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Lovely Varughese files suit against state trooper Austin Miller

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Lovely Varughese, mother of deceased SIU student Pravin Varughese, has filed a $100,000 civil lawsuit against Illinois State Trooper Chris Martin for his negligence while investigating the disappearance of her son.

Pravin was reported missing on Feb. 12, and was found dead on Feb. 18 east of the 1400 block of East Main Street near Buffalo Wild Wings.

According to the lawsuit, Pravin left a party

with another man, Gaege Bethune, and the two got into an argument, causing them to pull over off of Illinois Route 13. Pravin then reportedly ran into the woods along the road.

Martin arrived on the scene, spoke to Bethune and briefly looked into the woods, according to Varughese’s claim. He did not file a report regarding the incident until a week after Pravin was found.

Charles Stegmeyer, Lovely’s attorney, mailed the lawsuit Nov. 24, along with a third Freedom of Information Act request for the

police and autopsy reports, which were denied previously.

In February, Jody O’Guinn, former Carbondale Chief of Police, said Pravin died from hypothermia, as he was found in just jeans and a t-shirt on a night where temperatures dropped below freezing.

Lovely said she last heard from Carbondale Police Department in April, when they released the toxicology report stating her son’s body had no traces of alcohol or drugs.

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Moccia enters final days as athletic director

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While SIU was not necessarily home to the athletic director, he still held his position for more than eight years and built as many relationships here as anywhere else.

SIU athletic director Mario Moccia accepted an athletic director position at his alma mater, New Mexico State University, and is in his last month as SIU’s athletic director.

He said the most difficult part about leaving SIU is the relationships he is leaving behind.

“When you’re at a place for eight plus years you make a lot of relationships and friendships,” Moccia said. “It never seems like work.”

He will spend his final days in control helping prepare documents for the next athletic director.

“I want to tie up all the little loose ends, that if I was coming into this job, I would want tied up,” he said.

Moccia said he made suggestions to SIU president Randy Dunn about the interim athletic director selection.

He would not say who his suggestions were, but did mention the next athletic director will have to be an extrovert in order to help raise money and secure donors.

One thing the new athletic director will have to deal with is the remaining debt on the Saluki Way project, an $83 million project to update SIU’s athletic facilities. Moccia said the new athletic director will have to work on phase two of Saluki Way, which will be a debt reduction plan.

Itchy Jones Stadium, which cost roughly $4.2 million was part of the project.

“It would have been difficult to get done without Mario, I’ve been here 25 years, and nobody had done it before,” baseball coach Ken Henderson said.

The swimming and diving teams did not receive major renovations during Moccia’s tenure, but Moccia said it could be in the plans for the next athletic director to create separate locker rooms in the rec center for them.

“We’ve had some preliminary discussions whether the rec center would allow us to do something like that,” swim coach Rick Walker said. “That obviously would be a major boost for our program.”

SIU softball coach Kerri Blaylock was on the committee that hired Moccia. She said SIU was in dire need of facility updates at that time.

Now, SIU has some of the best top to bottom athletic facilities among Football Championship Subdivision schools, Blaylock said.

Despite bettering athletic facilities, Moccia said helping athletes better their academic standing and become successful is his biggest accomplishment.

“I could tell a million stories about kids who have flourished while they’re here,” he said. “That’s the most personally rewarding thing, versus christening a building and hitting a champagne bottle on a building as if it was a ship.”

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A idAn O sbOrne d Aily e gyptiAn Sydne Rensing, center, a junior from Albers studying public relations, completes a puzzle Monday as part of “Stress Busters” week at the Rensing said. “I have three essays and a speech due this week, and I don’t really want to work on them,” said Ben Handler, a freshman from Beverly, MA, studying aviation management.

NAACP members host Ferguson rally Sean Phee

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More than 15 students held a rally Monday at Grinnell Hall in protest of a grand jury decision to not indict former police officer Darren Wilson, in relation to the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. The NAACP, Black Affairs Council and Alpha Phi Alpha SIU student chapters organized the rally with a walk from Grinnell Hall to the Carbondale Public Safety Center and back to Grinnell.

Desmon Walker, a junior from Champaign studying finance, and president of the Alpha Phi Alpha SIU student chapter, said the purpose of the rally was to spread awareness of the grand jury decision Nov. 24, and for people on campus to speak encouraging words to one another.

Wilson was not charged in the death of Brown but can still face civil charges from the Brown family. He resigned from the Ferguson Police Department on Saturday.

Students at the rally held signs with slogans such as “Black Lives Matter” and chanted “No justice, no peace.”

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l ewis M Arien d Aily e gyptiAn Sabrina Barnes, left, a junior from Chicago studying speech communication, walks with community members down Washington Street in Carbondale Monday during a “No Justice, No Peace Rally.” The NAACP, Black Affairs Council and Alpha Phi Alpha SIU student chapters organized the rally with a walk from Grinnell Hall to the Carbondale Public Safety Center and back and president of the Alpha Phi Alpha SIU student chapter, said the purpose of the rally was to spread awareness of the Grand Jury decision Nov. 24, and for people on campus to speak encouraging words to one another.

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The family paid for a separate autopsy, which found bruises on his hands, head and torso. Dr. Ben Margolis, forensic pathologist with the Autopsy Center of Chicago, found Pravin’s cause of death to be blunt-force trauma to the head.

“I don’t care what happened, but everything I saw better be on that first autopsy,” she said. “He didn’t get those injuries in an ambulance.”

Lovely went to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13 and 14 to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice. While there, she also met with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky.

She said she hopes the lawsuit will force the CPD to alter its policies.

“I know [Martin is] going to say that he was just following protocol, but there’s more to life than just protocol,” Lovely said. “If he did his job with a human perspective, my son would still be here.”

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NAACP member Sabrina Barnes, a junior from Chicago studying public relations, said she participated in the rally because young AfricanAmerican men are the victims of gun violence too often.

“Every time this happens people get mad for a little bit and then they just forget about it,” Barnes said. “We need people to talk about this so we can do something about it.”

Most in attendance were supportive of the protests that turned violent in Ferguson, but one student said the protests had gotten out of hand.

Derek Utley, a senior from Noble studying dietetics, said protesters in Ferguson are doing more harm than good.

“The Ferguson protesters have taken things too far,” Utley said. “All the rioting will not change anything.”

Utley said he is not sure if the grand jury made the right decision. He said witness reports of the shooting were too conflicting for Wilson to be indicted.

“No one knows what happened in the police car,” Utley said.

Amber Johnson, a junior from Chicago studying political science, said the media has not portrayed protesters accurately.

“Most people aren’t out there burning things or looting,” she said.

The SIU NAACP chapter will hold an open forum for students about the shooting on Wednesday at Grinnell Hall.

Lewis Marien contributed to this story.

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Moccia said during the press conference he received several emails from former and current SIU athletes thanking him for his services. One such athlete was junior tennis player Jonny Rigby.

Rigby said he has become close with Moccia since he came to SIU to play tennis.

“If I ever got an award or anything he would always congratulate me,” Rigby said. “I would see him quite a lot at baseball games and he would always stop and talk to me.”

He said he hopes to maintain some kind of relationship with Moccia, but the distance will make it difficult.

Overall, he said he has done an above average job at SIU, but wishes the basketball and football programs were still perennial postseason tournament teams.

“I don’t want to get a C+, I’d rather get a B-,” Moccia said. “I’m never going to give myself an A.” Moccia begins his tenure at New Mexico State on Jan 5.

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Obama proposes $263M for body cameras for local police Christi Parsons

Tribune Washington Bureau

President Barack Obama is ordering up new rules for giving local police agencies access to surplus U.S. military equipment such as the armored vehicles, assault rifles and body armor that police in Ferguson, Mo., used in an unsuccessful attempt to quiet protests this summer.

Obama is also proposing a threeyear, $263 million spending package to expand training and increase the use of body-worn cameras for monitoring police interactions with the public.

The proposal includes $75 million that would provide matching funds for purchasing as many as 50,000 cameras.

Such cameras might have provided more information in the deadly August shooting of an unarmed black 18-yearold by a white Ferguson police officer.

The president’s directive comes along with the release of a new White House review that found the so-called “surplus” programs of the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to be a mishmash of rules and practices, with no clear sign that all police are properly trained and certified to use the military-grade equipment they receive.

The results of the review come a week after a grand jury in St. Louis County chose not to indict the Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson, in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. The shooting inflamed local tensions and led to unrest that brought attention to

the use of military-grade equipment by local law enforcement officials in their response. Protests around the country and in Ferguson began anew last week in the wake of the grand jury’s decision.

With the report newly in hand, Obama is instructing his staff to come up with a list of military gear that has a legitimate civilian law enforcement purpose and thus can be sent to local police forces around the country, senior administration officials said Monday.

The new rules will also require that local officials review and authorize the acquisition of small arms and all other “controlled” equipment by their communities, and that police be specially trained in their civilian use.

The rules will come within the next four months in the form of an executive order governing the Pentagon and all other federal agencies that run so-called “surplus” programs that distribute military-style equipment to police around the country.

“What he’s asking his agencies to do is add a very specific layer of accountability,” said one senior administration official familiar with the program. “These layers of accountability aren’t currently present in the program.”

In the case of Ferguson, the use of military equipment served only to escalate the conflict between police and protesters angry about the shooting.

As community leaders demanded to know why the police turned out at peaceful protests with riot gear and

equipment, Obama ordered a White House review of the rules that govern the distribution of that material.

The new report identifies a “lack of consistency” in how the various federal programs are run and audited and raises questions about whether police know how to use the military-grade equipment, the senior administration official said.

Obama is discussing the report’s findings, and his new directive, in a series of Monday meetings with his Cabinet, young civil rights leaders and community leaders from around the country.

At the top of the agenda is finding ways to build trust between police and communities, an aide to the president said.

Obama directed his staff to draft an order that requires non-police officials to review and authorize the transfer of such equipment as small arms and armored vehicles before it can come to their communities.

Police forces would have to take part in rigorous training as well as follow-up reports for serious incidents involving the federal equipment, under the order.

In addition, Obama is setting up a task force to come up with recommendations for fighting crime while still building public trust. Charles H. Ramsey, the Philadelphia police commissioner, and Laurie Robinson, former assistant attorney general for justice programs, will co-chair the panel.

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‘Horrible Bosses 2’ is identical to predecessor Jacob Pierce

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Hollywood spews sequels. If a film makes anything close to a successful gross, a sequel is basically guaranteed. It does not matter how unnecessary it might be, it is a golden cash cow in the eyes of studio executives.

While comedy sequels tend to be some of the worst, “Horrible Bosses 2” (Rated R; 108 min) is almost as good as the original.

“Horrible Bosses 2” is a comedy directed by Sean Anders and stars Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day and Chris Pine.

Dale, Kurt and Nick, played by Bateman, Sudeikis and Day, are at it again. After enduring their

bosses from the original film, the guys have decided to quit their jobs and go into business together. Creating a device known as the Shower Buddy, they find the business world a lot harder than they expected.

Hope comes in the form of Bert Hanson, played Christoph Waltz, a business executive looking to buy their product. After Hanson steals the design for the Shower Buddy, the trio decides to take matters into their own hands once again and kidnap Hanson’s adult son. Things get out of control and Dale, Kurt their self-induced predicament.

The original “Horrible Bosses” was not a classic comedy by any means. It suffered a lot of problems, but ultimately was

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hen it comes to comdey sequels, the return rate of original cast members is incredibly low. A lot of the time, stars returning does not guarantee success.

saved by terrific acting. So with the return of Bateman, Sudeikis, Day and even Kevin Spacey, it is no surprise how similar this movie is to the previous installment, for better and for worse.

When it comes to comedy sequels, the return rate of original cast members is incredibly low.

A lot of the time, stars returning does not guarantee success.

Bateman, Day and Sudeikis all have a natural chemistry that

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brought both films above their inherent value. The three are some of the most talented performers in the business today and can make virtually anything funny, whether scripted or improvised.

Dialogue and situations that under any normal circumstance would fall flat, are given life by the three; they work off of each other terrifically.

This movie uses too much content from the original. Many

of the new things that work in the movie are pushed off for tired old jokes from the original.

Pine and Waltz both give amazing performances. Pine in particular is brilliant in an unfamiliar role. Unfortunately, they are both underutilized and characters that were barely funny in the original return. Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston all return to basically say hello and then leave the film.

Comedy sequels are still extremely unnecessary. The bad ones outweigh the good by almost 100 percent. There is very little a sequel can bring to a comedy in the way a sequel brings to a drama.

“Horrible Bosses 2” is an exception because it is worth watching, and as funny as the original.

Love, despair and hope make up ‘The Theory of Everything’ Jacob Pierce

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Stephen Hawking is a compelling human being and one of the most intelligent men on earth. His story is one of hope, despair, love and many other emotions rolled into one.

“The Theory of Everything” (Rated R; 123 min) is a biopic drama directed by James Marsh and stars Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis and Simon McBurney, and it will make you feel every emotion imaginable.

Stephen Hawking, played by Redmayne, is a shy, eccentric Cambridge student. He is lazy at times but also a brilliant student

working toward a doctorate degree. He meets Jane Wilde, played by Jones, at a party, and the two fall madly in love. Hawking the student he always could.

He is then diagnosed with motor neutron disease. It is a

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et, through facial expression and the delivery of the few words he does say, he connects us with the plight of Hawking. He becomes Hawking.

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disease that will effect virtually every portion of his body. It will leave him unable to control most of his body and with two years to live. Hawking and Wilde both disease with everything they have.

One of the biggest components behind why the movie works is the performance of Redmayne. This role is his breakout performance.

While having a part in “Les Miserable,” in 2012, this is his propel him to a higher level of opportunity and acting prowess.

Redmayne is at a disadvantage from the get go. He plays a character who will eventually lose the ability to talk. Yet, through facial expressions and the delivery

of the few words he does say, he connects us with the plight of Hawking. He becomes Hawking.

When not in the wheelchair, Hawking is the eccentric genius we expect him to be. To see the breakdown after realizing what the disease will do his body, to his potential, is horrifying.

Redmayne’s performance accentuates the emotional devastation that accompanies the loss of motor skills.

This movie is not just a biography on Stephen Hawking.

It is also a love story between Hawking and Wilde. It spends equal amount of time on Stephen as it does with Jane, getting both perspectives of the story. This not only makes it a wonderful biopic

movie, but also a heartbreaking romantic film.

The chemistry between Redmayne and Jones is magnetic.

It is not only the foundation that but also where most of the emotional keypoints come from.

The heartbreaking quality comes from seeing the two struggle with Hawking’s disease and how the decline poisons a beautiful relationship.

This is easily one of the best movies of the year. Both main actors in this movie deserve nominations. Redmayne specifically shakes up the entire category of male in a leading role, making a once-clear award not so clear.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014

Doyle McManus: How corruption abroad threatens U.S. national security Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times

When the militants of Islamic State swept across Iraq last June, they numbered no more than 12,000 and they faced a U.S.trained, U.S.-equipped Iraqi army that boasted some 200,000 troops.

And yet it was the Iraqi army that collapsed.

What happened? It was more than simply incompetence among Iraqi generals and ethnic tensions among the ranks. The hidden factor that gave Islamic State its victory was Iraq’s rampant corruption. The Baghdad government’s army had 200,000 troops on paper, but many were “ghost soldiers,” fictional troops whose wages went into their officers’ pockets. The unfortunate troops who showed up often lacked equipment and ammunition because their officers had sold it on the black market.

“I told the Americans, don’t give any weapons through the army— not even one piece—because corruption is everywhere, and you will not see any of it,” Col. Shaaban al-Obeidi of Iraq’s internal security forces told The New York Times this month. “Our people will steal it.”

We often look at corruption as a secondary issue in international affairs: as a moral problem that allows Third World governments to steal from their people and gets in the way of equitable economic development.

But the lesson of the collapse of the Iraqi army, an army built with

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$25 billion in U.S. aid, is this: Corruption isn’t only a moral issue; it’s a national security issue, too.

That’s the message of Sarah Chayes, a former reporter for National Public Radio, who spent 10 years working on economic development projects in Afghanistan _ only to find that corruption was getting in the way of nearly everything she did.

Chayes, whose writing frequently appears on these pages, has written a new book, “Thieves of State,” that makes a persuasive case that corruption harms U.S. national security interests in at least two ways: It makes it easier for insurgent movements to win support among aggrieved citizens. And it makes U.S.-friendly governments incapable of defending themselves against insurgents, criminal cartels and even foreign invaders.

In Afghanistan, for example, public opinion polls over the last decade have found that relatively few Afghans support the Taliban _ and yet the insurgency has been able not only to keep fighting, but also to attract new recruits.

How? At one point, the U.S. military command in Kabul surveyed Taliban prisoners about why they had joined the insurgency. “At the top of the list of reasons cited by prisoners for joining the Taliban was not ethnic bias, or disrespect of Islam, or concern that U.S. forces might stay in their country,” Chayes reports. “At

the top of the list was the perception that the Afghan government was irrevocably corrupt.”

Ordinary Afghans didn’t like the idea of Taliban rule, but at least the insurgents didn’t steal from them the way the government did. Chayes tells the story of a former policeman who, after being forced to pay too many bribes, announced that the next time he saw a police vehicle approach a Taliban bomb, “I will not warn them.”

“Afghan government corruption was manufacturing Taliban,” Chayes concludes.

And it’s not only the Taliban.

Osama bin Laden listed “corruption” of Arab regimes from Saudi Arabia to Egypt as high on the list of grievances Al Qaeda intended to redress. In Syria and Iraq, Islamic State says it wants to stamp out corruption, too.

There’s an odd, distant echo of the Cold War here: In China, Vietnam and Cuba, communist revolutionaries often won support from non-communists by promising honest government in place of corrupt autocracies.

The United States found itself in the uncomfortable position of supporting regimes it knew to be corrupt, because it feared the alternative.

Outside the Muslim world, corruption creates another kind of national security problem. Ukraine was incapable of resisting Russia’s stealth invasion of Crimea this year in

part because corruption had deprived its army of equipment and training.

Closer to home, narcotics traffickers have corrupted so many of Mexico’s local police forces that President Enrique Pena Nieto announced last week that he will attempt to put all police under federal control.

Even worse, U.S. aid has sometimes made the problem worse. In Afghanistan, at one point, the economy could efficiently absorb an estimated 44 percent of the international aid that was flooding in; much of the rest got siphoned off into corruption. The unintended side effect was the creation of a government-industrial complex that relied on graft.

In the end, Chayes concludes, the problem isn’t Afghan government incompetence, but rather that the government has made “siphoning riches” its top priority, and it is doing that “with admirable efficiency.”

There are no easy fixes for a problem as tangled as that, but Chayes offers a list of initial steps that could help, including banning corrupt chiefs of states from official visits to the United States, keeping corrupt leaders off the CIA payroll and delivering U.S. aid with strings that make corruption difficult.

But the first step is to think about corruption as a higher priority. It’s not only immoral, unjust and economically inefficient. Left unchecked, it can also turn into a real threat to the security of the United States—and it ought to be treated that way.

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Today’s Birthday (12/02/14).

Spread your wings this year. Jot down your wildest ambitions before 12/23, when a new

personal power phase launches (through 12/19/17). Clarify plans over summer.

Entertaining travels and adventures arise through August, when your career grows.

Domestic changes after 3/20 hold your focus. Love flourishes naturally.

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Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is a 7 —Handle your end of

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the business, especially details. Magnify the impact by collaborating with partners and friends. Your discipline is admirable. Clean up and organize. Refurbish an old piece you can’t part with. Make sure you get what you bargained for. Follow your heart.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 7 — Today’s work leads to career advancement. Fix something before it breaks. Fit short-term tasks to your long-range plans. Stay in close communication with your team. Make sure everyone has what they need to get the job done. Chop wood, carry water.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8 — Work out like you mean it. Greater effort wins greater reward.

Get help with the heavy lifting, and get household chores out of the way. An amazing discovery unveils. Set work aside a bit early.

Repay a favor. The action is behind the scenes.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 — It’s smart to work hard now. An older friend provides just what you need. Group effort pays off big.

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care of others and your own needs get met.

Disciplined actions get results. Store those nuts for winter.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8 — Get into action!

A collaboration’s red hot. Consider the future result desired, and then look back to get the logical previous step, to the present. You’re gaining notoriety, respect and income. A business opportunity is there for the taking.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 9 — Put your back into your work and a fat haul is possible. Do what you promised, and stick to the plan.

Use a friend’s influence to advance even farther.

Provide excellent, respectful service. Satisfy your clients. Grasp a business opportunity.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 7 — Your desires and effort seem aligned. Find ways to economize.

Don’t let go of what you’ve achieved. Let your partner take the lead. Handle business along the way. Action comes easily, and things fall together effortlessly. This could get fun.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 — The next two days are good for making changes at home.

Make household decisions and clean up a mess. Neatness counts. Increase peace with compassion. Take care of business. Get in action on an old project. Then think of the places you can go.

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A business opportunity comes your way.

Go by the book, and go for it. Your ability to concentrate seems extra keen for the next two days. Study, without pressure. Find safe places to stash your treasure.

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Your work now pushes your career in an enticing direction. Improve your working environment and increase your family’s comfort. Set your infrastructure up to support everyone.

Sports

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Throws team ready to show off freshman Brent Meske

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The SIU women’s throws team added the best shot putter in America in the spring, according to iaaf.org, a website dedicated to track and field statistics.

Freshman Raven Saunders became the best high school American and third-best world shot putter with a 17.28 meter throw, which is more than 56 feet, during her senior year at Burke Middle High School in South Carolina before signing with SIU. Throws coach John Smith said he did not think Saunders would come to SIU. He never even thought to call her because she was so talented and big named schools were interested in her.

“Raven was actually upset we hadn’t called her,” he said. “I told Connie [Price-Smith, SIU track and field head coach] that girls like that don’t come here. When I called her, she wanted to come for a visit. She actually committed here the next day and the other schools didn’t believe her.”

Saunders said she was looking at Arizona State, Louisiana State and UCLA, along with SIU. She said she liked the other schools but SIU’s coaching staff stood out.

“I chose it because of the throwing program and how the coaches have bettered their athletes over the years,” she said. “Coach Smith has the best output of athletes and I felt like this was the place I needed to be in order to get to where I want to go in life.”

Saunders is only 18 years old, but her accolades show much more experience than her age would suggest.

In 2014, Saunders was named the indoor high school National Champion at the New Balance National Outdoor event.

“It meant a whole lot to see that all the work I’d been putting in, even when there was no one but me and my coach to watch me, all paid off in the end,” Saunders said. “Some of those accolades are things I didn’t even know were out there, I was just trying to get a full ride to college really.”

Saunders was also named the Gatorade National Girls Track and Field Athlete of the year. This award came with an invitation for Saunders to walk the red carpet at the 2014 ESPY’s.

“That was a shocking moment to see some of the biggest name athletes

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in person,” she said. “I got to go with my mom. It made me proud that I could offer her that chance to travel so far away because she had never been able to before.”

Saunders said she thinks about the awards, but her main focus is to win an NCAA Championship.

Saunders is preparing for her first collegiate track and field meet on Dec. 6. at the Saluki Fast Start.

“I am really looking forward to it,” she said. “I know it’s going to be a completely different atmosphere competing with older girls who look down at me as a freshman athlete.”

Her indoor personal best, 17.28 meters, would have been fifth best at last year’s Indoor Track & Field National Championships.

Smith said Saunders is progressing well through practice and her numbers are better than she has ever done before.

“I have no idea what is going to happen in the first meet,” he said.

“She’s in shape to do something really good. She could drop the American Junior record in the first meet of the year or she could go in there and foul out because she’s too strong.”

The current American Junior record, according to the USATF website is 16.41 meters, or slightly less than 54 feet. The record was set

by Christina Hillman on July 25, 2012 in Baltimore.

Smith said every athlete goes through a transitional stage between high school and college but he thinks the talent Saunders has already faced

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might give her an edge.

“She’s got good experience, but she hasn’t seen a NCAA Championship yet,” he said. “It’s the third-best track meet in the world, I’d put it higher than the World Juniors. Until she goes through that, you don’t know how she’s going to react.

Saunders participated in the International Association of Athletics Federations World Junior Championships this year and won the silver medal in shot put with a distance of 16.63 meters, more than 54 feet. Tianqian Guo from China won the event with a throw of 17.71 meters, more than 58 feet.

She is only the second American to medal in the event in the last 10 years. The other person to do that was

Michelle Carter, a two-time Olympian and still the American outdoor record holder. She won the gold at the 2004 World Juniors with a distance of 17.55 meters, more than 57 feet.

Price-Smith said Saunders could become an Olympian eventually.

She said the experience Saunders has received from those competitions will help her going forward.

“I think it’s great for her mentally, knowing that she can go and compete with the rest of the world,” she said.

“That’s one of the great things about the junior teams. It starts them in competitions early.”

Saunders said she thinks about the Olympics as a possibility in the future, but while she is at SIU, she is focused on winning an NCAA Championship.

She said training is going well and the possibility is there for her to make it to the NCAA Championships, but she needs to keep working like she is last on the team.

Coach Smith agreed.

“If she does what I think she can do, I think she can challenge for an NCAA title this year indoors,” he said. “If she learns what I want to teach her, she will have the stuff to succeed.”

Smith said Saunders has a successful career already, but like every athlete, there are things to work on.

He said Saunders is the strongest girl he has ever had in the weight room, but she still needs to work on using her legs in order to better her throw.

“She’s got a million dollar punch but she has two cent legs,” he said. “I’m working with her on how to learn to use her legs though. That takes time.

She’s better now, but she’s nowhere close to where she needs to be.”

Saunders said her teammates have not only pushed her athletically, but also academically.

She is excited about starting her career and season with her new teammates.

“I think we could be a really good team by the time we get to NCAA Championships,” she said. “These girls have been through it all and we’re all working really hard at it.”

Saunders and the rest of the SIU Track and Field team will start the indoor season at 10 a.m. on Dec. 6 at the Saluki Fast Start.

Salukis working just as hard in offseason Aaron Graff

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SIU swimming and diving will not get five weeks of winter break like most students.

The Salukis had their final meet of the semester from Nov. 21 to 23 in Louisville, Ky., where both the men and women finished fifth. Coach Rick Walker said the team is tired, but he was happy how it grinded the semester out.

“Too often athletes are only really really good when it’s convenient,” Walker said. “I think our greatest athletes are good every time. More importantly, when it’s not convenient.”

The Salukis are now practicing for next semester.

Athletes go home for two weeks during winter break, but return for longer practices than usual.

The team went to Puerto Rico during winter break for training last season. This year the team will

train at home in the Edward J. Shea Natatorium.

“We’re going to Car-Bon-De-Lay,” Walker said.

“It’s cheaper. That way we can afford a trip next year.”

Walker said the athletes have to train on their own during the two weeks they are at home.

“They were swimmers before they got here,” Walker said. “They have pools and clubs and teams they can train with. I expect them to do that.”

Sophomore swimmer Sarah James said her mom, Anne James, is a swimming coach at Colorado College. She said the Prowlers have one more week of school than SIU, so she will probably train with them.

The younger James broke SIU’s record in the 100yard backstroke with a time of 55.70. Kelly Dvorak, who had a time of 56.13 in the 2008-2009 season, previously held the record.

“I have been working at that record board for a while,” she said. “Last year, I wanted it really bad at

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oo often athletes are only really good when it’s convenient. I think our greatest athletes are good every time. More importantly, when it’s not convenient.

— Coach Rick Walker

conference. … Getting it at midseason this year, not even at conference, really excites me.”

James said SIU worked harder than last year, and she is thrilled to see where it finishes in the Missouri Valley Conference Championships. Last season, the

Salukis finished third.

Missouri State has won the MVC seven consecutive years.

Junior swimmer Till Pallmann said he is going home to Germany. He said he is not sure if the men can win the Mid-American Conference Championship, but he has high personal expectations.

“I want to qualify for the NCAA championships,” Pallmann said. “I also want to see the team step up in the MAC Championships. I want at least a topthree finish.”

Pallmann won the 500- and 200-yard freestyle races at the conference tournament last season and led the men this year.

The Salukis host Arkansas Little Rock and Washington University in St. Louis on Jan. 17. They have only two meets remaining before the women’s conference tournament.

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