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Campus gardener has Himalayan roots
Radha Dhumgel, of Nepal, talks Wednesday about the variety of vegetables she and other residents produce in garden plots at Evergreen Terrace Apartments. Dhumgel grows beans, squash and lettuce but said her favorite vegetables to grow are tomatoes. STEVE MATZKER DAILY EGYPTIAN
Police raid Kirkwood’s home for recordings TARA KULASH Daily Egyptian Police raided Kevin Kirkwood’s home and seized his cell phone after he was quoted in the Daily Egyptian as saying he recorded a meeting with thenMayor Brad Cole. Kirkwood, owner of the Ice Box Bar and Grill, allegedly recorded the meeting without Cole’s knowledge or consent. Kirkwood said the meeting dealt with how to secure the liquor license he wanted for his restaurant. The article, titled “Ice Box Bar and Grill Receives Liquor License,� was printed June 1. In it, Kirkwood said, “I had one meeting with (Cole) that I actually recorded.� Kirkwood said he was presented with a search warrant June 7. Carbondale police confirmed there was a search for the recording, which was not found, but wouldn’t comment further on the case. Cole refused to comment, and the police report of the search was not yet on public record. It is unlikely that a police report would be unavailable for public use, said Frank LoMonte, executive director of the Student Press Law Center. “Even for an ongoing case, there’s going to be an initial incident report,� LoMonte said. “It should be available for a reporter unless it would compromise an ongoing investigation, which in this case, it wouldn’t. Very few crimes get cleared within the first day or two, so
they’re all open investigations.� Police asked a Daily Egyptian reporter for a recording of the Kirkwood interview, but the newspaper refused, citing Illinois’ shield law. This law bars government officials from the obtainment of such materials from reporters unless the officials can show they have exhausted all other means of obtaining the information and that disclosure of it is essential to the public. Police said they intend to seek either a search warrant for the DE newsroom or a subpoena ordering the newspaper to hand over the recording. Faculty Managing Editor Eric Fidler said the DE would fight any order to turn over the recording. “While we have great respect for the men and women who serve in law enforcement, no news organization can allow itself to become an arm of the police,� he said. “Sources - confidential or not - must be able to speak freely to reporters without fear that anything they say can end up in the hands of the police.� He said the newspaper’s student leadership, its professional advisers and the director of the School of Journalism agreed that the paper’s staff would not hinder any attempt to search the newsroom but would not help either. “Government interference in the news-gathering process is a very serious matter that can be justified only in exceptional circumstances,� Fidler said. “After speaking with our attorney and
reviewing the statute, I believe this case does not meet the standards set by Illinois law and that a search of the newsroom would violate the federal Privacy Protection Act.� LoMonte said he doesn’t think the DE’s recording would help the investigation, anyway. “The fact of the matter is (Kirkwood’s) acknowledgement to (the DE) that he made this recording is not even actual evidence. It’s hearsay,� he said. The charge Kirkwood faces, eavesdropping, is a Class 4 felony in Illinois. Illinois has one of the most restrictive eavesdropping laws in the country, which states that both parties must consent to being recorded. The crime is punishable by one to three years in prison on a first offense. Further charges would apply if Kirkwood made the tape public, which he hasn’t. In fact, Kirkwood retracted his statement and later said there was never a recording in the first place. He said he meant he recorded the conversation with Cole mentally rather than electronically. “I’m saying I did not (record the conversation),� Kirkwood said. “I have a mental recording of every conversation that I have, especially dealing with this liquor license situation.� Kirkwood said shortly after the article was published, two officers showed up at his barbershop, Illusions, and gave the impression they needed his help. He said Lt. Stan Reno told him an inves-
tigation was being conducted on Cole for corruption and they needed his assistance. Kirkwood said he received a phone call a few days later from Reno in which the lieutenant asked for an SD card that contained the recording. “I told them, ‘I don’t know where it’s at. I can’t find it,’ because in all actuality, there wasn’t a real recording of me and Brad talking,� Kirkwood said. After another officer, Sgt. Matt Dunning, called Kirkwood days later to request the card again, Kirkwood said he told Dunning he was instructed by his lawyer not to comment. “Four hours later, he came to the barbershop with a search warrant, took my phone and said the search warrant was being brought to me for eavesdropping,� Kirkwood said. Upon arriving home, Kirkwood said he saw 15 to 20 officers raiding his house. “They tore my house up,� he said. “They threw my daughter’s toys everywhere.� He said the police seized his son’s cell phone, Kirkwood’s cell phone, two USB drives and an iPod. The Privacy Protection Act that defends newsrooms from searches was put into effect because of another university newspaper, the Stanford Daily at Stanford University. The case, which took place from 1972-1978, was titled Zurcher v. Stanford Daily. William Freivogel, director of the School of Journalism at SIU, said he worked at the Stanford pa-
per at the time of the case. “There had been quite a number of demonstrations (on campus), and there was fear that the Santa Clara County sheriffs had said they might try to get negatives of Stanford Daily photographs to try to prove who had done illegal things at the protest,� Freivogel said. He said police searched and obtained photographs they thought could be used as evidence after a demonstration at the medical school. The Stanford Daily fought it all the way to the Supreme Court. When the court ruled that neither the First nor the Fourth Amendments protected newsrooms from a search warrant, Freivogel said there was a negative reaction from mainstream media. As a result, the Privacy Protection Act was passed by Congress in 1980, which made it a violation of federal law for authorities to search newsrooms. The two main exceptions to this act would be if the reporter was involved in a crime or if seizing the documents would prevent death or serious harm to another. “One reason that’s important is when a prosecutor goes to a judge to try to get a search warrant, the news organization wouldn’t have the chance to contest it in court,� Freivogel said. “But a subpoena gives the news organization a chance to contest and say that it shouldn’t have to turn over the document.� Freivogel said it is the Daily Egyptian’s view that the Illinois shield law will protect its recording of Kirkwood.
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SIUC alumnus wants to‘Speak Hope’ to others ASHLEIGH BROWN Daily Egyptian Charles Alexander said he credits his uncle with pushing him to succeed in school despite the temptations that surrounded him while growing up on the south side of Chicago. Now Alexander said he wants to help motivate children in similar circumstances succeed in school and life. He founded Speak Hope, a motivational speaking firm, in March while earning his master’s degree in speech communication at SIUC. “Holding only positive energy is my acronym for hope,” Alexander said. The 24-year-old Chicago grew up in a single-parent home. “I never want to forget where I came from, and I never want to forget that someone gave me a push
along the way,” he said. “And I want to give that push to somebody else.” Alexander said he also credits his mentor, Dr. Derrick Williams, for pushing him to finish school and help others. Williams, a violence prevention coordinator in the Student Center, said he commends Alexander’s passion for helping people. “One thing I admire about Charles is his determination,” he said. “He is wise beyond his years. What sets him apart from other men on campus is his desire for self-growth.” While earning his bachelor’s degree in speech communication at SIUC in 2009, Alexander was a member of Blacks Interested in Business, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., and president of Black Male Roundtable. During graduate school, Alexander mentored young men through
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Student Support Services, an academic development program in Woody Hall. His duties included teaching students time management and helping students with personal and academic issues. Alex Watt, a junior from Chicago studying social work, said Alexander motivated him to be more than just average in the classroom. Watt said his main focus was partying and having fun with his friends but Alexander taught him how to balance his social and academic life. “He always told me speak up during class and not just be a student who attends lecture,” he said. “Charles was like the foundation of
— Charles Alexander founder of Speak Hope my college experience and he used the term ‘push’ as a motivational tool to do better in all aspects of my life.” Alexander said Speak Hope was greatly inspired by his experience with Black Male Roundtable. He said the Black Male Roundtable is in organization he helped bring back in 2006 that hadn’t been active since the 1980s. The Roundtable provides a haven where members can discuss pressing issues and work together to find solutions, he said. He said men, especially minority men, are conditioned to not express their feelings. Bryan Haggard, a member
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of Black Male Roundtable, said Alexander is a natural leader. Haggard, a junior from Chicago studying history education, met Alexander in 2009 and said Alexander was always passionate during Roundtable discussions. “I really think he is going to go far with Speak Hope. He won’t sleep until people in every state know about his work,” Haggard said. Alexander said he describes Speak Hope as an “empowering and motivational movement.” His goal with the program is to inspire people with his personal story of entrepreneurship, the importance of higher education and having hope despite struggle, he said. Alexander said he has been booked to speak at a back-toschool event at SIUC in the fall and at Eastern Illinois University in August.
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Ca. Chinatown listed as endangered historic place GOSIA WOZNIACKA Associated Press The smell is musty, the wooden floorboards rotten and the original owners long dead. But the century-old Chinese herb shop with its towering armoire of small wooden drawers can still be found nearly intact behind a set of heavy metal doors. Herb bundles sit on dustcoated shelves, and wafer-thin paper used by owner L.T. Sue to wrap his herbs still hangs on a rack by a counter stained with bird droppings. The shop in China Alley in the rural Central California town of Hanford once bustled with customers, as did the nearby temple, gambling dens, restaurants and other shops.
But now, the buildings in what used to be one of the largest Chinatowns between San Francisco and Los Angeles are mostly deserted. Walls are cracked, bricks chipped, and signs faded from the sun. China Alley was named Wednesday as one of America’s 11 most endangered historic places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The non-profit group spotlights places that are threatened by neglect, insufficient funds, inappropriate development or cuts to preservation funding by legislatures across the country. Other sites on the list include the Long Island, N.Y., home of jazz musician John Coltrane; the cloverleaf-shaped Prentice Women’s Hospital building in
Chicago; and a Pillsbury plant in Minneapolis that once was the world’s most advanced flour mill. In China Alley, community members hope the designation will help them raise funds to save its 19th century buildings near the intersection of Seventh and Green streets that have fallen into disrepair. “What is so unique about the alley is that it’s a living piece of history,” said Arianne Wing, president of the Taoist Temple Preservation Society, which is working to restore the buildings and artifacts inside. “It’s not Disneyland; it’s all real and authentic.” She said China Alley is a tribute to immigrants who settled in the San Joaquin Valley and the once-thriving Chinese community they built. The town, created in 1877 after Southern Pacific Railroad
tracks were laid through a sheep camp, had a sizeable Chinese population starting in the 1880s. As Kings County pioneer Frank Howe wrote, the only inhabitants in Hanford were “a Chinaman, a band of sheep, and his sheep dog.” There must have been more than one Chinaman, because records show that within a few years Chinese immigrants owned several buildings in what would become China Alley. They built the rail line then stayed to plant vineyards and peach orchards and work in the fields. Others streamed in from impoverished southern China, with many of those who shared the same dialect settling in Hanford. China Alley became a thriving community in the 1920s and 1930s, recalled 83-year-old
Camille Wing, who is Arianne’s mother and China Alley’s resident historian. Under an awning of the old facades, Camille Wing, stooped and gray-haired, described coming to China Alley with her parents and seeing the street bustling with shoppers and children at play. There were numerous herb and grocery shops, a temple, restaurants and a Chinese school house, but its major business was gambling. Wing remembers going into gambling dens with her father, a rancher who bought Chinese lottery tickets for drawings held twice a day. The preservation society is hoping to reverse that slide. Of the alley’s 11 historic buildings, three are owned by the organization, including the temple.
Watchdog: Obama fundraisers land government posts Associated Press Nearly 200 of President Barack Obama’s top fundraisers have won political appointments to government posts, obtained federal contracts for their business interests or been invited to exclusive White House events, an
independent watchdog group said Wednesday. The Center for Public Integrity reported that Obama supporters who raised $50,000 or more for his 2008 presidential campaign have been tapped for ambassadorships, government jobs or unpaid advisory
positions. The report also said at least 19 fundraisers are connected to businesses that could benefit from government spending programs. The practice of rewarding campaign contributors is hardly unusual. Political appointments typically go to supporters of a
president because they are chosen to help him further his agenda. Obama, however, ran a campaign that promised to keep special interests out of his administration. The center’s report found that 80 percent of Obama backers who raised more than $500,000 landed in
administration posts. It also reported that about a third of the ambassadors he has named were political appointments, not career foreign service officers. That rate tracks with recent presidencies. Of the political appointments to ambassadorships, 24 were fundraisers, the report said.
Pandora gains point to healthy Internet IPO future MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press Internet radio station Pandora Media’s IPO struck the right chord with investors Wednesday despite the static in the overall stock market. Pandora’s stock surged by as much as 63 percent in their market debut before pulling back later in the session. The shares closed at $17.42, still a decent gain amid the market’s broader decline. It marked a 9 percent increase from Pandora’s initial public
offering price of $16 and a nearly sixfold increase from what Pandora’s own board thought the stock was worth just six months ago. Pandora CEO Joseph Kennedy said he won’t allow his 360-employee company to get caught up in the hysteria. “I am not jumping up and down right now,” Kennedy said in a Wednesday interview. “I just see this as another step toward building a great company.” The warm Wall Street reception for Pandora pegged the company’s market value at $2.8 billion. That’s
already more than the $2 billion market value of AOL Inc., an Internet pioneer hailed as a next great media powerhouse at the height of the dotcom boom 11 years ago. Unlike the subscription-driven Sirius, Pandora gets about 85 percent of its revenue from advertising. The rest of its revenue comes from subscribers who pay $36 annually to hear higher-quality sound without commercial interruptions. Pandora’s biggest problem so far has been that its revenue is not growing fast enough to cover the
royalties that it pays to play music. Those rates go up as Pandora attracts more listeners. Pandora has suffered an uninterrupted string of losses totaling $92 million in its short lifetime, including a $6.8 million loss during the first three months of its current fiscal year before accounting for dividends on preferred stock. But Pandora’s revenue is rising rapidly, more than doubling in its fiscal first quarter to $51 million. If it can maintain that growth pace, Pandora’s revenue for the fiscal year ending next
January would be about $325 million. The current value of Pandora’s stock looks even more impressive, given the company’s board appraised the shares value at $3.14 in early December last year, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “Companies like Pandora are growing despite the slow-growing economy,” said Kathleen Smith, a principal at Renaissance Capital, an IPO investment adviser. “That’s why investors have turned to them.”
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Was Palin’s email search needed? You betcha The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on June 14: The great thing about “crowdsourcing� Sarah Palin’s e-mails is that we didn’t have to spend our weekend reading them to find out there’s nothing there. And that’s a good thing, because we really needed to wash the dog. Luckily, there are more than enough people with Internet access and no life who were happy to help news organizations sift through 24,000 pages of messages sent or received by Palin during her first 21 months as governor of Alaska. The emails, released on paper after three years of footdragging by the state of Alaska, were digitized, scrutinized and synthesized beginning Friday
afternoon. “A media colonoscopy� is what Fox News correspondent Greta Van Susteren called it, and we’ll linger on the metaphor only long enough to suggest that a gastroenterologist might describe the findings as “all pink.� It’s not that there’s nothing in them, just that there’s nothing new. We haven’t read a single account, by a citizen journalist or a major media outlet, that is likely to change anyone’s mind about Ms. Palin. If you’re looking for evidence that she’s a vindictive, narcissistic lightweight, you’ve come to the right place. But there’s also plenty to support the conclusion of a campaign staffer, who said the emails “detail a governor hard at work.� Of all the anecdotes flagged
by readers, our personal favorite is Palin’s reaction to a “security reprimand� received by the governor’s office after 13-yearold Willow Palin managed to sneak her puppy into the Capitol building. The cops who busted her complained that she wasn’t sufficiently chastened, offering what her mother characterized as a “flippant� response. “That’s my girl!� the governor bragged to a press aide. That’s as good as it gets, or so we’re told. So was this colonoscopy necessary? You betcha. Even before the relatively unknown Palin was picked as running mate to presidential nominee John McCain in 2008, her habit of doing state business on her Yahoo account had been
challenged by political activists in Alaska. Responding to a citizen’s records request earlier that year, Palin’s staff had withheld hundreds of emails exchanged on Palin’s private email, claiming they were exempt. National news outlets joined with activists in the much broader records request after Palin became a vice-presidential contender. In a scenario all too familiar to any Illinois resident who’s tried to wrestle a public document from a township clerk, Alaska officials stalled for three years, filing for one extension after another. At one point they claimed the cost of producing the records would be $15 million. In the end they released
paper copies — remember, these documents began life as emails — and required the requestors to fly to Juneau to pick them up. That’s an expensive nuisance for the national media, but an insurmountably prohibitive hardship for ordinary citizens — especially Alaskans, who might actually find the emails interesting. In an editorial the week before the release, the Anchorage Daily News complained angrily that state officials had no plans to make the records available outside the capital, which is nearly 600 miles from Anchorage and not accessible by road. “As a practical matter, for most Alaskans, they really aren’t available at all,� the paper said. Now they are.
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You should get an education with that degree DANIEL AKST McClatchy-Tribune Now that graduation season is upon us, here’s one last test question for students: Have you ever seen the painting of a pipe by Rene Magritte? It’s called “The Treachery of Imagery,� and if you haven’t had art history, I’ll describe it. It’s just a painting of a pipe, really, except that at the bottom it says, in French, “This is not a pipe.� What can such a caption mean? Obviously, what’s portrayed is a pipe. But Magritte is trying to remind us that his painting is just a picture of a pipe — an image that cannot be stuffed with tobacco or smoked — and that’s a crucial distinction. There is an equally crucial
distinction to be drawn between a degree and an education. Yet everyone is so focused on the former that an awful lot of young people are graduating without the latter. The problem is that we’ve confused the two — mistaken credentials for knowledge, and time in school for learning. It’s a tragic mistake. And it’s a mistake the marketplace is unlikely to make for long. Already, credential inflation has set in. As college degrees have become more plentiful, some employers have started demanding an MBA or other graduate degree. Undergraduate and even graduate degrees will lose more value over time as employers wake up to the fact that you can’t smoke a picture of a pipe.
The question is whether all these college degrees signify much learning. The signs so far aren’t encouraging. Survey data indicate that college students study less than they used to, yet they are also the beneficiaries of inflated grades. At many colleges, professors beholden to student evaluations — and more interested in their own research — are content not to challenge their students, whose ratings inevitably are influenced favorably by how easy the coursework is. Apparently, most participants are happy with this arrangement. Business students seem especially prone to sleepwalk through college. They spend less time studying than students with other majors, get less out of their first two years
of college, and actually do worse than nonbusiness majors on the GMAT, a standardized test for admission to a graduate program in business. The inadequacies of undergraduate business education are especially pronounced among such “soft� specialties as marketing and management, as opposed to, say, accounting. Coasting through college at keg parties and bong blasts can be fun. (Don’t ask me how I know!) But there really is life after graduation, and without an honest-to-goodness education it may prove surprisingly unhappy. So forget about the degree. What you really need from college is the same thing you ought to have had
from high school, only more of it: some understanding of math and science, some coherent knowledge of the world and its history, and the skills to communicate clearly and persuasively in writing. You’ll especially need the ability to read and think critically. If you get all this, you’ll have the beginnings of an education that will propel you into a lifetime of curiosity. As a bonus, you shouldn’t have too much trouble making a living. Of course, you can always just borrow a bunch of money to get an empty credential. But don’t expect the rest of the world to mistake it for an education. As Magritte must surely have said somewhere, you can put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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A malnourished orphan lies in a crib May 23 at a hospital in Limbe, Haiti. The United Nations Children’s Fund estimated there were roughly 380,000 orphans in Haiti in 2007, a number which has since grown because of several earthquakes and diseases that have ravaged the country. Haiti’s lack of sanitation service,
hot water and trash collection has increased the spread of infectious diseases through personal contact and unclean water. Heavy rains in Haiti for the past four weeks have also caused widespread flooding and mudslides, which contributed to the spread of cholera.
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Gary Casey, of Johnston City, surveys the concrete work that was completed Wednesday in front of Shryock Auditorium. “If that rain hits, we’re in some trouble,� Casey said. The concrete was
laid in preparation for the Sunset Concert series, a weekly installment of music throughout the Carbondale Area. The series kicks off tonight with funk artist Space Capone.
Funk, soul and some good old R&B DARCE OLUND Daily Egyptian Space Capone will make you want to dance until the cows come home at the Sunset Concert. The smooth, foot-tapping beats of the band can be heard at a free show at 7 p.m. Thursday on the steps of Shryock Auditorium to kick off this summer’s Sunset Concerts. But this is not the first time Space Capone has performed at the Sunset Concert Series. Back in 2009 Space Capone peformed at Shryock Auditorium a year and a half after the release of their first album, “Volume I: Transformation.� Space Capone’s second album, “Volume II: Arrival, Arousal,� was
released in May 2010. The music and lyrics are full of surprises and contradictions. Space Capone uses instruments from percussion to synthesizers to horns to create upbeat, melodic jazz. Space Capone’s frontman and lead singer, Aaron Winters, is a veteran of breaking the mold and defying expectations, especially since his adopted hometown is the country capital of the world, Nashville, Tenn. The lyrics are great in their juxtaposition of the melody with wonderfully playful verses like “Gonna take my check to the bank to have the cash real fast� in the song “Friday (Pay Day).� Winters’ voice is strong and soft at the same time and can reach a falsetto that
could make anyone weak at the knees. Winters took on the name Space Capone to represent his stage persona — a combination of music greats like Prince and Beck. Winters will be joined by lead guitarist, Neal Dahlgren; secondary guitarist, Sam Farkus; bassist, Drew Wilson; and Mikey Martel on horns, along with backup singers. The group’s next performance will be at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, Tenn., May 24. According to the Space Capone Facebook page, the band is showcasing some brand new material, and you should “get ready for a party.� For a full schedule of the Sunset Concert Series, see page 4.
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Ill. state police reject bias claim CHRISTOPHER WILLS Associated Press The Illinois State Police on Tuesday denied any racial bias in deciding when to ask permission to search cars during traffic stops and defended the searches as an effective law-enforcement tool. But the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois said state police ducked the basic question of why troopers are more likely to seek permission to search the cars of black and Hispanic drivers than of white drivers, even though searches of white drivers more often reveal contraband. Gov. Pat Quinn has asked the state police director to review the issue, a Quinn spokesman said. “The governor’s office takes matters of this nature very seriously,” spokesman Grant
Klinzman said. Black and Hispanic drivers were about three times more likely than whites to undergo a “consent search” in 2009, according to an ACLU analysis of the most recent data for state police traffic stops. In 2006, Hispanics were nearly four times more likely. The ACLU wants the U.S. Justice Department to investigate and potentially bar the state police from using these searches, which are not based on any reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. The ACLU filed a complaint last week, but the state police did not release a detailed public response until Tuesday. “Consent searches are a tool recognized and authorized by the U.S. Supreme Court,” department spokesman Scott Compton said in a statement. “In 2009, ISP requested consent from two out
of every 1,000 motorists stopped. This statistic demonstrates that troopers ... are not abusing the use of consent searches.” He said state police were less likely than other departments to seek permission to search minority drivers. Overall, 2 percent of minority drivers were asked to allow a search during traffic stops in 2009, but among stops by the state police the figure was only 0.4 percent, down from 1.35 percent in 2005. Harvey Grossman, legal director for the ACLU of Illinois, said that decline raises questions the state police should have to answer. “Why are they falling? Why were they high?” Grossman said. “That would suggest something was wrong before and they didn’t need to be doing as many consent searches as they were.”
If police have reasonable grounds to suspect a crime, they do not need a driver’s permission to search a car. Consent searches are used when police have no reason to suspect a crime but still want to conduct a search for some reason. Drivers don’t have to allow the search but they do about nine times out of 10. In defending consent searches, the state police said they seized 2,069 firearms, over 14,472 pounds of illegal drugs, and arrested thousands of motorists for serious crimes in 2009. They did not, however, say how many of those successes were a result of consent searches. The ACLU’s figures show only 177 state police consent searches produced any contraband, and more than half of it came from white drivers. Mostly what troopers
found was alcohol and drug paraphernalia. They found weapons only 14 times and more than 50 grams of drugs only eight times. Compton and Quinn’s office did not respond to questions about whether state troopers have any guidelines for when to seek a consent search or whether they receive any training. Compton did say that in 2009 the state police adopted a policy of videotaping consent searches and recording audio, too, if the driver agrees. Troopers must file a report explaining why the search was requested. The videos and reports are then reviewed by supervisors. Grossman said the state police haven’t provided any information about those reviews and what they reveal about how officers decide to seek a consent search.
Southwestern Ill. archaeological site vandalized Associated Press Vandals have damaged and looted a southwestern Illinois archaeological site, leaving college students who had been working the site with the disheartening prospect of having start again, one of their overseers said. Gregory Vogel, an assistant professor with the archaeological field school at Southern Illinois University’s Edwardsville campus, told the Belleville News-Democrat that the culprits caved in a series
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A large, locked of precisely excavated equipment storage box squares students had hey were very disheartened. They put that was too heavy created over many to carry off had been weeks to meticulously in so much work, and it was gone. look for artifacts. pried open just enough — Gregory Vogel The vandals used assistant professor of the archaeological field for a thief to reach in shovels to dig large and pull out a $200 holes at the site Friday piece of surveying “They were very disheartened. equipment. night in a hasty search for artifacts after the students had left for the They put in so much work, and it Lt. Kevin Schmoll of the day. They caused enough damage was gone,” Vogel said of the damage university’s police department that the students will have to clear that students discovered Monday said that police force has stepped away the caved-in walls, level the morning at the farm field site once up patrols of the area since the holes and begin the dig anew, inhabited by people of the Woodland vandalism. Heavy rain on Friday and Mississippian cultures. Vogel said. night erased any tracks the vandals
may have left. Vogel called the site important in that all of its one-time inhabitants appear to have farmed the area. But when it comes to the monetary value of the artifacts, “there is nothing of commercial value here. You couldn’t sell it,” Vogel said. The Mississippians lived in the area from about 850 A.D. to around 1250 A.D., and the Woodland people appeared to have occupied the area about 3,000 years ago.
Sheley won’t be moved from Joliet to Knox County Associated Press Prosecutors have canceled a request to move a man charged with killing eight people to a central Illinois jail to get ready for his first trial.
The Register-Mail reports prosecutors on Wednesday withdrew their request regarding Nicholas Sheley. Prosecutors preparing for Sheley’s Aug. 29 trial in Galesburg hoped moving
him to Knox County from the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet would let him to focus on his case. Sheley is representing himself and had complained he wasn’t
given what he needs to prepare in prison. But he said Wednesday he now has the proper resources. Sheley has pleaded not guilty to murder in the deaths of six people
in Illinois and two in Missouri in June 2008. The first trial is in the death of 65-year-old Ronald Randall of Galesburg.
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Katarena Morose, left, 11; Elicia Harrismen, middle, 11; and Jaosie Pimentel, right, 12, complete a drawing activity Wednesday in front of Shryock Auditorium. The girls were participating in a
Challenge to Excellence Camp, which brings students from throughout the region together to learn and make new friends at different college campuses across the country.
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By Nancy Black and Stephanie Clement Today’s Birthday — Expect the unexpected this year. You may be surprised with economic abundance, but don’t let that change your behavior and what you’re committed to. Do what you love and allow yourself to receive. Go for it with audacity.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — It’s okay to receive. No overspending. How good are you willing to have it? A change for the better is coming. Let it arrive naturally. Give abundant thanks all around.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Consider your career, status and role in the community. Expect tests, challenges and bizarre requests. You’ll have the opportunity to take on more responsibility and level up.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — With Mercury in Cancer, this may be a great opportunity to forward your career through writing. You could start a blog or website. Polish for clarity. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — A solution to an old problem is becoming obvious. You can do it with resources you already have. With keen concentration, your research bears fruit.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Take a short trip that allows for soul searching and introspection. Don’t worry about the little things. Consider your deepest priorities. A long, peaceful walk rejuvenates.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — You’re entering a potentially lucrative two-day phase. Use your imagination to take advantage. Indulge an appetite for glamour with elegant flair.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — Intense activity at work could leave you stressed if you don’t keep strong structures for support: budget, schedule and to-do list. Keep to these and get it all done.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — You’re on top of your game. Travel’s good now, if you keep to the budget. Try a variety of approaches, as some won’t work. You make a startling revelation.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Let your partner take over. With a different point of view, the perspective can shift. Work together behind the scenes, and you both learn. Travel later.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Think, but don’t overthink. Plan it all out, and have fun with it. Get fresh ideas from friends, and sort out any problems with their solutions.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — The excellent work you’ve been doing has gained notice, and there’s lots more coming in. Make the next 12 hours count! Good fortune in money and romance are yours.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Surround yourself with friends. Actions speak louder than words. A partner can use a reminder, even though they already know how you feel. Practice kindness.
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“A lot of people come in and want to lose weight, say they saw the Biggest Loser and have these unrealistic ideas of what healthy weight loss is,” Morrissy said. “Looking at the values of the fitness assessment, it helps us see where they’re at.”
While weight loss prevails as a fitness training motivator, Morrissy said healthy weight loss is usually between one and two pounds per week depending on the individual. She said there are many duties under her job description, but educating the participants about a healthy approach to working out remains a top priority to both her and the program. The evaluations performed on
each individual are provided to support the original objective of the Center, which is to create a hub for students to come and ask questions about the programs and services offered, said Lynne Thompson, assistant director of fitness. “As we train with that individual, that allows us the opportunity to continually measure their progress and where they
Alan Beck, a graduate student studying exercise physiology from Steeleville, watches over Kathleen Carmack, a graduate student studying soil microbiology from Villa Grove, during a training session Wednesday at the Recreation Center. Beck has
Daily Egyptian are,” Thompson said. “Finding out where they are now helps us both set up a program based on their goals, and then to be able to measure that process.” The center does provide extensive physical training, but it also administers guidance to those who want it, Thompson said. She said personal training is only one of the many features they offer, and she encourages
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anyone interested to come in for a fitness assessment and start working toward a healthier lifestyle. “Whether you exercise with a trainer or on your own, you can still get the assessment,” Thompson said. “It’s important to know if what you’re doing is effective or not, and a fitness assessment can do that by providing pre and post measurements.”
BROOKE GRACE | DAILY EGYPTIAN
been a trainer for the Recreation Center for the past three years. Carmack attends a training session usually once a week. “My least favorite exercise is probably the box jumps. They’re awful,” Carmack said
6SRUWV Ăƒ 7KXUVGD\ -XQH CORY DOWNER Daily Egyptian The Lifestyle Enhancement Center at SIU gives direction and advice to those who want to live a healthier life by providing professional weight lifting and exercise training. The center, located across from the Edward J. Shea Natatorium in the Recreation Center, provides initial physical health tests and screenings for
interested individuals and offers nutritional advice from a registered dietician. David Rush, a recent retiree from SIU’s department of theater, said he became involved with the center four years ago, and it has helped him keep his healthy lifestyle and energy level up. He said this allows him to stay focused on his daily activities. Rush said he has worked with many different trainers, which has
Rec Center embraces healthy lifestyle inadvertently created a more interesting approach to fitness for him. “Every trainer I work with has a different approach and a different set of exercise, so my routine constantly changes,� Rush said. “Every day I come in here there is something new going on, and I never know what to expect.� Since any routine can become dull and redundant, Rush said the mix of exercises and fitness trainers has allowed him to remain interested in the general workout and maintain his
healthy lifestyle. People exercise for many different reasons. Whether it is strength and conditioning for sports or a less strenuous routine to maintain energy and selfpreservation, exercise is one of the best ways to help prevent and control diseases because it boosts the immune system, said Maggie Morrissy, a fitness trainer at the center. She said physical health tends to be one of the more obvious benefits of regular exercise, but it can create a positive psychological effect as well.
As members of the community come into the center, Morrissy said they must participate in cardiovascular and metabolic assessments before getting involved with any personal training. She said the assessments provide both the person and trainer with the necessary information to create a personalized fitness regimen and establish a baseline to set realistic goals. Please see HEALTHY | 15