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Renovated gallery hosts faculty member installation SETH RICHARDSON Daily Egyptian Quigley Hall’s architecture gallery is housing its first art installation since being renovated during the summer. The installation, “Running Rampant,” will be on public display in Quigley Hall Room 119 today until Oct. 5. The show features abstract woodworking pieces from Stewart Wessel, a professor of architecture and interior design, and serves as the first faculty member art installation in the gallery’s history. Walter Wendler, director of the School of Architecture, said he wants the gallery to host such shows once a semester to give students an opportunity to see faculty members’ work. “Stewart Wessel is as much an artist as he is an architect and carpenter,” he said. “It’s gratifying to have the faculty put their intellectual work before the students because the students don’t get to see this much.” Wessel’s oldest work in the installation dates back to 1994 with his most recent being completed just three weeks ago. Gathering his work into an installation brought his artwork into perspective, he said. “You do a number of pieces and you have to take a point and see what they look like as a group and individually,” Wessel said. “They exist in your mind for so long, and then we work at them closely. Then after you’re finished, sometimes you don’t take time to stop and see what you’ve done.” Wessel’s carpentry work began at age 5, when he started working with his father. He said his formal training is in furniture design, which he incorporates into his artwork. “I still think of this stuff as furniture,” he said. “It’s not functional furniture, but it’s got the scale of furniture and most of these pieces have four legs or a stand or cabinetry. It’s carpentry, and I’m proud of that.” The gallery is a multipurpose place for architecture students to study class material

MATT DARAY Daily Egyptian Future men and women of the armed services may thank SIU for the prevention of hearing loss in active duty. The university’s School of Medicine in Springfield developed a drug called D-methionine, which will prevent and possibly reverse noise-induced hearing loss. The drug has progressed far enough that the U.S. Department of Defense Army Research and Material Command Branch provided a $2.5 million grant to support a Phase 3 clinical trial at the Fort Jackson, S.C., military base to test the drug’s effectiveness. Kathleen Campbell, a professor of otolaryngology, director of audiology research and the drug’s creator, said she is excited to have it nearing Federal Drug Administration approval. “It is a great joy to finally be reaching the stage where I can actually start to help the patient

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Stewart Wessel, professor of architectural studies and interior design, poses for a portrait Tuesday with his work “Running Rampant” in the architecture gallery in Quigley Hall. Wessel’s show includes 11 pieces ranging from 1994 to as recent as three weeks ago. The show is the first to be held in the newly renovated space, which will house student work throughout the year. and present their work to their peers and the public. Summer renovations modernized the space with a sleek look and new technology, but it has been active the past two years as a spot for students to congregate. Peter Smith, associate professor of architecture and gallery curator, said it serves as the public forum for the School of Architecture. “It really becomes the heart of the program,” Smith said. “There are

populations that started me down this path so many years ago,” she said. “Very few drugs discovered on the bench get this far.” D-methionine is a component of protein mainly found in fermented proteins such as cheese and yogurt. It provides materials for the human body to form antioxidants. She said this process helps the body produce glutathione, which helps increase cellular defense. That defense, she said, is what would prevent the hearing loss. Campbell said she got the idea during her several years as a clinical audiologist. She got frustrated at her inability to help patients get their normal hearing back. She said she used research and her own knowledge to find an oral medication that could prevent or even reverse hearing loss, and she found D-methionine to be the most effective. D-methionine is slated for military use, Campbell said, but the drug may one day be available to the public as well.

presentations, there are exhibits (and) just a range of activities. Kids can come in and study. It’s going to be the location where we hope to have everybody gather.” Wendler said the gallery is like a centerpiece for the university’s architecture students. “The gallery is right here at the front door of our program,” he said. “This is the place where students show their work. We’re proud of it and it gives students an opportunity to share what they do with people coming in

and out of the building.” There is an informal opening reception for “Running Rampant” and the architecture gallery from 5 to 6 p.m. today, when the public may view the artwork and meet Wessel. The Southern Illinois Culinary Club RSO plans to cater the event.

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hile I am first developing it to protect our troops with support from the U.S. Department of Defense, the goal is to have it available to prevent or reverse noise-induced hearing loss within a day or so of noise exposure in multiple populations worldwide. — Kathleen Campbell professor of otolaryngology

“While I am first developing it to protect our troops with support from the U.S. Department of Defense, the goal is to have it available to prevent or reverse noise-induced hearing loss within a day or so of noise exposure in multiple populations worldwide,“ she said. Chancellor Rita Cheng said the drug is important for Campbell as well as the university because it will bring attention to the university’s medical school. “(Kathleen has) been engaged in this project for a long time. … Getting to Phase 3 is a very significant accomplishment for her, and it brings so much positive attention for

her, her hearing research colleagues and to SIU.” Cheng said the drug also shows the university’s dedication to veterans and the armed forces as a whole. Hearing loss is a complicated science and can be caused by numerous different sources, said Sandie Bass-Ringdahl, coordinator of the Communication Disorders and Sciences program in the university’s rehabilitation institute in Rehn Hall. “You can be born with it, it could be something that is due to a medication you take (or) you can have a virus that causes hearing impairment,” she said. “There are just many things and, of course,

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there is noise exposure.” Bass-Ringdahl said the ear’s hair cells that pick up vibrations can be damaged or destroyed from noise or consistent noise at a certain level. She said the dead hair cells remain inoperative, but it is possible scientists will find a way to regenerate them in our lifetime. Only a hearing aid or a cochlear implant, which is a surgically implanted device that provides a sense of sound for individuals who are severely deaf or hard of hearing, can help individuals with hearing loss at this time, Bass-Ringdahl said. The potential for D-methionine is astounding and is thrilling for the field, she said. “It’s really exciting that Dr. Campbell has a potential medication that might be able to produce noiseinduced hearing impairment,” she said. “That’d be really exciting.” Matt Daray can be reached at mdaray@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 254.

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40 attorneys general urge tight regulation of e-cigarettes MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON — Forty attorneys general sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday urging the agency to meet its own deadline and regulate electronic cigarettes in the same way it regulates tobacco products. The letter, co-sponsored by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, says e-cigarettes are being marketed to children through cartoon-like advertising characters and by offering fruit and candy flavors, much like cigarettes were once marketed to hook new smokers. At the same time, e-cigarettes are becoming more affordable and more widely available as the use of regular cigarettes decline as they become more expensive and less socially acceptable. “Unlike traditional tobacco products, there are no federal age restrictions that would prevent children from obtaining e-cigarettes, nor are there any advertising restrictions,” DeWine wrote. Electronic cigarettes are metal or plastic battery-powered devices resembling traditional cigarettes that heat a liquid nicotine solution, creating vapor that users inhale. Users get nicotine without the chemicals, tar or odor of regular cigarettes.

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eople, especially kids, are being led to believe that e-cigarettes are a safe alternative, but they are highly addictive and can deliver strong doses of nicotine.

E-cigarettes are being advertised during prime-time television hours at a time when many children are watching, according to the letter, which has led a surge in sales and use. The health effects of e-cigarettes have not been adequately studied and the ingredients are not regulated, the letter said. “People, especially kids, are being led to believe that e-cigarettes are a safe alternative, but they are highly addictive and can deliver strong doses of nicotine,” Coakley said. Citing a National Youth Tobacco Surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the attorneys generals said 1.8 million middle and high school students said they had tried e-cigarettes in 2012, mirroring increases in the use of the product by adults. The letter urges the FDA to meet an Oct. 31 deadline to issue proposed regulations that will address the advertising, ingredients and sale to minors of e-cigarettes. The decision has been delayed in the past.

— Martha Coakley Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Kiklas, co-founder and chief financial officer of the industry group, the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, agrees that e-cigarettes should be regulated as tobacco products. The group represents dozens of companies involved in the manufacture and sales of e-cigarettes. “We’re in agreement with responsible restrictions on the marketing and sales of these products,” including a ban on marketing aimed at children, he said. “What I cringe at is when e-cigarettes get demonized.” The other states and territories joining the letter to the FDA, according to Coakley’s office, are: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Washington, and Wyoming.

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CHICAGO — When Adler Planetarium astronomer Mark Hammergren first heard the buzz about comet ISON last fall, he felt a familiar tinge of excitement. The brightest comet in the last century. As vivid as a full moon in the night sky over Chicago. A once-in-a-lifetime, blazing spectacle. But as ISON zips closer to Earth’s orbit, the hunk of ice and dust has done something typically cometish: upended expectations. Compared with original estimates, ISON is already dimmer than expected, reviving bitter memories of the “great” comet Kohoutek. Hyped in 1973 as the comet of that century, Kohoutek fizzled into an unspectacular dud above the southern horizon. Hammergren, who was a kid at the time, recalled being led outside after sunset to view the comet. But instead of a brilliant tail of gas and debris lashing the night sky, all Hammergren saw were contrails. “There is a great saying about comets being like cats,” Hammergren said. “They both have tails and they do what they want.” Indeed, the annals of astronomy are streaked by unexpected comet burnouts and breakups, but also surprising outbursts like the 2007 brightening of comet Holmes. In October of that year, the normally faint comet briefly ballooned into the largest object in the solar system when gases erupting from its surface expanded to a diameter greater than that of the sun. Given the uncertainty, Audrey Fischer, a director of the Chicago Astronomical Society, said “every one of us is holding our breath.” Although the society has already begun to plan viewings, astronomers at the Adler and other observatories are taking a wait-and-see approach, ready to stage events if ISON should suddenly brighten or public interest spikes. Comet ISON was first spotted in September 2012 by scientists working with the International Scientific Optical Network, or ISON for short. At that time, the comet was unexpectedly bright for being so far away, fueling speculation that it would grow to record-breaking radiance by the time it swung around the sun in late November. For now, ISON can be seen in the Northern

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Hemisphere through a powerful telescope — a faint smudge in the constellation of Cancer about 183 million miles away from the sun, said astronomer and Northwestern University lecturer Michael Smutko. “If you are up in the early morning hours, and you know where to (point your telescope), you can see it from Chicago,” said Smutko, who has not yet been inspired to partake in a pre-dawn viewing. By November, however, Smutko hopes that could change. ISON is expected to make the celestial equivalent of a flyby when it passes 730,000 miles above the sun’s surface on Nov. 28. Around that time and into December, astronomers anticipate that ISON will become visible to the naked eye, burning low in the eastern sky. “It does not look like it is going to reach fullmoon brightness, but maybe Venus brightness — brightest star in the night sky,” Smutko said. “It should still put on a decent show.”

Exactly how bright ISON will become, how wide and long it will grow, and whether it will put on a strictly suburban show remain unknowns. ISON is currently speeding through the cosmos at roughly 67,000 mph and is expected to accelerate to about 844,000 mph as it swings around the sun. But because ISON and other comets are so far away from Earth, unlike meteors, they appear relatively static in the sky. Comets are huge chunks of ice, frozen gases, dust and rock, a makeup that gave rise in the 1950s to the so-called dirty snowball model. As comets fall closer to the sun, heat vaporizes the ice, releasing plumes of gas and dust. Sunlight reflects off that debris, illuminating the comet — a word derived from the Greek word meaning “hair of the head.” Particularly bright comets are dubbed “great comets” and have typically appeared about once every 10 years. The last truly great Northern Hemisphere

comet, according to many astronomers, was Hale-Bopp, which was first spotted in 1995 and eventually remained visible for a record 18 months. “It became quite a commonplace sight,” Hammergren recalled. “Even to myself, as a graduate student in astronomy at the time, I would be leaving work and look up and say, ‘Ah, there’s the comet again.’” A comet’s brightness depends on how close it passes to Earth and the sun. But it also comes down to size and composition, making predictions tricky. Hale-Bopp’s core was estimated to be about 25 miles across. ISON’s has been pegged at roughly 3 miles. Comet Holmes’ core, meanwhile, is thought to be about 2. In general, the more ice and gases that can be vaporized, the more stunning the comet, Hammergren said. “We don’t know how ices are distributed around the comet,” he said. “Could there be a big deposit of ice that could be exposed to the sun as it gets closer? Could the comet, as it gets closer, rearrange itself, a landslide on the surface, perhaps, that could expose new ice?” “All of these things could change a comet’s behavior from one day to the next,” he said. Comets that pass particularly close to the sun, like ISON, also risk breaking apart, as comet Elenin did in 2011. In a eulogy of sorts at the time, NASA bid the “uninspiring” celestial nomad a final farewell. “Perhaps a little homage to a classic Monty Python dead parrot sketch is in order,” NASA asteroid expert Don Yeomans was quoted as saying. “Comet Elenin has rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-comet.” Astronomers think chances are relatively low that ISON will share Elenin’s disappointing fate, though they cannot be certain until the comet gets closer to the sun. In the meantime, Hammergren continues to check on ISON’s arrival and brightness at least twice a week, remaining cautiously optimistic in spite of himself. “I’m still hoping that it goes through some kind of major outburst and reverses its recent behavior,” Hammergren said. “You maybe have one shot in a decade of seeing a comet. They are still very special events, very beautiful events and very ephemeral.”

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Humans can sniff out 10 basic odors, scientists say example, “rose,” “floral,” “fragrant” and “violet” belong to the same group, but all of them can be described as “fragrant.”) “It’s sort of like what’s happening when you compress an image or audio file,” said Jason Castro, the neuroscientist at Bates College in Maine who led the effort. “You dump all the redundant stuff and keep only the most essential information.” The result was a list of 10 key odor categories: fragrant, woody/resinous, minty/peppermint, sweet, chemical, popcorn, lemon, fruity (non-citrus), pungent and decayed. “For any given odor, we can assign it to one of 10 of these perceptual buckets,” said Castro, who reported the results this week in the journal PLOS ONE. Odors in the fragrant category included lavender, soap and cologne, while freshly cut grass and mushrooms gave off a woody/resinous smell. Eucalyptus, camphor and tea leaves were considered minty/peppermint scents. Sweet odors included vanilla, almond and chocolate. Kerosene and ammonia fell into the chemical category. Butter, molasses and fried chicken were lumped into the popcorn group. Oranges and other citrus fruits were grouped as lemon odors, while the other fruits went into their own category. Rounding out the list were pungent odors like garlic and sour milk, and decaying smells such as rotten meat and manure. Each odor in the database fell into

MELISSA PANDIKA Los Angeles Times It might seem that the range of scents humans can detect is infinite, but scientists have managed to sort them all into 10 basic categories, ranging from peppermint to pungent. The classifications are meant to be the olfactory equivalent of the five basic tastes (sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami). To come up with the 10 scents, neuroscientists turned to a 30-yearold database that contained profiles of 144 odors. Each odor was assessed by human subjects, who were given a list of 146 words and asked to rate how well each word described the odor. The researchers wanted to see if they could look for patterns in those responses that would help them group the odors into distinct categories. Using statistics, they analyzed how the 146 words were used and how they were related to one another. Some words were almost always used together, like “fruity” and “honey.” Others were rarely or never paired, like “fecal” and “minty.” Words that were hardly used at all were ignored in the analysis. By the end of the analysis, the researchers came up with total of 10 distinct groups of words that tended to be used together. The researchers then identified the key word in each group that described the fundamental characteristic shared by all the group members. (For

only one category, but it’s possible that other odors — such as kettle corn or coffee — might belong to multiple categories, Castro noted. The researchers have not yet tested these categories on people to see whether humans would make the same distinctions. But there is reason to believe they might, since the categories were not completely subjective. As part of the study, Castro and his colleagues examined the chemical structures of odors in the woody/resinous group using data from earlier studies. They found that several of these odors had similar chemical structures. This surprising finding suggests it may be possible to predict how a chemical will smell based on how it’s built. If so, that would have practical applications, Castro said. For instance, it could be useful for developing devices that “sniff out” cancer and other medical conditions. In the meantime, scientists need to investigate whether the 10 categories can describe more odors, said Leslie Kay, a neuroscientist at the University of Chicago who wasn’t involved in the study. The 144-odor database “is still a small collection of the odors we encounter in our world,” she said. What’s more, the odors tested consisted of only one type of molecule. In reality, most odors contain dozens of types of molecules. Still, the new scheme is “very good first step,” Kay said. “It’s like finding the color wheel for odor. It’s immeasurable.”

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Stop pumping animals with antibiotics SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS When historians look back on our time, one question they’re likely to ask is this: How could people have been so stupid as to cripple the lifesaving power of antibiotics by letting farmers pump cows, pigs and chickens full of them? It’s a clear case of putting profits before people’s lives, and if the FDA and Congress won’t act, California should show them how. Scientists have been trying for 40 years to get the FDA to ban — or at least slow — the practice of pumping large amounts of antibiotics into farm animals. This widespread use has led bacteria to develop resistance to the drugs, whose therapeutic value for humans is gradually destroyed. Fully 75 percent of antibiotic use today is in feed additives for farm animals to promote faster growth and reduce the risk of disease, especially in overcrowded factory farms. The European Union in 2006 recognized the risk and banned the use of antibiotics for these purposes. But in the United States, the politically powerful farm industry has beaten back every attempt by downplaying the risk and threatening higher meat prices. Both arguments are bogus. The Centers for Disease Control last week for the first time quantified the number of Americans — 23,000 — who now die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections. More frightening, last year 2 million Americans fell ill to drug-resistant bacteria. As antibiotics become less and less effective, more people

will die from these infections. “We are getting closer and closer to the cliff,” said Dr. Michael Bell, the CDC official who presented the results of the study. As to rising prices, a National Academy of Sciences study found that banning the use of antibiotics in farm animals for purposes other than curing disease would result in a consumer cost increase of just $5 to $10 per person per year — a pittance to pay for preserving the ability of humans to fight infection. And don’t even start arguing that the price increase will hit the poor harder. Low-income Americans are at far greater risk from drugresistant bacteria, since the wealthy get earlier and better medical care. Health threats in the national food supply demand federal action. But the FDA and Congress have known about this danger since at least 1977, and all they’ve done so far is to politely ask the industry to voluntarily, if it wouldn’t mind, reduce antibiotic use. Factory farmers yawned and ignored them. California has set the pace for the nation on clean-air regulation and other health advances that eventually went national. If the FDA and Congress continue to ignore this very serious threat to public health, California should set rules for meat raised or sold in the state. It is a huge market — and even if factory farmers across the country try to ignore it, consumers are likely to take notice. Especially as the number of deaths from antibiotic-resistant infection continues to grow.

Invading Syria: Advantageous or Asinine? CASI SCHEIDT JUNIOR STUDYING ENGLISH CHARLESTON SC The current conflict within Syria is escalating rather quickly, with nations such as the U.S., Russia, China, and Iran taking sides and increasing tensions all around. There has been much debate over whether or not Obama’s threats to invade Syria are the best course of action in reaching a resolution on chemical weapons use. As with many others, I believe that invasion is not our best course— and is, in fact, a very bad idea. Throughout history, it seems that the United States has prided itself on being “the good guys” when it comes to other nations’ conflicts, aiming to assist groups in other nations that are unable to help themselves. However, in the Syrian situation, both the government and rebel groups are accused of committing various war crimes, leading to the conclusion that neither side is particularly willing to follow international war regulations, and therefore should not be interfered with by outside forces. Though the war criminals will have to be reprimanded and sentenced by the United Nations, the United States must not take the conflict into its own hands. Vladimir Putin’s argument against the invasion is incredibly logical. I agree that it is likely to cause an escalation in violence, deaths, and tension among several nations. The invasion of Syria would spread the conflict beyond the Syrian border and very possibly increase terrorist focus on the United

States. Furthermore, invading would lead to conflict between the United States and other nations, such as Russia and China. The increased tensions among nations could, in all likelihood, lead to the long-feared World War III. Whether or not this worst case scenario becomes a reality, military action would cripple the already weak American economy, leading to another Great Depression, and possibly the collapse of our nation as a whole. Some of these ideas may seem a bit far-fetched to certain individuals, but it is important to realize that military conflict has, historically speaking, a tendency to create an irreversible domino effect of events. The assassination of a single person led to an entire world war in the past, so it is not unreasonable to assume that mass murder, chemical warfare, and invasion cannot do the same.Currently, the U.S. is participating in the development of a resolution, as well as the disposal of Syrian chemical weapons, which President Assad’s government has agreed to honor. However, it is not certain whether or not the government’s promises are genuine, and some military rebellion groups have rejected the proposal entirely. If the plan is approved, regardless of rebel rejection, it will be achieved only with great difficulty, seeing as though organizing the procedure will take place within escalating bloodshed. Whether this plan is executed, redrafted, or dropped entirely in favor of a new proposal, the only sensible thing for America to do is this:continue diplomatic efforts and prepare for, rather than fuel, the worst.

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Aurora Garcia, a junior from East Moline studying paralegal studies, wipes whipped cream off her face Friday in front of Faner Hall. Garcia and her sorority sisters from Gamma Phi Omega were being pied to raise money for the American Diabetes Association. Sorority President Elizabeth Estrada, a junior from Grayslake studying elementary education, said she is proud of her sorority’s contribution to the cause. “We support American Diabetes Association because Gamma Phi Omega wants to give back to the community and wants to be a part of something bigger,” she said.

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DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO — Grammy-award winning hip-hop artist Common, who has openly worried about the violence in Chicago, was in his hometown Friday to help celebrate the city’s music scene when he was confronted with a brutal reminder of what he’s been talking about: a story about a hail of gunfire that wounded 13 people. “It makes me think I got to do more; we got to do more,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press after giving a speech as the keynote speaker at the Chicago Music Summit, a conference to help local musicians and music professionals with their careers. Police say Thursday night’s shooting appears to be gang related. For the 41-year-old Common, that underscores concerns that the edgy rap music of the generation of rappers that came behind him is not only providing the soundtrack for gangs, but might just be helping to fuel the fire of gang violence. “To decide to take someone’s life, I don’t think they let a rap song determine that,” he said, adding that rap artists simply reflect the violence of the streets, and don’t cause it. At the same time, he said, fans of young rappers, whose music provides a window into a violent lifestyle, are “influenced by that energy

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hat you get with a lot of young artists is if they gang bang on YouTube, pull guns and threaten someone else, this will give them a million YouTube views or 80,000 Twitter followers overnight ... They see it as a check, a way to get paid and this way out of poverty. — Che “Rhymefest” Smith Grammy-winning rap artist

and take it the wrong way.” Common has thought about it enough to once suggest a “peace summit” with Chief Keef, a younger Chicago rapper whose music includes references to weapons and who was arrested after pointing a gun at police officers and after a video showed him firing a semiautomatic rifle at a gun range. In fact, rap music made its way into Thursday’s shooting. A relative of a 3-year-old boy who was shot in the face said the child’s uncle was an aspiring rapper who was fatally shot in Chicago this month. Such a link is not surprising to Grammy-winning rap artist Che “Rhymefest” Smith. He said he believes that at the very least aspiring rappers who are living in poor neighborhoods see the display of a violent gang lifestyle as their route to riches and fame. “What you get with a lot of young artists is if they gang bang on YouTube, pull guns and threaten someone

else, this will give them a million YouTube views or 80,000 Twitter followers overnight,” said Rhymefest, a Chicago resident who once ran for a seat on the City Council. “They see it as a check, a way to get paid and this way out of poverty.” Common said the key to ending the cycle of violence that rap music has been linked to for years is more educational programs and other initiatives, and that rap artists should help those programs in any way they can. At the same time, Common, who has his own foundation that exposes disadvantaged young people to the creative arts, said that while he still believes a “peace summit” would be effective, it is only a first step. “There has to be a consistent followthrough,” he said. “Young people ... some of them may not be in a place where they can say, ‘OK, I’m going to stop (violent behavior)’” he said. “It may be a process. You have to deal with that.”

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Flynn walks the ‘Country Mile’ JAKE SAUNDERS Daily Egyptian Opening with the essence of the road, in lyric, taste and feel: the tempo moves through the sullied gravel and picks up running with English folkrock band Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit’s new album, “Country Mile.” Flynn’s album begins with the eponymous track. In the same solemn vein of 2008’s “A Larum” and with the refrain of 2010’s “Been Listening,” Flynn’s last two albums, “Country Mile” initiates the concentrated movement. The journey commences with earnest livelihood and produces a blend of vocal harmony in foot-tapping sway from the Sussex Wit, backing Flynn’s signature Johnson Resonator with drum and electric guitar. One step over the other, a baritone vocal from Flynn is accompanied by the light timbre from his sister, Lillie. Melody creating euphoria, casting glances into the distance, perceiving what is to come: strong, powerful, winding and driving, the subtle yet raw crescendo summoning exclaim. The album progresses down the road with “After Elliot.” Riddled with notes a kin to Flynn’s striking single “The Box,”

the listener feels familiar territory as they waltz about the ground below. One feels their feet moving with ease as the lapguitar produces floating notes about the canvass path. The land becomes slowly estranged, feeling lost and noting the uniqueness of Flynn’s newest endeavor: enrapturing the ear with harmonious buzz, quenching the palate with gulps of encroaching rhythm. The listener enters now what feels as though acquainted with “The Prizefighter and the Heiress” and “Howl.” Enchanting electric guitar conveyed with familial vocal tone rising and falling wayside by trumpet accompaniment bellowing through. The song barrels forth and drives our walking, captivated by the pleasantries of the grassy notes and the rocky guitar staccato, all surmounting within “The Lady is Risen.” The listener ventures farther than ever along the melodic roadway, standing under shaded canopies from the trees of “Murmuration” and “Gypsy Hymn” that let breezes alternate: cooling and calm and warm and chaotic. One finds their destination in “Folde-Rol” in which they have met the West and the climactic concluding theme of the album. It is to have been on

a journey, a long awaited trek of which one must dance under the signs of life as well as take upon new endeavors - and as Flynn suggests, to the West, and the Sussex Wit accomplish their task with such beautiful composure. The listener comes upon a point of maturity of which Flynn creates within “Einstein’s Idea,” hitting a wonderful falsetto much different and further controlled than prior albums, though all excellent, this is progression. One finally hears the album in full swing with “Bottom of the Sea Blues,” a rather ecstatic sounding song despite the bluesy title, and the song grows into the quick-paced lyrical as seen through “Cold Bread” in the past, and closing itself with “Time Unremembered” and finally falling asleep where the body has now ventured far enough into the great unknown and wild yonder to dream. The album “Country Mile” is pure excitement and blissful pleasure. It thrives completely on Flynn’s household guitar-riffs and vocal patterns. Flynn is now embarking on his solo tour promoting the album, though he has recently been seen opening for Mumford and Sons. He will be make a few stops about the US, performing extensively in Europe.

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WORLD & NATION JASON STRAZIUSO TOM ODULA Associated Press N A I RO B I , Ke n y a — Kenyan security forces battled al-Qaidalinked terrorists in an upscale mall for a fourth day Tuesday in what they said was a final push to rescue the last few hostages in a siege that has left at least 62 people dead. Despite Kenyan government assurances of success on Twitter, another explosion and more gunfire could be heard coming from the mall at around 6:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Associated Press

reporters at the scene said. Security forces carried a body out of the mall, which remained on fire, with flames and smoke visible. While the government announced Sunday that “most” hostages had been released, a security expert with contacts inside the mall said at least 10 were still being held by a band of attackers described as “a multinational collection from all over the world.” Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed said “two or three Americans” and “one Brit” were among those who attacked the mall. She said in an interview with the

PBS “NewsHour” program that the Americans were 18 to 19 years old, of Somali or Arab origin and lived “in Minnesota and one other place” in the U.S. The attacker from Britain was a woman who has “done this many times before,” Mohamed said. U.S. officials said they were looking into whether any Americans were involved. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday that the department had “no definitive evidence of the nationalities or the identities” of the attackers. The security expert, who insisted

on anonymity to talk freely about the situation, said many hostages had been freed or escaped in the previous 24-36 hours, including some who were in hiding. However, there were at least 30 hostages when the assault by alShabab militants began Saturday, he said, and “it’s clear” that Kenyan security officials “haven’t cleared the building fully.” Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group, al-Shabab, which claimed responsibility for the attack, said the hostage-takers were well-armed and ready to take on the Kenyan forces. Flames and dark plumes of

smoke rose Monday above the Westgate shopping complex for more than an hour after four large explosions rocked the surrounding neighborhood. The smoke was pouring through a large skylight inside the mall’s main department and grocery store, where mattresses and other flammable goods appeared to have been set on fire, a person with knowledge of the rescue operation told The Associated Press. The explosions were followed by volleys of gunfire as police helicopters and a military jet circled overhead, giving the neighborhood the feel of a war zone.

Cops: Wounded gang member behind Chicago shooting Associated Press C H I C AG O — A Chicago man who was clipped in the leg by gunfire Thursday, went looking for revenge, leading fellow gang members to a crowded park, where one of them unleashed more than a dozen bullets from an assault rifle in a shooting that wounded 13 people, including a 3-year-old boy, authorities say.

Last week’s attack at a basketball court on Chicago’s southwest side did injure several gang members. But the rapid spray of bullets also struck bystanders in a shooting that has again focused national attention on gang bloodshed in the nation’s third-largest city. Authorities announced Tuesday that four men have been charged, including the suspected primary shooter, a second

man accused of firing a .22-caliber revolver, a lookout and the man prosecutors say supplied the assault rifle. A judge denied bail for the group, who appeared lined up in court still wearing the street clothes they had on when they were arrested. Each is charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, though additional charges were expected. A defense attorney said each of the four denied the

charges, and one of their mothers cried in the second row of the gallery. “There’s a super-heated group of individuals who are involved in gun violence as both victims and offenders,” police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said at a news conference. “And in this case we’ve got them both wrapped into one. “This individual was a victim of gun violence and then became the offender,” he said of the man authorities say was

the central player in the shooting. Bryon Champ and his co-defendants are members of the Blackstones gang, prosecutors said. After Champ was grazed by gunfire from a rival gang member, co-defendant Brad Jett, 22, went on a scouting mission to find members of the rival Gangster Disciples and spotted several of them in the Cornell Square Park, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

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Senior golfer Cassie Rushing putts Sept. 2 during practice at Hickory Ridge Golf Course. The Salukis competed in Manhattan, Kan. Monday and Tuesday for the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational, hosted by Kansas State University, and finished 14th in the tournament.

TYLER DIXON Daily Egyptian The women’s golf team could not come back after a disappointing first round Monday, and finished 14th in the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational at Kansas State University. Fifteen teams competed in the twoday tournament, which featured Big-12 power-house Kansas. The team traveled to Manhattan, Kan., where it competed in a practice round on Sunday before play started the next day. Senior Cassie Rushing said she wasn’t too enthused going in, because she knew the weather could be a factor. “I wasn’t really that confident going into this weekend’s tournament anyway,” Cassie Rushing said. “The wind was strong, and when you’re not used to playing in that wind, it doesn’t help your confidence at all.” Rushing led the Salukis after the first round with an 83 on the par 72 course. Rushing had a solid round through 11 holes on the first day, but carded a nine of the par-4 fourteenth. Freshman Brooke Cusumano entered the second tournament as the number two qualifier, just as she did in the last tournament. Cusumano and junior Kris Grimes finished at 87 after the first round. Freshman Xainmei Jin shot an 88 while senior Ashleigh

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As is every season, the MVFC will be a dogfight and I doubt anyone will make it out unscathed. The Salukis will suffer their fair share of losses, but what matters is how the Salukis bounce back each week. This year’s team members recall how close they were to returning to the playoffs last season and wants to finish what the 2012 team could not. However it is not that the Salukis need any added motivation for Saturday’s game. The Salukis

Rushing totaled an 89. The leader after day one was Kansas sophomore Yupaporn Kawinpakorn, who played solid golf en route to a 72. She finished the day with 15 pars, two birdies and one double bogey. Three Saluki golfers improved their second-round score by five shots. Cassie Rushing continued her impressive career with a 78, her 60th round in the 70s as a Saluki. Rushing was finished with three birdies in her second 18. Cusumano was able to rebound from her opening round 87 to an 82 in her second 18 holes of the tournament. Jin jumped from an 88 to an 82 and Ashleigh Rushing improved by four strokes for an 85. Ashleigh Rushing said even though she didn’t play well, she didn’t let it affect her attitude toward the other players. “I feel like overall even though I played bad, my attitude about how bad I was playing was good,” Ashleigh Rushing said. “I tried to stay calm and positive.” Kansas’ Kawinpakorn had a tie for the lead after the second day with Kansas State senior Gianna Misenhelter with 2-over-par. Misenhelter had an opening round score of 75 but was able to find her rhythm and had four birdies in the second round where she shot a

71. Both golfers, who were leading through the opening day, struggled in the final round. Kawinpakorn finished with an 89 and Misenhelter with an 87. The tournament ended as rough as it started for SIU. The Salukis had three players shoot in the 80s and two finished in the 90s. Cassie Rushing led SIU with a score of 245 during the two days. Kansas senior Meghan Potee won the tournament with an overall score of 224. The Jayhawks also won the tournament by 15 strokes. They shot a combined 926. After only a few days of rest, the team will head to Kansas City where they will compete in the University of Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroo Fall Invitational Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. SIU will become very familiar with UMKC throughout the fall season as the rival school competed in the Kansas State tournament, and will be seen again in the final three tournaments of the fall season. Ashleigh Rushing said the team could encounter some of the same weather difficulties they faced this past weekend at the next tournament. “I’m assuming since we’re close to Kansas again, it’ll probably be windy,” Ashleigh Rushing said.

should see a bigger crowd against Youngstown State because of the significance of the weekend. Saturday’s matchup against Youngstown State comes on Family Weekend and is also the thirdannual Saluki Black Out Cancer game. Lennon said the game is a huge moment to raise money for a great cause. “It’s a great opportunity to be involved with, and it’s a worthwhile fundraising activity to be a part of while giving back to the community, especially now with this being a pretty significant

game,” Lennon said. Lennon said the game was moved earlier in the season to better the attendance. “The previous two years, we have had this game at the end of the season, and the attendance wasn’t what we had really hoped for,” Lennon said. We hope that we can benefit from an early-season game, the conference opener, and to really have an opportunity to raise some money for a worthwhile cause.”

Tyler Dixon can be reached at tdixon@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext 269.

Terrance Peacock can be reached at tpeacock@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 256.

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Junior golfer Steven Souchek watches his ball during practice Monday at Hickory Ridge Golf Course. Souchek, a transfer student from John A. Logan College, has already established himself as one of SIU’s best new golfers, according to men’s golf coach Leroy Newton. “Right now, he is one of the top four players,” Newton said. “We are expecting him with his junior college experience to always be a counter for us, and to be one of the top one or two players on the team.”

Junior Steve Souchek has found success in every level of golf he has competed in, and hopes to thrive at SIU. Souchek started playing golf with his dad when he was a child. His father, Terry Souchek, said his son golfed in junior PGA tournaments and even won a few medals. It was around that time when they both noticed he had some talent to build on. Souchek’s father said his work ethic was tremendous, and was rarely a concern. “Holy cow, it’ll be July 13 in the middle of summer,” Souchek said. “It’ll be 110 degrees, and he will be out there chipping and putting.” The Columbia native played golf throughout high school, making it to state three years. Souchek’s team finished in second place his freshman year, and he finished in second place as an individual his junior year. He took that success to John A. Logan College, where he continued to achieve. Both years he was a National Junior College Athletic Association All-American, as well as a PING All-Region player. His freshman year he placed eighth at the NJCAA National Championship and his sophomore year he placed 12th. The national tournament holds Souchek’s fondest golf memory. “My freshman year at Logan, I made probably a 50-footer for birdie on the last hole at Nationals to put us into a playoff for second place as a team,” Souchek said. Souchek transferred to SIU in the fall, and has already proven to coach Leroy Newton that he is one of the best on the team. “Right now, he is one of the top four players,” Newton said. “We are expecting him with his junior college experience to always be a counter for us, and to be one of the top one or two players on the team.” Sophomore Drew Novara, fellow teammate and roommate, said having Souchek on the team is an enjoyable experience.

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“Steve is just a solid player,” Novara said. “He’s usually been pretty consistent, he beat me up at the U.S Amateur, he’s really easygoing and he just loves to play some good golf.” Newton, Novara and Souchek’s father all agreed about his best qualities as a golfer. They said he is mature enough to know there are more important things than golf, and that he does not stay discouraged after bad shots. Souchek’s father said his son is a good student, and it does not matter to him how far he goes in golf. He said grades come first, and it is more important to get a degree. “I want to see him graduate with a nice grade point average,” Souchek said. “That’s the number one thing on my list.” Souchek said his personal goals include winning a tournament or two, and winning the Missouri Valley Conference tournament as a team. His ultimate goal with golf is to become a successful professional, and he is happy that he can use playing at SIU to his advantage. Souchek has talked about becoming a collegiate golf coach, and he said playing for SIU only increases that possibility. He has gone from competing against his father, to competing in high school and junior college, to competing at SIU. While there are aspects of his game that could use improvement, Souchek’s peers recognize his talent, and love for the game of golf. Aaron Graff can be contacted at agraff@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 282.

SIU football gears up for conference run THE EXTRA POINT WITH TERRANCE PEACOCK TERRANCE PEACOCK Daily Egyptian The Salukis came out of their nonconference schedule with a modest 2-2 record with agonizing defeats against Illinois and Eastern Illinois and impressive wins over the University of Charleston and Southeast Missouri State. In the first four games, SIU competed with teams that posed a threat, and proved to run over teams that shouldn’t

be in sniffing distance of a win. The Salukis showed what they are capable of, and now the real season begins. As senior quarterback Kory Faulkner said after defeating SEMO Saturday in St. Louis, it’s no secret, the Salukis play in arguably the best conference in the Football Championship Subdivision. On Saturday, the Salukis will start their journey toward winning the Missouri Valley Football Conference for the first time since 2009. Coach Dale Lennon said his team members found themselves after playing out the non-conference schedule. “We now have a pretty good understanding of who we are and what we would like to do when Saturday comes,” Lennon said. “The previous four games have served us well, but I wish we were better than 2-2. However, there are still eight games in front of us.” The journey won’t be easy, as the Salukis’ first three conference opponents

have a combined 9-2 record with the only losses coming against Big Ten opponents Nebraska and Michigan State. After SIU weathers that storm, they will have to face back-to-back national champion North Dakota State for homecoming. The Bison own a 31-2 record since 2010 and have won the MVFC the past two years. But first, the Salukis will have to get through Youngstown State on Saturday. The Penguins return with an experienced quarterback and have a rotation of running backs. Their defense lost a core of starters from the 2012 team, but brought back the bulk of their linebackers and most of their secondary. Lennon said Youngstown State’s roster is fairly similar to SIU’s. “They’re very talented,” Lennon said. “They’re a little bit like us, and they are a balanced team.” Please see COLUMN | 11

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Team captains, from left, senior linebacker Bryan Presume, senior quarterback Kory Faulkner, senior fullback Ray Agnew and junior linebacker Tyler Williamson wait to shake hands with the Southeast Missouri State University captains Saturday before the College Classic at Busch Stadium. The Salukis’ are 2-2 leading into conference play, which begins Saturday against Youngstown State University at Saluki Stadium. The Salukis are ranked fourth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in offense averaging 442.3 offensive yards per game, while their defense leads the conference in rushing yards averaging 83.5 yards per game.