Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC October 2006 Daily Egyptian 2006 10-5-2006 The Daily Egyptian, October 05, 2006 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_October2006 Volume 92, Issue 33 Recommended Citation , . "The Daily Egyptian, October 05, 2006." (Oct 2006). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 2006 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in October 2006 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOICES, page 6: Gus says who’s the pig now? NEWS, page 5: ‘According to Jim,’ SIUC is great THURSDAY Daily Egyptianwww.siude.com VOL. 92, NO. 33, 16 PAGES S OUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 5, 2006 K’s closing doors at year’s end Safety Ryan Rendleman in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, left K’s with a smaller segment of Group pumped millions of dollars DAILY EGYPTIAN Wisconsin and Missouri will close the overall market. McLeish said into the company, it had to call down, leaving nearly 1,500 people profits have dwindled to the point it quits. The era of catalog showroom without jobs, 74 of them from the where the company could no lon- “We invested tens of mil- stores is ending. Carbondale store. ger stay open. lions of dollars hoping for a sales Walk A nearly 50-year run has left K’s McLeish said the company is “It’s not that it couldn’t com- rebound that simply has not Merchandising Mart in a financial closing down because profits are pete,” he said. “It’s that the pie materialized,” said Bill Weinstein, slump, forcing it out of business. no longer sufficient to continue kept getting smaller.” the company’s president. “Based Liquidation sales start today in all business. He said the lack of funds McLeish said actions were on the September sales reports, stores, including the Carbondale is partly attributed to “big box” taken to try to save the business. we’ve had to acknowledge that K’s opens store in University Mall and will stores, such as electronic and toy In May, Gordon Brothers Group, cannot overcome the competitive continue until all goods are sold, specialty shops and places such as a company that helps struggling threats it faces in every market it said Joe McLeish, vice president Wal-Mart. businesses, invested in the com- serves.” of K’s Merchandising Mart. These retailers have grown in pany and paid off the company’s All 17 franchises, located number in recent years, which has loan. But, after Gordon Brothers See CLOSING, Page 10 eyes Brandon Weisenberger DAILY EGYPTIAN SIUC law enforcers and adminis- trators took a walk on the dark side Wednesday night as they scoured the campus for possible danger zones when the sun goes down. Department of Public Safety per- sonnel invited some of the university’s top figures for a “safety walk” to iden- tify areas mainly with poor lighting that could pose problems for those on foot after hours. The walk’s participants came pre- pared, exchanging their usual suit and tie for T-shirts, blue jeans or shorts and tennis shoes. They split into groups and exam- ined separate areas around campus to make a checklist of spots where people are vulnerable. Department of Public Safety director Todd Sigler said a $20,000 project is under way along Lincoln Drive, which snakes around campus, to replace traditionally white night lights with orangish, sodium vapor bulbs. The sodium vapor casts more light over a larger area. Ideally, the lights should be placed on all posts throughout campus, Sigler said. “There are spots we can see where the lights light up the trees better than DUVALE RILEY ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN they do the ground,” Sigler said. Jason Valentine, right, a junior studying English education who works at the campus boat dock, helps Leslie Johnson and Ben Wilkes, both graduate students in higher education, pull their boat to shore after canoeing Wednesday afternoon on Campus Lake. Oct. See WALK, Page 10 27 is the last day to rent canoes and paddle boats from the boat dock. Teeth cleaned? Check Brandon Augsburg housed at the Carterville campus probe score average of about three. DAILY EGYPTIAN with the automotive technology “There were a couple of ones and aviation programs but moved and twos in there,” he said. Carbondale Mayor Brad Cole to the main campus in 1978. The Cole said he likes the pro- visited SIUC’s Dental Hygiene program started offering bachelor’s gram because it offers students Clinic for a screening Wednesday degrees in 1999 and is the only the chance to learn in a real-life — his first trip to the dentist in four-year program in the state, he setting, and it also benefits the about two years. said. community. The clinic, located in the Katie Gula, a junior from “It’s a good program,” he said. Applied Sciences and Arts build- Belleville in the program, was “It can help people who otherwise ing, is open to both students and Cole’s clinician. Cole laid back in couldn’t afford to see the dentist.” community members, and the the chair while Gula used a mirror Jennifer Sherry, a junior clinic initial screening costs only $10. and a scraper to clean the tartar supervisor, said it is important to Students in the Dental Hygiene from his teeth. remember the clinic is technically Program perform all of the check- “She said I’ve got the cleanest a class, and the students are graded ups as part of a class — Dental teeth she’s seen all day,” he said. on everything they do. She said the Hygiene Clinic and Radiology II. Tiffani Rauch, a junior from grading criteria included check- Faculty members and a full-time Chatham, helped with Cole’s ing charting ability, detecting and professional dentist are on hand screening. She recorded his probe removing tartar and X-ray tech- to grade and assist the students in scores, measurements of how deep nique and ability. She said the stu- case of an emergency. the space is between a tooth and dents must satisfactorily pass one Dr. Dwayne Summers, the the gums, on a chart. She said one area before moving on to the next. DUVALE RILEY ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN program director, said the Dental to three is a healthy measurement, “They really get myriad experi- Katie Gula, a junior in the dental hygiene program, cleans the Hygiene Program started at SIUC and four or above could be an indi- ence in here,” Sherry said. teeth of Carbondale Mayor Brad Cole on Wednesday afternoon in in 1961 as an associate’s program. cator of gum disease. the Engineering Complex. He said the program was originally Cole said he thought he had a See CLEANING, Page 10 2 Thursday, October 5, 2006 DAILY EGYPTIAN News CALENDAR NEWS BRIEFS Let’s talk about it: Driver’s body recovered from submerged semi MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The body of an Illinois truck driver whose semitrailer plunged “Living with HIV/AIDS” into the Licking River in eastern Kentucky was recovered Wednesday, ending a 14-hour • Documentary presentation search. and panel discussion Rapid waters hindered the overnight rescue effort, state Trooper Ralph Lockard said. • 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the The body was trapped inside the submerged truck until officials with the Army Corps of Student Center in the Mississippi Room Engineers were able to slow the river’s flow by shutting off spillways. The driver, Rondel R. Rush, 38, of Ina, was transporting cereal and other dry goods to a Family Dollar distribution center in Rowan County, Lockard said. The truck was owned by Voter’s registration Gilster-Mary Lee Corp., an Illinois-based food manufacturer. drive “We don’t believe there are more victims,” Lockard said. • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday The truck went into about 30 feet of water at the Licking River overpass on Interstate 64 at the Faner Breezeway and was leaking diesel fuel in the water, police said. The accident happened after the tractor- trailer struck a car stopped in the emergency lane and went over the guardrail. Homecoming No one was inside the vehicle hit by the tractor-trailer. Comedy Jam ’06 Illinois gambling revenues continue to climb • 7 p.m. Thursday at the SPRINGFIELD (AP) — State government is collecting more cash from gambling Student Center Ballrooms pursuits than ever before, a new report shows as talk of expansion plays a key role in the fall • Featuring comics from MTV’s elections and beyond. “Wild N’ Out” and Russell Simmons’ Illinois collected $1.37 billion in taxes from gambling in the budget year that ended July Def Comedy Jam 1, according to the Legislature’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. • Tickets for this event are $5 That’s up about 3 percent from the year before and marks the eighth straight year of growth. The increase comes from a combination of two factors: record-breaking lottery sales and Step Show 2006 a rebound by riverboat casinos now that their taxes have been cut. • 7 p.m. Friday at the Carbondale The two candidates for governor are pushing ideas to squeeze even more money out of Middle School, 1150 E. Grand Ave. gambling, and some lawmakers say that may be the best option for a state that needs billions • $10 at the door of dollars in new revenue next year. “If there’s no tax increase, the only place to go to find numbers that start with a ‘B’ is gam- Octoberfest ing,” said state Rep.