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SETH RICHARDSON Daily Egyptian A recent report criticizes the pension reform proposal endorsed by many Illinois university presidents, including SIU President Glenn Poshard. Authored by Howard Wial and Stephen Herzenberg, the Aug. 14 “Unbalanced Pension Proposal” addresses changes to the “Universities” proposal, the pension plan under review by the Illinois General Assembly. Wial, associate research professor and executive director at the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Herzenberg, executive director of the nonprofit Keystone Research Center, claim these pension system changes would be detrimental to retirees. The “Universities” proposal seeks to alleviate Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation pension debt, one that is now at $100 billion and grows at a daily rate of $17 million. Proposed revisions include a cost of living adjustment to pensions. Currently, retirees receive a flat 3 percent cost of living adjustment to their pension plan each year after they retire. This annual increase is a figure used to battle inflation. The “Universities” proposal insists that the annuity be attached to one-half of the Consumer Price Index, which is used to calculate inflation. This could affect older retirees by drastically underfunding their benefits, which is one of the report’s key criticisms. “If you are retired for 25 years (under the “Universities” plan), you see a cut in your pension benefits of almost onethird of what current retirees are entitled to,” Wial said. Many “Universities” plan supporters, including Poshard, label the change as a benefit against high inflation. “Rather than the 3 percent across the board, we have said that (the cost of living adjustment) should be adjusted to half of what the (Consumer Price Index) shows,” Poshard said. “That protects people in those times when inflation is running (high).” Please see PENSION | 4
Above: Firefighters extinguish a residential fire Tuesday at 2300 Broken Handle Lane in Carbondale. Resident Judith Kalvaitis said her husband Tom Kalvaitis realized the house was on fire after going to check on a noise he heard in the garage. Right: City of Marion firefighter Aaron Pritchett walks through the scene of a residential fire Tuesday in Carbondale. According to Lake of Egypt Fire Protection District Lt. Clayton Litton, seven fire departments responded to the scene. TYLER METROFF DAILY EGYPTIAN
Recreation Center opens additional changing rooms MATT DARAY Daily Egyptian Students looking for extra privacy at the Student Recreation Center now have the means to change their clothes in peace. The Recreation Center converted its facilities during the summer to offer individual changing rooms for students, an effort that also offers transgender students an opportunity to change outside of the gender-specific male and female dressing rooms. Several university officials said this change is part of the university taking steps to build a more inclusive environment. Troy Vaughn, director of Recreational Sports and Services at the Student Recreation Center, said the rooms were created to accommodate the need for additional privacy, which both students and locals requested even before he started as director in 2012. “We’ve had some comments from a wide assortment of patrons,” he said. “These could be parents with kids who felt uncomfortable with changing in the locker rooms. We’ve had transgender individuals come to us; we’ve had other individuals who asked for more private places to change.”
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e’ve had some comments from a wide assortment of patrons. These could be parents with kids who felt uncomfortable with changing in the locker rooms. We’ve had transgender individuals come to us; we’ve had other individuals who asked for more private places to change.
— Troy Vaughn director of Recreational Sports and Services
While the rooms have been added to accommodate suggestions, members of the university and student body also see this as a way to increase inclusiveness on campus for transgender students. Wendy Weinhold, coordinator of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender and Queer Resource Center, said Recreation Center officials came to her to learn how to better meet LGBTQ students’ needs. “I’m really excited about the fact that this project is the model of the kind of collaboration and partnerships that I love to see and welcome more and more of at SIUC,” she said. Weinhold said she suggested focus groups be organized in order to find out what LGBTQ students would like to have at the gym. The focus groups led to discussions with national
experts and students, which contributed to the creation of the changing rooms, she said. One transgender student said the new changing rooms are a step forward in the university’s effort to embrace its student body. Sarah Self, a graduate student in social work from Lafayette, La., said the addition of the changing rooms is beneficial for students and staff who have asked for different options. “The changing space and, particularly, the pool access has been a barrier for me personally, and I think for my community in general for the entire time I’ve been at SIU,” she said. Self said she was thrilled that the Recreation Center staff reached out to the transgender community to find out how to improve access and comfort. The recent addition has been the largest accommodation toward the transgender
community she has ever seen at the university, she said. Other students said even though additional changing rooms exist, they didn’t have a problem with transgender students using their respective locker rooms in the first place. Alia Chaaban, a sophomore from Chicago studying business management, said she supports the addition of the changing rooms. “I support it. I mean if that’s who you are, that’s who you are,” she said. “If you think you’re a woman, then you’re a woman. If you think you’re a man, you’re a man. No one can take it away from you.” Matt Heberlie, a sophomore from Chester studying aviation flight, said he doesn’t have a problem with the new changing rooms, and he doesn’t have an issue with transgender students in the men’s locker room. “I guess not, cause really in the men’s locker room, they tend not to care about who’s in there and they just do their thing and get out,” he said. “I guess it really wouldn’t matter either way.”
Matt Daray can be reached at mdaray@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 254.
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July unemployment rates rise in most US states MARY ESCH Associated Press WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates rose in more than half of U.S. states in July and fewer states added jobs, echoing national data that show the job market may have lost some momentum. The Labor Department said Monday that unemployment rates increased in 28 states. They were unchanged in 14 and fell in eight states — the fewest to show a decline since January. Hiring increased in 32 states in July compared with June, the fewest to report job gains in three months. Seventeen states reported job losses. California, Georgia and Florida reported the largest job gains, while New Jersey and Nevada lost the most. Nationwide, hiring has been steady this year but slowed in July. Employers added 162,000 jobs, the fewest since March. The unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent, a 4 ½ -year low, from
7.6 percent. And while the job market has improved over the past 12 months, the gains appear to be benefiting southern and western states most of all. Unemployment in the West fell to 7.9 percent in July. That’s down from 9.3 percent a year earlier and the biggest decline of the four regions. In the South, unemployment fell to 7.3 percent, from 7.8 percent a year ago. Unemployment has barely dipped in the Midwest, to 7.3 percent from 7.5 percent in the past year. In the Northeast, it dropped to 7.6 percent from 8.4 percent. Steve Cochrane, an economist at Moody’s Analytics, says southern and western states have seen steady growth in manufacturing jobs. And the South is also benefiting from lower taxes and cheaper labor. “Some of the old, long-standing comparative advantages are re-emerging as drivers of growth,” he added. California has propelled much of the gains in the West, adding 38,100 jobs in July to lead all states. And
California has added 236,000 jobs in the past year, second only to Texas’s 293,000 jobs. Unemployment in California has fallen to 8.7 percent in July from 10.6 percent 12 months ago — the biggest year-over-year drop of any state. Another bright spot is Utah, which has gained the largest percentage of jobs in the past 12 months. Utah’s gains were in information technology, manufacturing and construction. In the South, Texas, Florida and Georgia have been driving job growth. Georgia added 30,900 jobs in July, the second most of any state. Much of the gains were in categories that include transportation, utilities, retail, hotels, restaurants and amusement parks. Nevada reported the nation’s highest unemployment rate in July, at 9.5 percent. It was followed by Illinois, 9.2 percent. North Dakota continues to have the nation’s lowest unemployment at 3 percent. South Dakota is close behind at 3.9 percent.
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Center welcomes international students to community STEPHANIE DANNER Daily Egyptian Even though Southern Illinois University’s international students are hundreds of miles away from home, one campus center wants to make sure they still feel as close to it as possible. From Aug. 11 to Saturday, SIU’s Center for International Education held a welcoming week specifically aimed at introducing students to Carbondale. One highlighted activity included Saturday’s International Picnic, which gave them a U.S. welcome by taking them to the International Grocery store and informing them about places they can visit to receive health care, ensure security or make friends. More than 1,300 international students attend the university, and more than 100 countries are represented. George Sheffer, the owner of True Value in Carbondale, hosts the barbecue every year at Murdale Shopping Center. The event is held on a Saturday so the students can visit the Farmers Market, shop and meet fellow students, said Elaine Conrad, community and educational programs coordinator for the Center of International Education. One hundred of the university’s 300 new international students attended the Saturday barbecue, Conrad said.
Many students enjoyed the outing, including Yu Sakuraba, a freshman from Japan studying agriculture. “My department is agriculture, so I really enjoyed the Murdale Farmers Market and to see farmers here in the United States,” she said. Sakuraba said the students enjoyed the day as they surveyed the shopping center and made friends. Students also ate lunch with Chancellor Rita Cheng Saturday and had the opportunity to chat with her. She welcomed the students to the university and offered her best regards as they begin their academic career at SIU. “I and the Chamber of Commerce welcome you,” Cheng said. “I wish the best to you in the rest of the semester.” Conrad said students were encouraged to attend as many of the week’s scheduled activities as possible, which also included a campus trolley tour, city walk and Morris Library tour. “The events are an opportunity for international students to come and relax and have a good time shopping and get idea of what we have here for them, so they can get adjusted to the community,” Conrad said.
Stephanie Danner can be reached at sdanner@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 259.
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Students fill their plates Saturday during the International Picnic at the Murdale Shopping Center. The picnic, hosted by International Student Services, was free to students and transportation from campus was provided. Murdale True Value owner George Sheffer said he has been donating supplies and cooking for the picnic since 1997. He said the students come a long way to attend SIU and the one thing he wants to do is make them feel welcome. “The picnic is a great way to say thanks from the community for coming here,” Sheffer said. “We hope you have a great experience and get a great education.”
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One former SIU professor opposed that idea. “I disagree with that for pure mathematical reasons,� said Bruce Appleby, retired professor and president of the SIUC chapter of the State University’s Annuitants Association. Appleby said the country has experienced 6 percent or higher inflation only nine times since the state constitution was ratified in 1970. Since 2000, the highest Consumer Price Index was in 2008 at 3.8 percent. Wial and Herzenberg were optimistic that the Index would not rise above 6 percent again any time soon. The plan’s constitutionality has also been called into question. According to Section V of the Illinois Constitution, pension benefits cannot be diminished or impaired. This presents a problem should the proposed changes be labeled a cut, this leads some, including Wial, Herzenberg and Appleby, to question its validity as legislation. These changes could make state universities less competitive for jobs in the future, which the reporter stated could lead to bigger problems. “We would have to take what we could get if we were willing to do that,� Wial said. “Or, to preserve the quality of workers, we would have to increase salaries.� Appleby agreed with the assessment. “Particularly when you’re hiring
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ny part of this plan has been questioned or will be questioned, but it’s the single driving force at getting the long-term plan solvent. The biggest amount of cost to the state and the universities now will be the retirement annuity itself.
— Glenn Poshard SIU President
people at the senior level, they ask questions about the retirement plan,� he said. “When I came to Illinois 47 years ago, one of the things that interested me was that, ‘Wow, this is a really great retirement plan.’ The community colleges and universities in Illinois have been able to recruit on the basis that we have this great retirement plan.� However, Poshard said while the plan has its flaws, it is a step in the right direction. “Any part of this plan has been questioned or will be questioned, but it’s the single driving force at getting the long-term plan solvent,� he said. “The biggest amount of cost to the state and the universities now will be the retirement annuity itself.� The author of the “Universities� plan, Jeffrey Brown, agreed. “All three of the arguments that our plan would somehow increase costs are really an exercise in mental gymnastics,� said Brown, professor of finance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “They are based on highly flawed logic and bad facts.� Despite the plan’s numerous criticisms, certain aspects retain
support, including allowing pensioners to enforce payment legally and level-dollar spending to pay down the pension pool. This would essentially treat the pension pool the same as a mortgage with the state paying a flat sum every year until it gets paid off. Poshard acknowledged that sacrifices need to be made, but he remained optimistic about the plan’s future. “Everybody has a share in the sacrifice that is required,� he said. “Is this the very best plan that is out there? We don’t know. That’s why the conference committee is taking its time looking at it and other plans and hopefully coming together for what’s best for all of us.� However, all parties, including Poshard, agreed the pension problem should be solved in a timely manner. “The bottom line is that if (the plan) doesn’t solve the $100 billion problem we have, all it will do in the future is diminish further the pension system,� he said. “And nobody wants that.�
Seth Richardson can be reached at srichardson@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 257.
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Saying goodbye to my child, the youngster MICHEAL GEARSON WASHINGTON POST Eventually, the cosmologists assure us, our sun and all suns will consume their fuel, violently explode and then become cold and dark. Matter itself will evaporate into the void and the universe will become desolate for the rest of time. This was the general drift of my thoughts as my wife and I dropped off my eldest son as a freshman at college. I put on my best face. But it is the worst thing that time has done to me so far. That moment at the dorm is implied at the kindergarten door, at the gates of summer camp, at every ritual of parting and independence. But it comes as surprising as a thief, taking what you value most. The emotions of a parent, I can attest, are an odd mix: part pride, part resignation, part self-pity, even a bit of something that feels like grief. The experience is natural and common. And still planets are thrown off their axes. Our ancestors actually thought this
parting should take place earlier. Many societies once practiced “extrusion,” in which adolescents were sent away to live with friends or relatives right after puberty. This was supposed to minimize the nasty conflicts that come from housing teenagers and their parents in close proximity. Some non-human primates have a similar practice, forcibly expelling adolescents from the family group. Fat lot did our ancestors know. Eighteen years is not enough. A crib is bought. Christmas trees get picked out. There is the park and lullabies and a little help with homework. The days pass uncounted, until they end. The adjustment is traumatic. My son is on the quiet side — observant, thoughtful, a practitioner of companionable silence. I’m learning how empty the quiet can be. I know this is hard on him as well. He will be homesick, as I was (intensely) as a freshman. An education expert once told me that among the greatest fears of college students is they won’t have a room at home to return to.
They want to keep a beachhead in their former life. But with due respect to my son’s feelings, I have the worse of it. I know something he doesn’t — not quite a secret, but incomprehensible to the young. He is experiencing the adjustments that come with beginnings. His life is starting for real. I have begun the long letting go. Put another way: He has a wonderful future in which my part naturally diminishes. I have no possible future that is better without him close. There is no use brooding about it. I’m sure my father realized it at a similar moment. And I certainly didn’t notice or empathize. At first, he was a giant who held my hand and filled my sky. Then a middle-aged man who paid my bills. Now, decades after his passing, a muchloved shadow. But I can remember the last time I hugged him in the front hallway of his home, where I always had a room. It is a memory of warmth. I can only hope to leave my son the same. Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility.
The very best thing about your life is a short stage in someone else’s story. And it is enough. The end of childhood, of course, can be the start of adult relationships between parents and children that are rewarding in their own way. I’m anxious to befriend my grown sons. But that hasn’t stopped the random, useless tears. I was cautioned by a high-powered Washington foreign policy expert that he had been emotionally debilitated for weeks after dropping off his daughter at college for the first time. So I feel entitled to a period of brooding. The cosmologists, even with all their depressing talk about the eventual heat death of the cosmos, offer some comfort. They point out that we live in the briefest window — a fraction of a fraction of the unimaginable vastness of deep time — in which it is physically possible for life to exist. So we inhabit (or are chosen to inhabit) an astounding, privileged instant in the life span of the universe. Well, 18 years is a window that closed too quickly. But, my son, those days have been the greatest wonder and privilege of my life. And there will always be a room for you.
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Spinning Saluki silk
ZANE ECKLUND | DAILY EGYPTIAN
Hallie Johnson, a freshman from Edwardsville studying animal science, practices flag maneuvers Thursday with the Saluki Silks at Faner Hall during band camp. The Saluki Silks perform with the Marching Salukis during pre-game and halftime at SIU home football games.
An Australian screen ‘scream queen’? About bloody time ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Australia has never produced a cinematic “scream queen,” an actress who reigns over screen horror films the way Jamie Lee Curtis did, back in her “Halloween” days. And Sydney native Sharni Vinson says, “It’s about bloody time, then, isn’t it?” Vinson, 30, as the all-things-horror website FEARnet assures us, is “the breakout star of ‘You’re Next,’” a superior “home invasion” horror film about an extended family in a remote vacation home, assaulted by murderous, masked intruders. The critically acclaimed thriller was the object of a bidding war, has made the rounds in film festivals and sat on the shelf a bit, but is finally coming out. “About bloody time,” Vinson
repeats, laughing. We asked her a few questions about how one survives a picked-off, one-by-one situation like the one presented in “You’re Next.” Question: What sort of life skills you should have in hand to improve your odds? Vinson: My character comes from a family of survivalists. But after this movie, everybody, especially women, needs to take some sort of self-defense course. Martial arts, whatever. Everybody deserves to feel a degree of confidence that if your home was intruded on, you’d be able to stand up and protect yourself from a hideous situation. And do it when you’re young! Q: What’s the best way to cope, quickly, with ... ‘This is REALLY happening’? Vinson: You do that with
confidence. Having trained a bit for a situation like this, you’ll get a huge adrenalin jolt rather than just shaking with fear. Competence creates confidence, so take those classes! The more you know, the better. Q: What are the first things you’d look for, finding yourself in a situation like this? Weapons, an escape route, a place to hide? Vinson: Arm yourself. If you’re trying to fight somebody who has a weapon and you don’t, you’re already at a disadvantage. When it comes to figuring out a quick strategy, you have to think where the threat is coming from. The threat in ‘You’re Next’ is coming from outside the house, guys with crossbows. Don’t run outside! Lock the windows, the doors. Think before putting yourself in more danger. Assess!
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Large coal power plants getting life extensions DAVID SHAFFER Star Tribune BIG STONE CITY, S.D — The nation’s big coal-burning power plants are not ready to become dinosaurs. Utilities are making substantial investments to keep their largest coal generating stations operating for decades — and emitting millions of tons of carbon dioxide annually. Upgrades planned or underway at more than 100 Midwestern coal power plants will reduce emissions of mercury or other air pollutants. But they won’t affect greenhousegas emissions that the Obama administration says it will regulate in 2015 to address climate change. “Companies are making ... in some cases billion-dollar decisions on these plants, and it would be unfortunate if greenhouse-gas regulation down the road ends up undermining those investments,� said Eric Holdsworth, director of climate programs for the Edison Electric Institute, a power industry trade group. “That is a very big concern.� Retrofits to large coal plants are taking place even as utilities are shutting down small, older coal-fired units. Utility executives say the large coal plants will be needed for a long time,
and investing in air pollution controls to cut emissions like mercury still makes sense. Coal generates about 40 percent of the U.S. electrical supply. On a hilltop three miles west of the Minnesota-South Dakota border, the Big Stone power plant is undergoing a $405 million retrofit, one of the largest such upgrades in the Midwest. This summer, 225 workers are pouring concrete and erecting steel to house new air pollution control equipment. The workforce is expected to double before the job is done in 2015. Big Stone is a prime example of the class of coal plants the utility industry wants to preserve. They are large, averaging about 350 megawatts, and capable of powering thousands of homes and businesses. Most were built in the 1970s but need mercury or other air pollution controls to keep operating. “We have to make our decisions based on what we know today and the laws and the rules that are in place,� said Jan Rudolf, vice president for energy supply at Otter Tail Power, Big Stone’s operator. When the work is finished at Big Stone, its 498-foot-tall smokestack will emit far fewer air pollutants, improving air quality as far as 300 miles away in northern Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The plant’s
carbon dioxide output, 2.6 million metric tons a year, won’t go down. As for future greenhouse gas regulation, Rudolf said, “I have been in the business long enough to know you just have to wait and see what comes out.� Otter Tail Power Co. of Fergus Falls, Minn., and two other utilities that coown the plant looked at other options to comply with air quality rules, such as replacing it with a natural gas-burning generator. Those units typically emit about half as much carbon dioxide as coal burners. But the company and Minnesota utility regulators concluded that the retrofit represented the best deal, even if carbon dioxide regulation adds costs in the future. More than 100 other coal plants on the 11-state Midwest power grid are planning or undergoing environmental retrofits, according to the grid operator. In June, the Obama administration ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to draft greenhouse gas regulations for existing power plants by next June and finalize them a year later. No practical carbon dioxideremoval technology exists, so the regulations likely will rely on other approaches, such as market-driven incentives. The Obama directive also called for regulatory flexibility.
Japan nuclear plant leaks 300 tons of highly radioactive water BARBRA DEMICK Los Angeles Times B E I J I N G — The operator of the 2011 tsunami-damaged nuclear plant at Fukushima, Japan, says that 300 tons of highly radioactive water has leaked from one of its storage tanks, the worst of a number of similar leaks since the catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said that the leak, discovered Monday morning at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant, posed no immediate threat to Pacific Ocean waters. The accident was classified by Japan’s nuclear regulator as a Level
1 incident — the second lowest on the scale of nuclear accidents, as classified by the International Atomic Energy Authority. Still, it was a serious setback in the efforts to contain and clean up the damage that crippled the power plant in March 2011, the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. About 1,000 tanks have been built on the ground around the power plant complex to contain radioactive water that had been used to cool its damaged nuclear reactors. Three nuclear reactors melted after the tsunami knocked out cooling systems. On at least four previous occasions since the initial disaster, workers
have discovered leaks in the tanks, though none was as serious as the leak reported Tuesday. “We are extremely concerned,� Hideka Morimoto, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulation Authority, was quoted telling reporters Tuesday in Tokyo. A spokesman for Tokyo Electric said that workers had put concrete barriers and sandbags around the damaged tank to contain radioactive water. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a political conservative who won the 2012 election in part on a promise to support the nuclear power industry, has promised to help Tokyo Electric clean up the contamination.
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Lawyer: Terrell innocent of drug, battery charges Associated Press CHICAGO — A lawyer says former Chicago Bears wide receiver David Terrell will plead not guilty to a felony charge of manufacturing or delivering marijuana and a misdemeanor battery charge. Attorney Mark Sutter said in a
statement Tuesday that Terrell denies “any participation whatsoever in the alleged criminal acts.” Terrell was arrested Friday after police received a call of people smoking marijuana in a building. Authorities say Terrell and two others were observed with cannabis and “materials to package and distribute narcotics” in plain view.
Authorities said the 35-yearold Terrell struck an officer’s hand during an interview. He is free on $20,000 bond. Terrell, who played for the University of Michigan, was drafted by the Bears in 2001. He finished his five-year career with 128 receptions and 9 touchdowns.
Zimmermann struggles as Nationals lose to Cubs JAY COHEN Associated Press CHICAGO — Jordan Zimmermann said he felt fine. He thought he had a good slider. The biggest problem was his location, and that was just too much for him to overcome. Zimmermann allowed three homers in five rocky innings and the Washington Nationals managed just six hits in an 11-1 loss to Jeff Samardzija and the Chicago Cubs on Monday night. Nate Schierholtz hit a three-run shot off Zimmermann in the first, and Donnie Murphy belted a leadoff drive in the fourth. Dioner Navarro put the game
away with another three-run homer in the fifth. “I can live with a solo home run or a few base hits, but when you get guys on you have to really buckle down and make pitches and I wasn’t able to do that tonight,” Zimmermann said. Zimmermann (14-7) allowed eight runs, matching a career high, and seven hits in his first loss since July 26 against the New York Mets. The AllStar was 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in his previous three starts. The three home runs matched a season high for Zimmermann, who is tied with St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright for the NL lead with 14 wins. “He’s a tremendous pitcher, he’s
going to be fine,” Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. “This was not good, obviously. But I think he came through it all right.” Schierholtz went deep again in the seventh and finished with a career-high six RBIs. Murphy added a second solo shot in the eighth in Chicago’s highestscoring game since a 14-6 victory over Houston on June 23. “They hit the ball well,” Washington third baseman Ryan Zimmerman said. “Jordan has been great all year, but tonight they got to him a little bit. And their guy threw really well.” Schierholtz went 3 for 4 while moving into a tie with Anthony Rizzo for the team lead with 18 homers. He also is second only to Rizzo with 58 RBIs.
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Aries — Today is a 6 — Reason slows passion with the Full Moon as the initiation phase concludes. Think it over before moving forward. Your curiosity makes you quite attractive, even if you don’t think so.
Cancer — Today is an 8 —Travel appeals, but it’s not without peril, especially for business. Increase your security. Working at home is profitable. Make sure you know what’s requested before starting.
Libra — Today is a 9 — Your assignment’s changing. The trick is in the details. Notice how their ideas fit in with yours. Indulge a fantasy for a lovely moment, one that involves your extra-curricular enthusiasms.
Capricorn — Today is a 7 — There’s a turning point regarding public and private time, as you enter a two-day exploration period. Go beyond the minimum job requirements.
Taurus — Today is a 7 — You have a keen sense of obligation and like to do an excellent job. Don’t forget to acknowledge your efforts. Make time for relaxation with friends. Don’t talk about work.
Leo — Today is a 7 — Be seductively controversial without making expensive promises. Beware of speculation. Provide motivation to inspire. A lack of funds threatens your plans.
Scorpio — Today is a 7 — Don’t expect to get full agreement on everything. Around now you can start enjoying yourself. Hold on to your money. You have hidden valuables.
Aquarius — Today is a 9 — The Full Sturgeon Moon illuminates a turning point regarding resistance. Great abundance can be yours. Don’t repeat a mistake. You’re stronger than you realize.
Gemini — Today is a 7 — Moderate a conflict between people you love during a moment of temporary confusion. Expand boundaries. A partner can help you get there.
Virgo — Today is an 8 — Reach a milestone regarding a deadline. A strange idea could work. List what’s still needed. Hide your money. Proceed with caution. Stop short of overkill. Recall a friend’s wise advice.
Sagittarius — Today is a 6 — Home is where your heart is. A turning point arises at work. A controversy, dead end or stuck place appears. Take notes for the future. Share discoveries.
Pisces — Today is a 9 — Your work habits shift or take a new tack. Assert your wishes. Do the seemingly impossible: ask. Accept. You’re very attractive now. A hunch could be quite profitable.
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The women’s cross country team practices Tuesday at the Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex. The Salukis were picked to place third in preseason polling for the Missouri Valley Conference. Their first meet will be the Aug. 30 Saluki Early Bird in Carbondale.
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“I think our team has really grown a lot this year. We’re all a lot stronger,” Gibson said. “I have really high expectations for the whole team.” Sparks said he is looking for the women to compete for a conference championship, something SIU hasn’t accomplished in over two decades. With Illinois State returning their top seven runners, Sparks said it would be tough.
“The women’s team hasn’t won a conference title since 1992,” Sparks said. “We would like to challenge for one of those.” Sparks said with all of the training the team goes through, it is important to know how to run right. “Ninety-five percent of it is running; the other 5 percent is weight room and nutrition and some of that is more important from individual to individual,” Sparks said. Dahleen said his team has what it takes to take home another
conference championship. “We have the talent. We just need to run consistently and train how we’re supposed to and the results will show,” Dahleen said. The men’s and women’s cross country teams will host the Aug. 30 Saluki Early Bird in a tune-up meet before the Sept. 6 EIU Walt Crawford Open in Charleston. Tyler Dixon can be reached at tdixon90@siu.edu or 536-3311 ext. 282.
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1HZ FRDFK EULQJV JULW WR 2·OLQH TERRANCE PEACOCK Daily Egyptian With a three-year starter at quarterback and an improved set of skilled players, Saluki football fans will count on the team’s offense to put up a lot of points this season. However, as with any other offense, it starts with the offensive linemen who are willing to step in the trenches and keep those skilled players safe. This season’s offensive line will look to new coach Bill O’Boyle for guidance in ways to excel at one of the field’s most important but underrated positions. O’Boyle is in his 28th collegiate coaching season. Last season, he served as offensive coordinator at Colorado Mesa University before he was hired in March as the Salukis’ offensive line coach. Before that, he served as the head coach from 2005-2011 at Chadron State College, where he compiled a 57-21 overall record that includes three consecutive undefeated regular seasons and three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles from 2006-2008. O’Boyle was also named the Liberty Mutual Division II Coach of the Year in 2007, the American Football Coaches Association Region 5 Coach of the Year and much more. Chris Stein, offensive coordinator at Chadron State, served as quarterback’s coach under O’Boyle and shared nothing but positive sentiments about O’Boyle and the time he spent working under him. “Coach O’Boyle is probably the best football coach I’ve ever worked with, and one of the best that has been at the school,” Stein said. “Anytime you give a man with that caliber of coaching football an opportunity, he’s going to do great things.” O’Boyle said the main difference between his two previous schools and SIU is the talent level. “It’s a faster game,” he said. “We didn’t have the athletic ability that we have on this club right now.” O’Boyle brings a lot of experience and wisdom to the offensive line, and he said it all comes down to aggression. “The offensive line is about 95 percent being aggressive,” O’Boyle said. “More of a controlled aggression is what they have to have, to where they
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Offensive line coach Bill O’Boyle instructs his players before the Salukis’ second preseason scrimmage Saturday at Saluki Stadium. O’Boyle is starting his first season as a member of the SIU coaching staff, previously working as the offensive coordinator at Colorado Mesa University. can pick things up and move together. You’re relying on the guy next to you.” O’Boyle said athleticism is one main attribute he looks for in his linemen that distinguishes who may get the starting nod before someone else. “I’m not really concerned about weight and height,” O’Boyle said. “I love linemen who can get downfield and who can move.” Head coach Dale Lennon said O’Boyle brings toughness to the table when it comes to his linemen. “He really holds his guys accountable
and what they do in practice I think develops that toughness. Our players are relishing it; they enjoy the fact they know that they are becoming physically and mentally tough,” Lennon said. Junior offensive lineman Corey Boemer said O’Boyle is an intense guy on the field but a great guy off the field. “On the field he is intense, pushes technique and he is always on you, but at the same time you can always go up to him and ask any question,” he said. “He’s a great coach.” Boemer said finishing the play off is
what he has learned most since O’Boyle has become coach. “He pushes (finishing) every play,” he said. “He always talks about from the minute the whistle is snapped to the minute the whistle blows. He’s really hard on that.” O’Boyle has strong ties to SIU. His uncle, Tom O’Boyle, was the Salukis’ defensive coordinator from 1968-1973. Two of his brothers, Mike O’Boyle and Dennis O’Boyle, lettered in football at SIU in the early 1970s. Two other brothers, Kevin O’Boyle and Tim
O’Boyle, played football at SIU. O’Boyle said this was one of the things that attracted him to the job. “I’ve known SIU since I could remember,” he said. “I have four older brothers who played here, so I can remember coming down here as a little kid. I can remember when they put turf in on McAndrew (Field). I was here when they did that.” Terrance Peacock can be reached at tpeacock@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 256.
Cross Country takes lead in preseason poll TYLER DIXON Daily Egyptian Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams enter the 2013 season with high expectations from the coaches in the Missouri Valley Conference. In a Monday press release by the Missouri Valley Conference, the men’s team was picked to win the conference for the second year in a row, while the women were ranked third. The men received five of the eight first-place votes, while Indiana State received the other three. In the women’s poll, Illinois State took nine of the ten first-place votes
with SIU getting one vote. The newest member of the conference, Loyola, was picked third in the men’s poll and second in the women’s. Head coach Matt Sparks said being picked first on the men’s side is nice, but said the team still has to produce that effort. “We don’t put a lot of stock in (the poll),” Sparks said. “There’s still a lot of work to be done.” One runner who shows promise is senior Brian Dixon, SIU’s lone athlete in the NCAA Championship. Dixon finished in the top seven in four of the five meets that took place before the National Championship. He said
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nationals were a good experience, but he didn’t finish as well as he hoped. Dixon said the season isn’t going to be a breeze, but his team already has the mindset to win the conference again. “I saw (the poll) on Twitter, and before I saw it, I thought we were going to win,” Dixon said. Senior Zach Dahleen said he ran
— Zach Dahleen senior about 70 miles per week during the summer. Dahleen had top three finishes in five events during the 2012 season. Sparks said some of the men’s runners log between 80-90 miles a week, while some women run about 60-70 miles a week. Dahleen said the polls don’t change his thought process going into the season.
“Whatever we were (ranked), you go in the mindset to win, and we’ve done that every year since I’ve been here,” Dahleen said. Junior Sadie Darnell said she doesn’t mind the women being picked third in the rankings. “I kind of like being the underdog in some ways, just because I know we can do better than that,” Darnell said. Darnell finished first in the 2012 Saluki Invitational, while teammate Lacey Gibson finished second. Gibson, a junior, said she has high hopes for her team this season. Please see XC | 11