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Student task force takes on sexual assault Sam Beard| @SamBeard_DE From the Pope to the president, people are talking about sexual assault. This Monday is no different, as SIU administrators are prepared to answer questions regarding the topic.

The It’s On Us student task force, a group dedicated to ending sexual assaults on campus, is facilitating an open forum between students and administrators at 6 p.m. Monday in Guyon Auditorium of Morris Library.

The 10-person panel at the forum will seat administrators, including President Randy Dunn and Department of Public Safety Director Benjamin Newman, who along with eight others will answer questions during the question and answer segment.

It’s On Us is an initiative started

by President Barack Obama last Fall that urges grassroots methods to end sexual assaults on campus.

Kelly Meloy, a co-chairwoman of SIU’s task force, said the group brought the White House campaign to the university to further advance the mission of ending sexual assaults everywhere.

“SIU’s chapter was started to help prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, rape and stalking on campus,” said Meloy — a freshman from Chicago studying business management — who chairs the group with Savannah McCord and

H oliday W agner | @HolidayWagnerDE Sophomore Nick Roberts, and freshman Kelly Meloy, co-chairs of the It’s On Us task force, pose for a photo on Tuesday in the Student Center. The two are members of Undergraduate Student Government and are coordinating the It’s On Us town hall. “This cause means a lot to me because I have worked with victims of sexual assault so I know secondhand how victims are dealing with it,” Meloy said. “For SIU to make it a better community for the victims would be very life changing for them. Roberts, who is the USG treasurer, said it is important for strong male leaders to be activists in this issue. “It’s on us to stop sexual violence,” Meloy added. The event will be held on April 20 at 6 p.m. in the Morris Library Guyon Auditorium.

Nick Roberts.

Loreli Martin, a senior from DeKalb studying physical therapy, said people come to college ignorant to the reality of sexual assault.

“I don’t think high schools do sexual assault education justice,” Martin said. “I don’t think students understand how much of an issue it

Grill started ‘Animal House’ blaze, fire department says tyler daviS | @TDavis_DE An insufficiently extinguished grill has been deemed the cause of a fire that destroyed the structure at 208 W. Hospital Drive, a home known as the “Animal House.”

“It was due to misuse of a barbecue grill on the back deck,” said Doug Biggs, assistant Carbondale fire chief.

“It started Sunday on the exterior of the house and worked its way in.”

Biggs said the house was destroyed but an insurance agency for Home Rentals, which owns the building, needs to finish its investigation before knowing the damage costs. He estimated the home’s value at $80,000.

Alicia Niemeyer, a manager at Home Rentals, said the four renters, who are all SIU students, have been given new living accommodations and are moved in together.

“We’re just trying to work with them, even though clearly the cause of their fire was due to their negligence,” she said. “We want to make sure that they’re not experiencing any more heartache than they have to right now. “Niemeyer said the students were not insured for their property.

An online fundraiser was started to raise money for the students and 37 people have donated $3,030 in three days.

Niemeyer said the leasing company, which owns more than 600 residential and commercial properties, has not decided if it will rebuild in the same location.

The fire caused broken windows, burned shingles and gutters and other radiant heat damage to a neighboring home, said Fire Chief John Michaelsko.

Home Rentals will have to pay for the minor damages.

Residents of the neighboring home were evacuated, no injuries were reported and they are back in their home.

“We just wanted them to get out of the house because initially there was the potential for spread to the other dwelling,” Michalesko said.

He said about 24 of the department’s nearly 30 firefighters were on scene throughout the day. One firefighter was treated for minor injuries at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and released.

During the Sunday blaze, Murphysboro firefighters helped man a Carbondale fire station in case of subsequent fires. Biggs said this is standard protocol and if the fire occurred at a larger structure, the department could call in agencies of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, Division 45, which serves 13 counties in southern Illinois.

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is until they get to college and have to start thinking for themselves.”

Martin said sexual assault effects everyone, and men get sexually assaulted as well.

In a speech last year, Obama said one in five women are sexually assaulted while at college, 12 percent of which get reported.

Meloy said people are unaware that most sexual assaults go unreported, and victims have a variety of channels to take when seeking help.

“If the victim goes through SIU first then they have the decision to go to the Carbondale Police, and further on,” she said.

Chad Trisler, director of Student Rights and Responsibilities, said if the victim chooses to go to the police first, there are still many avenues of support available through the university.

One of the task force’s main goals is to explain university policies about sexual assault, Meloy said.

Roberts, a sophomore from Greenville studying political science, said the task force, is tabling around campus, passing out flyers and encouraging staff and faculty on campus to push student involvement.

Meloy said women are more involved than men in sexual assault awareness campaigns, but male allies are a key part of the mission.

“We are reaching out to everyone because [the need for sexual assault awareness] is not specific to any one group,” Meloy said. “We’re looking to spread awareness to everyone — males and females.”

Roberts said the best thing for students to do is to be exemplary and be someone you can be proud of.

Next week’s panel, which will run until about 8 p.m., is open to everyone and It’s On Us leaders encourage students to come with questions of top-administration about sexual assault.

The task force, which was created last semester, aims to become a Registered Student Organization next semester.

8 unique greenhouse plants

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There is long-awaited construction for the College of Science’s greenhouse slated to begin in July.

During the period of construction, all of the plants must be removed from the greenhouse because of safety concerns for the workers and plants. Some are rooted into the soil of the greenhouse, weigh more than 500 pounds or are 75 years old, said Richard Cole, facilities operations manager for the greenhouse.

Below are an assortment of the unique plants that can be found. a ja g arman | @ajagaman_DE Plumeria obtusa- Plumeria or Frangipani, c.n.- Indonesia, found all tropical areas, 15 years old. Cutting was taken in Hawaii on Sept. 11, 2001. Flowers are known for their scent, used in Hawaiian Leis and worn in hair.

a ja g arman | @ajagaman_DE Nepenthes X Miranda- Pitcher plant, c.n. — Southeast Asia. Carnivorous plant that traps insects and absorbs nutrients from its prey. Insects, spiders, and even small frogs and lizards can be trapped in the plants pitchers.

a ja g arman | @ajagaman_DE Bougainvillea spectabilis, Bougainvillea or Paper flower, c.n. — South America, this ornamental vine is found all over the tropics, it is also sold in hanging baskets for Northern gardeners. For more photos of greenhouse plants, see www.dailyegyptian.com

On Wednesday, Allen Shelton won the student trustee election, and Kevin Gettis won the USG presidency.

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Catcalling affects women on campus Tierra CarPenTer | @TierraMC_ The issue of catcalling is being discussed this April as a part of Sexual Assault Awareness month.

Catcalling is “a loud whistle or a comment of a sexual nature made by a man to a passing woman,” according to the Oxford Dictionary’s website, but it can happen to men as well.

Of 2,000 American women surveyed, 65 percent have experienced street harassment, according to the 2014 National Street Harassment report on the website of the nonprofit organization, Stop Street Harassment.

Twenty-three percent of these women had been sexually touched, 20 percent had been followed and 9 percent had been forced to do something sexual, according to the report.

Diana Tigerlily, an SIU communications and lecturer in women, gender and sexuality studies, said the difference between catcalling and complimenting is that catcalling degrades women.

“Yelling at people as though they are sexual objects is disrespectful and ignores that person’s humanity,” she said.

“Compliments should be reserved for moments when both people are part of the conversation in a mutually shared context.”

She said an example of an acceptable moment to compliment a woman on the street may be at a crosswalk where one can say, “Hey, that’s a really nice dress,” or “I like your hair.”

“There is a fine line between sexualizing

somebody and talking to them like they’re human,” she said.

There are also students on campus who have experienced being catcalled.

Madison Deagan, a freshman from Bourbonnais studying aviation flight, said

sexual phrases at them.

“I’m being judged solely on my body, and they don’t even know who I am as a human being,” she said.

Lloyd Coakley, a sophomore from Bellville studying anthropology, also said

Of 2,000 American women surveyed, 65 percent have experienced street harassment she thinks men catcall women because they find it funny.

“They don’t think that you could ever take offense to it,” Deagan said. “If they’re catcalling, they aren’t trying to pursue anything with you, otherwise they’d treat you with much more respect.”

She said men usually catcall in groups and approach women differently when they are by themselves.

“Typically if it’s just one guy walking around, they’re going to be really respectful,” Deagan said.

Cecelia Bloome, a freshman from Litchfield studying public relations, said men usually catcall in groups to show how masculine they are. Bloome, who was catcalled while walking down the Strip in Carbondale, said she was with a group of friends in February, when men who were standing outside of a bar started yelling

men catcalling stems from the desire to show masculinity.

“There’s an issue inherent to living in a society that is hyper masculine, and that is, we teach boys and young men from a very young age that whatever it is they want, they are entitled to,” he said. “This is a direct result from that.”

In March, Amanda Seales, a comedian and actress, hosted “Sideye Seminar: Identifying, Challenging, and Ending Everyday Sexism.”

She is known for a CNN appearance last November that turned into a debate about street harassment with New York Times bestselling author, Steve Santagati.

She spoke about how men catcall in her neighborhood and how they think they are doing women a favor.

“They’re like, ‘Yo, I just made her day, dog.’ That’s a compliment in their mind,”

Seales said.

Seales said before guys compliment a woman, they should think about where they are and if that is a comfortable space for the woman to accept the compliment.

Tigerlily said men she knew catcalled her, for example, while on a run, while they drove beside her and yelled from their car.

“I was being intruded upon on my run, on my private time, I felt threatened,” she said. “I was at their mercy until they decided to drive away. There was nothing I could do.”

While the same friends said they were just joking when she brought up the incident, Tigerlily said she wishes the men would have apologized.

“Their assumption was because they were having fun, their actions were harmless,” she said. “Their ‘fun’ at my expense was unwelcome.”

Tyler Marvin, a freshman from Bradenton, Fla., studying aviation technologies, said men should not see their comments as jokes.

“You can’t take words back,” he said. “You should mean anything you say, because even if it is a joke to you, the person on the receiving end cannot tell.”

Tigerlily said men can help stop catcalling.

“It’s important for men to call out men and say, ‘Hey dude, that’s not cool. You don’t really have the right to violate that person’s space and autonomy through verbal harassment,’” she said. “Women can say those things, too. Women and men can educate each other in this arena.”

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Clinton to Iowa: This time will be different aniTa Kumar McClatchy Washington Bureau

N ORWAL K, Iow a — The beginning of the end of Hillary Clinton’s presidential aspirations in 2008 came somewhere amid the rural towns, cornfields and wind farms of Iowa.

Now, in her second attempt at the White House, Clinton returns armed with a new staff, a new strategy and a new aggressiveness to win over the state’s notoriously finicky caucus goers.

Clinton’s new approach to Iowa includes small events where she can talk one on one with voters, connecting with Democratic activists and doing things the Iowa way.

On Wednesday, for example, she marked her second straight day in in the state in a family-owned produce company in a small town outside Des Moines, talking about small business with a handful of Iowans.

One woman told Clinton she feels she has no voice when it comes to the government. “I hope to be that voice — that champion for you and others like you,” Clinton responded.

As Clinton mingled with voters, her campaign was clicking into high gear, taking nothing for granted despite her runaway lead in polls for the Democratic nomination.

Thom Hart, chairman of the Scott County Democrats and a former mayor of Davenport, for example, said he received no calls from Clinton’s campaign last time around. He ended up supporting the eventual winner, Barack Obama.

This time, Hart has received six calls already from Clinton aides, even before there was a campaign.

Since her Sunday announcement, he has gotten three calls.

“It’s a different approach,” said

Hart approvingly.

That’s not to say Iowa Democrats are ready to hand it to Clinton.

First, Clinton’s own history shows the early polls can change a lot. In 2007, Clinton was leading polls in Iowa but ended up coming in a humiliating third place in the state’s pivotal precinct caucuses behind Obama and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, both of whom had built massive organizations and established connections in the state early.

Second, even those who back her want another top-tier candidate to jump in to help energize voters who will eventually be critical in the general election in this important swing state.

“Most Democrats want to see a competitive contest,” said Mark Langgin, a Democratic consultant in Iowa who is not affiliated with any candidate.

Clinton aides insist she prefers this kind of campaigning, but she has never been as good at it as her husband or Obama.

In her memoir “Hard Choices,” Clinton called the third-place finish “excruciating.” She left the state and didn’t return for nearly seven years.

Some Democrats worry that Clinton has not kept in touch with Iowans over the years and had urged her to announce her campaign earlier and visit the state.

She has not been here since last fall during the midterm elections.

Christopher Budzisz, director of the Loras College Poll in Dubuque, said there’s still some “lingering resentment that’s she not as approachable,” but he thinks she will be able to overcome that.

“Iowans like to be courted. They like to see the candidates and touch the candidates,” he said. “She took it for granted.”

Earlier Wednesday, Clinton held an unannounced roundtable at a local diner in Marshalltown, about an hour northeast of Des Moines. Participants included farmers, small-business owners and Democratic activists.

“I’m glad to be back,” she told them.

In early 2007, a leaked memo showed that a senior Clinton aide had suggested that she abandon Iowa to save her time and money for the Super Tuesday states. Later that year, a prominent Clinton supporter criticized the caucus as “undemocratic.”

In December 2007, in one of final efforts to win the state, Clinton went on a 99-county, fiveday blitz in a helicopter dubbed the “Hill-o-copter” that was mocked for its cost.

She came off as distant and presumptuous. “She wasn’t a fan of retail politics,” said Timothy Hagle, a political science professor at the University of Iowa.

Campaign aides insist this time will be different.

Ready for Hillary, a political action committee that helped lay the groundwork for her second presidential run, helped recruit volunteers and dispatched a team of organizers early to meet with labor leaders and party activists. Emily’s List, a political action committee that endorsed Clinton, hosted an event in Des Moines to push for the election of a female president.

And top Clinton aides visited Iowa ahead of her announcement to meet with activists, elected officials and labor and progressive leaders.

“We’re humble. We’re not taking anything for granted,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook wrote in a fundraising email to supporters Wednesday. “We will out-work our opponents and fight for every vote we can win.”

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N.I.L.8 discusses origins, influence, future endeavors chase Myers | @chasemyers_DE Being a punk rock heavyweight for more than 20 years and one of Springfield’s most reputable bands, N.I.L.8 has been energizing crowds all around the Midwest.

The band consists of brothers Jeff Williams on vocals/guitar and Bruce Williams on bass, along with Damon Soper on guitar and Wes Selinger on drums.

They have song topics ranging from rising sea levels and corporations, to plastic surgery disasters.

The Daily Egyptian had the opportunity to talk with Jeff Williams about different aspects of the band before they perform at Hangar 9 on Saturday night.

How did you guys get started with the Q: band? and I used to skate constantly A: andMyjustbrother look at the bands they would talk

c arringTon s pires | @CSpires77 Brooke Oehme, a graduate student at SIU, instructs students from Mount Vernon High School in an improv workshop during Drama Daze on Wednesday at McLeod Theater. Drama Daze is a two-day event dedicated to providing high school drama students with performances and workshops. “I love improv because it gets young actors away from thinking of things as right or wrong, and thinking more of what works,” Oehme said. “Improv is trying to tell themselves to say ‘yes’ more.”

Carbondale author looks at artificial consciousness Jacob pierce | @JacobPierce1_DE The question of what consciousness is has plagued philosophers since Plato’s time. A presentation for the New Humanist Forum hopes to find another answer.

The New Humanist Forum is hosting the presentation “Consciousness ReExplained” by Jonathan Springer, a software engineer from Carbondale, on April 19. The lecture examines Daniel Dennett’s “Consciousness Explained,” a book published in 1991, while also presenting Springer’s ideas.

The novel proposes the theory of consciousness coming from interaction between physical and cognitive processes in the brain, and then compares it to several different viewpoints on the topic, Springer said.

He said he plans to use Dennett’s book and his own experience as a software engineer to discuss consciousness, especially Artificial Intelligence.

Springer’s point of view falls more toward the functional viewpoint, he said. Consciousness is a human’s physical manifestation of brain and body; the way one comprehends the cerebrum actually working. Springer said at one point there was a lot of support for the metaphysical viewpoint.

“It just seems incredible that something as subtle as consciousness could just be a bunch of neurons interacting,” he said. “Over time, more people seem to have argued for the functional point of view.”

People still question what consciousness is with an artificial being, Springer said. Some of the lessons learned from the artificial intelligence side could someday be applied to the philosophy side.

“It is sort of incredible to imagine that we could create a machine that would be for all intents and purposes intelligent,” Springer said.

Robert DeFilippis, a novelist and retired organizational development consultant from Carterville, said there is a whole spectrum of thinking when it comes to consciousness.

Scientists constantly question consciousness, as they only have theories and no direct answer.

There is the functional way of looking at it, and then the metaphysical way, DeFilippis said.

This is thinking of consciousness much like one looks at matter and energy, it makes up the universe. It is the molecules, it is people, it is everything, he said.

Consciousness, or experiencing

things subjectively, separates humans from most animals, he said.

DeFilippis, one of the founding members of the forum, said the group focuses on the value of human beings, and the worth and dignity of every person.

“I would focus it on the Buddhist principle that this life is what we worry about, the next life can take care of itself if there is one,” he said.

MJ Smerken, a retired social services worker from Murphysboro, said she became involved with the forum when she went to a service at the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship.

After Smerken — who is on the planning committee — attended her first meeting, she was asked to create a presentation.

She said the forum, which was founded in spring of 2000, discusses various humanism and sustainability topics.

“We have had one on religious fervor, one on human evolution, one on the philosophy of love,” she said.

“We try to get a wide variety of topics and interests.”

The presentation starts at noon on Sunday at the Unitarian Fellowship.

The New Humanist Forum meets at 12:15 p.m. on the third Sunday of each month at the same location.

about in old Thrasher, Skateboarder and Action Now magazines and discovered bands like Minor Threat, The Adolescents and Bad Brains. We just wanted to play raw and accessible music, so we would go see bands like Black Flag, or The Descendants and “Fishbone” and you could get as close to the bands as you wanted. I mean, this was the early ‘80s, so everyone we went to school with wanted to go to Ozzy concerts, which is fine, but you were so far away from Ozzy or Van Halen if you went to that type of show.

The connection with bands you were within meters of was just more inspiring, as well as the energy.

How has punk rock changed since you

Q: guys first started playing?

I don’t know if the true spirit of punk rock has changed. I mean, you can still go to small clubs and watch bands with that energy, but you know, watching Good Charlotte in a 8,000-seat concert hall is a little different than watching Screaming Females in a smaller setting.

True awareness of the original feel or intent, same as in original blues, rap or bluegrass are still there, even if the intent is lost due to larger industry music morphing some bands just to make bands appeal to “larger markets” or a “broader demographic” than the original intent the music was striving for.

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Queen, Gang of Four, SS Decontrol, Minor Threat, The Dead Boys, Ultravox, Necros, Bad Brains, The Pixies, The Specials, The Adolescents and The Descendants.

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Q: inspirations hometown?

Probably playing a show when we first started, called, “Rock Against Reagan,” with the band, Millions of Dead Cops in front of the old state capitol. I was pretty young and it seemed to change my perspective on different areas and with different knowledge sources. It is pretty eyeopening for me as far as different approaches I could take on my entire life and lifestyle. It was much more eye-opening than music as a singularity.

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Q: To play shows for 30 more years between art shows! If we ever finish this song A: my “Twyla, Why Did You Take Your Oops

Baby? You Know That Child’s Mine,” we will be happy.

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‘Daredevil’ claims Marvel’s stake on Netflix Jacob pierce | @JacobPierce1_DE This review contains spoilers for Netflix’s new series “Daredevil.”

Mark Steven Johnson’s 2003 film, “Daredevil” was hot garbage.

The film came from a time when the superhero genre was in its early stages. It was not the worst film from this era, but the movie still left a dark mark on the vigilante’s history.

“Daredevil,” a new Netflix series by Steven S. DeKnight, adapts the character and his world magnificently while adding a level of realism similar to that of “The Wire.”

Matthew Murdock, played by Charlie Cox, tragically loves Hell’s Kitchen, N.Y., the city he was born and raised in. Murdock loses 100 percent of his eyesight at a young age after chemicals spill into his eyes — but it gives him superhuman senses.

Now an adult, he is a practicing lawyer opening up a partnership with best friend Foggy Nelson, played by Elden Henson. At night he becomes a masked vigilante, fighting New York’s various crime.

To save his city, Murdock must take down The Kingpin, played by Vincent D’Onofrio, a man of vast wealth and power.

This series is wonderful.

“Daredevil” not only does the comic justice, but it also serves as a brilliant crime drama. The characters are compelling, but flawed and it showcases a villain both relatable and vile.

From top to bottom, it opens up important doors for the Marvel

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The fight choreography is not only amazing, it borderlines as the best in TV history.

Cinematic Universe. It is more important than “The Avengers” or even “Iron Man.” The show supplies a place for lesser-known heroes to adapt.

One key way the show does this is with its amazing fight choreography.

Assuming most are unfamiliar with the comic, Daredevil basically combines the styles of a boxer and a ninja.

Seeing the property take so much time to get a small detail right makes the entire show better. The fantastic fighting makes it more likely a character like Iron Fist, a persona based around a specific combat style, will be portrayed well.

The fight choreography is not only amazing, it borderlines as the best in TV history. “Daredevil” exceeds every other action show in existence. The fight scenes are cool, and tell a story on their own.

“Daredevil” showcases a cast of brilliant talent. Some of the actors are inexperienced and others are seasoned veterans. Regardless, the entire cast makes this ensemble work.

The two main examples are Cox and D’Onofrio, each bringing a unique performance to characters with a lot of lore.

Cox personifies Murdock.

Watching the actor say inside jokes to Nelson, or start to fall for Karen Page, played by Deborah Ann Woll, is almost like watching the comic come to life.

D’Onofrio on the other hand, plays Wilson Fisk (The Kingpin) a little differently than the comic portrays him. In the comics, the character is cool and collective, a gangster of the highest sort. This Fisk is childish and looking to save the city by any means.

The actor shows signs of confidence and the trademark toughness that helps the character fight the likes of Spider-Man. But, all of these traits are building blocks, dynamics Fisk will grow into and we will love watching it happen.

“Daredevil” has few problems.

The first episode has rough spots, but what series does not have a rocky pilot? The glaring hole in the ship is the season’s ending.

While it is not a huge deal, the show seems to cash in way too early. The season ends with Daredevil taking down Kingpin and the villain going to jail, Fisk’s entire kingdom falling to his knees.

Daredevil’s victory is satisfying, but it would have been more fulfilling if it happened in the third season or so. Build all the evil deeds Kingpin has done until you have the climax of the superhero taking him down.

It is not a huge problem. The season still works, and it is great to see Kingpin get what is coming to him. But overall it is clear the show is working toward something bigger. The ending is supposed to be a finish to the story, just in case Marvel decides to not do

another season.

It quenches, but it could be so much more.

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Aaron Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder, sentenced to life without parole Jenny Wilson | The Hartford Courant

FA L L R I V E R , Ma ss. — Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, a Bristol, Conn., high school prodigy turned NFL All-Pro, was convicted by a jury Wednesday of first-degree murder, and sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2013 killing of a man who dated his fiancee’s sister.

Hernandez, 25, seemed upbeat throughout his three-month trial, but stood stone-faced and expressionless when the verdict was announced. He shook his head after he sat down, and craned his neck to see his fiancee and his mother, sobbing and clutching each other in the front row of the courtroom. He appeared to mouth “be strong” to them before he was led out, hands and legs shackled.

The guilty verdict should quash any hopes Hernandez may have had to return to the football field, where his speed and power earned him millions before he was arrested in June 2013.

He received the mandatory sentence for first-degree murder, after Odin Lloyd’s relatives gave statements to the court in which they described the victim as a kind, loving man. Lloyd’s mother, Ursula Ward, said she had forgiven

aram Boghosian | Tribune News Service Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez listens during his murder trial on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass. Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

those involved in her son’s killing.

The homicide investigation revealed what authorities now fear was a pattern of violence that went unnoticed while Hernandez, an All-Pro tight end, caught touchdown passes in the NFL. Prior to his arrest on murder charges, Hernandez’s biggest disciplinary issues were a couple of failed drug tests for marijuana. Nearly a year after Lloyd’s killing, he was indicted for double murder charges in a 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston — a

cold case until evidence recovered after Lloyd’s death provided crucial leads for investigators. Hernandez played an entire season for the Patriots after the double homicide, and had signed on to play five more. That case is expected to go to trial later this year.

“Aaron Hernandez may have been a well known New England Patriots football player, however, in the end, the jury found that he was just a man who committed a brutal murder,” Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn said. “The fact that he was a professional athlete meant nothing in the end.”

The lead prosecutor, William McCauley, mentioned a “contrast” between the victim and his convicted killer: Hernandez who had “so much ... all the talent and money.”

“Odin Lloyd didn’t have all that,” he said of the 27-year-old from Dorchester, who used to ride his bike 10 miles back and forth to his job at a landscaping company.

Roughly half the jurors said they were Patriots fans, but at a media availability following the verdict they were unanimous in agreement that Hernandez’s professional football status did not affect their decision.

The jury also convicted Hernandez of two weapons charges, one for unlawful possession of a .45 caliber firearm. The

murder weapon, a .45 caliber Glock, was never recovered.

Jurors deliberated for 36 hours over seven days before returning the verdict Wednesday just after 10 a.m.

They received the case after nine weeks of testimony, which they admitted dragged at times. The government produced scores of cell phone records, played hours of surveillance footage, and called 132 witnesses to prove their case against Hernandez. They did not detail a motive, other than to say that Hernandez felt the victim had “disrespected him” two nights earlier.

Two other men from Bristol, Conn., Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, also are charged in Lloyd’s murder, but prosecutors at trial painted Hernandez as both the orchestrator and the triggerman. Defense attorney James Sultan acknowledged in closing arguments that Hernandez witnessed the killing, but tried to convince jurors that Wallace or Ortiz killed Hernandez in a PCP-induced rage. The jury said they did not believe that theory.

After returning the verdict jurors discussed the evidence that led them to find the former New England Patriots tight end guilty of first-degree murder by extreme atrocity and cruelty.

“The shots. There were six of them. That’s extreme,” said

Rosalie Oliver, of Rehoboth.

Jon Carlson, a district manager from Attleboro, said he thought “some of us got there for different reasons” but unanimously agreed that the evidence pointed to extreme atrocity and cruelty, one of the standards by which a defendant can be convicted of first-degree murder.

The other is premeditation.

“I don’t think that (the verdict) indicates there wasn’t premeditation, I just think it means we couldn’t unanimously conclude that there was evidence of pre-meditation,” Carlson said. “We all agreed that there was evidence of extreme atrocity or cruelty.”

Hernandez’s case was the first time that the seven women and five men who decided the case, as well as the three women selected as alternates, had ever served on a jury.

The government proved its case without producing a murder weapon, detailing a motive or calling an eyewitness to testify. Some of their most valuable evidence came from Hernandez’s home surveillance system, which captured him returning to his home minutes after the shooting holding a large black object.

Prosecutors called a Glock representative to testify that it was a gun of the same make and model as the murder weapon.

Defense attorneys spent days attacking that identification.

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Sports

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Governors rule the day against Salukis Thomas donley | @tdonleyDE Three weeks after the SIU baseball team blew out Austin Peay State in Carbondale, the Governors turned the trick on the Salukis in a 17-7 nonconference victory in Clarksville, Tenn.

Austin Peay (20-14, 11-7 Ohio Valley Conference) jumped on sophomore Saluki starter Connor McFadden (0-1) and scored five runs in the second inning, never looking back.

SIU (7-30, 3-6) cut the Governors' lead to 5-3 with 2 runs in the third and 1 in the fourth before APSU scored four of its own in the bottom of the fourth.

A solo home run by sophomore first baseman Dre Gleason and a threerun shot by sophomore third baseman Logan Gray highlighted a six-run sixth inning for Austin Peay to drive the nail into SIU's coffin.

Sophomore starter Caleb Powell (5-1) earned the win for the Governors, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits through 5 innings. Powell struck out two Salukis and walked none.

Four of Austin Peay's hitters collected 3 hits. Three others had multi-hit days. Gray collected a game-high 5 RBIs. SIU freshman catcher Nick Hutchins hit a solo home run in the ninth inning, his second of the season. The blast tied him with freshman Greg Lambert for the team lead.

Freshman center fielder Braden Mosley added a three-run home run, the first of his career, to cut the Austin Peay lead to 17-6 in the ninth. He and Hutchins led the Salukis with 2 hits apiece.

SIU played an error-free game. Saluki coach Ken Henderson said the pitching staff underperformed Wednesday.

"We didn't pitch well enough to win," Henderson said. "We played hard and had no errors. But the pitching staff gives up 17 runs and we lose the game."

The Salukis return home this weekend for a conference series with the Illinois State Redbirds (17-16, 4-5) starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Itchy Jones Stadium.

Dawgs split games against Purple Aces BrenT meske | @brentmeskeDE SIU softball (14-22-1, 8-8) traveled to Evansville (10-33, 2-15) on Wednesday for a midweek doubleheader and came away with a win and a loss against the Missouri Valley Conference's worst team.

Senior Katie Bertelsen (12-12) dominated game one with a complete game 2-0 shutout of the Purple Aces, who averaged 4.2 runs a game coming in. Bertelsen finished with 5 hits, 3 strikeouts and 2 walks in the victory.

Senior center fielder Kalyn Harker put the Salukis ahead two batters into the game with her first home run of the season. Scoring stayed stagnant on each side until the seventh inning when sophomore first baseman Shaye Harre hit her second home run of the year.

In game two, the Aces got a solo home run from sophomore designated player Danielle Freeman to take an early 1-0 lead in the first inning. They added to their lead in the fourth inning with an RBI triple from freshman first baseman Morgan Lambert to score senior right fielder Abbi Fahse, who reached with a single.

Harre, pitching, was pulled in favor

of freshman Savanna Dover after the Lambert triple and neither pitcher got the decision in the game. Harre finished with 2 runs allowed on 5 hits, 3 walks and 1 strikeout in 3 innings pitched.

SIU got the runs back with RBIs from Harre and sophomore left fielder Merri Anne Patterson in the top of the fifth inning.

In the sixth inning, Harre collected two more RBIs on a 2-out single to give the Salukis their first lead of the game.

She finished the game 3-for-3 with 3 RBIs and 1 walk.

The Aces answered back in the seventh inning with a walk and a single, prompting coach Kerri Blaylock to pull Dover in favor of Bertelsen for the save attempt.

Dover finished the game with 2 runs on 2 hits, 4 walks and 1 strikeout through 3 innings.

Evansville added 3 runs in the bottom half of the inning to win the game on a sophomore center fielder Courtney Land 2-RBI single.

Bertelsen suffered the loss with 1 run on 2 hits.

The Salukis play Austin Peay State (8-26) at 3 p.m. Thursday in Clarksville, Tenn.

C arringTon s pires | @cspires77 Sophomore J.C. DeMuri swings at a pitch during Salukis’ game against Belmont University on April 7 at Itchy Jones Stadium.

DeMuri has been playing with an injury in his throwing elbow that he recieved in the beginning of the season, as a result coach Ken Henderson has been trying to give him playing time as a designated hitter.

Sophomore outfielder battles injury in fight for playing time Thomas donley | @tdonleyDE While the SIU baseball team has had a revolving door at the corner outfield spots, sophomore outfielder J.C. DeMuri has been playing through an arm injury for most of the season.

DeMuri said a weakened back muscle has affected his left shoulder and bicep tendons, rendering him incapable of throwing at full strength.

“I try to make the throws as best I can,” he said. “But it really limits how far and how hard I can throw the ball.”

DeMuri first experienced the injury last summer while playing for the Springfield Sliders of the Prospect League. He re-aggravated it in SIU’s season-opening series at TCU, making a throw from the right field corner to second base in an 11-0 loss Feb. 15.

He said the recurrence of the injury has been frustrating.

“It’s not very fun to put in so much work and have the same

injury hold you back,” DeMuri said.

He works out with trainer Ryan Schneider every morning, exercising with resistance bands and light weights to work his arm back to full strength. He said the injury took a few weeks to heal in the summer, but the recovery process has taken longer this spring because he has been playing through it.

Although DeMuri throws left handed, he bats right handed — a rare combination in baseball. He said the injury does not affect his swing much.

As one of seven Salukis to start in the outfield this season, DeMuri has played in 18 games this spring, starting 13 of them. He is batting .208 with one home run and seven RBIs. DeMuri has three hits in his last 23 at-bats, dating back to March 7. He went 2-for-4 in his last start April 7.

Eleven of DeMuri’s starts have come in the outfield. When healthy, assistant coach Ryan Strain said DeMuri can be a good defender, but his arm injury

hampers his effectiveness.

Infielders have to venture farther into the outfield than normal to cut his throws off. Strain said the Salukis cannot change their defensive positioning to compensate for this, and as a result, DeMuri has seen his playing time diminish.

“We can’t shorten him up just because his arm’s bothering him,” Strain said. “We just have to play him straight up, and that’s why sometimes he’s in there, and sometimes he’s not.”

Sophomore center fielder Dyllin Mucha said he keeps DeMuri’s injury in mind when the two are playing alongside each other in the outfield.

Strain said DeMuri’s attitude has been as positive as possible when dealing with a nagging injury.

“It’s never easy when you get hurt,” Strain said. “He’s trying to work through it. I know he’s frustrated because it has taken a while. He’s handling it the best you possibly can.”

Injured infielder making strides toward return Thomas donley | @tdonleyDE SIU sophomore second baseman Connor Kopach came one step closer to returning from a hand injury when he took pregame batting practice Tuesday night for the first time since Feb. 21.

Kopach broke his left hand early in the season, but is currently cleared to resume baseball activities.

He has been dressing for the past few weeks and could return as soon as this week.

Saluki coach Ken Henderson said the only thing keeping Kopach out of the lineup is discomfort in his

swing.

"It's basically a pain tolerance thing," Henderson said. "So hopefully he's close. We're not going to do anything to re-injure him."

Sophomore Will Farmer has started the last 30 games at second base. Kopach's return would present Henderson with a good problem to have.

Farmer would most likely move to third base, where he played most of last year. However, sophomore Ryan Sabo has been hitting well enough lately to move regular third baseman freshman

Greg Lambert across the diamond to first and freshman first baseman Logan Blackfan to designated hitter.

Henderson said he did not know how Kopach would fit back into the lineup.

"We've got a lot of options," Henderson said. "We'll figure it out and see what's best. We're not just going to yank those guys out if they continue to play well."

Kopach played in four games before going down. He is 3-11 on the season with one RBI and one run scored.

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Thrower trades pigskin for iron BrenT Meske | @brentmeskeDE Track and field was not the sport of choice for the No. 12 men's hammer thrower in the nation.

SIU senior thrower Curtis Wideman participated in football as well as track and field in high school, but during his senior year, he permanently traded the pigskin for an iron ball.

Wideman played outside linebacker and was sometimes used as running back at Evanston Township High School.

He was recruited by Northern Illinois University, Illinois State University, had a full-ride from the University of Illinois and contemplated walking on at Michigan State University for football. But when Wideman visited SIU, he knew the school and track and field was his best option.

Now, Wideman is looking to become the first Saluki under throws coach John Smith to qualify for nationals in all three throwing events.

Last season Wideman made regionals for shot put, hammer throw and discus — but only made nationals for hammer throw, where he finished No. 19 as an honorable mention All-American.

Wideman said his dedication is what has made him a successful thrower.

“I don’t know anything else but how to work hard,” he said. “I put in as much time as I can with extra practices, extra lifts, two-a-days when others aren’t and trying to leave everything on the field. The work never stops.”

On March 28, Wideman injured his groin at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic. Wideman, who said it takes serious injuries to sit out of an event, had to be pulled out of the ring by track and field coach Connie PriceSmith to avoid further injury.

Wideman said during his senior year he was predicted to win the state championship for discus and qualify in the shot put. He fouled out in

e llen B ooTh | @EllenBooth_DE Senior thrower Curtis Wideman poses for a portrait Tuesday. “I knew I couldn’t close the chapter of track in my life just yet,” Wideman said. “It was a bittersweet moment and I decided to give up on football. I wanted to focus on a sport I could better myself in as an individual.”

sectionals, spoiling his chances to go to the state championship.

“I knew I couldn’t close the chapter of track in my life just yet,” Wideman said. “It was a bittersweet moment and I decided to give up on football.

I wanted to focus on a sport I could better myself in as an individual.”

Coming out of high school, Wideman did not have any offers for track and field but one of his high school coaches contacted Smith, who reached out to Wideman.

Smith said he thought Wideman’s numbers were too good to be true for a 5-foot 11-inch, sub-200-pound high school student.

“I can’t recruit guys that good so I said of course [Wideman] could walk on,” he said. “[Wideman],

pound-for-pound, is the best thrower I’ve ever coached. He’s in rare territory for his size.”

Smith said when he was competing in the 1980’s, an era plagued by steroid use, there was no one — steroid use or not — Wideman’s size that would compare.

Wideman is an honorable mention All-American in hammer throw, a five-time NCAA Regional Qualifier and five-time All-Missouri Valley Conference thrower. He said his goal is to become top-three in every throwing event all-time at SIU. He is currently No. 2 in hammer throw, No. 4 in discus and No. 8 in outdoor shot put all-time at SIU. Indoor, Wideman finished No. 3 in weight throw and No. 5 in shot put.

Smith believes Wideman will break

former Saluki J.C. Lambert’s weight throw record of 220 feet, 6 inches within the next month. Wideman is currently at 218 feet.

Lambert, who is currently a volunteer coach while preparing for the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships by training at SIU, said he would be happy to see Wideman break his record.

“I’d rather see a hard worker break my record than someone who lollygags around,” he said. “Someone who puts in as much time and work as he does deserves it all.”

Wideman said he is pushed by female teammates who are always setting personal records and by male teammates who are competing against him.

“Half the credit goes to them,” he

said. “It’s hard to do it by yourself and it’s more fun when you have people out here rooting for you and pushing you. They have a big role in my success.”

Wideman, who is majoring in radio and television, said he will apply for graduate school at SIU for business administration and sports studies.

He will continue his throwing career if he hits 70 meters in the hammer throw this year or if he is not accepted to graduate school. His current personal record is 66.45 meters.

Wideman said he plans to be a television show host or athletic director.

“I can never get away from the sports,” he said. “I want to make some money and give back to the youth and leave a legacy behind me.”

SIU thrower attempting to make Rio 2016 Olympics BrenT Meske | @brentmeskeDE The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) set the entry standards for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Tuesday.

Junior thrower Josh Freeman posted on Facebook that he would attempt to make the United States roster for shot put.

"It's the Holy Grail of track and field," Freeman said. "You

can win as many Missouri Valley Conference championships or NCAA championships as you want, but the main goal for every track athlete is to make it to the Olympics."

Freeman's personal best, and SIU outdoor all-time record, of 18.95 meters is just shy of the qualifying mark of 20.50.

"I'm hoping to get over that this year," Freeman said.

After qualifying, athletes still have to make the team. Freeman said two shot putters make the team, and roughly 12 to 14 Americans reached that mark last year.

"It's going to be pretty cutthroat when it comes time to actually make the team," he said.

Freshman Raven Saunders will also attempt to make the team for shot put. Her best of 17.70 meters is just a 10th of a meter behind the

qualifying mark of 17.80 meters.

Junior DeAnna Price — who has the No. 4 hammer throw all time at SIU with a distance of 67.26 — will attempt to make the female hammer throw team with the qualifying mark of 71 meters.

Former Salukis J.C. Lambert, Jeneva Stevens and Gwen Berry will all try to make the team as well. All three will compete in the hammer throw and Stevens, formerly Jeneva

McCall, will also compete in the shot put.

Athletes compete at the IAAF World Indoor Championships beginning March 18, 2016 in Portland, Ore., to qualify for the Olympics, which take place Aug. 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

Aaron Graff contributed to this story.