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Tunnel encloses forms of oppression SARAH SCHNEIDER Daily Egyptian As she walked through a series of rooms with common themes of hardship, Seiphra Bennett said she realized all people are the same but are defined by their experiences. Bennett, a sophomore from Chicago studying health care management and president of the Black Togetherness Organization, said, she gained a new appreciation and understanding for other people after her first time in the Tunnel of Oppression last spring. The fifth annual Tunnel of Oppression, hosted by the BTO and University Housing, takes place this week in Grinnell Hall. Alfred Jackson, education and outreach coordinator for University Housing, said the tunnel is an interactive learning piece that allows students to display their perception of what discrimination, oppression, hatred and prejudice are and how they apply to society today. The tunnel features 15 themed rooms created by volunteers from Registered Student Organizations and community groups, which chose what topic they thought people needed to be aware of, Jackson said. “As time goes by, society changes by how things are viewed and tends to take on different images,� he said. “We want the students to be able to showcase what they have learned and how it has transcended over time; it involves a
Corbin Doss, left, a sophomore from Springfield studying civil engineering, and Chris Shelton, middle, a senior from Chicago studying biology, yell and curse Monday at Jared Pugh, a sophomore from Chicago studying radio television, during a scene performed at the fifth annual Tunnel of Oppression event hosted by the Black Togetherness Organization. Those who participated were silenced and asked not to respond to the actors so they could experience oppression firsthand. “The skit is supposed to evoke fear in the individual,� Doss said. LAUREN LEONE DAILY EGYPTIAN
transition from outside the world of academia.� Rosemary Simmons, director of the Counseling Center, said each group’s theme choice often reflects its reason for being a group in the first place. For example, Simmons said the Saluki Rainbow Network focused on discrimination and hate crimes against gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and individuals questioning
their sexuality, while the Women’s Center focused on sexual assault or domestic violence. Many student groups that represent minorities focus on racial issues, she said. “I think a lot of times students have gathered because they have a common identity and need support, and when they volunteer for the Tunnel of Oppression, they can highlight being a target of discrimination and what it is like,� she said.
Jackson said spectators will be subjected to various types of discrimination and oppression to gain a better understanding of what oppression is and to question their own beliefs. “We are all shaped by our environment, but sometimes our environment is very limited by what society says to us,� he said. Bennett said one room that opened her eyes featured a student
with a physical disability who expressed his distress with people not noticing him or responding when he talks. “I realized that this is something that we do that does not make sense,� she said. “It really changed my opinion of what people go through.� Please see OPPRESSION | 2
Administration focuses on reliable student demographic BRANDON COLEMAN Daily Egyptian Though the number of AfricanAmerican students at SIU is steadily increasing, their graduation rate isn't as high as other demographics, according to university data. Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, director of University Housing, said SIUC is working to correct that by enhancing cultural openness in faculty and staff to create a positive learning environment for all students. "SIUC is a richly diverse environment, of which our AfricanAmerican student population is a vibrant part," Payne-Kirchmeier said. The African-American student population has increased by 970 students since fall 2003, making it one of the two largest growing student demographics at SIUC,
according to the university's Institutional Research and Studies. The Hispanic student demographic is the only other student population to experience a huge jump, with 407 more students since 2003. But graduation rates from the Office of Enrollment Management show African-American students have one of the lowest graduation rates compared to rates of other ethnicities. In 1999, 29.7 percent of African-American students graduated, compared to 47 percent of caucasian students. In 2006, 34 percent of African-American students graduated, compared to 43.5 percent of caucasian students. Payne-Kirchmeier said multiple university programs and services serve as support for all students. "There are reasons why most African-American students choose SIU," said Peter Gitau, vice chancellor
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of student affairs. "Part of that has to do with its history as a university of access."
He said cultural centers such as the Black Resource and Service Center provide a home-like atmo-
sphere for students that can help them perform well in school and graduate. If a student feels more at home, they tend to have better grades, Gitau said. Dexter Wakefield, director for the Black Resource and Service Center, said the university should create life skills programs to help students develop personally. African-American students in particular, many of whom come from a big city, tend to long for comforts only a big city can provide, Wakefield said. “If the university created more programs where it can help students transition from inner city to college life, I think we can assist them more to prepare and stay around longer,� he said. Please see UNDERREP | 4
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About Us The Daily Egyptian is published by the students of Southern Illinois University Carbondale 50 weeks per year, with an average daily circulation of 20,000. Fall and spring semester editions run Monday through Friday. Summer editions run Tuesday through Thursday. All intersession editions will run on Wednesdays. Spring break and Thanksgiving editions are distributed on Mondays of the pertaining weeks. Free copies are distributed in the Carbondale, Murphysboro and Carterville communities. The Daily Egyptian online publication can be found at www.dailyegyptian.com.
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The transition to college life is difficult for students from both rural and urban areas, Gitau said. He said some students come from towns with 100 people and others are from the large metropolitan areas of Chicago and St. Louis. Regardless of a student's hometown, the SIUC campus and community offer a better environment for studying than most universities in large cities because they are safer and have less traffic than other college towns, he said. Wakefield said students need to be more active in their efforts to find assistance from groups such as the Saluki Cares program and Minorities in Engineering. He said today’s youth carry a sense of entitlement with them and expect to be catered to. The newfound sense of entitlement in African-American students has destroyed the diligence and extra efforts needed to overcome adversity, Wakefield said. “In my generation, we knew that
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there was not going to be a whole lot of assistance from faculty, staff or anybody else,” Wakefield said. “Being the only black person in my class at Purdue University, I didn’t expect anything differently but to do twice as much as the next person.” Often, a student is the first in his or her family to attend college and just wants to graduate with no clear-cut career path, he said. Wakefield said he helps students network with diverse faculty members so they can have multiple recommendations upon graduation. Gitau said there are joint efforts from multiple programs such as Minorities in Engineering, the Office of Institutional Diversity, multicultural programs and the Black Resources Center that help multicultural students. The university has to better coordinate programs to make their availability known to students, he said. Monique Smith, a senior from Champaign with a degree in computer engineering and studying information systems technology, said regardless of ethnicity, she doesn’t know exactly why the university can’t retain students.
“I think it’s not just a black thing but just an SIU thing,” Smith said. “It goes back to the management of the school in general, the president, provost, chancellor and the people they choose to put in charge.” Smith said others have complained to her about unfriendliness at the university. She said some students feel as though teachers don’t care enough to challenge them to get better and only want to hand out grades. Mark Amos, director of Saluki First Year, said the university will have more cohesiveness with the creation of the university college. Chancellor Rita Cheng described the university college as an effort to ensure SIUC’s supplemental instruction, Living Learning Communities, tutoring and mentoring programs, and the Saluki First Year coursework operate as a team. The implementation of the model, which began with the restructuring of services in the Division of Student Affairs in December, should immediately affect students for the better, Amos said.
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Process of elimination in primary election received with mixed opinions LEAH STOVER Daily Egyptian George Maroney says the setup of the primary elections is nonsense. “It’s stupid because you're going from five candidates to four candidates,” said Maroney, former hospital administrator for Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. “If you were going from five to two, it would be different.” Maroney is not the first in Carbondale to disagree with the process of elimination in the primaries. John Jackson, visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, posted a blog Jan. 31 on the institute's website where he argued against the primary set-up. He said allowing the top four mayoral finishers to proceed to the general election could easily result in a plurality winner rather than a majority winner. For example, he said someone with only 26 percent of the vote in the general election could become mayor if the votes were divided in such a manner. However, without providing a large number of candidates, there's the question of whether there will be accurate representation of each neighborhood in the candidates, he said. Brent Ritzel, mayoral candidate and director of public education and outreach for Equitech International, LLC, said he has always been a supporter of dividing the city council into wards. By separating the council, each neighborhood would be given equal representation, he said. “We have a very good racial and gender balance on the council now, but it won’t always be that way,” Ritzel said. “You can ask anyone in the city who their city council candidate is and nobody can answer that question because we don’t have that direct representation.” The division of the council into wards is a big debate across the country, said David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. “If the council runs at large, then everybody has to worry about the whole city,” Yepsen said. “But if you run in districts, then it becomes like the Congress or the legislature. People worry about their neighborhood and their district.”
Jackson said the idea of a ward-based election has been brought up but has never been taken seriously. By transitioning into wards, Jackson said the student population would be more accurately represented. He said students have often complained about not having representation on the council and the implementation of wards would correct the issue. Depending on where they live, Jackson said he has heard of community members who have conflicting views on ward-based elections. Yepsen said the downside to an “at-large system” is oftentimes the vote is concentrated in certain areas. “Then those who are in the areas that didn’t exercise their vote complain because they feel as if they’re not represented,” Yepsen said. Maroney said he believes there are pros and cons to implementing wards, but he doesn't expect to see the change anytime soon. He said Carbondale has been successful in representing a majority of the community and doesn't need to reconsider its process. “It’s a wash because the community in the past has pretty much elected officials who come from different parts of the community. So, in effect, they end up not only representing the entire community, but they also represent to an extent the neighborhoods they come from, and I think that works out pretty well,” Maroney said. State law changed two years ago on the argument that money could be saved if it was possible to skip the primary election, Jackson said. He said the new law is the reason the top four candidates for mayor will continue to the general election because the law was based on the possibility that only four or fewer candidates would file. If fewer than four candidates file, the primary is eliminated and candidates wait until the general election, Jackson said. “Cutting the candidates from the council down from 16 to 12 when there are only three seats open is a useless exercise, and cutting the mayor from five to four is useless; it should've been the top two,” Jackson said. “I would like to see that change. That would be an important reform for the future.”
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Randy Osborn, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale, said Carbondale City Council candidates should make themselves more open and available to the community. Osborn said he looks for honesty, dependability and integrity in a City Council candidate. He said Carbondale needs a candidate who is consistently engaged and visible around the community. A primary election will be held today to reduce the five mayoral candidates to a field of four and the 16 City Council candidates to 12. The contenders are running to replace Mayor Brad Cole and fill council seats held by Steven Haynes, Mary Pohlmann and recently appointed Michael Neill. The candidates who receive the most votes during the primary election will be placed on the ballot for the April 5 general election. Council member Joel Fritzler is running for mayor. If elected, his
council seat will also have to be filled. Osborn said he hopes residents realize the turnover the city government will see after this election. He said a higher number of voters and a more diverse turnout will indicate more support for government services from students and mid- to lowincome residents. “This election could have a major impact on the direction of the city in the next four-plus years and beyond,” Osborn said. “This is an important election. Local decisions impact local residents more immediately than national ones do.” Osborn said the city should rely more strongly on the city manager after the election. He said the city manager’s job is to deal with the economic struggle and encourage community pride. David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, said he would like to see more candidates talk about how they want to make Carbondale a more desirable place for people to live by fixing the city's economics.
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Works as a law librarian. She received a master’s degree from the University of Illinois.
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Works as the manager for Sherwin-Williams. He graduated from SIUC, where he studied political science and international relations.
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A senior at SIUC studying mathematics, Goodman has participated in protests of unfair business practices.
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Jack is the owner of Fat Patties in Carbondale. He attended Iowa State University, John A. Logan College and SIUC. Works as a pastor at Bethel AME Church in Carbondale. He attended Purdue University.
R. Rick Jackson Works as an equity partner at Boggs, Avelliono, Lach and Boggs, LLC. He received his J.D. from SIUC.
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Works as a Braille teacher and received a degree in marketing from SIUC.
“I want to hear how they’re going to deal with the city’s finances,” Yepsen said. “My background is in public administration. Before government can do anything they have to get their finances back in order.” Yepsen said another task the city will need to address post-election is atracting a more creative community to Carbondale. “If Carbondale can bring these people in, the crime rates will drop, SIU will see more faculty members willing to stay here and more students willing to stay,” Yepsen said. Francis Murphy, Neighborhood Coop's general manager, said the big City Council issue for his business is the drive to allow grocery stores to sell beer and wine. “My biggest interest in a candidate is that they would rework the code to allow grocery stores to sell alcohol,” Murphy said. “That’s what our customers ask us for. Some of them would like to pick up a bottle of wine to take home for dinner, and we’d like to be able to offer that to them.”
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Goldman was the former chancellor for SIUC before he retired. He earned his bachelor's degree in English and sociology at the University of Manitoba, he also earned a master’s degree and doctoral degree in social sciences with a specialization in education from the University of Chicago. Goldman has not previously run for an elected political office. Fritzler currently works as a research project specialist at SIUC. Fritzler received a master’s degree in political science from Illinois State University. He was a member of the Peace Corps for two years from 1990-1992. He has served two terms on the Carbondale City Council.
Haynes attended SIUC for two years before leaving to work as assistant store manager for Kroger in Carbondale. He has served on the Carbondale City Council for eight years and represented Carbondale on the Jackson County Board of Directors for four years. Ritzel is a lifelong small business owner and entrepreneurial trainer. He received his bachelor’s in philosophy from Northwestern University and completed a graduate fellowship in philosophy at Loyola University. Ritzel is currently serving as president, and vice president of two local non-profits, in addition to serving as a board member of a third.
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Candidates, residents bring political messages to public JULIE SWENSON Daily Egyptian Carbondale City Council and mayoral candidates gathered together Monday to drop some rhymes. The Transpoetic Open Mic night at Global Gourmet served as a fun opportunity for candidates to inspire people to vote, said Jessica Bradshaw, a City Council candidate. “There haven't been many opportunities in general for council candidates to get out there,” Bradshaw said. “I think this will be a good chance for people to meet them right before the elections.” Bradshaw and fellow candidate Janet Donoghue, as well as Brent Ritzel, a mayoral candidate, attended the event, which was run by the Transpoetic Playground. The theme of the night was “Local Poems and Local Politics.” Bradshaw said she has been to the event before and enjoyed it. The candidates read pieces from Ogden Nash and Annie Dillard to Wislawa Szymborska, whereas most performers at the weekly event read original poetry, she said. “Carbondale has a lot of amazing poets, and this is really the only forum they get,” Bradshaw said. The event started about two years ago, partially run by Joe Hassert, a doctoral student in speech communication from Romeoville. Hassert said his background in speech communication and performance go hand-in-hand with what the theme of Transpoetic Open Mic night, bringing local messages to the forefront. “I think the Carbondale Main Street has suffered in the last few years, and I think people's ideas of what's going on at the Strip has been skewed in the past few years,” Hassert said. “I think inviting the candidates
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Mayoral candidate Brent Ritzel goes over his notes before reading at the Transpoetic Open Mic night on Monday at Global Gourmet. The theme for to come here and see what's going on downtown is good because of all the attention that has been put on businesses outside of town and the negative image of the Strip. This kind of event, I hope, would be supported by our local politicians.” As a 10-year resident of Carbondale, he said he wants to see more participation between college students, local government and the residents in the community.
David Hanley-Tejeda, a teaching assistant in speech communication, read an original poem about Carbondale being the city built by people and poets, a message he said candidates and any local government should take to heart. He said in his reading he wants the city to be known for more than its bars and its nightlife. Bihter Tomen, a doctoral student in political science from Is-
the night was“Local Poems and Local Politics” and featured Ritzel as well as city council candidates Jessica Bradshaw, Janet Donoghue and Craig Anz. tanbul, said she is a regular at the readings and she came because she was curious about the candidates' political platforms. “Their platforms are very generic when you read it on paper, but I want to hear more details, what kind of things they suggest for the future of Carbondale,” Tomen said. She said the event is a good place for the candidates to meet people because it gives them the
chance to talk to voters in a relaxed, cozy atmosphere while showcasing their personality. “Carbondale is small anyway, so here, they have a chance to talk to people,” Tomen said. “Poetry nights are very diverse, and it's a nice place to actually mingle with people.”
Julie Swenson can be reached at jswenson@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 254.
Pulitzer Prize-winner tours campus, explains Great Migration TERRANCE PEACOCK Daily Egyptian Every four days in the decade leading up to the Great Migration, and in the decades after it, an African American was lynched somewhere in the south, Isabel Wilkerson says. Wilkerson, who teaches at Boston University and was the keynote speaker of SIUC's Black History Month, wrote the book, “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” She was also the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism. Wilkerson talked with students over pizza Monday and ad-
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The tours are 30 minutes long and followed by a visit to a debriefing room where staff from the Wellness and Counseling Centers discuss what participants
dressed questions about her book that evening. Her book is about the migration of approximately 6 million black Americans from the south to the north and west parts of the country from World War I through the 1970s. For example, Wilkerson said, many African Americans from the most recent generation may have grandparents who migrated from Mississippi to Chicago, as well as from Alabama, Georgia or Tennessee to Detroit. “In my view, it is the biggest under-appreciated story of the 20th century,” she said. “There should be volumes upon volumes upon vol-
umes in libraries across the country.” Her book, which took 15 years to complete, was chosen as one of the top five books on Amazon.com, as well as one of the 10 best books by the New York Times. Father Joseph Brown, director of Africana Studies, said Wilkerson gave a forceful performance Monday to the National Association of Black Journalists. “She was forceful, and clear in explaining how if you have the gifts of God, you can make use of them no matter what issues you face,” he said. In her research for the book, Wilkerson interviewed 1,200 seniors from across the country, which she
narrowed down to three characters from three different streams of the Great Migration. She said she found in her research that the migration was a leaderless revolution. “There was no one who called or sounded the day or the hour of this migration,” Wilkerson said. “In fact, many of the people defied the leaders who they thought were in the pockets of the people who were in charge.” Demario Smith, a sophomore from Chicago studying radiotelevision, said Wilkerson was incredibly knowledgeable and easy to relate to. “Everybody in the audience had
some sort of experience of their grandparents migrating, so all of the audience could easily relate,” Smith said. During her speech, Wilkerson said American music wouldn’t be the same if the Great Migration never happened. Performers such as Diana Ross and the Jackson Five would have never come about if it hadn't been for the migration, she said. “Berry Gordy himself was a child of people who migrated from Georgia to Detroit,” Wilkerson said.
thought and felt. Simmons said people start to recognize the privilege they have and recognize what it is like to be a minority who was subjected to discrimination. “Sometimes they might have feelings of anger, that it is not fair
people get treated this way,” she said. “Sometimes they have feelings of guilt because they haven’t experienced that, and they feel bad for the people that have, and sometimes they just feel really sad that people have to experience this on a daily basis.”
Simmons said what a person gets out of each room depends on what he or she been exposed to. If a person has been through the types of discrimination displayed, it might trigger a past memory, she said. Bennett said the goal of the
program is for people to keep the feelings of others in mind, to be nonjudgmental and to move past oppression. Tours will run from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today, Wednesday and Thursday in the lower level of Grinnell Hall.
Terrance Peacock can be reached at tpeacock@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 259.
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Blagojevich lawyers ask that wiretap recordings be tossed from retrial C H I C AG O — Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked a federal judge on Monday to bar prosecutors from playing any FBI wiretap recordings to jurors at his upcoming retrial, arguing that the evidence at the very heart of the government’s case is unreliable. The motion argues that Judge James Zagel should throw out the hundreds of recordings of Blagojevich — made in the days before his Dec. 9, 2008, arrest — because many contain gaps where vital context needed to understand the taped conversations may be missing. The 54-year-old Blagojevich faces an April 20 retrial on 23 charges, including that he tried to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. Monday’s motion cites the best-known secret recording of Blagojevich in which he is heard saying about the seat: “I’ve got this thing and it’s (bleepin’) golden. ... I’m just not giving it up for (bleepin’) nothing.” The motion claims three gaps totaling four minutes in that one call raise sufficient doubts, though the defense did not offer an alternative interpretation for what Blagojevich might have meant.
Chicago voters hear last-minute candidate appeals C H I C AG O — Fifty-four-year-old Triva (TREE-vuh) Bean was riding a Chicago Transit Authority train on her way to work downtown, when Chicago mayoral candidate Gery Chico sat next to her. Like other candidates, the former Chicago school board president made his final appeal to voters Monday, the day before the election. Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel greeted voters a retirement community. City Clerk Miguel del Valle also greeted commuters. Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun attended a rally. Voters will choose a candidate to replace retiring Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. Polls and fundraising show Emanuel as the frontrunner ahead of Chico. But many voters are still unsure. Tamika Watson is a mother of five and says she probably won’t vote. She says candidates never keep promises.
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Libyan protesters and security clash in capital, as Gadhafi’s son warns of civil war Protesters and security forces battled in the center of Tripoli as anti-government unrest spread to the Libyan capital and Moammar Gadhafi’s son went on state television to proclaim that his father remained in charge with the army’s backing and would “fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet.” Even as Seif al-Islam Gadhafi spoke Sunday night, clashes were raging in and around Tripoli’s central Green Square, lasting until dawn Monday, witnesses said. They reported snipers opening fire on crowds trying to seize the square, and Gadhafi supporters speeding through in vehicles, shooting and running over protesters. Early Monday, protesters took over the office of two of the multiple state-run satellite news channels, witnesses said. The protests and violence were the heaviest yet in the capital, a sign of the spread of unrest after six days of demonstrations in eastern cities demanding the end of the elder Gadhafi’s rule.
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Afghan police say at least 28 killed in bombing at government compound in northern Afghanistan K ABUL — A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a government office Monday in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 28 people, police said. The attack occurred around noon in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province, said district police chief Abdul Qayum Ebrahimi. He said the district police and a government office that distributes official identification papers are both located in the building that was hit by the explosion. “Today it was very crowded,” Ebrahimi said. “People had gathered in the front of the department to get identification cards.” He said an unknown number of people were wounded. There has been sharp slide in security in recent months in Kunduz and other northern provinces, where there are known hide-outs for the Taliban, al-Qaida and fighters from other militant factions, including the Haqqani network, Hizb-i-Islami and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
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Bahrain protesters seek ouster of royal family, trials for attacks on demonstrators MANAMA — A group of protesters is calling for the ouster of Bahrain’s entire ruling monarchy as part of sweeping demands to call off the weeklong uprising in the Gulf nation. The manifesto Monday by a group calling itself “Youth of Feb. 14” — after the day of the first marches — apparently seeks to stake out an uncompromising stance before possible talks between the opposition and the monarchy. It is unclear how much weight the group carries. The group is also calling for authorities to be put on trial for attacks on protesters that have left at least seven dead and hundreds injured in the strategic island nation — home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. Bahrain’s rulers have offered talks with opposition groups to try to defuse the showdown.
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Impasse over Wisconsin anti-union bill could end if 3 Republican senators broke from governor MADISON — To end a high-stakes stalemate over union rights that has captured the nation’s attention, a handful of Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin might have to stand up to their new governor. Gov. Scott Walker made clear Sunday he won’t back off his proposal to effectively eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public employees. Senate Democrats who fled the state last week to delay the plan vowed not to come back to allow it to pass — even if they have to miss votes on other bills Tuesday. And union leaders said they would not let up on protests that have consumedWisconsin’s capital city for a week and made the state the center of a national debate over the role of public employees’unions. That dynamic means it might take Republicans in the Legislature who believe Walker is going too far to try to break the impasse. One idea that has been floated by GOP Sen. Dale Schultz would temporarily take away bargaining rights to get through the state’s next two-year budget, then immediately restore them.
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Colonel sentenced to 20 years in landmark military trial for mass rape in E. Congo B ARAKA — A Congolese court sentenced an army colonel to 20 years in prison Monday, convicting him of crimes against humanity in the highest-profile sexual violence case ever held in this nation where thousands are brutally raped each year. The mobile court held in the lakeside village of Baraka marks the first time a commanding officer has been tried for such a crime. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Lt. Col. Mutuare Daniel Kibibi, 46, who was accused of ordering his troops to attack the village of Fizi on New Year’s Day where doctors later treated 62 women for rape. One woman testified that Kibibi himself raped her for 40 minutes. As the defendants were being led away in handcuffs, hundreds of people jeered at them, booed and shook their fists. Some shouted, “Kibibi! You thought you could get away with this! Now you are going to jail!” and “You must pay for your crimes!”
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Indian appeals court confirms death sentence to gunman in deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks M UMBAI — An Indian appeals court Monday confirmed the conviction and death sentence for the only surviving gunman from the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, which killed 166 people and derailed peace talks with neighboring Pakistan. “The crime is of enormous proportion,” Justices Ranjana Desai and R.B. More said while rejecting the appeal by Ajmal Kasab, 22, of Pakistan, who challenged his conviction by a trial court in May. He had been found guilty of murder, waging war against India, conspiracy and terrorism. Kasab was one of 10 young Pakistanis who attacked two luxury hotels, a Jewish center and a busy train station in India’s financial capital in November 2008. A photograph of Kasab striding through Mumbai’s main train station with an assault rifle in hand became the iconic image of the attacks.
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Bieber can’t be blamed for fan hysteria ’ RYAN VOYLES Daily Egyptian Justin Bieber is not ruining music. However, his fans and their “Bieber fever� have become a plague that has swept across all forms of social media and has inserted itself into our everyday lives. Few musicians have become as polarizing as the 16-year-old from Stratford, Ontario, whose quick rise to mega-stardom has drawn a reaction from all music listeners. There are the shrill shrieks of the prepubescent girls who love how cute he is, and there's the venomous hatred from those who see him as manufactured pop with no real reason for existing except to sell albums and concert tickets. The hate from the latter camp has reached
such a level of revulsion that many often wish immediate harm to him. Bieber made a recent appearance on the hit CBS show “CSI,� in which he played a villain who was shot down by the cops in a blaze of glory. On the YouTube video of the scene of his death, many of the top comments on the video celebrate Bieber's scripted murder with comments such as “Thumbs up if you wish this video was real! ROFLOL� and “The music industry is saved! Die Bieber!� Honestly, there's no reason to hate the kid so much — but there isn't much reason to love him, either. Besides getting gunned down in “CSI,� Bieber has shown himself to be aware of his fame and make light of it. His appearances on Will Ferrell's comedy site, Funny or Die, have shown he has a sense of humor, as his videos generally mock his young and rich lifestyle. He deserves praise for pairing up with Kanye West and Raekwon for a remix of his own “Runaway Love,� a mash-up of two songs that should never have worked: the aforementioned Bieber song and
the Wu-Tang Clan masterpiece, “Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F*** Wit.� The idea of the two songs coming together sounds like blasphemy, but damn it if it isn't catchy and doesn't meld together well. Is he the best singer out there? Not even close, but he's competent enough to sing inoffensive pop songs that appeal to a specific demographic. It is this demographic — young girls and sometimes boys — and the unstoppable push he has received from MTV that have made Justin Bieber insufferable for so many people. More than seven million of those stricken with “Bieber fever� follow the pop sensation on Twitter, often making him a trending topic on the popular social network. And if they perceive any threat against their hero, they get together like a pack of hyenas and go on the offensive. They bashed Esperanza Spalding, the 26-year-old jazz bassist who beat Bieber in the Best New Artist category at the Grammys. Bieber had to get on his Twitter to tell his
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Is he the best singer out there? Not even close, but he’s competent enough to sing inoffensive pop songs that appeal to a specific demographic. fans to calm down and not attack Spalding, who they could not believe had the audacity to win an award over their beloved Bieber. And do not forget anyone who has turned on the radio or walked around a mall in the last year and been tormented with “Baby,� which should be in the running for the most overplayed song of all-time. It has more than 469 million views on YouTube — or one and a half times the population of the United States. But take away the thought of all the annoying girls who butcher the song by singing it every day, and you have a decent enough pop song with an awesome verse from Ludacris, one of the most consistently great MCs of our time. Then there's the new film, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,� which has shoved Bieber even farther into the spotlight and minds of unsuspecting Americans. The barrage of commercials for it, as well
as its mostly insincere rags-to-riches narrative of Bieber's career, only help to push the level of hatred for the singer up to vein-popping. But we cannot blame all of this on the young singer. The powers that be recognize he is a cash cow and are milking him for everything he's worth. And his fans are soaking all that milk in and spitting it out at anybody who doesn't agree with them. To counter, the haters act as though Bieber is some stain on pop culture that needs to be wiped away from memory. And there in the middle is the 16-year-old Canadian, aware of his fame and enjoying every second of it. He's not the most talented performer, but he's not the anti-Christ of music, either.
Ryan Voyles can be reached at rvoyles@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 258.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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Horoscopes
By Nancy Black and Stephanie Clement Today’s Birthday — The year’s full of possibilities. Learn to manage all the activity, spending more time on productive behavior. Avoid distractions, and you’ll be rewarded. Nevertheless, don’t forget to have fun. The trick is to make your work as fun as play.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8— It’s a day of action and adventure. Your future looks clear. Time to reexamine your goals. Your relationships evolve to new levels with gentle care. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — If you don’t adapt, you could feel trapped at work. Practical ideas take over, so save an inspired plan for later, after the dust has settled. Go with the flow. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — You handle lots of activity with overall confidence. Allow your childish self to shine. Your creative solutions surprise everyone, especially yourself.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Be careful with spending today. Your overconfidence may translate to unnecessary expenditures. Practice windowshopping, and enjoy without buying. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — A whirlwind of activity rushes in to your day. You handle it professionally and gracefully. Keep your communications clear and to the point. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You’re in a chirpy mood, and ready for action. Use your flourishing creativity for inspired conversation, to write letters or to compose a song. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Today you’re full of confidence, and you can take on the biggest challenges with ease. Follow your big plans and adapt them as necessary. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Everything goes according to plan. Work flows unusually well. Don’t take it for granted or get too comfortable. Learn from mistakes, and keep your foot on the gas.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6— Love works in mysterious ways. You may not be able to figure it out, but you can always enjoy it. Be willing and generous, and take what you get.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Work seems more than you can handle. Take advantage, and get support. Just because you bring in more income, don’t start spending more than you need.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — You crave home. A conversation with a family member opens up something you didn’t know about yourself or your past. Practice kindness.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — The next five weeks will go by very quickly, with plenty of frantic activity. Today’s a good day to meditate and get grounded before the productive storm.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Daily Egyptian
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Women’s basketball team about to break bad records AUSTIN FLYNN Daily Egyptian Breaking records is not always a good thing, but the SIU women’s basketball team is on the verge of doing so after its 76-60 loss Saturday against the Bradley Braves. The loss to Bradley was the team’s 15th consecutive one, which is more than the previous 13 conference game losing streak SIU had in the 2001-02 season. It also ties the 2001-02 team record for longest losing streak in a season. If the team goes winless for the rest of the season, it will tie Bradley’s 1998-99 squad with no conference wins for the season’s entirety. However, the team saw some hope as it scored 60 points in a game for the first time since its 62-61 win Dec. 18 against Murray State. Six and a half minutes into Saturday’s game, the Salukis (2-23, 0-14 Missouri Valley Conference) stayed close to the Braves (13-13, 6-9 MVC) until SIU pulled ahead with a free throw by senior forward Katrina Swingler, which gave them a 9-8 lead. A couple of sloppy passes to freshman guard Jordyn Courier stopped any momentum the team built up and gave the Braves extra opportunities to score midway through the half. Throughout the game, the Braves deployed a strict full-court press, which resulted in 15 Saluki turnovers in the first half. “All of a sudden, those turnovers just led to their easy scores, and they just blitzed us,” coach Missy Tiber said. Bradley then went on a 15-point run until Swingler hit a jumper with 8:50 left in the first to make the score 23-11. With seven and a half minutes left in the first half, the Braves began a nine-point run to extend the lead to 37-17. The Salukis went into the locker room down 47-28 at halftime. SIU had five assists, eight
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know what we are capable of giving emotionally, and it just wasn’t there in the first 20 minutes. That’s one thing we’re not going to do, is walk around and not guard how we’re capable of guarding. — Missy Tiber head coach
fouls and 14 rebounds in the first half compared to the Braves' 12 turnovers, eight assists, 10 fouls and 25 rebounds. Bradley scored 17 points in the first half off turnovers. SIU scored four. Tiber said the team didn’t exert the effort it should have in the first half, which is something it can’t afford to do. “I know what we are capable of giving emotionally, and it just wasn’t there in the first 20 minutes,” Tiber said. “That’s one thing we’re not going to do, is walk around and not guard how we’re capable of guarding.” SIU came out with added intensity in the second half and outscored the Braves 32-29. Sophomore guard Teri Oliver said the team made a better defensive effort in the second half but brought its intensity level up too late to change the outcome of the game. “In the second half, we sort of tightened up on defense,” Oliver said. SIU decreased its turnovers by five in the second half and had 25 turnovers in the game, which was one more than Bradley. Freshman point guard Brooke LeMar scored 12 points, with nine coming from free throws. She also had the most assists, five, and steals, three, on the team. Courier also chipped in 11 points.
Swingler picked up another double-double after she scored 17 points in the game and grabbed 10 rebounds. Tiber said after the seniors’ weak performance Thursday against Northern Iowa, she talked to Swingler and put things into perspective for her. “I challenged her in practice (Friday),” Tiber said. “I would tell
you today that I’m watching both teams play, and I don’t think there was a kid on that court working harder than she was.” Swingler responded to Tiber’s challenge with humility and said she did some things she normally wouldn’t, which paid off. “I made some shots that I usually don’t make, or shots that I usually get
yelled at for shooting, and I got lucky with those shots so luck was on my side (Saturday), definitely,” Swingler said. The Salukis will next play at 6:05 p.m. Friday in Terre Haute, Ind. against the Indiana State Sycamores.
place finisher, Bethune-Cookman University, by 15 strokes. Mercer golfers took the top three spots, as Josh Cone finished first with a combined score of 144 and John Gregory Joseph and Hans
Reimers tied for second with a score of 146. Though Newton said SIU could have played better as a whole, he looks forward to what the rest of the season is going to
bring. “We’re going to score better,” Newton said. “We’re a good team, and they’re ready to work for it.” The Salukis’ next outing will be the Samford University
Invitational, which will be held March 7-8 in Oneonta, Ala.
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STEVE BERCZYNSKI | DAILY EGYPTIAN
SIU women’s basketball coach Missy Tiber disputes a call with the referee Saturday at the SIU Arena. Despite Katrina Swingler scoring 17 points, the Salukis lost to Bradley 76-60. The team has now dropped 15 straight games and has yet to win a conference game.
Austin Flynn can be reached at aflynn@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 282.
Cory Downer can be reached at cdowner@dailyegyptian.com or 563-3311 ext. 269.
Justine Siegal became the first woman to pitch batting practice in a major league spring training camp. She pitched for the Cleveland Indians. Do you think someday we will see men and women competing in the same leagues?
As much as I would love to see men and women play the same sports, I know sports are too gender-focused to ever break their set boundaries. It’s unfortunate, but I’m not sure it’ll ever happen in my lifetime.
TREY BRAUNECKER tbraunecker@dailyegyptian.com
I doubt it. There will be NFL, NBA or NHL teams on other continents before men and women play in the same leagues. JACOB MAYER jmayer@dailyegyptian.com
Absolutely. I have a feeling that women will slowly start creeping into the MLB or the NBA and start changing the course of the game. I think it’ll start in soccer and end with a woman breaking the record for the most NFL sacks in one season.
AUSTIN FLYNN aflynn@dailyegyptian.com
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Salukis win weekend at home
TREY BRAUNECKER Daily Egyptian
Both the SIU men’s and women’s tennis teams held their first home matches of the season at Sports Blast, and both walked away with wins. After suffering its first season loss Feb. 11 against Austin Peay, the men’s team played Saint Louis Sunday and won its match 7-0. The women’s team also beat Eastern Illinois 6-1 and Tennessee-Martin 5-2, capturing its second and third wins of the season. The men’s doubles team improved its score from its last meet Feb. 12, where it lost to Austin Peay 2-1, when it beat St. Louis 4-2 Sunday. Men’s coach Dann Nelson said the team’s improvement was because the team practiced doubles play during the week. He said it also took time for each player to adjust to his partner. Along with fellow freshman players Jorge Cavero and Carlos Do Val, Adam Fabik has gone undefeated this season in singles play and said he was familiar with his opponent, Joe Flanagan, Sunday. “I think I’m playing well again,â€? Fabik said. “I played my opponent last season twice, so I was expecting to be able to win. ‌ Still, he played well.â€? Fabik beat Flanagan in the No. 1 flight in singles, winning the match 6-2, 6-2. While the men’s team won its meet Sunday, the women’s team also won both of its matches Friday and Saturday. Women’s coach Audra Nothwehr said she was pleased with how her team played in its singles matches, but she felt the team could have played better in doubles. “We didn’t necessarily concentrate
EDYTA BĹ ASZCZYK | DAILY EGYPTIAN
Coach Audra Nothwehr, graduate assistant coach Ame Blacketer, freshman Korey Love and sophomore Anastacia Simons look on during sophomores Melanie Delsart, far left, and Jennifer Dien’s on doubles this week, but I thought we did very well in singles,� Nothwehr said. The Salukis won the doubles point against Eastern Illinois Friday and won five of the six singles matches, SIU forfeited one point because of a lack of players,
but won four of the six singles matches against TennesseeMartin Saturday along with the doubles point. Sophomore Jennifer Dien, who went undefeated both Friday and Saturday, said she thought she and the rest of the team competed well
doubles match Friday at Sports Blast. SIU beat Eastern Illinois in the match 9-8 (8-6). Overall, the Salukis beat the Panthers 6-1 Friday and Tennessee-Martin 5-2 Saturday. during their matches. “Both teams gave us some pretty good competition,� Dien said. “We all just competed very hard, and we tried to prove that we were the better team.� The men’s team will compete against Western Illinois at 2 p.m.
Saturday at Sports Blast, and the women’s team will face St. Louis at 10:30 a.m. and Austin Peay at 2 p.m. March 4 at Sports Blast.
Trey Braunecker can be reached at tbraunecker@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 282.
MEN’S GOLF
SIU places fifth in first tournament
CORY DOWNER Daily Egyptian Missed opportunities and tough course conditions led to a fifth-place finish for the SIU men’s golf team in its first tournament of the spring season, coach Leroy Newton said. The Salukis competed in the 36-hole Frito-Lay/AT&T Intercollegiate tournament hosted by Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Sunday and Monday.
SIU had three top-20 finishers in the tournament, including sophomore George Tate, who tied for eighth place after being two shots off the lead after the first round. Sophomore Jake Erickson said the team is a little disappointed in the overall outcome, but it remains optimistic when it looks ahead to the rest of the season. “It was encouraging,� Erickson said. “I don’t think we played our best, and we finished in fifth in our first tournament.�
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Newton said he was disappointed in the second-round results but the tournament had an overall positive effect on the team. “They let a couple shots get away from them, but they look pretty good,� Newton said. “We just have to put it all together.�
— Jake Erickson sophomore golfer The Salukis had a team score of 304 after the first day, which put them in third place. The team was led by Tate with a 73, which was only two strokes behind the day’s best score. Erickson and sophomore Brandon Cauldwell came in behind Tate, shooting 76
and 77 respectively. Tate said he felt good about his results, particularly off-the-tee and iron shots, but his short game is going to be his main focus to get ready for the next tournament. Monday brought disappointing results for the Salukis as the wind and tough pin placement caused the team to pick up an additional 10 strokes, bringing their two-day total score to 618. Please see GOLF | 11