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Early voting to close Thursday Jackson County ballots look slim CHRISTINA SPAKOUSKY Daily Egyptian Only 1,400 early voting ballots have been cast in Jackson County, which is lower than statewide predictions, says Jackson County Clerk Larry Reinhardt. “We’re at about 10 percent cast early so far. Whether that’s a sign of low turnout or a sign that people are waiting until the last minute to decide, I’m not sure,� Reinhardt said. He said Jackson County usually averages 15,000 to 16,000 votes in the midterm elections, and he assumes this election will show the same results. John Jackson, visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, said in each of the county’s last seven elections — local, statewide and national — an average of 27.6 percent of the registered population voted. The 2008 General Election saw the highest voter turnout in the county since the election of President John F. Kennedy in 1960, at 57.4 percent, Jackson said. Still, he said that rate was 5 percentage points lower than the national average, and turnout typically drops for midterm elections. “We have this mythology in American life that the government closest to home is the one we care most about, when in fact the governments closest to home are the ones we care least about,� he said. For the past three local elections held in Jackson County, an average of 17.5 percent of registered voters cast ballots in each one, data from the Jackson County election results archives shows. Jackson said he doesn’t foresee the low turnout rate improving for the upcoming elections. “It’s continued for a long time and it seems to be exacerbated by this upcoming midterm election where the polls are showing young people not engaged and not planning to go vote,� he said. Please see EARLY | 2
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THE WRITING ON THE WALL Gavin Gottfried, 22, of Chicago, washes graffiti off the wall of Attitude Designs in Carbondale. “I’m all for graffiti, but when people do stuff like this, it’s
just ignorant,� Gottfried said. A recent increase in graffiti in Carbondale and on campus has caused authorities to step up patrols and offer rewards for information leading to arrests.
Provost candidate suggests solutions are already at SIUC RYAN VOYLES Daily Egyptian Gary Minish says SIUC already has what it needs to fix all its problems, it just needs to realize it has the solution. "Everything's here ... our folks know how to get it done, and have been getting it done, with limited resources," he said. "I tell you, once we get that turned around, just think of what we can really do at this university." Minish, former dean of the SIUC College of Agricultural Sciences from 2004 to 2009, was the third of four finalists for the provost and senior vice chancellor position to hold an open forum to address concerns by faculty, staff and students. Finalists Robert Hampton, a professor of sociology and social work at Tennessee State University, and Don Rice, current interim provost at SIUC, held their forums Oct. 18 and Oct. 20. The fourth finalist, Cameron Hackney, dean of the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Re-
sources and Design, and director of the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at West Virginia University, will hold his open forum Monday. Minish, who retired as dean in Dec. 2009, told the more than 80 people Tuesday at the Student Center Auditorium that his years of experience — 27 years at Virginia Tech and six years at SIUC — have prepared him for the many challenges he would face if he were to take over as provost. Minish said the university's major focus has to be on increasing enrollment and retention, and he said he has fixed enrollment problems in the past and will do it again if given the opportunity. "I've turned around enrollment numbers at Virginia Tech, and I did it again here," he said. "If I am selected, that will be fixed. It will be done and we can focus on more initiatives." After Minish took over as dean of Agricultural Sciences in 2004, undergraduate enrollment in the college increased to 21 percent in the last three years
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Gary Minish, former dean of the College of Agriculture, addresses members of the faculty, staff and students Tuesday at the Student Center Auditorium. Minish is one of four finalists for the provost and senior vice chancellor position. A decision is expected to be announced by the committee in late November. of his tenure, according to the 2009-2010 SIUC Factbook. He said bigger problems such as enrollment have distracted people from the smaller problems that are taking place on campus, such as the need to con-
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"There are all kinds of opportunities that we have to refocus on," Minish said. "We have been distracted in the past, but we have the people that would allow us to fix all of these problems.” Joe Deamer, a senior from Carbondale studying hospitality and tourism, said he has met Minish several times, as the former dean helped fund Deamer's Registered Student Organization, Minorities in Agriculture. Minish has always been a pleasant person who seemed to have student's best interest in mind, Deamer said. "(Minish) has always been a good man, and he has done a lot for us in the College (of Agricultural Sciences)," Deamer said. "He made sure every student
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he talked to had what they needed, and he was a huge help to me and my RSO." Deamer said he was pleased to hear Minish discuss the issues of recruitment and retention on campus, and he said he believed Minish could use his experience to help the university. The image of SIUC also needs to shift to help draw in more students, Minish said. He said the Southern at 150 project, which is set to make SIUC one of the top 75 research universities in the nation by 2019, has created a nice guideline, but more needs to be done. "We really need to make SIUC the destination for students who are looking for a great education, as well as for faculty and staff for people to come here," Minish said. Kristine McGuire, constituent development officer for the SIU Founda-
tion, said after Minish's presentation she was very impressed by the way he addressed many of the issues facing campus, and how he solved similar problems in the past. "He was very open about his ideas of how to turn around our recruitment and retention, which is the major issue right now," she said. Minish said after the presentation all the university needs to make the necessary changes is a change of attitudes. "This university has unlimited potential," he said. "We just need to develop a culture full of can-do attitudes here. It's something as simple as that that can change everything around."
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Democrats, said many students were rejected from the process because they had to provide proof of residence in Jackson County. “A lot of their IDs are from back home; they don’t match the dorm room and current address. It makes the process a little more difficult for students,” he said. In order to register, a photo ID along with another document proving residency, such as a piece of mail, bill or magazine was needed. After the student registered, an absentee ballot was sent to his or her address, but then he or she was responsible for returning it. Despite voter registration ending, Nylen said he’s still trying to encourage student voter participation by making phone calls, sending out mailers and flyers and running ads. “We’re doing just about everything we can to raise awareness,”
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Gary Hartlieb, of Carbondale, submits his vote electronically Monday at the Carbondale City Hall. Nancy Fager, an election judge from Murphysboro, said early voting opened Oct. 12 for Carbondale. the Student Center Thursday. Nylen said. Information about where to vote Students and Carbondale residents can still cast early ballots Nov. 2 can be found on the Jackson from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at City County Web site at www.jacksonHall and at the Jackson County county-il.gov. Courthouse in Murphysboro until Nick Johnson contributed to this 4 p.m. In addition, early voting is available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at report.
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Parking lot cameras spotlight of USG meeting LAUREN LEONE Daily Egyptian Undergraduate Student Government President Marcus King said USG should and will be a strong voice for students. Ashleigh Dixon came to USG's Tuesday meeting for support after her car was vandalized on campus. She said she wants support from USG to petition for security cameras installed in campus parking lots. Dixon said her car was vandalized Oct. 12 in Wall and Grand Apartments parking lot and because there were no security cameras, she was told by campus police nothing else could be done without a suspect. “I came to USG tonight to basically get the support,” said Dixon, a junior from Petersburg, Va., studying early childhood education. “I don’t understand why we pay for parking and there’s no type of security. You’re just paying for the spot.” She said she hopes USG can help others in her situation. “Installing cameras would prevent this from happening again,” she said. Dave Loftus, senator for West Side housing and member for internal affairs, said he wants to see quick progress with the issue. He said he supports Dixon’s request to install security cameras in parking lots with frequent vandalism. “We will fight on her side to see what we can do at the university level,” he said. Loftus said Dixon’s first step should be to seek guidance and legal advice from the Students’ Legal Assistance office, which
Marlee Trandel, a junior from Sandwich studying medicine and science, catches a frisbee while Sarah Wagner, a freshman from Oak Park studying education, gets ready to throw during an ultimate frisbee practice Tuesday in an open area southwest of the arena. Incognitas, the women’s ultimate frisbee team, is one of 12 groups to gain RSO status at the Tuesday USG meeting. EDYTA BŁASZCZYK DAILY EGYPTIAN
provides services paid for by the $6 per semester student fee. USG’s responsibility is giving students a voice, King said. “This is what USG is all about. ... to be able to help someone out,” he said. King said he wants to give Dixon an even stronger voice by offering her a place on a safety committee within USG. “This will be taken care of,” he said. “There’s too many people here that want to help. She doesn’t have to worry anymore.”
USG also gave 12 student organizations stronger voices by approving groups as Registered Student Organizations, King said. Black Male’s Roundtable, SIU Culinary Club, Dub Club, Game Mechanics, Heavy Hitters Entertainment, Incognita (Ultimate Frisbee), Naturalistas, Nursing Undergraduate Recruitment Student Education, Saluki Respects Life, Student Researchers in Physiology and Anatomy, Unite for Sight and Blacks Interested in Business were approved to be RSOs.
USG also approved $4,050 for Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and $1,591 for Blacks Interested in Business. Phi Beta Sigma's request was approved to pay for its first annual Sneaker Ball. The charitable event will benefit Soles4Souls, an organization active in more than 125 countries that donates shoes to children. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday in the Newman Catholic Student Center. Blacks Interested in Business'
request was approved for events throughout the fall semester, including a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, College of Business Pride Week, a Garden of the Gods trip and SIU Idol. The approval of Film Alternatives’ request for $7,150 for the Big Muddy Film Festival was tabled for USG’s next meeting because the RSO was not present.
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Massive windstorm tears across Midwest TAMMY WEBBER The Associated Press C H IC AG O — A massive storm with wind gusts up to 81 mph howled across the nation’s midsection Tuesday, snapping trees and power lines, ripping off roofs, delaying flights and soaking commuters hunched under crumpled umbrellas. Spanning from the Dakotas to the eastern Great Lakes, the unusual system mesmerized meteorologists because of its size and because it had barometric pressure similar to a Category 3 hurricane, but with much less destructive power. Scientists said the storm had the force of a blizzard minus the snow. “If it were colder, we’d have a blizzard with this system,” said David Imy, operations chief at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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looked up where the noise was coming from and saw pieces of the roof sucked up. I’ve never been more scared, ever.
Administration’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. But temperatures were in the 50s and 60s, instead of the 20s. The National Weather Service said the system’s pressure reading Tuesday was the lowest ever in a nontropical storm in the mainland U.S. If confirmed, that would be worse than the pressure that produced the Blizzard of 1978, the March 1993 “Storm of the Century” or the November 1975 storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald freighter, memorialized in a song by Gordon Lightfoot. The storm blew in from the Pacific Northwest on the strength
of a jet stream that is about onethird stronger than normal for this time of year, Imy said. As the system moved into the nation’s heartland, it drew in warm air needed to fuel thunderstorms. Then the winds intensified and tornados formed. Add to that the fact the storm was moving fast, 50 to 60 mph, and the winds became even stronger, Imy said. By Tuesday morning, sustained winds were about 35 to 40 mph and gusting much higher. A gust of 81 mph was recorded in Butlerville, Ohio, and 80 mph in Greenfield, Ind., according to NOAA. At one point, more than 145,000
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homes and businesses were without power in Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and the St. Louis area. The storms were headed toward the East Coast by late afternoon, and winds were expected to subside in the evening. But forecasters said the winds could pick up again on Wednesday. A tornado touched down in Racine County, Wis., where two people were injured when a section of roof was torn off a tractor factory, and in Van Wert County, Ohio, near the Indiana border, where a barn was flattened and flipped over a tractortrailer and camper. A tornado also
touched down in Peotone, Ill., where three people were injured when a home’s roof came off, and twisters were suspected in several other states. Sheryl Uthemann, 49, was working first shift at the Case New Holland plant in Mount Pleasant, Wis., when the storm blew through about 8 a.m. and started to lift the roof. “It was just a regular workday and all of a sudden that noise just came and (co-workers) said ‘Run! Run! Run!’ You didn’t have time to think,” she said. “I looked up where the noise was coming from and saw pieces of the roof sucked up. I’ve never been more scared, ever.” In the Indiana town of Wanatah, about 60 miles southeast of Chicago, a pole barn at a hydraulics company was destroyed, and two homes were severely damaged, though no injuries were reported.
Voters asked to choose twice for Senate seat JOHN O’CONNOR The Associated Press SPR I N G F I E L D — No, Illinois, you’re not seeing double. The Nov. 2 ballot asks for two votes for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama, another twist of the state’s wacky politics. A judge has determined the same candidates must run for two terms: one being the normal six years beginning in January, the other an
interim stint beforehand that probably will last little more than a month. In both cases, voters will choose from among Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, Republican Mark Kirk, Green LeAlan Jones and Libertarian Mike Labno. Polls show the race extremely close between Giannoulias and Kirk. Kirk has tried to make the shortterm Senate seat a selling point in his campaign, reminding people they have a rare chance to vote twice for
the same office. He argues the temporary position shouldn’t be seen as a throwaway vote. He warns Democrats might try to sneak through legislation like new taxes during the period between the election and the start of the next Congress. Kirk says if he’s there, he could help prevent such moves. Giannoulias has said little about the short-term position in his campaigning. Just how long the short-timer
would even serve is unclear. Illinois election officials must certify the results of elections, which might take weeks, and the Senate ultimately decides when its members are seated. The saga of the double vote began when Obama, a Democrat chosen senator in 2004, resigned after he won the Oval Office in November 2008 with more than two years left on his term. The U.S. Constitution’s 17th Amendment gives governors the power to choose a replacement until the
Legislature conducts a special election. Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who had been arrested on political corruption charges, including a claim he tried to sell the appointment to the Senate in exchange for personal gain, named former state attorney general Roland Burris. Blagojevich was convicted this summer of lying to the FBI, but a jury could not reach a verdict on 23 other counts, including the Senate-seat allegation. He will be retried this winter.
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Wikileaks shines light on lessons learned The following editorial appeared Tuesday in The Baltimore Sun. This weekend, Julian Assange, the reclusive renegade computer hacker who has made a career of unveiling government and corporate secrets on the whistle-blower website Wikileaks, confounded American policymakers for the second time in three months when he released nearly 400,000 classified field reports from the war in Iraq. In July, Wikileaks posted 90,000 classified documents describing a litany of strategic setbacks, human rights abuses and widespread corruption in the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The latest leak of Iraq
materials is said to be the largest unauthorized disclosure of secret military documents in U.S. history. The most recent revelations, which offer evidence of widespread killings and torture of detainees by Iraqi security forces enjoying tacit American approval, and an Iran increasingly emboldened to manipulate events behind the scenes, come at an awkward moment for the Obama administration. While American officials continue to insist that plans to withdraw all U.S. forces from the country by the end of next year remain on track, the documents’ description of a country besieged by threats of sectarian violence
and at the mercy of meddling neighbors raises the question of whether Iraq would immediately slip back into chaos if U.S. forces left. Though the general outlines of the new material have been published previously, the Wikileaks cache provides a far more in-depth and specific account of some of the most brutal episodes of the war from the perspective of soldiers on the ground. Among other things, the reports suggest that flagrant human rights abuses by Iraqi government forces widened the sectarian and ethnic divides that continue to frustrate efforts to achieve stability there. Assange justified releasing the se-
cret war logs by saying he wanted to expose “the truth� about America’s involvement in Iraq. But the U.S. government is investigating him for possible violation of espionage laws, and even some of his supporters reportedly have begun to suspect that he suffers from delusions of grandeur or worse. Yet, however flawed the messenger may be, Americans ignore the message in these documents at their peril. U.S. military advisers who tolerated the torture and killing of innocent civilians in the name of quickly turning over responsibility for security to Iraqi forces did the country they were trying to help no favors. Indeed, they probably
damaged the overall U.S. mission there by inadvertently creating a whole new constellation of grievances for al-Qaida and its allies to exploit. As U.S. commanders in Afghanistan contemplate a similar accelerated transfer of security responsibilities to indigenous forces in that country, they would do well to remember that turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by allies is unlikely to create the kind of long-term, countrywide stability that eventually would allow U.S. forces to withdraw. On the contrary, tolerating such abuses almost certainly will only prolong the conflict and increase its cost in blood and treasure.
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Press coverage of Wikileaks’ latest stunt less than desirable Sam Tempel senior studying physics On Oct. 22, the largest leak of classified military documents in history was loosed via the World Wide Web by the increasingly well-known whistleblower website Wikileaks, led by the infamous spokesman Julian Assange. The nearly 400,000 U.S. Army documents detail the day-today reports of individual troops at the ground level in Iraq. They provide a concrete narrative of a large amount of the war, from the beginning of 2004 to the end of 2009; an official body count (up until now, its
existence has been denied) was ascertained to be 109,032 total dead with 66,081 officially counted as civilians. Almost as offensive as the depictions of torture, rape and murder contained within the documents is the lack of media response to it. Not all were as silent as the Daily Egyptian has been on this matter, which did not even have a backpage blurb on the issue. The New York Times, commonly regarded as the main liberal source of news in America, was the paper that broke the Pentagon Papers, a leak that exposed war crimes committed during Vietnam and is now acknowledged as
a monumentally historic event. Perhaps Assange had that in mind when he included the Times in with those allowed to preview the leak before it happened. Their response almost made me wish they had stayed silent. The NYT has a special section of its website dedicated to what have been dubbed as “The War Logs.� The headlining article as of Monday night is entitled “Wikileaks Founder on the Run, Chased by Turmoil,� a character assassination piece painting Assange as psychologically unstable. This piece comes from John Burns, a writer noted for being a cheerleader for the Iraq War from its start. It is simple for him
to attack Assange on a personal level to marginalize what he exposed, but it is a much more complicated matter to actually address the offenses contained within the leak. While other articles in NYT’s War Logs section are not nearly as bad as Burns’, all of them downplay U.S. culpability regarding these atrocities. I don’t care if the Queen of England was the one behind the leak, it still does not change what was actually leaked. More reasonable, but still malignant, are the journalists condemning Wikileaks for endangering lives irresponsibly. While Wikileaks does redact sensitive specifics to minimize
innocent bloodshed, it is not perfect. However, there is no evidence that there has been violence caused by previous similar leaks regarding Afghanistan. Furthermore, it is unfair to place the blame on Wikileaks; Assange requested help from the Pentagon to sanitize the documents and was refused. In fact, that denial should be a scandal itself; the motives of that refusal should be brought into serious question. It is sad we cannot trust journalists to investigate the truth. Journalism is supposed to be a noble and idealistic profession. To the writers of the DE: I expected more from you.
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Gaia House seeks anniversary makeover SARAH SCHNEIDER Daily Egyptian As it enters its 50th year, the Gaia House Interfaith Center program looks to fundraisers and sustainability programs to keep the program continuing in its current building, says Maurine Pyle, director of the center. Brent Ritzel, a Gaia House board member, said a campaign was launched Monday at a board meeting to raise $100,000 for the center. Pyle said the campaign will start in November and end in October 2011. Ritzel said the goal of the campaign is to renew the building and make it eco-friendly, while promoting the historical significance of the building. “We really want to maintain the integrity of the space, because we want to look at getting on the national registry for being 50 years old; it could be at a national landmark status,” he said. Pyle said the main goal of the center is to support students in their human development and spiritual searches. “Our mission is to SIUC students and an outreach to the wider area,” she said. “We are a welcoming community committed to spiritual awareness and to integrate peace, justice and ecological sustainability.” Gaia House, named for the Greek goddess of the earth, is a
place where students can learn about other cultures and seek a spiritual path, Pyle said. “A lot of young people at this age when they come to college sort of let go of what they experienced before, when they were children living with their parents, and now they are exploring,” she said. She said students often have questions about their value systems and their own belief systems. Gaia House is a place where someone will listen if students don’t get their questions answered, she said. While the building itself is entering its 50th year, the interfaith program is 67 years old, she said. The program, originally called the Student Christian Foundation, was founded in 1943 by SIU President Roscoe Pulliam with the intention of giving students a place on campus to gather together and learn about their own spiritual search and values, she said. Pyle said one of the biggest changes over the years is that the center is no longer a Christian only ministry. “We welcome students of any background,” she said. Pyle said more than 20 groups meet at the center, many of which the Gaia House Registered Student Organization helps to arrange. The programs vary, including weekly Quaker meetings, dance classes, martial arts, yoga, Quran readings, Buddhist meditation classes, a wide variety of discussion groups and
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Bob Tiffin, 57, of Carbondale, rests his hands on his knees during a sitting meditation session Tuesday at the Gaia House Interfaith Center. Gillian Harrison, weekly dinners. Ritzel said the RSO constantly puts on fundraisers and will help significantly in raising the money for the campaign. Acaisha Buffo, vice president of the RSO, said she joined the group after attending the weekly InterVeg vegetarian potluck dinner at Gaia House for a year. Buffo, a junior from Itasca studying
a member of the Shawnee Dharma Group, said the group has met at the Gaia House for 11 years. The center is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
communication design, said the main goal of the RSO is to promote the Gaia House and get the word out that the center exists. She said her favorite aspect about the center is the variety people she has met there. “There are all kinds of people, from wannabe Buddhists to the hardcore Christians to Wiccans,” Buffo said. “You get all these
differing opinions from different people.” She said she keeps coming back to Gaia House because it feels like home. “It’s really like a family here,” she said.
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N E W YO R K — Charlie Sheen was hospitalized Tuesday for a psychiatric evaluation after a woman told police he was throwing furniture and yelling in his hotel room, a law enforcement official said. His publicist blamed an allergic reaction to medication. Police were called to The Plaza by hotel security at about 2 a.m. and Sheen appeared highly intoxicated, the official said. The actor was not arrested and went voluntarily. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the encounter and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Sheen’s publicist Stan Rosenfield said the 45-year-old was expected to be released Wednesday.
T E H R A N — Iran acknowledged Tuesday it has been sending funds to neighboring Afghanistan for years, but said the money was intended to aid reconstruction, not to buy influence in the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Karzai said Monday he receives millions of dollars in cash from Iran, adding that Washington gives him “bags of money” too because his office lacks funds. In Washington, President Barack Obama’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, denied that. “We’re not in the big bags of cash business,” he said Tuesday. Earlier, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said some of the U.S. aid to Afghanistan is in cash.
B A G H D A D — U.S. enemies already are combing through data released last week in a trove of Iraq war documents for ways to harm the American military, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said Tuesday. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn called the documents “stolen material” and said they give adversaries key insight on how the U.S. military operates. He did not say which groups, or how the Pentagon knew they were researching the documents. “There are groups out there that have said they are indeed mining this data to turn around and use against us,” Lynn told a small group of reporters during a brief visit to Baghdad. “We think this is problematic.”
J O N E S B O R O — A southern Illinois nursing home will surrender its license and close within 90 days for failing to comply with safety regulations. Orchard Court, a 16-bed facility in Jonesboro, agreed to pay a $12,000 fine. The agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Health was signed Monday. The facility had been cited for failing to protect residents from violent attacks by a teenage resident. A staff member told investigators the teenager targeted elderly men, sending at least one to the hospital. Orchard Court is owned by a nonprofit company, R.A.V.E. Residential Services. Attorney William Radkey says the company can’t afford a legal fight with the government, so agreed to give up its license while admitting no wrongdoing.
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and trucks are made by Honda and Toyota, but U.S. automakers Ford and General Motors are closing the gap in quality, according to an annual survey by Consumer Reports magazine. Ford and GM continue to narrow the disparity that once separated Asia-based automakers from their Detroit rivals. Large overhauls of American car companies in the last few years have resulted in fewer brands and better vehicles from Detroit. For the third year in a row, Toyota’s Scion had the fewest problems of any brand in the survey. It was followed by Porsche, Acura, Honda, and Nissan’s Infiniti luxury brand. The Toyota brand ranked sixth, down from third last year. It was followed by Subaru and Volvo. Lexus, which had been a top finisher in past years, fell to ninth. Ford was 10th, but rose from 16th the previous year.
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Green Bay is dealing with injuries to many of its impact players, but the rest of the league isn't showing any mercy. The Packers lost to the Bears by three, squeaked by the Lions 28-26 and then lost consecutive overtime games with Washington and the Miami Dolphins (3-3). The Giants lost against two teams on the same level as them, the Colts (4-2) and the Tennessee Titans (5-2), but were down 20-7 Monday against the Dallas Cowboys (1-5) until Tony Romo broke his collarbone and the Dallas offense became stagnant. The Seahawks beat the Bears and the Arizona Cardinals (3-3), but got it handed to them 31-14 by the Denver Broncos (2-5) and 20-3 by the St. Louis Rams (3-4). Atlanta has one dominant win, a 41-7 rout of the Cardinals, but otherwise has a 27-24 overtime win against the New Orleans Saints (4-3) and a two-point win against the San Francisco 49ers (1-6). From a fantasy football point of view this is awesome because everyone is scoring, but at the same time, is it really good for
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Erickson said it was huge to finish the fall season even better than it started. He said the wind was a tough battle for the team but was happy it could hold on to second place.
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"Jennifer (Berwanger) is one of the most humble people. After the match on Friday she was more talking about Jessica (Whitehead) and vice versa," Winkeler said.
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he saying “any given Sunday” is a perfect way to describe a league full of mediocrity because any team can honestly beat any opponent. football? Big fan bases are being let down while teams with little fan bases are trying to get whoever they can to buy tickets. I think we can call the 2010-11 season a transition year where the bad teams are on their way to the top, while the good teams are falling to a rebuilding period. Need more proof? Both conferences are identically shaped. There is a two-way tie between similar teams at the top, then average teams on top of other average teams. The AFC East is a two-way tie between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots with 5-1 records. The AFC North is headed by the Pittsburgh Steelers (5-1), the AFC South by the Titans and the AFC West by the Kansas City Chiefs (4-2). Coach Rex Ryan and his Jets lost a tough game against the Baltimore Ravens (5-2) during week one then won five consecutive games. Their only dominant victories were a 20-point win against the horrible Buffalo Bills and a two-touchdown win over the Patriots. “It was good for our team to play well under that pressure with those kinds of conditions," he said. Erickson said the second-place finish is a confidence booster going into the break and will motivate everyone to play even when it's cold out. “I am really glad we played that The Salukis don't often talk about the weekly awards and they don't dwell on the honors because they want to focus on the team and not individual accolades, Winkeler said. Friday against the Evansville Aces, Berwanger had 29 kills and 18 digs for her 52nd double-double
The Patriots have almost the same story; they've only lost to the Jets but beat a bad San Diego (2-5) team Sunday only because the Chargers' 50-yard field goal bounced off the goal post with seconds remaining. The Chiefs were 3-0 and then lost two straight games after a bye week, while the Titans looked great against the Cowboys in a 34-27 win but looked awful against the Broncos in a 26-20 loss. This means there is absolutely no chance of correctly picking a division, conference or Super Bowl winner in the NFL. Each division could be won by two or maybe three teams while the conference could be won by six or seven. Although this makes the season interesting, it makes it hard to enjoy watching the NFL on TV because better games could always be playing out on a different channel.
Brandon LaChance can be reached at blachance@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 282.
tournament, and it shows that we are capable of doing anything. It gives us a lot of momentum going into the spring,” Erickson said.
Ryan Simonin can be reached at rsimonin@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 274. in her five-year career as a Saluki. Whitehead set a career high for kills with 29 while only committing five errors to give her a match-high 47 kill percentage. SIU hasn't had two players with at least 20 kills in the same match since a MVC tournament match in 2002.
Sandberg not likely to be on Cubs staff ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press CHICAGO — Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg is not expected to end up on the Chicago Cubs' coaching staff next season. A person familiar with the situation said Sandberg could continue to manage the Cubs' Triple-A Iowa affiliate if he wants. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly on the matter. The Cubs are looking for a bench coach after Alan Trammell left Tuesday to take a similar spot on former teammate Kirk Gibson's staff with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
It won't be Sandberg, who has made it clear he would like to manage in the majors next season. He was a finalist for the Cubs job along with Eric Wedge, and there was some speculation that he might wind up on Mike Quade's staff. Quade led the Cubs to a 24-13 record over the final six weeks after Lou Piniella retired, a strong finish to a disappointing season in which Chicago finished 75-87 and in next-to-last place in the NL Central. The Cubs decided to stick with him, promoting a longtime minor league manager who had spent the past four years as their third base coach.
A franchise icon, Sandberg spent the past four years managing in the Cubs' system, working his way up from Class-A to Triple-A, and was the Pacific Coast League manager of the Year this season after Iowa went 82-62. Sandberg was a 10-time AllStar and nine-time Gold Glove second baseman for the Cubs. He won the 1984 NL MVP Award while leading Chicago to the NL East title and its first playoff appearance since 1945, before the Cubs lost to San Diego in the league championship series. They have made the playoffs five times since then, but their championship drought is at 102 years.
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Daily Bark The Dallas Cowboys seem to not even be able to buy a win this season, and their situation hasn’t improved as quarterback Tony Romo broke his clavicle Monday against New York. Romo won’t require surgery, but will be out six to eight weeks. Does Romo’s injury automatically destroy Dallas’ high preseason hopes of playing a Super Bowl at home?
The Cowboys are 1-5 so far this season and the whole league seems to be upside down. That is the upside as well because if Oakland can beat the Broncos and the Chargers then anything can happen for the Cowboys, even with a backup quarterback. BRANDON COLEMAN
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Will the sun rise tomorrow?
NICK JOHNSON
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They will play in a Super Bowl. Have you forgotten about the man and legend known as Jon Kitna? He’s the second coming, and will throw for 700 yards and eight touchdowns every game to lead the Cowboys to the Super Bowl. He is a man among boys and should be retired in every Hall of Fame in the country. I’m flying to Vegas now to make my millions with this bet! RYAN VOYLES
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have to close out the matches, and I (can’t) let them try a second time because good players and good teams will take it.
— Melanie Delsart sophomore tennis player
Delsart said what she and the team need to work on during the offseason is how to handle pressure when facing nationally ranked opponents. Sometimes they'll be up in a match but wind up losing because they lost focus, she said. Freshman Anita Lee said she was pleased to earn a place in the main draw but disappointed that she psyched herself out before her third match, a 6-2, 7-5 loss to JoAnne Karaitiana from the University of Tulsa. "Being a freshman, I was thinking in my head 'I'm a little freshman against this girl that's pretty good,'" Lee said. "I snapped out of it in the second set (of the third match) and didn't think about anything but trying my best." Lee said her thoughts before her match against Karaitiana were absurd because she knows she could have won. She said she knows now not to let a mental block such as that hinder her performance on the court. The Salukis' duo of Dien and Delsart played competitively and missed winning their doubles match by one game.
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Sophomore Jennifer Dien plays a singles match Oct. 17 at the Saluki Fall Draw. Dien was one and one in singles Dien and Delsart led their match against Bonny Davidson and Michelle Farley of Tulsa at 7-4 before losing 9-7. "Both of those matches, we just needed to close it off; unfortunately we couldn't do that," coach Audra Nothwehr said. "We're a young team; we need to learn how to close off matches." Wins by Lee and Dien and strong play from Delsart prove the Salukis can play with players
matches at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regional tournament Oct. 21 to 24. ranked in the top 40 nationally, Nothwehr said. She said the team plans to emphasize closing out matches and finishing off points at the net during the Salukis' break between seasons. SIU starts its spring season Jan. 28 against Louisville in Hardin, Ky.
Brandon Coleman can be reached at bcoleman@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 269.
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Berwanger, Whitehead receive MVC honors BRANDON LACHANCE Daily Egyptian For the first time since Aug. 31, 2009, an SIUC volleyball player has been named Missouri Valley Confer-
ence Player of the Week. Senior outside hitter Jennifer Berwanger was the last, and most recent, recipient. Freshman outside hitter Jessica Whitehead was named MVC Freshman of the Week.
Coach Brenda Winkeler said the weekly awards are a great accomplishment for two deserving players. Please see VOLLEYBALL | 8
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Golfer David Griffin practices chipping Friday at Crab Orchard Golf Course in Carterville. The Salukis finished second out of eight teams at the SIUE Invitational Oct. 25 and 26 in Edwardsville. The second-place finish was the team’s best of the 2010 fall season. EDYTA BŠASZCZYK DAILY EGYPTIAN
SIU squeezes second in final fall tournament RYAN SIMONIN Daily Egyptian The men’s golf team saved the best for last as it wrapped up its fall season Tuesday with a second-place finish at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Invitational. The team finished with a score of 913, 16 strokes behind firstplace finisher and conference foe
Missouri State University. SIUE followed in third place with a score of 923 while Tennessee State finished in fourth with 925. Coach Leroy Newton said it was a good finish for the Salukis and it was a great experience for the team to compete with Missouri State. “We got to play with them in the first round and we found out that if we play our game, we can be right
there with them. Not one person quit today, and even with the wind everybody still had a good attitude,� Newton said. Newton said the scores might have been even better if injured sophomore Jeff Miller had been able to play. Newton said he is looking forward to the return of Miller, as well as the spring season after the team has had more time
to improve. The Salukis had two top-ten finishers in the tournament, as sophomores Brandon Cauldwell and Jake Erickson finished in third and tied for sixth out of 52 players with scores of 222 and 225. Brandon Cauldwell said his game was the best he has played in his college career and was happy he kept the ball in play.
Freshman George Tate finished in a tie for 14th place with a score of 232, while senior David Griffin tied for 24th place as he posted a 236. Juniors Jamie Stocks and Richie Williams rounded out the scorecard for the Salukis, as they tied for 29th and 38th place with scores of 238 and 245. Please see GOLF | 8
TENNIS
Salukis to practice patience, focus under pressure BRANDON COLEMAN Daily Egyptian Sophomore Jennifer Dien said she thought too far ahead in her matches and didn't focus as much as she should have in her closing sets at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regionals tourna-
ment Thursday through Monday. "That stopped me from playing my game and actually playing tennis," Dien said. Dien advanced to the singles main draw in the tournament Thursday but lost Friday. During the Salukis' time off from competition, Dien said she plans to
practice on patience when finishing points at the net and on serve returns. The Salukis are not used to playing nationally ranked opponents, sophomore Melanie Delsart said. Players at the Little Rock, Ark., tournament who weren't ranked gave up after losing the first set while ranked
players wouldn’t, she said. "These teams are not going to do that. They will fight until the end. They will fight to the last point until they shake your hand," Delsart said. Delsart won the second set of her singles main draw match and led 5-3 during the third set before losing 7-5 to Ewa Szatkowska from
the University of Tulsa. "I have to to close out the matches, and I (can't) let them try a second time because good players and good teams will take it," Delsart said. Please see TENNIS | 11
FOOTBALL
National Football League full of mediocrity ‘any given Sunday’
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Through seven weeks of NFL football, fans should be able to notice one thing: there aren't any great teams.
The saying "any given Sunday" is a perfect way to describe a league full of mediocrity because any team can honestly beat any opponent. The teams at the top of their division are not bullies and some are winning only because of opponent's mistakes rather than talent and ability. Last season, the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts were unde-
feated going into week 15 and the Minnesota Vikings finished the season with only three loses. This season, the Kansas City Chiefs became the last team to lose a game in week five to the Indianapolis Colts. The NFC North is headed by the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers with 4-3 records, the NFC East is
led by New York Giants at 5-2, the South by the Atlanta Falcons at 5-2 and the NFC West, the worst division in the NFL, is led by the Seattle Seahawks at 4-2. Chicago won 19-14 in week one against the Detroit Lions (1-5), but if Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson had read the rule book and didn't let the ball go out of his hands in
the end zone at the end of the game, the Bears would have lost. The only hands-down win for the Bears was 23-6 against the Carolina Panthers (1-5). They were dominated by the Giants 17-3 and then lost back-toback games to the Seahawks and the Washington Redskins (4-3). Please see COLUMN | 8