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Af ter months of meetings, debates, forums and deliberation, the nine-person committee selected to review and revise the student conduct code is about ready to call it a day. Since the summer, the committee has held multiple meetings, listened to students and faculty and debated about what changes should and shouldn’t be made to the code. Paul Sarvela, dean of the college of applied sciences and arts and chair of the committee, said at this point the committee is going through each suggestion and voting whether to make each change. Now, votes are being made and Sarvela said he is hoping the process will be completed by the end of the ANTHONY SOUFFLÉ ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN Saluki quarterback Nick Hill, center, celebrates with tight end Byron Gettis following the first touchdown of Saturday afternoon’s 34-27 win semester. over Massachusetts in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Football Championship at McAndrew Stadium. SEE PAGE 12 FOR STORY. See CODE, Page 5 University to pay Southern dancing feet for loan mistake Southern Illinois Dance Company shows its best at performance Madeleine Leroux Students won’t DAILY EGYPTIAN “It was not fair to them have to give Sev en silhouettes basked in red because they went in light danced on, around and with back loan money with the anticipation chairs this weekend to the song “Juicy” by Better than Ezra. they would have this This was just one of 10 dances Joe Crawford performed by the Southern Illinois DAILY EGYPTIAN money. — Victoria Valle Dance Company in the Furr assistant vice chancellor Auditorium in Pulliam Hall. The A group of graduate students for enrollment management company is an organization for stu- who received too much loan money dents and community members to this semester will be relieved of for loans they had already received. train and perform dance. their debt by the university. Valle said forcing the students The company has 19 members Victoria Valle, assistant vice to pay back the money would be this semester, said Donna Wilson, chancellor for enrollment man- inappropriate. artistic director of SIDC and asso- agement, said the 15 students “It was not fair to them because ciate professor of dance, and it gen- who received the bills, some of they went in with the anticipation erally has 20 or 25 dancers at a which were for thousands of dol- they would have this money,” she time. Each song featured unique lars, would not be held accountable said. costumes, music and lighting. for their debt and the university Financial Aid Director Billie Jo Erin Walter came from Arkansas would pay the amount owed to the Hamilton has said the university to see her daughter perform and Department of Education. had planned to come into compli- attended both performances. Officials originally said 19 stu- ance with the federal regulation for “It gets better every time,” dents were affected, but Valle said about a year but her office did not Walter said. the number was inaccurate. find out the names of the affected Jennifer Walter, a junior from The students, all of whom have students until October. Carol Stream studying marketing, fellowships, were billed mid-semes- Valle said the university will is finishing her second semester ter as a result of the university’s change the way it treats the fellow- with SIDC, but it’s her first semes- move to comply with a federal reg- ships next semester so the stipends ter as a choreographer. Dancers of ulation requiring their stipends be will not be considered a financial SIDC choreographed all but one counted as a resource when deter- resource. dance. mining loan eligibility. The change Walter said dancing is a big part caused the students to be ineligible See FELLOWSHIP, Page 5 of her life and has been since she was 4 years old. “It’s the only thing I’m good at,” �� Walter said. “It’s a way of expressing �� myself.” �� The performance featured a �� range of music, from Method Man �� STEPHEN RICKERL ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN to Five for Fighting. Wilson said A silhouetted dancer performs Saturday during the Southern the dancers practice each dance for �� Illinois Dance Company’s 2007 fall concert at Furr Auditorium in �� one hour each week. �� Pulliam Hall. The Southern Illinois Dance Company is a faculty directed �� See DANCE, Page 5 dance company open to students and community members. 2 Monday, December 3, 2007 DAILY EGYPTIAN News CALENDAR NEWS BRIEFS Night Safety Transit Investigators study why trains that collided were now begins at 6 p.m. on same track on the southside of Chicago (prior was 7 p.m.)

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Student Alumni Council Meeting • 5 p.m. Today at the Student Center, Ballroom C Alpha Phi Alpha pres- ents SIUC Egyptian Feast • 7:06 p.m. Tuesday at the Student Center, Ballroom B • Please RSVP by emailing Charles MICHAEL TERCHA ~ MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE Alexander at [email protected] • Free! Open to all students but seats Firefighters work the scene after an Amtrak train collided with a are limited freight train, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, on Chicago’s South Side.

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal transportation officials said Saturday that their main prior- SIU Amateur Radio ity as they investigate a train collision on Chicago’s South Side is to figure out why both Club Meeting trains were on the same track at the same time. • 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Engineering Dozens were injured in the Friday morning accident, after a double-decker Amtrak Building, Room A131 train traveling around 35 mph slammed into a freight train. • Brief meeting and testing session for Most of the 187 passengers on board the “Pere Marquette” traveling to Chicago from FCC ham radio licensure all classes Grand Rapids, Mich., walked away without major injuries from the impact, which cata- • Testing is $4 pulted people from their seats. “We don’t know what caused this accident,” National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Robert Sumwalt told reporters Saturday evening. The calendar is a free service for A police surveillance camera mounted on a nearby post recorded the accident and community groups. We cannot the NTSB would review the footage, Sumwalt said. He added that investigators would not guarantee that all items will run. immediately make that footage available to the media. The accident sent 71 people to a dozen hospitals, most of them in stable or good Submit calendar items to the condition, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Three people — one Amtrak crew DAILY EGYPTIAN newsroom, member and two passengers — were hospitalized overnight, Sumwalt said. All three had Communications 1247, at least been released by Saturday evening, according to Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari. two days before event, or call The Amtrak train’s engineer told investigators that after he switched tracks as instruct- (618) 536-3311, ext. 266. ed by a dispatcher, he accelerated to 40 mph; when he saw the freight train, he applied his brakes and hit the stationary train at between 33-35 mph, Sumwalt said. It took 9 seconds from the moment the engineer hit the brakes and the collision with the freight train, the POLICE REPORTS NTSB official said.

Tyler Harold Mikos, 18, of Des Plains Chase suspect ID’d after fatal shooting was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis 30 grams and under, delivery HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — An Illinois man was fatally shot by authorities after escaping of cannabis 30 grams and under, and pos- from an Iowa hospital and striking three police cars during a chase in northeast Missouri. session of drug paraphernalia at 8:10 p.m. The man was identified Sunday as Peter Jamerson, 27, of Homewood. Wednesday at Mae Smith Hall. Mikos was Police said Jamerson, who was being guarded by a sheriff’s deputy at a hospital, alleg- unable to post bond and was transported edly stole a truck from the University of Iowa parking department Saturday afternoon. to Jackson County Jail where he was later Hours later, the truck rammed a Palmyra police vehicle in Missouri Saturday evening, released on bond. said Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Brent Bernhardt. After hitting the Palmyra officer, the pickup crossed a median, striking a Marion County Mark Walter Gronek Jr., 19, of Elmhurst sheriff’s department vehicle head-on. was arrested and charged with possession It then struck the side of a Missouri State Highway Patrol vehicle, which was hit from of cannabis 30 grams and under at 10:41 behind by a tractor-trailer. The officer was treated for minor injuries, Bernhardt said. p.m. Thursday at Mae Smith Hall. Gronek Jamerson then tried to carjack a vehicle, failed, and stole another car from a nearby was issued a Carbondale pay-by-mail cita- home, leading police on a brief second chase. tion and released. After police used tire-deflating devices, Jamerson finally crashed just north of Hanibal. He was shot in the torso as officers tried to arrest him. Donald Scott Linnemann, 20, of Graysville was arrested and charged with Zero Tolerance underage consumption Investigators ask public, truckers for help in of alcohol and driving without head- lights when required at 2:49 a.m. Friday Peterson search at the corner of Douglas Drive and South BOLINGBROOK (AP) — Authorities searching for a missing police officer’s wife are Oakland. Linnemann was released on a asking the public for help and said Sunday they hope truck drivers may hold clues about personal recognizance bond plus his driv- the latest twist in the investigation of the disappearance of 23-year-old Stacy Peterson. er’s license. Illinois State Police said two truck drivers were approached by a man believed to be Drew Peterson, who asked them to take a package to an undisclosed location hours after A theft under $300 occurred between the former police officer’s wife was last seen. 4:26 p.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday at the ISP spokesman Trooper Mark Dorencz said Sunday the truckers declined to take the Recreation Center. A nylon bag, sweatshirt, package. swimming trunks, goggles and keys were Investigators won’t say if anyone else has come forward with similar information about stolen. There are no suspects at this time. the reported encounter at a Bolingbrook truck stop around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 29. They also won’t say whether they’ve expanded their search outside of Illinois. Workers who answered the telephone at the truck stop declined to comment CORRECTIONS Sunday. On Saturday, state police said two men — one said to be Peterson and another man If you spot an error, please contact the in his 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build — asked drivers to transport the DAILY EGYPTIAN accuracy desk at 536-3311, package to an undisclosed location. ext. 253. Investigators said in a statement that the two truck drivers were told the men would pick up the package after it was transported and “continue transporting it to a location not accessible by semi-trailers,” the statement said.

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Steamboats and flying saucers do not generally travel on U.S. highways, but such a sight is a yearly tradition in Carbondale. Thousands of onlookers lined the streets of Carbondale Saturday night to watch a variety of floats strung with many more lights, marching bands and Girl and Boy Scout Troops. Together, the groups were part of the 17th annual Lights Fantastic Parade. DUVALE RILEY ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN Tom Redmond, a carbondale resi- The opening float of the Carbondale Lights Fantastic Parade dent, who has been parade coordina- marked 17th year the city has held the parade Saturday evening in tor each year, said 51 floats and com- Carbondale. munity organizations marched in the parade. Some of the floats, like the lead float built by the city 17 years ago, were parade would begin. Bryan Vagner, Salukis may be one reason crowds were fitted with more than 20,000 lights. driver of the Rotary International float, larger than previous parades, Stemper Nancy Stemper, a member of the was one of the participants lining Mill said. The crowd got to be so large Lights Fantastic Committee, said she Street making sure the lights on his that three children climbed the roof was pleased with the parade’s fabulous float worked, the generator in the of Carbondale Trophy Company to crowds and weather. back of his truck had enough fuel to watch the parade. “It’s hard not to be positive about last the parade and a fire extinguisher Traffic traveling on portions an event like this,” Stemper said. was handy. of Route 13, U.S. 51, Mill and Stemper, and 14 other volunteer Saturday’s pleasant weather was Washington Streets were redirected members of the committee, work year- a rarity for December in Illinois. from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. to make round to organize the parade. She Most northern and central regions way for the parade. City officials and DUVALE RILEY ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN said the committee will meet today to of the state had sleet and freezing the Carbondale Police Department Blake Darnstaedt, 8, from Carbondale, smiles in the back of begin work on the 2008 parade. rain. But with warmer temperatures mapped alternate routes almost a week a Cub Scout float just before the Lights Fantastic parade. This Eight-year-old Austin Gulley in Carbondale, and a stroke of luck in advance. was Darnstaedt’s first time being involved in a parade. and his 10-year-old sister, Gina, said holding off rain, the parade carried on The parade was not the only week- the float welcoming Santa Claus was as originally planned. end event requiring traffic direction. the best. But 5-year-old Christopher Redmond said the parade was The SIUC football team played in faced East St. Louis at home. v. Indiana basketball game. None of Hexmoor said his favorite flying sau- originally modeled after the Festival the playoff quarterfinals at McAndrew Brad Barham, Sunday’s day- Saturday’s events had traffic problems cer float could have taken off and of Lights Parade in East Peoria. Stadium, the Saluki men’s basketball shift manager for the SIUC Police other than crowding, he said. flown in any direction. Since then, other cities in Illinois are team took on the Indiana Hoosiers in Department, said officers began Parade participants began getting modeling their light parades after front of a sell-out crowd at the SIU directing traffic at 9:30 a.m. around Barton Lorimor can be reached at into lines and preparing floats by 5:00 Carbondale. Arena and Carbondale Community the football stadium and were not dis- 536-3311 ext. 274 or p.m. on East Mill Street – where the People in town to support the High School’s boy’s basketball team missed until 11:15 p.m. after the SIU [email protected]. Art Over Easy

Brandy Oxford terms of terrorist activity,” Urban said. DAILY EGYPTIAN “You take a figure like Clark Kent, he had a lot of suspicious behavior. For Liz Dilalla said her father, who him to navigate our world would be always told her he was Superman, very difficult, I think, and keep up this motivated her to purchase an oil paint- alter ego of Superman.” ing of Clark Kent at Friday’s “Art Over Rona Kay Cradit, co-chair of the Easy” Auction. auction’s advisory board, said they were “I was raised to believe my father able to keep the cost of the auction was Superman,” Dilalla said. “He under $5,000 because they did not proved to us that he had X-ray vision. have to rent a facility and everything We read all the comic books and I just from the art and signage to beer and love it. When I saw this I thought, I’ve wine were donated. just got to get it for dad.” Opalinski said the board hoped The piece was one of about 170, to bring in about $30,000 between donated by more than 100 artists, sold the evening’s one live and two silent at an auction in the Surplus Gallery at auctions, although it is an ‘as is’ auc- the Glove Factory. Art sold included tion, therefore nothing was pulled off jewelry, paintings, etchings, sculptures, the block. He said this auction is an ceramics, photographs and a large, opportunity to obtain fine pieces of art pink stick by alumnus Lee Littlefield, for good prices. which sold for more than $400. Most of the donations came from Dilalla said she has never had any- the artists, mostly faculty, alumni and thing like the piece and has no idea graduate students. But a few pieces where she will put it. She said she came from community members and came to the auction because she knew collectors with an interest in the auc- several members of the auction’s advi- tion’s cause. sory board. “We have a few things that were The board, composed of about donated, what we call orphan art,” a dozen people, organized the event Cradit said. held by the SIU School of Art and She said the term is used to describe Design. art that no longer fits an individual’s Board member Dave Opalinski collection or is put aside to make room said members support the school’s for new pieces or, in the case of the need for new building construction live auction’s two Salvador Dali pieces, and scholarship funding. were part of a collection that was being “That’s basically what the auction downsized. funds,” Opalinski said. Cradit said the event was a great Dilalla’s painting was from a series way to show support for local artists of work by Jason Urban, which involved and obtain nice pieces for good prices. recognizable hero figures. Urban, who “People have a choice of so many teaches printmaking at the univer- things to support, particularly this time sity, said the painting’s title, “Report of year, and I think sometimes art isn’t Suspicious Activity,” was pulled from a always put on the front burner,” Cradit flashing highway sign in Maryland. said. “This a really excellent way for “It’s kind of responding to paranoia people who love art and want to sup- that we’re dealing with these days in port our local artists to do just that.” 4 Monday, December 3, 2007 WORLD & NATION News WIRE REPORTS Clinton assists in hostage situation B  Iraqi death toll falls for Glen Johnson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS third straight month BAGHDAD (AP) — The number of Iraqis PORTSMOU TH , N.H. killed last month fell to 718, an Associated — When the hostages had been Press tally showed, the lowest monthly death toll since just before the 2006 bomb- released and their alleged captor ing of a Shiite shrine provoked a vicious arrested, a regal-looking Hillary cycle of retaliatory sectarian violence. Rodham Clinton strolled out of her The figures come as the military says Washington home, the picture of violence has fallen to levels not seen in calm in the face of crisis. nearly two years, while acknowledging that Iraqis are still dying in unacceptable num- The image, broadcast just as bers. the network news began, conveyed An expert on the effect of conflicts on the message a thousand town hall civilians agreed, saying that while the down- meetings and campaign commer- ward trend was positive, it needed to be cials strive for — namely, that the kept in perspective. “We’ve gone from horrific levels of mur- Democratic presidential contender der to very bad, which is an improvement can face disorder in a most orderly but not a reason to celebrate,” said Richard manner. Garfield, a professor at New York’s Columbia “I am very grateful that this dif- University and a manager of health and ficult day has ended so well,” she nutrition for the World Health Organization. It was the third consecutive monthly declared as she stood alone at the decline in the death toll of Iraqi civilians microphone. and security forces since August, when a Little more than three hours massive suicide bombing targeting minor- later, just in time for the 11 p.m. ity Yazidis in northern Iraq helped push the figure to at least 1,956. local news, Clinton reaffirmed that Some 500 are thought to have perished perspective. In New Hampshire, she in the bombing of the Yazidis. embraced her staffers and their fam- At least 1,023 Iraqis were killed in ilies, and lauded the law enforce- September, 911 in October and 718 in ment officials who brought a siege November, the lowest since January 2006, DAN SHEEHAN ~ MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE at her local campaign headquarters when 615 Iraqis were killed, according to North Main Street is cordoned off as a man claiming to have a bomb walked into a Hillary figures compiled by the AP from hospi- to a peaceful conclusion. Rodham Clinton campaign office in Rochester, N.H., Friday, and initially took at least four hostages, tal, police and military officials, as well as It was a vintage example of a police and witnesses said. accounts from reporters and photogra- candidate taking a negative and phers. Insurgent deaths were not included. turning it into a positive. And Other counts differ and some have given higher civilian death tolls. coming just six weeks before the a bomb. Over the ensuing five hours, as York senator said. The number of U.S. troop deaths also presidential voting begins, the tim- Police later arrested 46-year-old a state trooper negotiated with the At the same time, the woman declined for the sixth consecutive month, ing could hardly have been more Leeland Eisenberg of Somersworth, suspect and hostages were released striving to move from former first with at least 37 recorded in November, beneficial to someone hoping to N.H., and charged him with kidnap- one-by-one, Clinton continued to lady to the first female president was according to an AP tally based on military stave off a loss in the Iowa cau- ping and reckless conduct. They said call up and down the law enforce- eager to convey that she knew the figures. That was the lowest number since March 2006, when 31 American service cuses and secure a win in the New he walked into the office, demand- ment food chain, from local to traditional lines of command and members died. Hampshire primary. ing to speak to Clinton and com- county to state to federal officials. control in a crisis, even if the events Aides said Clinton was home plaining about inadequate access to “I knew I was bugging a lot of inside the storefront on North Main Friday afternoon, getting ready to mental care. these people, it felt like on a min- Street were far short of a world T deliver a partisan speech in Virginia The aides said Clinton imme- ute-by-minute basis, trying to make calamity. Judge denies request to the Democratic National diately canceled her trip and began sure that I knew everything that was “They were the professionals, Committee, when she was told working the phones. She later told going on so I was in a position to they were in charge of this situa- to move trial in Tenn. three workers in her Rochester, reporters she had New Hampshire tell the families, to tell my campaign tion, whatever they asked me or my killings because of N.H., headquarters had been taken Gov. John Lynch, a fellow Democrat, and to be available to do anything campaign to do is what we would bloggers, media hostage by a man claiming to have on the phone in eight minutes. that they asked of me,” the New do,” Clinton said. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A black man charged with helping those accused of killing a white couple has lost his bid to relocate his trial over concerns that intensive coverage from news media, especially con- Putin wins ‘dirty’ election Parliament to argue servative bloggers, could bias jurors. Eric Boyd is charged as an accessory after the fact in the killings of Channon Christian, a 21-year-old University of Tennessee student, with 60 percent of vote and her boyfriend Christopher Newsom, for teachers’ pardon 23, in January. Four other people, all of Lynn Berry them black, are charged in state court with Putin is constitutionally prohibited Alfred de Montesquiou murder. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from running for a third consecutive THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bloggers and other critics who see large term, but he clearly wants to stay in “There is only one item media outlets as too liberal have accused MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin’s power. A movement has sprung up in those organizations of not covering the on the agenda and that case thoroughly, and have said the slayings party won a crushing victory in par- recent weeks to urge him to become a KHARTO UM, Sudan would get more attention had the victims liamentary elections Sunday, paving “national leader,” though what duties — Sudan’s president will meet is Gillian and hopefully been black and the defendants been white. the way for the authoritarian leader to and powers that would entail are a British delegation to discuss U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Guyton obtaining her pardon. remain in control even after he steps unclear. a possible pardon for a teacher determined in a ruling Friday that Boyd — Lord Nazir Ahmed could still get a fair jury. down as president. Pollsters said United Russia’s per- imprisoned in Sudan for allow- British Parliament member “The court cannot find that the level of The vote followed a tense Kremlin formance would give it an overwhelm- ing her students to name a teddy negative pretrial publicity has affected the campaign that relied on a combina- ing majority of 306 seats in the 450- bear Muhammad, a presidential demanded her execution at a rally entire potential jury pool for the Knoxville tion of persuasion and intimidation to seat State Duma, or lower house. The spokesman said Sunday. in Khartoum. division from Knox and surrounding coun- ensure victory for the United Russia Communists would have 57 seats. Two Muslim members of Gibbons was moved from the ties,” Guyton wrote. party and for Putin, who has used a Two other pro-Kremlin parties British parliament, Baroness Omdurman women’s prison to a Boyd’s attorney, Philip Lomonaco, had complained that TV reports falsely included flood of oil revenues to move his coun- — the nationalist Liberal Democratic Sayeeda Warsi and Lord Nazir secret location on Friday after the his client among the alleged killers, and that try onto a more assertive position on Party and populist Just Russia — also Ahmed, have been in Sudan for demonstrations. bloggers had inflamed racial tensions. the global stage. appeared to have made it into parlia- two days trying to set up a meeting The British Embassy said they Lomonaco was particularly concerned “The vote affirmed the main idea: ment, with 9 percent and 7.9 percent, with Sudanese President Omar al- had not been officially notified about erroneous reports on the Internet because “it may be there forever (and) it’s that Vladimir Putin is the national respectively, in the early count. Bashir. He is the only one who can about the meeting with al-Bashir. everywhere. It’s not a newspaper you read leader, that the people support his One Liberal Democratic Party pardon Gillian Gibbons, the 54- But spokesman Omar Daair said and throw away.” course and this course will continue,” deputy will be Andrei Lugovoi, a for- year-old British teacher who has it would be “a positive develop- Boyd, 34, could get 15 years in prison if party leader and parliament speaker mer KGB officer and chief suspect in been imprisoned since Thursday. ment.” convicted. His trial is set for February. Boris Gryzlov said after exit polls were the poisoning death of Kremlin critic “The (Sudanese) president Earlier Sunday, Warsi said she announced. Alexander Litvinenko in London will meet the British delegation and Ahmed had “some very, very V  Several opposition leaders accused last year. Russia has refused to hand at 10:30 (Monday morning) at difficult meetings” with Sudanese the Kremlin of rigging the vote, and the Lugovoi over to Britain, and the the presidential palace,” Mahzoub officials but indicated the two poli- Venezuelans vote on Bush administration called for a probe Duma seat provides him with immu- Faidul told The Associated Press. ticians had canceled their return changes that could let into voting irregularities. Communist nity from prosecution. “He will discuss the case and a tickets to Britain early Monday in Chavez remain for life Party leader Gennady Zyuganov called No other parties passed the 7 per- possible pardon.” hopes of a breakthrough. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo the election “the most irresponsible and cent threshold for gaining seats in Al-Bashir’s decision to sit down Ahmed said “progress has been Chavez sought to cement his power Sunday dirty” in the post-Soviet era. the legislature. Both opposition liberal with the two politicians could be a made” in their meetings. in a vote on constitutional reforms that With ballots from 54.7 percent parties were shut out, predicted to win breakthrough in the case. “There is only one item on could let him remain president for life, a of precincts counted, United Russia no more than 2 or 3 percent of the Gibbons was sentenced the agenda and that is Gillian and critical test for a leader bent on turning this major U.S. oil provider into a socialist state. was leading with 62.9 percent, while vote each. Thursday to 15 days in prison hopefully obtaining her pardon,” Caravans of Chavez’s supporters took the Communists — the only oppo- Many Russians complained and deportation for insulting Islam said Ahmed. to the streets honking horns and blaring sition party to win seats — trailed Sunday about being pressured to cast because she allowed her students He expressed hope that the celebratory music as they anticipated vic- with 11.7 percent, the Central Election their ballots, with teachers, doctors and to give a teddy bear the same name cultural background of the two tory after most polls closed, but opposition Commission said. Exit polls seemed to others saying they had been ordered as Islam’s revered prophet — a politicians would help bridge the leaders did not concede and called for their supporters to closely monitor the ballot corroborate the partial results. by their bosses to vote at their work- violation under Sudan’s Islamic gap between Britain and Sudan. count. The Kremlin portrayed the election places. Sharia law. “That is very important, we are Chavez’s opponents fear a win by the as a plebiscite on Putin’s nearly eight “People are being forced and threat- Concern for the teacher’s safe- British and we are Muslim,” said president could mean a plunge toward years as president — with the promise ened to vote; otherwise they won’t get ty grew Friday after thousands Ahmed. “We understand the sen- dictatorship. Supporters have faith that that a major victory would allow him their salaries or pensions,” said Boris of Sudanese, many armed with sitivity and culture of this part of Chavez would use the reforms to deepen grass-roots democracy and more equitably somehow to remain leader after his Nemtsov, leader of the liberal Union clubs and swords and beating the world and also our own culture spread the wealth. second term ends next year. of Right Forces party. drums, burned pictures of her and and norms and customs.” News DAILY EGYPTIAN Monday, December 3, 2007 5 FELLOWSHIP CODE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 lem’s resolution. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “We tried to put together all the concerns people have “As for the change in how the

If the fellowships are considered money is dispersed, probably pay- “We tried to put together all and then put together all those recommendations. employment, it does not count as ing taxes on the stipend and having the concerns people have and — Paul Sarvela a resource, she said, so the univer- some kind of work assignment is then put together all those rec- dean of the college of applied sciences and arts and chair of the committee sity plans to communicate with the better than not being able to access ommendations,” he said. students’ departments to determine these loans,” Zaunbrecher said. He also said the committee a feeling that little will change “This is a great campus,” he what services they already provide The loans are especially impor- looks back to its model code to with this new code, maybe some said. “But I think what I do off or could provide in the future. tant to graduate students, who keep the discussion rolling if wording or some new definitions,” this campus shouldn’t faze them.” Valle said because of the way typically have more expenses than needed. White said. White said he was discouraged the stipends will be paid, the stu- undergraduates, he said. Sarvela said the committee Sarvela said he knows there because he began the meetings dents will have to pay taxes on the “A lot more fellows have fami- hoped to have suggestions to will never be a time when every- with the hope there would be money. lies or medical expense or some- Larry Dietz, vice chancellor for one is happy. some serious changes made to “Because most of them are fairly thing like that that they really need student affairs, by Thanksgiving “So maybe they might not the code. low income they can file tax returns these loans to help them out with,” break, but said the committee is agree with everything we have to However, White said he has and get the money back,” she said. he said. running behind. recommend, but perhaps they’ll found that a small majority of the Nicholas Zaunbrecher, who “We’re spending the time that understand where we came from,” committee does not seem to have has a Delyte and Dorothy Morris Joe Crawford can be reached at we need to spend on it to discuss he said. much of an interest in serious Doctoral Fellowship, said he was 536-3311 ext. 254 or the matters,” he said. “He expects Jason Carey, a senior from changes. relatively satisfied with the prob- [email protected]. the report to be turned in within Naperville studying outdoor rec- After Dietz makes the changes the next week or two.” reation, said although he enjoys he finds necessary to the code, Demetrous White, president SIUC, there are some parts of the the committee will take one last of the Undergraduate Student conduct code he wishes would be look at it and send a draft to DANCE “It’s fun and I think more peo- Government, said in his State changed. Chancellor Fernando Treviño CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ple should come out and audition,” of the Student Body Address Carey said he has had first- with the final vote going to SIU Goldstein said. “We need more Wednesday he was not sure how hand experience with the conduct President Glenn Poshard. Brieanna Goldstein, a senior people in our family!” seriously each of the three main code beginning his freshman year from Vernon Hills studying hospi- Auditions are held the second concerns the students expressed and his main concern was the tality and tourism, is in her seventh Tuesday of each semester and prac- were being taken. jurisdiction the university claims Christian Holt can be reached at semester in the company. Goldstein tices begin the following week. “I must inform you that I have over its students. 536-3311 ext. 268 or [email protected]. said the members of SIDC are all very close and are like a second Madeleine Leroux can be reached at family. 536-3311 ext. 254 or [email protected]. Storm plasters Midwest with snow

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STUDENT COLUMN SIU football needs you

ANDY FRUTH played in Carbondale. Things were so bad on Saturday there are thousands of screaming students at ISU or Western. The game will be Saturday at that some friends of mine who fans there to pick up the team when We are one game away from a [email protected] 3:00 p.m. and will be broadcast live caught the game on the radio it needs a big stop or a big play. national championship. Pay the six by ESPN. said they could hear the UMass We are going to need as many dollars for Pete’s sake and get into I hope everyone realizes what a cheerleaders louder than the game people in McAndrew Stadium the game. tremendous opportunity we have in crowd. Home-game attendance next Saturday Even though SIU is better SIU has advanced to the front of us. We are one game away We’ve tried as possible to known for its basketball program, semifinals of the FBS (1-AA) from a national championship and the whole “Pack numbers this football season help propel the next Saturday we have an Football Championship only we get to play the semifinal game the Mac” thing Aug. 30 vs. Quincy 9,589 SIU football opportunity to show a national twice in its long history. The first at home. before to mixed Sept. 22 vs. Arkansas Pine Bluﬀ 11,316 team to its television audience that we are Oct. 6 vs. Youngstown State 13,188 time was 1983, arguably the best Now we need to get serious. I results, but Oct. 20 vs. Missouri State 12,064 second national pretty darn good in football, too. year in SIU football history when thought the attendance on Saturday this Saturday, Nov. 10 vs. Illinois State 9,259 championship We’ve been to the semifinals one we went on to win the national was pathetic. We had 6,650 people it is absolutely Nov. 24 vs. Eastern Illinois 6,142 in 24 years. In other time before and that time we championship. show up for Saturday’s game. imperative that Dec. 1 vs. U Mass 6,650 order to do this ended up winning it all. The second time was Saturday With the exception of the Eastern we “Pack the Source: The oﬃ cial Saluki Athletics Web site we are going History hasn’t been written yet after a 34-27 home victory over Illinois game, which was held over Mac” with as � http://www.siusalukis.cstv.com to need big for the second time we advanced to UMass. We are now one game Thanksgiving weekend, Saturday’s many people commitments the semifinals but if we all do our away from playing in our second game was the worst-attended as possible. I simply cannot stress from everyone, especially SIU part, the 2007 football season could national championship in 24 years. Saluki game of the season. enough how important it is that we students. rival the 1983 season as one of the What made Saturday’s victory It’s sad, but we had 2,939 more get people into the game. Show some pride in your school. greatest football seasons in SIU even sweeter was that No. 1 people show up for the Aug. 30 A home-field advantage isn’t Go to the game, not just the history. Northern Iowa got beat at home game against Quincy, an NAIA an advantage just because you are tailgate. We all have an opportunity by Delaware 39-27, meaning the school, than we did for Saturday’s playing at home. A real home-field to be a part of something special. Fruth is a graduate student in SIU/Delaware semifinal would be playoff game. advantage is an advantage because Things like this don’t happen to curriculum & instruction.

MISSION STATEMENT WORDS OVERHEARD The DAILY EGYPTIAN, the student-run newspaper of Southern Illinois University “ Who gives a damn? I’m supposed to die within the year so what the Carbondale, is committed to being a trusted source of news, information, commentary hell, I’m going to have a great day. and public discourse, while helping readers understand the issues affecting their lives. ” River Hutson comedian, author and poet on her outlook on life after being diagnosed with HIV and a rare bone marrow disorder Classified DAILY EGYPTIAN Monday, December 3, 2007 7 8 Monday, December 3, 2007 DAILY EGYPTIAN Classified Pulse DAILY EGYPTIAN Monday, December 3, 2007 9 Girls and Sports by Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein

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www DA IL Y E G Y P T IAN P AG E 10  S OUTHERN I LLINOIS U NIVERSITY DECEMBER 3, 2007 It wPill keep you awake Audra Ord Pulse Picks reminds him that life is short and he DAILY EGYPTIAN needs to marry Sam before he runs ‘Awake’ out of time. from the Pulse team Rated: R Finally a match is found and Clay Starring: Hayden Christensen, Jessica is prepped for surgery. As the doctor Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin Directed by: Joby Harold puts the knife to his chest, Clay real- Here are some movies in theaters Runtime: 78 min. izes that he’s way too aware of his surroundings: He’s fully conscious, you should check out. Before you read any further, dis- yet completely paralyzed and thus PROVIDED PHOTO regard any other reviews you may incapable of making anyone aware have read about “Awake.” While of his condition. feeling his heart being removed from other reviews may have pegged the Although the filming of the his chest. Alicia Wade movie as boring and predictable, this procedure itself was rather comical, “Awake” does have some gore 1. “No Country for Old Men.” A completely psychological thriller was anything with an understaffed surgical team, a — it is a movie about open-heart rounded and powerful thriller, this novel-turned- but. laughable operating room and some surgery, after all — but the most dis- cinema-gold can’t be missed. “Awake” brings to the silver unlikely circumstances, the film has turbing aspect is imagining the pain 2. “Awake.” This is the chance for Hayden screen a nightmare come true for many redeeming qualities that more that Christensen’s character must be Christensen to prove he isn’t just the robotic Anakin Skywalker we loved to hate in “Star Wars.” anyone who’s ever gone under the than make up for the shortcomings. feeling as the surgical team preps knife: being awake during surgery. “Awake” features some fantastic him for surgery and performs the According to the tagline of the film, plot twists, surprising “Wait, what?” procedure. His screams are incredibly the phenomenon known as anes- moments that may cause audience convincing. thetic awareness is more common members to turn to their movie- Clocking in at 78 minutes, the Jakina Hill than we would like to think. going pals with gaping mouths and film is the perfect length. It allows 1. “Awake.” It’s the first movie in a while where you really don’t have a clue how it’s going to end. Clay Beresford (Hayden wide eyes. enough time to thoroughly intro- 2. “No Country for Old Men.” There’s no such thing Christensen) is the unfortunate vic- The twists keep coming too, duce the characters, build audiences as too much action and this film is full of it and a few tim of the film, an uber-rich busi- building on one another and keeping up, release some tension, build to surprises as well. nessman who lives with his control- audiences engrossed in the film. a climax and come to a satisfying ling mother (Lena Olin). Fearing Other reviewers apparently have resolution, all without leaving time his mother’s disap- ESP, because they for viewers to lose interest. proval, Clay avoids claim that these Best of all is that the movie fully telling her of his 5 out of 5 stars same plot twists explains itself; audiences won’t be left engagement to Sam were completely with any hanging questions. Audra Ord 1. “Awake.” This movie is awesome and (Jessica Alba), his predictable. “Awake” is thoroughly satisfying; everybody should see it. I don’t care what every mother’s assistant. Though Christensen’s acting at a 78-minute thrill ride capable of other review says, and Roger Ebert doesn’t agree After suffering a heart attack at first is rather understated – think hooking viewers from the onset and with them either. So go see this movie — you won’t a young age, Clay is placed on a Anakin Skywalker on sleep medica- keeping them interested. be disappointed. waiting list for a transplant. His tion – he makes up for the drowsiness 2. “Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” The heart- wrenching true story of a French Elle editor who Audra Ord can be reached at friend and the doctor who saved his during his heart surgery, convincing suffers from full-body paralysis is an emotional life, Jack Harper (Terrence Howard), audience members that he is indeed 536-3311 ext. 275 or [email protected]. rollercoaster, but fully worth the ride.

FOOTBALL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 “We came out with a couple different “I think that we caught them off-guard a little bit,” Hill said. formations, and we “We came out with a couple protected real well. They different formations, and we protected real well. They like like to blitz, and I don’t to blitz, and I don’t know if we know if we confused confused them, but our game plan at the beginning of the them, but our game game was great.” plan at the beginning of Massachusetts coach Don

Brown said the Minutemen the game was great. adjusted to the Salukis a few — Nick Hill times in the game, and all of SIU quarterback Massachusetts’ three sacks on Hill came in the second half. first half, Hill was intercepted in The Minutemen (10-3) the end zone, but Massachusetts would pull to within seven just kneeled down and let the points, but entered the second clock run down to halftime. half trailing, 27-13. The Salukis scored one Brown said the backbreaker touchdown off of Coen’s three for the Minutemen came with interceptions, on Warner’s 6:52 on the clock in the third touchdown run. quarter, when SIU junior run- The Minutemen started the ning back Larry Warner broke drive at their own 12-yard line, ANTHONY SOUFFLÉ ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN free for a 64-yard touchdown making their way to the Saluki Saluki quarterback Nick Hill greats fans as he retires into the lockeroom following Saturday afternoon’s 34-27 win run. 40 before Coen threw behind over Massachusetts in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Football Championship at McAndrew Stadium. The score gave the Salukis his receiver and into the hands their biggest lead of the game, at of SIU junior safety Clayton TAKEAWAY bling like heck at that point — we can’t said. a time Brown said Massachusetts Johnson, who returned the ball CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 give up anything.” Clayton returned the ball seven couldn’t afford to give up any to the Salukis’ own 36-yard The play came less than three min- yards to the SIU 36-yard line to give more points. line. Cloud had a field day in Coen’s utes after Coen forfeited the ball while the offense momentum after consecu- Gettis and Warner, two SIU will face Delaware in space, sacking the quarterback twice threatening in Saluki territory again. tive stalled drives, including one where Salukis who accounted for the quarterfinals at McAndrew and picking off one of his failed After wearing down the SIU SIU quarterback Nick Hill turned the relatively limited production Stadium Saturday, with kickoff attempts after he was hit by a wall of defense with a two-play, 48-yard drive ball over himself in his own end zone. throughout the season, broke set for 3 p.m. maroon jerseys and the ball popped that looked promising, Coen saw the The offense capitalized on the two long scores for a team that The Blue Hens (10-3) beat out. pressure and rolled out of the pocket emotional lift as running back Larry averages 39.5 points per game. Northern Iowa, preventing a “I just blew up,” Cloud said. “I just for another long ball. Warner broke loose for a 64-yard “I knew they were going to rematch between the Salukis wanted to make a play on the ball.” The only problem was the cutting touchdown scamper that proved to be score some, obviously, but those and Panthers, who handed SIU The interception was Coen’s third safety Clayton Johnson, who turned the difference in the game. were just flat-out too easy,” its only loss of the season. on the day and second in eight offen- his head at the perfect moment while Cloud said the Salukis knew Brown said. SIU last made the third round sive plays. running downfield to come up with Massachusetts focused on slide pro- The Salukis intercepted of the playoffs in 1983, when it The fact it occurred late in the the grab. tection for its passing game, a focus of three passes from Minutemen won the national championship third quarter just 11 yards away from a Coen said the timing of the picks the SIU spring and summer workouts. quarterback Liam Coen, who in the three-round format. touchdown that would cut into the 34- was particularly frustrating. He said the depth of preparation was threw for 421 yards and three 13 Saluki lead was the most upsetting “You’re moving the ball, moving the critical in creating pressure to rattle touchdowns in the game. fact, Brown said. ball, moving the ball. They’re not stop- Coen. Soon after Coen was picked Scott Mieszala can be reached “We’ve got them bottled up and ping us. They’re not doing anything to off by SIU senior linebacker at 536-3311 ext. 256 or the next thing you know he hits it and us. It’s what I’m doing out there and Sean McGahan can be reached at Trevor Moe near the end of the [email protected]. pops it,” Brown said. “We’re scram- what we’re doing to ourselves,” Coen 536-3311 ext. 269 or [email protected]. Sports DAILY EGYPTIAN Monday, December 3, 2007 11

QUOTE OF THE DAY Saluki Insider Jerry Kill Who do you predict will make the playoffs in the AFC?

“Jacksonville will surprise some people out of the AFC, but the picture will look pretty typi- SEAN MCGAHAN cal. Cleveland will make the playoffs, but has no chance at sustaining any of its seasonal magic. smcgahan New England was the first to clinch and will be @siude.com the last to play out of the AFC. The rest is just semantics.” I hope the stadium’s not “ coming down. I guess “This conference looks pretty clear, that’s the way to get a new especially at the top. The Patriots, Colts, stadium built a hell of a lot faster than we’re getting it Steelers and Chargers will win their divi- SCOTT MIESZALA sions, with the Pats and Colts taking the built.” first-round bye. Then the wild card teams smieszala will be the Browns and the Jaguars, with – SIU football coach Jerry Kill @siude.com after hearing a loud ruckus an outside chance of the Bills sneaking in during a postgame press instead of Cleveland.” conference in McAndrew Stadium after the Salukis’ 34-27 quarterfinals win Saturday. “I got the Patriots, the Colts, then I’m going to have to go with San Diego, Pittsburgh, and then for the wild cards Cleveland and JEFF ENGLEHARDT Jacksonville. San Diego’s in a weak divi- jengel sion, so I just think they’ll win that one, and @siu.edu Jacksonville would probably win in most divi- sions. Cleveland’s just having a crazy year.”

GUEST COMMENTATOR: ALAN TURNER “The Patriots and Colts obviously are a lock and have a lot of talent. Pittsburgh has a lot of history and will win the division. Jacksonville is a tough, hard team that just runs people down. Cleveland has been a surprise with their new quarterback, Anderson, and I think San Diego has struggled but LaDanian Do you have questions for the Saluki Tomlinson will carry that team.” Insider that you want answered? E-mail: [email protected] — SIU football senior wide receiver Alan Turner

FUNDAMENTALS Randal Falker led all scorers by con- Indiana was Gordon, who was held CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 trolling the paint for a 23-point, five- scoreless by a variety of Saluki looks rebound performance. and pressure in the first 10 minutes the team don’t have the knowledge Against Indiana, the focus of before rattling off his game-high 22 of the system to perform in such Falker on the inside seemed to be points. situations. the same as he thrived in the first half Gordon was frustrated early by Indiana (6-1) played a seven-man with nine points and five rebounds double teams and traps primarily rotation due to a depleted back- on the interior. from junior guard Wesley Clemmons court from injuries and suspensions. But constant double teams and and senior forward Matt Shaw. Freshman guard Eric Gordon, who pressure from Hoosiers leader D.J. But the freshman phenomenon led the Hoosiers with 22 points, White seemed to get to the senior got a hot hand after a series of deep never left the floor. leader, as he was held to just three 3-pointers, and carried the momen- The Indiana players who saw the points and two boards in the final tum to the defensive end with three court were able to win out on the 20 minutes. blocks and two steals. hustle plays most of the time, and White said halftime defensive Lowery said the team had no coach Kelvin Sampson said his squad adjustments limited Falker’s looks specific philosophy for Gordon, who was able to come together as a unit. against the Hoosiers’ zone defense, led the nation in scoring coming into “We were a good team tonight and a more active approach in the contest. instead of some talented kids, and rebounding out of the zone solidified “We have no strategy. We guard that’s what we’re trying to get to,” the stifling. everybody the same,” Lowery said. Sampson said. “Five guys all attacking the glass “We made him take tough shots, Sampson said he focused pri- and rebounding — that’s all we and as a coach you can live with guys marily on the Salukis’ 63-49 victory needed,” White said. making tough shots.” against Mississippi State Nov. 23 White capitalized with 12 when studying film of the team in rebounds, 10 points and three Sean McGahan can be reached at preparation for the matchup. blocks. 536-3311 ext. 269 or In that game, senior forward Undeniably leading the way for [email protected].

THREES open looks. team took a bad shot all night. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson said Mullins said attacking the basket the Salukis inability to shoot mirrored earlier in the game and utilizing the It didn’t take long for the Salukis to his team’s performance in their only loss zone are strategies the Salukis will need realize how tight the rim was Saturday this season. to use more when they get cold from night as sophomore guard Joshua Bone Against Xavier Nov. 24, the Hoosiers the perimeter. missed three 3-pointers in four minutes went 1-for-15 from the beyond the arc He said a persistent week of practice during the first half, most of which were and wound up losing by 15 points. should help the Salukis get their swag- hardly contested. The Salukis’ shooting woes overall ger back and build confidence for the Many of Bone’s shots were in and were a result of Indiana’s zone defensive long haul of the season. out as he ended the game 0-for-6 adjustments coupled with some luck. The team is off until Saturday, when and the crowd became verbally disap- “They’re capable of making a lot of it travels to Charlotte, N.C. to face the pointed with each missed shot. those shots,” Sampson said. “Sometimes 49ers. The Salukis’ only 3-point basket you get fortunate.” came with 1 minute, 3 seconds to play Junior guard Bryan Mullins said Megan Kramper can be reached at in the game when senior forward Matt the Salukis got a lot of good open looks 536-3311 ext. 282 or Shaw finally connected on one of many from the floor and didn’t think the [email protected]. om .c INSIDER, PAGE 11: Who is going to make it in the AFC? siuDE .

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S aluki coach Jerry Kill said he wanted to enjoy the SIU football Sophomore team’s biggest win since 1983 before tight end thinking about the next game — for Byron Gettis about 90 minutes, anyway, perhaps a runs for a little longer than his postgame Diet touchdown Coke would last. during the The No. 4-seed Salukis advanced opening to the semifinals in their third try drive of SIU’s under Kill’s reign, holding on for playoff game a 34-27 quarterfinal win against against the Massachusetts. SIU is now one win University of away from the Football Championship Massachusets Subdivision title game. Saturday. The “Right now, I told our kids we’re Salukis won the going to enjoy the moment,” Kill said. game 34-27 “This is a great feeling and I’m just so and will face happy for the players that have played the University through all out the years, have gone of Delaware through all the things they’ve gone through.” next Saturday. EDYTA BŁASZCZYK SIU (12-1) struck first with a DAILY EGYPTIAN 69-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Nick Hill to sophomore tight end Byron Gettis not even a minute into the contest. Takeaways take game away from UMass Hill went on to throw for 216 yards, three touchdowns and an inter- Sean McGahan signal caller wishes he could have cial moments to keep the Minutemen blitz packages that constantly forced ception. DAILY EGYPTIAN back were the difference in 34-27 offense out of the end zone. Coen to scramble out of the pocket Two of Hill’s 13 completions SIU victory. SIU coach Jerry Kill said the and force the issue. went to Gettis, who also made a 35- Offensive momentum evaded Nearly every time Massachusetts takeaways seemed to come at the SIU defensive end James Cloud, yard reception that led to a touch- the Massachusetts Minutemen just began to gain momentum necessary right times, and Massachusetts coach the Salukis’ main pass-rushing threat, down pass to sophomore fullback as much as any player on the SIU to crawl back from a first quarter, 20- Don Brown said the turnovers were set the tone early, downing Coen in Rick Burgess in the second half to offense Saturday. 3 deficit, the Saluki defense was able the backbreaker for his squad. the backfield on his first passing extend the Salukis’ first-half lead to Though Minutemen quarterback to take the juice right back. “We made some plays when it attempt of the game for a 5-yard 20-3. Liam Coen lit up the Saluki second- A player at each level of defense, counted,” Kill said. loss. ary with a 421-yard, three-touch- including a lineman, linebacker and All of the interceptions were a See FOOTBALL, Page 10 down performance, three throws the safety, picked off a Coen pass at cru- result of heavy pressure from SIU See TAKEAWAY, Page 10 MEN’S BASKETBALL Floorburn U in identity crisis SIU returns to basics Salukis can’t hit open after consecutive losses “We just have to work on shots from outside getting our identity back Sean McGahan and being the toughest team Megan Kramper DAILY EGYPTIAN DAILY EGYPTIAN

around. — Bryan Mullins The SIU men’s basketball team is SIU junior guard It wasn’t that Indiana’s defense was stel- getting back to the basics after its second lar. SIU simply couldn’t find the inside of double-digit loss in as many games. the rim. After the Salukis’ 64-51 loss at the of attention to detail on the offensive The stone-cold Salukis (3-2) managed hands of No. 15 Indiana Saturday, junior side of the ball especially cost the team, to shoot 7.1 percent from 3-point land guard Bryan Mullins said the team has coach Chris Lowery said. Saturday against the No. 15 Hoosiers, who lost its identity. Lowery, who witnessed his team lose snapped SIU’s 15-game home winning The team usually succeeds because on its own floor for only the third time streak at the SIU Arena with the 64-51 it is tougher than its opponent in seem- in his career as head coach, said the victory. ingly small plays that determine pos- Salukis need to return their focus to Coach Chris Lowery said the Salukis’ session, such as getting to a loose ball the things that got them where they failure to capitalize as the Hoosiers’ defense sooner. The Salukis’ failure to convert are but are often underappreciated or left them wide open for the long-range on those 50-50 plays was a large part disregarded. shots hurt their chances of winning. of its demise in back-to-back losses “We haven’t won the 50-50 plays in “Right now, we’re not making the easi- to Southern California and Indiana, two games,” Lowery said. “The things est plays you can make,” Lowery said. Mullins said. that you don’t get credit in the paper for “We’re wide open, and when you don’t “When we do those things we’re — blocking out, diving on the floor, tak- make wide open shots, especially at home, pretty good, but when we don’t we’re ing charges.” and on the road like we did last time, you’re not that good,” he said. “We just have to The failure to execute on such plays not going to win.” work on getting our identity back and due to a mental lapse in decision-mak- Before Saturday, the Salukis were DUVALE RILEY ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN being the toughest team around.” ing seemed to be met with a seat on the shooting 33.8 percent from behind the Junior guard Bryan Mullins is stripped of the ball by SIU (3-2) featured stingy defense sidelines, and Lowery said he only played arc but dropped their season percentage to Indiana defenders while attempting a layup during SIU’s 64-51 that held Indiana to more than 20 points an eight-man rotation because others on 29.4 percent with the performance. loss Saturday at the SIU Arena. Mullins totaled nine points, but said the team’s inability to convert on open shots hurt SIU. below its season average, another corner- stone of the Saluki program. But the lack See FUNDAMENTALS, Page 11 See THREES, Page 11