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Delta Phi Epsilon may be new model for greek life Joshua Murray

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The Gamma Chi chapter of the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority is the newest Greek life organization to come to campus, and it took less than a semester to colonize.

DPE’s SIU chapter, which consists of 75 members, completed all requirements and officially chartered Sunday.

Andy Morgan, acting associate dean of students, said it usually takes fraternities and

sororities three or four semesters to complete the chartering process.

“Delta Phi Epsilon has done so well they have done it in a couple months,” he said.

Morgan said having a full-time employee on campus since September increased the rate of the sorority’s chartering process.

“If other organizations did that, they might be able to be chartered within a semester,” he said.

That employee is Ashlee Allen, a consultant

from DPE’s international headquarters. She is a graduate of Central Michigan University and a DPE alumna of the Beta Phi chapter.

Allen, who is a part of DPE’s new Collegiate Development Consultant program, said her job is to aid in the recruitment and chartering processes for new chapters. She said being on campus has influenced the speed of DPE’s chartering as well as the attitude of the group.

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Keeping time with elegance

S arah G ardner d aily e Gyptian Dancers in the Southern Illinois Dance Company perform the opening number “Boys of Fall,” choreographed by Stephanie Wold, Friday during the company’s fall concert at Furr Auditorium. Wold, a sophomore studying biological sciences, has been dancing for 17 years and has trained with choreographers such as Sonya Tayeh, Jordan Sparks and Mia Michaels. Please see pages 6 and 7 for the story.

Students convert cars to use electricity Tre Knight

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l ewiS M arien d aily e Gyptian Ralph Tate, center, an associate professor of automotive technology, convert a 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser from an internal combustion engine to a plug-in electric vehicle with his students Thursday at the SIU Transportation Education Center. Tate said the conversion cost for the car is about $12,000.

Students studying automotive technology get chances to work on cars, but it is not every day they are able to create a car of their own.

Andy Ju An Wang, dean of the College of Applied Sciences and Arts, said SIU offers Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology, a 400-level course that teaches students about the manufacturing of hybrid and electric vehicles. During the class, which originated in 2006, students convert a gasoline-powered vehicle to a plug-in, electric vehicle.

Wang said half of the class is theory and lecture-based, while the other half is

more practical.

“The program is purely tech as of now,” said Wang. “The program offers a very unique learning experience.”

In the automotive technology facility, part of the Transportation Education Center—which Wang said cost $63 million when it was built in 2012—class is conducted unconventionally.

“Tables make up one half of the classroom while the other half is a vehicle,” Wang said.

Ralph Tate, who teaches the course, said the students’ activity in the class pushes it beyond the technical level of education, and it is more hands-on.

Tate said the Green Fund, which is a $10-per-semester student fee, provides the money to buy the hybrid and electric vehicles the automotive program uses for conversion. Alumni and manufacturers also donate hybrid, electric and gasolinefueled vehicles.

There is an all-time high in the amount of hybrid cars in the U.S., and the sales for electric vehicles are increasing, according to greencarreports.com and hybridcars. com. Although the sales for these types of cars are growing, Tate said there is no specialization in hybrid and electric vehicles in the automotive program.

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“My presence here not only helped with the process, but it kind of helped keep the morale and recruitment and all of those things going,” Allen said.

Paige Liddell, president for SIU’s DPE chapter, said Allen played a huge role in the group’s chartering.

Allen moved from Michigan to Carbondale to assure the sorority is successful, Liddell said during a reception following DPE’s initiation ritual Sunday at the Carbondale Civic Center.

“She has done everything for us and we couldn’t ever begin to thank her,” said Liddell, a junior from Carterville

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Other programs in the nation have also produced courses that focus on alternative-fuel sourced cars.

Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington, Ind., offers hybrid and electric vehicle certificates that require 24 credit hours of study. The program offers eight individual classes that need to be completed in order to receive certification.

SIU’s automotive technology program has another class, which began in 2013, about hybrid and electric cars, but is theory-based.

Alternative Fueled Vehicles, another 400-level course, introduces the environmental concerns of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles to students.

Michael Behrmann, chairman of the automotive technology department, wrote in an email the program has been successful in creating professionals who work with these types of automobiles.

“SIU automotive graduates are employed in various areas within the industry, and some are involved in the development of the next generation of advanced hybrid and electric vehicles,” he wrote.

Terry Lewis, a mechanic at

studying elementary education.

Jordan Bartolini, president of the Inter-Greek Council, said it is exciting to have DPE join SIU Greek life.

“They have done really well in these last few months,” said Bartolini, a junior in German studies. “The fact that they are chartering roughly three and a half months since they started their colonization, it’s a really big deal. It’s really exciting.”

Morgan said another reason DPE is successful is because it has a variety of members.

“They have seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen,” Morgan said. “It’s a diverse group of women, from their majors, their involvement, their ethnicities. They

have done a good job.”

He said other Greek life organizations have had trouble because of a lack of diversity.

“I’ve seen difficulty when you have a new fraternity or sorority start and most of the people joining are freshmen and sophomores,” he said.

“They sometimes just don’t have those established leadership skills all settled or fully established.”

Allen said the organization aims to achieve its main principles: justice, sisterhood and love.

“We really focus on personal and professional development and we stick to empowering women to be something, rather than to just do something,” Allen said.

Midas in Carbondale, said he is not sure if one practical course is enough to teach new technicians about alternative fuel vehicles.

Lewis, a 1995 graduate of the automotive technology program, said most of the make-up of conventional gasoline-fueled vehicles and hybrid or electric vehicles are the same. The differences are what source of power the vehicle uses to power the wheels to move.

He said if someone with a hybrid or electric vehicle came to Midas for service, he or she would be referred to the original car dealer because the normal certifications most mechanics receive do not allow them to service alternative fuel vehicles.

Stephan Jilbert, a senior from Madison, Wis., studying automotive technology, said the class is a good start but does not provide the ability to service alternative fuel vehicles.

“If you do not have the specific training, you do not want to mess with the car,” Jilbert said. “Electrical shock is the biggest danger. Most hybrid and electric vehicles in production use voltages of 200300 volts. Without proper training and tools working with that kind of voltage is dangerous.”

Jilbert expressed disappointment

in the course because of the lack of surrogate vehicles.

“One thing that could have been better was the school figuring out a way to get more hybrid and electric cars donated to the program,” Jilbert said.

“The cars that were loaned from the dealership were loaned for about a day. We could not do many experiments because we did not have a lot of time to work with the vehicles.

The vehicles were donated to look at their service manuals rather than actually working hands-on with the vehicle,” Jilbert said.

Although the course can be improved, Jilbert said he enjoyed the class and thought it was extensive in discussing the theory behind electric energy in the battery. He said he better understands how that energy is converted to make the tires move.

“Tate had already converted a PT Cruiser into an electric car himself,” he said. “Once he was completely finished with the PT cruiser we took the batteries, motor and motor controller from the PT cruiser and put it into a Mazda Miata. We fabricated the brackets and motor mounts.”

After, the class witnessed the car move using the power the students installed.

“Seeing it come to life was extremely gratifying,” Jilbert said.

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U.N. panel discusses issue of U.S. torture Rebecca Nash Daily Egyptian

A delegation representing the U.S. appeared before the United Nations Committee Against Torture on Nov. 12 and 13 in Geneva, Switzerland, to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to ban torture.

An occasion such as this demonstrates the U.N.’s moral influence. The public appearance before the U.N. committee compels President Barack Obama’s administration to formally declare its position against torture.

In 2009, Obama gave an executive order prohibiting cruel interrogations and torture.

Yet, ahead of the talks, rumors abounded that the administration was considering reviving the lax Bush-era interpretation of torture, where practices such as waterboarding were considered permissible on terrorists.

However, the Obama administration has assured the committee there are no gaps in their commitment.

Torture is illegal on U.S. soil and anywhere

the government has authority, such as U.S. ships, aircrafts and the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Mary McLeod, the State Department legal adviser, admitted to the panel, “in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, we regrettably did not always live up to our values.”

The U.S. delegation insisted this was in the past.

“We believe that torture, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment are forbidden in all places, at all times, with no exceptions,” Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for human rights, told the panel.

However, the U.N. panel cited reservations to U.S. commitment.

It argued that force-feeding detainees at Guantanamo Bay fell under the statute of cruel treatment.

It also voiced concerns that the U.S. ban does not cover “black site” prisons— places in other countries the government can send terrorism suspects to be “legally”

tortured—since U.S. officials are not in authority there.

In addition, U.S. prisoners are not always registered in a timely manner. In this lapse of time, they could be at risk of harm since they are not officially in U.S. custody yet.

At times, this issue may seem of lesser importance to the American public since it generally only affects non-citizens.

Law professor Cindy Buys, director of international law programs, argues human beings should care about how other people are treated.

When the U.S. as a world superpower engages in immoral behavior, it is modeling these actions for the rest of the world. So if it engages in torture, others will follow.

Additionally, the U.N. panel shed light on issues of domestic cruelty in the U.S. referring to police brutality, the use of solitary confinement in prisons and the sentencing of convicts to life without parole.

The committee expressed discontent that solitary confinement and life without

parole are even options in the U.S. In Europe, most countries have banned them both.

The committee also expressed concern over the recent protests in Ferguson, Mo. A Moroccan committee member went further to assert, “black people don’t enjoy the same treatment” as others in the U.S. While those critical of the U.N. argue it is unable to bring change, it is of significant value that a U.N. committee has criticized the U.S. on these issues.

Buys noted that while the impact of U.N. declarations are not immediate, they do influence attitudes about how we treat certain segments of the population.

When the U.S. Supreme Court decides on cases such as these, they refer to national and international public opinion.

So even though the meetings in Geneva were short, there can be optimism that change will occur in regard to the legality of torture and other questionable domestic laws.

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GOP weighs responses to Obama’s immigration action Michael A. Memoli Lisa Mascaro

Tribune Washington Bureau

Republicans in Congress are unified in their desire to fight President Barack Obama’s action to protect more than 4 million immigrants from deportation and ease rules for up to 1 million more.

They just can’t agree on how to do it.

Should they shut down the government? File a lawsuit? Or is there a more measured approach that could showcase Republican leadership, such as passing a legislative alternative?

“We’re working with our members and looking at the options that are available to us,” House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, said Friday.

“But I will say to you that the House will, in fact, act.”

Here’s a look at their leading options.

Do nothing — for now.

The heaviest lift for Republican leaders would be to persuade their members to take a deep breath and hold their fire. They could launch committee hearings and investigations into Obama’s actions — one is set for early next month — but otherwise shift to different priorities. That would mean working with Democratic leaders to pass a so-called omnibus appropriations bill by the Dec. 11 deadline to fund the government until next October, lifting the risk of another shutdown.

Before the president announced his executive action, leaders on both sides supported an omnibus bill, which would let the Republican majorities start fresh in January on their agenda and begin sending legislation to the president.

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says that by breaking congressional deadlock and pursuing a proactive, not reactive, agenda, Republicans will secure a better footing to rein in the administration’s policies.

Conservative lawmakers and allied outside groups call such an approach dead on arrival.

“Inaction is not an acceptable response,” said Michael Needham, chief executive of the conservative group Heritage Action, in a statement urging lawmakers to deny funding for the president’s program. “Anything less will

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e’re working with our members and looking at the options that are available to us. But I will say to you that the House will, in fact, act.

— House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio

amount to a blank check for Obama’s unlawful amnesty program.”

Use the budget process.

Even before Obama unveiled his plan, some Republicans wanted to reject the nearly 10-month omnibus bill and agree to only short-term extensions of government funding to keep the lights on until early next year.

That would put off fears of a holiday shutdown, but let Republicans retain leverage to try to force Obama to back off his new proposals.

It would also give the party more to gauge public reaction. If Obama’s plan proves to be a political flop, there might be greater public support for efforts to cut funding for government immigration programs.

The downside for Republican leadership is that a short-term spending bill forces the party into another round of fiscal fights when they’d rather be advancing legislation on taxes and trade.

A few hard-core conservatives advocate inserting language to halt Obama’s immigration plan into the upcoming spending bill, even if it triggers another shutdown. But most Republicans seem to oppose such a drastic step.

Censure or impeach Obama.

Impeachment has been mentioned as an option — but more often by Obama supporters who cite the threat as an example of Republican overreaction. That’s not to say Republicans haven’t floated the idea, or at least refused to rule it out.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, says it would be better to censure the president.

Such a rebuke would be rare, and largely symbolic. The only president to have been censured, Andrew Jackson, later had the action expunged.

King also says the House could pass a resolution of disapproval of the new policy, which would be a similarly symbolic gesture and could

be done relatively soon.

Go to court.

House Republicans filed a lawsuit Friday against the president for failing to enforce part of the Affordable Care Act, which they cite as an example of executive overreach. Boehner has not ruled out expanding that suit to include the executive action on immigration.

Even senators who supported a 2013 bipartisan Senate immigration bill, including Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, prefer this option. “Probably the best approach is to challenge the president in court,” she says.

But legal experts say such lawsuits are typically rejected by the courts, which tend to stay out of power struggles between Congress and the White House.

Pass an immigration bill.

Obama and other Democrats have said Republicans who oppose his decision to take executive action could address those concerns by passing their own legislation. But that’s unlikely given divisions inside the GOP. After the Senate bill on immigration passed last year, the House refused to consider it, preferring to take what Boehner has called an incremental approach. Discussions among House Republicans that began in earnest after Obama’s re-election in 2012 largely fell apart when House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia lost his re-election primary race in June.

But leaders say they may yet take up immigration in the new Congress.

“Let’s start moving immigration legislation that we like,” said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., suggesting bills on border security, HB-1 visa reform and seasonal labor. “We should start picking the things that are important and see if the president wants to veto those things. I think it’ll make it a lot clearer who’s trying to work to a solution and who’s not.”

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Scott Chaseling: Expressing feeling and experiences through glass Chase Myers

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The art of glassblowing can be dated back as far as 1500 B.C. when it was first discovered that minerals combined with sand under heat and pressure create an easily moldable liquid form of glass.

A Carbondale artist who uses a modern combination of glass techniques to create glass sculptures is Scott Chaseling, who is showcasing some of his work at an exhibit from Nov. 18th through Friday at the Vergette Gallery in the Allyn Building.

Chaseling was born in Tamworth, Australia, but moved to different parts of the world for most of his life. He said his work is about constantly traveling.

“I’ve never lived in one place longer than four years in my life,” he said. “I’ve lived in Paris for a year. I’ve toured in Japan for a year, lived in Berlin for three years. I’m going back to Berlin now. It’s taken me everywhere.”

Chaseling began studying art and sculpture in high school and was interested in the idea of creating. After graduating as a sculptor, he was briefly unemployed until he discovered glassblowing and was given a three-month apprenticeship as a glass blower, he said.

When conceptualizing his art, Chaseling strives to be inventive and not create something that has already been done.

Such innovation comes from combining different techniques, like glassblowing and glass fusing, he said.

A piece of work that utilizes this combination is a collection of glass bottle shaped sculptures with various color assortments on the base. You can notice in the detail of the bottle where the different colors are fused together.

A idAn O sbOrne d Aily e gyptiAn Scott Chaseling, a glass artist-in-residence this semester, explains the process for making his ‘waymarker’ glass jars Saturday in the Vergette Gallery, located in the Allyn building. The jars colors are produced through glass fusing, while the structure is made by glass blowing. “These are my waymarkers for my time here, three months so far,” Chaseling said.

Chaseling will also be featuring one of the pieces he is most recognized for in an exhibit called “Close,” which includes scattered glass buckets with glass chain links hanging into each bucket.

“What I try to do is make [the glass chains] roughly my height, so each length of chain becomes, in a sense, a self-portrait,” he said.

He then makes two life-sized chains, which take about 90 minutes each. He concludes the piece by creating the bucket,

which takes about an hour.

Chaseling has four different pieces displaying at the exhibit, two of which are called “Picture 1” and “Picture 2.” The two are photography pieces that display a grid of multiple printed photographs that create a larger picture. He also fuses photos of different objects or landscapes to his original photo to add color variations.

“To me, they’re photo documents of my time here,” he said.

Chaseling said he cannot distinguish a favorite art form between glassblowing and photography.

“If you’ve seen glassblowing, it’s a social thing. You’ve got an assistant. You’ve got the music going on in the studio,” he said. “That to me is more mathematical, trying to figure out all the fusing and pulling the sheets together, but [photography] is just me at home with a laptop, just chilling.”

Due to the portability of his photo collections and the ability to work on them as he travels, Chaseling said he plans to make more of these snapshots in the future and eventually wants to collage some together.

As a traveling artist, instead of taking influence from external sources, Chaseling remains true to his feelings when creating his work, he said, whether it’s glassblowing or photography.

Newest installment of ‘Hunger Games’ fails to impress Jacob Pierce

@JacobPierce1_DE | Daily Egyptian

The original installment in “The Hunger Games” film series was released in 2012.

It jump-started both the career of Jennifer Lawrence and the trend of young adult dystopian novel adaptations.

The silver screen became littered with movies like “Divergent,” “The Maze Runner” and “The Giver.” “The Hunger Games” series stood as a pinnacle of this genre.

The makers of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1” (Rated PG-13; 123 min) turn in the worst of the series, but an overall average movie.

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1” is a young adult adaptation directed

by Francis Lawrence and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Phillip Seymour Hoffman,

Julianne Moore and Liam Hemsworth.

The Hunger Games are over, but Katniss Everdeen, played by Lawrence, struggles with leaving them behind. The combination of haunting memories and regrets keep her from sleeping at night. She leaves Peeta, played by Josh Hutcherson and the others behind for the Capitol to capture her dreams.

She reluctantly becomes a symbol for the 12 Districts, inspiring them to rise up against the Capitol and fight for their freedom. This rebellion comes with violence and Peeta emerges as a tool against Katniss. Her world cracks further as the war rages on.

The Hunger Games was never the interesting aspect of this series. The concept is unoriginal. The unique and engaging parts are the world set up with the Capitol, the 12 districts and the main character of Katniss.

The disappointment lies in that. The games are now gone. What is left for this film

is all the interesting parts of the books and movies, but they never use it to its extent.

The movie suffers from a lot of the same problems as its predecessors do. One big problem being how tame the film is. This might be a side effect of targeting a younger audience, but the world of Panem never seems as horrific as the characters say it is.

Both Gale, played by Hemsworth, and Peeta are underutilized again in this movie.

These two characters, who are supposed to be incredibly important to Katniss, are never important to the story. They stay static and undeveloped, both having one thing that helps differentiate them.

Gale is the tough, brooding one of the group. He is the guy Katniss can hunt with and be macho around. Peeta is the sensitive one who knows how to make food and talks eloquently in front of a crowd. They never go past these archetypes.

Lawrence is amazing as always. She is an

actress with incredible range and the role of Katniss was the first sign of this. Katniss is the most compelling character of the series.

Lawrence has been the key to the success of the character.

In “Catching Fire,” the previous film, Katniss started to go through post-traumatic stress disorder. The games nagged at her in her dreams and she constantly woke up screaming. In this movie, Katniss becomes this detached and frightened woman, a shell of what she once was. Any moment the idea of loss comes around, she breaks into tears in a way that is hard to watch.

This is the worst movie in the series.

While the other two were not perfect, they were decent films. This one extenuates many of the other two films’ pitfalls. It is not a bad movie though. If you are a fan of this series or just looking for a movie to watch, you could do a lot worse. Like “Divergent” worse.

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Dancers grace the stage Marissa Novel

@MarissaNovel_DE | Daily Egyptian

Dancing for some is a weekend hobby, but for others, it is a lifelong passion. Those passions were displayed for visitors, community members and students alike this weekend.

Thirty-three Southern Illinois Dance Company members performed a diverse set of dances to the likes of Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande for their fall concert Friday and Saturday at Furr Auditorium.

Donna Wilson, artistic director of the company, said the group previously had about 20 members, but in the last five years the group has grown to more than 30.

Wilson, who previously danced with companies near Los Angeles, said the popularity of dance has increased, and she believes it is because of dance-oriented television shows such as “So You Think You Can Dance.”

“That has influenced our dance interest across the nation,” said Wilson, who became the artistic director for SIDC in 1985 after the only other dance teacher left the university.

Wilson said dancers audition during the second week of the semester, and begin practice the following week. She said the company is primarily SIU students, but is also open to community members.

“Sometimes it becomes a big headache… and my husband says ‘Well, you don’t have to do it.’

But I do,” Wilson said. “My life wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t.”

Becca Lewis, president of the company, said the group is like a family.

“It’s definitely one of the biggest parts of why I love SIU so much,” said Lewis, who has been in the company for nine semesters.

Lewis, a senior from Lake Forest studying zoology, said this year’s concert featured hip-hop, contemporary, theatrical modern and ballet genres. She said students studying a diverse range

of subjects choreograph most of the dances.

“We all come from different backgrounds and we’re all bringing different styles of dance,” Lewis said.

Lewis said she also enjoys learning about less common styles of dance such as Latin, African and improvisational.

“Pretty much anything you can think of, you get a chance to experience,” she said. “That’s always fun and changes from semester to semester.”

Devin Wade, a cosmetology student at John A. Logan College, said being in the company has helped her grow more as a dancer.

Wade, 22, of Herrin, said she discovered the company in 2012 through a friend she teaches dance classes with for kids 3 to 18 at Arabesque, a dance studio in Carterville.

“I feel like I get to explore more things being with people my own age,” she said.

Wade said she also appreciates choreographing for the group.

“I can give them anything and they’ll just run with it,” she said.

“It’s wonderful to have someone understand what my vision is.”

Wade, who has been dancing for nearly 20 years, said the company is willing to work with anyone who shows interest, dedication and potential.

“We want to take people and develop them into more than what they think they could be,” she said.

Jeremiah Beasley, a freshman from Champaign studying musical theatre, said the company and his dance classes have helped him branch out from his style of choice, hip-hop.

“They’ve been a really big help, helping my technique and cleaning my movements,” he said.

Beasley said he hopes to choreograph dances next semester.

“Hopefully I also get into a ballet or jazz dance next semester instead of hip-hop so I can broaden my horizons,” he said.

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ACROSS 1 Cup of joe 5 Slow-moving critter 10 British sports cars, for short 14 “Woe is me!”

15 Neigh sayer 16 Clarinet cousin 17 Flat-topped landform 18 Where to get cash 20 Foamy brew 21 Korean cars 22 Put in a chip for a hand 23 Turn topsy-turvy 25 Meaner than a junkyard dog 26 Where to see splits and strikes 30 Sci-fi subject 31 Replacement grass, perhaps 32 Dollop 35 Under the weather 36 Highlander’s hat 39 Part of a journey 41 Id controller 42 Young man 43 See 38-Down 45 La Scala production 47 Where to keep needles and thread 51 Theater district 54 Like San Francisco’s terrain 55 On the ocean 56 Leslie Caron title role 57 Cleft site 61 Where to find valuables 63 Bring on board 64 Latin 101 word 65 Photographer’s request 66 Sci-fi subjects 67 IRS IDs 68 __ Martin: British sports car 69 Things associated with 18-, 26-, 47- and 61-Across

actions that you can afford to pay for.

Generosity is a good thing. Improve working conditions.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 9 — A good coach makes learning much easier. Everything gets farther with teamwork over the next few days. Everything seems possible.

Determine which role to play, and parcel out tasks between group members.

Rewards exceed expectations.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8 — Focus on the fun side of your job. Go for the gold.

It’s another busy day, and your work’s in demand. Don’t hesitate to enlist assistance when you need it. Pass on smaller jobs to colleagues.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 — Today and tomorrow bubble with fun. It could even get profitable. Play with a talented and competent team, and improvise together.

Practice what you love and it grows. Focus on passion, and money provides a pleasant

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benefit. Bring it home.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8 — A home project grows bigger than imagined.

Find what you need in your own closets or attic. You’re good at solving problems. The gentle approach works best now. Use persuasion rather than force. Focus on what’s wanted and needed.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 9 — You’ve got the talent; now do the homework over the next two days. Soak up information like a sponge. Summarize and clarify the main point. Communicate the most important aspects, and share what you’re learning.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 9 — Crank up the action and you can earn more today and tomorrow. Pay expenses before divvying up the loot. Learn new tricks from an experienced friend. How can you make routines more efficient? Trim

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waste. Guard resources.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 9 — Make future plans. You’re extra confident today and tomorrow. You’re getting stronger (and more impatient). Start out now. No more procrastination. Determine what you want and go for it. Dare to be bold and even unreasonable.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 — Private plan proceeds on course. You personal vision is right on the money. Meditate in seclusion.

You’re extra sensitive now. Make your place more comfortable, and contemplate potential outcomes. Relax in hot water.

Give thanks.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8 — Your career benefits from social interaction and networking today and tomorrow.

Accept encouragement. It’s a good time to ask for a raise. To discover your best qualities, ask your friends.

Have them help with your resume.

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Positives can be drawn from losing season SIU’s football season finally came to an end Saturday after an agonizing last six games.

The Salukis started the season 5-1 with an upset win against Eastern Illinois and blowout victories against Western Illinois and South Dakota. The final six games were the opposite. SIU was 1-5 in the past six games with big losses to North Dakota State, Northern Iowa and Illinois State. The team finished 6-6 with no Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth.

The 2014 season will be looked upon as one that fell well short of expectations set by a fast start. The season was marred by injuries, bad losses and a nasty circumstance resulting in the dismissal of two defensive starters.

The positives in the 2014 season are not prevalent, but still exist, just on individual levels.

While the Salukis’ win and loss record was mediocre, senior tight end MyCole Pruitt had a spectacular season. He ended the campaign with 81 catches, 861 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns, more than any other Division I tight end.

Pruitt added his name to the SIU record books this season as well. He became the all-time leader in career receptions with 221 and the singleseason leader with 81.

He also moved to second in SIU’s all-time receiving yards and all-time receiving touchdowns. Cornell Craig, who played wide receiver at SIU from 1996 to 1999, holds the

r yan M ichalesko F or the d aily e gyptian Saluki quarterback Mark Ianotti makes a pass during the Salukis’ 44-29 loss against Illinois State University on Saturday at Hancock Stadium in Normal.

record in both of those categories.

Pruitt’s senior season capped off an exceptional collegiate career.

He is likely to earn his second All-American honor and could be playing in the NFL next season.

He is a projected fifth-round pick and the No. 7 ranked tight end for the 2015 NFL Draft, according to nfldraftscout.com.

The Saluki faithful can feel fortunate they got to watch Pruitt grace the turf at Saluki Stadium.

Two more Salukis set individual records in 2014. Senior wide receiver Tay Willis became the single-season leader in kick return yards with 870.

Senior linebacker Tyler Williamson became the all-time leader in forced fumbles at SIU with 8.

SIU will lose 17 players who saw significant playing time this season to graduation, which sets up a very bleak outlook for the 2015 season.

Next year’s team will be young and inexperienced, but a few players showed they can make an impact in the future.

One such player is redshirt freshman running back Cameron Walter.

When senior running back Malcolm Agnew’s season came to a sad end after an ankle injury kept him off the field, there were questions about who would take the reigns of the Saluki rushing attack.

Walter stepped up and beat two seniors to take the bulk of the carries. He finished the season

with 323 yards and 2 touchdowns.

His 210-yard performance against Missouri State was so good, it earned him National Freshman of the Week honors and a spot on the College Football Performance Awards Freshman of the Year watch list.

The 5-foot-9-inch, 210-pound running back should be exciting to watch next season. Walter is built like a barrel, and will only become harder to tackle as his career continues; his future at SIU is possibly the brightest of any player.

The season ended with uncertainty in the quarterback position. Junior quarterback Mark Iannotti and sophomore quarterback Ryan West shared playing time at the

Salukis snap skid, put out Flames Tyler Davis

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SIU gained its first and only win of its three games played in three days Sunday against the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The Salukis outplayed the Flames, winning 67-60 behind junior guard Anthony Beane’s 27 points, 9 rebounds and no turnovers. Sophomore forward Sean O’Brien had 12 points, hitting his first 5 shots of the game. The forward averaged 14 points for the tournament, which took place Friday through Sunday at Kent State University.

Freshman guard Deion Lavender had his first score as a Saluki on the way to a 12-point, 4-rebound game with no turnovers in 28 minutes.

Graduate student guard Jay Harris led the Flames with 19 points. UIC’s leading scorer for the season, and the tournament’s leading scorer through the first two games, junior forward Jake Wiegand had just 6 points and 3 rebounds before fouling out.

Saluki coach Barry Hinson said his

team’s game plan centered on Wiegand, who came into the game averaging 19 points and 9 rebounds per game.

“We wanted to attack him on offense, try to get him in foul trouble,” he said to play-by-play radio announcer Russ Eisenstein. “Then double down on him when he gets the ball every time and you know what, we did a good job.”

The Dawgs’ defense and offense improved in the final game of the tournament as the team had its best shooting night.

SIU shot 50 percent from the field and 50 percent from three-point range while holding the Flames to 34 percent shooting overall and 29 percent from three.

Selfish play and poor rebounding described the first two games of the tournament for the Salukis, but it was a different story Sunday. The team averaged 6 assists per game Friday and Saturday, but had 10 against UIC. Hinson praised his team’s passing after the game.

“When your big guys have 7 assists,

that’s pretty impressive,” said Hinson.

Entering Sunday’s game, the Salukis were outrebounded 73-60 in the tournament, but they held the rebounding advantage against the Flames.

“It’s amazing that whenever you outrebound a team, you have a chance to win,” Hinson said. SIU collected 35 rebounds compared to 28 for UIC. SIU led by as many as 21 points and did not allow the Flames to lead for one second during the game.

The Salukis went into the half leading 35-21 and led in most statistical categories. The team opened the second half on a 13-6 run to extend its lead.

Yale and Kent State beat SIU in the first two games of the tournament and UIC lost all three of its games. Yale beat Kent State in the tournament’s finale to end the weekend undefeated.

The Salukis (2-3) will try to build on the momentum against Olivet Nazarene, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics team, at 3:05 p.m, Nov. 29 at SIU Arena.

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end of the season. The Saluki fans can feel comfortable knowing Iannotti could, and should be the quarterback next season.

He finished the season with 2,247 passing yards, a 63 percent completion rate and 22 touchdowns, the sixth highest in any season at SIU. Iannotti also ran for 270 yards and 3 scores.

He was playing so well early in the season he was added to the CFPA Player of the Year watch list.

If it was not for a stretch of poor starts during the middle of the season he would have never left the starting spot.

The biggest challenge for Iannotti going forward is throwing the ball to inexperienced players. His topfive receivers from this season are all seniors.

On defense, sophomore linebacker Chase Allen will return.

Allen’s 95 tackles led the Salukis by a long shot. Junior safety D.J. Cameron and redshirt freshman safety Kenny James will also return for 2015. The Salukis will need them. A large part of the seniors leaving the team were defensive starters.

The Salukis’ 2014 campaign was a forgettable one on a team basis, but was a success for individual players. The future for Saluki football looks uncertain to put it lightly. The aspects that made this team good at times will be gone.

There is potential for the Salukis to be good, but even more potential for a bad 2015 season.

Only time will tell what sort of product Coach Dale Lennon will produce next season.

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Griffin hit a three-pointer to send the game to overtime, a game the Salukis would go on to win in double overtime 100-96.

“She’s a weak three-point shooter unless the clock is winding down,” Stein said. “But in those situations, she always finds a way to score. She’s a gamer. When you need her to make a big, tough shot, she does.”

Although she can make the clutch shots when the team needs it, Griffin is known more for her defensive skills.

Macklin said she has always been inspired by Griffin’s defense, which she said is the best aspect of her game. “[Griffin is] off the scales,” she said. “When she gets herself locked in and focused, she can shut down anybody. We look to her to shut down some of the best players we go up against.”

Griffin said she doesn’t think defense is something that can be taught to a player and attributes her defensive success to her work ethic and mindset.

She said she took on a defensive role early in her career and has loved doing it since.

As one of just three seniors on the team, Griffin is expected to be a leader, a role Stein said she does quietly.

“I would like to see her become a more vocal leader,” she said.

“She’s a quiet, shy kid. So making her a little more vocal would be something that could get people to rally around her quicker.”

In her senior season, Griffin said she wants to improve her shot but most importantly, she wants to win.

“I just want to go out with a bang,” she said. “I think the team this year has the ability to do that. We have pieces that were missing last year and now that they’re back on the floor, we’re just rolling.”

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MVC volleyball tournament starts Thursday Aaron Graff

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At the start of the season, SIU volleyball made a Missouri Valley Conference tournament victory its goal; it will have the chance to accomplish that this week.

The MVC volleyball tournament takes place Thursday through Saturday in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Six of the 10 conference teams make the tournament. SIU qualified for the third consecutive year, this time as the fifth seed.

Illinois State (24-5, 18-0) won the regular season title for the first time since 1997. The Redbirds earned a first-round bye with the accomplishment.

“It showed that we have been consistent over the last couple months,” Redbird coach Melissa Myers said. “That’s really important for me. Last year we were 8-1 in the first half and then we were 3-6 in the second half.”

The Redbirds were the fifth seed last season, but upset Missouri State in the first round. They fell to the eventual conference champions, Wichita State, in the semifinals.

Northern Iowa (20-10, 14-4) also earned a first-round bye, with the second seed.

UNI earned the second seed last year as well, but was knocked out in its first match by SIU. The Panthers won their 1,000th game in program history Oct. 11 against the Salukis. UNI won three consecutive championships from 2009 to 2011.

The third-seeded Wichita State Shockers (19-8, 13-5) play the sixthseeded Indiana State Sycamores (17-13, 9-9), and the fourth-seeded Missouri State Bears (19-11, 12-6) play the Salukis (1614) in the quarterfinals.

The winner of the WSU and Indiana State match will play UNI. The winner of MSU and SIU will

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play Illinois State in the semifinals.

SIU was the sixth seed for the majority of the season, but a 3-1 finish in its last four matches, and Indiana State’s 0-4 finish, gave the Salukis a one-game lead.

“This group’s and this team’s ideals and goals are to win the thing,” Saluki coach Justin Ingram said.

SIU is led by junior hitter Taylor Pippen, who leads the conference with a .413 hitting percentage.

“I’m really excited for the conference tournament,” Pippen said. “I think going in we’re pretty confident.”

MSU is led by freshman outside hitter Lily Johnson, who leads the conference with 459 kills and 38 service aces.

The Salukis split the season series 1-1 against the Bears. If SIU stayed in the sixth spot, it would have to play WSU. The Shockers defeated SIU both times this season.

“There are always teams you match up better against,” Ingram said. “That’s a tough one to gauge as far as us right now looking into it. You get who you get.”

The Shockers have returned five players who played in the conference championship game last season. WSU won nine of its last 11 matches.

WSU is led by redshirt freshman middle blocker Abbie Lehman, who is second in conference with a .382 hitting percentage.

Indiana State was picked to finish ninth in conference, but lost both matches this season to Wichita State. The Sycamores also lost both matches to Missouri State.

The Sycamores split the season matches against UNI and SIU. Indiana State is led by junior middle blocker Cassandra Willis, who is third in conference with a .359 hitting percentage.

For more information on the conference tournament visit http://mvcsports.com/volleyball/.

L ewis M arien D aiLy e gyptian Rob Gallegly, right, of Carbondale, practices an attack on Levi Wampler, also of Carbondale, Saturday in the Martial Arts Room at the Recreation Center. The two are members of the SIU Filipino Martial Arts Club, which focuses on the across forms. “Whatever we learn with staff works with stick and empty hand,” Gallegly said. Staff, stick and empty

Senior looks to steal spotlight Brent Meske

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The 2013 leader in steals on the women’s basketball team is returning for her senior season in hopes of building upon that success.

Senior guard Mercedes Griffin was a bright spot on a 5-25 team last season. In the Missouri Valley Conference, she finished sixth in steals and third in minutes played.

Griffin changed her game at the beginning of last season by making the switch to point guard. “[Griffin] had never played there before,” coach Cindy Stein said. “It’s hard when you haven’t practiced that position all summer

and then you have to start the year there. She really stepped up.”

She finished the season with an average of 7.1 points, 2.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

This season, Griffin moved back to her original position at shooting guard.

Through the first two games, Griffin has 8.5 points, 1.5 assists per game. Griffin has yet to record a steal.

“I am definitely back to a position I’m more comfortable with,” she said. “I am back in my natural habitat.”

Junior guard Cartaesha Macklin said Griffin is the fastest player

on the team. By moving out of the point guard position, Griffin is able to utilize her speed by running the floor whenever she wants.

“You have to let her play. When she has to think too much it slows her down,” Stein said. “You don’t want her playing slow. Her strength is her speed.”

Stein said one of Griffin’s best qualities is her ability to come up big in important situations.

Last season, Griffin shot 2-29 from beyond the arc, but one of those came in a game on Jan. 2 against Bradley.

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