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8QLYHUVLW\¡V /DWLQR SRSXODWLRQ ORZ VKRZV JUDGXDO LQFUHDVH 5,/(< 6:,1)25' 'DLO\ (J\SWLDQ Although the population of Hispanic students accounted for less than 1 percent of total enrollment at SIU in 2010, some students and faculty said they think that number has grown.

SIU had 824 Hispanic undergraduate students enrolled in 2010, according to information from the SIU Office of Institutional Research and Studies. This accounted for .05 percent of the 15,137 students who made up the total undergraduate population.

The information also states 121 Hispanic graduate students, or .02 percent of the graduate student population, were enrolled that year. Hispanics also accounted for .03 percent of the post-doctoral student population.

The 21 Hispanic doctoral students enrolled in 2010 accounted for the largest population among ethnic groups in doctoral studies, according to the research information.

The statistics also showed that the amount of Hispanics at the university has nearly doubled since the 491 students enrolled in 2002. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Latino community is growing since I have been here at SIU,â&#x20AC;? said Alberto Rosario, a senior from Puerto Rico studying social work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Still, though, we are a small community.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to a Hispanic population growth at SIU in recent years, data shows it has increased by millions in the U.S. since 2000.

The 2010 U.S. Census showed Hispanics surpassed the black population as the second-largest population group behind whites. The number of Hispanics in the U.S. grew from about 35 million in 2000 to nearly 50 million in 2010. There are 37 million blacks in the United States, according to the census.

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Amanda Perez, a senior from Chicago studying computer science, checks her dress backstage Monday at the Mr. Latino and Ms. Latina Pageant in the International Lounge at the Student Center. During the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talent portion, Perez Recited the poem â&#x20AC;&#x153;Descendancyâ&#x20AC;? by Mayda del Valle. â&#x20AC;&#x153; The way she performed it was so honest, so raw and so real,â&#x20AC;? Perez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I connected with it seeing as how Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m from Chicago and Puerto Rican.â&#x20AC;? The pageant served as the the closing ceremony for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Latino Heritage Month.

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'DLO\ (J\SWLDQ One breast cancer survivor says her illness has been a blessing in disguise.

Dee Austin, a breast cancer survivor from Marion, has participated in events such as the Relay for Life and said she has noticed and appreciated media attention for cancer support more now that she has been affected by the illness.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and SIU as well as Southern Illinois Healthcare have joined efforts to raise awareness for the cause.

Caleb Nehring, American Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior health intiatives representative, said breast cancer is the leading type of cancer found in women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breast cancer is very preventable through monthly self-examinations,â&#x20AC;? Nehring said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More and more women are getting diagnosed early so that it does not become mortal.â&#x20AC;?

26 women will be diagnosed in Illinois today and 5 women will die.

Breast cancer incidence rates are highest among non-hispanic whites.

95% of new cases diagnosed and 97% of deaths occur with women 40 years old and above.

Excluding skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women.

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Nehring said while men can get breast cancer, the chances for females to get the illness are dramatically higher. He said other main factors that increase chances of being diagnosed with breast cancer are older age and a family history of the ailment. He said

leading a sendentary lifestyle and having a poor diet can also increase risks for any cancer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Folks are their own health advocates in this medical climate,â&#x20AC;?

Nehring said.

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Peter Gitau, associate vice chancellor of student life and intercultural relations, who is originally from Kenya, has worked with the Africana studies and intercultural relations departments since 2010 to help organize student trips to the country through SIUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s study abroad program. During the trips, groups have worked for eight to 10 days to construct a new library and medical center with funding from the Undergraduate Student Government as well as other organizations.

The summer 2012 group was composed of 12 students and four faculty members, said Corbin Doss, a senior from Springfield studying civil engineering and USG vice president. The first group began construction on an SIU library in 2010, and it was completed during the summer 2011 groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trip.

Another group began construction on the SIU medical clinic this summer and will be completed next summer, Doss said.

He said the group hopes the clinic will have a full-time nurse practitioner once it is completed, and it wants area professionals and medical and nursing students to visit and help serve the villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s healthcare needs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The closest medical facility center they had was more than 20 miles away,â&#x20AC;? Doss said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new clinic is less than 100 yards from the school where the library is located.â&#x20AC;?

Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barnes and Noble donated books to the library, too, he said, and Project Kenya will use money raised during its Oct. 10 spaghetti dinner to cover the expensive shipping costs.

Brittany Greathouse, a junior from Bolingbrook studying accounting and USG president, said she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Morris Library will donate any books to the Kenya library at this time.

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Gitau said the group hoped to raise at least $5,000 for the librayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books and furniture. The spaghetti dinner brought in $150, which Doss said will go toward the next tripâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expenses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though the goal wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re appreciative of the donated books and will continue to raise money for the medical clinic and next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trip,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Several SIU colleges and programs including Student Life and Intercultural Relations, the Office of the Associate Chancellor for Institutional Diversity, and

black American studies department in the College of Liberal Arts contribute money toward the yearly trips. Doss said the group collectively raised more than $4,000 for the 2012 trip.

Gitau said he will begin to accept applications Oct. 22 from students interested in attending the trip.

Those chosen can obtain up to six academic credit hours for attending the trip.

He said the trip is a unique experience because participants get to embrace Kenya, the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s people and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is truly an intercultural learning experience â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an experiential immersion visit with a strong

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academic component,â&#x20AC;? Gitau said.

The students learn about Kenyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past and present and explore huts within the village and meet some of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residents, he said.

Doss said Project Kenyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main goal is to raise awareness of issues outside the U.S. He said he hopes the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social networking accounts help others to learn what the project is about. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully it will get students to become aware of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing to help other countries so that they can help as well,â&#x20AC;? Doss said.

Tai Cox can be reached at tcox@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 255.

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The researchers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask girls about having sex, but instead looked at â&#x20AC;&#x153;markersâ&#x20AC;? of sexual activity after vaccination against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV. Specifically, they examined up to three years of records on whether girls had sought birth control advice; tests for sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy; or had become pregnant.

Very few of the girls who got the shots at age 11 or 12 had done any of those over the next three years, or by the time they were 14 or 15. Moreover, the study found no difference in rates of those markers compared with unvaccinated girls.

The study involved nearly 1,400 girls enrolled in a Kaiser Permanente health plan in Atlanta. Results were published online Monday in Pediatrics.

Whether vaccination has any influence on similar markers of sexual activity in older teens wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t examined in this study, but other research has suggested it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

The study is the first to use medical outcomes data to examine consequences of HPV vaccination and the results are â&#x20AC;&#x153;comforting and reassuring,â&#x20AC;? said lead author Robert Bednarczyk, a researcher at Kaiser and Emory University.

Both institutions paid for the study.

HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer and also has been linked with anal and oral cancers in women and men.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend HPV shots for girls and boys at age 11 or 12, before they have ever had sex.

Some parents have raised concerns that the shots â&#x20AC;&#x153;are a license to have sex,â&#x20AC;? but the study bolsters evidence against that concern, said Dr. Elizabeth Alderman, an adolescent medicine specialist at The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital at Montefiore in New York City. She was not involved in the study.

A CDC study published in January suggested that the shots donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t promote sexual activity among older girls, but it relied on self-reporting, at ages 15 to 24. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a less reliable method than the new study, Alderman said. She has been a paid speaker for Merck & Co., which makes one of the two HPV vaccines sold in the United States, but said she has no current financial ties to the company.

In the new study, at least 90 percent of vaccinated and unvaccinated girls did not seek pregnancy tests, chlamydia tests or birth control counseling, markers that were considered surrogates for sexual activity during up to three years of follow-up. Two in each group became pregnant. Chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted disease, was diagnosed in one vaccinated girl and three unvaccinated girls.

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According to the American Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, 26 women get diagnosed with breast cancer and five women die from the illness each day in Illinois.

The cancer society recommends women conduct monthly self-examinations and receive yearly mammograms after they reach age 40. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most important things is for people to be familiar and comfortable with their bodies,â&#x20AC;?

Nehring said.

He said the media has done a good job of turning things pink, and it is great people are coming together for the cause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way we treat breast cancer has changed in the last 20 or 30 years,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the 1940s and 1950s, women had been embarrassed to talk about issues regarding breast cancer.â&#x20AC;?

One of the biggest issues, Nehring said, is that many women who are mothers or caregivers put their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and familiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; health above their own.

He said they do not make their health a priority.

Austin said she was diagnosed when she was 33 years old. She said her son was 3 years old at the time, and he was her inspiration to fight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt scared and alone, so being able to talk to survivors helped me,â&#x20AC;? Austin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that I have been through it, I know what is important in life and am stronger for it. It has changed my life for the better.â&#x20AC;?

Austin said her advice to women is to be aware of what is going on with their body and start self-examinations as early as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is never too soon to start self examinations,â&#x20AC;? Austin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oftentimes cancer does not enter the minds of women until they have it.â&#x20AC;?

There are many resources for breast cancer, Austin said, and the American Cancer Society even provided her with wigs and makeup when she was going through chemotherapy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes you feel good from a survivorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s point of view to know so many people are involved,â&#x20AC;? Austin said.

SIU and SIH have also worked toward contributing to the cause for breast cancer by creating a partnership agreement where plans to raise money have been intiated.

The Saluki football team will host a game against Western Illinois University Nov. 17 to raise money for a new cancer treatment facility in southern Illinois. Tom Weber, director of media services of intercollegiate athletics, said the players will wear black jerseys that attendees can bid on to win at the game. The volleyball, softball and basketball teams also plan to host their own events this year to raise money for the same cause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many cancer patients in southern Illinois have to go to St. Louis for treatment, so there is a need for a new cancer facility,â&#x20AC;? Weber said.

The Student Health Center is also holding its sixth annual Be My Bra competition at 5 p.m. Oct. 17 at the center. According to the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flyers around campus, the competitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to raise breast cancer awareness and give participants the opportunity to share how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been affected by the illness.

Nehring said the American Cancer Society is hosting a race called Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Southern Illinois at 9 a.m.

Oct. 20 at the Harry L. Crisp Sports Complex in Marion.

Elizabeth Zinchuk can be reached at ezinchuk@dailyegyptian.com or536-3311 ext. 268.

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the students, (but) SIU can get 2000 money if they bring more more Latinos to attend,â&#x20AC;? Rosario said.

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He said the creation 7,493,000 = 0.03 of the Center for Inclusive Excellence is just one example of the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hispanics are the fastestgrowing population in the United States, and here on campus we are enhancing our programs and services so that the Hispanic students we recruit can find a home here,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope they can find programs that relate to them and promote their heritage.â&#x20AC;?

The university also celebrated Latino Heritage Month during the past few weeks. The monthlong celebration concluded Monday night with a reception and the first-ever Mr. Latino and Ms. Latina Pageant.

Angel Escobar, a senior from Chicago studying mechanical engineering and pre-veterinarian, said he has enjoyed the month because the activities have raised awareness across campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It shows our culture,â&#x20AC;? he said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not that many people know about our culture. They are closed-minded, and they need to know thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more to our culture than what they think.â&#x20AC;?

The 2010 census showed Illinois had the fifth-largest Latino population in the U.S. with more than 2 million, and Rosario said SIU makes some effort to recruit these Latinos.

However, he said most students probably attend the university because of family or friends who attend. SIU has recently begun to send Latino recruiters to recruit Latino students, Rosario said.

Several Latino organizations in Chicago also help Latino students choose a college.

Rosario said he estimates most SIU Latino students come from the Chicago area because of the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marketing presence there. He said he thinks SIU mainly appeals to low-income Latino communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These students come to SIU and are in school for the fall and cannot return in spring because of the cost of schooling,â&#x20AC;?

Rosario said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I help students get students loans because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to see that some of these students do not return to SIU because the family does not have the credit to get a loan.â&#x20AC;?

Rosario said he has done his part to help the Latino population at SIU grow. He

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helped push for the creation of SIUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hispanic Resource Center in 2010 and was the first student to work there. He has also created programs for Latino students and helped recruiters.

Candis Nikolic, a graduate student in social work from Chicago, works at the resource center and said its creation is a step in the right direction for the university to appeal to Latinos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel like we have a lot of support now,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a big movement thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s developing little by little. I feel like we get a lot of support where we are now.â&#x20AC;?

Rosario said he thinks the amount of Latino faculty members at the university needs to improve, too.

According to data on the SIU website, there were four Hispanic faculty administrators out of the 91 total in 2011. There were 42 Hispanic faculty members among the total 1,351 at the university. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I see that there are not any Latinos on this campus as higher heads,â&#x20AC;? Rosario said.

Edith Ortiz-Ruiz, a sophomore from Chicago studying civil engineering, and Jazmin Duran, a junior from Elgin studying Spanish and international trade, said the

campus is moving in the right direction, but they believe it has a long way to go before it is completely Latino-friendly.

Rosario agreed. He said he hopes to see 4,000 to 6,000 Latino students enrolled in the next five years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to see more Latinos on campus because more Latinos are joining higher education and need the support of others,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Latinos are like family. We help each other with anything and everything.â&#x20AC;?

Riley Swinford can be contacted at rswinford@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.

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Lekenya Dalcour, a sophmore from Thornwood studying psychology, smiles after being crowned Miss Eboness 2012. The annual pageant, presented by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, started at the university as the first pageant in southern Illinois for black women and has since been nationally adopted by Alpha Phi Alpha as the Black and Gold Pageant. Contest winners receive a $500 scholarship as well as the honor of holding the Miss Eboness title.

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The Bears (4-1) had a bye over the weekend and took over the division lead because of Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 38-26 loss to the Washington Redskins.

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Both teams started strong in the fourth set, but Bradley eventually went on a seven-point run. SIU had nine attack errors compared to Bradleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five.

The Salukis were never able to bounce back and lost 25-21, which forced the match into five sets.

The teams traded points for the beginning of the set until freshman defensive specialist Mary Bogdanski went in to serve after a kill from freshman middle blocker Taylor Pippen put SIU up 10-9. Bogdanski served the last five points of the set with three kills from Thole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mary Bogdanski had aggressive

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not bad â&#x20AC;&#x201D; without playing, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not bad,â&#x20AC;? tight end Kellen Davis said Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat that really.â&#x20AC;?

Still, Detroit (2-3) and Green Bay (3-3) both won on Sunday, keeping the Bears from getting too excited about their half-game lead over the Vikings (4-2) as they began preparations for next Monday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against the Lions.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tough division,â&#x20AC;? cornerback Tim Jennings said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be up and down, but once November, December hits, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when teams start to get in stride and figure out who they are, try to identify themselves and get going for the playoffs.â&#x20AC;?

The Bears play only their second divisional game of the season against the Lions, so the race obviously has a long way to go.

serving that pulled their setter off the net,â&#x20AC;? Ingram said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a good block at the net and set the ball to Laura Thole, and she got some big swings in there for us.â&#x20AC;?

The team traveled to Cedar Falls, Iowa Saturday to play topconference team Northern Iowa (17-6, 8-1).

Home court advantage helped Bradley win 25-15, 25-20, 25-21 in front of a packed crowd of almost 2,800.

SIU was able to keep pace at the beginning of the first set before UNI went on a six-point run that the team never recovered from.

The seven attack errors for a .026 hitting efficiency led to a secondset loss.

The third set was the closest in points as SIU only lost by four. The teams battled back and forth until UNI pulled away from a tie at 21.

Two Saluki attack errors and a kill from UNI senior outside hitter Amy Braun, who had 11 kills during the match, ended the match and SIUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third conference loss.

SIU continues conference play against Wichita State at 7 p.m.

Friday at Davies Gymnasium and again against Missouri State at 7 p.m. Saturday. SIU swept Wichita State and beat Missouri State 3-1 in their last meeting.

Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 256.

The Saluki cross-country teams excelled at Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bradley Classic as the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team earned its third season win and the women took third place.

Junior Zach Dahleen led the men as he notched his season-best time at 24 minutes and 20 seconds and took second place in the meet. Dahleen has finished within the top 10 in all of his meets, despite missing the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first two of the season.

Coach Matt Sparks said Dahleen has emerged as the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead runner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zach has been really consistent this year,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going into conference, it really helps to have someone out there leading the charge. I was glad that he and the team were able to get a victory over MVC opponents that may have beat us in the past.â&#x20AC;?

Junior Brian Dixon and sophomore Nick Schrader also nabbed top-10 positions, finishing seventh and eighth place respectively. Schrader finished 13th at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational, the first time of the season that he concluded a meet outside the top 10. His 24:42 time improved nearly half a minute from the last meet to land him among the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top performers.

Sparks said the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s serious approach to the game and its high dedication level makes it a tough group to beat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a day in, day out commitment with these guys,â&#x20AC;?

Sparks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what you do in three hours of practice, but what you do with those other 21 hours that decide how you are going to perform.â&#x20AC;?

Junior Lucas Cherry said the team could learn from its recent success and apply that experience to the MVC Championships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With our performance on Friday, I really feel that everyone is mentally prepared for conference.

The sophomores were really able to step up and we are building great

team camaraderie,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve finished just a couple of points out of first place. This year we are hoping to be on the other side of that score.â&#x20AC;?

On the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, sophomore Sadie Darnell maintained her hot start to the season with a sixth place finish with a time of 21:18.

Darnell has been the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top finisher in three of five races this season, including yet another top10 finish in Peoria Friday.

Freshman Kelley Gallagher, the 19th place finisher, and the 23rd place finisher sophomore Lacey Gibson rounded out the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top 25. Their respective 21:43 and 21:47 times were enough to anchor a third instance where the Saluki women finished within the top three.

Gibson said the team is in a position to perform even better than last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So many people are healthy.

Last year we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so lucky,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having the team pretty much at full strength helps in practice because we are able to push each other even more ... I really think we have a good shot at conference this year.â&#x20AC;?

Sparks said the women had their best performance in about three years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With so many young runners, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have incredibly high expectations for the girls,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in a lot of ways they are performing right up there with the guys ... They were really impressive out there.â&#x20AC;?

Cherry said both teams should redirect their focus on MVC Championships and NCAA Midwest Regionals training. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we work hard, the success will come based off how much effort we put in,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The cross-country teams travel to Normal for the MVC Championships on Satuday Oct. 27.

DeMario Phipps-Smith can be reached at dsmith-phipps@dailyegyptian.com or 536 3311 ext. 269.

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5RPQH\ WKH SURGXFW IROORZLQJ WKH JRY Ň&#x2039;V Ă LS Ă RS ( - ',211( -5 :DVKLQJWRQ 3RVW As he tries to engineer a comeback in this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presidential debate, President Obama needs to recognize two things.

First, when it comes to politics, Mitt Romney treats himself as a product, not a person.

Second, Republicans cannot defend their proposals in terms that are acceptable to a majority of voters.

You can imagine Romney someday saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Politicians are products, my friend.â&#x20AC;?

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no other way to explain why a candidate would seem to believe he can alter what he stands for at will.

His campaign has been an exercise in identifying which piece of the electorate he needs at any given moment and adjusting his views, sometimes radically, to suit this requirement.

In that respect, Romney does Richard Nixon one better. When

Nixon was looking to revive his career in the 1968 campaign, the terribly scarred veteran of so many political wars realized his old persona wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sell. And so he created what came to be known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Nixonâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thoughtful, statesmanlike and tempered. The operation worked until Nixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old self got him into trouble.

But manufacturing the New Nixon took years of painstaking effort. New Romneys appear on a monthly, weekly and sometimes daily basis.

Thus did Romney move far to the right on immigration last year because he needed to dispatch nomination rival Rick Perry, a moderate on that one issue. Since then, Romney has been trying to backtrack to appease Latino voters.

During the same nomination battle, Romney abruptly changed his tax policy to placate the supply-sideWall-Street-Journal-Grover-Norquist axis in the GOP. Romneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial tax proposal was

relatively modest. The right wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happy. No problem, said Romney, and out came his new tax plan that included a 20 percent cut in income tax rates, â&#x20AC;&#x153;rate cutsâ&#x20AC;? being a term of near-religious significance to supply-siders.

Romney pointedly asserted (again, in the primaries) that he wanted the tax cut to go to everyone, â&#x20AC;&#x153;including the top 1 percent.â&#x20AC;? But this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sell to swing voters now, especially after the leaked video in which Romney wrote off 47 percent of Americans as incorrigibly dependent.

So in the first debate, Romney tried to pretend that he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to cut rich peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taxes. He reassured us that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high-income people.â&#x20AC;?

(By the way, he could cut taxes for the rich a lot and still keep their â&#x20AC;&#x153;shareâ&#x20AC;? of the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall tax take the same.)

And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abortion, an issue about which you have to wonder if Romney cares at all. Without much effort, you can find video online

in which Romney declares with passion and conviction that he is absolutely committed to a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to choose â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and video in which he declares with equal passion and conviction that he is absolutely opposed to abortion and committed to the right to life.

Just recently, Romney moved again, offering this shameless gem of obfuscation to the Des Moines Register editorial board: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no legislation with regards to abortion that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.â&#x20AC;? There is no candidate I am familiar with who has tried to have as many positions on abortion in one lifetime as Mitt Romney.

But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an underlying reason for Romneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shape-shifting. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same reason Rep. Paul Ryan always resorts to impressive-sounding budget speak and mathematical gobbledygook to evade explaining the impact of his budgets on actual human beings.

Romney, Ryan and the entire

right know that their most deeply held belief â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the one on which they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compromise â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is rejected by the vast majority of Americans. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their faith that every problem in the economy and in society can be solved by throwing more money at rich people through tax cuts.

Vice President Biden kept Ryan on the defensive during most of Thursday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debate precisely because he refused to let anything distract him from driving this central point home. Without pause and without mercy, Biden kept bringing viewers back to the obsession of the current Republican Party with â&#x20AC;&#x153;taking care of only the very wealthy.â&#x20AC;?

Obama doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to look angry or agitated in this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debate. He simply needs to invite voters to see that Romney, the product, will give them no clue as to what Romney, the person, might do as president.

Romney keeps changing the packaging because he knows that the policies inside the box are not what voters are looking for.

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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rugby player Kamille Pinkney sets a ball down as Donnelle Campbell, right, races toward it during a relay Monday at the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale. The SIU womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rugby team volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club once a week to teach fourth and fifth graders the basics of rugby. The kids worked to improve their eye contact, passing and teamwork skills.

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The first conference win on the road came in a five-set match against Bradley (6-13, 0-8) during

their Homecoming. Senior outside hitter Laura Thole had a doubledouble night with 14 digs and a career-high 22 kills.

Senior middle blocker Alysia Mayes had 20 kills, five of which were in the first set. Bradley jumped to a lead early in the set that SIU could not rebound from and lost 18-25.

Kills from the duo of Mayes and Thole helped the team win the second set 25-17. When the

teams were tied at 13, SIU started to edge ahead with two Bradley errors, a kill from Thole and two from Mayes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Laura (Thole) and Alysia (Mayes) no doubt carried us tonight,â&#x20AC;? said coach Justin Ingram. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were exceptionally offensive taking great swings at key moments.â&#x20AC;?

SIU won the third set in a match with 13 ties 25-23.

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SIU swimming and diving dominated Missouri Valley Conference rival Evansville Saturday in its first dual event of the season.

Both the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sides accumulated more points in the 26 events than the Evansville Purple Acesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; respective squads, which brought the Salukisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; record to 2-0 to start the season. The men won 149-73, while the women narrowly conquered their meet 124-119.

The Salukis won 19 events in Evansville. The meetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s swim competitions ranged from 50 to 1,000 yards. It was the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first traditional event for the Salukis, who competed in the Miler and Open Water 5K last month.

Graduate assistant coach Chris Gaffney said he thinks the team should feel well about its efforts against Evansville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They might not like their times right now, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now is the time where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really breaking them down as much as we possibly can. They have actually responded well, not just from a physical standpoint.â&#x20AC;?

A menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relay team composed of junior Oleg Rabota, sophomore Calvin Kolar, junior Jacob Lucheon and junior Juan Arbelaez won the 200 yard medley.

Luncheon joined sophomore Matt Frey and freshman Till Pallmann for the 200-yard freestyle relay. The group won the race with a time of one minute and 27.84 seconds, only seven hundredths of a second ahead of Evansville.

Saluki women also took the 200-yard freestyle relay. Juniors Shailey Brumley, Pamela Benitez, Rachael Barry and Carly Dvorak won the event, finishing with a time of 1:37.94.

However, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just a group effort. The Saluki swimmers also excelled in individual competitions.

Long distance specialists junior Kirsten Groome and senior Csaba Gercsak won the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1,000-yard freestyles. Groome finished more than 23 seconds ahead of junior Isabela Castro, who took second. Castro won the 200 yard butterfly.

Gercsak also won the 500-yard freestyle for the men.

Benitez, who won the Open Water 5K and Miler earlier this year, finished just ahead of Groome to win the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 500yard freestyle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of my life Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been practicing mid-distance, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where I feel comfortable,â&#x20AC;? Benitez said.

Benitez and Pallmann swept the 200-yard freestyles for the Salukis, while Arbelaez won the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50- and 100-yard freestyle events. Kolar and sophomore Hannah Pinion showed their versatility, as both won the 200-yard individual medley.

Rabota and Pallmann took first and second in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200-yard backstroke, respectively. The two finished ahead of four Evansville swimmers.

Pallmann said the team has had a good vibe so far this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of fun, and everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motivated,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody is improving.â&#x20AC;?

Saluki diving was successful in its events as well as it won three out of four competitions.

Sophomore Kegan Skelton won the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one- and threemeter dive, while freshman Sherry Zhang and senior Anna Beeck finished first and second in the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one-meter.

Zhang was second to Evansvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sadie Wells in the threemeter dive.

Gaffney said he expects to see great accomplishments from the team as it moves forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This team is constantly making improvements,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are way ahead of where they were at this point last year.â&#x20AC;?

The Salukis will return to the pool Oct. 26 in Rolla, Miss., for a dual meet against the Missouri S&T Miners.

Alex Rostowsky can be reached at arostowsky@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext.269.