The Weekender

November 21 - 24, 2013 Volume 99 | Issue 54

brothers on and off the court Sarah Gardner | The Weekender

Legislators not blowing smoke about E-cigarette legislation Pg. 3

story on page 8 Prepare for ‘Catching Fire’ with a ‘Hunger Games’ Recap Pg. 10

Google Glass in the classroom Pg. 11

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CORRECTION In an article published Nov. 20, 2013 entitled “Local Green Party candidate runs for Congress again” the quote should have read “We need to use the political power that we have in Congress to make decisions that make a more livable environment for ourselves and our posterity.”

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A resolution to support a $10 student fee for the Daily Egyptian failed by a slim margin at the Undergraduate Student Government meeting Tuesday.

The original bill passed through USG in August recommended creating a Student Media Fee of $6, with $1 funding WIDB and SPC TV, and $5 to the Daily Egyptian. The amendment, defeated Tuesday, would have increased the fee to $10, and been renamed the publication fee, with the entire fee going to the Daily Egyptian.

“The resolution is also formatted similarly to SIUE’s format in the way which the fund should go and we decided should be within the DE itself,” Senator Christopher Wheetley said.

Christopher Oliver, a graduate student studying professional media & media management, said he disagreed with the increase.

“I am not against this fee by any measure, I do think the DE at this point needs support from the students,” Oliver said. “However I do not think it should be at the dollar amount proposed tonight.”

USG President Adrian Miller said he was upset with how the Senators were willing to cut the income of the Daily Egyptian employees “When you talk about 75 student employees, and faculty and staff on campus, that will be impacted by the DE not being able to operate fully it’s discouraging,” Miller said after the vote.

USG Senator Ashley Shine represents East Campus. She said her constituents do not want to contribute to the publication.

“They don’t see any importance in the paper because they don’t read the paper,” she said.

Kayli Plotner, editor-in-chief for the Daily Egyptian, said SIU students should want to be informed about their campus.

“The DE is your paper… if you write a letter to the editor, if you write an opinion column… if you want to write about an injustice that you think is happening at your

university, that’s your paper.”

Wheetley said that of the 40-plus attendees that attended a West Area General Assembly meeting that hosted Plotner, only two voted against the proposed resolution Other allocations were made by USG prior to the amendment vote.

Five thousand dollars was allocated to the Political Action and Civic Engagement Society for their efforts to bring speaker Cornel West to campus.

Lindsey Knaus represented PACES at the meeting. She said she wants to fill Shryock Auditorium just as students did when West spoke at SIU in 2009.

The group has raised $16,900 and the remaining money allocated by USG will meet the $22,000 needed for the event.

USG allocated $1,393 to Phi Rho Eta for their annual Lip Sync event, and $185 for supplies and decorations to the National Association of Black Journalists for their Christmas Holiday Kid Fest, to be held Dec. 7.

USG also passed a requirement that would make registered student organizations responsible for telling the Student Funding Board and Senate if they had previously received money for the same event, and how much was previously allocated to their organization.

SIU Herpetology and Saluki Charming Majorettes were also officially recognized as registered student organizations by the USG Tuesday night.

Three students were nominated by President Miller and approved by the Senate to assist Peggy Sullivan on the Election Commission.

The commission oversees the elections, the three selected by Miller will be Tracy Shorter, Kevin Schrader and Andrew Niebur.

The next USG meeting will be Tuesday Dec. 3, at 6 p.m. in the Student Health Center Auditorium.

Jordan VanDeveer can be reached at jvandeveer@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 268.

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E-cigarette regulation to begin soon MATT DARAY The Weekender After U.S. sales began in 2007, federal regulation of e-cigarettes may no longer be a pipe dream.

E-cigarettes, also known as electronic cigarettes, may receive regulation from the Food and Drug Administration, possibly by the end of the month.

Since the product’s release in the United States, it has fallen through FDA loopholes, allowing it to be available to anyone. E-cigarettes have since risen in popularity, including use by children under 18 years old, and have prompted states to take matters into their own hands until a federal standard is set.

When e-cigarettes began being imported into the country, the FDA determined the product to be a drug delivery device. It stopped importation until December 2010 when Sottera, Inc. took the issue to court.

The court found e-cigarettes and any other products derived or made from tobacco can be regulated as a tobacco product under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The bill was signed by President Barack Obama in his first term to give the FDA the authority to regulate marketing, manufacturing and sale of tobacco products. E-cigarettes were also ruled to not be drug delivery devices unless marketed for therapeutic use.

However, even with the court’s ruling the FDA only has the authority to regulate certain categories of tobacco products immediately; E-cigarettes do not fall under one of these categories.

Since then, the product has been unregulated at a federal level in the United States.

Jennifer Haliski, an FDA media affairs officer, said regulations for the product are underway.

“Electronic cigarettes are battery-operated products that turn nicotine, which is highly addictive, and/or other chemicals into a vapor that is inhaled by the user,” she said. “The FDA intends to propose a regulation that would extend the agency’s “tobacco product” authorities — which currently only apply to cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, and smokeless tobacco — to other categories of tobacco products that meet the statutory definition of tobacco product.”

Haliski said the FDA cannot comment on the timing and release of the proposed legislation or its contents but the proposed regulation has been sent to the Office of Management of Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

The lack of federal regulations has spawned an

2013 MCT increase in popularity for the product for children too young to buy tobacco products.

A study done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in 2012 the number of middle and high school aged Americans who used e-cigarettes at least once was 10 percent, more than doubling the 4.7 percent the previous year. The study also found that in 2012, more than 1.78 million middle and high school students have used e-cigarettes.

Some states have proposed their own regulations on e-cigarette sales while a federal standard is set.

Illinois does not have any legislation that prevents smoking e-cigarettes in public or work places, but as of August, prevents the selling of e-cigarettes to people 18 years old or younger. SIU prohibits the use of electronic cigarettes inside and within fifteen feet of university vehicles, buildings and facilities where smoking is prohibited.

E-cigarettes may not have all the dangerous substances normal cigarettes have inside, but they still contain the key ingredient of nicotine.

David Gilbert, a professor of psychology and

head of a smoking addiction study at SIU, said there are several psychological and biological factors nicotine can have on the human body that make it addictive.

He said the psychological factors include a perceived reduction of stress and negative emotions and increased ability to concentrate along, and the biological factors include the reduction of appetite.

Gilbert said the body’s adaptation to nicotine is why it can become so addictive.

“The brain adapts and the body adapts to wanting nicotine,” he said. “So use over a long period of time results in the brain and body adapting and this makes the individual keep wanting to use nicotine to maintain just a normal state of being.”

E-cigarettes do have healthier contents than their tobacco- filled counterparts, Gilbert said.

He said e-cigarettes do not produce side-stream smoke, the smoke in e-cigarettes doesn’t contain all the carcinogenic factors that normal cigarettes have and the e-cigarette contains far fewer chemicals than normal cigarettes.

While there are no studies about whether e-cigarettes are harmful to your health because the product is still fairly new, smoking e-cigarettes is probably healthier than smoking normal cigarettes, Gilbert said.

The introduction of e-cigarettes has also presented new options for smoke shops across the country.

Holly Kruep, president of RollnUp Smoke shop, said e-cigarettes are on the rise but are not likely to replace cigarettes anytime soon.

“You’re never going to, in my opinion, replace the cigarette but it’s getting more taboo,” she said. “(The e-cigarette is) filling that need, (but) I think it’s more of an add-on purchase. That’s what I’ve seen rather than a complete substitute.”

Kruep said cigarette sales have been declining for years now and the selling of e-cigarettes has not affected tobacco sales. However, e-cigarette sales have been on the rise since they were released and provide decent revenue for her business, she said.

People who smoke e-cigarettes have their own reasons for using the device, but many agree they use the product because they think it is a better alternative to normal cigarettes.

Kara Hunt, a senior from Harrisburg studying fashion design merchandising, said she enjoys e-cigarettes for fun and because of the different flavors the product can offer.

“I don’t smoke cigarettes, I just smoke e-cigarettes for fun,” she said.

Hunt said she only uses her e-cigarette at home because she thinks there is a certain perception about smokers in general. If legislation is put in place to prevent people from smoking in a public place or inside, she would stop smoking e-cigarettes altogether, she said.

Byron Millard, a graduate student studying linguistics from Kingsport, Tenn., said he enjoys being able to smoke inside with the device instead of outside like he used to do when he smoked cigarettes. He said if legislation were put in place to prevent him from smoking e-cigarettes in public, he would understand and respect that others might not want to be around a smoker.

There can be a stigma with smoking electronic and normal cigarettes, Millard said.

“Especially with our generation, there’s more of a stigma with it,” he said. “Less and less people are smoking and a lot more people are conscious about it, so yeah I think there is a stigma and it has been developing for a few years now.”

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Liquor commission reviews first quarter report SARAH SCHNEIDER The Weekender

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The continued increase in the number of violatoins by three area bars has the Carbondale Liquor Control Commission concerned.

A quartlery report tracks all liquor license citations from July 1 to Sept. 30. Three Carbondale bars had nearly 40 violations each during the most recent quarter. However, the report said in some instances multiple citations were issued to one individual.

Cali’s and Saluki Bar received 51 citations during the first quarter. Last year the bars received just three citations during the same time period.

Mayor Joel Fritzler said he was concerned because the owner of Cali’s, Saluki Bar and Stix came before the council after the last quarterly report and said the problems would be fixed.

“This is totally unacceptable, especially when they have come before us and said they would work on it,” Fritzler said.

Stix had 39 citations, up from 12 last year when the bar was closed for an extended period of time.

Councilman Jessica Bradshaw said the high numbers concerned her and pointed out that one citation of underage possession at Cali’s was given to a 17 year old.

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In August, one 18 year old was ticketed at Stix for underage possession at the bar and in September, five 18 year olds received the same citation.

Pinch Penny Pub received 45 citations during the quarter. Two of the 23 underage possession citations at the bar in September were to 18 year olds.

Four of the 29 underage possession citations at Cali’s and Saluki Bar in August were to 18 year olds.

There were 16 total violations at Sidetracks, down from 42 the previous year.

Hangar 9 had 1 underage drinking citation during the first quarter.

Fritzler pointed out that the bar uses wristbands, which are easily identifiable. Councilwoman Jane Adams said an ordinance requiring wristbands is something the city could address. “(The number of citations) needs to be addressed,” Adams said. “The others were high but they weren’t higher than in the past. Cali’s just skyrocketed.”

The Carbondale Liquor Control Commission also unanimously approved two liquor licenses at the Tuesday meeting.

An A2 license was given to Flame Eatery and Wine Bar on East Walnut Street and an A1 license was given to Melange Café on South Illinois Avenue.

Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 257.

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City Council seeks property tax increase SARAH SCHNEIDER The Weekender Carbondale property taxes could increase if the City Council approves a proposed tax levy ordinance at the Dec. 17 meeting.

The City Council approved a 10.57 percent increase in the property tax levy Tuesday with only Mayor Joel Fritzler and Councilwoman Jane Adams voting against the increase.

As sales tax revenues continue to decrease, city staff project revenues will again not be enough to cover increasing general fund expenses.

City staff recommended the city use the money for a differently towards the debt service, street lighting and sidewalk portions of the levy, as the city has for the past three years, and instead use the levy for public safety pensions.

Police pension contributions from the city are anticipated to increase by $76,500 and fire pension contributions to increase by $19,647, according to the levy proposal.

“All of these are mandated expenses, over which the city has no control. Without the revenue from the property tax levy, drastic spending reductions would be required to balance the general fund budget” the proposal states.

Fritzler asked if the wording in the proposal be adjusted to remove the word property as the tax levy could also be from sales taxes. Fritzler said increasing sales tax would be a fair way to combat the pension problem. The Illinois Department of Transportation’s annual survey of traffic flow shows that Carbondale’s daytime population most of the time is two times what residency is with commuters, he said. Those commuters use city services and pay sales taxes but not property taxes.

“If we have to increase taxes, we should increase sales tax to spread the love so it’s not just hitting residents,” he said.

Councilman Lance Jack said while increasing the sales tax might be more equitable, it could

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negatively affect small business owners.

“We are the ones who take a big hit when it goes up,” Jack, who is also the owner of Fat Patties on Illinois Avenue, said.

Councilman Don Monty said while the city could cut from the budget to make up for the shortcomings, the citizens would complain about services the city once offered. Monty said he was worried overtime the police and fire pensions would eat up the city budget unless the state figures out a way to fix the growing problem.

Adams expressed the same concern.

“I would really like to see a detailed presentation about the police and fire pension funds and projections of how that is going to grow and what the laws are going to require of us,” she said.

Councilman Lee Fronabarger asked if the city could set up a program where city workers could share cost-cutting ideas. City manager Kevin Baity said there is no formal program, but city departments are very frugal with the money they are given.

The city also required a request from the Carbondale Public Library for an increase of $32,306 for fiscal year 2015 for a total levy of $972,892, which the city is legally required to accept.

The City Council will vote on the ordinance at the Dec. 17 meeting.

Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 255.

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Minimum wage increase debatable JORDAN VANDEVEER The Weekender Seventy six percent of Americans believe the national minimum wage should be increased from $7.25 to $9 per hour in a hypothetical national referendum, a Gallup poll released Nov. 11 shows.

The poll, with a margin of error of 4 percent, sampled 1,040 adults from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

In the southern Illinois area, students will often take entry-level positions, which might pay minimum wage. However, not all entrylevel employees are students. For those who are, minimum wage can prove to be a struggle to live on. The state’s minimum wage is $8.25, compared to the federal minimum wage of $7.25.

Rallies occurred across the country in support of an increase. During the Fight for Fifteen rally in Chicago Aug. 29, employees of fast-food chains such as McDonald’s demanded the minimum wage go up to $15 an hour. Those employees went on strike at the busiest times of the day and stood outside with signs, refusing to work until the wage is changed.

In areas like Chicago, workers chanted slogans “I can’t survive on eight twenty-five,” the Huffington Post reported.

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., said she spoke to workers that were striking in Chicago.

“McDonald’s employees work an average of 24 hours-per-week, and those I spoke with who had been working a decade or more had advanced up to $8.50 per hour, earning a grand total of $10,608 for the whole year,” Schakowsky said in a Huffington Post article entitled “To Celebrate Labor Day, Give American Workers a Raise.”

SIU associate professor of economics Kevin Sylwester said raising the minimum wage would involve raising business costs, which can lead to financial issues.

“The reason why many economists are if not opposed, at least hesitant about the minimum wage, is that, you raise business costs, you raise the cost of hiring new people and that can create unemployment,” he said.

Slywester said those in entry level positions normally would not ask for $20 or $30 for minimum wage because they are generally young or new at their job. Some economists believe that if minimum wage is only slightly increased by 50 cents or a dollar, the negative effects may be quite small. However, some would argue the small increases still have large effects, he said.

Several Carbondale residents believe an increase would be nice, yet they also understand inflation and job loss is a risk that would be taken.

Philip Sanders, a 26-year-old from Kankakee studying art at John A. Logan College, said he does not believe minimum wage should go up, even to $9. Sanders holds several jobs — he is a manager at the University Mall PacSun, is a general employee at the mall’s American Eagle and makes minimum wage at his third job in the Carbondale Showplace 8 movie theater.

“I think minimum wage jobs are minimum wage because they are entry level positions,” Sanders said. “If you’re going to move minimum wage jobs up to $15 an hour, that means that the people that aren’t in an entry level position –

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they’ll be making like $30 an hour, or $25,” Sanders said. “That’s insane.”

Sanders said he fears if minimum wage were to increase to $15 an hour, small businesses would not be able to compete with larger businesses and the larger businesses would cut costs any way they know how.

Dustin Hardcastle, 21, of Cambria said he believes increasing minimum wage to $9 is a good idea. Hardcastle works at Things Remembered in the University Mall and shares bills with his girlfriend who also works a minimum wage job plus commission.

“Fifteen an hour, I think that might be a little ridiculous,” Hardcastle said. “Nine wouldn’t be bad.”

Audrey Smith, 19, of Carterville works at Subway in Carbondale as her only job and said she lives with her parents and is trying to better herself.

“It would be amazing, actually [if minimum wage were to go up], I’m not getting anywhere right now,” said Smith. “I’m trying to find another job or trying to get more hours here. I’d love it if it were like $8.75 or more.”

Smith strongly disagreed with $15 an hour as a good increase for minimum wage.

“That’s a little too much because some people don’t work that hard,” Smith said.

Smith said an increase in minimum wage would help her pay off her car and get to go to college, two things she really wants. Smith said raises are nice, but they are usually only a few cents and she would rather have an increased minimum wage and not get a raise for a longer amount of time.

John Angle, 42, of De Soto has worked at Arnold’s Market for a little more than three years and makes just above minimum wage. Angle said $9 sounds fine to him.

“I had heard rumors that minimum wage was going to go up to $10, which would be even better,” Angle said. “But as with everything else, when the price of minimum wage goes up, so does everything else.”

Angle said though he works almost full time at Arnold’s, he is always in a crunch or barely getting by.

“You can get by on minimum wage, but it’s not easy,” Angle said.

Jordan VanDeveer can be reached at jvandeveer@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 268.

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Salukis separate for more individual swims AARON GRAFF The Weekender The Saluki swimming and diving team will split in half this weekend to compete in the Missouri Invite in Colombia, Mo. and the Phoenix invite in Chicago.

Saluki swimmers had to qualify to go to the Missouri Invite with their best times of the season.

Coaches chose who would go to the Missouri Invite based on who would likely qualify for finals.

Coach Rick Walker said he wants each swimmer to have the experience of swimming in preliminaries and finals to simulate the feeling of conference competition.

“I’m looking for all of our athletes to have the ability to be able to come back in a final swim,” Walker said. “Those who are going to Chicago have not been swimming the times yet that it would require to come back at Missouri.”

The Missouri Invite will feature some of the top schools in the country, so the coaches decided to

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At the time, the Bradley Braves were struggling for a winning season. Prior to Foster’s arrival, the Braves only experienced one 20-win season. Foster turned the program around, capturing back-to-back winning seasons in his first two years.

The Braves had not only accomplished wins, their grade point averages also ranked among the top 25 in the nation.

“I believe my role as a coach is to use sports as a way to prepare kids to move on in life,” Foster said. “I’m just as competitive as anyone else and I want to win every time on the floor, but the big picture is that this is a chance for kids to learn discipline and team work.”

Even after coaching at Bradley, Foster

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“Not many kids get the chance to say they played at SIU, let alone play with your brother,” Dawson said. “That’s such a great expierence, we’re very blessed.”

Coach Barry Hinson said the Verhines brothers are not at SIU simply because they are local.

“If you’re going to recruit local, the guys have got to be able to help you and we feel very fortunate because we didn’t really recruit these guys until the very end,”

send some swimmers to the Phoenix Invite to give them a better chance at making finals, even though there is quality swimming there as well.

Senior George Minkel, who will compete at the Phoenix Invite, said Chicago will host many top NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III swim teams that can easily compete with NCAA Division I athletes. Minkel said the idea of splitting up is good, as some athletes have faced setbacks.

“All of us are at different spots in our training,” Minkel said. “Altogether these meets are going to do really good things for us because at the end of the season we are going to come together as a unit and perform our best.”

Associate head coach Scott Olson is going to the Missouri Invite and said there will be plenty of well-known schools at the meet.

“It is going to be a very mixed competition,” Olson said. “They have Mizzou, they have Utah, West Virginia, so some bigger schools.

We will be in the mix, I don’t expect us to be the top dog there, but we will be giving those

top dogs some fight.”

Olson hopes for good races overall. He said the swimmers are not well-rested, but he wants them to swim their best race possible when their name is called. “(Our) expectations are to be able to get up and race,” Olson said. “We don’t expect to be flawless at this point, we are not fully rested or anything like that but at the same time we want to step up and go.”

Sophomore Helena Amorim, who will compete in the Missouri Invite, said she sees herself doing well at the meet, even with some big competition.

“I think I will swim well,” Amorim said. “I have been practicing a lot, I’m feeling good in the water and the whole team is well prepared by the coaches and the weights. Everybody has worked really hard, and we are going to swim well there.”

All of the divers will also be attending the Missouri Invite because it gives them tough

competition and better prepares them for conference.

Walker will go to Chicago with graduate assistant coach Mike Firth. Part of the reason Walker chose to go to the Phoenix Invite was to see at least part of the women’s state championship in Chicago — this allows him to look at the best high school swimmers in the state and get an idea of upcoming college talent.

Walker emphasized how important it is that the swimmers swim as much as they can since these two will be the last meets of 2013. If he had the 25th spot on the roster, he would rather go to Chicago so he could swim more races, he said.

“It does not matter where (the swimmers) fall in our lineup,” Walker said. “They are in a place that they are going to get second swims, and that is the most important thing.”

wanted to become a part of another conference. He received the opportunity to coach at the University of Kansas, where he only stayed for a year until head coach Tracy Bunge retired.

After his short time in Kansas, Foster decided to travel back to Illinois where he took an assistant coaching position at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. In his four seasons at SIUE, the Cougars went 113-96, which included a 35-13 record right before Foster’s departure in 2013. Foster had already thought about returning to SIU and even had many conversations with Blaylock about it.

Blaylock and Foster have been friends for more than 30 years. Through Foster’s time at different schools he kept in contact with Blaylock, communicating with her nearly five times a week. Foster has joined the Saluki staff

with Blaylock’s associate head coach, Jen Sewell.

“I feel like Buddy and Jen are like having two other head coaches,” Blaylock said.

“Buddy is a different set of eyes that’s more of a fresh view, he does very well with the kids but he also helps me by looking at things a little differently.”

Foster said he is blending well with the women’s team and feels like he has not skipped a beat from when he left.

As an assistant coach Foster works with the pitchers and hitters, as well as the infield on defense. Junior pitcher Alyssa Wunderlich said Foster has been a great addition to the team. He helps her with pitching and hitting techniques.

Both Wunderlich and Blaylock agree that Foster’s calming spirit is one quality that makes him such a great coach.

“He fits right in with the team and it’s

pretty much like he has been here all along,” Wunderlich said. “He starts each day with a smile on his face and I enjoy having him help me better myself as a player.”

Foster will be assisting the Salukis as they begin their spring season Feb. 7 with the Century Link Classic tournament in San Marcos, Texas.

“After the consistent traveling I am very grateful for all of those kids I coached, all the people I have met,” Foster said. “It definitely gives me another perspective of how other people live and also makes me appreciate being here because I understand how blessed I am to return to this department and program.”

Hinson said. “(We took them) because of a recommendation by one of our own former Saluki players, Randy House, and Randy was so adamant and said these guys will help your program.”

Dawson said he could relate to the younger fans in the crowds during games because he used to be one of them. He said he remembers going to Saluki games to see Bryan Mullin and Jamal Tatum.

“I try to always be nice to the kids in the stands because I know what it’s like to be one of those kids,” Dawson said.

The season started off rocky for the

Salukis but Bronson has started all three games and Dawson has logged quality minutes off the bench.

Bronson is leading the team in rebounds with 25 through three games and is averaging just more than six points per contest.

It is a difficult spot for Bronson because he comes into SIU with only one year of eligibility left. He said all he wants to do is make the most of his chance this season — when he was offered a scholarship from SIU before the season, he wasn’t going to turn it down.

“First and foremost I want to enjoy the

experience, playing here at SIU is going to go by really fast,” Bronson said. “I have one year at my dream school to play and I’m going to make the most of it and enjoy every second.”

The last thing House said about the brothers did not involve basketball. It was about their character.

“If your daughter brought one of those guys home, you would approve,” House said.

Aaron Graff can be contacted at Agraff@dailyegyptian.com or (618)-536-3311 ext. 282

Symone Woolridge can be reached at swoolridge@dailyegyptian.com or ext. 536-3311 ext. 269

Tyler Dixon can be reached at tdixon@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.

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BASKETBALL

Brothers fulfill Saluki dream TYLER DIXON The Weekender About 55 miles from the steps of SIU Arena sits Woodlawn, a town of about 700 people with a rich basketball tradition and the lifelong home of the Verhines brothers.

Bronson and Dawson Verhines are enjoying the ride of their first season as members of the SIU men’s basketball team. Bronson is a senior in his final year of eligibility while Dawson is a junior with two years left.

Both brothers said the town of Woodlawn shaped them into the players and people they are today.

“It was a small town,” Dawson said. “All I can remember is playing basketball in the grade school parking lot every day with all your friends and teammates, so we’ve been taught basketball since day one.”

Basketball was not the only sport the brothers played in high school.

Bronson was a pitcher on the baseball team and Dawson played football, baseball and basketball.

“In high school I played football, I played football for four years and it was a blast,” Dawson said. “I miss it every day.”

Last season the brothers played for Rend Lake College, where they helped lead the Warriors to the Division II National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship.

Bronson was named to the Great Rivers Athletic

Conference All-Conference team, the Region XXIV All-Region team and the national tournament Most Valuable Player award.

Warriors coach Randy House, an SIU alumnus who played for the Salukis from 1985 to 1989, said Bronson and Dawson Verhines are not just good players on the court but also good people off the court.

“First and foremost from the basketball standpoint they are winners, they won in grade school, they won in high school and they helped us win a national championship at Rend Lake,” House said. “From a personal standpoint, they come from a great family, [their] mother’s a school teacher, [their] father’s a preacher so they have good core values and are good kids.”

Bronson had a very long and winding road before finding himself in Carbondale. After graduating from Woodlawn High School, he played at Kaskaskia College then stopped playing basketball completely during a year at Rend Lake followed by a year at SIU Edwardsville.

He reconsidered his options and decided to play at Rend Lake last season with his brother. Bronson said he was not sure how he would play going back to Rend Lake.

“I didn’t really know what my expectations were going into Rend Lake, I knew I was going to get to play with Dawson and I was hoping to have a good year because I hadn’t played a competitive basketball game

S arah G ardner | THE WEEKENDER Senior forward Bronson Verhines, left, and junior guard Dawson Verhines pose for a portrait Monday at SIU Arena. The Verhines brothers, who come from a rich basketball tradition in their hometown of Woodlawn, are the first brothers to play for the Salukis at the same time since the Abrams brothers played together during the 1976-1977 season. in two years,” Bronson said. “I didn’t know how it was going to go.”

It is rare for brothers to be able to play on the same Division I basketball team. Bronson was awarded a scholarship to SIU and Dawson is a walk-on. The last

brothers to play for the Saluki men’s basketball team were Wayne and Corky Abrams, who played together the 1976-1977 season.

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SOFTBALL

Foster returns to Saluki softball SYMONE WOOLRIDGE The Weekender

J ohn S cott | THE WEEKENDER SIU softball assistant coach Buddy Foster, of Murphysboro, hits balls to outfielders Wednesday during the team’s defensive practice at Charlotte West Stadium. Foster, who was head coach Kerri Blaylock’s assistant from 1999 to 2005, returns to SIU after coaching stints at Bradley University, the University of Kansas and SIU-Edwardsville. Foster’s responsibilities will include recruitment and assisting with pitching and hitting.

As a former SIU coach who has coached multiple schools and spent a countless amount of time on the field, Buddy Foster is being welcomed back to SIU as assistant coach.

From 1999-2005 Foster stood alongside head coach Kerri Blaylock, who has been at the helm for 14 years.

As a brother of seven siblings, Foster grew up in Murphysboro where he eventually left to become a student at Southeast Missouri State University. As a therapeutic recreation student, Foster became an undergraduate assistant for the Redhawks.

He then worked his way up into a graduate assistant position, where he assisted the coaches and team members.

Shortly after, Foster used his degree and found himself in a workplace as a mental health counselor. He stayed there for nearly five years.

Foster said the job was challenging but rewarding. Although he enjoyed working with his clients, Foster felt that coaching

softball was what he was born to do.

“When the opportunity came for a fulltime position I jumped to it,” he said. “I found myself using some of those counseling skills with my kids on a daily basis.”

After his time at SEMO, Foster became a member of the SIU staff where he was a part of one of the best moments in SIU softball history. He said the 2003 Sweet 16 Saluki softball team was a team to remember.

“I’ll never forget when I told Kerri that we better enjoy this because we may never get back here again,” Foster said. “The reality of us to consistently get to that point is tough, and that group of kids were just so talented.”

The 2003 Salukis went 18-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference and 39-14 overall. They made the first run to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Sweet 16 and completed the year ranked No. 22 in the nation.

Foster left SIU two years later, however, and took a head coach position at Bradley University.

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Google continues to improve futuristic equipment DYLAN FROST Daily Egyptian In an effort to revolutionize the way people see and hear the world, Google last week unveiled the new music features for Google Glass.

But for everything the tech can do, there are still some legal bugs to be worked out.

The still elusive $1,500 headgear now features hands-free music searches of artists, songs and playlists by voice command. By saying, “okay (Google) Glass, listen to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’’’ the device loads the album through Play Music – Google’s media playing service – and shows the album artwork and information through the right-eyed lens.

Last spring, Google released a limited supply of Google Glass to about one thousand beta-testers who have had an exclusive opportunity to test its many functions. Cynthia Turner, a Cornell University professor of music, has used Google Glass for a couple of months and has demonstrated how the built-in webcam has revolutionized the way she teaches her students. “(Glass has) made my and the student’s life a lot easier,” Turner said in an email. “The almost immediate feedback and video from the instructor’s perspective is terrific.”

Turner uses Google Glass to film students from a personal view so they can get a first-hand look at poor techniques. An example she uses is of a student lifting his shoulders during a downbeat – which creates tension during a performance – and she films the problem and the necessary fixes.

The ability to instantly upload the recordings or photos to a computer allows the students to have immediate feedback.

“Learning an instrument is difficult and (Google) Glass might be able to facilitate,” she said. “One might imagine, for example, guitar tab embedded in the Glass, which would remove the need to turn pages on sheet music.”

Turner has a 19-minute video on her Google

Glass-devoted blog that demonstrates her conducting a music ensemble from a first-person perspective. From her point of view, the viewer experiences her waving to the crowd at Everson Museum in Syracuse; each musician nods to her, affirming that they are ready to begin.

Although Google Glass offers an exceptional view from the eyes of Turner, the video tends to be jerky because of the physical demands of conducting.

“I need to curb my enthusiasm,” she said.

Other musical artists in recent weeks have demonstrated how they use Google Glass professionally.

In a promotional video, music producer and DJ Young Guru showed many valuable Google Glass features. He uses the translation feature to order authentic Mexican food in Spanish; after hearing a Latin song in the restaurant, he looks up the album and is able to find a music store carrying the record. Young Guru uses Google Glass to record the sounds of the city during his commute and then uses those sounds and the purchased record to make a new song at his studio.

Although most people do not have the luxury of recording and producing Jay Z albums, Google Glass still serves more practical uses.

Several other features have periodically been announced since Google Glass was first introduced; which has driven consumers’ intrigue and buzz around the Sci-Fi-imagined headset.

Dav Glass, a Yahoo programmer working out of California from Marion, demonstrated his new pair of Google Glass.

To turn the headset on, he tilts his head back to a 30-degree angle until the home screen appears in the lens. By gently swiping a finger left or right against the side of the frame, the device displays different windows, like for checking the forecast or recording a video.

Glass said he likes having the ability to take pictures and instantly send them to Facebook or Twitter. Google Hangout lets him have webcam conversations with friends who can see everything

from Glass’s perspective – another feature he enjoys. The device can also scan prices of products via the UPC code and find the cheapest options for someone looking for the best deal.

However, Glass said the device does have room for improvements. The device doesn’t have an Apple operating system, which means the user must have an Android phone with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth capabilities to get the product’s full effect. Google Glass running on the support of an iPhone’s WiFi or Bluetooth can’t use the navigation app or send hands-free text messages. It also cannot send content not generated through the device.

Despite its limitations, Glass is confident the product will become more compatible with Apple operating systems once the device is more readily available on the market.

Ryan Holte, an assistant professor at SIU’s School of Law, said Apple and Samsung enthusiasts should feel reassured that third-party applications like iTunes and Spotify will be available for Google Glass, despite Google’s effort to promote its own brands.

“The Google Glass – the actual eyewear product – is obviously a unique innovation that Google holds patents on,” Holte, who specializes in intellectual property law, said.

Holte said that, like a cellphone, electronic devices like Google Glass might have thousands of patents relevant to anything from the look and feel of the product to how the phone communicates with the cellphone tower.

“Generally, kind of like the iPhone, you release all of the patents that are necessary to have an application developed that would function with your device,” he said. “Then that promotes third parties to create applications that work with the device and not have to pay your company any contractual-licensing.”

The more Google Glass-capable applications from third parties, the more valuable it would make Google’s product; thus consumers are more likely to buy Google Glass.

“So my speculation is that while it probably is possible for Google to block people from using the (Google) Glass to only have Google features on it, it seems like from just doing a simple search of the applications that are already available on Google Glass, they are releasing all of the rights to create applications that would function on it,” Holte said.

There are also concerns of potential privacy breaches with Google Glass because it can record video and take pictures, hands-free. Since cellphones make it easier for someone to be recorded in a pseudo-private location, Google Glass should, in theory, make it easier because of its ability to enhance and speed up the communication process.

However, Holte said voice-command options will make recording less of an issue. Functionality controls written out by third parties or locked software by the initial developers could prevent privacy breaches.

“I think that’s good, and it sounds like Google has thought about those things and put them into the product,” Holte said.

Of course, there is always the risk of fast crime by muggers looking for an easy steal.

“If we have something that is as expensive as $1,500 that is just going to be worn on your face, it seems to me that in high-crime areas where you’re prone to pickpockets or run-by muggings, there would be a greater concern of just having the Google Glass stolen from your face,” Holte said.

Google has not yet announced solutions to potential theft of the expensive headset.

In the past month, Google has allowed the initial beta-testers to invite three people to adopt Glass for the $1,500 price tag. The company also announced stereo headphones available for $85 that connect through the USB port underneath the frames. A high-quantity release of Google Glass has yet to be determined by Google.

Dylan Frost can be reached at dfrost@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 254.

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Aries — Today is a 7 — There’s plenty to do at home. A little bit of cleaning and organizing benefits you in the long run. Deliver your message ... tweet or post to your heart’s desire. Add your own clever touches.

Cancer — Today is a 9 — You’re up to big things and can’t do all of them alone. Get the family to help and gain more than you thought possible in areas you weren’t even considering.

Work interferes with travel.

Libra — Today is an 8 — Technical difficulties spur you to identify and surpass a major barrier. Add passion to your work (and to your romance).

Gentle persuasion works better. Get creative in your attire.

Capricorn — Today is a 9 — Temporary confusion or disruption could throw you off your game.

Don’t get lost in the day-to-day static.

You have bigger and better fish to fry. Offer advice only if asked.

Taurus — Today is an 8 — Less structure may mean more creative results. Don’t push within the group.

Agree to disagree. You have no trouble getting your message across. Get the invitations sent. Don’t gamble.

Leo — Today is a 7 — Disagreement requires compromise.

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Scorpio — Today is a 9 — A surprise doesn’t necessarily have to be unpleasant. It’s all in how you look at it. You may even discover a treasure that’s hidden at first. Keep track of the money coming in.

Aquarius — Today is a 9 — Hone your powers of persuasion at work. But beware ... jealousies could erupt. Pay back a debt, quietly.

Unexpected news helps you in figuring out how to go farther.

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Blood orange, Andrew Bird unveil new albums Bird uses "Hands of Glory" to play the violin JAKE SAUNDERS The Weekender The seventh studio album from virtuoso violinist and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird, “Hands of Glory,” was released Oct. 30 and deserves a greater fanfare than it received.

The album opens quietly with “Three White Horses” setting off toward the horizon. Slowly, together and in line with one another, they trot the syncopated drum taps.

We enter the next song in an echoed stagger. What feels tame rocked melody becomes a rhythmic folk undulation presenting itself in rather old country ways, though amidst the present wild. “When that Helicopter Comes” feels uncannily anachronistic in appearance and verbal arrangement, though it settles cordially with the windy theme of the string procedure.

Running into “Spirograph,” the listener finds the measure equally steady and driving easy. The echoed distance howls lulled voices and soothes the ears of those rapaciously hearing.

The album gallops gallantly into the traditional piece “Railroad Bill.” Bird’s take endears classical sounds of arranged violin. We find a tale of explanatory character exploration that today discovers contemporaries alike. The chorus teems about as the howls wind and the violin screeches the dancing feet methodically.

Among the halfway point, we find Bird’s signature violin pizzicato — the plucking of violin strings as one would the guitar – and we feel the nostalgia of early work with 2009’s folk rock oriented “Noble Beast” as well as the 1999 swing-music styling of “Oh! The Grandeur,” Bird’s second album.

“Something Biblical” refines his style whilst possessing a fresh tale encountering his lauded violin skill.

Nothing short of driving and brilliant was the previous track as it too overflows into “If I Needed You.” A modestly contemporary

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track, it features three-part harmonies and stilted guitar strums. The ever popular use of violin continue to rage about the canvass, joyously, pleasantly, wonderfully.

Entering “Orpheo” sings the reminiscence of “Give it Away” from Bird’s previous album “Break it Yourself.” However, it gently plays apart from it and remains the most placidly composed song from the album. A lovely tune of an instrumental majority, it ends with a pleasing vocal falsetto matching perfectly the vibrato of the violin.

Finally we have journeyed far off enough from where we had started, and now we satisfyingly reside “Beyond the Valley of the Three White Horses.” The plucked violin introduction of the finale leads into an around of bowed violin harmony in overlain texture.

We find an upsurge, a swelling of instrumental sound as the crescendo rides easily into the airy distance. It mildly clamors in a melodic way, never disagreeable as it begins its fade into an echoed hymn. It swirls the dust and gradually beats until it is left resounding rather ominously and yet lightly enough to grin and fathom and understand.

The violin works its way into the prime vein of Bird’s featured piece and rarely falls wayside. It combines the ambiance of the electric feel with a customary quality as it rises and falls with hands that are uniquely sound in glory.

Jake Saunders can be reached at jsaunders@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 254.

Cupid Deluxe offers sensuality and dark secrets DYLAN FROST The Weekender The second album by Devonte Hynes’ persona Blood Orange has shaken the indie-music scene with its deep-rooted sensuality and raw emotions.

Admittedly, my ears fall deaf to R&B music – contemporary and past – so it took an adjustment to grasp the hype around “Cupid Deluxe.” Despite placing it in an unfamiliar realm, there is a very discernible connection between it and certain indierock groups who compose these sophisticated pop songs with salaciously poetic lyrics and lightly jazzinfluenced undertones. It is similar to Ducktails’ early-year release “The Flower Lane.”

Blood Orange’s new album, like other chillwave groups, is dreamy and preppy with an edge. What separates Hynes’ music from the former though is that Ducktails’ songs are somewhat innocent daydreamer tunes about young love, while “Cupid Deluxe” has dark themes underneath the sweetsounding melodies.

There is a lot of tragedy, heartbreak and love searching in dark places. “Uncle Ace” is a song seemingly about transvestism and prostitution during a late-night stroll through the town.

“Not like the other girls/Go home and wait for me/I’ll be there after five/The others got that V,” Hynes sensually sings over a funky guitar lead and new wave-type rhythm. During the chorus, he goes on to say, “does this feel easy ‘cuz it’s all you get from me.”

The album cover to “Cupid Deluxe” literally captures the album’s theme of transvestism: a rather androgenic individual with frizzy-long hair and a mask covering the eyes. The person is wearing nothing but two-piece underwear, red lipstick and yellow high heels with arms to the hips, flaunting a toned body.

The album’s shtick is realized a couple of tracks through, in reflective and abstract songs about the coming together or falling apart of a relationship and the complexities of human love. But it isn’t as if Hynes is speaking facetiously of anyone’s sexual preferences; His well-arranged songs are sincere and speak from the heart for everyone, regardless of sexual orientation.

The album maintains its soulful consistency until the seventh-track – “Clipped On” – erupts into a head-bopping song fused with energetic raps and prominent drums, complemented by an ambient synth playing low-octave minor chords.

The result is a revival of ’90s New York hip-hop until Hynes interjects back into the last third of the song, bringing the pace down again.

Hynes’ girlfriend, Samantha Urbani, backs him up on nearly every song, either singing in unison with her boyfriend or providing an uplifting voice to an otherwise dreary moment in a song. Her talents are on full display during the hopeful “It Is What It Is,” a song where her voice dominates the chorus.

“Time will tell if you can figure this and work it out/No one’s waiting for you anyway so don’t be stressed now/Even if it’s something that you’ve had your eye on, it is what it is,” she sings with finesse.

The composition of “Cupid Deluxe” is very impressive and often stylish. Hynes’ work as an instrumentalist on the album is also admirable.

He does it all: vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, keyboards and drums. The horn section, though subtle, might be the highlight of “Cupid Deluxe”.

Although the simple yet dynamic drums make a good case.

Despite the chicness of the songs – and if it wasn’t for some of the raunchy moments lyrically – I could not help but to think that it’s the type of music that plays well through the intercom at Macy’s while someone is browsing around in the jean department. The album’s feel-good melodies are perfect stress relievers for someone in a purchasing dilemma between a pair of Levis and Wranglers.

Time will tell whether or not “Cupid Deluxe” has a lasting impact on music lovers. Composition wise, it touches many genres and generations including ’70s-era disco, ’80s R&B, ’90s hiphop and the contemporary indie-pop scene, like chillwave. As the world takes in the soothing and often harrowing sounds that Blood Orange has poured out from his heart and soul, it will be interesting to see if becomes as critically-acclaimed as Prince’s “Purple Rain,” because many media outlets appear to be putting it into that territory.

SUGAR & SPICE Ingredients

Butter, lemon juice, seasoned salt, lemon pepper, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, chicken or turkey

Lemon Butter Chicken This wonderful dish remains my favorite chicken recipe that my mother would make when I was a kid. Traditionally she makes it with chicken, but you can also use turkey.

The recipe could be made with chicken wings, thighs, breasts, legs, bone-in or bone-less, or a combination of cuts of chicken; the same could be said for the turkey. I do not specify how much of each ingredient to use. I have no idea what cut each reader will use, and how may cuts will be roasted. That being said, everything is set up in proportions. Enjoy!

Preheat oven to 350° F, (375° F if you are using cuts of meat with skin and prefer crispier skin.) Place cuts of poultry in an oven-safe dish.

Pour one tablespoon of lemon juice over each cut of poultry. Evenly sprinkle the seasoned salt, lemon pepper, oregano, garlic powder, and onion powder on the poultry. For all cuts of poultry except chicken wings and legs, place 3/4 tablespoon of butter or more on each cut.

For chicken wings, and chicken legs, place 1/2 tablespoon butter on each cut and a tablespoon of butter in the baking dish. Roast in oven for 35 minutes if oven is set to 375° F; 40 - 45 minutes if oven is set to 350° F. Bone-in cuts of poultry and turkey might take five minutes longer. When in doubt, roast until the meat is no longer pink, the juices run clear and/or the meat has reached a temperature of 165° F.

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Time: 5 minutes Servings: 4 Cost per serving is less than $10.

Vegan and Veggie friendly

Berry-Nut Salad Ingredients 1 bag of springmix greens 2 handfuls of blueberries 1 1/2 handfuls of dried cranberries 1 1/2 handfuls of chopped pecans 1 bottle of raspberry vinaigrette Add the spring mix, berries and pecans to a large serving bowl. Toss then serve with desired amount of vinaigrette.

Recipes, photos & design by Sabrina Imundo | The Weekender