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LEDs enlighten campus Luke Nozicka Daily Egyptian

Students will soon be enlightened by the results of an about $1 million lighting project throughout the campus. Kevin Bame, vice chancellor for administration and finance, said the new LED lights being installed are part of a $30 million deferred maintenance project. The university decided on LED because they are brighter and more energy efficient, according to Bame. He said the first phase of the in-house project is changing the lights from U.S. 51 to Thompson Point, and the sec-

ond phase will be assembling the lights from Thompson Point along Lincoln Drive over to South Normal Avenue. Phil Gatton, the director of Plant and Service Operations, said previous light bulbs lasted about two to three years, while LEDs will last eight to 10 years. Bame expects to activate several of the new lights by the end of the month. The new light standards are 10 feet shorter than the current ones and have thinner heads, with multiple small lights on the inside panel. Bame said while LED lights are whiter and brighter, they are also energy efficient and can

be set to point a specific direction. “A lot of light bulbs just throw out light everywhere – all over – but these will allow you to pinpoint if you’ve got an area that’s a little darker,” he said. Bame said the new poles allow the university to run fiber optics through them, to improve wireless coverage on campus. Instead of long trenches, equipment was brought to the campus that drills a horizontal hole and installs a flexible polyethylene tube, which is used to hold the fiber optic cables. Please see LIGHTS · 02

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E van F ait D aily E gyptian The SIU football team participates in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Tuesday at Saluki Stadium. The SIU softball team challenged the Saluki football team. As of August 19, the social media trend has raised 22 million dollars for the ALS Foundation and gained more than 45,210 new donors according to www.alsa.org.

Updated Dell tablets distributed to freshmen Clarissa Cowley Daily Egyptian

Michael Gossett remembers the tablet computer he got as an SIU freshman last year. “I don’t use it at all because it sucks,” the sophomore psychology major Michael Gossett said. His complaint was common among last year’s freshmen, the first SIU class to be given the Dell tablets, as part of a program known as Mobile Dawg. This year’s freshmen are getting a new version of the tablet, the Dell V 11 Pro. While Gossett used his tab-

let to play games and to write in Microsoft Word, the new tablets include additional software such as Follett Brytewave allowing students to take notes and highlight and share ideas with other students or professors. The digital textbook platform typically has higher prices for textbooks than the SIU student bookstore. Rob Craig, a manager in Information Technology, told students during training sessions in the Student Center last week that the tablets should be fun to use, but also should be treated as an organizational and academic tool.

“There’s a balance. Find that balance,” he said. Craig said the new tablets simply reflect the constantly changing nature of technology. “Technology is always moving, especially in mobile computing. We want to use the latest affordable technology that we can feasibly provide,” he said. This year, students were required to attend a workshop before they could get their tablets. Rishawnda Carson, a freshman from Joliet studying biochemistry, said she did not like the fact that some of the pro-

gram was presented in a video. “It was boring and I would’ve wanted a real person the whole presentation because it was hard to understand,” she said. Carson said the tablet’s portability is convenient, though it makes the library and computer labs seem obsolete. Still, Carson said she would use her tablet, most likely for putting together research papers. She said sophomores should have had the option of getting their own upgraded tablets. Nicole Tabor, a junior from

Libertyville studying rehabilitation services, said she appreciates the convenience of tablets, which is why she uses an Apple iPad. She also said the tablets could provide an incentive for freshmen to stay at SIU and graduate. “It could motivate students to stay because they have the tools to succeed,” Tabor said. Tablets are paid for through the technology fee on their bursar bills. According to the Bursar’s Office, the student information technology fee is $105 per semester.

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Students in alleged mass shooting plot were willing to die, police say Adolfo Flores Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES - For days, authorities say, two South Pasadena High School students plotted a massacre for when classes resumed after summer. They swapped ideas over Skype about using explosives and firearms to target three school staff members and kill as many students as they could, never realizing that their communications were being monitored by local law enforcement, according to police. When confronted by investigators, the boys matter-of-factly said they had been willing to die as part of their plan, South Pasadena Police Chief Art Miller told reporters. Miller provided new details Tuesday about the plot, saying police were able to foil what would otherwise have been a tragedy in the upscale community’s public high school thanks in large part to a tip relayed to administrators at the school district that was forwarded to police. “As they put it, they just wanted to kill as many people as possible,” Miller said. “They had a very specific plan on how they were going to carry out their sick mission.”

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Prosecutors were reviewing on Tuesday whether to file criminal charges against the boys, who are aged 16 and 17. The teens were being held on suspicion of conspiracy and criminal threats, Miller said. Police found no weapons at the boy’s homes but did glean some “pretty frightening information” from the computers and interviews with the suspects, Miller said. He declined to provide specifics about the alleged plot, how it was uncovered or the evidence that was found, saying the investigation was ongoing. The arrests marked the third school shooting threat in Los Angeles County during the last few days. Two Santa Clarita Valley teens were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of making separate threats of deadly school violence on social media. Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s officials determined those boys, ages 13 and 15, had made the threats as pranks that spiraled out of control. The 15-year-old boy is accused in juvenile court of making criminal threats. The 13-year-old had not been charged as of Tuesday. In South Pasadena, police found no weapons or explosives during a search of the boys’ homes, but Miller

said the threat of violence was real. The students had researched weaponry, explosives and methods for disarming law enforcement officers who would respond to a school shooting, the police chief said. The boys, he said, also had discussed using a relative’s weapon. “This was at the very beginning of their plot to create a massacre,” Miller said. The teens admitted “to wanting to carry out the threats.” One of the students resisted arrest, closing the door on officers, who forced their way into his home as he attempted to run away, Miller said. The other student was taken into custody without incident, he said. Police did not name the students, citing their status as juveniles. The arrests came as South Pasadena High School, which has a student population of about 1,500, is scheduled to resume classes for the fall on Thursday. The school’s principal, Janet Anderson, sent parents and employees an email late Tuesday saying the threat was limited to the two students and that the school would see an increased police presence when students return from summer break. “That presence is for reassurance and security and not due to any ongoing threat,” she wrote.

do homework, email and social network in an area where wifi isn’t currently available.” About 20 new cameras are being installed at heavily used intersections, costing about $100,000. Bame said another one of the projects on the “laundry list of things we want to accomplish with $30 million,” is the renovation

of Pulliam Hall, which will cost roughly $8 million. Jayson Holland contributed to this story. Luke Nozicka can be reached at lnozicka@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @LukeNozicka, or at 536-3311 ext. 254

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Iraqi drive on Tikrit falters amid fierce resistance from Islamic State Mitchell Prothero

McClatchy Foreign Staff

IRBIL, Iraq _ Iraqi forces pushed north Tuesday in an attempt to recapture the central Iraq town of Tikrit from the Islamic militants who have been occupying it since mid-June, only to see the assault stymied by snipers, roadside bombs and fierce resistance from the rebels. By midday, the Iraq army units were bogged down at least six miles from the entrance to the city and appeared to be withdrawing south toward the governmentheld city of Samara, according to local residents and Kurdish security officials. In a statement to local television, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Qassem Atta, said that the army had dismantled at least 40 roadside bombs but declined to elaborate on the stalled advance. The surprising move to retake Tikrit, 110 miles north of Baghdad and symbolically important as the former hometown of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein, came just a day after a combined force of Iraqi special forces and peshmerga fighters from the autonomous Kurdish region _ backed by heavy U.S. air support _ retook the Mosul Dam, a crucial facility that supplies agricultural water and hydroelectricity to much of northern Iraq. The offensive to retake the dam, which also forced Islamic

State fighters from a series of small villages in the surrounding areas, was the first significant military success for the Iraqi government since militants swept through northern and central Iraq in mid-June. The Islamic State also Tuesday posted a video on YouTube of the purported beheading of a captive American photojournalist, James Foley. The victim in the video said U.S. airstrikes had “signed my death certificate.” A second Islamic State video warned President Barack Obama to halt attacks on its forces or another American journalist, Steven Joel Sotloff, would die. The Islamic State first captured Mosul on June 10 and within days had pushed nearly to Baghdad as the Iraqi army, which the U.S. government spent billions of dollars to train and equip, collapsed, often without a fight. Only the arrival of Iranian-funded and -trained Shiite militias around the capital _ called into action by Shiite religious leaders to face the Sunni Muslim Islamic State _ was able to bring the fighting to a virtual stalemate in Baghdad’s suburbs. But it also raised the specter of the nation of Iraq’s disintegration over sectarian rivalries. The government’s hopes of replicating that success in Tikrit,

which was the scene of a brutal massacre of as many as 1,700 government fighters in June and a debacle of an operation to retake the city in July, were quickly dashed by fierce resistance that the poorly trained and led Iraqi army could not overcome. “The army is stuck on the highway on the outskirts of town to the south and west, they cannot even enter the villages outside because of heavy fighting,” said a Tikrit resident reached by phone, who asked not to give his name out of fear of the government and militants alike. The resident said the militants were using heavy machine guns, snipers and sustained mortar barrages on the advance and that the approaches to the city were heavily mined. “DAASH (Dulat al-Islam fi al-Iraq wal-Sham) has been preparing for the return of the army for a month,” the resident said, using the derogatory Arabic nickname for the group. “Without American help they will not be able to enter the city.” In a letter to Congress released Sunday, Obama defined the extent of his administration’s willingness to use force in support of the Iraq government as limited to actions to either protect U.S. economic and diplomatic facilities _ such as airstrikes to protect the Kurdish

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capital of Irbil _ or to prevent sectarian ethnic cleansing as U.S. planes intervened to help protect hundreds of thousands of religious minorities fleeing the city of Sinjar as it fell to the Islamic State almost two weeks ago. The U.S. administration has not ruled out some form of direct military support for the Iraqi government, but it has repeatedly said that the Iraqi government will need to make a substantial effort to bridge the divide between the Shiite-led government and the Sunnis who were alienated by the policies of outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the point of open revolt. Dan Trombly, an Iraq military analyst from Caerusa Associates, a Washington consultancy, said that Tuesday’s defeat showed that the Iraqis had made little progress in reforming their military from the shattered hulk that was swept aside by a much smaller force of fighters from the Islamic State in June. “From what we’ve been able to see in Tikrit, ISF has made far too little progress towards

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building organizational cohesion and professionalism,” he said by email, referring to Iraqi security forces. “The new volunteers seem undertrained and coordination between and within conventional military units and militia forces is insufficient to withstand the pressure of relatively simple guerrilla tactics.” Trombly noted that a national military with heavy armor and artillery support, as well as rudimentary air power from a handful of decades-old Iraqi air force jets, should not see an offensive stalled simply because the enemy fought back. “If a force with access to armor and artillery shuts down because of harassing sniper attacks, mortar fire, and minefields, that speaks more to its discipline and coordination than a particularly strong defensive performance,” he noted. “In the big offensive a month ago, ISF was able to enter Tikrit and then fell back after heavy coordinated ambushes, in this case it appears ISF wasn’t even able to go that far before the offensive lost steam.

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Islamic beheading of US journalist Jonathan S. Landay

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Student views on Ferguson Cameron Washington Woods

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I defied my parents. My mother explicitly told me NOT to go to Ferguson and I did not listen. I read ahead for my classes, gassed up and hit the road Saturday morning. I could not be this close to all that was going on and not see and support for myself. I figured that, “Oh, I will call her when I come back. I really need to go show my support. I need to be a personal witness to this.” It was not until I returned to Carbondale Saturday night that I understood why she did not want me to go. It was the same reason why hundreds of African-American women were marching and peacefully protesting since Michael Brown’s death: They were afraid for their sons. I went to Ferguson expecting chaos. All of my friends warned me about traveling there; some suggesting that I stop playing “MLK” and go back to studying. I realized then that this trip would be bigger than me. I could not be a Twitter/Facebook activist when I had the actual opportunity to be there. The Saturday before school starts worked perfectly. And how bad could the place be? Really, it could not have been as bad as every news station portrayed. Being a Political Science and Journalism major, I knew how distorted the truth could be when only relying on media outlets. When I arrived, I found something far greater than chaos. I found peace. I found a community struck with fear and anger but calm. Despite what the media has misinterpreted time and time again, the rightfully upset city just wanted justice and understanding. Walking up to the destroyed QuikTrip, I had originally planned to help clean up the streets due to the past looting events. I wanted to do the ground work. However, I was met with clean streets, beautiful smiles and warm welcome everywhere I turned; Ferguson residents as well as people coming from other cities in Missouri, my home state of Arkansas and even as far as California. I was in a sea of my National Pan-Hellenic Council family and exchanged greetings with multiple brothers from my great fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, who has taken the responsibility to pay for Michael Brown’s funeral. The greetings lead us to an organized march led by local and city organizers with The Rev. Jesse Jackson in the forefront. The crowd of almost 1,000 people engulfed the streets as united voices sung “This Little Light of Mine” and cried out “Hands up. Don’t shoot.” I shook and held hands with the old and the young in solidarity. We only had one question: At what point does an officer throw out his protocol and the Fourteenth Amendment and I am no longer entitled to my due process? I left Ferguson with a reminder of why I am in law school. There are injustices in the world and those who stand idly are just as guilty. As a young black men, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, Sean Bell and so on could have easily been Cameron Woods. For this, I am blessed to be here today and vow to advocate for change in the country. When my children ask me, “Dad, where were you when all of these things happened in Ferguson?” I want to be able to proudly tell them I was there; that during a march, I looked a police officer in the eyes, held up my hands and told him not to shoot. To tell him there is much work to do in the world and we cannot wait for it happen, but to be proactive in your choices.

On Saturday, Aug. 16th my classmate and I drove to Ferguson, Mo. to participate in a peaceful gathering meant to support the life of Michael Brown, as well as to take action against police brutality, and show we care about a community currently torn apart by violence and brutality. We did not know what we would do—if there was cleanup, or another type of support, but we decided that to not act while living so close, is to act complicit to the violence. Ferguson, Mo. is all over the news, and depending on which major media outlet you’re watching, it is shown as the new hotbed of civil and human rights action, or unruly, violent and dangerous. I’ve argued with friends and acquaintances on the merits of the protests, and what seems a lingering mindset is that the people in Ferguson are acting like “animals.” They are tearing apart their own city, “anyone can see that they’re just hurting themselves!” I received text messages and Facebook messages from friends after they found out I was going to Ferguson, to be careful and stay safe. The news painted the community as a town where people are attacking the police, looting stores. There are tanks driving through towns, and tear gas everywhere. What I witnessed was an outpouring of love, and people speaking for peace when faced with confrontation. When we arrived in Ferguson, we first went to the QT gas station that was the site of Michael Brown’s alleged shoplifting incident. The façade of the store was completely burnt and torn apart, and the store was fenced off due to looting that occurred in the morning hours, but outside the store there were people barbequing, handing out food, and standing on the property to maintain peace. We continued to walk around the exterior when we came across a gorgeous sight: from around the corner we heard chanting, and then saw a group of motorcyclists leading a procession of close to 1,000 people marching for peace. They were singing spirituals, holding signs for peace, signs against police brutality, and chanting things such as, “No justice no peace, no killer police!” and, “Hands up, don’t shoot!” or, “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” This was far from the scene of looting, riots, and degradation that the media seems to thrive upon. We joined and marched and watched a community of black and white, young and old, from this area and across the country, come together to show the Ferguson community, and the entire nation, that black life matters and we will no longer sit back and watch brutality and dehumanization against communities of color. Every 28 hours in this country one black man is murdered by law enforcement. People of color are murdered on a daily basis by the people who are supposed to protect them. The uprising in Ferguson is a reaction from centuries of degradation and dehumanization blanketed as public safety. At what point can a community that has endured centuries of oppression stand up and say, “We are not going to take this anymore!” Instead of placing judgment on those who are responding from a place of oppression, we need to collectively question, and then dismantle the power structures that created this violence, as well as figure out how we can support the people. When the media places dehumanizing labels on protestors, and the public places its judgment, it feeds into fear-based racism. It is perfectly acceptable to react from a place of hurt, anger and years of internalizing dehumanization and an oppressive environment. Step up and take action against this systemic oppression. Communities directly affected by police and state violence are taking to the streets and demanding justice and change. As Ferguson, Mo. has taught me, there is beauty in humanity, strength in pain, heartache in perseverance, hope in loss, and life that connects each of us to each other. When you walk through a city devastated by violence, alongside the emotional outpouring of hundreds of people, many of whom are very personally affected by the violence and attack on their right to live, it’s impossible to choose apathy. From L.A. to Ferguson to Chicago and New York, my heart and life is forever with these communities. #HandsUpDontShoot #BlackLifeMatters.

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Third time’s the charm for ‘Expendables’ series Jacob Pierce Daily Egyptian

Occasionally a movie comes along that cannot be fairly reviewed like every other movie. To even compare it to normal movies would be like comparing a child’s math skills to the math skills of someone in college. These movies tend to be so bad, so dumb, and so ridiculous the only way to have fun, is lower the scales and shut off the brain. “The Expendables 3” perfectly defines this genre. “The Expendables 3” is an action movie directed by Patrick Hughes and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger and many other action movie stars old and upcoming. After a severe injury to a key member of the Expendables squad, Barney Ross (Stallone) decides to put together a team with new blood to take down a villain from his past, Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson). When the mission goes wrong and his new team is captured, Ross must once again

turn to his old team to get them back and take down Stonebanks once and for all. Even if a film is not good by the standard definition, fun can still be had. The film is the best in the series because it has the most action. It still has problems, but it also has something the other films did not have. It sets up a world previously nonexistent in the other movies. In the other “Expendables” films, it never felt like this was a real inhabited movie universe. It was as if the other films had plenty of action and one-liners and that was it. There is never an indication to what the “Expendables” are besides a bunch of tough mercenaries who one day decided to get together and shoot everything up. This film gives the series history and it gives its characters feelings, thoughts and motivations, even if some of them are a little trite and overused. One of the best aspects of “The Expendables 3” is who steals the show. Gibson and Antonio Banderas are near perfect in the film. While the film does not always rise up to the talent of both actors, they definitely elevate their roles. Gibson is a

frightening villain and the greatest of the series. He is not only more intellectual than Eric Roberts from “The Expendables 1,” but he is also more imposing than Jean-Claude Van Damme in “The Expendables 2.” It is only disappointing he is not given more time on screen. The last sentiment also applies to Banderas. Every moment Banderas is in a scene, your eyes are transfixed on him. He is a ball of energy, adventure and passion. This is nice to see in comparison to actors like Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture, who show very little emotion at all. It is a difficult task to suggest whether or not to see “The Expendables 3.” I could sit here and explain all of the reasons why it is a terrible movie, and by standard definitions, it is a very bad film. If you are able to shut off your brain and have fun with a film, then “The Expendables 3” is for you. If not, skip it. It is that simple. Jacob Pierce can be reached by email at jpierce@dailyegyptian.com on Twitter @JacobPierce1_DE, or at 536-3311 ext. 273

Ed Sheeran is lovable and loud Katharine Schwab The Seattle Times

It’s no surprise that English singersongwriter Ed Sheeran is a fan of another English singer-songwriter: Sam Smith. Despite their different musical styles, both come across as earnest and straightforward. “It’s instilled in English people to always downplay things,” said the 23-year-old singer in a phone interview last week. “We don’t really shout too loud. We quietly get on with what we are doing.”

What Sheeran’s been doing hasn’t been quiet at all. This week marks an eight-week run at the top of the UK Billboard album chart for Sheeran’s second album, “x”’ (pronounced “multiply”). Sheeran considers it his biggest achievement so far in a career that has included a Grammy nomination for his song “The A Team,” three sold out shows at Madison Square Garden last year and a stadium tour with bestie Taylor Swift. Sheeran’s music, a mix of soulful pop and rap, is refreshing and

rhythmic. He is famously friendly, poorly dressed and constantly adds to the colorful collage of tattoos on his arms. His chubby cheeks, thick accent and affinity for hoodies make him look more like the boy next door than an international star. When asked what he considers his biggest mistake in his climb to commercial success, Sheeran had a fail-safe attitude. “I don’t think you can make mistakes in this industry,” he said. “I think you can make errors that you

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Community radio station needs help to survive Austin Miller Daily Egyptian

WDBX 91.1 FM has been broadcasting in Carbondale since 1996, but in a day when many people stream music online, the local community station is working to stay on the air. Last week the station appealled to the community, asking for $20,000 to help the station survive. WDBX holds membership drives every year, but this is the most it has ever asked for. The station has raised more than $18,000 as of Monday night. “This time we were in dire straits,” said Navreet Kang, board member for Heterodyne Broadcasting Company, the not for profit organization which holds the station license. As a community radio station, WDBX is one of a handful in Illinois. It is nonprofit and receives all of its funding from the community. One-third of the money that keeps the station afloat comes from the station’s underwriters, local businesses that help fund the station. The organization’s staff, which totals more than 100 people, is completely volunteer. “If we don’t get the funding, we would be gone,” said Chuck Leebens, host of Chuck’s Place. He said WDBX is “one of the last vestiges where people could hear the diversity of music, rather than listen to some other station play the same song over 30 times.” In recent years, it has seen a decrease in underwriters. While that number has stabilized, it is still lower than past years. Kang said he has high hopes for Jenny Griffin, the newly hired director of underwriters, who is expected to increase the amount of businesses that fund the station. “We were stuck paying for bills with money we didn’t have, and

I an M ullen D aIly e gyptIan Genie Schropp, also known as Vinyl Vixen, of Makanda, runs the afternoon show ‘Independent Worm Hole’ Tuesday on WDBX-FM 91.1. Schropp has been with the station for nine years after a hiatus from her college broadcasting career. “It’s kind of like I’m reliving my dream,” Schropp said. WDBX has been in operation since 1996 and relies on community support to stay on the air. WDBX is trying to fundraise $20,000 through a Kickstarter campaign and listener donations to keep the station running.

that has been changed,” Kang said. WDBX isn’t the only station suffering. Joey Helleny, a senior lecturer of broadcast journalism, said competition from online streaming services such as Pandora, Spotify, and iHeartRadio has caused a decrease in radio listeners. Helleny said the majority of people still listen to the radio at least once a week. “But the time spent listening has been eroding somewhat, especially among younger listeners,” he said.

Helleny said stations need to emphasize local content if they want to succeed against web streaming. He said some examples of local coverage are news, weather, traffic and entertainment events. “If listeners get in the habit of tuning in for severe weather and other hyper-local information, then they are more apt to visit [the station] regularly,” he said. More than 80 different programs are broadcast from WDBX, with

each show offering something different ranging from blues and gospel to doo-wop, hip-hop, talk and more. “You would be hard-pressed to not find a certain kind of music,” Station Manager Dave Armstrong said. Leebens, whose show airs every Monday from noon to 2 p.m., said besides keeping the station running, WDBX urges residents to visit the facility and see how it functions. There are also open

spaces in the schedule, so the station is accepting applications for DJs, Armstrong said. “We want people to come in and say, ‘I’d like to be a part of this,’” he said. “We want to thank you for supporting us over the years and rallying together to help us now.” Kang said the fundraiser will end Sept. 1. and donations can be made online at WDBX.org, where the shows stream live or in person at 224 N. Washington St, in Carbondale.

‘The Giver’ has nothing to give Jacob Pierce Daily Egyptian

Sometimes, Hollywood can be a broken jukebox. It will occasional play something new and everyone will sigh in relief at something different, something fresh. But for the most part, it seems to be stuck on one song that plays over and over and over. One song, which seems to be playing a lot lately on the Hollywood Jukebox machine is Young Adult SC-Fi novel adaptations. From “The Hunger Games” to “Divergent”, it is hard to imagine that there is any left out there. “The Giver” is a Sc-Fi film directed by Phillip Noyce (Salt, Patriot Games) and features Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Merly Streep, and Katie Holmes. In a future without war, pain, suffering, differences, or choice,

a young boy is chosen to take on the memories of their lost civilization from an elderly man. The man teaches him of the pain and pleasure that came with the life before theirs and the boy must decide what world he wants to live in. The film should be commemorated for a great number of things when it comes to these dystopian novel adaptations. Not only is it a oneoff, which is extremely rare in this day and age of franchising everything, but it also brings up new ideas and themes to this overused genre of films. It is more Orwellian in nature compared to other films, and should get some type of participation award for that. The only problem is, “The Giver” is the blandest of its genre. It is hard to not be constantly checking ones watch throughout film. Even most of the actors come out as bland in this film,

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ones like Alexander Skarsgard who is known for being a very talented actor, seems to give off nothing in this film. The film also brings a lot of old baggage from ther films in this genre. From the costumes, the police in particular seeming to come straight from either “Oblivion” or “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, the unique speech patterns, and the entire quest itself. The film rides a very thin line of innovative and cliché that definitely hurts it overall. Streep and Bridges both bring a gravitas to this film that captivates

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you, in a film that needs more captivating moments. Streep plays a villain that is downright sympathetic. She reminds us some of the greatest villains, never look at themselves as villains and feel just as much pain as heroes. Bridges is as fantastic in his role as the titular Giver. While he plays old and wise at times, he brings way more to the character than that. Behind all of his mentor ways, he is a broken man. A man who felt tremendous amounts of misery. A man haunted by not only his past, but also his knowledge of the

way things used to be. The two take a script, which is sometimes ear aching with its dialogue and pull out a performance that will be the only thing keeping you on the edge of your seat in this film. Should you go see “The Giver”? A gut reaction comes out as no. For all of the unique elements of the film (all of the black and white sequences being a favorite of mine that goes away way too soon), it is very cliché in nature. It has a lot of things you probably saw in any “Hunger Games” film or even “Divergent” for that matter. But if you are a fan of “The Giver”, give it a chance. Maybe you will find something with in the hour and thirty-four minutes that give you the feeling you had reading the book. Jacob Pierce can be reached at jpierce@dailyegyptian.com on Twitter @JacobPierce1_DE, or at 536-3311 ext. 273

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A family affair

US tech firms under scrutiny in China

Julie Makinen and Andrea Chang Los Angeles Times

BEIJING — The Silicon Valley economy is hot these days, but U.S. tech firms are feeling a chill in China. Anti-monopoly investigators have raided Microsoft’s China offices, and the government has banned Windows 8 from state computers. San Diego-based chip maker Qualcomm may face more than $1 billion in fines for allegedly overcharging customers for smartphone patent licenses. And the government is encouraging Chinese businesses to abandon IBM systems in favor of local products. It seems that no large tech company is escaping government scrutiny. Google services such as Gmail and Maps have been increasingly stifled this year by China’s “Great Firewall” — the country’s censorship and surveillance program — while Facebook and Twitter remain blocked on the mainland. Last month state-run TV aired a report on the iPhone’s tracking feature that suggested the devices could be used to expose state secrets. China says it’s simply enforcing antitrust rules and looking out for national security. But the regulatory moves — coupled with increasingly heated rhetoric against Silicon Valley giants and strong calls by Chinese leaders for homegrown tech innovation — are raising fears of a tougher business climate and a new burst of protectionism. “U.S. tech companies are in the horizontal and vertical cross hairs,” said Duncan Clark, chairman of BDA China, a Beijing investment advisory firm specializing in the tech sector. “They’re between a rock and a hard place right now.” It’s not just U.S. tech firms like Microsoft and Qualcomm feeling the chill in China. These days, foreign companies of all kinds — including Japanese and German carmakers and European drug manufacturers — are being ensnared in anti-monopoly investigations. A number of experts say that’s the natural result of China ramping up enforcement of its anti-monopoly law, which is just 6 years old. “China has been way behind the West in terms of antitrust law, but they’re rapidly accumulating more experience in interpreting and enforcing the law,” said Huang Yong, a professor at Beijing’s University of International Business and Economics and member of the State Council’s anti-monopoly committee advisory panel. But the Chinese government is casting high-tech companies as a particular threat as the two countries trade cyberspying and hacking allegations.

J amie e ader d aily e gyptian Deborah Barnett, left, a doctoral student in workforce education, her son Travis Barnett, middle, a senior studying geography and environmental resources, and Bryan Waldrop, a senior studying industrial design, have breakfast together Tuesday at Harbaugh’s Café. Deborah Barnett is the director of Non-traditional Student Services, and has recently noticed a growing trend of families attending SIU at the same time. “I recognized this trend at new student orientations starting in the spring of 2014,” Barnett said. “I met family after family that were coming to school together, whether that be parent and child, spouses, and even a grandparent and a grandchild, all seeking a degree together.”

Immigration crisis at border afflicts heartland harvest

Ali Watkins

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The heated tempers of the nation’s border states are driving the debate over immigration policy. States farther away from the U.S.-Mexico border, though, are reckoning with a different set of challenges: a skimpy agriculture labor market and cumbersome immigrant-worker programs that go unfixed amid partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill. More than 20,000 U.S. farms employ more than 435,000 immigrant workers legally every year, according to 2012 U.S. Department of Agriculture census data. Thousands — probably tens of thousands — more are employed illegally. Naturally, agricultural powerhouses near the border, such as Florida and California, employ tens of thousands of seasonal immi-

grant laborers every year. But deeper in the homeland, such as the fruit orchards of the Carolinas, farmers confront a bluecollar labor vacuum. “Because we’re not a border state, it’s definitely harder to get people over this far from the border to work,” said Chalmers Carr, the owner of the East Coast’s largest peach grower, South Carolina’s Titan Farms. “2006, 2007, even 2008, we had a very robust economy and there were not enough farmworkers then. And there’s truly not enough farmworkers now, legal or illegal.” South Carolina in particular has a unique view, having seen the greatest percentage increase in Hispanic population in the country from 2000 to 2010 — nearly 150 percent, according to the most recently available census data. Although its Hispanic population sits at a compara-

tively low 5.1 percent, the increase reflects decisions by immigrants to make the trek deeper into the U.S. And while many are taking temporary seasonal work, the labor shortage has become a permanent issue for growers and workers alike. “It’s not a temporary situation,” said Lynn Tramonte, the deputy director of America’s Voice, which focuses on changing immigration policy. “It might be a seasonal job, but we’re going to keep having grapes that need to be picked and cows that need to be milked, and immigrants are coming to do that sort of labor.” Immigrant workers who slipped over the borders years ago are aging out of the workforce, and their younger, more ablebodied counterparts are being kept from the fields because of the bureaucratic clutter. But the crops and the growing season don’t wait.

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Braxton Miller injury drags down playoff hopes Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune

Braxton Miller is done for the season, and that’s a terrible blow to Michigan State and Wisconsin and Iowa and Michigan. Yes, even Michigan. We know losing Miller torpedoes Ohio State’s hopes of making college football’s first playoff. But how cruel that a freak, noncontact shoulder injury weakens the entire conference? It’s like when Appalachian State beat Michigan in 2007, and some shortsighted Ohio State and Michigan State fans raised the schadenfreude flag.

Do you know what’s worse than losing to Appalachian State? Losing to the team that lost to Appalachian State. In other words, when a Big Ten power sinks, it drags all other teams down to where only a submarine-traveling James Cameron can find them. In this case, Ohio State opened at No. 5 in the AP preseason poll. The Buckeyes were favored to win the Big Ten. Urban Meyer is 16-0 in regularseason Big Ten games. Ohio State is perceived as the class of the conference, and Miller was ranked first in the class.

Those perceptions matter to the 13 human beings who compose the playoff selection committee. (Tom Osborne and Barry Alvarez have the strongest Big Ten ties.) Now, if Michigan State takes down the Buckeyes on Nov. 8, will it look impressive? If the Spartans’ Shilique Calhoun grinds Miller replacement J.T. Barrett into sausage, will anyone be surprised? Nope. Even worse, that game will be played in East Lansing. So Michigan State figures to be a sizable favorite. Here’s what it all means: Michigan State must play Oregon super-tight in Week 2 for the Big Ten to get a team

in the four-team playoff. And if that’s what you’re banking on ... mercy. Sorry to be fatalistic about it, but no team from the West Division will get there. (Fine, I’ll put Wisconsin and Iowa each at 25-to-1.) And if you think the Buckeyes still have hope, listen to Kirk Herbstreit. The ESPN analyst and former Buckeyes quarterback had picked his alma mater to win the national championship, apparently unconcerned about a green offensive line. Without Miller, Herbstreit said Ohio State is “probably a 10-2, 9-3 type of team.” “This is as devastating an injury as

any team in the country could have had to take,” Herbstreit said. “(Florida State’s) Jameis Winston, (UCLA’s) Brett Hundley, (Oregon’s) Marcus Mariota, Braxton Miller.” The dual-threat Barrett is the wild card. Few have seen him perform. The 6-foot1, 225-pound redshirt freshman vaulted sophomore Cardale Jones without playing a down of college football. “I have watched him in practice,” Herbstreit said, “and I can tell you _ he’s not Braxton Miller. They will have to win with defense ... and the playmakers at receiver and running back will have to take the pressure off the quarterback.”

The 2014 Little League World Series is currently going on in Williamsport, Pa. The games are all televised nationally by ESPN and nearly 16,000 people were in attendance to watch Mo’ne Davis, a 13 year-old girl from Pennsylvania pitch in a game on Friday. ESPN has even gone as far as broadcasting SportsCenter live from the LLWS. Do you think this sort of exposure is good or bad for athletes at this age, and can it have a negative or positive affect on the athletes as they continue to grow older?

Tony McDaniel

I think it’s great for these kids to earn the right to play in Williamsport, but I think the exposure the kids have is a little much. It’s a lot for a 13-year-old to play in front of that many fans, let alone all the people watching on television across the country. I hate it when the cameras focus on the kids crying after losses as well. There are too many cases of children in sports and entertainment that rise to the top as children, and then crash back down to earth before they’re even old enough to vote.

I think the exposure for these young athletes is good because they probably think it’s cool to be on TV. The only negative I see is if the kids feel taken advantage of. ESPN and its advertisers rake in millions, while the kids get free rooms and airfare. Sound familiar?

Thomas Donley

I think this exposure is a positive experience for these kids. It only lasts for a few weeks at the maximum, and then these kids go on with their lives. It is a fun experience to talk about when they get older and motivation to work hard enough to earn the right to play in front of such a large audience on a regular basis.

Any publicity is good. Mo’ne Davis could be an innovator for women in baseball. Men develop more muscle mass in their lives, and she might quickly be forgotten. For now she is showing women can do anything and more girls will appear in baseball uniforms thanks to the coverage of the Little League World Series.

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Tyler Davis

Aaron Graff

Being this young with this exposure can be equally good and bad. It would depend on the athlete of course. It could be great for this age because in theory, these kids are just going to grow better in their sport. It is a great opportunity for these kids for colleges and leagues to be interested in them once they are older. With that said, this is dangerous for teenagers to get the idea in their mind of being famous, and could lead to pushing too hard, and a big ego. They are still young and would have a lot to learn, but in this society, we have had plenty of examples of child stars that let the headlines, money, and fame rush to their heads.

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The return of Mika’il McCall

Tony McDaniel Daily Egyptian

Most people rarely get the opportunity to redo something in life they regret, but one member of the Saluki football team finds himself with that opportunity. Mika’il McCall’s 2013 season was cut short after just one game due to a disciplinary dismissal, according to siusalukis.com. McCall rushed for 489 yards and 8 touchdowns in 2012. In 2013 McCall was set to be the Salukis number one option at running back, but only carried the ball seven times for 24 yards. Head Coach Dale Lennon said the specifics of McCall’s dismissal were a personal matter between the two of them, but McCall said his ego caused issues between he and the coaches. “Me and the coaches were on different terms,” McCall said. “I had a little attitude problem at first and they wanted to check it and get me back humble.” McCall was forced to sit out for the remaineder of the 2013 season. McCall said he handled his dismissal well. “For the most part I think I did pretty good,” he said “I didn’t make any foolish mistakes off the field. I didn’t get too angry about it, I was patient and slowly came back on the team.” McCall returned to the Salukis in March and was moved from running back to fullback, which is a more team-based position based less on running with the football and more on blocking for the ball carrier. McCall said Lennon mentioned that the move was partially to humble him but based more on team needs. McCall said he has enjoyed the switch to fullback. “They needed someone to fill the position so I stepped up,” he

E van F ait D aily E gyptian Senior fullback Mika’il Mccall laughs with a teammate Tuesday during practice at Saluki Stadium. McCall is transitioning to fullback for the departed Ray Agnew, who plays for the Cleveland Browns. “I watched my older brother play football, and that inspired me to become a running back to play against him, he was a middle line backer.”

said. “Blocking is what I need to work on anyways, so it was a pretty good transition.” Lennon said McCall has come to practice every day with a great attitude and he has enjoyed having him back on the team. “The thing I’ve really been happy with is he wants to be on all the special teams, and he’s worked his tail off to be on all the special teams,” Lennon said. “You’re going to see him as one of those guys that fans love to watch running down on kick off cover.” Since practices leading up to the 2014 season began, opportunity has

knocked again for McCall. The Salukis are lacking depth at the running back position. Senior Ken Malcome has missed all of the preseason practices because of an injury leaving senior Malcom Agnew and three freshmen to carry the load at running back. The shortage of experience in the Saluki backfield has led to McCall taking reps at his familiar position of running back. McCall rushed 10 times for 45 yards in the Salukis’ scrimmage on Aug. 9. “He’s a pretty good running back.” Lennon said. “When he is running the ball I actually worry about getting

someone hurt on defense because he has that hit.” Agnew said having McCall back is a benefit for the whole team. “Whether he’s a running back or a fullback he’s going to be a good addition to the team,” he said. “Anytime we have a play making back in our offense it’s a plus.” McCall said regardless of how he ends up helping the Salukis this season he is just happy to be back with the team. “I like being back with my brothers and everything, I know they’re happy I’m back too,” he said.

“ I’m just here to win.” Lennon said he hopes McCall’s attitude issues are behind him and that the two share a strong relationship. Lennon considers himself McCall’s biggest fan. “It’s one of those things with player and coach that sometimes you go through some rocky roads,” Lennon said. “Now I think we’ve got some good pavement in front of us.” wwTony McDaniel can be reached at tmcdaniel@dailyegyptian.com, @tonymcdanielDE or at 536-3311 ext. 256

Sprinters schedule walk-on tryouts Aaron Graff Daily Egyptian

SIU’s new sprints coach had less than a month to recruit after being hired, so he’s hoping to find talent already on campus by holding tryouts. Coach Connie Price-Smith announced the hiring of sprints coach Anthony Acklin on July 28. The Salukis scheduled the tryouts for 1 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex. “I’m hoping to see what’s available on campus if there’s any talent that’s laying around not doing anything,” He said. “I’m hoping it can help our program.” Last season sophomore sprinter Tyra Wooten made the team as a walk-on. “When I got to here I started to miss [track],” Wooten said. “I think it’s a part of me. It’s not just a sport to me. It’s me. I love track.” Wooten posted the fastest indoor 500-meter time on the

team at 1:18.70 at the Notre Dame Invite on Jan. 25. She also ran a leg of the fastest Saluki 4x400-meter outdoor relay of the season at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships. The team finished seventh with a time of 3:47.54. Acklin said regardless of what the tryouts bring, the team has potential. “The expectations are high,” Acklin said. “There’s a lot of talent here already, it just has to be brought out and get it to perform.” Acklin ran for the Salukis and graduated in 2006. He was an assistant coach at Iowa Central Community College and Rend Lake College before landing the job at SIU. He was part of nine national championship teams, and was named the NJCAA Assistant Coach of the Year three times. Acklin said being a former Saluki might have been a slight

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’m hoping to see what’s available on campus if there’s any talent that’s laying around not doing anything. I’m hoping it can help our program.”

advantage in getting the job, but said his resume speaks for itself and he has a good relationship with Price-Smith. “Anthony was a wonderful athlete,” Price-Smith said. “He was the kind of athlete that every coach would want to have. He would do almost anything you wanted him to do, and whatever he did he would put his heart and soul into.” Wooten said it’s challenging with a new coach. She said former sprints coach Chidi Enyia was a father figure to her and taught life skills along with track skills. Enyia was fired after the outdoor season. “We basically have to learn different things,” Wooten said.

— Anthony Acklin Sprints Coach at SIU “Basically, I’m a freshman all over again. I have to learn [Acklin’s] different methods and different practicing skills. He has to detrain all of us, and retrain us for his particular things.” She said she has to get to know Acklin better, and thinks the team will surprise a lot of people this year including itself. Price-Smith said all other areas of the team have a lot of men and women and the rosters are pretty concrete. “All of the other areas are probably set,” Price-Smith said. “We might have a few other athletes in some of the other events tryout, but we’re not going to hold a specific tryout for them.”

Students wishing to try out must have a physical within the past six months. They can schedule one with the Student Health Center if they do not have one. They will also need to bring their insurance information and a waiver form found online at www.siusalukis. com “If it’s something you want to do, you have to have a love for track,” Wooten said. “You can’t just say ‘Oh, I want to run.’ You have to be it.” Aaron Graff can be contacted at Agraff@dailyegyptian.com, @Aarongraff_DE or (815)-483-3781