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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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Welcome back alumni, fellow Salukis LEAH STOVER Daily Egyptian The opportunity to connect with alumni and hear stories of their time at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is my favorite part of Homecoming. I love to hear about the university from a 1950s alumnus who attended under former SIU President Delyte W. Morris and witnessed the transition from a teacher's college to a research institution. I love how stories differ from those who attended in the 1970s and were fortunate enough to experience Bob Dylan’s famous Halloween concert. As a future alumna, my experience at SIUC differs from both.

Although I am in my fourth year as a SIU student, it is my 22nd year as a Carbondale resident. I have seen the university transition from a party-school to a research institution, and experienced the

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or anyone who hasn’t been to Carbondale in five years, it’s clear a lot has changed but that’s not always a bad thing.

Although the strip has some vacancy, the nightlife continues to thrive.

highs and lows of the community.

It was 12 years ago when a downtown riot resulted in the university and the city’s restriction on Halloween celebrations.

Although businesses on the strip continue to close for Halloween weekend, bars such as Pinch Penny Pub and Tres Hombres thrive and students have found a way to get around the Halloween ban. It’s called Unofficial Halloween, a citywide event where costumes are mandatory and house parties are unavoidable. ‘Unofficial’ occurs the second to last weekend in October.

Although we have not seen much of Bob Dylan throughout the years, Carbondale's music

scene continues to grow. The Avett Brothers will play the SIU Arena Oct. 26, and many genres of music grace smaller local venues on a weekly basis. The Varsity Center for the Arts, which posed as a movie theater for years, is now a venue for live entertainment. The rebuilt Hangar 9 has housed many musicians since its re-opening in January.

The original Hangar 9, a memorable bar for many alumni, was destroyed during the May 8, 2009 derecho that caused large amounts of damage to the Carbondale area. Tres Hombres still remains a local favorite for folks of all ages and will actually open its doors early today in honor

of Homecoming. Pinch Penny Pub also continues to thrive as the top bar for students.

New restaurants have been added to the Carbondale area such as Global Gourmet, Chili’s, Fat Patties and the Newell House.

Pagliai's Pizza has changed locations and is now right next to Hangar 9 in a brand new building.

Although the Carbondale Main Street Pigout stopped in 2009, Main Street started the Friday Night Fair in April as a familyfriendly event. The fair takes place in the Town Square Pavilion Friday nights and has live entertainment and multiple local vendors. A big contributor is Longbranch Coffee house, which has a booth with vegetarian friendly cuisine.

The Neighborhood Co-op Grocery moved from Jackson Street. to a much bigger location in the Murdale Shopping Center.

The Co-op also contains a deli and sells many locally grown produce.

Cristaudo’s Bakery was closed for a few years and recently announced its re-opening in the Illinois Street location where Kaleidoscope was. Cristaudo’s will open with a liquor license and have wines available for sale, as well as a deli for lunch.

Right down the street on Washington Avenue is the new Carbondale Public Safety Center, which opened in April.

For anyone who has not been to Carbondale in five years, it is clear a lot has changed, but that is not always a bad thing. Although the strip has some vacancy, the nightlife continues to thrive.

Although restaurants, bars, shops and people have come and gone, one thing remains the same: Mary Lou’s biscuits and gravy breakfast is just as good, and chances are your waitress will be the same one it was fifteen years ago.

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Carbondale Mayor Joel Fritzler addresses fellow council members May 3 at the inaugural City Council meeting for new

members. Fritzler said his mother, who attended the meeting, was one of his main inspirations for running for mayor.

“They’re both kind of, ‘I want it done my way,’ but Cole was more in your face,” he said.

One case of Fritzler’s initiative is his emphasis on building-code enforcement, a topic he stressed during the election.

“In the last eight years or so, we’ve been pretty lax on enforcement,” Fritzler said. “One of the first things I did when I took office, I went over to Building and Neighborhood Services, and all I said was, ‘Write tickets, write tickets, write tickets.’”

Since the summer, the city’s efforts to force New York-based landlord Campus Habitat to bring its properties into safety compliance have been well publicized. The city declared two of the company’s buildings to be unfit for habitation in August, and a Jackson County Circuit Court judged levied $30,000 in fines against the landlord in September.

“I was really happy … the judicial system has taken our side on the ruling, the fines. I don’t think we’re ever going to collect any of

those fines, but it helps put the word out there that we’re serious about these violations,” Fritzler said.

He said improving housing is one way the city can help the university fight its enrollment problems.

Fritzler said after matters such as raising water rates and finding a new city manager are settled, his next big issue is to improve and clean up downtown. He said one idea he has had is to close Illinois Avenue to vehicles and divert Highway 51 onto University Avenue.

However, he said ideas are cheap, and sometimes planning is too, but making it happen would be expensive.

“We’re doing all right,” he said. “Our sales tax revenue projections are right on track … but there’s no frosting.”

Eli Mileur can be reached at emileur@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 266.

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Council shifts lead to city changes ELI MILEUR Daily Egyptian Mayor Joel Fritzler took some time this week to reflect on his five months as mayor so far and the new Carbondale City Council.

“It’s probably the most diverse council Carbondale’s ever seen,” he said.

Fritzler succeeded Brad Cole as mayor in May, and Jane Adams and Don Monty were elected to the Council the same month. Lee Fronabarger was appointed to fill Fritzler’s vacant council seat.

Since the considerable shift in the council's makeup, the city has seen a number of addressed major issues. Fritzler said the Council’s granting liquor licenses to grocery stores in July was probably the largest one far.

“That was a big victory for the entire community,” he said. “I’m hoping to see a turnaround in some of our sales tax revenues.”

He said the issue of liquor sales at grocery stores has been around for over 40 years.

“Even when I moved here 15 years ago, it was like the big question, ‘Why can’t I get beer in the grocery store like I can in probably 95 percent of the other stores in Illinois, or across the country or around the world?’” he said.

And the issue may not be settled.

Fronabarger — who voted with Fritzler, Monty and Adams to approve the measure — said he’d like to see liquor sales expand to convenience stores as well.

The council’s decision says something about Fritzler’s mayoral qualities, said Francis Murphy, general manager of the

Neighborhood Co-op Grocery, one of several grocery stores to pursue liquor licenses.

“Joel has shown really strong leadership to overturn a 43-year-old law that benefited a few families in Carbondale,” he said. “Joel is not beholden to certain interest groups the way Brad was.”

Fritzler seems to have a more inclusive and participatory style than Cole, who strictly ran the previous Council, Murphy said.

However, councilwoman Corene McDaniel said Cole had a vision and the connections to make it work.

McDaniel, who has served on the council for more than 10 years, has found herself in the minority on a few major votes since the new council members took office. She voted against grocery store liquor sales and cutting the city’s funding for District 95’s summer reading and math program.

“Maybe we have new members who may not have been responsive to items that were passed in the past,” she said.

Councilman Chris Wissmann, who’s been on the council for eight years, expressed a similar sentiment.

“I do seem to find myself on the short end of the stick these days,” he said.

He said anyone who has watched the council for the last eight years would have no problem seeing the differences since the last election, but he would not comment on the differences between Fritzler and Cole.

Scott Thorne, owner of Castle Perilous Games and writer of the city government blog Carbondaze Gazette, said Cole and Fritzler are actually similar in at least one way.

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on regions affected by tsunamis. He was also the incident commander during the Hurricane Katrina aftermath.

While Keim said his role as a doctor has been a significant part of his job, he said being able to interact with people has also been vital to his career.

“A lot of what I do is humanitarian work, going to other countries to help people,” he said.

“It’s one thing to come in and be the scientist, but because I come from a relatively country area and blue-collar people, I can relate to some people and adjust to different cultures.”

Kiem said Palau is one country he has taken a lead role to help preserve.

Keim performed an assessment on Palau 12 years ago, where he discovered the island had very little protection from disaster and was threatened by public health issues from climate change. After forming initiations for years, Keim referred to his alma mater for assistance.

“I came back to SIU because I knew the marketing department and the School of Journalism would do it. I thought it would be great to have someone tell this story,” he said.

Three journalism students and journalism instructor Jerry Bush visited Palau with a CDCprovided grant in order to create an advertising campaign, a photojournalism book and a website to raise awareness for the public health issues.

“I asked them to do this because I had seen previous books the school had done for Cairo and other places, and I thought of how pretty Palau would be, but also because there is this paradise lost,” he said.

While the doctor said his job has brought him to more than 40 countries in addition to Palau, most of his work is done within U.S. borders. He lives with his wife Kelly, formerly of Harrisburg, and daughter Cassidy in Atlanta.

“In the bigger picture I started off as a doctor,” he said. “Then, when I started in public health, I learned you can really help people.”

From victim to rescuer

Thirty years ago, Dr. Mark Keim’s southern Illinois home was hit by a tornado and he was forced to drop out of college. Today, he helps people around the world prepare for natural disasters.

Keim, a senior science adviser for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been chosen as one of the recipients for the 2011 SIUC Distinguished Alumni Award.

Keim’s academic career began with struggles.

His parents had passed away, which left him to care for his younger brother, and his home in Marion was hit by a tornado in 1982.

The priorities he faced outside of school led him to drop out temporarily. The Vienna native operated a window-washing business before returning to the university. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physiology in 1987, continuing at the SIU School of Medicine in Springfield.

Keim said it was the university that first prepared him for an extensive career as a doctor.

“I think that SIUC prepared me for the medical aspect, but it also helped me to be a human being,” Keim said. “For me to come back and study all day when I had those responsibilities, it wasn’t easy.”

Keim combined his desire to be a doctor and his experience with the tornado in order to decide exactly what he wanted to pursue.

His education includes a specialization in emergency management. After a four-year fellowship as a disaster-medicine sub-specialist and a residency at Emory University, Keim began his international career.

“Just after finishing at Emory in 1998 was the al-Qaida attack on both of our embassies on the same day,” Keim said. "I received an assignment from the U.S. Attorney General to go there. While I was there, I was hired by the CDC.”Keim has worked as an emergency doctor in both domestic and foreign disasters in his CDC position, and has led health assessment

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Kason Sereno: One funny Saluki

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Jason Sereno left SIU the same way he arrived — with no definitive plan besides to work hard and become a better storyteller.

Sereno, a SIU alumni from Mazon who studied journalism, has been living in Los Angeles for the last seven years, where he has made a name for himself as a writer, director and comedian. He said he attributes his success to the time spent and the lessons learned at SIU. "To me, moving to Carbondale was moving to a big city," Sereno said. "My hometown only had about 800 people with one restaurant that pulled double-duty as a gas station. The idea of being able to walk to both a McDonalds and a Subway truly blew me away. It was not only a Metropolis but a great place to learn about writing and filmmaking."

Sereno, who struggled with money as many college students do, bounced from job to job his freshmen year before being hired as a cook at Pinch Penny Pub. "To be honest, it was the only gig I ever lied to get and I still feel really bad about it," he said. "A friend recommended me and I had a Bursar payment coming up, so I stretched the truth when it came to my experience behind the grill. To this day, when a meeting goes bad or a deal falls through, I think back to the lie I told (owner) Frank Karayannis and the karma sacrificed that day."

Luckily Sereno was a quick learner and kept the job, which also provided a unique opportuni-

ty to explore new music firsthand at the Copper Dragon.

"Back then, the Copper Dragon was getting great acts like Keller Williams, O.A.R. and Michael Franti," he said. "I'd peek my head in the band's dressing room before the show, introduce myself as the cook and ask how their chicken tenders were. Pretty soon we'd be partying and talking about music. Bud Gaugh, the drummer from Sublime, really stands out as a particularly cool guy I met back then. The lead singer of Local H does not."

It was around this time Sereno began filling open-mic slots at Hangar 9, Boobies and Big Boys Q'n. After packing the venues during the usually slow open-mic nights, he began headlining weekends at the same locations with a mix of comedic songs and "really sappy and embarrassing" ballads, he said. He also emceed and performed shows at the Saltpetre Cave.

"I'd written tunes and jammed on the guitar since I was 13, but before Carbondale, I'd only really played bonfire parties, talent shows and weddings," Sereno said. "Looking back now, I find it hard to believe people paid a cover charge to see one guy sing and tell jokes for three hours, but I'm sure the two-for-one-Jagerbombs had something to do with it."

Sereno eventually hung up his six strings when he switched his major to journalism and started writing for the entertainment section of the Daily Egyptian.

"Working for the DE gave me the ability to analyze language like never before and ultimately

made me a better all-round writer, "Sereno said. "My fondest memory of working for the DE, although I wasn't happy with the outcome, was covering the 2004 presidential election. We finally finished the paper and sent it to the press at 4AM but our 30-person volunteer crew had abandoned us. Six writers and copy desk staffers had to insert 25,000 coupon pages by hand that morning. Every time I see the paper cut scars on my fingers I feel warm inside."

Sereno weighed his options after college before making the move to Los Angeles and writing feature stories for various magazines.

"I'd bought a PA and played some shows around the Chicago area. The idea of doing four or five gigs a week with some happy hour karaoke promotions sprinkled in seemed like a viable career option back home, but I wanted to do a little more with my education.

And for a novice feature writer and aspiring screenwriter, Los Angeles is where the action is. Two weeks after the move I found myself interviewing 50 Cent in a bullet-proof car. The learning curve was steep."

After being shortchanged on a few consecutive writing assignments, Sereno left the magazine world and worked briefly as a video game tester before acting as a touring publicist for action sports stars Tony Hawk and Matt Hoffman. He became marketing director for a small production company in 2007 and, even though he said he spent every free waking moment writing screenplays, got the performance bug during a year-long stint producing an edu-

cational DVD on standup comedy.

"My first producing credit was for a series called Comedy Career in a Box," Sereno said. “Our team interviewed dozens of comedy legends, their agents and club owners from across the country. The idea was to save young comedians years of making common mistakes and telling jokes the wrong way.

Over that year I felt like I received a master's degree in humor and couldn't wait to get back onstage with the new arsenal."

Sereno, who originally applied to a Craigslist job posting for a beer enthusiast, beat out more than 450 applications through five rounds of interviews in 2008 and was chosen to write "Lager Lessons Live," a one-man standup comedy show and Budweiser beertasting tour. Although there was a nationwide-casting search, Budweiser also chose Sereno to perform the presentation in 25 cities.

"The people in St. Louis were very familiar with the Saluki way of life," he said. "One of the executives told me whenever they wanted to pad projected sales of a new product they'd sell it in Carbondale as a test market. There is no doubt in my mind that being from SIU helped me land that gig."

For the last three years, Sereno has transitioned his brand of humor to digital media and sketch comedy while landing the occasional television appearance and hosting job. He is a featured comedian and director for Will Ferrell's FunnyorDie.com as well as several other sites and works with national brands that want to infuse his "lewd-but-clever" comedy into their advertising. Sereno

shows pride towards his university as several references to SIU can be seen in many of his online videos.

His own JasonSereno.com branded videos have received more than five million views online, but view counts aren't always the most important milestones to him, he said.

"Last month I released a sketch that featured NBA player Al Harrington knocking me out in an MMA ring," Sereno said. The next day it was on Sportscenter's TopTen List. I'm not hoping that is the coolest thing that ever happens to me, but if it is, I'll definitely be fine with it."

Sereno has several exciting projects on the horizon, including a comedy song about an Alist actress that will he said will "shake the Earth to its core" and a television series in development dedicated to the small-town party schools. He is currently serving as a NBA lockout league correspondent for FunnyorDie.com.

Sereno said he hopes he'll be known more as a writer and director by this time next year instead of a standup comedian or host.

"I've made a pretty good living writing films and television shows that no one has ever seen," Sereno said. "The only problem is: no one ever sees them. Until one of my passion projects lands on the big or small screen, I'll do my best to entertain people through these other ventures just like I did onstage at the Hangar 9 or writing columns for the Daily Egyptian.

I just hate the dissatisfied voice of my manager when he calls to ask about a script and I have to tell him I'm shooting in Vegas with Sir Mix A Lot."

Popular ‘Sherbert’ comic returns to DE KENT AUBRY JACK PIATT Daily Egyptian A comic strip known for its poor drawings and basic humor continues to be featured in the Daily Egyptian. Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumnus Ryan Wiggins is the creator of the popular “Sherbert” comic that was started in June 2003, Wiggins’ senior year at the university. The life of the comic was cut short upon Wiggins’ graduation in December 2003 but nearly eight years after being discontinued, the comic has returned twice weekly in the Daily Egyptian.

Originally the comic was published in a weekly entertainment insertion titled, “The Pulse.” Shane Pangburn, former Daily Egyptian employee and creator of the comic “Dormant Life” approached Wiggins enquiring about his interest in creating a comic strip of his own.

Wiggins eagerly accepted the challenge with no previous experience in drawing or creating comics.

The basic, nearly child-like drawings and dry humor soon became a fan favorite amongst the Daily Egyptian’s readership. The poor quality can be attributed to the use of the outdated design program, Microsoft Paint, as well as his own

poor, non-artistic hand drawings; both of which are still being used today. What some saw as a lack of talent, others saw as genius and innovative.

“It was originally so bad that Shane Pangburn tried re-drawing it for me a couple times and they actually ran in the DE as things that I came up with but Shane re-drew,” Wiggins said. “But then he realized that part of the comedy is how bad it’s drawn.”

In its original form, the comic strip was created by use of ballpoint pens and Sharpies. It wasn’t unusual for readers to not be able to see what was going on in them because they were so blurry and the ink was so thick.

“I used the fact that they were so bad as jokes,” Wiggins said.

After its popular start in “The Pulse,” former editor of the insertion, Jack Piatt, encouraged Wiggins to create a comic for the daily editions. After contemplation Wiggins agreed and the comic strip entered the daily editions in August 2003.

Although no picture was posted next to the comic strip he created, Wiggins soon established a fan base and became well known around campus. It was not unusual for him to have people approach that he did

not know; something he found to be pretty cool.

“Not only did I not know who they were, a lot of times I wouldn’t even know who yelled my name,” Wiggins said.

The comic’s success in the Daily Egyptian abruptly ended with Wiggins’ graduation in December 2003.

Although Wiggins offered to continue the comic strip on a periodic basis, the editor at the time would rather have it in the paper daily and consequently completely discontinued the comic strip.

After the fall out of the Daily Egyptian, the comic strip bounced around several small papers throughout Illinois without Wiggins’ knowledge. He would receive emails complimenting his creation and would reply that he had no idea that it was in that paper.

“Obviously I never saw some revenue from that,” Wiggins said.

The strip truly ended in 2005.

In January, six years after the strip ended, the business and advertising director of the Daily Egyptian, Jerry Bush and classifieds advertising manager Jack Piatt contacted Wiggins requesting him to revive his former comic strip. Wiggins who has moved on in his professional career and is busy with other projects agreed to create the comic strip

twice a week for the Daily Egyptian.

“It’s pretty much as bad as it was when it first started running as far as drawing style goes,’ Wiggins said. “I have not taken any lessons to try and get any better on purpose. I have no interest in getting better anyway.”

Wiggins said he is impressed that Sherbert has lasted this long. His comic strip has truly stood the test of time and is still getting a reaction today. Recently a Daily Egyptian reader clipped out his comic strip and posted it on Reddit.com, a social news website, under the title of “Awful local comic strip”.

The discouraging name backfired and views climbed to more than 400,000 in just one week. Viewers left a majority of very positive comments, some saying they would request that their local paper replace Garfield with the Sherbert comic strip. The success online served as a reminder for Wiggins.

“Yeah, it’s pretty bad but at least it’s funny,” he said.

Reactions to his comic strip often vary. He said some people hate it enough that they wish it wasn’t in the DE but then again others love it.

“The thing I love the most about it is that it elicits a strong love or hate reaction. I like it to have that reaction because then you know it’s accomplished something,” Wiggins

said. “There is a strange sensation about doing something that I feel is just a thorn in the side of people because it is so bad at first glance.

Other people defending it is the biggest pleasure that I get out of it.”

When asked if he would pursue pushing the success of his comic strip on larger papers Wiggins said he once attempted that straight out of college with no success, but he may reconsider now that it has become popular online.

When they left Carbondale, Wiggins and other SIUC alumni started a film group named “Live on Tape Delay.” The videos use sketch comedy and only three have been created.

“Those 3 shows were not successful,” Wiggins said. “They didn’t really air anywhere but they were popular among anybody who ever got their hands on them.”

Wiggins now works out of St. Louis as a producer and on air announcer for 99.1 Joy FM. He helps run the website itsnotabook.com which is home to several pieces of his work including Sherbert, Grocery Items, articles and random sketches. Grocery Items was started during his stay in Carbondale and is similar to Jack Handy’s “Deep Thoughts.” He has compiled more than 1,200 of those.

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Saluki dance squads perform side by side for first time

KENT AUBRY Daily Egyptian The Saluki Shakers, a dance squad which made dancing before SIU football and basketball games tradition — will now share the field with a new formation, the Saluki Dazzlers, a team funded by the marching band.

The Dazzlers’ addition may bring changes to the way the Shakers operate.

The Shakers have had a lengthy existence at SIU and some of the team members said they are concerned the recent formation of the Dazzlers will take more of the responsibilities once held by the Shakers. The Shakers were the only performance dance team located on the field. The only significant change for the Shakers is where they are positioned on the field for pre-game performances. In previous years the Shakers occupied the 50-yard line, a spot now occupied by the Dazzlers. The Shakers are now split into two groups located on each 40yard line.

Until this year, the Shakers were the sole dance team associated with the Marching Salukis but now the Dazzlers will share the field.

Creeana Fobbs, a member of the Dazzler squad, said she expects the Dazzlers to be around for years to come and considers the dance team to be the start of a new tradition.

“It’s been a good experience so far and I can now say that I can read drill,” Fobbs said.

"It’s a challenge being in the first year and we’re expected to make mistakes. Next year we will be better.”

This year’s first group of girls is made up of 14 women and is advised by former featured twirler Christy Shoemake.

The Shakers, that originated in 1976 as the Palm Squad, has been dedicated to its Saluki pride ever since. The team now consists of 12

members, slightly lower than previous years because of a stronger emphasis on recruiting quality members. The team members choose quality over quantity in order to win more awards.

All Shakers must maintain a 2.0 GPA and excellent communication skills, as the team is involved in several community events. The Shakers take part in the Christmas parade, Walk-a-thons, the Little Girl’s Clinic Dance Camp and many other events associated with the athletics department.

The Shakers practice six days each week and travel to tournaments where the group has won several awards. The team brought home five trophies in 2010 from the Universal Dance Association. The Shaker’s schedule extends throughout the school year and usually concludes in May with the Missouri Valley Conference finals.

The Dazzlers are a performance team put together in an effort to increase enthusiasm at games.

The team’s responsibilities include having a general knowledge of dance as well as being able to read drills.

The Dazzlers perform a pre-game and halftime routine and also dance in the stands in front of the band.

Each member of the team receives one class credit per semester along with a tuition reimbursement at the end of each season. Similar to the Shakers, the Dazzlers also practice almost every day and also design routines specifically to go with the band’s music. The Dazzlers will only perform during football season and have yet to travel along with the band.

Shoemake said she expects participation to increase in years to come and encourages anyone interested to try out in April of the spring semester.

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Saturday, October 15, 2011 Linebacker John Sasson (6-2, 240, Sr.) Sasson, an HonorableMention All-MVFC selection in 2010, has 15 solo tackles and 13 assists.

4 Travis Williams (6-3, 215, Fr.) – 10 Solo, 17 Asst., 27 Total

Defensive End 19 Daniel Stewart (6-0, 255, Sr.) – 9 Solo, 7 Asst., 16 Total. 2 Sacks

Defensive Tackle Right Cornerback 2 Devont’a Davis (6-1, 175, Fr.) – 10 Solo, 17 Asst., 27 Total

Strong Safety 24 Scott Sentner (6-3, 215, Sr.) – 13 Solo, 5 Asst., 18 Total

Left Cornerback 25 Jimmy May Jr. (6-1, 175, Fr.) – 7 Solo, 1 Asst., 8 Total

Strong-side Linebacker 11 Davion Rogers (6-6, 215, Fr.) – 12 Solo, 10 Asst., 22 Total. 1 Int.

Weak-side Linebacker

44 Andrew Johnson (6-3, 285, Sr.) – 7 Solo, 5 Asst., 12 Total. 3.5 Sacks

Nose Tackle 52 Aronde Stanton (6-2, 250, Sr.) – 8 Solo, 4 Asst., 12 Total. 1 Sack

Defensive End 90 Obinna Ekweremuba (6-3, 250, Sr.) – 5 Solo, 4 Asst., 9 Total. 1 Sack

Tight End 13 David Rogers (6-4, 255, Sr.) – 7 Catches, 63 yards, 1 touchdown

Wide Receiver 6 Jelani Berassa (6-4, 215, So.) 16 Catches, 197 yards, 4 touchdowns

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Former Saluki makes adjustment to life in NFL COREY DOWNER Daily Egyptian Former SIU cornerback Korey Lindsey learned the NFL’s fast pace isn’t limited to the playing field, as he has already made the move to his second team in his young career.

“I didn’t understand how it quite worked, but I had to pick up and roll,” Lindsey said. “I had to really transition fast and understand that this is a business and this is my job, and I take it seriously.”

Lindsey was a seventh-round draft pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in April, but he left Ohio before the season even began. When he didn’t make the 53-man roster and was waived by the team Sept. 3, Lindsey found a new home with the Arizona Cardinals the following day.

Lindsey said he was shocked when he found out he was waived by the Bengals because he had anticipated to stay in Cincinnati to mature as a player. He said it was a difficult adjustment in the beginning, but he understands a different mindset is required to be a professional football player.

“Mentally, it was challenging,” Lindsey said. “I’m just grateful to be on an NFL roster at this time of the year.”

Lindsey said he is confident his new team is a better fit for him and his career.

“I’m actually just a play away, so I’m just practicing and focusing on the small things so I can be ready to go … when my name’s called,” Lindsey said.

He said he has a bigger advantage in Arizona, as the Cardinals operate with the same 3-4 defense head coach Dale Lennon used at SIU. The same defensive scheme has helped him communicate with his teammates and coaches, which he said has aided in the learning process.

The former Saluki isn’t the only cornerback to make the recent transition to the Cardinals. Second-year corner Crezdon Butler came from the Pittsburgh Steelers to assist Lindsey in filling the team’s depth chart voids.

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“We had good grades on both of them,” said Arizona Cardinals’ coach Ken Whisenhunt. “It was an area that we wanted to certainly continue to look at, so we put claims in and fortunately got both of them.”

Lindsey finished his college career as a two-time First Team All-American, only the third Saluki in the program to receive the honor in back-to-back seasons. He also finished with 14 interceptions, six of them in each of the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

“This is a guy who’s had a productive career there,” said Cincinnati Bengals secondary coach Kevin Coyle. “He has some speed to him but really has great awareness and great quickness to him and ability to play the ball.”

Lindsey may be new to the NFL, but he said he has found the team he wants to build his career around. He said the team welcomed him in as soon as he first walked in the locker room, and he has a lot more to learn from his teammate’s experiences.

“I’m watching the veterans ahead of me and they’re definitely showing how things go when you’re in the season,” Lindsey said. “(For now) I’m just sitting back and I’m visualizing it, and I’m just enjoying it.”

Cory Downer may be reached at cdowner@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 256.

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BRENDAN SMITH Daily Egyptian Homecoming weekend is packed with plenty of events around town. Saturday marks the big game: SIU Salukis square off against Youngstown State Penguins in the NCAA Homecoming football game. Homecoming king and queen

Saturday “Ayers and Lord Tie Plants” at African American Museum of Southern Illinois in Morris Library.

Live Stand Up Comedy with David Sharp; Ross Kelly; Mike Garvin; Kyle Scanlan; Dave Odd at Station 13.

Funky Butt Brass Band at Tres Hombres.

Surrender Dorothy at Sidetracks.

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will be announced at the game Saturday.

The Salukis will take on Wichita State in volleyball also on Saturday.

Greek Life will be in full swing, with Iota Phi Theta Fraternity hosting a party at the Newman Center for Saluki First Years, Alpha Phi Alpha hosting a step show after-party at the Crown Jewel Friday and an event at the Sports Blast Saturday. paiters at Traz.

King Juba at Key West Bar and Grill.

Talking Heads Tribute, “This Must Be The Band” at Hangar 9.

Mike and Joe at Copper Dragon.

Sunday Jackson County Stage Company presents Joan Holden and Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed”

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Grant could make pool dreams reality ELI MILEUR Daily Egyptian Carbondale could get a new aquatics center after years of effort, thanks to a recent multimillion-dollar grant from the state.

“Our work is really cut out for us now … to move it forward from a piece of paper idea to reality,” said Sally Wright, chair of the aquatics center citizen’s advisory committee to the Carbondale Park District.

The Park District was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Oct. 3 to construct an outdoor aquatics center.

State Representative Mike Bost said he told Park District Executive Director Kathy Renfro about the grant.

“I couldn’t get my head around it,” Renfro said.

Bost said the money came from the federal government and was distributed by the state.

Wright said the grant covers half the projected $5 million project, which has been developed throughout several years by the aquatics center committee in collaboration with the Park District. She said the grant is the only money raised so far.

The plan is to construct the center at the Superblock facility on land the Park District already owns, which will eliminate the cost of buying a site, Renfro said.

The current plan calls for two bodies of water. One would be a rectangular pool with a diving well. The other would include zero-depth entry, two water slides and a lazy river, Wright said. Adjusting

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the plans to fit a budget is always an option, Renfro said.

She said a timetable for construction has not yet been developed.

The committee looked at many other cities and their pools to figure out what features to include, said Lee Fronabarger, member of the committee and Carbondale City Councilman.

He said the Park District assisted the committee by surveying residents on their interest in an aquatic center.

The committee that drew up the plan grew out of study circles organized by the city in 2003, Wright said. The circles consisted of groups of Carbondale residents that discussed how to improve community relations, she said. Wright said all the groups came to the same conclusion: An outdoor swimming pool, which Carbondale has never had, would help community relations.

“Water is the great equalizer,” she said. “When you take a group of people and put them in a pool and everybody’s just wearing their bathing suit, you can’t tell what their economic status is.

We all float the same.”

Wright said the city received a grant in the 1970s to build a pool but lost it due to conflicts about where to build it. She said there were non-negotiable stipulations in the grant about where the pool would go, but the city failed to reach an agreement on location.

Past efforts to build outdoor pools, including an ill-fated plan for three separate pools, may have been derailed by racial tensions, Fronabarger said.

Park District Chairman Harvey Welch said he’s lived in Carbondale since 1975 and, though there’s some racial tension, he’s seen an improvement in racial attitudes.

“I’ve watched a lot of change in the racial climate in Carbondale,” he said.

Renfro said she heard people say racial tensions may have played a role in the city’s lack of a pool, but she couldn’t say for herself if it was true. She said it shouldn’t be an issue now.

“I’d like to think we’ve already solved that,” she said.

The question now is a matter of funding, Wright said. The grant has a 24-month cycle, she said, and the next step will be a presentation to the Park District.

“The clock started ticking on Oct. 3,” she said.

Welch said further funding for the project could be gathered a number of ways, but the first that comes to mind for him is asking residents to increase the Park District’s taxes.

Wright said the next step in funding hasn’t been discussed yet, but she hopes the grant will make it easier to find the money.

“It’s a lot different to be looking for sponsorships or donations when you’re starting at zero than when you’re halfway up the ladder,” she said.

As the project moves into the next stage, she said the committee is still looking for members of the community to get involved.

Eli Mileur may be reached at emileur@dailyegyptian com or 536-3311 ext. 266.

t’s a lot different to be looking for sponsorships or donations when you’re starting at zero than when you’re halfway up the ladder.

— Kathy Renfro Park District Executive Director

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Daily Egyptian mascot ready for comeback SARAH SCHNEIDER Daily Egyptian One student has been at the university for almost 55 years.

Gus Bode, a short, shaggy-haired cartoon character with no facial features and only wearing glasses, has embodied the Daily Egyptian for many alumni, said Jennifer Wig, a former editor-in-chief at the Daily Egyptian.

Bode was known to comment on stories, make daily witty remarks about happenings on the front page and refer readers to inside stories.

Bode first appeared in the paper in 1956 when the paper was still known as The Egyptian. Former faculty advisor for the Daily Egyptian, Charles Clayton, decided to attribute the quote “We hear the recruiters had slim pickings this year. The grades must have been better than expected,” to Bode on the front page.

A group of former students created Bode and named him after a church janitor, Phillip August ‘Gus’ Bode, from one of the student’s hometowns.

In 1961, when the DE became a daily newspaper, Bode was just a pair of eyes.

Wig said during her time at the DE, Fall 1999 to Spring 2003, Bode served as the staff ’s editorial comment on stories that mainly students would read. ‘Gus Says’ was located at the top of the front page almost every day, she said.

“We had our news stories in the paper, and Gus was there to kind of provide the obvious comment everyone was thinking but were not able to say,” she said. “He provided a student’s perspective on stories.

He was a student himself, as a character.”

Lindsey Smith, a former editor-in-chief, said in her four years at the DE, from Spring 2007 to Spring 2011, Bode’s role in the paper varied.

“When I first got to the paper, Gus was a pretty big deal. He would be on the front page every single day and he was the voice of the paper,” she said. “About a year after I was there, he kind of faded. His presence isn’t really known in the paper right now.”

Smith said one reason he was not included as often is because there wasn’t someone on staff who could come up with things for Bode to say on a daily basis.

“There wasn’t really much effort to include him after my first year there, and that was for various reasons. Whether it was not necessarily having someone on staff that was witty enough to come up with things every single day that would be relevant for what readers cared about on the voices page, or if that was just them kind of forgetting about him,” she said. “Most of us new to campus didn’t even know who he was.”

Allison Petty, a former editor-in-chief for the fall 2008 semester and spring 2009 semester, said when she was editor, she kept Bode around because of his legacy at the university.

“Even though he was funny and cheeky and clever, we were always mindful that he was a big part of the Daily Egyptian’s continuity.

We turn over staff every four years as people graduate, but Gus Bode has been part of the paper for decades,” she said.

Smith said when the layout of the newspaper was redesigned in January 2009, the debate between the staff was whether to have a designated place on the front page for Bode.

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Saturday, October 15, 2011 “Newspapers don’t really have a mascot, and so that was one of the issues when the DE progressed if we were going to keep the mascot,” she said. “If we keep him, we can keep the identity of the paper, but if we get rid of him, in some people’s opinions it would make us look more professional and less like a college newspaper.”

Bode stopped appearing on the front page consistently in January 2009 after the redesign, she said.

One of the most controversial things Bode did was refer to women as ‘chicks’ on the front page.

He said, “If God had meant women to be equal, he’d have made ‘em men.”

As a result, a group of women students on campus released a chicken into the newsroom and put pieces of raw meat on the desks.

Petty said shortly after a story ran in Fall 2007 about SIU President Glenn Poshard and the plagiarism allegations regarding his dissertation from SIUC, a life-size Gus Bode, made out of newspaper, was found outside the newsroom with “internal organs” coming out of him.

“The DE caught a lot of flack for that … a lot of people liked Dr. Poshard and they thought this was bad for SIU’s reputation, so a lot of people were very anti-DE,” she said. “I think we were supposed to take it as a threat or something, but mostly it was just funny.”

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ven though he was funny and cheeky and clever, we were always mindful that he was a big part of the Daily Egyptian’s continuity.

— Allison Petty former editor in chief

Wig said she remembers getting phone calls when people did not like what Bode said, which she said was a reason to keep Bode.

“We were a student newspaper and you want to push the envelope a little bit. And really, Gus was a student and the idea was to say something a student would say,” she said.

Don Lowery, member of the SIU Board of Trustees and SIU alumnus, said when he was a student in the 1970s, the first thing he looked at when he picked up the paper was what Bode had to say for the day.

“As a student, I was very receptive to him,” he said. “Gus was exactly what journalism should be. An impartial observer, quick to tell the story, don’t slant it one way or another and give the people the information and let them make up their mind.”

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Salukis fight cancer on the field NAREG KURTJIAN Daily Egyptian After he spent a majority of the 2010 football season on the sidelines because of an ankle injury, SIU senior safety Mike McElroy realized he wanted to bring more than a game to the football field.

“A couple years down the road, people might forget what you’ve done, how many tackles you’ve had, how many interceptions you’ve had,” McElroy said. “That thought process was, ‘what can we do as a team to kind of leave a legacy here at Southern Illinois?’”

It was McElroy’s compassion and determination to make an impact on the community that inspired the idea for the Salukis Black Out Cancer campaign. SIU Athletics and the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer program announced the campaign July 19 at a press conference at the Donald Boydston Center.

The campaign will reach its climax when the SIU football team takes the field against Eastern Illinois University Nov. 2 at the Salukis’ final home game of the 2011 football season.

Rather than their traditional maroon and white, the Salukis will wear one-time-only black Under Armour jerseys with names of cancer victims on the

backs to honor those who have fought the disease.

At the press conference, head coach Dale Lennon said the use of non-athlete names on the uniforms made it difficult to gain support from the NCAA. He said everything seemed to fall into place after the NCAA approved it.

Lennon said the campaign is unique and sets the university apart from others.

“I think it is something very significant. In 25-plus years of coaching college football, I haven’t seen anything quite like this,” he said. “What also makes it special, like most people, I’ve had family members affected by cancer. I lost my father three years ago to cancer.”

Fans and community members can bid on the website to put a name on the jersey. The 80 people who have the highest bids get priority and will have the first choice in which player they want to carry their choice of name on the jersey. After the game, the jerseys will be distributed to those who bid.

All proceeds will be distributed throughout southern Illiinois for cancer research, prevention and rehabilitation.

“This isn’t about how much I can sell a jersey for. It’s about what we can do to give back to these people and this community,” McElroy said.

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Moccia said he is excited about the campaign, not only for the cause but also because it differentiates SIU from other competitor schools.

“At our level of football, if you can ever say that, hey, you were the first in the nation to do something, that’s pretty special,” Moccia said.

Moccia said it was McElroy who took the reins. He said without the player, the campaign may not of happened. “(McElroy) called the NCAA. He hounded the heck out of them, and the next thing you know he showed me the waiver,” Moccia said at the press conference.

Lennon said the campaign is something significant that the team and at the press conference community can be a part of.

“It makes it emotional. It makes it something where it’s from the heart, and I’m just excited to be a part of it,” he said.

As of Oct. 13, the highest bid was $6000 and the total bids amounted to more than $40000.

Bids may be placed online at salukisblackoutcancer.com or by phone at 618-453-5153.

Nareg Kurtjian can be reached at nkurtjian@ dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 256.

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