Daily Egyptian for 10/12/12 by Daily Egyptian

Candidates for Illinois’ 12th Congressional District had their last debate Wednesday at Lindenwood University-Belleville. Jason Plummer, R-O’Fallon; Bill Enyart, D-Belleville; and Green Party candidate Paula Bradshaw, of Carbondale, debated on the topics of jobs, taxes and the economy in what the candidates called the district’s blue-collar, military-oriented, eastern St. Louis-area suburbs. The 12th District makes up the southwestern Illinois tip, and only two men have represented the district since the end of World War II: Democrats Mel Price and incumbent Jerry Costello, who announced last year he would not seek re-election after representing the district for nearly 22 years. Though Democrats have held the district for 68 years, The New York Times race ratings called the 12th Congressional race a toss-up. With less than a month left until Election Day and no more scheduled debates, candidates spoke in Wednesday’s debate about their plans to keep St. Clair County’s Scott Air Force Base. “I’ve already brought units to Scott. I’ve already brought jobs to Scott,” said Enyart, a retired major general in the Illinois National Gaurd. “I’ll have instant credibility in Congress on defense issues.” Plummer said he wants to help the Air Force base grow, not only because of it’s effect on the area’s economy but also because of the men and women there who protect the nation. Plummer, the unsuccessful 2010 Republican lieutenant governor candidate, is vice president of corporate development at his family’s R.P. Lumber and is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves at Scott Air Force Base. However, Bradshaw frames herself as someone who would “address corporate wrongs.” She took a different approach on the subject and suggested a 50-percent cut to the military budget. “My plan is all about government spending to make a more prosperous economy, not just with the military industrial complex but with actually putting people to work building a sustainable infrastructure,” she said. Despite the candidates’ early discourse on the future of Scott Air Force Base, the subject of economy dominated Wednesday’s debate. While Enyart described himself as an experienced leader who would fight for the area’s middle class, Plummer described himself as a small businessman who would bring jobs to the district and a fresh face to Washington. Please see DEBATE | 4

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Laura Borger, of Carbondale, receives a folded flag Thursday from Cadet Brent Peterson, a senior from Woodlawn studying intercultural communication, during a ceremony at Kesner Hall. The flag was originally given to Borger’s grandmother after her great uncle, Ernest E. Ogilvie, died in his submarine, the U.S.S. Sealion, during a bombing that led to the Pearl Harbor attack. Ogilvie is believed to be one of World War II’s first American casualties. Borger contacted Cadet Battalion Cmdr. Matt Osborne, one of her former students, about having the flag folded properly. “When my grandmother passed away two years ago, I inherited this flag,” Borger said. She said she believes her grandmother unfolded it at some point or it came undone. “I thought of Matt, who I knew was in the ROTC, and asked him if he could refold it for me so that I could properly take care of it,” she said. “I’m very happy to have this done.”

The Department of Children and Family Services revoked the layoff of a few hundred workers after creating a reorganization plan for more efficient resource use. Richard Calica, director of the DCFS, said in a press release the organization will work hard to supply an even higher service quality for families in need with the $27 million staff salary reduction. “I have been working diligently to realign

the agency’s structure so that we can do more than just get the job done,” Calica said. “We have moved resources in ways that make more sense and will lead to better outcomes.” Although the workers were not laid off, their jobs will be repurposed and spread to the organization’s remaining parts, said David Clarkin, a DCFS spokesperson. Clarkin said workers in the Intact Family Service, a program designed to assist abused or neglected children without removing them from their home, will recieve positions in other areas of the DCFS because the

The SIU Department of Public Safety is investigating a battery and robbery that occurred Tuesday on the south end of Anthony Hall. The incident happened at 11:40 p.m. and involved a 20-year-old student, according to the DPS website. The student told police he was walking over the north overpass when the suspect ran down the overpass. The suspect approached the student and demanded the victim’s “weed, money and wallet,” police said. The victim said he gave the suspect his wallet and yelled for help as two others walked by. He said the suspect then hit the victim in the face, ran east and

dropped the wallet on the sidewalk. The victim received minor injuries to his lip and nose but did not require medical treatment. The suspect is described as a black male who is about 6 feet 1 inch tall with a thin build. He wore a black hooded sweatshirt, dark jeans, black shoes, a white mask and black baseball cap, according to the DPS report. A similar incident occurred Sept. 29 in the Newman Center Parking lot, according to police reports. A 19-year-old SIU student was walking north on the sidewalk that runs west of the Recreation Center at 3:30 a.m, the DPS reported. The victim passed a male suspect talking on his cell phone on the footbridge that leads to the Newman Center. The suspect hit the victim in the head

program will be cut from the organization. The cut was made because other areas of the DCFS were more important and crucial to the goals the organization were built upon, he said. “We can’t not have people answer the hotline when somebody calls to report abuse,” Clarkin said. “We can’t not have investigators go out and investigate allegations of abuse, and we can’t not have foster homes to send those children to who are at immediate risk of danger.” Please see SERVICES | 4

and a second male then tried to surround him, the report states. The victim told police he tried to run, but a third male tripped him while in the Newman Center parking lot. The third suspect then hit the victim in the head and took the victim’s cell phone. The three suspects fled toward the Brush Towers area. The first suspect was a black male who wore a dark blue hooded sweatshirt. The second suspect was a black male who wore a red button-up shirt and had dreadlocks with blonde tips, while the third suspect, also a black male, wore a white T-shirt. The victim received treatment at the scene for minor injuries. Please see BATTERY | 4

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Police Blotter October 12

Carbondale Police — Police responded to the 200 block of East College Street Monday in reference to a burglary from a motor vehicle. Officers learned an unknown suspect entered a vehicle and stole property sometime between 3:00 a.m. Sunday and 3:00 a.m. Monday. — A motor vehicle was reported stolen Monday in the 300 block of West Pecan Street. Reports state police believe an unknown suspect entered the vehicle and stole prop-

erty sometime between 1:00 a.m. and 3:45 a.m. — Carbondale Police responded to a residence in the 400 block of East Jackson Street Tuesday in reference to a report of a residential burglary. A suspect is believed to have entered the residence and stolen property sometime between 11:00 p.m. Monday and 5:00 a.m. Tuesday.

DPS Crime Log — An SIU student and a non-SIU student were arrested Wednesday at

705 S. Washington St. for possession of drug paraphernalia. Hannah J. Marks, 18, from Geneva, and Thomas J. Dukes, 19, from Camdenton, Mo., were issued city pay-by-mail citations and released. — DPS reported a residential burglary Friday at Schneider Hall. Two pairs of tennis shoes and $700 were reported stolen. There are no suspects. — An SIU student was arrested Friday at University Hall for a false fire alarm. Calin H. Hodges, 18, was transported to the Jackson County Jail. There was no reported fire and no injuries.

SOURCE: CARBONDALE CITY POLICE, SIUC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

At one point, he was the highestranking openly gay person in the White House. He attended Harvard Law School with Barack Obama and he worked as an aide to Bill Clinton. He has hosted his own TV show and written best-selling books. With all of these experiences to draw from, Keith Boykin was at SIU Wednesday to share one message: love. Boykin, 47, was brought to campus to speak to students in Morris Library’s Guyon Auditorium as part of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month. “My message today is to unlearn the fear that we have been taught and relearn the love with which we were born,” Boykin said. He said fear teaches people that they should be constantly afraid of one another and that some group may be a threat. He said people should instead remember that love teaches that they don’t have to be afraid of everyone else. “If you are worried about any of the problems that plague us as a society, as a country and as a world, if you believe in love, we have the ability to solve those problems,” he said. “I want to teach everyone to start thinking in the context of love instead of fear.” To explain his message, Boykin, who is black, talked about race, sexuality and politics and the connections between the three.

He said he wanted to put the issues in the context of where America is today and apply them to college students. “The reason why this is so important to me is because all three of these things are intersected,” he said. “The more information people have, the more likely they are to understand it and more likely they are to act in ways to protect themselves and others.” Boykin grew up in St. Louis before he moved to Florida as a high school student, which is around the time he found out the man he thought was his father was not his biological dad. “Once you found out that you aren’t connected to someone, you really start to reinterpret your purpose and place,” he said. After high school, Boykin graduated from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He then got his first taste of politics while working on Michael Dukakis’ bid for presidency in 1987. Boykin then went back to school in 1992 and received a law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was classmates with Obama. While at Harvard, Boykin helped lead a movement for diversity on campus. It was also when Boykin said he began to realize he was gay. After reading a book about being gay in one night that he bought from a bookstore, Boykin, who was 25, came out to himself and then to his mother the next day. “I began this path of living my life

with some sense of authenticity,” he said. “I began to take the path that felt authentic to me.” Boykin said he wanted people to know, but he didn’t want to tell them. He said he has since learned that his message can be helpful for those who are struggling like he was. “People don’t believe they know anyone who is gay or lesbian,” he said. “The people who don’t think they know anyone is far more likely to be homophobic than those who know they do.” Boykin said education is the key to eliminating ignorance. He said many U.S. problems will solve themselves if people place an emphasis on educating themselves. “Education benefits society as a whole,” he said. “We become more economically competitive, and our country is a better place. We become less racist, less sexist, less classist and all of these other things.” Today, Boykin lives in New York and makes regular appearances on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and BET as a political and social analyst. Boykin also released his newest book in August. Wendy Weinhold, coordinator of the LGBTQ Resource Center, said she’s glad Boykin could come to campus. She said his appearance was not only beneficial to the LGBTQ community, but to black male students and other students as well.

The United States’ first recognized National Coming Out Day 25 years ago, and the university has since continued the tradition. Thursday was National Coming Out Day. To celebrate, SIU hosted

Karma Chavez, an assistant professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin, to discuss the issues that surround coming out. Although the day can symbolize the act of coming out, it is intended to recognize the process people go through to identify themselves, said Wendy Weinhold, coordinator of the university’s LGBTQ

Resource Center. “National Coming Out Day is a day that recognizes, particularly in America’s individualistic society, for many people declaring a part of your identity that is your gender and sex identity,” Weinhold said. “It’s an extremely important part of knowing yourself and feeling safe

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Author and commentator Keith Boykin speaks to students as a part of LGBT History Month. Boykin served President Barack Obama at the White House and was at one point the highest-ranking openly gay person to work for the president’s administration. The event was sponsored by the Center for Inclusive Excellence and the LGBTQ Resource Center.

and comfortable.” Chavez was the keynote speaker at SIU for LGBT history month. Her message, “The Rhetoric of Coming Out: Closets, Shadows and the Politics of Visibility,” included topics such as the history of coming out, the metaphorical closet and how it came to be, the distinctions between being

in the shadows and the closet. Her speech also touched on topics that include the undocumented youth movement of coming out and problematic political issues surrounding the decision to do so. Please visit dailyegyptian.com for the rest of the story.

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But the subject that drew the most heated exchange was taxes, specifically tax returns. Enyart has criticized Plummer, an heir to his family’s lumber fortune, throughout the race for not releasing his tax returns to the public. “My opponent has failed to show his tax returns for four years,” Enyart said. “Millionaires need to pay their fair share of taxes.” Plummer responded that voters don’t want attacks, they want answers. He said his tax returns were not public informationb and Plummer accused Enyart of collecting campaign donations

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from other candidates who haven’t released their own tax returns. “If you’re not going to be honest with the voters when you’re asking them for their vote, how are you going to treat them if you win?” he said. Though Enyart said it’s important for district voters to know if Plummer has paid his fair share of taxes, Plummer said he doesn’t believe so. As the candidates’ race draws to an end, voters can access all three of the debates online to help form their decision. Caleb Motsinger can be reached at cmotsinger@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.

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Clarkin said changes can be seen as soon as in 45 days, and the DCFS is hopeful changes will be made at such speed. Despite what happens, Clarkin said the DCFS is still dedicated to serving children and families, and cuts won’t change that fact. “It’s what every man and woman in this department and the nonprofit organizations that we work with is committed to,” Clarkin said. “It’s why we all get up in the morning.”

John Allen, all-hazards preparedness resource coordinator supervisor for DPS, said students should use brightway paths, public transportation and walk in groups to avoid such incidents. He said these methods would not prevent crime altogether but would lower the chances. Anyone with information about the incidents can call DPS at 453-3771 or the Crime Stopper Line at 549-COPS (2677).

Austin Flynn can be reached at aflynn@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 257.

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Lance Armstrong said he wanted to see the names of his accusers. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency gave him 26, including 11 former teammates. The world’s most famous cyclist said he wanted to see the hard evidence that he was a doper. The agency gave him that, too: About 200 pages filled with vivid details — from the hotel rooms riders transformed into makeshift blood-transfusion centers to the way Armstrong’s former wife rolled cortisone pills into foil and handed them out to all the cyclists. In all, a USADA report released Wednesday gives the most detailed, unflinching portrayal yet of Armstrong as a man who, day after day, week after week, year after year, spared no expense — financially, emotionally or physically — to win the seven Tour de France titles that the anti-doping agency has ordered taken away. It presents as matter-of-fact reality that winning and doping went handin-hand in cycling and that Armstrong was the focal point of a big operation, running teams that were the best at getting it done without getting caught. Armstrong won the Tour as leader of the U.S. Postal Service team from 1999-2004 and again in 2005 with the Discovery Channel as the primary sponsor. USADA said the path Armstrong

chose to pursue his goals “ran far outside the rules.” It accuses him of depending on performance-enhancing drugs to fuel his victories and “more ruthlessly, to expect and to require that his teammates” do the same. Among the 11 former teammates who testified against Armstrong are George Hincapie, Tyler Hamilton and Floyd Landis. USADA Chief Executive Travis Tygart said the cyclists were part of “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.” Armstrong did not fight the USADA charges, but insists he never cheated. His attorney, Tim Herman, called the report “a one-sided hatchet job — a taxpayer funded tabloid piece rehashing old, disproved, unreliable allegations based largely on axe-grinders, serial perjurers, coerced testimony, sweetheart deals and threat-induced stories.” Aware of the criticism his agency has faced from Armstrong and his legion of followers, Tygart insisted his group handled this case under the same rules as any other. Armstrong was given the chance to take his case to arbitration and declined, choosing in August to accept the sanctions instead, he noted. “We focused solely on finding the truth without being influenced by celebrity or non-celebrity threats, personal attacks or political pressure because that is what clean athletes deserve and demand,” Tygart said.

Southern Hills, an isolated and deteriorating graduate student-housing complex, will soon be torn down, a University Housing administrator said. Lisa Marks, associate director of University Housing, said students are being phased out of the apartment complex, but Southern Hills will not be replaced anytime soon. “We are currently in the fourth year of a five-year closure schedule,” Marks said in an email. “While not within the first four phases of the plan, providing new efficiency apartments is an option.” Bill Richardson, a clerk at Southern Hills, said Southern Hills has already phased out a majority of buildings. Of the 17 buildings, only the six closest to the front of the complex remain open, he said. Potential spots for a new complex on the west side of campus are being explored, Marks said. She said maintenance costs have become too expensive to keep the complex running. “Southern Hills has exceeded its useful life,” she said. Marks said many residents have chosen to move to Evergreen Terrace, another graduate student housing complex the campus plans to renovate soon. Other student housing options include 21-and-older floors in the Brush Towers for single students as well as Wall and Grand Apartments for those who wish to live with others, she said. The architecture firm Brailsford and Dunlavey polled Southern Hills residents

about their opinions on the complex’s future; a request for comment from the firm regarding future plans for the complex was not returned by press time. Southern Hills is sprawled out over woods south of the Brush Towers. Some buildings lack siding, secondlevel railings are starting to wear and playground equipment has rusted over. Also, a giant sandbox in the middle of the community playground has become overgrown with weeds. Marks said most residents’ maintenance requests involve plumbing and appliance issues, and University Housing still provides a 24/7 hotline to residents at the complex. Richardson said even though the buildings will be torn down soon, Southern Hills’ quietness and proximity to campus continues to attract students. “I believe (Southern Hills) is something like 60 years old now, and it really needs some plumbing work,” he said. “We can’t afford to tear open the walls and replace the plumbing.” Richardson said the sprinkler system could be an issue. While campus residence halls are required to have up-to-code sprinkler systems by 2013, according to Illinois Public Act 4361, Southern Hills does not have an acceptable system, he said. He said problems with boilers are a hassle. Apartments are all hooked to one boiler system, he said, and the air conditioning system becomes useless when they are turned on. However, Richardson said many buildings with frequent cooling issues have been phased out. When it was an issue, he said, maintenance workers

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A vacated Southern Hills apartment window reflects an empty playground Thursday afternoon. The complex on the southeast corner of campus, leased by University Housing, was previously considered family housing but is now only available to single graduate students, according to the University Housing website. Bill Richardson, University Housing clerk at Southern Hills, said a majority of the buildings have been shut down since the summer, and only the front six are still operational while the university phases out the complex. were quick to fix it. Students living in Southern Hills pay $499 per month for an efficiency unit, $541 for a one-bedroom unit, and $575 for a two-bedroom unit. Unlike Evergreen Terrace, all utilities are included in rent at Southern Hills.

Feng Yu, a graduate assistant in computer science from China, said the quality of living is sufficient for the cost of the apartment. The buildings fit a bachelor lifestyle, he said. Instead of requiring students to live together, like a residence hall,

students can rent their own apartments. He said including all utilities in the rent is also a plus. Yu said his apartment is not of the highest quality, but it’s not bad either. As an international student on a budget, he said the rent and utilities are cheap.

S T. LO U I S — Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation’s drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made methamphetamine, flooding U.S. cities with exceptionally cheap, extraordinarily potent meth from factory-like “superlabs.” Although Mexican meth is not new to the U.S. drug trade, it now accounts for as much as 80 percent of the meth sold here, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. And it is as much as 90 percent pure, a level that offers users a faster, more intense and longer-lasting high. “These are sophisticated, hightech operations in Mexico that are operating with extreme precision,” said Jim Shroba, a DEA agent in St. Louis. “They’re moving it out the door as fast as they can manufacture it.” The cartels are expanding into the U.S. meth market just as they did with heroin: developing an inexpensive, highly addictive form of the drug and sending it through the same pipeline already used to funnel marijuana and cocaine, authorities said.

Seizures of meth along the Southwest border have more than quadrupled during the last several years. DEA records reviewed by The Associated Press show that the amount of seized meth jumped from slightly more than 4,000 pounds in 2007 to more than 16,000 pounds in 2011. During that same period, the purity of Mexican meth shot up too, from 39 percent in 2007 to 88 percent by 2011, according to DEA documents. The price fell 69 percent, tumbling from $290 per pure gram to less than $90. Mexican meth has a clearer, glassier appearance than more crudely produced formulas and often resembles ice fragments, usually with a clear or bluish-white color. It often has a smell people compare to ammonia, cat urine or even burning plastic. “You can look at it and see it has a much more pure look,” said Paul Roach, a DEA agent in Denver. The rise of Mexican meth doesn’t mean American labs have disappeared. The number of U.S. meth labs continues to rise even as federal, state and local laws place

heavy restrictions on the purchase of cold and allergy pills containing pseudoephedrine, a major component in the most common meth recipe. The crackdowns that began a decade ago have made it more difficult to prepare large batches, so many American meth users have turned to a simpler method that uses a 2-liter soda bottle filled with just enough ingredients to produce a small amount of the drug for personal use. But south of the border, meth is being made on an industrial scale. Sophisticated factories put out tons of the drug using formulas developed by professional chemists. The final product often is smuggled into the U.S. taped beneath tractor-trailers or hidden inside packages of other drugs. While clandestine U.S. labs generally supply rural areas, Mexican meth is mostly targeted to urban and suburban users. Increasingly large quantities are turning up in dozens of American cities, including Dallas, Phoenix, Denver, Chicago, St. Louis and Salt Lake City, according to the DEA.

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No one likes a faker. The National Basketball Association implemented an “antiflopping” rule Oct. 4, which will penalize players who exaggerate body movements after contact and fall to the floor to draw foul calls. Flopping can happen on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. The NBA has seen a notable increase over the past few seasons as officials have been more likely to call a charge than ever before. An NBA official said in an Oct. 3 press release the act has “no place in our game.” This season’s flopping repercussions certainly support that statement. Whenever there is a suspected flop, NBA officials will look at video after

the game has finished to determine whether the player was legitimately fouled or was just pulling a fast one. If league officials decide the action was indeed a flop, the guilty player will receive a verbal warning for his first offense. The second incident will result in a $5,000 fine. The third will cost the player $10,000, the fourth $15,000 and a fifth offense will cost $30,000. A sixth offense could lead to a possible suspension, and suspended players are docked pay for the games they miss. Tayt Rohrer, a junior from Lincoln studying sport administration, said he is unsure how the new rule

will play out this season. He said he thinks the players will test the rule and see how strictly the league enforces it. “I think some players will still (flop) just to see how serious the NBA is about it, and to test their grounds,” he said. “If the NBA actually puts its foot down, I think it’ll stop.” As it typically goes, when a league such as the NBA makes a universal decision, not everyone is pleased. Billy Hunter, executive director of the NBA Players Association, has taken offense on behalf of his players. “We believe that any monetary penalty for an act of this type

is inappropriate and without precedent in our sport or any other sport,” he said. “We will bring appropriate legal action to challenge what is clearly a vague and arbitrary overreaction and overreach by the commissioner’s office.” Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, who is considered by many as a notorious flopper, is also not fond of the decision and called the new rule “a bunch of crap.” Although some do not support the new rule, it seems as if the overall consensus from the fans and players in the league has been positive. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most celebrated athletes in the league, said he likes the rule. He called flopping a “chump move.” Blake Harris, a senior from Metropolis studying advertising, said he is happy the NBA developed the rule. “I’m glad they’re doing it,” he said. “It’s frustrating watching the games where people are flopping. It takes

N EW YO R K — The Yankees’ team bus was on the Henry Hudson Parkway last Saturday when Joe Girardi’s phone rang. After deteriorating from Alzheimer’s disease since the 1990s, his father had died in Illinois. “I had tears in my eyes on the bus, so I put some sunglasses on,” the manager said Thursday, struggling not to cry, “and (did) probably what a lot of men do when they go through difficult and sad times, we try to stay busy. That’s what we do. And I tried to focus.” For five days, Girardi did not disclose dad’s death to his players, preferring

not to talk about it and not wanting to distract his team. Jerry Girardi, who was 81, will be buried in Tampico, Ill., next Monday — an off day in the AL championship series. “I was going to tell them, you know, God willing we get into the next round, that I was going to the funeral on Monday and I wouldn’t be at the workout,” he said. “That’s when I was going to tell them.” The Yankees held a 2-1 lead over Baltimore in the best-of-five division series going into Game 4 Thursday night. A man on a mission. That’s what Joe Girardi is. That’s what he learned from Jerry Girardi and his mom, Angela, who died in 1984. Not managing for a night never entered

his mind, not last weekend, not now. “The one thing that both of them, besides many other things that they taught me, was always to finish the job at hand,” Girardi said. “So my thought process was my dad would want me to do everything that we could do to go win a World Series. He had been a part of them with me as a player. 2009 — I don’t think he understood what we did at that time. He was at a stage in Alzheimer’s that he wasn’t talking, so I don’t think he understood.” And then the manager with the closecropped hair and serious look, a man who almost always maintains a steely cool, got emotional and choked up. “I had a tremendous relationship with my father. Wherever he went, I

went. When he stopped, I ran into him,” Girardi said. “And I’ve always said, if I could be half the husband and father my dad would be, that would be special.” It was as difficult a pregame news conference as there can be. A night earlier, Girardi made the toughest decision of his six years as a major league manager. With the Yankees trailing 2-1 in the ninth inning, he pinch hit for slumping Alex Rodriguez, baseball’s most expensive player. Raul Ibanez batted for A-Rod and not only hit a tying home run, he went on to hit a winning homer in the 12th to give New York a 3-2 victory. “He would have been extremely proud and probably told all his

e will bring appropriate legal action to challenge what is clearly a vague and arbitrary overreaction and overreach by the commissioner’s office. — Billy Hunter executive director of the NBA Players Association

Quarterback Mark Sanchez and the New York Jets are off to a 2-3 start heading into this week’s matchup against the Indianapolis Colts. The Jets rank 28th in the league in passing yards per game, at 201.4, and Sanchez has thrown for only six touchdowns. Disgruntled fans have been calling for backup Tim Tebow to replace Sanchez for weeks. After such a rocky start, should the Jets give Tebow a shot?

If they want ratings and publicity, yes. If they want to win, no. Mark Sanchez is a sub-par NFL quarterback, but he is still miles ahead of Tim Tebow. Tebow can be a game changer, but it won’t be behind center. I think Tebow can be effective in the wildcat formation or on punt returns, as we saw Monday night against Houston, but he just doesn’t have what it takes to be an NFL quarterback.

DeMario I’m surprised that the Jets haven’t already set Mark Sanchez’s quarterback rating of 66 on the pine. Tebow was brought to the Big Apple for this specific event. Jets management foresaw that the “Sanchise” may not be the best answer at quarterback, so they signed Tebow as a contingency plan. I think it is time for plan B. At least Tebow can get first downs and move the chains.

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away from the game.” The legal process that will likely ensue will surely be nauseating as it usually is, but when it’s all said and done, this rule will likely stand. The NBA should be commended for actually listening to a fan’s voice. The NBA will often times take action when it comes to financial issues, citing a preservation of the league. Commissioner David Stern and his associates finally did something to truly fortify the league’s integrity. Flopping became a phenomenon in the league last year, especially in the playoffs. Players such as Blake Griffin, Paul Pierce, Manu Ginobili and Chris Bosh fell to the floor whenever they could to draw a foul. Now, with the new rule in place, acting can be left to the professionals.

buddies,” Girardi said of his dad. Jerry Girardi served in the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War and worked in construction sales and as a bricklayer. Sounds like he was a tough guy who didn’t back down. “I was watching my dad change a bathtub spigot, and he had the wrench, and he was trying to tighten it, and the wrench slipped and hit his thumb and he broke his thumb and it was bleeding,” Girardi said. “But he finished what he had to do. He finished that, and my mom was like, ‘You’ve got to go to the hospital,’ and he’s like, ‘Nope, I’ve got to finish it.’ He just taped it up. “So I thought, that’s what my dad would want me to do, so that’s what I tried to do.”

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They say, “Don’t mess with success.” The opposite should be true as well. Sanchez obviously isn’t getting the job done. While I don’t necessarily believe Tebow is much better, he deserves a chance. I don’t expect much of a change with Tebow in the lineup, but then again, I didn’t expect him to have the success that he had last year either. It’s Tebow Time.

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The SIU football team’s Homecoming matchup with the University of Northern Iowa Saturday offers the Salukis a chance to kick a battered rival while its down. Defeating UNI (1-4, 0-2) could essentially knock the Panthers out of playoff contention and vault the Salukis (3-3, 2-1) over the .500 mark. It is foolish to judge the Panthers by their record alone. The team has played perhaps the harshest schedule amongst teams in the Football Championship Series. UNI lost by a combined 16 points to University of Wisconsin and University of Iowa, both Big Ten Conference schools, to start the year, and has since taken losses to Youngstown State and North Dakota State, both of which are ranked top 10 in the polls. In fact, even with a dismal record, Northern Iowa remained in the top 25 of the polls until it dropped Monday. “It’s Northern Iowa. They could be 5-0. It doesn’t matter. It’s going to be a game our guys are excited to play,” coach Dale Lennon said at his weekly press conference. “Nobody is looking past them. Records and stats mean nothing to us in our preparation for this game.” Senior outside linebacker Kevin Reed said there is no issue with the Salukis looking past Northern Iowa. “We have to be mentally tough at home,” Reed said. “It’s going to be a big week with Homecoming. Every game is a must-win game for

e have to be mentally tough at home. It’s going to be a big week with Homecoming.

— Kevin Reed Senior outside linebacker

us, especially a team like (Northern Iowa) that has faced two FBS teams and competed. These guys are not to be overlooked at all.” Reed recorded two tackles and a sack in the Salukis’ 17-0 Illinois State shutout Saturday. Another factor the Salukis shouldn’t take lightly in the contest is UNI quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen. Though he is only a freshman, Lennon said Kollmorgen has a pocket presence and ability to make quick reads that are far beyond his age. Kollmorgen ranks second in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in passing at 257 yards per contest. He completes just under 60 percent of his passes and has thrown for 11 touchdowns. Senior defensive end Ken Boatright said Kollmorgen’s age will not factor into the way he attacks the quarterback while on the field. “Usually it would, but this guy is a good quarterback,” Boatright said. “I’m not even going to look at his age and say anything about it.” Boatright had four tackles and a sack Saturday. His four sacks on the year are the seventh-most in the conference. While SIU has three times as many wins as UNI, Lennon said both teams come into the matchup

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Senior running back Steve Strother runs the ball Thursday while sophomore inside linebacker Dinnus Harding and senior running back Mulku Kalokoh attempt to block during practice at Saluki Stadium. Offensive line coach Phil Meyer said the team is going to come out with some real intensity for this weekend’s game. “It’s getting to be mid-season where big wins can have a bearing on a conference championship,” Meyer said. The Salukis play Northern Iowa at 2 p.m. Saturday at Saluki Stadium. with the same mindset. “It’s a must-win for them and a must-win for us,” he said. “That’s the reality of it. It’s game seven of the season for us and has significance to it if we want to feel we have responsibilities next week. We are 3-3. We are fighting for survival. We have to fight for the opportunity to be alive that next week.” Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Ben Conrady can be reached at bconrady@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 282.