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University saves about $16,000 by cutting east campus mailroom TIERRA CARPENTER | @TierraMC_

University Housing will save more than $15,000 this semester after it closed the package pickup window in the Grinnell Hall mailroom.

Crystal Bouhl, assistant director of marketing for University Housing, explained the decision.

“It’s absolutely based on student employee hours,” she said. “You had two mailrooms that were staffed to handout packages and now there’s one mailroom staffed. ... When they made that decision, they did a cost-benefit analysis based on the number of hours worked in each area and they came up with a $16,000 savings.”

Before Jan. 19, the mailroom serviced package pickup and mailboxes for residents of Schneider Hall and Mae Smith Hall. While students’ mailboxes remain in use, their packages must now be picked up at Trueblood Hall’s mailroom.

Bouhl said the changes should not be an inconvenience for students.

“Students eat in Trueblood Hall daily and will be able to pick

up their packages in the same building,” she said.

But at least two students in Mae Smith Hall and Schneider Hall have noticed a difference.

Liana Spokas, a freshman from Antioch studying psychology, said she would prefer if the Grinnell pickup window was still open.

“My mailbox is in [Grinnell], and I’m [in] the farthest tower away from Trueblood, so if I need a package it’s kind of inconvenient to come all the way here,” said Spokas, who lives in Schneider Hall. “I was a little disappointed that they closed Grinnell.”

Arianna Williams, a freshman from Chicago studying business, said she has picked up packages on three different occasions this semester and has experienced longer lines and slower service.

“It’s so many people from all three buildings that are waiting to get packages that it just takes so long,” she said.

Williams, who lives in Mae Smith Hall, said she avoids long lines by visiting the mailroom later in the day.

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International food fosters cultural understanding

Aidan Osborne | @AidanOsborne_DE Chamila Ranaweera, a graduate student in mathematics from Sri Lanka, smiles while scooping out curry for attendees of the International Food Fair on Wednesday at the Student Center. Members from the Sri Lankan Student Association brought items from their homeland as well as food to help spread their culture. “Food is part of culture to be shared,” Ranaweera said.

Wistful Obama calls for ‘better politics’ of civility in return to Springfield RICK PEARSON, MONIQUE GARCIA AND CELESTE BOTT Chicago Tribune

President Barack Obama on Wednesday returned to the place that launched his public career, delivering a memory-laden, valedictory-type address to Illinois lawmakers, saying they and the nation deserve “better politics” based on civility and compromise to cure a “poisonous political climate” that pushes citizens away.

Speaking for an hour at the state Capitol, where he served before becoming a U.S. senator en route to the White House, Obama criticized a political atmosphere in which adherence to hard-line ideology interferes with progress.

“The point I’m trying to make is I care about fixing our politics,” said Obama, who is in his final year as president. “The reason this is important to me is next year I’ll still hold the most important title of all, and that’s the title of citizen.”

Terrence Antonio James Chicago Tribune President Barack Obama stops at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, following his speech at the Illinois State Capitol on Wednesday.

The president, sometimes sounding wistful in a speech filled with reminiscences of his legislative days, made his remarks on the ninth anniversary of his announcement that he was seeking the presidency — an address that occurred just blocks away at the Old State Capitol.

While directing his remarks about political dysfunction largely at Washington, Obama did make references to Illinois’ historic stalemate that has kept the state without a budget for eight months.

The president noted his support for unions and collective bargaining to improve the middle class, earning the cheers of Democrats who are battling Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s efforts to push a pro-business, union-

weakening agenda in exchange for a budget agreement.

More pointedly, Obama singled out Democratic state Rep. Ken Dunkin, of Chicago, who has sided with Rauner on several issues to deny House Speaker Michael Madigan a 71-vote, veto-proof majority. Dunkin is facing a primary challenge and is being backed for re-election by Rauner allies.

Obama said reaching political compromise across the aisle “doesn’t make me a sellout to my own party.”

Dunkin jumped out of his chair and shouted “Yes!” before Obama verbally slammed him.

“We’ll talk later, Dunkin. Sit down,” Obama said as Democrats — and even some Republicans —

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erupted into wild cheers.

In reciting what he called the ills of modern politics, Obama said the problems were not that politicians were worse or that issues have become more complicated.

“We’ve always gone through periods when our democracy seems stuck, and when that happens we have to find a new way of doing business. We’re in one of those moments. We have to build a better politics,” he said.

“What’s different today is the nature and extent of the polarization,” said Obama, who cited political parties that have become more homogeneous in their ideology, a fractured media, advocacy groups and “unlimited dark money.”

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SIU, Carbondale hope to put new spin on bicycle use

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms A student braves the snow while biking to class Tuesday outside Faner Hall.

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Students and faculty are working to certify SIU as a bicycle-friendly university through the League of American Bicyclists.

"We’re just seeing more and more students, faculty and staff use bicycles," said Shannon McDonald, an architectural studies and interior design professor who is helping with the project.

McDonald said work on the project began about a year and a half ago when an art student applied for and received more than $2,000 from the university’s Green Fund to improve bicycle use at SIU. "It’s healthy, it’s good exercise and our campus is just wonderful for biking," McDonald said.

"Hopefully it encourages [and] allows for safer biking."

SIU police Sgt. Chad Beights said there was just one on-campus bicycle accident in 2015, which involved two bikes.

Luke Henson, a senior from Springfield studying architecture, said the certification requires SIU to consider bicycle education programs, bike lanes policies, bike racks and maintenance stations. Henson, who helped with the project, said the group is trying to find out how easy it is to use a bicycle on campus by surveying students on Desire2Learn. The survey will be online after spring break.

Shelby Orr, a junior from Savoy studying architecture, said the proposal for the certification should be finished

by June.

In the meantime, Carbondale is developing a comprehensive bicycle plan for the community to become a more bicycle-friendly city.

"We’re working collaboratively [with SIU] because it’s mutually beneficial for us," said Gary Williams, Carbondale's city manager. "There’s a lot of marketing value for the university."

If approved, Carbondale will become the 10th city in the state to

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Williams said the average age of Carbondale residents is 23.5, which makes it important to consider the presence of college-aged individuals.

"We know that millennials are more inclined to ride bicycles and less inclined to ride in a car," he said.

Carbondale's city council on Tuesday approved spending $470,000 on a bicycle path between East Main Street and East Mill Street. The Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program will front $317,950 of the cost.

Orr, who helped write the survey and document bike rack use, said she hopes this plan will make the city more accessible to students.

"It’s a sustainable way of getting somewhere," Orr said. "In general, it improves the university by making it more green and energy efficient."

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Ashes to ashes

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms John Baker marks a cross of palm ashes on Pastor Janice West’s forehead during an Ash Wednesday service at the First Presbyterian Church in Carbondale. After West’s father died when she was 16 years old, she said she found God’s love and devoted her life to ministries. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent in the Christian calendar. “For some folks, it’s quite an emotional thing as we put ashes on,” West said. “Maybe they’re remembering someone in their own life who’s died recently or just that remembrance that yeah, life is passing. It’s a wonderful time for us all to remember that life comes and it goes but we do this together, here in community.” West has been a pastor in Carbondale for 15 years.

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“So often these debates, particularly in Washington but increasingly in state legislatures, become abstractions,” Obama said. He said voters have become turned off to politics that “encourages the kind of ideological fealty that rejects any form of compromise as weakness.”

At various points in his speech, Obama observed that while Democrats were standing and applauding, Republicans largely were staying in their seats – a symbol of the political divisions rooted in Washington that were in evidence when the president delivered his State of the Union address.

“One of my few regrets is my inability to reduce the polarization and meanness in our [nation’s] politics,” he said. “I was able to be part of [reducing] that here and yet couldn’t translate it the way I wanted to into our politics in Washington.”

Obama called for efforts to reduce what he called “the

corrosive influence of money in our politics,” an end to gerrymandered congressional districts and making it easier to vote. He said Illinois lawmakers should approve pending legislation to make voter registration automatic when people get their driver’s licenses.

But as he spoke in a Capitol that has become a prime example of political dysfunction, it was questionable whether Obama’s visit and rhetoric would have any effect on the tone in Springfield.

Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno, of Lemont, who Obama said he could “always trust” in their time together in the Senate, said she didn’t believe the president’s remarks were intended to scold state lawmakers.

“I think he’s felt the frustration,” Radogno said. “He’s been frustrated by the partisanship, though he’s been part of it. I’ve been frustrated, and I’ve been part of it. I think he’s asking everyone collectively to rise above that.”

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Mason Combs, a junior from Danville studying aviation technology, works in the mailroom. He said the mailroom has not become less efficient with the closure because now at least two or three people work in the mailroom simultaneously as opposed to one or two workers.

“The lines will get longer, but whenever they get longer we have more people working,” Combs said. “So we can have two people at the window checking out packages, so it goes down just as fast.”

Combs said the closing of Grinnell’s pickup window has made his job easier.

Previously the mailroom staff would have to go back and forth between Trueblood and Grinnell to clock in, change shifts and go to lunch.

“At first I was a little skeptical about it, but learning how to adapt to it, everything’s working really smoothly,” Combs said. “I’m definitely a fan of it.”

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Are state doctors afraid of prescribing medical marijuana?

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The patients seeking medical marijuana inquire almost daily with Dr. Rahul Khare at his storefront health care clinic in Lincoln Park.

Some have been turned down for a cannabis referral by the doctors they see regularly, not because they might not qualify, Khare contends, but because many physicians are hesitant to refer anyone for marijuana.

Khare, who said he has been writing marijuana referrals for only a few weeks, sympathizes with

doctors who don’t want to put patients on pot, but believes some are unfairly withholding a drug that could bring relief to many.

“Three months ago, marijuana was an illicit drug [in Illinois]. If a patient said they were using it, it was my responsibility to put my hand on their shoulder and say, ‘I must tell you, it’s illegal.’ Now – boom! It’s a very different mindset for physicians,” said Khare, a former Northwestern University physician who now runs the Innovative Express Care clinic in Chicago. “... Patients [I’ve recommended for

marijuana] are so appreciative.”

Medical marijuana industry advocates and observers say a dearth of doctors willing to recommend patients is among the hurdles the state’s fledgling industry needs to overcome. Some detractors believe Illinois’ efforts to make its program stricter than those of other states has created a situation where too much is required of doctors and patients before they can be certified.

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Stage Company to perform Edward Albee classic JACOB PIERCE |@JACOBPIERCE1_DE

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” which was made into a well-known film of the same name, is about an eldery couple with marital problems, spending a night with a younger couple to see if their marriage is still worth fighting for.

Rhomberg, the director of marketing for SIU’s theater department, has directed more than 200 productions for off-Broadway, regional and summer stock theaters. This is his fifth directional assignment for the Stage Company. The Varsity Center for Arts is also involved with the Tony Awardwinning Edward Albee play.

Every directorial job was a different experience that influenced his style, he said. But summer stock in particular was a demanding lesson that helped him immensely. It was a fast pace approach he will never forget, Rhomberg said.

“One week after another you were pumping out these shows. That’s a real challenge,” he said. “You have to be prepared. There’s no time to develop anything in rehearsal.”

Even after so much practice as a director, a play like “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ” still fazes him, Rhomberg said. The entire show is about three hours long and has a lot of major themes that must be addressed well.

There is the myth of the American dream, a power struggle happening in families and the struggle of relationships, he said. He added there is a lot of ambiguity and complexity to this play — it is not a easy to follow narrative.

“The density of the characters, the things they talk about,” he said. “Those are more complicated.”

Jim Lambert, a retiree from

Carbondale, is one of two assistant directors on “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” and has an assisted Rhomberg on four other plays.

Going through the script and arguing with the main director are just some of the activities the assistant director does, Lambert said. With this being such a huge play, different perspectives need to be involved.

“Four eyes are better than two,” Lambert said. “And we actually have six on this one.”

With so many people familiar with the play, it was difficult being different, he said. The movie is so iconic that people have that film distinctly in their mind. The performances of legends like Elizabeth Taylor and George Segal weigh on the actors in any production of the play, Lambert said.

He said the pressure of those who came before are not the only trouble the actors have to go through. In this play, various characters have to be on stage almost the entire time. For actors who have worked in big ensemble casts, this can be challenging.

“If you are in a play, an actor has maybe half an act where he is sitting in the green room,” Lambert said. “In this play people leave, but they come back in like a minute.”

Sarah Dubach, a graduate student in Linguistics from Carbondale, plays Honey, the wife of the younger couple. Her husband is Nick, played

by Dan Hill.

Dubach has been acting since she was young and has been in other Stage Company plays, including “Doubt.”

Her character of Honey in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf” is an individual transplanted from the Midwest to Ivy League area of the East, she said.

Honey is the type of character who is always trying to talk herself out of situations

Yenitza Melgoza | @YenitzaM_DE Sarah Dubach dances while Dan Hill urges her to stop as they portray “Honey” and “Nick” during a dress rehearsal for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” on Tuesday at The Varsity Center for the Arts. The Varsity Center and The Stage Company will be showcasing the play February 12 to 14 and the 19 to 21 on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

“Honey is a preacher’s daughter and comes from a little bit of money,” Dubach said. “She likes to control her environment by imagining certain situations don’t exist.”

A lot of her preparation for the play was about analysis and breaking scenes down into beats, she said. To play any character, one has to know the inside and outs of the script.

Playwrights hide a lot of character motivation in the lines of characters, Dubach said.

“You can find out a lot about your characters from what other characters say about your character,” she said.

The Stage Company and Varsity Center for Arts are presenting the Tony Award-winning Edward Albee play from Friday to Sunday and Feb. 19 to

21. The shows will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for Students. The show contains mature content and there will be two intermissions for each show.

Jacob Pierce can be reached at jpierce@ dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3325

How ‘Deadpool’ rose from Hollywood purgatory to make R-rated fun of your sacred superheroes JOSH ROTTENBERG LOS ANGELES TIMES

Every superhero's story has its pivotal, then-everything-changed moment: a radioactive spider bite, a laboratory experiment gone awry, exposure to cosmic rays.

This one involves an Internet leak.

In late July 2014, nearly two minutes of old test footage from an offbeat and very R-rated movie called "Deadpool" mysteriously appeared on the Web. The story of a foul-mouthed, fourth-

Ryan Reynolds as “Deadpool.”

wall-breaking mercenary named Wade Wilson, who acquires self-healing powers after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. The film — which was to star Ryan Reynolds — had been languishing for more than a decade as 20th Century Fox sat on the oddball project, unsure what to do with it.

Comic book fans greeted the footage with wild enthusiasm. Movies like "Guardians of the Galaxy" pushed the boundaries of the superhero genre, but "Deadpool" — with its blend of self-awareness, ultraviolence,

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frequent F-bombs and bawdy sexual humor — promised to leap over them with anarchic abandon. Fan sites breathlessly declared the footage "amazing" and "perfect," and Fox took notice. Two months later, the studio gave "Deadpool" its long-awaited green light.

"It's like a fairy-tale story," Reynolds said recently by phone from London, where he was promoting "Deadpool," which hits theaters Friday. "That footage was never meant to be shown to the public in any way. But I think it's exclusively the reason the film got made."

In today's Hollywood, superhero movies are generally no-brainer propositions for the major studios, which explains why seven of them are due in theaters this year alone.

But "Deadpool" is a different kind of animal. While most superhero movies are fairly serious affairs, "Deadpool" is an irreverent mash-up of a comicbook film and a raunchy comedy that subverts and mocks the genre's conventions at every turn.

Deadpool eviscerates bad guys with

a kind of psychopathic glee rarely seen in superheroes. He goes out of his way to ridicule Fox and its most valuable comic-book franchise, the X-Men, and cracks sexual jokes that wouldn't be out of place in a Judd Apatow comedy.

Deadpool has enjoyed a strong and growing cult following among comics aficionados ever since his introduction in Marvel Comics in 1991. But, in a way, "Deadpool" could only exist as a movie now that mainstream audiences have had the chance to fully absorb all the standard superheromovie tropes. What some decry as the oversaturation of the multiplexes with comic-book blockbusters has created the perfect opening for this sort of genre-deconstructing palate cleanser.

Now the rest of the world is finally in on the joke "Deadpool" is delivering. "'Deadpool' is very different — it's not just the R rating or the violence or the tone and humor," said Tim Miller, who is making his directorial debut with the film after years of working in visual effects. "I think its greatest strength is flipping the expectations

the audience has for this kind of film and making fun of what has been a very self-serious genre. That couldn't have happened before the audience had become familiar with comicbook films."

Comic-book artist Rob Liefeld, who created Deadpool, agrees.

"You can't account for timing," Liefeld said. "Since the movie was greenlit, Deadpool's comic sales have tripled. He's the right character at the right time."

When Reynolds was first approached with the idea of playing Deadpool back in 2005, he had no idea who the character was.

"A certain executive I knew at the time kept saying, 'If they ever make a Deadpool movie, you're Deadpool,'" Reynolds said. "I kept saying, 'What is Deadpool?' I read the comics and, sure enough, I really connected to the world. I knew he was working off a different footprint than some of the other guys."

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Salukis try to gain momentum before postseason SEAN CARLEY | @SCarleyDE

SIU men’s basketball ended its four-game losing streak Wednesday, but the toughest part of the schedule has just begun.

After breaking the losing streak, the Salukis are feeling the struggles of what coach Hinson calls “the dog days of college basketball.” SIU sits in fourth place in the Missouri Valley Conference after beating Indiana State, but are still in danger of falling out of the top six. The top-six teams get a first-round bye in the MVC tournament, while the bottom four would have to win four games in four days to secure a birth in the NCAA Tournament.

“Everybody is going through what we’re going through right now,” Hinson said. “This is very typical of February.”

The Salukis aren’t the only ones feeling the pressure, as AP top-25 ranked teams have lost a total of 23 games already in the month of February, as of 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday. No. 25 Wichita State lost its first conference game of the season to Illinois State on Saturday shortly after gaining a ranking.

While no team wants to go on a losing streak, Hinson said if one has to happen, now is the time.

“Some teams don’t go into it

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Junior center Devin Brunetti transferred to SIU from Mesa Community College (Arizona) where he played in two games as a sophomore, according to the team’s website.

SIU will return eight offensive tackles and redshirt freshman center Jacob Marnin.

Junior Austin Olsen returns after starting all 11 games at left tackle last season and senior Reid Sealby returns after starting four games at left guard and one at right guard.

None of the other returning guards started a game and Adam Clay joins Sealby as a returning senior

Remaining schedule Win percentages 1. northern iowa - .615 6. missouri state - .532 2. illinois state - .581

7. drake - .504

3. bradley - .565

8. indiana state - .488

4. loyola - .545

9. evansville - .450

5. wichita state - .537

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until right before the postseason tournament,” he said. “Like I said in the press conference [after losing to Loyola], this is one of the best things that we’re going through it now.”

Hinson said fans also don’t want the team to play in that first round.

“When I first got here, I ran into an elderly woman at one of the caravans, and she said ‘Coach, I just have one favor to ask of you ... can

KICKING STARTER: Nico Gualdoni (K) | Nicholas Neidig (P) The Salukis retained senior kicker Austin Johnson, junior punter Nicholas Neidig, redshirt freshman kicker Josh Haynes and incoming freshman K/P Nico Gualdoni.

Gualdoni could take over for graduated kicker Chris Adams on kickoffs as Hill said he already kicks as far as Johnson does. The Johnston City native will battle with Herrin native Haynes for the kickoffs while Johnson stays focused on field goals and extra points.

Johnson took all the field goals last season, finishing 14-22 with a long of 51 yards.

Adams took all 71 of the team’s kickoffs last season, averaging

you not play in that play-in game?’,” he said. “It really weighs heavy on our fans. I don’t anticipate that we’ll play the play-in games, but if we keep losing then we will.”

Senior guard Anthony Beane understands the importance of staying out of the Thursday night play-in games.

Last season, the Salukis finished ninth in the MVC and had to play

58.4 yards and 14 touchbacks with the opposition averaging 19.8 yards per return.

Graduated punter Derek Matthewson took all 46 of the team’s punts, averaging 43.1 yards and kicking for six touchbacks and 17 fair catches. He landed 13 inside of the 20-yard line and nine went for 50 or more yards.

Neidig did not play last season but was the primary punter the season before. As a redshirt freshman he averaged 39.4 yards per punt with five touchbacks, 14 fair catches, 13 inside the 20-yard line and six longer than 50 yards.

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at 6 p.m. Thursday. They won, then had to turn around and play just 18 hours later at noon the next day against No. 1 seed Wichita State.

“You really don’t have it in your legs the next day,” Beane said.

“With that extra day, you can get your rest and focus.”

Since the MVC tournament expanded in 1997 to include all 10 teams, one team — Bradley in

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Against the Sycamores, Smithpeters found what he had earlier in the season. He shot 4-6 from 3-point range and ended the game with 16 points. The Salukis’ offense is difficult to slow down when Smithpeters succeeds from behind the arc. Smithpeters spreads the floor and opens up space for fellow guards junior Leo Vincent and Beane. Rodriguez also counts on the Harrisburg native to drill open threes when the point guard drives to the rim and passes to the perimeter.

5. SIU fans must enjoy Beane’s final run in Saluki maroon.

Saluki fans are lucky to have Beane play at SIU. Watching Beane play, it looks like scoring comes easy

1998 — has played in a Thursday game and made it to the semi-finals.

No team seeded in the bottom four has made the finals or won the tournament.

If the Salukis are able to get back to their winning ways, the momentum could carry over to success in the MVC tournament.

“We should just go out and win every game we have left,” junior guard Tyler Smithpeters said. “I think every one of them is a mustwin for us.”

Momentum has carried over nicely for the Salukis in the past. Smithpeters mentioned his freshman year when the Dawgs won three of their last four conference games and were just three points away from defeating Indiana State to advance to the championship game.

Even with the recent struggles, the team feels confident of its chances moving forward into the tournament.

“We feel we’re one of the top teams in the Valley,” Beane said.

“With us going in and having that momentum, anything can happen and that’s what we want.”

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for the senior. Beane dropped 31 points on 27 shots Wednesday night and is second in the MVC in scoring averaging 19.6 points per game coming into Wednesday’s game.

Beane originally committed to Illinois State, where his dad was coaching. But when his father was hired to Hinson’s staff, Beane switched to SIU and is now a topfive scorer in Saluki history.

Beane’s step-back jumper is beautiful and his game on the court is majestic, even if it’s forced sometimes. Saluki nation needs to sit back and take in the last few games it will see Beane in an SIU uniform. Fans might not see another scorer like him for a long time.

Ben Tucker can be reached at btucker@ dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3304.

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Study and plan your itinerary.

Make reservations.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Study ways to make and keep money. Handle financial matters today and tomorrow. To avoid problems, play

by the book. Review your budget, and set logical steps to attain goals.

Negotiate and discuss.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Strengthen a partnership with love and attention over the next few days.

Negotiate shared plans. Listen, and speak your piece. Together, you can move mountains. Support each other. Give up something to go further.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 9 -- Focus on your work for the next couple of days. The pace is picking up. Pour on the steam, and check tasks off your list. The excellent job you’ve been doing ref lects well on you.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Romance and passion recur as themes today and tomorrow. Someone nearby has your attention. Use your charms and wit. Savor delicious conversation.

Practice your arts. The more you

play, the more skillful you grow.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Get f ully into a household project. Fa mily comes f irst today a nd tomorrow.

Play with long-term pla ns, a nd ta ke steps towa rd f ulf illing a drea m.

Double-check materia ls, a nd compa re prices.

Ma ke necessa r y upgrades.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is an 8 -- You’re especially clever with words over the next few days. There’s no such thing as a stupid question, but your timing could be off. Review your lists. Study. Assimilate. Express your view. Get philosophical.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 9 -- Tap another source of revenue. The next two days are good for business. There’s money coming in (and going out). Pay bills before splurging. Track the f low to minimize leakage. You could do quite well.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016

SIU chops down Sycamores How SIU football’s new

faces could fill the void left by graduates

SEAN CARLEY | @SCarleyDE

SIU broke its four-game losing streak in a hard-fought victory Wednesday against Indiana State, 85-78.

The win, which gives SIU a season sweep of Indiana State (13-12, 7-6 MVC), puts the Salukis (19-7, 8-5 Missouri Valley Conference) in fourth place in the MVC. Anthony Beane put on a show for the opposing fans, dropping game-highs with 31 points and six rebounds — his fifth 30-point game this season.

Both teams shot lights out in Terre Haute, Ind. The Dawgs broke out of their shooting slump, making 55 percent of their shots, its second-best performance of the year. SIU shot 47.6 percent from behind-the-arc, its best performance since the win against Northern Iowa on Jan. 2.

Indiana State shot 49 percent overall and shot 51 percent in the second half with five threes to spark a comeback and take the lead with six minutes remaining. SIU then went on a 9-1 run to take a six-point lead that they would not lose.

Five different Salukis combined to shoot 16-20 from the free-throw stripe in the second half to seal the game, including Beane (6-6) and junior forward Sean O’Brien (22) being perfect from the line.

The Salukis and Sycamores both had four double-digit scorers. Beane, junior guard Tyler Smithpeters (16 points), O’Brien (12) and junior center Bola Olaniyan (11) led SIU.

BRENT MESKE | @brentmeskeDE

B RENT M ESKE | @brentmeskeDE Senior guard Anthony Beane Jr. fends off Sycamore defensemen on his way to the hoop as SIU beat Indiana State 79-66 Jan. 20 at SIU Arena. Beane was one of two Salukis to foul out of the game and finished with eight points.

Junior forward Niels Bunschoten had a career-high 21 points to pace the Sycamores. Senior guard Devonte Brown (19 points), senior guard/forward Khristian Smith (18) and sophomore guard Brenton Scott (12) were the double-digit scorers for Indiana State.

Outside of those four, the rest of the Sycamores combined

for just eight points.

Second and third place Evansville and Illinois State face off tomorrow and the winner will be in second, while the loser will be tied with SIU for third.

Sean Carley can be reached at scar@ dailyegyptian.com or at 618-536-3304.

5 things we learned from SIU’s victory against Indiana State BENJAMIN TUCKER | @BenTucker_DE

Here’s what we learned from the 85-78 win against Indiana State that stopped the Dawgs’ fourgame losing streak.

1. Mike Rodriguez should shoot more mid-range jump shots.

Junior guard Mike Rodriguez started off the year shooting pretty well. In his first three games as a Saluki, Rodriguez shot 52 percent from the field, but has shot 26 percent his last three.

The Salukis would be more efficient on offense if Rodriguez would take high percentage shots. On the season, Rodriguez is shooting 33 percent from the 3-point arch. Rodriguez taking shots from about 15 to 18 feet would benefit the team. If he makes them, it forces defenses to close out on him, giving him more opportunities to do what he does best — drive and kick to the open shooter.

2. Bola Olaniyan must learn to stay out of foul trouble before

tournament play.

Junior center Bola Olaniyan has had foul trouble for a majority of the year. Including the game against Indiana State, Olaniyan has now fouled out of six games this year. He has ended the game with four fouls nine times.

If the Salukis want to take this win and build on it, Olaniyan must stay on the floor. The Salukis’ thin frontcourt can’t afford for Olaniyan to get in foul trouble game in and game out.

Olaniyan keeping his fouls under control is going to be something to look at when the team starts the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and faces some of the MVC’s bigger centers.

3. Sean O’Brien has been one of the most consistent Salukis this year.

Junior forward Sean O’Brien’s numbers won’t necessarily jump out at you, but the consistency has been there all year. He ended Wednesday night with a solid 12

points and 4 rebounds.

O’Brien has flown under the radar with his play this season.

Most of the attention has been on senior guard Anthony Beane and Olaniyan. Even when the Salukis were on the four-game skid, O’Brien was putting up good numbers, averaging 15 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.

When the team loses, people focus more on how the guards play and how bad the loss was.

Look for O’Brien’s numbers to increase next year with the departure of Beane.

4. Tyler Smithpeters has his shooting touch back.

The four-game losing streak was not kind to junior guard Tyler Smithpeters. In the four game stretch, Smithpeters averaged 5 points and shot 23 percent from the field. This is not the Smithpeters fans are used to or the one that led the MVC in 3-point shooting.

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The Saluki football team will be under the direction of Nick Hill this season and members of his first recruiting class could play right away.

SIU finished last season 3-8, with six losses by less than a touchdown.

This year’s recruiting class and transfer total, as of Wednesday, is 23.

Here’s a look at the offense and my predictions for the starters: QUARTERBACK PREDICTED STARTER: Josh Straughan | BACKUP: Sam Straub The Dawgs have to replace senior quarterback Mark Iannotti, who led the Football Championship Subdivision in total offense with 355.6 yards per game. He also set single-season SIU records in passing yards and total offense.

Jhakari Harrison, the lone high school quarterback recruit this year, had more than 100 throwing and rushing touchdowns in his time at Coconut Creek High School — including eight touchdown passes in his final game.

Fifth-year graduate senior Josh Straughan transferred to the team from Division II Stillman College where he threw for 5,470 yards and 53 touchdowns.

Sophomores Matt DeSomer and Sam Straub return with limited experience under center at SIU. They combined for 40 passing yards last season.

Hill and offensive coordinator John Van Dam also have freshman Tanner Hearn at their disposal this season. He redshirted last season.

All but DeSomer, who is listed as a wide receiver, are pocket passers.

Iannotti offered a scramble option last season and led the team with 716 rushing yards.

Hill said DeSomer would get another chance at quarterback, his preferred position, and his athleticism will let the team continue to use a wildcat formation at times.

Straub had the best arm of all the quarterbacks last season, including Iannotti. I predict he and Straughan battle for the spot while Hearn and DeSomer offer much-needed alternative help behind center. With such depth at quarterback, the Dawgs should redshirt Harrison — unless he shows everyone else up during workouts.

RECEIVERS PREDICTED STARTERS: Jaylin Carter (TE) | Billy Reed, Jimmy Jones, Darrell James (WR) SIU will be without two of its wide receivers, Israel Lamprakes and Josh Sullivan, as well as two of its tight ends, Adam Fuehne and Josh Skadeland, from last season.

The foursome combined for 28 percent of the team’s yards, 26

percent of receptions, and seven touchdowns last season.

Lamprakes was fourth on the team with 31 receptions and Fuehne was fifth with 25.

The Dawgs will likely turn to incoming freshman Jaylin Carter at the tight end spot.

“He kind of has that look MyCole [Pruitt] had and he’s taller than MyCole,” Hill said.

SIU has junior John Gardner, no game experience, and Hunter Cooper and Jacob Varble, redshirt freshmen, on roster as tight ends.

The Dawgs also welcomed three new wide receivers joining the eight still on the team.

Incoming freshman Sam Bonansinga shows the most upside on paper, even though he’s the smallest of the three at 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds — the same weight and height as Lamprakes.

Bonansinga played every down on both sides of the ball during the Illinois State Championship game his junior year, securing backto-back state championships at Sacred Heart-Griffin. As a senior he recorded 1,034 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns.

Senior Billy Reed and sophomores Jimmy Jones and Darrell James return after accounting for 48 percent of the team’s receiving yards and half of the touchdowns last season.

Even though Landon Lenoir and Mason Wilfong may be factors in future seasons, look for Bonansinga to be only freshman to get regular playing time.

OFFENSIVE LINE PREDICTED STARTERS: Austin Olsen (LT) | Reid Sealby (LG) | Devin Brunetti (C) | Hayden LaPointe (RG) | Adam Clay (RT) SIU’s offensive line lost five of last season’s regular players, including tackles Ethan Wirth, David Meyerhoff, Jake Notario, and centers Garrett Clark and Matt Griffith.

They were all part of the line that blocked for the No. 1 total, scoring and passing offense in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They also allowed the fewest sacks in the Valley, despite having the most pass attempts. The five players combined for 39 starts last season.

The recruiting class included two offensive linemen: Hayden LaPointe and Matt Chmielewski.

Hill said LaPointe is one of the best lineman recruits he’s seen at SIU, but the team will have to develop him.

Chmielewski blocked for a Lockport team that totaled more than 1,000 rushing yards last season and he finished as an honorable mention All-State selection.

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