go to El Greco.’”

The Carbondale Police Department was called eight times and could not be reached for comment.

The woman was cited for underage consumption of alcohol and no assault was reported, according to an email on Sunday by DPS Chief of Police Benjamin Newman.

Brandon said the group will continue the walks but urged women to join to make other women more comfortable with the group.

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Rights addressed in two Illinois amendments Bob Velez

This year Illinois voters will notice a significant addition on the ballots they receive and cast at the polls. An unprecedented five statewide measures will appear on the 2014 ballot. Unlike some other states, notably Texas and California, the ballot initiative and referendum process in Illinois is not as commonly used and the threshold that must be reached to get a measure or question on the ballot is prohibitively high.

Illinois voters should have received in the mail documents from the Illinois State Board of Elections providing some background on the two proposed amendments to the 1970 Illinois Constitution; the last year a Constitutional Convention was convened. The brochure provides information on the amendments as well as arguments for and against them.

One amendment addresses crime victims’ rights, the other amendment concerns voting rights for Illinoisans. Of the two, the proposed change to the suffrage and elections article is more timely considering the spate of voter identification laws that

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have resulted in national media attention and public protest. No southern Illinois legislators co-sponsored the legislation enabling the amendment to be included on the 2014 ballot.

“The proposed amendment would prohibit any law that disproportionately affects the rights of eligible Illinois citizens to register to vote or cast a ballot based on the voter’s race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or income,” according to the brochure.

The advocates of the various voter identification laws that have found their way to several state supreme courts suggest that maintaining the integrity of elections is tantamount to effective democracy and fairness. While there have been allegations of in-person voter fraud, actual instances of the crime are rare. Opponents suggest voter identification laws disproportionately affect young voters, the elderly, and minority populations that may not already have the necessary photo identification. Voting in favor of this constitutional amendment could be considered a vote to prevent

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voter identification laws similar to those in Texas, Wisconsin and North Carolina from being proposed in Springfield.

The constitutional amendment regarding the rights of crime victims is less controversial. Of southern Illinois legislators, Reps. Mike Bost and Brandon Phelps co-sponsored the legislation placing this amendment before the voters.

“The proposed amendment would expand certain rights already granted to crime victims in Illinois, and give crime victims the ability to enforce their rights in a court of law,” according to the brochure.

There currently exists in the Illinois Constitution a section delineating the rights of crime victims. The proposed amendment expands these rights to include not only the victim’s presence at trials and hearings of the accused at all stages of prosecution, but their active participation as well including the ability to call prosecutors actions and the decisions of judges into question.

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The gray mood of Portland: Like a character on ‘Grimm’ Jevon Phillips Los Angeles Times

On the set of “Grimm,” cast and crew can feel the waves of rain pelting the small building housing a few makeshift sets in an industrial neighborhood here. They’ll have to shoot outdoors later that night, and that gray-everyday atmosphere is very much a part of what defines the show.

“I love exterior stuff in the woods. I really do. It’s the most temperamental and physically uncomfortable, but it kind of does the scene for you,” says David Giuntoli, who plays Det. Nick Burkhardt, a descendant of the Grimm line of protectors who are fighting an unseen (by regular humans) battle against animalistic creatures called Wesen who mean to do us harm.

NBC’s supernatural procedural begins its fourth season as a steady performer, averaging 5.3 million viewers for the Oct. 24 debut, 15 percent more than last season’s finale despite going up against the World Series. The show is succeeding on Fridays, long thought of as a graveyard for TV shows since it was abandoned by “The X-Files” more than a decade ago.

“The show, in a way, was the little engine that could,” says executive producer David Greenwalt, one of the show’s creators. “Some of your colleagues in the media thought it wouldn’t last. I like that old ‘X-Files’ spot, Friday nights at 9. It’s almost a family show, as long as the kids are of a certain age. We’ve already sold into syndication with TNT, so we’re very happy with our position and the kudos we’ve received so far.”

Greenwalt produced “The X-Files” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”; “Grimm” co-creator Jim Kouf helped to shape “Ghost Whisperer” and, with Greenwalt, the “Buffy” spinoff “Angel.”

That experience on the supernatural beat underscores the importance of tone for the show and in using Portland as a backdrop, “Grimm” has cast its most important ensemble member.

“We knew Portland,” Kouf says, “and we knew that the Grimm brothers fairy tales were mostly based in the Black Forest, so we wanted something

that was similar — moody, with lakes and rivers and forests and all those things that we needed to give us the atmosphere that we wanted.”

The season begins on an uncertain plot note as Nick has lost the powers of a Grimm, among them enhanced strength, speed and the ability to see the Wesen even though they hide in human form — gifts that make him such a formidable foe to the creatures that wreak havoc on Portland. This season, according to Giuntoli, is about identity.

“Nick’s identity has totally changed — his whole purpose for being,” he said. “Season 1, he wanted nothing to do with being a Grimm. Seasons 2 and 3, he eased into it and started to own it.

And finally, in Season 4, he gets what he wanted during Season 1. How does he deal with that? He mourns it.”

On one level Nick wants the powers back, but on another he’s happy to see them go. “Just because he lost his powers doesn’t mean he doesn’t know about the Wesen world,” Giuntoli says.

“His friends are still in peril.”

On set, where a modern prison cell has been constructed a few feet from an Austrian medieval castle bedroom with tapestries and Renaissance-era paintings hanging from the wall, “Grimm’s” unique genre mixture is on full display.

Other shows like ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” and Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow” may use the trope of storytelling through twisted — or realistic — versions of fairy tales, but Kouf notes that there are distinct differences.

“We think of our show as more psychological because we like to put a face to the monstrous behavior within human beings,” he says. “We’re telling the fairy tale version of real life. The monsters live within people. The Big Bad Wolf in the Grimm fairy tales could speak, so there must’ve been something that the Grimms were trying to warn people of.”

The other shows also don’t have Portland. The city offers incentives for productions, including cash payments of up to 16.2% of wages paid to production personnel. Those are just some of the benefits. Moody cloud

cover, close proximity to a rain forest and different architecture aren’t as easily quantifiable. The city’s weather can be a wild card when shooting, but the ambience more than makes up for the logistical workarounds that the cast and crew often must conceive.

It can be a grind on people who have not grown up in the overcast Northwest. Russell Hornsby, who plays Nick’s partner, Hank Griffin, has learned over the last four seasons that it’s not for everyone.

“Working five days a week, 14 hours a day . . . on your off time, you have to maintain a level of balance,” he says. “The elements, the grind sort of gets to you. You have to keep yourself in a positive frame of mind just to keep up the pace.”

Silas Weir Mitchell, who plays a Wesen blutbad (werewolf) creature named Monroe, reinforces the yin and yang of the weather and exterior filming.

“I love the rain, but no, shooting outside is different than liking it when it rains,” he says. “To be out in it for 12 hours, it just complicates everything.

Everything takes longer, everybody’s got a little bit of a shorter fuse, everything’s covered in plastic and you have to wipe everything off, including the camera.”

Mitchell, who believes it’s “going to get darker” for his character, is often the go-to guy on set for German pronunciations of the weird Wesen that come to Portland.

“There’s a lot of weird ones coming at you,” says Greenwalt.

Mitchell and the actors see some positives from the show’s longevity.

The externals — knowing where you’re going, how to get there, the locations when you’re not on stage, all that stuff, just make it easier,” Mitchell says.

Cast and crew, at least outwardly, say they enjoy the unpredictable nature of their surroundings. Many wouldn’t have it any other way.

“We like an adventure,” Kouf says. “We think we’re telling an adventure every week, and adventures can’t always be told on a set.”

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Martin Katz brings 45 years of piano experience to SIU Chase Myers

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Four decades in the music industry is a long time, especially in today’s competitive world.

American pianist Martin Katz has been putting in work with a music career spanning 45 years and has been recognized as “the gold standard of accompanists” by The New York Times.

This has garnered him a reputation as one of the few world-famous accompanists in the field.

The SIU School of Music will be holding a three-day residency featuring Katz at the Old Baptist Foundation Hall Sunday through Tuesday, where he will be playing along with vocal students and providing feedback in the process.

Katz started his musical journey in his hometown of Los Angeles where he learned piano at the age of five.

“The piano kind of became my thing,” Katz said. “The better you get at something, the more praise you get for it.

Then, the more praise you get for it, the better you get at it, so one thing feeds the other and suddenly I was like Mr. Music in high school.”

After high school, Katz studied music at the University of Southern California and graduated at the height of the Vietnam War. Instead of being drafted, Katz auditioned for a spot in the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C. where he played for three years in places such as the White House and the Capitol during Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency.

After the Army, he travelled to New York to pursue piano accompaniment in classical music specifically.

“You don’t have to live there that long, but you have to go to New York if you are going to start a career in the arts,” he said.

After living in New York for 16 years, Katz traveled all over the world playing with different cultures, and in doing so, has picked up on four or five different languages.

“Every culture is so wildly different from another even when they’re right next

L ewis M arien D aiLy e gyptian Martin Katz, left, a professor of collaborative piano at the University of Michigan, listens to Paul Hawkins, Jr., a graduate student from Miami studying music, perform a rendition of Virgil Thomson’s “A Prayer to St. Catherine” Sunday during a master class at the Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall. Hawkins said Katz’s coaching during the master class was very helpful. “Getting feedback from him means the world to me,” he said. Master classes taught by Katz will take place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m Monday at the Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall.

door,” he said.

Katz has taught at the University of Michigan for 29 years all while visiting different areas for guest lectures and performances. This is his first time visiting SIU. Katz said he hopes to focus on communication between the accompanist, the singer and the audience during this residency as well as preparation for performance.

“Communication is the highest priority,” he said. “I don’t want there to be a wall between the audience and the stage and in classical music. Sometimes there is.”

Sunday consisted of master classes from

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday’s master classes will be from 10 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a pianists’ workshop from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The residency will continue on Tuesday with a diction workshop from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., a convocation from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and a lecture from noon to 1 p.m.

The day will conclude with a recital at 7:30 p.m. featuring collaborating performances from faculty members David Dillard, Diane Coloton and Arlene Transue, as well as SIU students.

This is the first time the School of Music has recognized the guest lectures

as a “residency” because of the length of Katz’s stay, said David Dillard, voice area coordinator.

“Our students kind of get to know how we teach, so its great to have someone from the outside come and give a fresh perspective on their work,” Dillard said.

The fact that he works well with both accompanists and the musicians they accompany really benefits different kinds of musicians, he said.

“Not only is he a world-class pianist, but he’s really good at communicating to people how to get them to play better or sing better than they think they can,” he said.

‘Nightcrawler’ a tense thrill ride Jacob Pierce

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Film can sometimes be a roller coaster of sorts. Sometimes strap in thinking you know exactly where the ride will take you.

Then you get off dazed and confused. The entirety of the ride is a mystery, the only clear factor is that the ride made an impact.

“Nightcrawler” (Rated R; 117min) is an edge of your seat thriller that will keep your heart pounding and make you wonder where you ended up.

“Nightcrawler” is a crime thriller directed

by Dan Gilroy and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton and Rene Russo.

Louis Bloom, played by Gyllenhaal, is a do-it-yourself kind of guy. Currently in the market for a job, Bloom decides

to try his hand at the TV news business.

Although having no training in the field, he soon rises up through the ranks of the industry and creates a successful news production company.

Bloom is soon faced with heinous acts and crimes he must accomplish to continue being successful. He blends the line between what is news and the news business itself.

He stages crimes and crime scenes to look better and one starts to wonder if going back is even an option.

Gyllenhaal is a versatile actor.

Movies like the criminally underrated “Prisoners,” “Zodiac” and “Brokeback Mountain” have proven he is an actor to be contented with during Oscar season.

“Nightcrawler” is no different.

Gyllenhaal is beyond perfect. He is the driving force in this movie. His character of Louis Bloom is arguably the most

interesting character to hit the screen this year.

Bloom is not a likable character by any means, quite the opposite actually. Some might even call him a sociopath. He is a selfish wreck of a character.

It will be an Oscar travesty if Gyllenhaal is not nominated for this role. He encompasses and becomes this character.

From his constantly wide eyed and driven manner to his random bouts of rage and violence. He brings all of the tools to this character and it shows.

Riz Ahmed, a virtually unknown actor, also gives a terrific performance. As Bloom’s right hand man Rick, he plays the role of the audience member. He is as new to this game as Bloom and learns what kind of man he is.

Ahmed plays the character with a different kind of wide eyed nature.

The movie is a wonderful satire of the news media industry. It comments on everything from the media’s need for blood, violence and gore to the type of people who work in the news media.

Throughout the film, the news organizations that Bloom sells his footage to are always asking for car crashes, murders and anything that will boost ratings. The type of people he runs into are just as detached from the horrors as Bloom. They even facilitate him.

“Nightcrawler” is the type of movie you are going to see more than once. On previews, it is unclear what the film is entirely about. This is not a bad thing, it actual makes the movie endearing. Easy answers are just that, easy. Sometimes film is there to make you think and realize even movies do not always have easy answers.

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67 Wrist-to-elbow bone 68 Kitchen attraction 69 Brush fire op 70 Garden area 71 Varnish ingredient 72 Fiddle-playing emperor 73 Postage-paid encl.

community participation provides satisfaction. Consolidate your position by handling what you said you would.

Your friends are your inspiration. Set up meetings. Together, get a pleasant surprise.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 9 — Focus on your career. The next two days are good for decisions and transformations. Get clear on your aim. What’s the result you want to produce? What’s the most fun you can imagine having? And with whom?

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 8 — Dream big.

Make an interesting discovery about love. Family comes first. Today and tomorrow favor study and research.

You’re very persuasive now. Grasp an opportunity, or take a trip. Provide leadership. Speak out.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 9 — Pay bills and handle financial matters over the next two days. Wheeling and dealing may be

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required, or a decision. Provide well for family. Your communications get farther than expected. Talk about love.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 9 — Go along with a decisive person who agrees with you.

Together, you can commit to what you want, despite fears. Your money goes farther today. Negotiate for the long run. Listen graciously, and study the situation. Secrets get revealed.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 8 — It’s action packed, today and tomorrow. Lurch ahead suddenly. Get back to work, big time.

Provide great service, and invoice for it.

Imagine where you see yourself in five years, in your perfect fantasy. Nurture health.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 7 — Plan some fun for today and tomorrow. Friends offer good advice. Your loved ones encourage you to take on a new challenge. Play around with it, consider from many angles, and

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choose one. You’re gaining wisdom.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 — Home calls to you today and tomorrow. Get into a domestic project. Use the grapevine to find connections. Pay back a debt. Store resources, and nurture what you have.

Play in the garden, and invite friends.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 9 — You can absorb and report facts well over the next few days. Clear communications come easily.

Hone your persuasive skill. Practice something you love to do. Imagine the professional status you’d like. Romance your competitor and learn.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 9 — The next two days could get busy and profitable.

Pay expenses, and stash savings.

Invest in your career. Travels or studies can take you farther than imagined. Discovery, exploration and adventure calls. Add it to the budget.

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Diet crucial for cross-country Brent Meske

@BrentMeskeDE | Daily Egyptian

Outsiders often overlook a runner’s diet, but it is just as important to runners as practicing and training.

The SIU cross-country team does not have a set diet it follows, but individual runners tend to follow their own diet anyway.

Coach David Beauchem said he does not give the team a diet because he does not have control over what the team eats.

Former coach Matt Sparks said he suggested runners eat light before a race day, just a bagel usually. But he primarily left decisions up to individual runners. He said they were capable of taking care of their own diets.

Junior Juan Carrera said a typical cross-country diet is a balance of protein, carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables and occasional sweets.

Senior Nick Schrader said he tries to eat a well balanced diet but he eats what tastes good to him.

“I focus on getting the calories I need more than quality of food sometimes,” he said. “I never count calories or anything. I just eat when I’m hungry and stop when I’m full. I would guess I eat about 4,000 to 5,000 calories a day.”

According to the American Cancer Society, an average, 6’1, 185 pound male should eat approximately 3,300 calories a day.

“As distance runners, they focus more on carbohydrates and protein,” Beauchem said. “Those are the two that give runners lasting energy. But in all, they have to balance their diets for long-term fitness.”

Carrera said the night before a workout, he eats a meal of whole grain linguine pasta with chicken, vegetables and marinara sauce mixed in.

The focus is on pasta because it is high in carbohydrates, which makes glucose. The glucose is then stored in muscles and converted to energy so runners are ready for their workout or race. The protein from the chicken helps rebuild muscles after long days of running.

Freshman Hillary Merrill said she did not have a set diet in high school. She said runners care more about dieting in college and it is easier to diet when people do it together.

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S arah G ardner d aily e Gyptian Coach Barry Hinson shakes hands with Grey Dawg Saturday after SIU’s 102-63 victory against the University of St. Mary during the

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swear [Chaz Glotta] was already in a shooting motion before the ball got in his hands ... We think the lil’ stinker can make shots. But once again, I’m going to bring my wife into it, the lil’ stinker couldn’t guard my wife right now either.

bby’s not a Prius. Ibby’s one of those, uh, what do they call those big Fords, the big ass ones. Expedition! Ibby is a Ford Expedition. He gets about 4 miles to the gallon.

So Ibby can’t go but for a minute and half, two minutes.

he reason we subbed Bola is because we thought he was going to hurt somebody; theirs or ours. Bola, he’s injured everybody on our team already and we just gotta protect the other team when Bola’s out there sometimes.

Last three football Salukis shift playing games will be stressful time before fall back SIU basketball started the season with something to excite the Saluki faithful, a blowout win.

The 102-63 victory over lowly University of St. Mary was a bright spot for Dawg nation.

It was a slight break from the train wreck the Saluki football (5-4, 2-3 in conference) season is threatening to turn into.

The last three games for the Salukis have been in a few words bleak, disappointing, and at times hard to watch. The defense hasn’t been good and the offense simply has not been the same as it was to start the season.

SIU is in an unfortunate position, which is to win every game or start thinking about offseason plans and hope 2015 turns out better.

Essentially the playoffs begin Saturday at Missouri State for head coach Dale Lennon and the rest of his team.

SIU crushed all of its opponents through

the first six games apart from Big Ten opponent Purdue to start the season 5-1.

Junior quarterback Mark Iannotti seemed to be the final missing piece to a tremendous offense, and the defense shut down each opponent.

It seemed to be the best team SIU assembled in quite some time.

The Salukis looked so good to start the season, the team was thinking about a potential Missouri Valley Football Conference championship and a high seed in the playoffs.

This was until the Oct. 11 game at North Dakota State. The second SIU took the field at the Fargodome, things turned south.

Since that game, the Salukis have been outscored 105-50 in games against Indiana State, North Dakota State and Youngstown State.

Suddenly a team that seemed a shoe-in for the Football Championship Subdivision Postseason is on the verge of not even getting in.

The odds couldn’t be stacked anymore against SIU to make the postseason. It may be time to hit the panic button.

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Aaron Graff

@AaronGraff_DE | Daily Egyptian

SIU volleyball started the second half of Missouri Valley Conference play last week with a new look to the lineup.

Coach Justin Ingram put freshman middle hitter Alex Rosignol into the starting lineup Oct. 24 against Indiana State for sophomore middle hitter McKenzie Dorris. Ingram stuck with that decision this weekend against Bradley and Northern Iowa. “[Rosignol] had a pretty solid week of practice again,” Ingram said. “We certainly need to make sure we pay attention to the progress within competition during the practices. I think [freshman middle hitter] Anna [Himan] and Mckenzie are both very close right now to getting in the lineup.”

Dorris has started 16 of the 19 matches she’s played in. She has not played since Rosignol was named a starter. Despite losing playing time, Dorris said there is no tension between her and Rosignol.

“I try to support her and give her pointers and stuff if I see anything that she needs to improve on,” Dorris said. “I’ll let her know. We’re really helpful with each other.”

Dorris said she is happy with her role and is working hard to get back into the lineup.

She said she has dealt with knee pain for a

while, but the rest is helping her.

Rosignol said she concentrated on blocking and defending blocks to get into the lineup. She said she expects to play again next weekend, but the coaches have not made the decision yet.

“I haven’t been told,” Rosignol said. “I think after [Friday] I kind of expect to because I had a big game.”

Rosignol had the highest hitting efficiency on Friday with 7 kills and 6 block assists.

SIU is 3-1 since Rosignol made her first start.

The middle hitter position is not the only spot up for grabs. Ingram pulled freshman outside hitter Abby Barrow from the Oct. 25 match against Illinois State for sophomore outside hitter Yael Benjamin. Barrow ended the match with a -.143 hitting percentage.

“I didn’t have my best match,” Barrow said.

“When she came in and got kills right off the bat, that what was best for our team at that time.

Obviously there’s no jealousy or anything there because I wasn’t having a good game that night.”

Barrow is not a regular starter, but has played in 24 of the team’s 25 matches this season.

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