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Daily Egyptian MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2014 VOLUME 98 ISSUE 126
Intramural battleship debuts with a splash Austin Miller
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Five groups of SIU students took to canoes in the Edward J. Shea Natatorium at the Student Recreation Center marking the first time intramural sports battleship was a university event. The goal was to sink two opposing boats. Competitors could not contact other teams’ boats or equipment, and not empty water from their own boat. With that in mind, teams braved the crystal clear water and lingering smell of chlorine for aquatic supremacy. Three teams competed at once, with the winner staying in the pool and the losers alternating with the non-competing teams. The first team to earn four wins was crowned the champion. Heading into the fifth matchup of the day, the Firebola Naval Club, a group of Brazilian students, needed one win to become inaugural battleship champions. With “Seven Nation Army” by the White Stripes playing in the natatorium, Firebola unleashed bucket after bucket of water to defeat its final foe. The men recorded their final assault with GoPro cameras. One member, Guilherme Cavalli, a junior from Pato Branco, Brazil studying mechanical engineering, had his camera strapped to his chest. Even though this event has never been played at SIU, Fabio Fagundes, a senior from Sao Paolo, Brazil studying food engineering, said the team had developed strategies coming into battle. “We tried to use the walls to protect our back and just use the front to attack,” Fagundes said. Aside from the positioning strategy, teams also had to create an efficient attack and ration their energy. Luan Alves, a senior from Curitiba, Brazil studying medicine, said the group created roles to maximize its firepower. For the rest of the story please visit www.dailyegyptian.com
L ewis M arien D aiLy e gyptian Tulio Lima, center, a senior from Curitiba, Brazil studying medicine, competes with his team Firebola Saturday during an intramural battleship tournament in the Edward J. Shea Natatorium at the Recreation Center.
Interim Chancellor Paul Sarvela dies Luke Nozicka
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SIU has lost its chancellor. Interim Chancellor Paul Sarvela, who was 55, died at 5:45 p.m. Sunday, SIU President Randy Dunn said. His cause of death was not released as of Sunday. “Our hearts go out to his wife, Debbie, their son [Johnny] and daughter [Kristin], and the other members of their family,” according to an email Dunn sent to the university community. “Over the past 28 years, Dr. Sarvela has served our university with distinction as a faculty member, department chair, center director, dean, associate system vice president, and since July, interim chancellor.” Dunn said he never saw Sarvela in a bad mood. “He was actually Finnish. He loved two things about his Finnish background: one of which was the sauna and the other was the ability to have a beer on occasion,” Dunn said. “He just loved life. He was a kind, unpretentious individual you would want to come across. … We need more people like that. I’m sorry I didn’t have more time to spend with him as a person because in six months he had become a good friend.” Interim Provost Susan Ford said Sarvela’s death is a terrible tragedy. She said he was a genuine person who was full of integrity. “Working with him was just really nice,” Ford said. “He was an easy-going person. He found a lot of humor in life, even in his current circumstances with his health challenges. He had an interesting Finnish, dark humor, is the best way to put it.” Ford said Sarvela was a truly loving family man. “He would often talk with such warmth of his wife and his children, and I know how very much his family meant to him,” she said. Adrian Miller, the campus’ student representative on the SIU Board of Trustees, said he is deeply saddened by the news. “I can’t speak any more highly of a person than of Dr. Sarvela,” said Miller, who grew up knowing Sarvela. “SIU has lost somebody that will be hard to replace.”
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Ford said it was pleasurable working through problems with Sarvela. “He was always so open,” Ford said. “He had a lot of plans and visions, and was very excited for what he thought he was going to be able to do for the campus. … He was very upbeat about the future of SIU.” Sarvela, who worked out at the Recreation Center several times each week, was diagnosed with a rare but treatable cancer in October. His oncologist, Dr. Brian Van Tine, an assistant professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
Louis, said there are only a handful of cases every year in the U.S. involving his type of cancer. On Oct. 16, Van Tine said Sarvela’s prognosis was excellent. Ford said Dunn will meet with campus leaders at 8:30 a.m. Monday for an already planned chancellor’s cabinet meeting to discuss how the university will handle a transition plan. “We will ensure that information about any arrangements will be shared with the campus community when they are available,” Dunn said in the email Sunday. “I would ask that you keep the Sarvela family in your thoughts and prayers.”
Police investigate shootings Shots were fired around 12:15 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of West Cherry Street and South Rawlings Street, according to Carbondale police officers and witnesses. A nearby resident said he saw a sedan speeding west on Cherry Street, and a silver SUV following closely behind. He said eight to 10 shots were fired from the SUV’s passenger side window. Annie Jackson, of Cairo, said her 21-year-old son, Jalan Davis was targeted in the shooting. She said Davis is not an SIU student and she thinks he knows the shooters. She said Davis is feuding with
a group of people from Mounds, who mugged her son recently. “It’s been this Mounds and Cairo thing going on for years,” Jackson said. She said her son was in the sedan and one of the shots hit his taillight. A Carbondale police officer said they found a few shell casings. Nobody was struck and there are no known injuries, according to a CPD press release. According to another CPD press release, a second shooting occurred at the 500 block of Cherry Street around 2 a.m. A 23-year-old male suffered a non life-threatening wound.
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