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DAILY EGYPTIAN William Blankenship, leader of the OpenSpace project, shows off Google Glass Saturday in the new OpenSpace location on the Carruthers Elementary School grounds in Murphysboro.

Google Glass is a pair of glasses, that can take photos, record video and display information such as time and directions.

OpenSpace is a project allowing technology enthusiasts to build software and hardware and work with tools such as a 3D printer and programs such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi.

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OpenSpace, said he formed the space so people of all ages would have access to technology typically not found in the area.

“Basically what we’re trying to establish is a place where we have hard to acquire resources and a surplus of knowledge from our members,” he said. “We gather all of these people in one place and they make really cool stuff… It’s kind of like a community center.”

OpenSpace is what is commonly known as a makerspace or hackerspace, a community workspace with open use of technology. It has a variety of donated hardware, including arduinos,

Raspberry Pis, Google Glass and a 3D printer.

Operating on Murphysboro School District property, OpenSpace uses the 80-megabit Internet of the school district. Murphysboro Superintendent Chris Grode said he is an ardent supporter of the project and hopes it will help the area evolve technologically.

“Education of technology is probably one of the most important things we can do right now,” he said. “There are more tech jobs than there are any other jobs right now.”

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Otis Woods, a senior from Chicago studying radiology, prepares to bowl as “little” James Allison of Carbondale watches Saturday at the Big Brothers Big Sisters “Bowl for Kids’ Sake” event held at SI Bowl in Carterville. Woods and his fraternity Iota Phi Theta volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jackson and Perry counties. “Spending time with someone can change their life,” Woods said.

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Consistency, commitment and passion are a few qualities needed to make a positive impact on someone’s life, and three community groups are using those to make life better for at-risk youth.

Members of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity and Delta Phi Mu Sorority have teamed up to create a mentoring program for underprivileged adolescents ranging in ages 10 to 14 called Young Forever.

Tiarya Pye, the volunteer coordinator and supervisor of the Young Forever program, said it was created to bridge the gap between the community and local youth.

“The former president (Nicholas Simpson) of Iota Phi Theta reached out to our Big Brothers Big Sisters to give children who are less fortunate a chance to reach high potential, and to show them support throughout their life.” Pye said.

The members of IPT have met with the children they mentor – more commonly known as “littles” – every Wednesday and Saturday since October.

Otis Woods, a senior from Chicago studying radiological science and current president of IPT, said the volunteers help the children with their homework Wednesdays, and Saturdays partake in activities ranging from recreational activities to taking them to social functions.

Student provides space for technology Silicon Valley might soon come to southern Illinois, thanks to the efforts of one university student.

OpenSpace, a technology “do it yourself” center, officially opened March 22 in Murphysboro. The space provides anyone interested in technology with assistance, space and classes while providing a variety of hardware to work with.

William Blankenship, a senior from Springfield studying computer science and founder of

Dunn confirms little contact with both SIU chancellors Incoming SIU President Randy Dunn has had little contact with the administration he will oversee, and will not make any critical changes to the university’s plans until settled.

Dunn said his discussion with the chancellors has been brief and “fairly perfunctory.”

He received a package from SIUEdwardsville Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe several days ago consisting of SIUE’s strategic plan, and has received documents from Chancellor Rita Cheng regarding events, activities and initiatives for the Carbondale campus.

Dunn said he did ask the chancellors for information about the campuses, but did not inquire for any specifics.

Cheng said it is premature to comment on her plans about working with Dunn as he has not started yet.

“I haven’t had the opportunity to do anything other than welcome him back,” Cheng said. “I sent an email welcoming him when he was appointed and he said he would be in touch when he starts.”

Dunn said he will not attend the SIU Board of Trustees meeting April 16 and 17 to discuss the presidential transitional plan.

“There is only one president at a time,” he said. “I don’t need to be there trying to steal the stage at this point. At what time that process is figured out and some dates are set, things of that nature, then it’ll be appropriate for me to be there at the meetings.”

Dunn and John Charles, SIU’s executive director for governmental and public affairs, met Wednesday in Springfield to discuss Gov. Pat Quinn’s new budget.

Dunn said he has followed the budget very closely and is heartened by it.

“Anything that we can do to build support for (the temporary tax increase) and show how critical it is for appropriate level of funding for higher education is going to be important as legislatures look at it through the remainder of season,” he said.

Dunn said campuses across Illinois may see an increase in student-to-faculty ratio, but it is still too early to predict any layoffs or tuition increases.

“The challenge is to be prepared for, but also continue to mitigate the severity of those cuts,” Dunn said.

Dunn said while he will not make any major changes to each university’s plans until settled if needed.

It is important to ensure strong enrollment in courses and off-campus facilities, and outreach programs will be vital, Dunn said.

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Grode said he is interested in making technology classes at the space part of the curriculum, but is more excited about giving the kids the chance to work with the hardware. He said it would be some time before any curriculum changes happen, as it’s hard to define what a technology-based class is under Illinois regulations.

“But getting our kids in our electronics wing and our kids who are tech-savvy over to OpenSpace to learn the skills without credits is great anyway,” he said.

“If we can figure out how to get a credit to the kids, that’s icing on the cake, but right now it’s a matter of letting them have the opportunity.”

OpenSpace costs the school district next to nothing, as it had an empty

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IPT and the women of Delta Phi Mu took their little brothers and sisters to the 19th Annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake in Carterville at SI Bowl Saturday for their weekend activity.

Ramona Girtman, program coordinator for the Carbondale chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters, said Bowl for Kids’ Sake is the program’s signature fundraiser.

“This fundraiser caught on to other BBBS chapters because of how easy and fun it is to do,” she said.

“You don’t have to have a special skill, just come out and bowl.”

Girtman said this year’s fundraiser raised around $5,000.

She said the money goes to training volunteers and matching volunteers with the children.

Girtman said programs like Young Forever are part of their evidence-based philosophy.

“Children involved are 33 percent less likely to be in a violent situation, their academic achievement increases and risky behavior such as drug and alcohol abuse is reduced,” she said.

building it was not using but was paying to heat anyway, Grode said.

While OpenSpace operates on MSD property, membership is open to the public. Members pay either $10 monthly or $100 yearly for 24-hour access to the building. It operates as a nonprofit in Illinois, and Blankenship said he hopes to have federal nonprofit status by summer.

Blankenship said he formed OpenSpace because he was interested in technology as a child, but did not have access to the hardware. He said he spent hours copying and writing code for video games, but never had a place to actually create something.

“When I was a kid I was in Springfield, you just didn’t have (makerspaces) and I desperately wanted a place like this,” he said. “When I found out about these — it wasn’t too long ago — I thought it was an amazing idea and it sucked that there

“The Iotas and other people involved in Young Forever are amazing volunteers.”

Woods said being a mentor is a dream come true.

“Being a part of Young Forever enlightens me on how spending time with someone can change his or her life,” he said. “For example, if you care about their academics, they will start to care as well.”

Woods said dealing with different personalities is not always easy, but the challenge is what keeps him and his fraternity brothers grounded.

“These kids really look up to us, and it is eye-opening to be someone’s role model,” he said.

“The kids enjoy being around us, and always call us to see what we’re doing with them each week.”

Although the program is fairly new, Woods said he believes Young Forever will eventually expand onto other campuses.

“A good mentor needs to be committed,” he said. “You also need consistency, you need to be engaged, and you need to have initiative. We will eventually connect Young Forever programs across the Midwest region. I see this

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weren’t any around here.”

He said getting young children interested in technology is pivotal to the future and he wanted to help spur on curiosity.

“Anybody from the third-grader to the retiree who left the industry 20 years ago can work on this stuff,” he said. “To specialize in it requires time and discipline and so on and so forth just like anything else. But there’s not that barrier of entry like there used to be.

OpenSpace will also offer classes on a variety of tech-related subjects, he said.

going global one day.”

Terence Bolden, a junior from Clarksville, Tenn., studying radiological science and treasurer of IPT, said the program puts them at a higher standard compared to other mentoring programs.

“Most people don’t realize that outside of the college campus, Carbondale is full of poverty,” he said. “With our program, we want to simply give back to our community.

Our program is different because we not only have a relationship with the kids, but their families as well.”

Bolden said the members and the kids are very close, and the boys and girls are like everyone’s little brother or sister.

“I never had a mentor or a big brother growing up,” he said.

“Being a mentor is great because it fulfills someone else and myself at the same time. The most important part about all of this is letting them know that you genuinely care about them.”

Kia Smith can be reached at ksmith@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @KiaSmith__ or at 536-3311 ext. 268.

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The first class is on April 26 and covers website development, with others on subjects such as 3D printing coming in the future.

Classes are open to the public for a $10 per class fee.

“We teach you how to use the software, teach you enough that you can go out and use this stuff yourself and then we give you access so that you can do that,” he said.

The space already has members in the double digits despite not advertising outside of a Facebook page. Ethan

Richardson, a junior from Benton studying computer science, said he joined OpenSpace for a number of reasons.

“I just thought it would be a really good opportunity to sharpen my skills as a programmer, get involved with the community and try to get more people involved,” he said.

While OpenSpace is still in its infancy, Blankenship said he does hope to expand in the future once the Murphysboro space is stable.

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“I don’t have rose-colored glasses on. We’ve got some tough challenges for the campuses — for the system — in the years to come,” he said.

“But we’ll be able to think through those, make good decisions, come together and provide leadership as a group.”

Dunn wants to improve programs that will increase enrollment and system-wide efficiencies while working “leaner and smarter.” He said the track the Carbondale campus is on is not sustainable.

Enrollment and regional growth must improve, and handling the budget efficiently is critical, he said.

President Glenn Poshard said the university had less enrollment issues when he was hired in 2005, and Dunn will face several issues coming in.

“Our university serves a lot of middle or low-income students, and increasing tuition and fees will offset the loss of the state funds, that’s going to be a challenge,” Poshard said.

While facing financial challenges, Dunn must build a strong community on the Carbondale campus, Poshard said.

This is the first presidency where Dunn will oversee a university system, but said he is comfortable with the position as he managed four regional campuses while president of Murray State University.

Dunn said he and his wife Ronda will leave Youngstown by April 12, and plan to stay at Ronda’s parents’ home in Benton before they move into their Carbondale home April 21.

Poshard’s retirement date is June 30 with Dunn set to take office July 1.

Luke Nozicka can be reached at lnozicka@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @lukenozicka, or 536-3311 ext. 282.

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Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ floats as art

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At first glance, director Darren Aronofsky’s retelling of “Noah” (Rated PG-13; 138 Min.) looks like a Ridley Scott epic, in the same vein as 2010’s “Robin Hood.”

But when giant stone monsters begin talking to Noah, Aronofsky’s mark is unmistakable.

There’s quite a bit of controversy concerning this adaptation, mostly surrounding Aronofsky’s status as an atheist. A report in The Telegraph quotes Aronofsky as saying he has created “the least biblical movie ever made.” But either he’s being deceptive or he doesn’t realize the force he’s created with this movie. It’s a biblical exploration that stays within the realm of the Bible while presenting a philosophical argument Christians themselves have wrestled with for years. It takes a daring approach

Hollywood would have been afraid to take back in the days of biblical epics like “The ten Commandments.”

The basic outline of the story remains the same: Noah (Russell Crowe) is given orders by God to build an ark, because the world will soon be wiped out with a great flood. God intends to cleanse the Earth of all evil, specifically those in the line of Cain, led by Tubal-cain (Ray Winstone). Noah and his kids — and those giant stone monsters, just a slight deviation from the Bible — get to work building the boat while Tubal-cain tries to lead his forces to take it from Noah.

Perhaps the biggest difference between the story audiences heard in Sunday School and the one they heard Sunday morning on the big screen is the way Noah is given the modern superhero treatment. Like Bruce Wayne/Batman in Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy, Noah is burdened and believes he must sacrifice everything because he is not worthy. He’s a conflicted anti-hero, but to say why would spoil the film.

Arnofosky’s quote might be referring to the way he takes “righteous” Noah and turns him into a nutjob by the film’s climax — as cabin fever sets in “Noah” starts to resemble “The Shining” on a boat. Okay, so he’s shown that the men in the Bible were human. So what?

Noah himself exists to show the free will of choice God gave man, at least in Aronofsky’s screenplay.

Aronofsky doesn’t do anything sacrilegious to the material, portraying the Old Testament God as harsh and jealous — which the Bible said he was, until he sent His Son to take our place and save mankind — and instead uses a biblical story to look at biblical themes in a new light. Almost all important conflicts in film date back to the Bible; the classic good vs. evil owes its beginning to Eve eating the apple and, the ultimate struggle, Jesus surviving temptation from the devil in the desert.

Whether one believes the Bible or not, that’s filmmaking 101.

Aronofsky understands that. He

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has sweeping visuals that tell the story of creation (notably insinuating that evolution occurred at God’s behest) and how man’s struggles against each other in biblical times are the same today.

He suggests God gives Noah the final decision over who lives and who dies and trusts he will make the right decision.

And the movie posits that no matter if only the righteous are saved from a disaster the world will fall back to its evil ways, as man can be corrupted.

Beyond the subtexts and allegory, Aronofsky seems to be clear he’s mixing his art-house preferences with a Hollywood blockbuster, beautifully crafting action sequences and keeping his disorienting spinning camera.

Extensive use of tracking shots help the audience feel confined in the ark with Noah’s family, waiting for someone, anyone, to help them.

Crowe’s performance isn’t anything revelatory; he might as well be playing Robin Hood again, but at least he gives it his all. Jennifer Connelly gives a

wonderful performance as Noah’s wife Naameh, but is unfortunately relegated to role of dutiful wife and Winstone is perfectly cast as Tubal-cain.

Some of the film’s most baffling sequences come from Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah, Noah’s grandfather and the man with the longest life span in history. He has a subplot involving berries that’s quite bizarre and clashes with the rest of the movie. If his story is indeed what scholars suggest, that it’s Aronofsky saying we’re destroying the environment, then it’s probably the least subtle way to the deliver that message.

“Noah” also has the tendency to drag in its first third, but quickly picks up the pace once God gives His orders.

“Noah” just about breaks even adhering to the source text versus the liberties it takes, but within the storytelling and visuals lies a piece of art worth appreciating no matter the viewer’s religion. And in today’s Hollywood, that’s about all you can pray for.

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Museum items can’t be seized MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO — Survivors of a 1997 terrorist bombing blamed partly on Iran can’t seize thousands of relics from U.S. museums to pay a $412 million judgment against the Iranian government, a federal judge in Chicago ruled Friday.

The case targeting the Persian antiquities at the Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute was closely watched nationwide by other museum officials, who feared a ruling against the Chicago museums could set an alarming precedent that might put their own collections at risk.

“I am very pleased,” said Matt Stolper, who oversees Persian collections at the Oriental Institute. “I’m happy these (artifacts) don’t need to be surrendered to be turned into money.”

The decade-old case stems from a suicide bomb attack at a Jerusalem mall, where explosives packed with rusty nails, screws and glass killed five people and injured nearly 200 others, some seriously.

In his 23-page decision, Judge Robert Gettleman said he “recognizes the tragic circumstances” of the case but that the plaintiffs hadn’t proven that the Iranian government owned the Field Museum items. And he said the Oriental Institute artifacts were loaned for scholarship, not commercial purposes, and so couldn’t be seized.

Among the artifacts in question are thousands of Persian tablets, many of which are inscribed in an ancient alphabet, which are more than 2,000 years old. They have been kept in the Oriental Institute since the 1930s on the long-term loan agreement with Iranian authorities at the time. The Field Museum collection was far smaller.

Stolper also expressed sympathy for the plaintiffs, who included people badly burned in the bombing.

“They are victims of atrocious crimes and they are desperate for a remedy and for some control,” he said. “I don’t think this was a way to do it.”

A lawyer for the plaintiffs, David Strachman, didn’t immediately respond to a message left Friday. Museum attorneys said they expect the plaintiffs to appeal the ruling to the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.

Both the Field Museum and the University of Chicago fought the bid to seize the artifacts, as did Iran.

In the 1990s, Congress passed a law allowing American victims of terrorism to seek restitution in U.S. courts if a foreign government was seen to be complicit. But actually securing assets after a judgment, as plaintiffs in the Chicago case have discovered, is often difficult.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas took responsibility for the terrorist attack, and a judge in Washington, D.C., later agreed the Iranian government was complicit by providing financial support and training for Hamas, entering the $412 million default judgment.

With limited Iranian assets in the U.S., plaintiffs’ lawyers took the novel step of going after the antiquities. The subsequent battle in the courts involved knotty issues of sovereign immunity and terrorism laws, as well as cultural and scholarly exchanges.

The U.S. and Iran haven’t had diplomatic relations since 1979 when militant students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held its occupants hostage. More recently, the nations have been embroiled in a dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.

As Gettleman noted, U.S. officials also weighed in, opposing the effort to use museum items to pay such judgments.

The Field Museum argued that it legally purchased its pieces in the 1940s, including ceramics made by the world’s earliest farming communities 5,000 years ago. The plaintiffs argued those sales weren’t legal, making Iran the proper owner.

The plaintiffs argued that the some 20,000 items at the University of Chicago could also be viewed as Iranian commercial assets — an argument Judge Gettleman rejected.

Over the decades, the university has already returned more than 30,000 to Iran.

“When we finish making records of them, the rest will also go back to Iran,” Stolper said.

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Soul Census taking count across country KYLE SUTTON Daily Egyptian Several area musicians will soon pack their bags and leave the southern Illinois region this summer for a national tour, but the first stop isn’t too far from home.

Soul Census won the opportunity to play the Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe at the Summer Camp on the Road Tour, held Feb. 1 at Hangar 9. The tour goes from city to city sponsoring competitions among some of the area’s best talents.

Soul Census won by the audience consensus.

And while the band doesn’t have firm tour dates beyond Chillicothe yet, signer/songwriter Whitney Marie Townsend said she sees just playing the festival as a milestone.

“Ever since we started this band, the one thing I have always said to these guys is, “I don’t care how far we go, I just want to play at Summer Camp,” and now we got it,” Townsend said.

Soul Census came together in 2009, combining the powerful vocals from Townsend with the instrumental talents of Peter Floyd on rhythm guitar/drums, Kane Kerley on lead guitar, Tamar “T’Slick” Wade on drums/keys/guitar/vocals, Mark Strawn on bass and Paul “Paulie

B” Beckmeyer on bass/keys. Soul Census creates a self-proclaimed fusion-rock sound integrating various genres including blues, soul, funk, reggae and R&B among others.

The band members’ movement on stage during live performances sets them apart. Switching instruments throughout the show is an integral part of the overall production and a way for the performers to be more involved with the audience.

“We get up, we switch our instruments, we yell at the crowd,” Wade said. “We try and keep our mind open instead of focusing on just one thing.

We figure we’ll capitalize on everything.”

Townsend said getting the audience involved, picking up the musical vibe, is an important part of what Soul Census is trying to accomplish as a band.

“As a musician, you vibe off of the crowd,” Townsend said. “We have had really good crowds, but nothing compares to the crowd from the Summer Camp audition. I think that’s why we performed at our best.”

Band members said they found it’s important to stick with passions to find true happiness and be mentally strong.

Kerley said he encountered a musician in his hometown of Rockford who told him some

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Soul Census members Tamar Wade, right, and Whitney Marie Townsend, left, rehearse at the band’s home studio Thursday in Carbondale. The band was selected to play at this year’s Summer Camp Music Festival, which takes place May 23-25 in Chillicothe. The music festival is part of the band’s national tour. The band will perform April 24 at PK’s and April 25 at Hangar 9. philosophical words that have stuck throughout his musical career.

“He told me, “Don’t try to do exactly what I’m doing and fake until you can make it,” Kerley said. “Those are great words of wisdom because it’s like, you’re almost there, you’re almost there, eventually you’re going

to get there man, it’s just a matter of time. The other part, “Don’t do exactly what I’m doing,” means finding your own space within the jam and that’s so important.”

The band is presently working on recording some songs at their home studio. For now the band remains

unsigned so they can collectively weigh the options the new tour could bring.

Soul Census will play several shows during the next two months before Summer Camp, including April 24 at PK’s and April 25 at Hangar 9, where they will open for The Main Squeeze.

Forgotten Japanese ‘master of light’ printmaker finally gets his due TISH WELLS McClatchy Tribune WASHINGTON - In 1874, a young artist returned from exile to his Japanese hometown of Edo to find it had a new name, new gas lighting, non-traditional brick buildings, steamships and trains, and was headed full blast in modernization.

So, Kobayashi Kiyochika set about showing the rapid change in his society in a set of 93 woodblock prints, many of which are now on display in a new exhibition, “Kiyochika: Master of the Night,” at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington through July 27.

“Kiyochika is a man who plays with light. He identifies sources of

light whether they are man-made or reflections” in his prints, said James Ulak, senior curator of Japanese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

In1868, “a corrupt Shogunal government, 250 years in power, was finally displaced by a group of reform leaders from Western Japan,” Ulak said. “The structure we know

from movies and novels of samurai and lords, their estates and domains, all crashes between 1868 and 1874.

All these structures are eliminated, a constitutional monarchy is established, the city Edo has its name changed to Tokyo,” or “Eastern Capital.”

The prints show a Japan opening up to the world’s influences. An innocuous print of people viewing a

show with colored fireworks shows Western influence - before then, all fireworks were white. A train headed out of town to Takanawa Ushimachi has an American-style smokestack that didn’t exist in Japan at the time.

Kiyochika apparently cribbed it off a Currier and Ives print. The new gas lamps allowed the city’s dwellers to enjoy events held at night.

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Libra — Today is a 6 — Unexpected situations arise, and actions stray from the plan. Revise agreements. Sell more to old clients.

Your opularity is growing. Take it slow and easy with travel and expenses.

Capricorn — Today is a 6 — Proceed with caution, one step at a time. Don’t get stopped by old fears, but don’t rush either. Get a home item. Hear everyone’s considerations.

Repay a favor with delicious flavors.

Taurus — Today is a 5 — Take short, gentle, local actions. Paying dues leads to more income. Make a list of what you need. Let someone else win an argument. Patience and flexibility allow greater ease.

Leo — Today is a 5 — Don’t save in a sieve. Study the situation.

There could be another problem.

Be prepared for physical labor, with discipline. Speak the language of the audience. Fall in love all over again.

Scorpio — Today is a 6 — Take care of your mind, body and spirit.

Pursue peace and privacy with inexpensive pleasures. Restore yuor energies. Let your emotions flow naturally. Love your lover.

Aquarius — Today is a 5 — Consider the consequences before diving into action. Wait for more data. Think it over, and figure the costs. The more you learn, the better. Craft a message with care.

Gemini — Today is a 5 — Make love, not war. Be careful with sharp objects. Argue privately, if you must. Resist the temptation to spend frivolously. Talk to friends for consensus. Share from your heart.

Virgo — Today is a 5 — Don’t rush into anything. You’re building family fortune, and things don’t go as planned. See new problems. Don’t recklessly spend. Hide valuables.

Concentrate on your love.

Sagittarius — Today is a 6 — Play to see who can have fun while managing urgencies. Delegate what you can. Pamper yourself.

Take it slow. Be nice. Share popcorn at family game night.

Pisces — Today is a 5 — Take small, persistent actions close to home. Little profits add up, and cash flow arises through connections.

Challenge authority, respectfully.

Hold onto your winnings.

SPORTS

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Saluki track and field hits ground running AARON GRAFF Daily Egyptian

JENNIFER GONZALEZ · DAILY EGYPTIAN

Freshman Kyle Landon competes in the long jump during day one of the Bill Cornell Spring Classic Friday at the Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex. Landon earned third place in the event with a personal best of 6.95 meters, as well as first place in the high jump in which he set a record with a clearance of 2.09 meters. The men’s track and field team took first place overall at the meet.

Outdoor track and field doesn’t always mean warm weather and ideal conditions to compete, but this didn’t stop one Saluki from having a record-breaking performance.

The Salukis hosted their first outdoor track and field meet of the season during the weekend. Friday’s temperatures were in the high 50s, but Saturday had temperatures in the low 40s, and felt like the high 30s.

However, the cold weather didn’t stop the Salukis from doing well, proven with SIU winning 11 events.

The men’s team won its meet, while the women finished second out of seven schools.

Coach Connie Price-Smith said Saturday’s weather wasn’t ideal, but she was hoping the team would be close to the marks it hit at the end of the indoor season.

“It’s part of outdoor track and field,” Price-Smith said.

“You never know what you’re going to get.”

With a throw of 19.12 meters, sophomore thrower Josh Freeman broke the Missouri Valley Conference outdoor record and the school record, the latter of which was formerly held by throws coach John Smith. Freeman also broke Smith’s indoor school shot put record earlier this season.

“It’s about time,” Smith said, noting that his records were set 30 years ago. “It’s been there too long.”

Freeman said Smith told him to throw roughly 19 meters in order to break the school record. However, Freeman forgot about it by the time he was throwing.

“To open like this is huge,” Freeman said. “Normally I wouldn’t see these throws until mid-season. It’s all due to the heavy training we do at the beginning of the season.”

Freeman said Smith told him he broke both records right after his event. Freeman said he then asked Smith what he could do to throw farther.

Freeman said he expected to break the record later this season, but wasn’t expecting to this soon with the cold weather. Because of the rain the day before, the area was wet and muddy.

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First baseball conference series goes the distance for SIU AARON GRAFF Daily Egyptian Missouri State University is the only Missouri Valley Conference school with more losses than wins.

SIU Baseball (14-12, 1-2) had its first conference series at Missouri State University (13-14, 3-3) during the weekend.

Junior Sam Coonrod (0-3) started his seventh game of the season. The Salukis committed five errors Friday, a season high. Those errors added up to give the Salukis an 8-3 loss.

Coach Ken Henderson said it was Coonrod’s best start this season.

Coonrod gave up five runs in five

innings, but only one of them was earned because of errors. Coonrod recorded 11 strikeouts, a career-high.

“The errors were absolutely the difference in the ballgame,” Henderson said in a Saluki Athletics press release.

“Who are you going to beat when you make five errors? By my count, six of those runs were gifts. Without a doubt that’s the story of the game.”

Coonrod was taken out after five innings because he was at 108 pitches.

He was relieved by freshman Chad Whitmer (2-0), who gave up three runs and put the game out of reach.

Senior shortstop Jake Welch had a five-game hitting streak snapped after going hitless Friday.

Softball Saturday

SIU 2 Missouri State 3 SIU 2 Missouri State 7

Freshman Connor Kopach earned his first collegiate career start at shortstop on Saturday because Welch was feeling under the weather. Kopach batted in the leadoff position and went 2 for 4, which contributed to the Salukis 9-5 win.

Senior Todd Eaton (1-2) earned his seventh start and gave up four runs.

Eaton struck out six and walked two in seven innings pitched.

The Salukis were tied at four when the game went to extra innings.

In the 11th inning, junior outfielder Parker Osborne broke the tie with an RBI single to score freshman Will Farmer. The Salukis went on to score four more runs in the inning to give the Salukis their first conference win

Men’s Tennis Middle Tennessee State

University Shootout Friday

Saturday

SIU 0 DePaul 4

SIU 2 UTA 4

Sunday

SIU 9 Missouri State 5

of the season.

“I was just looking for something up that I could drive,” Osborne said in a Saluki Athletics press release. “I made an adjustment from my previous at-bats and ended up smoking one up the middle. It was one of those games that you’re just waiting for something to go your way, so it was nice for that to happen.”

Junior Aaron Hauge (3-1) started his sixth game of the season Sunday.

Hauge has won his last two decisions, both of those wins were rubber games.

It wasn’t in the cards for Hauge Sunday, as the Salukis fell 6-5.

Hauge had a streak of 16 scoreless innings before giving up a two-run

home run to sophomore outfielder Tate Matheny. Matheny was selected to the preseason All-Conference team.

The Salukis were able to take a 3-2 lead in the second inning. They had a 5-3 lead in the seventh before Matheny hit his second home run to tie the game.

“We didn’t want to just put him on because he was the tying run,” Henderson said. “We tried to pitch around him a little bit. If we walked him that’s fine, we just made a mistake the very first pitch.”

The game went to extras and the Salukis gave up the game-winning run on a wild pitch from senior Tyler Dray.

The Salukis play the University of Missouri Tuesday in O’Fallon, Mo.

Women’s Tennis Saturday

SIU 2 Missouri State 3 SIU 2 Missouri State 7 Sunday

Sunday

SIU 1 ISU 4

SIU 9 Missouri State 5