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Run, hide or fight for your life Dana Stoerger Daily Egyptian

A door is kicked open, and behind it is an assailant with a gun. Do you run, hide or fight? ROTC cadets must make this decision during active shooter drills to help cadets learn how to react in dangerous situations. One such drill took place Thursday on Greek Row near Campus Lake. “We want to make it more real for them,” said Maj. Matt Morse, SIU

assistant professor of military science. Morse and officers from the Department of Public Safety conducted scenarios adapted from the “Run. Hide. Fight.” program, designed by the U.S Department of Homeland Security. Morse said this program aims to help people respond to an active shooter on campus. “This is some new curriculum that came down this past summer,” Morse said. One drill included cadets simulating active

shooters on the floor of a campus building. Cadets had to respond to stun grenades thrown near them and blank bullet cartridges fired at them. Their responses ranged from running from the threat, hiding or fighting. “It is something I thought about, and contacted the police department and asked what can they do for us. What can you show our students,” Morse said. “We always train for the ‘what if?’ … now we’re prepared.” Please see PREPAREDNESS · 2

Horsing around in Prairie du Rocher Ill. tax debate affects SIU Dana Stoerger Daily Egyptian

L ewis M arien D aiLy e gyptian Peyton Lachance, 8, left, and Lane Leonard, 9, both of Prairie du Rocher, are pulled on a carriage by their horse Sunday in Prairie du Rocher. Lachance and Leonard, who are neighbors, share the horse. “Usually I’m the passenger while Lane is the driver,” Lachance said. Jim Leonard, Lane’s father, said they ride with one of Lane’s six horses around the town almost every weekend. “Usually they have one of their bigger horses when they’re out here, but they like to change it up sometimes,” Jim Leonard said.

Taxes are an ever-present force in Americans’ lives, and the debate about how high they should be rages on in Illinois government. Illinois politicians are debating whether to let the Temporary Tax Increase of 2011 expire in January 2015. The Temporary Tax Increase of 2011 raised the individual income tax rate from 3 percent to 5 percent. According to the Operating Budget Book for 2015, the fiscal year 2014 projected gross Individual Income Tax receipts are expected to bring in more than the original estimate of $17.7 billion. “The revenue in excess of forecast was primarily driven by capital gains on asset sales, dividends and interest income,” according to the budget book. Bruce Rauner, the Republican candidate for Illinois governor, said the bill needs to end during a campaign stop at the Hunter building in Carbondale on Sept. 30. “In the next year we need to go back down [from 5 percent] to 3.75 percent, that’s the law. Then we need to roll it all the way back to 3 percent,” he said. Rauner said he would like to increase sales taxes to make up for the shortfall in revenue from the income tax cut. “Right now, we only tax products, and we could be taxing some services,” he said. Rauner said other states with more balanced budgets have a broader sales tax. Please see TAX · 3

Toxic algae reduces triathalon to duathalon Austin Miller Daily Egyptian

Campus Lake closed Friday because of high levels of toxic algae. While there have been no reports of dead fish or injured people, the 32nd Annual Doc Spackman Memorial Triathlon on Saturday appears to be the only thing affected by the algae. Kevin Bame, vice chancellor for administration and finance, said a university employee noticed the water was looking different, and tests were conducted which revealed traces of a toxic blue-green algae in the water. Bame said warning signs have been posted and everyone should stay out of the water until the university declares the lake safe. The race, named in honor of former SIU athletic trainer and fitness expert, Robert ‘Doc’ Spackman, has made its transition from spring to fall. The race features a 350-meter swim, a five-mile bicycle ride and two-mile run. A new “Sprint” race—a 700-meter swim, 10-mile bike, and 4-mile

run—was added this year. The swimming legs of reach race were canceled, which turned the triathlon into a duathlon, said Jason Davis, event organizer. Davis said he heard the news about the lake Friday morning and began contacting more than 50 competitors. “It really took me by surprise,” Davis said. “We had a practice swim on Tuesday night and the water was just fine.” Nathan Wells, a 25-year-old graduate student studying environmental policy at the University of Michigan, had the best overall time in the race, finishing in 32 minutes and 31 seconds. Wells said he has raced two triathlons in Chicago and competed in the Spackman because his friend, David Broughton, was looking to get into the sport. He said he was relieved the swimming portion of the triathlon was canceled. “When I woke up this morning and saw what L uke n ozicka D aiLy e gyptian the temperature was, I felt better knowing I Participants of the 32nd Doc Spackman Triathlon Festival run around Campus Lake Saturday. The triathwouldn’t have to get in the water,” he said.

lon became a duathlon, a run then bike competition, after the university removed the swimming portion

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He said making these scenarios as real as possible will help the cadets respond correctly. Cody Kindle, a sophomore from Pittsfield studying biological sciences, said the training is appropriate given the amount of campus violence around the country. “It is good timing with everything going on. We are learning first-hand experience for if something were to happen,” he said.

On the Run. Hide. Fight. webpage there is an active shooter booklet that discusses what to do in different situations. Morse said students may not think anything like this could ever happen, but urged them to look at the information online from the Department of Homeland Security. He said SIU police go through training like this, and would be a knowledgeable resource for concerned students. The officers at the drills said watching the

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The temperature at the start of the race was 43 degrees. Davis said 15 additional people showed up on Saturday to register and partake in the event. “Considering the circumstances with the water, temperature and wind, overall everything went really well,” Davis said. Bame said in a press release issued Friday that the algae causing the closure is the same algae that forced Carbondale administrators to close Evergreen Reservoir and Piles Fork Creek in June. He said this process occurred naturally because of a long stretch of high temperatures and little rainfall. The algae will drain the water of oxygen, which could kill the wildlife living in Campus Lake, Bame said. The algae may also cause a rash if it makes contact with human skin. Bame said the only way to get rid of the algae is for temperatures to drop. “There’s nothing we can do,” he said. “We just have to let nature run its course.”

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Maintaining the state’s current income tax rate is one of the ways Gov. Pat Quinn would like to rebound Illinois’ finances, a March press release from the Illinois Government News Network said. “Illinois is in a stronger financial position now than we were five years ago and now is the time to end the era of fiscal cliffs and secure Illinois’ long-term financial future,” Quinn said. Any change in tax rates will affect the university’s operating budget, said Adrian Miller, the student trustee for the SIU Board of Trustees. “Students need to realize how much our university does receive from the state of Illinois,” Miller said. He said the decision concerning taxes could be potentially damaging. “State institutions have made a lot of cuts, and the number of people who are employed by the SIU system is astronomical,” Miller said. “I think the impact this would have on the region would be detrimental.” Most SIU students receive aid from M.A.P. and Pell Grant programs and making sure they are in place and well funded is a goal of the SIU Board of Trustees. The debate will continue until the new governor and state representatives are sworn in after the elections. It is the Illinois General Assembly’s duty to prepare a budget proposal that will then be approved by the governor. The elections are on Nov. 4. Miller said students need to be sure they are represented not only as students, but also as citizens of their district. “It is so important for students to vote in the district that SIU is in,” he said. “We should have a strong voice in what is done. Making sure we are represented as an institution but as a student body also.” The Student Center will host voting this year for the first time. If students are not registered to vote by the Oct. 7 deadline, the can register online at https://ova.elections.il.gov.

ABOVE: Georgia Wessel, of Carbondale, shops for tomatoes Saturday at the Carbondale Farmer’s market at the West Town Mall parking lot. “I come every week,” Wessel said. “It’s great to come out and shop locally.” The market is open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. every Saturday from April to November at the West Town Mall parking lot. n ick G alindo d aily e Gyptian RIGHT: Homer Jenkins of Murphysboro arranges vegetables Saturday at the Carbondale Farmer’s Market at Carbondale Community High School. He and his wife Angie run the stand, which displays the name of his business, “Homer Grown.” The Jenkins’ plant six acres of land in different vegetables for the market. S arah G ardner d aily e Gyptian

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McLeod Theatre opens its curtains Chase Myers Daily Egyptian

A curtain with the words “Robin Hood” displayed was presented while performers took the stage for the opening number, a song that included an intentionally corny dance number and the sudden death of a leading lady. What would come next would be a journey filled with humor and mystery. The SIU theatre department opened its 2014-2015 season this weekend with the show “Curtains,” which was directed, and choreographed by Erica Gould, with help from associate choreographer Cody Walker, musical director and conductor Kevin Smith and many others. Gould is a musical director from New York and a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a labor union that helps direct and choreograph shows all over the country. She is also a part of a program called the Guest Artist Initiative, which helps bring professional directors to colleges through an application and interview process. The production included a six-week rehearsal process and night shows on Thursday through Saturday, followed by a matinee performance on Sunday. “It has been challenging and thrilling,” Gould said. Gould and the artistic staff decided to put a spin on the production that differs from the Broadway production, which posed problems because of the difference in space and cast, she said. “I felt that there was another way to go than the way they did it originally that was more interesting to me,” she

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they did it originally that was more interesting to me. I started to get ideas for going down a different road.

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said. “I started to get ideas for going down a different road.” The central plot of the production involves a show within a show, and takes place at the Colonial Theatre in Boston in 1959, just before it was renovated. The cast of “Robin Hood” is struggling and the leading lady is mysteriously murdered by poison at the end of the show. Lt. Frank Cioffi, played by Chad Ferriell, a freshman from Newburgh, Ind. studying musical theatre, is put on the case and in order to narrow down the suspects, he locks the cast and crew in the theatre for the duration of the investigation. “We’re site-specific,” Gould said. “Rather than putting a theatre on stage, why not be in the theatre in which the play takes place and the play is very much about the theatre.” The cast and crew had the enormous task of transforming the theatre and taking the audience back in time, not only aesthetically through the set but in the way the characters act and interact with each other. Ferriell’s character, Lt. Cioffi, serves as conflict resolution for the production and is one of the lead characters who has a secret love for theatre while becoming close to the cast in the process. Ferriell said he had to adapt

several of his characteristics for the show including weakening his posture and using a thick Boston accent, who he thanks SIU professor Susan Patrick Benson for helping him with. “She just went over the basics [with me] of certain things that New Yorkers and Bostoners say,” he said. “She gave me the building blocks…and the voice was really fun to work with.” Lt. Cioffi develops a love for one of the members of the suspected cast named Nikki Harris who is played by Alexis Nwokiji, a freshman from Mt. Juliet, Tenn. studying theatre. Ferriell and Nwokoji developed a dynamic on stage and spent lots of time together developing their characters, Ferriell said. “Working close with Chad was really easy because we’re both freshman,” Nwokoji said. “He kept very lighthearted and made it very easy to be his opposite because of that.” Ferriell, Nwokoji and Gould said they would like to thank the whole cast and crew immensely as well as the artistic and technical staff who worked so hard to put the production together. Chase Myers can be reached at cmyers@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @chasemyers_DE or 536-3311 ext. 273

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Former SIU students work on ‘Gone Girl’ Jacob Pierce Daily Egyptian

With enough hard work, dedication and passion anything is possible. Two former Salukis can vouch for that. Movie director David Fincher’s latest project, “Gone Girl,” was released on October third. Two former SIU students worked on its production. Aaron Mager, 27 from Columbia, worked as a general personal assistant and then moved to the camera department and Jack Piatt, 38 from Eaton, Ohio, was an assistant to the art department. The two worked out of Cape Girardeau, Mo., where some of the movie’s scenes were shot. Mager was working on his bachelor’s in cinema and photography at Southern Illinois University when he got a call from Piat saying he’d gotten him a job on the movie. He started his filmmaking career at a young age with a few friends way before getting any classroom experience. “We had a video class in high school,” Mager said. “But it was just ok. It was kind of more around photojournalism.” Before attending the university, Mager joined the Navy as a combat photographer. After finding himself based on a ship in San Diego, he decided he wanted to go to college. Mager said there were several factors that went into choosing SIU, including being close to family, Illinois’ veteran educational benefits and SIU’s film program. “I decided Los Angeles could wait,” Mager said. “I would be in Los Angeles eventually and this would probably be the

last chance to be around my family.” Mager hopped on any opportunity he could find once he came to Carbondale. He started a group with a few people at the college dedicated to producing films—which would later become known as the Movie Camera Miltia. Last year, Mager said he had heard that Piatt, had received a job working on a flim production called “Gone Girl.” During a week of pre-production, Piatt met with Mager and told him he would try and get him a job working on the film. After a period of time where he heard nothing, Piatt reached out to Mager. “I asked him if I could start tomorrow,” he said. “ Even with a job and just starting classes, I still decided to go off. These chances do not happen a lot.” After working things out with his professors, Mager headed to Cape Girardeau. He began as a production assistant and did tasks like answering the phones, getting coffee and making copies, nothing glorious, he said. Mager said soon after the camera department was looking for an assistant and he found a chance to move up. He then held the title of assistant, and got to work with the camera. He was in the thick of things, he said. “It was incredible to watch it all,” Mager said. “ I took a lot of notes and made sure I was always watching. Always learning.” Piatt’s journey began in 2000, when he came to the university after leaving the military. He was a sergeant in the Army,

the 85th airborne division. He majored in advertisement and worked at the DAILY EGYPTIAN. In 2004, he graduated with a degree in journalism. After graduation, he worked at the Denver Post and then went to Los Angeles to work for five years as a general manager of a nightclub/ restaurant, before deciding to go back to SIU for graduate school. While in graduate school, Piatt majored in professional media management. He also worked with MCM. He heard about a job in Missouri while looking for work. The job turned out to be “Gone Girl.” He considered staying at SIU a little bit longer, until he heard it was a David Fincher film. He took the job soon after. “There is no supplement for actual experience,” he said. Piatt worked in the art department as an assistant, where he worked closely with Fincher himself. “Fincher is one of the most meticulous directors out there,” Piatt said. “ He is 100 percent about perfection in his film and is unapologetic about it.” Fincher’s work is something both Piatt and Mager can agree on. “There are two kinds of directors out there,” Mager said. “The kind who are experts at the writing and acting side of film, and the kind who are experts with everything dealing with the camera. Fincher was both.” Piatt said Fincher is the type who works all day and edits all night. He said he learned a lot by watching Fincher work. “Working on “Gone Girl” was a crash

course in filmmaking,” Piatt said. “Without my experience on Gone Girl, I wouldn’t be ready for my own film.” Mager said the crew was very professional. He asked questions about every aspect of filmmaking, he said. Although Piatt said dreams should come first, he was clear about the need for college. “College teaches you a lot of things,” Piatt said. “College teaches time management, being dedicated to something and social skills. There are more than just the creative aspects of film.” Mager had his own set of advice to anyone wanting to be a filmmaker. “Stop wishing and start doing,” Mager said. “Do your own stuff. Studios are not going to be knocking at your door.” Mager is currently working on many different projects, a few he could not talk about. He has worked on Jonathan Nolan’s “Westworld” and Vince Gilligan’s “Battle Creek,” along with a Samsung commercial and “Drunk History” on Funny or Die’s Youtube channel. Piatt has worked on Seth Rogan’s “The Interview” and the new Coen Brothers film, “Hail, Ceaser.” He will also be directing his first film in the spring called “Conversations With(out) You,” a film he wrote in graduate school. He also owns a production company named Moxie Mill Movies. Jacob Pierce can be reached at jpierce@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @JacobPierce1_DE or at 536-3311 ext. 273

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Tony McDaniel SIU football was dominant on Saturday, but only for the second half. The Salukis held South Dakota to just 78 offensive yards in the second half. SIU shut down the Coyotes’ good rushing offense to win 41-10. SIU improved to 5-1 with the victory, and are solidly positioned at the season’s midpoint. Senior running back Malcolm Agnew returned to form. Agnew had 131 yards and 3 touchdowns against South Dakota. It was the first game since SIU faced Southeast Missouri that Agnew ran for more than 100 yards. Agnew also reached a personal milestone, when he reached 1,500 careerrushing yards and has 1,560 yards for his career. MyCole Pruitt continued his run of games with 100 yards receiving, making him the second player in school history to have 100 or more yards in three straight games. The AllAmerican had 7 catches for 137 yards. Junior quarterback Mark Iannotti also had one of his better games as a Saluki. He had 19 completions for 264 yards and a touchdown. The offensive line kept the Coyote defense away from Iannott, who was never sacked during the game. The Salukis have a simple recipe to win games this season—run the ball with Agnew and allow Iannotti to find Pruitt in the passing game. Second half dominance has been a recurring theme for the

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Salukis all year. There isn’t a better second-half team in the Football Championship Subdivision. SIU has outscored its opponents 11413 in the final two quarters, this season. Each game this season has been won in the same fashion. SIU has been so dominant in the second half it neutralized other teams. Only time will tell if the Salukis can make this work for the entire season, but we may get an

answer in the next game. The Salukis will run into the North Dakota State Bison on Saturday. The Bison are defending FCS national champions and have won 29 straight games. North Dakota State is on a different level than most FCS teams. If SIU struggles in the opening half next week the Bison can put the Salukis in an early hole. That happened to the Salukis against

Purdue. The Boilermakers were just good enough to suppress the Saluki offense and hold on for the win in week 4. NDSU will make SIU pay for each and every mistake. Playoffs are a reality and SIU can be good enough to make a deep post season run. To make the jump from a good to great team the Salukis must become as dominant in the first half as they

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are in the second. SIU has a chance to upset North Dakota State next weekend, and it won’t take a herculean effort. SIU just needs to be able to put a fourquarter game together instead of just playing well in the second half. Tony McDaniel can be reached at tmcdaniel@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @tonymcdanielDE or at 536-3311 ext. 256

Saluki volleyball splits weekend matches Aaron Graff Daily Egyptian

The SIU volleyball team extended its losing streak on Friday, but bounced back Saturday to start a winning streak. The Salukis (8-9, 2-3) fell to the Loyola Ramblers (6-8, 2-3) in four sets Friday, but rebounded by sweeping the Bradley Braves (0-16, 0-6) Saturday. Loyola won the first two sets against SIU. The Ramblers trailed 24-22 in the third set before they rallied for a 25-24 lead for match point. The Salukis did not give up though, and eventually forced a fourth set with a 27-25 win. “As the match progressed we were starting to feel more comfortable,” coach Justin Ingram said. “Comfortable should mean a sense of urgency to score more points, not a sense of urgency to relax on defense.” Despite their best efforts in the fourth set, the Salukis lost it 25-23 to give them a threematch losing streak. “We’re not very good right now,” Ingram said. “I think we’re very inconsistent. It showed throughout the course of the match again. We struggle defending.” SIU swept Bradley on Saturday to snap the streak. The Salukis started with a 2512 win in the first set and kept momentum

through the match. “We were in control for, I think, 98 percent of the match,” Ingram said. Junior hitter Taylor Pippen and redshirt freshman outside hitter Andrea Estrada led the team with 21 kills each this weekend. “Me and my setters are connecting,” Pippen said. “They were able to give me the ball. They were giving me good balls, the passes were on.” Estrada had only 6 errors this weekend. She had twice as many last weekend against Illinois State and Indiana State. “My coaches identified what I was doing wrong,” Estrada said. “They remind me every time what to do. Every play they remind me to stay open on the hitting or the block.” Estrada said she played smarter this weekend with softer kills, rather than spiking it as hard as she can every attempt. “It’s not all about being hard and getting the good kills,” Estrada said. “It’s also about being smart. If you see the space and you know that if you tip it, it’s going to be a kill… a hard point is not going to give you two points or three, if it’s hard. It’s going to be one, the same as a tip.” Ingram said the team has to be more consistent through the rest of the year to be successful.

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