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Daily Egyptian October 10 - 13, 2013 Volume 99 Issue 33

‘Pooch’ gets off on the right foot C hris Z oeller |THE WEEKENDER Senior punter Austin Pucylowski carries the SIU flag out before a Salukis’ 28-27 loss to Youngstown State University. In his time at SIU, Pucylowski has had many accomplishments on and off the field.

Freshmen girls basketball players adjust to college Page 6

Horror Stories Haunt Television Page 9

Southern Illinois Resident hits "Price is Right" Jackpot

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Council tables solar array development SARAH SCHNEIDER The Weekender The Carbondale City Council tabled a request for a special use permit to build a solar array on North Marion Street after more than two hours of public comments at Tuesday’s council meeting. Councilmember Jane Adams made the motion to have at least two more informational meetings in the next 60 days about the solar panel development after several community members said they did not have enough information to move forward with the development being put in their community. Dates and times of the meetings have yet to be determined. Mayor Joel Fritzler, councilman Lance Jack and City Manager Kevin Baity said there have already been several meetings and an open house to educate the community on the development. But the vote to table the discussion was unanimous. Brightfields requested the special use permit to develop a solar array of panels in General Agriculture and General Industrial districts on the site where Koppers Wood Treatment used to be. The Environmental Protection Agency has been conducting environmental cleanup on the site for more than 10 years after high levels of creosote was discovered. The request for the permit states, “Brightfields has significant experience working on

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am generally in favor of solar power ... but that is not the real issue. The northeast community of Carbondale many years ago was the victim of environmental racism.

distinct aspects of the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated properties for use as solar energy generation facilities.” The resolution also includes recommended conditions gathered from the Planning Commission’s public hearing Sept. 18. The conditions include controlling all dust during the construction of the project and making sure the contaminated soil that has been buried at the site will not be disrupted and the applicant be given three years to begin construction to allow time for clearance from the EPA. Several community members brought up the damage that Koppers left on the community by contaminating the soil and causing illnesses. The residents were skeptical of the byproducts from solar energy, as it has not been used long enough to research lasting impacts. Pete Pedersen, a representative of Brighfields Development said solar panels have been used since the late 1970s so they are a relatively new form of energy. “There is no project that has taken place for a long period of time, but there has been

— Catherine Field Carbondale

a policy in place that promotes this type of project.” Rodney Morris, who lives 150 feet from the site, said his soil has not been tested, and until the community knows if their land is contaminated, it was not responsible for the city council to approve the permit. “I live across the street and I didn’t know what was going on over there,” he said. “Until some more testing is done in the area, and the community at large is aware of what is going on out there, I would ask you to deny the permit.” Morris presented a petition saying the same thing signed by at least 150 members of the community. Resident Pepper Holder said the history of the land needs to be kept in mind when making a decision of what to put there next. “In the history of Koppers plant, the city could have and should have done more for people,” Holder said. But, councilman Jack said he wanted concrete questions from residents so he could do his job as a councilman to find the answers.

Michael Brazley, an associate professor in the school of architecture, asked Jack to give him a week to do some more research on the development and he would have specific questions. Catherine Field said while she does not live in the neighborhood, the decision does affect her community. “I am generally in favor of solar power ... but that is not the real issue,” she said. “The northeast community of Carbondale many years ago was the victim of environmental racism.” Field said there were two messes the city needed to deal with; the fact that the plant dumped waste into the neighborhood for years and the fact that the neighborhood now has no reason to trust what is being said to them. “I would encourage the council to table this,” Field said. “This is a neighborhood that has earned your consideration.” Brighfields Development said they would be at the future meetings to further discuss the project. When one resident attempted to speak for the second time and Fritzler asked her to sit down, she spoke over him and was removed from the room. At least 20 members of the audience followed her out. Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 255.

House backs pay for furloughed workers, no end to shutdown in sight

The House of Representatives came together to agree on a bill that would pay furloughed federal workers money they would have earned during the government shutdown. The bill received nearly unanimous support, passing by a vote of 407 to zero with 25

members not voting. The move gave a brief glimmer of relief to an otherwise staunchly divided House, in which either side has refused to negotiate. “Federal workers keep the nation safe and secure and provide vital services that support the economic security of American families,” The White House said in a news release Friday. However, the bill is now stalled in the Senate. However, little else has progressed in terms of negotiating a continuing resolution to fund the government. Neither side has been willing to budge on negotiations over the main caveat — defunding The Affordable Care Act. President Barack Obama said he was willing to discuss the Republicans’ demands only after they end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. He called on House Speaker John Boehner to call a vote on the matter, something Boehner has refused to do.

“The House should hold that vote today,” Obama said in a speech to Federal Emergency Management Agency. “If Republicans and speaker Boehner are saying there are not enough votes, then they should prove it. Let the bill go to the floor and let’s see what happens. Just vote. Let every member of Congress vote their conscience and they can determine whether or not they want to shut the government down.” Boehner said in a speech giving up on the stalemate now would be tantamount to an “unconditional surrender” by House Republicans. “The long and short of it is: There’s going to be a negotiation,” he said. “The only way this is going to happen is to in fact have a conversation. ... The conversation ought to start today.” Meanwhile, Congress’ approval ratings continue to plummet. A Gallup poll released

Monday showed an approval rating of only 11 percent with a disapproval rating of 85 percent. A Rasmussen poll released Saturday showed only 33 percent of Americans polled consider the Republican Party to be mainstream, while 50 percent of those polled considered the party extreme. The unpopularity of the shutdown has led some Republicans to reach across party lines in the hopes of brining an end to the fiasco. Rep. Paul Ryan wrote in the Wall Street Journal it was time to end the shutdown. “But right now, we need to find common ground,” Ryan said in the column. “We need to open the federal government. We need to pay our bills today — and make sure we can pay our bills tomorrow.” For the rest of Rich’s Roundup, please visit www.dailyegyptian.com.

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Yellen will face questions about inflation v. growth KEVIN G. HALL McClatchy Tribune WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers raised concern Wednesday that President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve might be too willing to tolerate inflation and too inclined to support economic stimulus efforts, but only a few signaled that they intend to oppose her confirmation. Obama formally nominated Janet Yellen, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve, to head the world’s most important central bank. The current chairman, Ben Bernanke, joined them at the White House announcement. “She is a proven leader and she is tough. Not just because she is from Brooklyn,” the president said. Yellen “sounded the alarm early about the housing bubble,” Obama noted, adding that she’s “exceptionally qualified” and “listens to competing views and brings people together around a common goal.” “Janet Yellen has the background, experi-

ence and knowledge to be a fine chairwoman of the Federal Reserve,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee. “President Obama has made an outstanding choice in nominating my colleague and friend Janet Yellen to chair the Federal Reserve Board,” Bernanke said later in a statement. “Janet is exceptionally well qualified for the position, with stellar academic credentials and a strong record as a leader and a policymaker.” In brief comments at the White House announcement, a beaming Yellen noted that “the past six years have been tumultuous for the economy and challenging for many Americans.” Sounding a populist note that will play well with Democrats who control the Senate, Yellen said, “Too many Americans still can’t find a job and worry how they’ll pay their bills and provide for their families.” Yellen and Obama praised Bernanke, who will step down Jan. 31 after eight years that included the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession. He didn’t speak at the ceremony.

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Taliban: Insurgent leader Pakistan said it released is still in custody TOM HUSSAIN McClatchy Tribune KARACHI, Pakistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban complained Wednesday that Pakistan has yet to release their No. 2 commander despite saying it had done so on Sept. 21. Pakistani officials had said they hoped that the release of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who had been in Pakistani custody since 2010, would help persuade Pakistani insurgents to enter peace talks with the government. But a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban said that Baradar, the deputy to Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar, remained in custody. “Unfortunately, he still spends his days and nights in prison, and his health condition is worrying. It is deteriorating day by day,” the spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in a statement released in Afghanistan. The Pakistani government made no comment on the Taliban assertion. If it’s true, it would suggest that the Pakistani government may be unable to act as a go-between in proposed peace talks between the United States and Taliban leaders. The Pakistani military’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate captured Baradar in January 2010 in Karachi, in a joint operation with the CIA. Taliban militants in Karachi who are organizing the infiltration of fighters into Afghanistan, speaking only on the condition of anonymity because they didn’t want to come to the attention of authorities, said Baradar had been freed from the Karachi jail where he’d been held and had been allowed to spend time with his family. After that, however, the ISI took him back into custody and moved him to an unknown location.

Pakistan news reports suggested that he was being held in the northwest city of Peshawar or in the insurgent tribal area of North Waziristan. Sartaj Aziz, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ’s foreign policy adviser, had expressed optimism that Baradar would help push Pakistan’s militant insurgents, known as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, into peace talks with the government. Instead, confusion surrounds Pakistan’s attempts to parley with its insurgents. A spokesman for the chief minister of the northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Shiraz Paracha, told Pakistani cable news channels Wednesday that a delegation of religious scholars, acting on behalf of the government, had started negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban. The government is keeping the scholars’ identities secret because of the sensitivity of the situation, he said. But the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan’s nominal chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, denied that any talks were being held, and he accused the government of falsely building public hopes for peace. Last month, Sharif canceled peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban after they claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings of a church congregation Sept. 23 in Peshawar, which killed more than 80 people. Since then, however, they’ve disavowed any involvement in the church attack or one Sept. 30 that killed 40 people in Peshawar’s busy Qissa Khwani Bazaar. On Oct. 1, a council of militant leaders announced that it would hold peace talks with the government. The next day, however, Mehsud added a spoiler by conditioning the talks on an end to CIA drone strikes against militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

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Newcomers bring hard work to Saluki basketball SYMONE WOOLRIDGE The Weekender Leaving the only place you called home can cause mixed emotions. Even walking across campus for the first time has an effect on some students. However, four freshmen on the women’s basketball team have transitioned from high school not only becoming college freshmen, but also Saluki athletes. The freshmen have been adjusting parts of their game to prepare themselves for college basketball and have been working with upperclassmen since July. Freshman forward Kim Nebo from Katy, Texas said she is enjoying her freshman experience. Nebo has been playing basketball since childhood where she would shoot around with the boys; as she got older, she went on to play four years of varsity basketball at Cypress Lakes High School. “This is my first year being in Illinois,” she said. “ Some people have a big problem with being away from family, but I actually like it.” Although Nebo enjoys her space, she continues to speak with her family daily. Nebo said her family has pushed her to continue playing sports, helping her work hard on the court. “I just want to learn the things that are [required] and get better,” Nebo said. “I want to be able to listen to what coach wants me to do and actually do it.” Newcomers Kiley Gorski, Brandi Harrington and Carlie Corrigan have been preparing themselves for college basketball as well. Corrigan is a shooting guard from Plainfield who averaged nearly 19 points per game. As a senior, she scored a school-record 43 points in a game. Since she has been working out with the

Salukis, Corrigan has been focusing on getting stronger and improving her shot release. “Our team is very strong and they can lift a lot of weight,” she said. “In order to run with them I have to strengthen myself.” Junior guard Cartaesha Macklin has been helping the freshmen in any way she can. For the last two years, Macklin has been an Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Conference team and last season she averaged 15 points per game. Macklin said the newcomers are always ready to work. “Nebo is very strong,” she said. “Carlie is doing a great job of moving around and knowing the offense.” Although sometimes college freshman may be considered the outsiders of a team made up of members who have worked together, Macklin said they are meshing well with the older players. “Freshmen always have their own bond within each other since they live together,” Macklin said. “But we always try and get them involved in everything we do.” Macklin said team members laugh and joke together off the court, but they can easily change to a serious professional attitude when it is time to work. The freshmen are not the only addition to the women’s basketball team this year — the Salukis have also welcomed new head coach Cindy Stein. “Coach does a good job of keeping us in line on the court,” Macklin said. “She expects nothing but the best from us and I just love that.” Stein was officially named head coach in April 2013 ending her coaching career at Illinois Central College, where her Cougars went 32-4 last season. As this is her first time working with the team, Stein said the players have been a pleasure. Stein has coached at other schools

C hris Z oeller |THE WEEKENDER Freshman forward Kim Nebo, center, runs drills against freshman guard Carlie Corrigan, right, as junior guard Cartaesha Macklin looks on Wednesday during practice at SIU Arena. Macklin said she and the other upperclassmen have been working to make sure Nebo, Corrigan and the two other freshmen feel welcome to the team by involving them in everything they do on and off the court. for nearly two decades, but she is ready for this year and excited about what the 20132014 season will bring. “These are just a good group of kids,” Stein said. “I try to put the best defenders out there who have the ability to score.” Stein places her freshmen players with upperclassmen as guidance. The upperclassmen have been helping the freshman adapt to the way Saluki basketball is played. “The biggest thing right now is just making sure that I’m putting them with older people that are experienced and know what they’re doing,” she said.

Last season the Salukis went 5-26 overall, but Stein hopes to lift the Salukis to a wellplayed season this year. Stein’s focus is to help the team progress on the essential tools that lead to wins, she said. “You’re trying to outscore your opponent and take care of the ball because those things are what lead to success during the year,” Stein said. The Salukis open with their first game against Maryville on Friday, Oct. 25. Symone Woolridge can be reached at swoolridge@dailyegyptian.com or ext. 536-3311 ext. 269

Saturday, the Salukis will travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa as they clash head-to-head against conference foe Northern Iowa at the UNI-Dome. Kickoff is slated for 4 p.m. To listen live, tune into Saluki Sports Network or follow @TPeacock_DE for live updates. WVZA 105.1 FM in Carbondale (Flagship) WMOK 920 AM in Metropolis/Paducah, Ky. WRXX 95.3 FM in Centralia WRUL 97.3 FM in Carmi

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Swim team expresses gratitude towards fans AARON GRAFF The Weekender The Saluki swimming and diving team held its fan appreciation day Saturday to show family members, friends and professors what they do outside of class. Fan appreciation day is a relaxed meet in which the Salukis compete against themselves. They split up the team into maroon versus white, and each team has a theme chosen by the team captains. Coach Rick Walker said this year’s themes were robots and farmers, so the swimmers made their entrance dressed in tin foil boxes or overalls. The swimmers did several different humorous relays to get fans more involved. “At the very end they had a T-shirt relay, which was one team against the other,” Walker said. “They had to exchange a t-shirt while it is wet, which is very difficult. After that we did a coaches against the swimmers relay.” Junior Calvin Kolar said there are not usually a lot of fans at their meets because they are not one of the bigger sports and he enjoys fan appreciation day, since more people show up. “It is great to have fans at our meets,” Kolar said. “We are not one of the big sports, so we don’t have big crowds. It is just nice to have one of those meets where people can show up and just watch us swim.” Junior Ella Otto said fan appreciation

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t the very end they had a T- shirt relay, which was one team against the other. — Rick Walker Head Coach

day was nice to welcome fans, especially her teachers. “It is just something different for (our) teachers to see what we are doing outside the classroom and we obviously want to make them proud too, to show why we miss some classes to be here and represent (our) school,” Otto said. Fans were able to sit right next to the pool during fan appreciation day and were able to interact with the athletes and see up close what the athletes do. Walker said the fans are one of the most important things to the team’s success. “I’m a real big believer that success is going to come from within. Those who are most successful are the ones who are self driven. They don’t need outside this or that; they just want it internally,” Walker said. “However, it is the parents, the friends, the teachers that are very vital and important people that help facilitate what it is they do and how successful they are going to be.” Aaron Graff can be reached at agraff@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 282.

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Punter balances game, perfect grades TERRANCE PEACOCK The Weekender Senior punter Austin Pucylowski has been pinning opponents inside the 20 since he arrived at SIU. Pucylowski, who is referred to as “Pooch” by his teammates, is a four-year starter and the leader of the special teams unit. He was named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference AllNewcomer Team as a freshman; by the time he was a junior, he was named All-MVFC Honorable Mention. For his career, Pucylowski is sixth all-time at SIU in career punt attempts, sixth in career punting average, and seventh in career punting yardage. It is safe to say Pucylowski does the bulk of his damage with his right foot, but Pooch considers himself a hands-on type of guy. “When I was a kid, I always liked to build things, I was very handy,” Pucylowski said. “I get it from my dad. He was an electrician, he’s very handy. He would never call someone and have someone else do something, he would always do it and he was like that with me.” For this reason, Pucylowski has dreams of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. “With the ability I have to go to medical school, an orthopedic surgeon would be the closest thing to being a ‘handy man,’” Pucylowski said. “(People) coin orthopedic surgeons as the carpenters of medicine, this way I’ll be able to fix people’s body’s, bones and knees.” Pucylowski is on the right track of having his dream come true — he carries a 4.0 grade point average in biological sciences on a biomedical sciences track.

“It’s really long, but that major is mostly geared towards people who are looking for professional school like PA (physician assistant) school or med school,” he said. “With my aspirations of med school, I would need to have a very good GPA and I’ve kept a 4.0 and hopefully I’ll get one this fall.” With the demands of collegiate athletics, any student athlete would struggle balancing athletics and academics, let alone someone with a major as difficult as Pucylowski’s — Pooch said he was no exception. “(Time management) was probably the toughest thing that happened to me when I first got here,” he said. “My first fall semester playing I struggled with my time management skills just because football demanded a lot more time than it did in high school and some of these classes I was taking were a lot more difficult than what I took in high school, so that semester I really struggled.” After enduring a tough first semester, Pucylowski did what any great athlete would do when faced with adversity — he adjusted his game plan to what works for him. “That first semester I really struggled, but I was able to kind of get into a rhythm and I really haven’t got out of that rhythm and I’ve been able to just focus,” he said. For the past four years, Pucylowski has been able to develop a rhythm on the gridiron as well. He was selected to the College Football Performance Awards preseason punter award watch list as well as honorable mention on the MVFC Preseason Team. Pucylowski has pinned 10 punts inside the 20-yard line this season, which ranks fourth in the conference. However, as good as Pucylowski is, Coach Dale Lennon said he would rather not be in a situation to use him. “Austin is at the position where I don’t want to see him on the

field, therefore he’s probably underappreciated,” Lennon said. “He is an extremely valuable weapon for us as far as creating field position. Your punter can help your overall performance as a football team and can be a difference between a win or a loss.” Junior long snapper Thor Hadfield has a close relationship with Pucylowski. Not only is Hadfield Pooch’s long snapper, his is also one of his best friends. Hadfield said Pooch garners much respect inside the locker room. “(Pucylowski) is a big special teams factor for us,” Hadfield said. “The way he’s able to punt and give the other team poor field position is huge, so other guys being able to see that respect him on the field and as a senior he has paid his dues.” As for Pucylowski’s grades, Hadfield said Pooch rarely acknowledges them. “(Pucylowski) does it the right way,” Hadfield said. “He goes to school like everyone else and he does his assignments. He keeps it hush hush and does his thing and obviously does pretty well at it.” Although Pucylowski’s goal is to become a surgeon, he said he would not ignore the opportunity if an NFL team comes calling. It is always good to have a backup plan, he said. “If the opportunity (of playing in the NFL) was presented to me, who wouldn’t want to take it, even if it’s a tryout,” he said. “It’s good because I have two plans, so obviously if the NFL doesn’t work out, hopefully I get into med school.”

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

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Sc-airwaves HALEY PETRE The Weekender The Murder House, a popular Los Angeles spook destination filled with the trapped souls of previous tenants. An asylum riddled with sadistic nuns and mutated patients. A mysterious boarding school for talented young witches. The above settings might seem like what one might find in their local video store horror section. However, they actually describe the first three seasons of the acclaimed FX hit “American Horror Story.” SC-AIRWAVES | 3

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Stage Company performs ‘on a Hot Tin Roof’ JAKE SAUNDERS The Weekender The Stage Company is preparing a moral drama featuring strong acts involving intense dilemmas all in one setting: a bedroom. The company will present Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ” beginning Friday. Director Vincent Rhomberg has been directing theatrical productions for the past 40 years; Having graduated from Webster University, in the conservatory arts, he has had a hand in many productions. “I have produced [Cat] once, but I’ve never directed it before,” he said. “I produced it in 1980 for the Public Theatre of South Florida in Fort Lauderdale. I’ve directed three shows

here [at the Varsity Theatre] and I was in two for the company.” Rhomberg ran several small theater groups and went to college for an undergraduate degree in directing before moving to New York and directing there, he said. As director, many things are naturally required of Rhomberg, he said. “Especially when you are working in a community theatre, which depends upon everybody in the community pitching in, it’s a lot of extra work,” he said. “You don’t just come in and direct like you do when you’re in a professional company, you’re also negotiating people to help with the scenery and finding them and making all the schedules. It’s very time consuming, [but] it’s worth it; the payoff is good — time

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Each season of “American Horror Story” focuses on a new story, is set in a different place, and has all new characters, but uses the same actors. The unique way the show is constructed changed the genre on television and sparked an interest that was always there and had a fan base. After “American Horror Story” premiered and was successful, shows like “Bates Motel,” “Hannibal,” and “Sleepy Hollow” popped up on networks to a positive response. “Bates Motel” and “Hannibal” are both going on a second season and “Sleepy Hollow” premiered with 10 million viewers. Why the sudden influx of horror on cable television? Novotny Lawrence, an associate professor and acting Radio-Television department chair, said the horror genre’s move to television has been influenced by the popularity and success of scary movies. “It’s influenced by novels and film,” he said. “Film influences television. It tells us what that language should be, what it looks like, and to a large extent what it can do albeit for a larger audience.” Lawrence said the success of horror on television has to do with the success of horror in movie theatres through films like “Insidious” and its subsequent sequel. “Success begets success. Once again you have to look at prevailing trends, probably even in cinema and the way that tends to inform TV,” he said. “We’ve seen films like ‘Paranormal Activity’ do very well, you’ve seen others try to mimic that.” Genres typically ebb and flow, and the horror genre is no exception, dipping in the 90’s and then again in the new millennium

intensive.” Rhomberg said the play is steamy and fiery with drama. “It’s almost like a soap opera melodrama — Big Daddy’s dying of cancer, and they’re fighting over who’s going to get the estate, he doesn’t know and they’re going to tell him — so lots of secrets and lots of people trying to reach out and make relationships with each other,” he said. “I love plays that have that theatrical, dramatic quality.” Rhomberg said it might be some time before he returns to another play. “(I have) No plans immediately — I want to sleep and do my laundry,” he said. Susan Harrocks, a performer of 15 years from Murphysboro who plays

one of the lead parts of Margaret, or “Maggie,” said she is a huge fan of Tennessee Williams’ work. “I was in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ a few years ago and I played Stella ... so I couldn’t pass up the chance to at least try for this,” she said. Joey Johnson, from Murphysboro, plays leading man Brick. “I got involved with this performance and I was just going to help out backstage and then they needed someone to come in, so here I am, three weeks later,” he said. “This play ... has been amazing, as I only had a couple of weeks to get everything together, so it’s been a group effort of everybody helping ... so that’s been nice.” Rhomberg said people should take

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hough fight or flight is really for survival, it still kicks in during a nonthreatening situation, like in a movie... You still get those tweaks of excitement that kind of make you feel more alive, so to speak. Ultimately, whenever you’re pairing stimuli with surges of dopamine in the pleasure center of the brain, it’s naturally reinforcing so you start seeking that out more.

— Michael Hoane psycology professor in cognitive and brain sciences

until films like “Paranormal Activity” bring it back, Lawrence said. “Horror was seemingly dead until around 1996 when ‘Scream’ came out and then that gains an interest in horror again,” he said. “So, we start getting things like ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer,’ obviously you get the sequels to ‘Scream,’ you get all these other horror movies that start to come out. And then it starts to decline again but, then people find new ways to do it.” Cable networks can take horror to another level and explore stories in more depth, he said. “Now we’re at a high point given the success of some films and now we’re able to cross over into TV,” Lawrence said. “Cable networks can go a little further than traditional television networks, so you can do more on FX as a cable channel than you can do on ABC or NBC. You can push the envelope a little bit more.” The influx of horror television shows can also provide audiences the rush they are looking for. Michael Hoane, a psychology professor in cognitive and brain sciences, said people like to be scared because of the physiological response of the body involving adrenaline, endorphins and dopamine rushes.

“It’s really no different than sex pleasure or anything like that,” he said. “It seems weird that people would like to be scared, but it induces a physiological response cascade that people find kind of pleasurable.” Hoane said there is a strong relationship between the more thrill-seeking a person is and the expenses at which they pursue being scared. “In part, that’s what thrill-seeking is. You’re putting yourself in a certain level of danger and that fear of something happening is what’s kind of driving that rush,” Hoane said. “It’s a lot safer to go to a haunted house to get the same sort of rush without plummeting 10,000 feet with a parachute.” Hoane said when humans are scared they go into fight or flight mode, or an adrenaline rush that prepares the body for going into action or fleeing. “Though fight or flight is really for survival, it still kicks in during a non-threatening situation, like in a movie,” he said. “You still get those tweaks of excitement that kind of make you feel more alive, so to speak. Ultimately, whenever you’re pairing stimuli with surges of dopamine in the pleasure center of the brain, it’s naturally reinforcing so you start seeking that out more.”

the opportunity to come and watch the play, because it is a classic of the American theater. “It has shaped 50s drama, which then became all of our movies and everything you see today that has those ‘family squabbles’ or those kinds of scenes where people are trying to get something — they came out of this play,” he said. “What I love about it is that not everybody knows it,” Performances are Oct. 11-13 and 18-20. Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for adults, with a special $5 student matinee on Oct. 13

Jake Saunders can be reached at jsaunders@dailyegyptian.com or 563-3311 ext. 251.

While horror shows can provide the scares audiences crave, one student said she watches these programs to avoid the stresses of everyday life. Kayla Klapp, a senior studying radio television and digital from media Galesburg, is a fan of American Horror Story and True Blood. “I think these shows are so popular because they provide an escape from reality for many people,” Klapp said. “You are able to go to a world that only exists in our heads.” Klapp said this spooky trend is not a fad and will not fade away. “If you take a look at history, the television horror genre has always been here in some way,” Klapp said. “I especially remember being a little kid watching things like ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ on Cartoon Network and ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ on Nickelodeon, as well as ‘Goosebumps’, with those in particular targeted to younger audiences, however, their premise remained at scaring audiences or making you fearful at any point. Even far before my time, there were popular horror television series such as ‘The Twilight Zone’ from the 1960s.” Klapp said fans enjoy the comfort of being terrified at home and keeping the monsters at a distance. “We are able to be terrified and shocked from the comfort of our couch without any real physical threat,” she said. “TV horror may not always be at the very forefront, but it certainly will always have a place on television.” “American Horror Story” returned Wednesday on FX for its third season, “Coven.” Haley Petre can be reached at hpetre@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 251.

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October 10 - 13, 2013

‘Breaking Bad’ star helps alumnus win on ‘The Price is Right’ DYLAN FROST The Weekender

All it took was a fake identity, advice from a television star and childlike enthusiasm, but suddenly Brice Evans was at a bidding war for a 3D television and a home gym. During a Sept. 30 airing of the “Price Is Right”, Southern Illinoisans might have recognized a familiar face on the TV. Evans, a history education alumnus from SIU, was chosen to be on contestant’s row of the esteemed afternoon game show. After successfully bidding on a home theatre system, the 28-year-old Evans—wearing a “Brice Is Right” t-shirt—jumped and shouted his way up on stage to shake Drew Carey’s hand and give a shout out to his grandma. The final game played was “1 Right Price”—a game where the contestant is shown a value and must choose the correct price between two items; promptly, Evans correctly chose the home gym causing the audience to go into a frenzy of excitement. “Aaron Paul, you told me how to get here!” Evans shouted into the camera right before the cut to commercial break. It was advice given by Paul — the actor who portrays Jesse Pinkman in the critically acclaimed AMC show “Breaking Bad” — that helped Evans win a spot on the game show. Paul previously appeared on the “Price Is Right” and shared some tips with Evans after the two ran into each other twice within three days of Evans’ Los Angeles vacation. “He told me that I should jump in the air and pump my fists and say, ‘I fold jeans at the GAP,’ because that’s what he said.” Paul had also worn a giant CBS sticker on his back while exuberantly jumping up and down, which helped him win a guest spot. Evans said he waited in the line five hours to get inside the studio and have a shot at appearing. “I already knew how all of that was going to happen, but he kind of gave me a good talking point whenever it got time for that interview process,” Evans said. “I even told my girlfriend, ‘I just want you to know that I’m going to be the worst version of myself.’” Evans was feeling put off by the condescending nature of celebrity culture leading up to the first time meeting Paul. He had just been denied a picture by Ryan Adams and Mandy Moore, who wanted nothing to do with him or his girlfriend, Athena. Then Paul passed by Evans outside of Amoeba Music; he was immediately star struck by the actor.

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Athena Garland, left, and Brice Evans, center, meet with Aaron Paul at the Stanley Kubrick exhibit in Los Angeles County Museum of Art. — Photo courtesy of Tony Ciarrocchi. “I look next to me and Aaron Paul is walking with his wife. At first I looked at him; then I gave him the double-take, then the look of surprise; then he gave me the look of surprise back—kind of played off what I was doing.” Paul willingly took a picture with Evans; the two share a brief conversation about “Breaking Bad” before going their separate ways. Two days later, as Evans was about to enter the Stanley Kubrick exhibit, he turned around to see Paul who is just as

shocked this time. The actor was being interviewed by Nylon Guys magazine, which documented the incredible reuniting. “When [Brice] first approached, Paul’s reaction is so enthusiastic that I assume the guys must know each other from way back,” the author wrote. “Turns out, they have met before — yesterday, when [Brice] approached Paul at Amoeba Music. Rather than use this as an excuse to end their conversation, Paul spends 15 minutes coaching [Brice] on how to get his name called on ‘The Price Is Right.’” Evans tried not to disturb Paul while in the exhibit because he didn’t want to present himself as the relentless, unbearable fan, even though Paul was the last one to engage with Evans. As he was getting ready to leave, Paul yelled from 50-yards away, “good luck tomorrow on ‘The Price Is Right!’” “That’s something he definitely didn’t have to do—drawing attention to himself. He’s just a super nice guy,” Evans said. CBS posted a YouTube video juxtaposing the reactions from both contestants; the similarities are uncanny. Paul praised former host Bob Barker with the same enthusiasm as Evans did when he commended the actor for helping him make it on the game show. Both contestants share the same gusto after they bid $1200 to get on stage. Even as the game show crowd yelled a wave of suggestions to Evans, he never felt overwhelmed, he said. “I felt absolutely zero crowd pressure,” Evans said. A week prior to being on the show, Evans helped his grandparents pick out a new TV after theirs was destroyed in a house fire in November. “I knew that there was no way a 55-inch could be that much money,” he said. “I was put in a pretty good position with the prizes they presented me with, because I had a good idea of what they were worth.” Unfortunately for Evans, he lost by a single spin of the big wheel to compete in the showcase showdown, though he was still able to give a shout out to friends, family and Lost Cross — a Carbondale punk house that hosts music — before his time on stage was up. Evans teaches GED classes at John A. Logan and is the guitarist/vocalist in Jesse and the Pinkmen — a punk band he started after meeting Paul.

Dylan Frost can be reached at dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 254.

SUGAR & SPICE for the college life

Peppers and Hot Dogs Ingredients 8 – 10 hot dogs; thinly sliced 2 green bell peppers 2 (10 ounce) cans diced tomatoes in juice 1 tablespoon of black pepper 1 tablespoon of olive oil 1 loaf of Vienna, French, or Italian bread

Time: 20 minutes Servings: 4 - 6 Cost per serving is less than $5. *Based on four servings or less $10

Directions Saute the peppers in the olive oil over medium-high heat in a three-quart saucepan. The add hot dog slices and sauté until hot dogs are slightly browned. Add diced tomatoes and boil until liquid boils down. Serve with Vienna or Italian bread.

Recipes, photos & design by Sabrina Imundo | The Weekender

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Aries — Today is a 7 — Apply beautiful creativity for concrete goals this month, with Venus square Neptune. Proceed with caution. Travel or study with a solid plan. Don’t fund a fantasy.

Cancer — Today is an 8 — Push yourself forward. Put in extra effort with collaboration. Dress it up. Keep practical and realistic. Worries about money could stress. Stick to your budget.

Libra — Today is a 6 — Stay close to home as much as you can. Beautify the kitchen or bathroom. Something you try doesn’t work. Family comes first. Communication comes easier. Take advantage.

Capricorn — Today is a 7 —Turn down an expensive proposition. Life seems easier for the next few days. Increase your family’s comfort. Balance your checkbook before spending.

Taurus — Today is a 6 — New opportunities present themselves to follow a dream. Take the lead. Believe you can prosper. Find the weakness in the plan. Charm your way through a difficult situation.

Leo — Today is a 6 — Let your partner handle household matters, with grace and gratitude. This week, churn out steady work results. It’s busy time! No more procrastination. Someone may try to fool you.

Scorpio — Today is an 8 — Read and research from home. It’ll be easier to learn. Proceed with caution around a disagreement over priorities. Something goes bump in the night. Listen carefully, and shine a light.

Aquarius — Today is a 7 — Discipline is required. Don’t worry ineffectively, or let yourself get too far off on a tangent. It’s emotion versus reason. Keep in action. You’re gaining confidence.

Gemini — Today is a 7 — Success today favors strategists. Share your dreams. Friends help you reach your goal. Count funds and pay bills. A shortage threatens your plans. Work interferes with travel.

Virgo — Today is a 5 — A job doesn’t go as planned.Try recycling, literally or metaphorically. Creative work is required. Others look to you for practical advice. Don’t try a new trick yet. Postpone travel.

Sagittarius — Today is an 8 — Make a stand for beauty. Tap another revenue source. Share dreams. Try some of them out. Say what you mean. Make sure everybody’s on the same page. Don’t fall for a trick.

Pisces — Today is a 7 — Mull over your plans. You’ll be more analytical, with help from a technical friend. Imagination works when all else fails. If you’re not prepared, do what needs to be done first.

October 10 - 13, 2013

A preview of fall music DYLAN FROST The Weekender

2013 thus far has proven to be a renaissance year for music across all spectrums of genre. From the back-to-back summer releases of the omnipresent-rap-duo Jay Z and Kanye West, to the shocking return of 90’s alternative-rock-group My Bloody Valentine, whose highly anticipated follow-up to Loveless finally released after two decades, 2013 has been a year of variety — and there’s still plenty to look forward to in the final quarter of the year. Here’s a guide to fall albums and what listeners can anticipate moving forward.

Sleigh Bells (Oct. 8)—“Bitter Rivals”: Tattoos, leather jackets and confrontational rock n’ roll — Sleigh Bells are the cool ‘80s high school guy that never actually attended any classes, choosing instead to wait for his equally cool cheerleader girlfriend by the quad in his Pontiac Firebird while blaring Quiet Riot. The Sleigh Bells are very in-your-face, loud and demanding of crowd enthusiasm. Lead vocalist Alexis Krauss is like a bizarre hybrid of that aforementioned ‘80s guy and his cheerleader girlfriend. She has swagger and tatted-up-resiliency while delivering her vocals in a preppy way that calls to rally. The single “Bitter Rivals” has that crunchy-distortion and unintelligible guitar that drives every Sleigh Bells song. Loud samples and programmed hip-hop drums crowd the song equally as much, yet still leave room for Krauss’s tough girl lyrics, “I had to kill the new sheriff in town/she was gonna try to keep me,” then switching to a peppier, “you are my bitter rival/ but I need you for survival.” The band delivers a good show for anyone looking for a good beer- and sweat-drenched atmosphere. Krauss plays on either side of guitarists Derek Miller and Jason Boyer, who play with the exact same setup, including 12-foot walls of Marshall amps that all seem to be turned up to their maximum volumes. You pretty much know what you’re going to get with every Sleigh Bells album, but they deserve a few listens. Plus, I’m sure Bitter Rivals sounds good playing from the speakers of that now 30-year-old Pontiac Firebird. Cults (Oct. 15)—“Static”: Cults are an upbeat boy-girl duo that plays happy-go-lucky indie-pop songs. A lot of the music from their self-titled debut album is reverb heavy and lo-fi, which has been the standard for indie groups of their kind during the past several years. The first album was pretty good; there was not a whole lot of variation between songs but it had some charm. The single from Static —“I Can Hardly Make You Mine”— sticks to the same formula from the first album but is a little heavier with the guitar and trembling synthesizer. The vocals are still very upfront and poppy, though. No other songs have been released for “Static” yet; hopefully the duo can orchestrate some brilliance and innovation with their sophomore effort.

importantly though, it adds more anticipation for the new Real Estate — a step away from the psychedelic pop and a return of the beach bum indie-rock that Mondanile plays just as well. Arcade Fire (Oct. 29)—“Reflektor”: After winning the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2011, Arcade Fire is making innovative efforts to promote “Reflektor.” On Sept. 9 the group unveiled an interactive, experimental music video sponsored in part by Google that requires the viewer to have Google Chrome, a webcam and a smart phone to work properly. The viewer waves the smartphone in front of the webcam, creating a dazzling show of pulsating lights and colors

Kurt Vile and Sore Eros (Nov. 4)—“Jamaica Plain” EP:

in the foreground while the video is happening in the back and also causing interesting delayed motions controlled by the user. The effects aren’t necessarily interesting; there are flashbased web games that do the same thing. It’s the bridging of interactivity with the music video medium that makes it so captivating — something that doesn’t happen often but could become a positive trend for music. Ironically, the song preaches listeners to become less connected to technology, “we’re so connected, but are we even friends?” In the last half of the video, the words “BREAK FREE” appear in bold letters if the user clicks anywhere on the screen. “Reflector” is an upbeat and catchy song, even featuring a guest spot on vocals by David Bowie. The album is produced by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, which is revealed in the single’s tone. Arcade Fire is definitely making an effort for another Album of the Year award. Walter TV (Oct. 31)—Blessed:

Ducktails (Oct. 22)—“Wish Hotel” EP: Matt Mondanile — the laid back jangle-rock guitarist for Real Estate and Ducktails — released one of the best albums earlier this year with “The Flower Lane.” Although Real Estate is set to release a new album early next year, Mondanile will continue to promote his solo effort with a five-song EP. “Honey Tiger Eyes” is a continuation of the dressed-up and dreamy sound of pretty much everything on “The Flower Lane.” It has that signature echoing, phaser-induced guitar that fades in and out of many Real Estate and Ducktails songs. The synthesizer melody follows a D-C-C-B progression, creating a love song complemented by the reverberating lo-fi vocals of Mondanile. “In the garden, I looked at how I feel/You left a message under the orange tree, an invitation that excited me.” Indeed, it’s handsome, dexterous and enchanting. More

with a beat-up guitar that looks like it was bought at a Toys R Us and with guitar effects that sound like they have been soaked in water (or probably beer) several times. The result is a dense, chorus-heavy sound that is uniquely his. That sound is reflected in Walter TV’s recently released single, “Puka Shell Necklace.” The song mocks the outdated summer accessory and sounds very similar to Strawberry Jam-era Animal Collective. The dense chorus effects favored by Demarco drown it out; the mid-tempo drums ring out with the pounding of the floor tom and complemented by maracas; the high-pitched vocals are muddled and almost undistinguishable. It is uncertain if Walter TV is going to be a serious project or an experimental cult group. If it’s anything like Demarco’s album “2” though, it should be pretty good, although is sounds like he is going in a different direction with this project.

Walter TV is a side project of the always-entertaining janglerocker Mac Demarco. Those familiar with the 23-year-old, gap-toothed Canadian should know about his rambunctious and nutty stage performance that would usually leave audiences feeling uncomfortable if he wasn’t such a cool guy. Demarco says whatever is on his mind even if it lacks coherency. Even if it takes several seconds to garner an awkward response, he flails his body around while grunting into the microphone in between songs. He once got naked on stage and put a drumstick in a censorable area. Essentially, he’s that typical party-every-night house show musician but he’s good at it. While most young musicians of his success would jump at the opportunity to play with Fender guitars and Boss pedals, Demarco keeps it simple by playing

It seems there isn’t much wrong Kurt Vile can do and there isn’t a song he cannot write. The psychedelic-folk singer-songwriter announced plans to release a three-song EP collaborated with Sore Eros. The songs were recorded back in the early 2000s before his success, which is good news for fans that are into his tenser, more lo-fi material. His release earlier this year— “Wakin on a Hazy Day” —was met with critical acclaim further pushing the idea that he’s the present face of indie-rock; after all, his hometown of Philadelphia did declare Aug. 28 Kurt Vile Day. M.I.A. (Nov. 5)—Matangi: M.I.A. is one of the most talented pop stars while also being one of the most controversial — a quality that many pop artists of her stature seem to have. If you watched the 2012 Super Bowl, you should remember the middle finger she flung towards the camera during a halftime performance with Madonna. M.I.A. had some choice words for the Federal Trade Commission and the NFL after receiving a ridiculous fine of $1.5 million earlier this year: “The NFL thing is completely ridiculous,” she said in a YouTube response to the lawsuit filed by the league. “Now they’re scapegoating me into figuring out the goal posts on what is offensive in America. Is my finger offensive, or is it an underage black girl with her legs wide open more offensive to the family audience?” “They want me on my knees, to say sorry so they can slap me on my wrist, and basically say it’s okay for me to promote being sexually exploited as a female, but then to display female empowerment through being punk rock,” she continued. Lawsuits aside, M.I.A. continues to create really good music. The single — “Come Walk With Me” — is very promising for what could be coming on the new album, “Matangi” (named after the singer’s first name). It has the attitude and peppiness that’s expected from M.I.A. and is almost entirely driven by samples, which creates a lot of spontaneity in the song. This album isn’t supposed to be released until Nov. 5 but the erratic performer has threatened to leak the album early after having a dispute with her record label, Interscope. “If Interscope takes longer I can always leak this next week and make a new one by the time they are ready,” she tweeted in August. Stay tuned; Matangi might be here sooner than anticipated.