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City investigation concludes no cover-up ELI MILEUR Daily Egyptian An internal investigation into Carbondale Police Department procedures concerning the misfiling of the theft report of Chief Jody O’Guinn’s handgun found no evidence of a cover-up. The city released an outline of City
Manager Allen Gill’s report in a press release Tuesday and made the full report available to the City Council and public. “I am satisfied no cover-up was ever intended nor did any cover-up occur,� said Council member Jane Adams. The gun has also been connected to a September murder. Adams called for an internal
investigation into the police department’s procedures in September. An officer mistakenly filed the June 20 gun-theft report with the same case number as an animal complaint he’d handled earlier that morning, the press release said. Aside from that error, the release said all procedures were followed normally. Please see BRIEF | 4
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SARAH SCHNEIDER Daily Egyptian Editor's Note: The following story discusses issues affecting two unions negotiating its contracts, the Faculty Association and the Association of Civil Service Employees. Tuesday’s edition of the Daily Egyptian discussed two other unions, the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association and Graduate Assistants United. While administrators say a majority of the items being negotiated in the unions' contracts concern money, union leaders insist the issues do not. Four unions representing students, faculty and staff at the university will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if they do not have contractual settlements. No group in the history of the university has gone on strike. Chancellor Rita Cheng said the four unions have been offered pay raise packages of 1 percent in January, 1 percent in July and 2 percent in July 2013. She said if the pay raise packages are accepted, back-to-back years of tuition increases of 7 percent in 2013 and 7 percent in 2014 would be necessary. Cheng said each unions' issues are different but most include money. Dave Johnson, spokesperson for the Faculty Association and chair of the Departmental Representatives Council for the FA, said the administration may try to make it seem like negotiations are about money, but he said they are not. “It is not going to cost SIU a cent to give us transparency and accountability,� he said. “We are not saying no to financial exigency, we are not saying no to furloughs. We are not saying you can never lay off faculty and you can never cut their pay. We are saying you have to establish a transparent, accountable process to do so.� Leaders of the Association of Civil Service Employees could not be reached for comment after numerous phone calls Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Cheng said all the issues ACSE continues to bargain regard money. She said they are asking for free parking, more salaries, guaranteed positions and more vacation days.
She said the university cannot afford to give them free parking, and they have been offered the same pay increases as the other unions. Cheng said 280 positions have been lost across campus and it is unlikely they will be filled because there is no money to fund the positions. Workload has been an issue in bargaining for the union. “We are paying a lot of overtime,� she said. “We don’t have money to bring back any positions or give them positions.� Johnson said the union and administration’s bargaining teams continue to discuss language in the Reduction in Force section of the contract, and defining when and how the SIU Board of Trustees would determine financial exigency. According to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, declaring financial exigency acknowledges that the university would face repercussions, but would not have to worry about its credit ratings sinking if the declaration would improve finances in the future. “Declaring financial exigency basically acknowledges that a college cannot meet its contractual obligations and allows it to take unusual costsaving steps, like firing tenured faculty members,� the article said. Cheng said Board of Trustee policy should not be dictated in contracts. She said the administration’s bargaining team has referred to existing language in the BOT document about declaring financial exigency. “It is intended to have language for process, should something that unfortunate happen to the institution,� she said. Johnson said in the FA's two most recent contracts, there were side letters saying there would be no layoffs of faculty for financial exigency. “We would be perfectly willing to do that again but if we are not going to do that, and the board so far has said they are unable to do that, then we need to set this language up clearly. If we get a process established it would be there and would be basis of next contract so it is important we get this right,� he said. Cheng said language regarding Please see UNIONS | 6
Dillon Fairfield, right, is sworn in by Carbondale Mayor Joel Fritzler Tuesday as a Carbondale firefighter during the City Council meeting at Carbondale Civic Center. The City Council met to adjust budget items for fiscal year 2012. The
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council agreed to make adjustments to pay for damages caused by the April 19 storm, a fire in an equipment shed at a water treatment plant and other unanticipated items. Please see www.dailyegyptian.com for the full story.
Undergraduate students ill-informed on strike issues Concerns arise, students torn between teachers and administrators ASHLEY ZBOREK Daily Egyptian With the strike date only a day away, students share their views on the possible picket and how they will be affected. Contract negotiations have become a topic of discussion in classrooms. While the bargaining groups may be informed of contract details, some students say they have not been provided with enough information to form an opinion on the issue. “It is confusing. On the union side, I have teachers preaching about how they are mistreated, and on the administration's side I have received Rita Cheng’s condescending emails, which provided next to no useful information," said Samuel Knight, a freshman from Glenview studying English. Knight said he wishes there was a reliable source of information for students. He said it is apparent faculty is unhappy, but he said he knows little about the administration's side. “Students are just getting bits and pieces from their teachers, which is obviously
a biased source," Knight said. "I don’t think there should be pressure for students to choose sides. Yes, it affects us, but I don’t think students should be missing class to go stand on the picket line.� Jason Parini, a senior from Joliet studying architecture, said he thinks both the administration and faculty are trying to drag students into the middle of the situation. “I feel like it’s a business conflict and that it needs to be resolved between the unions and the administration," he said. Loreto Cruz, a freshman from Montgomery studying radio-television, said he thinks student involvement could be good or bad, depending on how this week's events unfold. “Students have the choice to become educated and involved in the matter," he said. "It is sad because many students seem not to care, even though, overall, they could end up being the ones who are most affected by the whole situation.� Parini said he hopes the situation is resolved quickly so it does not jeopardize his
education. "While I think it is very important for students to be educated about what is going on, I do not find it necessary for students to get involved,� he said. Tina Havrilka, a nontraditional senior from Walnut Hill studying elementary education, said she thinks most information available for students is biased. "Of course everybody has their own side, but nobody knows what the truth is except for the people at the bargaining table themselves," she said. Havrilka said the level of student awareness depends on the students themselves. She said it is their job to seek out the information through all available news sources. “Students should definitely become involved. After all, we are the ones paying for both the administration and faculty’s salaries," she said. "I wish there was a way that we could all come together in one strong unit so we can express the way that we feel about what is going on." Cruz said he is upset by the amount of negative publicity the university has received since the beginning of the strike threats. Please see STUDENTS | 4
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Business management talks strike date CLAYTON ARMSTRONG Daily Egyptian With four unions’ strike date set, some Carbondale restaurant heads question whether the potential strike could affect business. The four Illinois Education Association unions — the Association of Civil Service Employees, Graduate Assistants United, the Faculty Association and the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association — set a strike date for Thursday and even though leaders of the unions have said they want to avoid a strike they have also said they will walk if a settlement is not reached by that time. Businesses such as Thai Taste, Fat Patties and El Greco serve many people from both the university and community. Some of those who own or work at
these businesses said they have mixed emotions about the strike, while others say the strike will affect their customers. Others have said they have no opinion at all. “Well I think if they did strike it would (affect business) ... it’s clearly going to hurt a lot of businesses in town,” said Lance Jack, owner of Fat Patties. “It would affect ... the faculty that would be striking ... they wouldn’t have the money to do anything.” Jack said the restaurant opened in 2009, when the economy was already in bad shape, and has steadily progressed by reaching out to customers in the area. Although he said Fat Patties serves university affiliates, Jack said many people come from around the southern Illinois area to eat at the restauran. He said he expects business to continue as usual.
Some business owners said they did not know details about the strike, and therefore weren’t sure how it would affect them or the customers. Melissa Parsons, owner of Pagliai’s Pizza and Pasta, said she was unsure about the details of the strike and therefore wasn’t how it would affect business. “I just ... I don’t know much about it,” Parsons said. “I don’t have the facts straight.” Brandy Roe, manager of Thai Taste, said customer business is dependent on what activities are happening in town. She said she thinks the strike would have an affect on the restaurant. “I feel that (the strike) would (have an affect on business),” Roe said. “We do serve plenty of people from the school ... we know a lot of professors on a first name basis
because they eat here so often.” If the professors were to go on strike and not get paid, Roe said they may not have enough money to eat out in general. She said it would not only affect Thai Taste, but other locally owned businesses as well. Angela Beckstein, manager of El Greco, said the restaurant has about 100 customers on an average day with good weather and no major events such as concerts. Beckstein also said the potential strike could affect customers. “It could have an effect because they don’t have as much money to eat out as they did before, so I’m sure it will have some sort of effect,” she said.
Clayton Armstrong can be reached at carmstrong@ dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 259.
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Eric Robinson, a graduate student in mass communication and media arts from Peoria, prepares a gyro for a customer Tuesday at El Greco. Many local businesses have voiced concerns on how the strike will affect the community and its economy.
Administrators advise students on strike preparation BRENDAN SMITH Daily Egyptian As the Thursday strike date approaches, the question of what students should do in the case of one is becoming more and more alarming. Chancellor Rita Cheng’s website provides information to students if a strike begins. Students are expected to attend class as usual and there will be consequences for those who do not, according to the website.
Rod Sievers, university spokesman, said Thursday would be a rough transition, as administrators have no idea which professors will strike. “The deans and department chairs are going to have to do a census, if you will, of classrooms and see who’s there and see who’s not,” Sievers said. “Someone will visit every classroom to make sure if a teacher is there or not, and if not, students will get further instruction.” The chancellor’s site states, “For those faculty who choose to honor
the strike, the administration will utilize qualified and experienced instructors to continue the students’ educational experience.” Sievers said administrators would primarily focus on colleague support in instructors’ absence. “There are a majority of faculty who won’t strike and they’re being asked to cover the classes of faculty who may,” Sievers said. Sievers said there are a number of retired faculty members living in the area who have offered to lend their services, as well as instructors
affiliated with the university who work at other universities. Despite these offers, Sievers said the administration is in the process of making sure replacements are qualified and have the proper credentials for individual courses. In the event of a strike, Sievers said replacement instructors would be determined Thursday. He said because of striking professors’ inability to access university tools such as SIU webmail and BlackBoard, substitutes would have access to the latter to take
attendance, collect assignments and communicate with students. Sievers said the instructors would be expected to follow professors’ syllabi, but this would depend on individual departments and course instructors. Grading will adhere to the syllabi and carry the same weight as those administered by faculty. The chancellor’s website does not include details on distance learning courses and Sievers said the university has yet to assemble an alternative plan of action regarding online courses.
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The gun’s information was entered into the national Law Enforcement Agencies Data System, sent to area pawn shops and the crime was listed on the department’s crime map, the press release said. After the stolen gun was connected to the homicide of Deaunta Spencer, there was speculation that the misfiling of the report was part of a cover-up, the release said. After a thorough investigation, it was clear the problem was simply a matter of data entry, the release said. “There is no evidence of any type of an intentional effort to cover up the theft,” the release stated. The Jackson County Sheriff ’s office and State’s Attorney Mike Wepsiec are conducting an investigation into the theft of the gun itself. Adams said the report answered questions she and others had about the investigation and it’s time to move on. “It’s time to lay aside the rumors and innuendo and refocus on the
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"I feel this string of events — the apparent climax of which being the strike — will have a detrimental effect on the value of students' degrees,” Cruz said. “I am really worried about what will happen when alumni of SIU are looking for a job and the people of the public think of SIU as
important issue,” she said. “One of our young men has been murdered. His family has suffered a devastating and irreparable loss.” Councilman Don Monty said as the matter unfolded, the lack of definite statements from city officials was construed as being part of a cover-up. However, it was a matter of not interfering with an ongoing investigation, he said. “You have an obligation as a public official to keep your mouth shut,” Monty said. Councilwoman Corene McDaniel said situations such as these are not for her to comment on. “Don’t call me,” she said at the council meeting. “I will refer you to the city manager and I will refer you to the mayor.” McDaniel said there are certain people who will believe there was a cover-up regardless. “There are many people who, no matter what you say, no matter what you do, they have made up their minds already,” she said. “Sometimes they need something to feed off of, and I hope this is not one of those things.” an establishment that cannot hold its own with their own employees, let alone its own students." Cruz said he is hopeful that SIUC will be able to salvage its good name, or at least muffle this blemish in its history.
Ashley Zborek can be reached at azborek@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 268.
Day care centers would experience strike effects TARA KULASH Daily Egyptian Faculty, staff and students might not be the only ones affected by a strike — children could lose their day cares. Some workers at early childhood development centers in southern Illinois are represented by the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association. The Southern Regions Early Childhood Programs will shut down if there is a strike, said Anita Stoner, president of the NTTFA. “It was an employer decision to close SRECP, but we also have great sympathy for the parents and children involved,” Stoner said. “We are working to resolve this so that it doesn’t happen.” According to SIUC’s early childhood education website, Southern Region’s program includes pre-kindergarten in public schools and communitybased childcare centers, parental training programs and birth-tothree early intervention programs, plus family literacy partnerships. The website states the program is funded by SIUC, public school districts, area early childhood programs and community colleges. Stoner said if the strike happens, there will be a picket line outside of Head Start. Head Start is an SIUC program funded by a federal grant,
according to the organization’s website. It serves children ages 3 to 5 from families that qualify for the program, the site states. The four locations are at Carbondale, Johnston City, Marion and Murphysboro. The Child Development Laboratory and the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders also employ members of the NTTFA and could be affected by the strike. Representatives from both facilities declined comment. According to the CDL’s website, the program is a day care that provides training experience for students majoring in early childhood education. Based in Quigley Hall, the center provides care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years. The Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, in Wham Hall, provides services to autistic children and their families. The program’s website states it serves as a training program for graduate students in behavior analysis and therapy, and communication disorders and sciences. Darlene Waier, director of Rainbow’s End Child Development Center, said Rainbow’s End, a day care on campus, will not be affected by the strike because no one on the program’s staff is a member of the NTTFA.
Tara Kulash can be reached at tkulash@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 254.
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Cheng said language regarding distance education — which includes teaching online courses — has also been discussed. She said there was concern about overload pay for professors that teach the courses and the two teams have not been able to agree on the issue. Cheng said the university gives instructors a half-month of their salary pay for overload work and the university offered to increase the
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f a strike comes there will be a major disruption on campus. There will be hundreds of classes without instructors, there will be thousands of students that will have no instructor or certainly no qualified instructor to teach their class.
pay to a range of half a month to one month salary for teaching the courses. She said the union wants 1.125 overload pay, which she said would not be possible because it would outweigh the revenue received.
— Dave Johnson spokesperson for the Faculty Association and chair of the Departmental Representatives Council for the FA
Johnson said the current discussion concluded that the administration would allow a faculty member to decline teaching a course if they had a valid objection. “They are only willing to grant
a faculty member's bona fide pedagogical concern that distance learning is not appropriate for a particular class if we are willing to pay faculty half as much for an overload class they would get for a regular
class,” he said. “That is the proposal they have on the table right now. It is something, but is not something we can agree on.” While Johnson said the union wants to avoid a strike, they will walk out if a fair settlement is not reached. “If a strike comes, there will be a major disruption on campus. There will be hundreds of classes without instructors, there will be thousands of students (who) will have no instructor, or certainly no qualified instructor, to teach their class,” he said.
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Inmates freed after crack penalties are eased JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON — Antwain Black was facing a few more years in Leavenworth for dealing crack. But on Tuesday, he was on his way home to Illinois, a free man. Black, 36, was among the first of potentially thousands of inmates who are being released early from federal prison because of an easing of the harsh penalties for crack that were enacted in the 1980s, when the drug was a terrifying new phenomenon in America’s cities. “I can’t wait for my son to get home,” said Black’s mother, Donetta Adams of Springfield. “I’ll just be glad to hug him and kiss him and see him right now.” The 1980s-era federal laws punished crack-related crimes much more severely than those involving
powdered cocaine — a practice criticized as racially discriminatory because most of those convicted of crack offenses were black. More recently, the penalties for crack were reduced to bring them more in line with those for powder, and Tuesday was the first day inmates locked up under the old rules could get out early. Black pleaded guilty in 2003 and was sentenced to 15 years. With changes in the law, good behavior and credit for time served in jail, he was freed from the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., after 8 and a half years locked up for the crime. Adams said her son earned a high school equivalency diploma behind bars, likes to cook and has talked about opening a restaurant. “He told me, “They don’t have to worry about Antwain coming back,’”
Adams said. “I tell him get out here and get a job and get something on his mind.” Some 12,000 prisoners are expected to benefit from reduced sentences over the next several years, with an estimated 1,900 eligible for immediate release as of Tuesday. On average, inmates will get three years shaved off their sentences. The reductions do not apply to people found guilty of crack offenses under state laws. Kentucky inmate Darryl Flood, 48, thought he would have to wait until 2013 to get out of prison, more than a decade after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack. But on Monday a judge approved his release two years ahead of schedule. Susan Cardwell, his sister in Haymarket, Va., said she was expecting him to arrive on a bus Wednesday. She said she cried after
getting a call from his lawyer with the news. “He wants to get out, get a job and get his life back together,” she said in a telephone interview. “He says he’ll work two jobs if he has to.” Under the old system, a person convicted of crack possession got the same mandatory prison term as someone with 100 times the amount of powdered cocaine. Five grams of crack, about the weight of five packets of Sweet N’Low, brought a mandatory five years; it took 500 grams of powder to get the same sentence. The law was seen as racially unfair since blacks made up the majority of people convicted of crack crimes, while whites were more likely to be found guilty of offenses involving powdered cocaine. In 2010, Congress reduced the disparity in sentences for future
cases. Last summer, the U.S. Sentencing Commission decided to apply the measure to inmates doing time under the old rules. Chris Burke, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said that he could not say exactly how many people would be let out Tuesday but that officials were working around the clock to process hundreds of orders from judges granting early release. In certain cases, prison officials have been given a grace period of several days to free inmates, Burke said. The releases are the result of months of work by prosecutors, public defenders and judges across the country. Inmates’ requests for sentence reductions were decided on a case-by-case basis, with courts taking into consideration such factors as the prisoner’s behavior behind bars and threat to society.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Quality, not mediocrity, needs to be promoted Dear Editor: I am a tenured SIUC faculty member; by most accounts, an active researcher and effective teacher. There are two reasons why I will not strike. First, a strike could tangibly damage the university. I believe the threat of a strike has already hurt SIUC’s reputation. Students and parents are fearful of how a strike would impact education on this campus. Our students deserve far better than being pawns in this
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healthy university requires governance shared between administration and faculty. Quality needs to be promoted, not mediocrity. years ago, I voted in favor of unionization and at first was a dues-paying member of the FA. Over time, however, I’ve watched the union leadership work to promote and protect mediocrity on this campus at the expense of performance and quality. I’ve watched the FA personally attack
any administrator who showed the slightest backbone or skill at raising SIUC’s standards. This persistent push to lower the bar by the FA is perhaps not surprising given that the best teachers and researchers I know at SIUC seem to have other things to do with their time (i.e., their jobs).
Students should be angry with administration and Faculty Association
suffer because it will hire "substitutes." But I do think the administration understands the idea that without students this place closes down. So there's a difference: the FA wants to close us down and the administration wants to believe they can't. No matter, both administration and the FA have failed you and you should be mad, very, very mad, about that. I am a teacher, and with my dedication to my ancient discipline, my responsibilities are to do well by
game, and I am embarrassed that a strike is even being contemplated. An actual walkout could send enrollments into a tailspin from which SIUC might never recover. The second reason I will not strike is the Faculty Association (FA) for years has not represented me or my interests. Fifteen
A healthy university requires governance shared between administration and faculty. Quality needs to be promoted, not mediocrity. On Thursday, my students will find me in the classroom and in the lab working to make SIUC a stronger, not weaker, institution. Nicholas Pinter professor of geology and environmental resources and policy program
GUEST COLUMN Dear Students: Now is the time for you to get mad, mad as hell. SIU administration and the Faculty Association have failed you. You came here hoping to be granted the opportunity to get an education and now that will be ruined for you because the "grown ups" can't remember that you are the reason that the rest of us are here.
The idea of working together for the good of all has been forgotten and now we are challenged to "take sides." Well, you should take your own side. Neither the FA nor the Administration thinks of you as anything other than pawns — yes, pawns. Or, rather, if the administration thinks of you as pawns, the FA thinks of you as hostages. And you are going to be treated as hostages; make no
mistake about that. In all its informational broadcasts, the FA has not expressed one moment of concern about the students. That's typical for its past behavior and it is a major reason why I left the FA. The administration has conducted, perhaps, the worst effort I have seen in putting forward its "concerns" and it has asked you to believe the ludicrous story that your education will not
you: my students. For that reason, I will be in my classroom teaching — teaching as colleagues in my profession of philosophy have for more than 2,500 years. I will not take you hostage and violate the loyalty of my profession. But let me share my own anger at where we have come. Thomas Alexander director of graduate studies and professor of philosophy
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14 Joys and a Will to be Merry by Todd Santos
ACROSS 1 Bad Acid ___ 5 Expert performer, usually (Abbr.) 8 How you couldn’t “Tear” INXS 13 2001 Asia album 14 BTO “Let It ___” 15 ’80s “Buffalo Stance” Cherry 16 Plan to get into underage show 17 Grant Lee Buffalo “Even The ___” 18 What Christina Aguilera was on 1st hit 19 ’77 Bob Welch hit 22 “Crazy for This Girl” ___ and Jaron 23 Snider of Twisted Sister 24 Ratt’s ___ DeMartini 27 What Relient K told us to “Be” 29 Papa rockers 33 30th album might be signs of this 34 Ted Nugent, at times 36 Modest Mouse “I Came As A ___” 37 Debut Mission UK album 40 Bob Marley “___ Love” 41 “This love has ___ its toll on me” Maroon 5 42 Stage fright 43 Punk Mike 45 What “Jumpin” Jack Flash” is 46 “It’s a long way to ___” AC/DC 47 “Do They Know It’s Christmas” co-writer Midge 49 “___ Electric” Oasis 50 Ratt hit off “Detonator” 58 “Love, reign ___, rain on me” 59 “Have You ___ Really Loved A Woman” 60 Badfinger “When ___” 61 Let go of contract 62 Type of model well-behaved rockers are 63 Eddie Vedder song about liftoff? 64 “___ In Heaven” 65 Inspired The Who’s name? 66 What “Pop” does to itself, according to some Brits DOWN 1 What drummer does to feet 2 What your favorite band does 3 What Judas Priest is “Hard As” 4 Simon and Garfunkel song to be imitated? 5 ’80s all-girl glam metalers 6 Heavenly 10,000 Maniacs song? 7 The Hold Steady “Chill Out ___” 8 What a sleazy promoter has 9 Broken Hope song for orange opening? 10/16
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“Treg (Setty) is a really highly skilled big shooter, and Harry (Whitt) is really skilled too; he’s got a lot of length,” Lowery said. One Saluki who struggled with his long-range shot was freshman Treg Setty. Setty went 0-2 from the
three-point range during the game but maintains a reputation as a shooter, Lowery said. Setty said he is still trying to get a feel for his body after growing to 6-feet-9-inches from 6-feet-6-inches during his high school career in Kentucky. “My biggest problem right now is growing into my body. I was so used to playing as a guard, but really
Sports my whole life I switched on and off (between post and guard) because I was tall for my age,” Setty said. The backcourt for the Salukis is in a state of flux as well. BrownSurles sat out the exhibition game with a wrist injury, sophomore guard Diamond Taylor missed the game because he is currently suspended and University of
Daily Egyptian Wyoming transfer Desmar Jackson must sit out one academic year due to NCAA transfer regulations. Junior guard T.J. Lindsay said he is trying to make the shift to point guard because of Brown-Surles’ absence. Lindsay had three turnovers and played only 18 minutes. While still figuring out his role, Lindsay said he wants to
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contribute in any way. “I just want to make the team better,” Lindsay said. “I’m not looking to have a specific role, but whatever I can do to make my team better I’m going to do it.”
Akeem Glaspie can be reached at aglaspie@dailyegyptian.com or 536-331 ext. 269.
Exhibition game provides glimmer of hope for men’s basketball
JOE RAGUSA Daily Egyptian SIU men’s basketball should have defeated Division II opponent University of Illinois-Springfield Sunday, and they did in convincing fashion.
With that said, the 79-56 victory didn’t erase the last few years of struggles, but did provide a glimmer of hope for a men’s basketball program that desperately needs it. If you don’t believe me, let’s take a look at what happened two years ago when SIU took on Division II opponent Southern Indiana. Nick Evans’ tip-in at the buzzer won the game for SIU, and it was just the tip of the iceberg for the Salukis as they bumbled to a 15-15 record with a 6-12 mark in conference play during the 2009-10 season. “The one thing we knew from practice was we were going to play hard,” head coach Chris Lowery said after the game Sunday. “We didn’t know how some of them would respond to other people.” The newcomers responded well, albeit against a lower quality opponent than the ones SIU will face in the Missouri Valley Conference. Forward Dantiel Daniels was the most impressive of the new guys with seven rebounds to go along with 11 points. He could provide the presence in the paint
for the Salukis that left with Gene Teague last season. Let’s just hope opposing teams don’t employ the ‘Hack-a-Shaq’ defense and force Daniels to beat them from the stripe, because he was only 3-8 on free throws Sunday. As a whole, the team got 32 of its points from the charity stripe, a testament to how well they attacked the rim against UIS. Junior college transfer Jeff Early was impressive Sunday, but his most impressive play was one that didn’t count. An alley-oop from freshman forward Treg Setty was called back due to a charge, but in a game that ultimately didn’t matter, at least their play showed an explosiveness that the team lacked last season. “I think we can be even better in transition because different guys can dribble, and we have forwards who can dribble,” Lowery said. “(Setty) is good off the bounce, and he’s not really shooting it as well as he can right now, but transition has got to be where we make a lot of our plays.” A good transition game starts with a quick and athletic defense,
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which the Salukis had Sunday. They even brought the trap back into the defensive playbook, which is something Saluki fans haven’t seen in a while. “With the new guys, the thing that makes it easier on defense is you play hard,” Early said. “In the past year, I just don’t think the effort was there like how we got it now.” Whether SIU will be able to do the same things defensively against quicker MVC opponents is still up in the air, but at the very least we know this team is athletic enough to pressure other teams into mistakes. “That was the key to a lot of our success in the past, when we could take some of your stuff away and say in our game, when you play us, you know you can’t run these things,” Lowery said. The only two active players from
— Chris Lowery SIU head basketball coach last year’s team — Justin Bocot and Mamadou Seck — picked up from where they left off last season. Bocot said they weren’t entirely happy with the way they performed, but that was mostly because of the 20 turnovers Sunday. Turnovers are always a serious concern for any team, but that could just be a product of the inexperience these guys have playing on the same court together. It will get better as the season goes on. Even though it’s only one exhibition game, and there’s definitely room for growth, the team is on the right track. I just hope I’m able to say that when the games actually count.
Joe Ragusa may be reached at jragusa@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.
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Salukis slotted to finish in ninth place AKEEM GLASPIE Daily Egyptian The Salukis are expected to be next to last at the end of the season. Last season, the 2010-11 Saluki basketball team won five conference games and finished eighth in conference, and according to the Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll, SIU is now picked to finish the regular season ninth. The Salukis had only two fulltime starters return for the 201112 season — senior forward Mamadou Seck and junior guard Kendal Brown-Surles — while senior guard Justin Bocot started only 11 of the 32 games last season. The team welcomed eight new players, a mix of junior college and high school players with an additional walk-on. With the transfer of sophomore center Gene Teague to Seton Hall, the Salukis have a void in the position since they don’t have a true center on the roster. Head coach Chris Lowery
said one newcomer who will be playing in the low post area for the Salukis is freshman Dantiel Daniels. After his debut in the Salukis’ exhibition game against the University of Illinois Springfield Sunday, Lowery said he has high hopes for Daniels and all of his low post players. “I think they’re all different; they all provide something we have not had in a while,� Lowey said. “It’s obvious (Daniels) is our power guy. He’s our muscle. Seck is a really skilled do-whatever small forward.� Freshman center Harry Whitt, whose 6-foot-11-inch frame makes him easily the tallest Saluki on the roster, showed his versatility during the exhibition game by scoring 10 points on six shots and pulling down three rebounds. Whitt also hit a three-pointer in the second half while the game was under control by the Salukis. Please see BASKETBALL | 11
Freshman forward Dantiel Daniels tries to shoot through two defenders Sunday during the Salukis’ home victory in their exhibition against University of Illinois Springfield at the SIU Arena. The Salukis will play their second exhibition game against the Missouri University of Science and Technology. The game starts 7:05 p.m. Saturday at the SIU Arena. ISAAC SMITH DAILY EGYPTIAN
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