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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 2008 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in April 2008 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LETTER, PAGE 6: Gus Bode says remembering om Ryan will bring both tears and laughter. .c WEDNESDAY siuDE . www DVOL. 93, NO. 150, 20 PAGES  S OUTHEREN I LLINOIS U NIVERSITYAPRIL 30, 2008 The lending squeeze Equity Students face problems finding financial aid

Allison Petty the Financial Aid department. Frantic students and DAILY EGYPTIAN confused parents flood the office with roughly 8,000 phone calls during the months of June and July, gener- Jessica Weiner sits in the lobby of ally about two weeks after bursar bills are mailed. DCI Biologicals waiting to sell her plas- Sometimes, Hamilton said, the 28 full-time staffers ma for roughly $25. in the office simply can’t help as much as they would Weiner, a sophomore from Harvard like. studying early childhood, is the first “We may want to help a student, we may under- in her family to attend college. She stand the issues with the student, but we can’t,” beams when she talks about the Hamilton said. “We can’t change the system.” pride her parents take Federal loans are capped at $3,500 for freshmen, in her achievements. $4,500 for sophomores and $5,500 for juniors and But her smile seniors. But Hamilton said those awards are nowhere disappears when near the amount most students need. Plus, she said, she talks about instability in the student loan business has created even the cost of more problems. those achieve- “This is such a fluctuating market right now — we ments. Weiner, can’t keep up,” Hamilton said. who works at Steve and These circumstances could lead to desperate stu- Barry’s and is looking for a dents seeking desperate measures, Hamilton said. second job, says she worries A troubling new phenomenon has emerged on the about money every day. lending scene in the past year, Hamilton said. Lenders “I think about next year,” such as Astrive promise large amounts of money and she says. “Am I going to be market themselves directly to students through commer- able to come back, am I going cials, meaning financial aid staff members are deprived of to be able to afford it?” the opportunity to warn students about the high interest Weiner is not alone. SIUC rates they could face with these businesses. distributed $208 million in financial aid last year, said Billie Jo Hamilton, director of See AID, Page 13 Budget cuts force out lenders

Madeleine Leroux firms. That subsidy guaranteed the DAILY EGYPTIAN lenders a profit. Hamilton said Congress cut the amount of finan- Students counting on private cial assistance given to lenders loans to pay for their education in October. The cutback caused might need to look elsewhere many lenders to get out of the loan before the start of fall semester. business because operating costs Cuts in federal subsidies have increased, she said. caused many private lenders to Smaller loan companies were drop out of the student loan pro- driven out of the business by the �� gram, leaving many students to cutbacks. But more factors con- �� Credit wonder if they will actually receive tributed to the crash of larger lend-Capital �� the money they were promised. ers, she said. Financial Aid Director Billie Jo Heavy losses in the real estate Hamilton said colleges and uni- market and decreasing profits in versities generally offer one of two the loan business caused investors types of loans: direct loans, which to back away from federally guar- come directly from the govern- anteed student loans. ment, or loans from private lend- “The economy just is really �� ing institutions, which are sup- bad right now,” Hamilton said. �� ported by federal subsidies. “Congress is starting to freak out “SIU is a direct loan school,” about this.” Hamilton said. “We are not in CNN reported Friday that �� jeopardy because of that.” more than 55 lenders have left the �� But students who are looking federal student loan program since �� outside the university to private the cutback. That number includes �� lenders for fall semester could be major lenders such as Sallie Mae, left with no way to pay their bills. which was once the largest lender �� The federal government, in in the marketplace but has now left �� order to attract more lenders to the consolidated loan business. federal student loan programs, pro- Term vides a guaranteed rate to financial See CUTS, Page 13 ��

Online Campus State Online Pulse Sports Grassroots publication displays Poshard and Blagojevich Goldfinger doesn’t age Softball looks for No. 5 students’ creativity. to discuss construction well. against Big Ten. funding. SIUDE.COM PAGE 9 SIUDE.COM PAGE 18 2 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 DAILY EGYPTIAN News CALENDAR NEWS BRIEFS Division of Continuing Razing NIU’s Cole Hall not an option SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Plans to demolish the building where a gunman killed five Education Northern Illinois University students are off the table after the university community The Individualized Learning Program is expressed overwhelming opposition, the school’s president said Tuesday. offering extended testing hours (last avail- “One thing that was pretty clear, in 4-to-1 and 3-to-1 margins, is that when it came right able time to schedule is 5:30 p.m.) for down to it, Cole Hall should not be razed,” said President John G. Peters. students on the following dates: Thursday, It was also apparent, however, that the community does not want Cole Hall to con- Friday and May 5 to May 9. On Saturday, tinue unaltered as an instructional facility, Peters said. testing starting at 10 a.m. and last available Officials collected thousands of opinions on Cole Hall’s future through e-mail, open time to schedule is noon. To schedule a forums and meetings. The building has remained empty since Valentine’s Day, when gun- test, please call 536-7751. man Steven Kazmierczak burst into a lecture hall and killed five students before turning the gun on himself. Cole Hall has two auditoriums. The shooting took place in one of them. One option is Black History Month to renovate both auditoriums for classroom use, officials said. The second is to renovate Lecture: Dr. Pamela one auditorium for classroom use while keeping the shooting site for undetermined non- classroom purposes. Smoot A third option is to renovate both auditoriums for undetermined non-classroom activi- • 7 p.m. today at the Student Center, ties, officials said. Kaskaskia room All three plans include cosmetic changes to the outside and lobby of the building. • Alvin H. Caldwell: African American The campus community has until Friday to fill out an online survey to choose their Children, Madame CJ Walker Grade School, favored option. Peters plans to look at the survey results and review recommendations Joppa, Ill. from campus committees before making a final decision in the summer. • Free, open to the public Three charged in 14-year-old boy’s death Horticulture OREGON (AP) — An adult and two teens face murder charges in connection with a break-in during which a houseguest fatally shot a 14-year-old intruder in self-defense, Association Plant Sale authorities said. • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday in front Travis Castle of Durand was shot to death after breaking into a home April 6 near the of the Agriculture Building northern Illinois village of Stillman Valley, authorities said. Castle had three alleged accomplices. Authorities said 16-year-old Nathan Whitmire and 15-year-old Justin Doyle broke into the home with Castle while 18-year-old Cody Motorola College Wayne Moore waited in a car. All three Rockford residents now are charged as adults with first-degree murder, Game Tour home invasion and residential burglary. They’re each being held in lieu of $1 million bail. • 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Thursday at the Student Ogle County State’s Attorney Ben Roe said state law allows murder charges when a Center Ballrooms death results from events begun during a forcible felony, such as residential burglary. A • Come play Guitar Hero on Xbox360 grand jury added the murder indictments to other charges Monday, Roe said. and win prizes, including Motorokr S9 Attorney John Redington said the court appointed him to defend Moore, but he Bluetooth declined to comment further on the case. It was not immediately clear if Doyle and Whitmire were represented by attorneys. Hearing Screenings No charges have been filed against the houseguest, whom authorities have not • 9 a.m.-noon Thursday at Wham 145A identified. • Hearing screenings take only a few minutes and are offered free by the National Student Teacher gets 12 years for abusing students Speech-Language-Hearing Association BLOOMINGTON (AP) — A former Normal elementary school teacher convicted of and the Clinical Center sexually abusing his students listened to the parents of some of his victims before a judge sentenced him to 12 years in prison Tuesday. The calendar is a free service for Jon Andrew White will serve the 12 years on top of a 48-year sentence he is already community groups. We cannot serving for sexually abusing students while teaching at an Urbana elementary school. guarantee that all items will run. McLean County Judge Charles Reynard said in his Bloomington courtroom Tuesday that he hoped the children White abused will recover. Submit calendar items to the “They have had a broken experience, but they are not broken,” the judge said after a DAILY EGYPTIAN newsroom, day and a half of testimony. Communications 1247, at least The parents’ statements figured heavily in his decision, Reynard said in his ruling. The mother of one of the Urbana students told the court Monday that her daughter two days before event, or call now refuses to sleep alone, while another mother said she struggles with guilt for not (618) 536-3311, ext. 266. protecting her child.

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DAILY EGYPTIAN photographer remembered as dedicated journalist, devout Christian

Staff Report personal viewpoints in this medium, often sharing his passion DAILY EGYPTIAN for Christianity. Eric Fidler, faculty managing editor for the DAILY EGYPTIAN, A D E journalist was killed in a four-vehicle said he couldn’t recall the first time he met Rendleman — per- accident Tuesday afternoon on Illinois Route 127 south of haps because it seemed Rendleman had always been a part of Nashville. the newsroom. Ryan Rendleman, a senior from Batavia studying journal- “He was just so damn much fun to have around,” Fidler ism, was stopped for road construction when a tractor-trailer said. “He had found his true calling (in photojournalism) ... rear-ended his Honda Accord, according to a release from the and that was exciting to see.” Illinois State Police. The initial collision caused a four-vehicle Wendy Weinhold, a doctoral student who works as the pile-up: Rendleman’s car and three semitrailers. writing coach for the DAILY EGYPTIAN, said she would remem- The accident was reported at 1:27 p.m., and Rendleman ber Rendleman for thoughtful gestures such as leaving home- was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release. made Bob Dylan CDs on her desk or text messaging her to ask State police identified the driver of the semitrailer that if he could break into her office and steal candy. struck Rendleman’s car as Kevin Morrison of Beecher City. “Ryan was just so easy to like. He was the kind of person No one else was injured in the accident. Police said charges you wanted to see happy,” Weinhold said, pausing. “And I just are pending in the accident investigation. can’t believe he’s gone.” Rendleman held positions as a photographer, reporter Photojournalism professor Phil Greer said he would and copy editor during his term at the DAILY remember Rendleman as the student who sat EGYPTIAN. Rendleman was scheduled to gradu- in the front row, continually asked questions ate in August and he recently accepted a summer think he looked and always challenged himself to do better. internship as a photographer with the Southern at the world “Ryan always looked at ... I think he looked Illinoisan. I at the world through clear eyes, unpolluted Rendleman worked for the student newspaper through clear eyes,” Greer said. “If you look at the world the from January 2006 to Tuesday afternoon, when he ‘‘eyes, unpolluted way Ryan looked at it and you have the passion was traveling to O’Fallon on a photo assignment that Ryan had, you can change things in this for the paper. eyes. world for the better.” In his stint as a reporter, he painted the picture — Phil Greer Pablo Tobon, a freshman from Colombia of wet plunges into dunk tanks, relayed the tale of photojournalism professor studying cinema and photography, remembers a gruff cab driver turned lunch lady and shared the Rendleman as the first person in the DAILY story of a janitor who jumped to save the life of a suffocating EGYPTIAN newsroom to remember his name. Rendleman 17-month-old. extended extra effort to be friendly and help Tobon adjust to Rendleman shared a weekly “Professor Profiles” series a new culture, he said. every Wednesday during the spring 2007 semester, taking “Everything he didn’t mean to teach me, I learned. He JASON JOHNSON ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN pride in his ability to translate the seemingly unscholarly yet wouldn’t say, ‘Hey, this is how you’re nice or this is how you inspirational elements of the lives of faculty and staff at the respect people or this is how you’re patient or you’re open- Miller said he met Rendleman two years ago at the Vine university. minded,’ but I would learn that with him,” Tobon said. Community Church where they both worshipped. In his voyage to the more visual side of the newsroom, he Greer said he believed Rendleman’s influence on those Steve Dame, Rendleman’s pastor at the church, said he pushed himself to find the perfect visual moment, whether around him would continue. watched Rendleman grow as a Christian over the past couple it was on his own assignments or while helping others with “I think that everyone who knew Ryan Rendleman is years. theirs as photo editor during the fall 2007 semester. going to have a piece of Ryan Rendleman for as long as they “God changed him,” Dame said. As one of the most veteran members of the newsroom, he live,” Greer said. Dame said he broke the news of Rendleman’s death to a supported younger staff with words of advice or a welcoming Will Miller, one of Rendleman’s roommates, said group of his fellow churchgoers during an event at the church smile. Rendleman was funny, personal and genuine. He loved to Tuesday night. Members of the group were devastated, which As a “visual journalist,” as he would refer to his position, he play guitar and listen to music, particularly Bob Dylan. Dame said was a reflection of Rendleman’s attachment to his combined his literary and photographic skills in several photo “He was a person who within five minutes could capture fellow Christians. columns published on the Voices page. He shared his more your heart,” Miller said. “People loved him,” he said.

Photo column by Ryan Rendleman ~ Daily Egyptian

he San Damiano Retreat service and then living their own Center is located on the lives the rest of the week. Their Ohio River about nine hearts are far from God. Tmiles east of Golconda. The Pharisees were similar in I was there over the weekend this regard, and Jesus called them with my church for a Christian hypocrites. He wants a lifetime retreat. The beautiful scenery of whole-hearted devotion to and isolated location makes Himself. concentration on God easy. The church grows through The above leaps and bounds image was taken Would there be when faced with in a light-hearted hardship as a result manner as friends as many people of its faith. An played spoons. The early Christian, center is chock-full in the West Justin Martyr, said, of similar statues “Though beheaded, and paintings. Most claiming Christ and crucified, and of them represent thrown to wild Jesus as a blue- if they knew beasts, and chains, eyed, blonde haired and fire and all Westerner. their lives were other kinds of Apparently, we’ve torture, we do all forgotten that he at stake? not give up our was not a product of confession; but, the the 1960s Haight- Would they more such things Ashbury district, the happen, the more old hippie-laden area stand? do others in larger of San Francisco. numbers become The statues, I pray I would. faithful.” Standing however, are This type of symbolic of persecution exists an even larger problem for in the world today. Christians face Western Christianity than the real persecution in such places as misrepresentation of Jesus Christ. Egypt, China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia like Too often, Christians who face and Iran. Western Christians, no persecution or trials such as however, are shielded from this. those living in most democratic, Would there be as many people Western nations remain as sterile in the West claiming Christ if statues and lifeless as these statues. they knew their lives were at Their relationship with God stake? Would they stand? is a matter of attending Sunday I pray I would. 4 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 WORLD & NATION News Woman recalls life in polygamist sect WIRE REPORTS W David Perlmutt Texas, but in a middle-class neigh- Bush says lawmakers MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE borhood outside Salt Lake City. aren’t moving They were near the church run first CHARLOTTE, N.C. — by Leroy Johnson — Uncle Roy aggressively She was raised by her father and — then Rulon Jeffs and later his son, on economic woes his three wives, surrounded by 12 Warren. WASHINGTON (AP) — President siblings. Their neighbors were traditional Bush, hoping to inoculate his party and his presidential legacy from election-year There was no TV, no radio. At Mormons, who’d rejected polygamy anger over the economy, heaped criti- school, she was taught that man long ago. cism on the Democratic-led Congress on never landed on the moon. She “I was always aware of being dif- Tuesday for “letting the American people and other girls in the polygamist ferent and I really hated it,” Nicholson down.” Fundamentalist Church of Jesus said. “When we were little, we had He said he’d consider a summer sus- pension of federal gasoline taxes. But he Christ of Latter Day Saints were friends in the neighborhood. As offered no new ideas for a range of eco- required to “keep sweet,” free of jeal- we got older, they rejected us. They nomic worries now facing the country, ousy or anger, or risk beatings or threw bricks through the window. from record gas prices and soaring food humiliation. They egged us. They called us names, costs to rising inflation, layoffs and home And by the time Kathy Jo four-letter words, and `polygs.’” foreclosures, and a credit crunch that even has sparked fears of a college student loan Nicholson turned 14, she was sewing John Nicholson worked for squeeze. her wedding dress, knowing that any church-run companies. Sundays were He rejected a new economic stimu- day she could be spent at the tem- lus package, saying the tax rebate checks thrown into mar- ple, where Uncle that began going out this week from a riage with a man Roy told follow- $168 billion economic aid plan adopted e just systematically in February must first be given time to three times her age. ripped us of every ers he would live work. He also rejected bipartisan sugges- Nicholson never H forever. Kathy tions that the government stop filling the finished that dress. individual thought, or Jo believed him. nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve while Instead, she began He died when oil costs so much, saying it involves such to question her faith ‘‘action or unique trait she was 15. She a tiny amount of supply that doing so wouldn’t push prices down. and, at 18, walked began to see her Instead, the president tried to shift the y ou could possibly have. out on it. — Kathy Jo Nicholson faith as “a big focus to Congress, saying he long ago sent All those mem- former polygamist lie.” lawmakers proposals to deal with many of ories flooded back She grew the nation’s economic problems, only to after authorities removed more than rebellious at the church-run Alta see them sit or be replaced with approach- es that he deems unacceptable. 500 women and children — she Academy, where Warren Jeffs was knows many — from a Texas com- headmaster. He forbade students pound run by the men who once from watching TV. “Hard metallic N  C   controlled her life. music,” he’d preach, “is the devil.” Obama says he’s “I am happy for the children, Jeffs made girls wear “prairie dress- though I know they’re terrified,” es” of the same fabric — “we looked outraged by former said Nicholson, 37, who has lived in like we were on a wagon train.” If pastor’s comments, Charlotte with her husband and two students disobeyed, they were beaten, T. ORTEGA GAINES~ MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE sons since 2004. “But, now, they have physically or emotionally. Kathy Jo Nicholson wears part of the wedding dress she started saddened by spectacle making when she was 14 in Utah, where her father was a polygamist. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) a chance. “We had to pray Warren’s way,” — Barack Obama angrily denounced his “Their mothers, too, have a chance Nicholson said. “We got to sing At 18, she left the sect. former pastor for “divisive and destructive” if they’ll just grab onto the hands that songs that Warren approved. He just remarks on race, seeking to divorce himself are reaching out. I know they’re con- systematically ripped us of every indi- They moved to California. grew closer, bits of it came out. She from the incendiary speaker and a fury that threatens to engulf his front-running flicted. I know the mind control.” vidual thought, or action or unique Suddenly, there were friends from was surprised that he didn’t seem Democratic presidential campaign. She was 3 when her father, John trait you could possibly have.” different cultures and “provocative” to mind. Obama is trying to tamp down the Nicholson, moved his four daughters, Caught passing a note to a boy, clothes and makeup. Just as suddenly, The newlyweds lived in uproar over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at a son and two wives from California Kathy Jo was expelled and sent to their lives spiraled out of control. California, Maine, then suburban a tough time in his campaign. The Illinois to Utah to live among other polyg- work at a church-run factory. There, “We didn’t know how to make Charlotte. Along the way, Nicholson senator is coming off a loss in Pennsylvania to rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and trying amists. They joined the FLDS, a she fell in love with a man named decisions. We were wrapped in this got years of counseling. She has also to win over white working-class voters in breakaway sect of Mormons that Matt. He was seven years her senior, no-boundaries lifestyle.” tried to keep up with family and her Indiana and North Carolina in Tuesday’s practices “the principle” — the idea worldly, but also questioning the They hit the clubs, and their former church. primaries. that men must have three wives to faith. drinking and drug use rose. Soon, Rulon Jeffs died in 2002, and “I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spec- reach heaven. They eloped, married by a justice their marriage fell apart. Divorced, Warren Jeffs became its leader. tacle that we saw yesterday,” Obama told At the church, the leader, or of the peace. The church refused to Nicholson met a man named Tim. A year later, her mother and a reporters at a news conference Tuesday. prophet, placed young girls with sanction the union. Their families They had a son together. At 26, she brother left the church and came to His strong words come just six weeks husbands in nonbinding but sacred shunned them. knew she “had to clean up.” Tim live with her. after Obama delivered a sweeping speech “spiritual marriages.” If a wife served They grew unhappy and began didn’t, and they drifted apart. Now she watches the Texas scene on race in which he sharply condemned Wright’s remarks but did not leave the her husband faithfully, he’d take her to drink. “I was a single mother, and I had unfold and grieves for her family. She church or repudiate the minister himself, to heaven. “We felt we were a constant dis- hit rock bottom,” she said. and her mother have lost touch with who he said was like a family member. After The Nicholsons didn’t live in appointment,” Kathy Jo said. “I just By then, she had met Brian. At relatives. She learned from a reporter weeks of staying out of the public eye while a compound like the followers in wanted to be alive — so we left.” first, she hid her past. But as they that her father died in January. critics lambasted his sermons, the former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago made three public appearances in four days to defend himself. On Monday, Wright criticized the U.S. Army recruits promoted faster despite bad behavior government as imperialist and stood by his suggestion that the United States invent- ed the HIV virus as a means of genocide against minorities. “Based on this Tuskegee Lolita C. Baldor more likely to drop out of the Army In that time, 276,231 recruits THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Soldiers who had received experiment and based on what has hap- because of alcohol. enlisted in the Army with no prior pened to Africans in this country, I believe On the brighter side, those with military service. Of those 6.5 percent, waivers for bad behavior ... our government is capable of doing any- WA SHINGTON — Soldiers waivers earn more medals for valor or nearly 18,000 had waivers. • Had a higher desertion rate (4.26 thing,” he said. who need special waivers to get into and tend to stay in the Army longer. Waivers have been a controver- percent vs. 3.23 percent). the Army because of bad behavior In a key finding, the study said sial issue for the military in recent • Had a higher misconduct rate (5.95 A   go absent without leave more often that nearly one in five — or 19.5 per- months, with the news that the Army percent vs. 3.55 percent). and face more courts-martial. But cent — of the soldiers who needed and Marine Corps have increased • Had a higher rate of appearances Officials say Austrian they also get promoted faster and waivers to join the Army failed to their use of the exemptions to bring before courts-martial (1 percent vs. 0.71 percent). family terrorized by re-enlist at a higher rate, according complete the initial term of enlist- in more recruits with criminal records • Had a higher dropout rate for decades of incest and to an internal military study obtained ment, which could be from two to than ever before. alcohol rehabilitation failure (0.27 by The Associated Press. six years. That percentage is just a bit The Army and the Marine Corps percent vs. 0.12 percent). imprisonment reunite The Army study late last year higher than the 17 percent washout are under pressure to attract recruits AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) — In But they also ... an “astonishing” scene, members of an concluded that taking a chance on a rate for those who didn’t need a as they struggle to increase their size Austrian family terrorized by decades of well-screened applicant with a crimi- waiver to get in. in order to meet the combat needs of • Were more likely to re-enlist (28.48 incest and imprisonment met for the first nal, bad driving or drug record usually About 1 percent of those with war in Iraq and Afghanistan. percent vs. 26.76 percent). time at a clinic where psychiatrists are help- pays off. And both the Army and the waivers appeared before courts-mar- The last time the active-duty • Got promoted faster to sergeant ing them recover, authorities said Tuesday. Marines have been bringing in more tial, compared with about 0.7 percent Army missed its recruiting goal (after 34.7 months vs. 39 months). Details of the emotional gathering emerged as police said DNA tests con- recruits with blemished records. Still, of those without waivers. was 2005. Last year it set a target • Had a lower rate of dismissal for personality disorders (0.93 percent firmed Josef Fritzl is the biological father of senior leaders have called for addi- Overall, soldiers with waivers of 80,000 recruits and signed up vs. 1.12 percent). his daughter’s six children. tional studies, to help determine the appear more committed to their ser- 80,410. It is shooting for another • Had a lower rate of dismissal for The retired electrician confessed Monday to imprisoning his daughter impact of the waivers on the Army. vice once they get in. Statistics show 80,000 this year. unsatisfactory performance (0.26 “We believe that so far the return they tend to stay in the Army longer Some critics outside the Defense Elisabeth for 24 years in a warren of sound- percent vs. 0.48 percent). proofed cellar rooms, sexually abusing outweighs the risk,” said Army Col. and re-enlist at higher rates. Also, Department say the military is low- her, fathering seven children with her and Kent M. Miller, who headed the infantry soldiers with waivers were ering its standards in order to fill its discarding the body of one, who died in team that conducted the study. promoted to sergeant in an aver- ranks. And lower-level officers have data on troops who receive conduct infancy, in a furnace. The information has not been age of about 35 months, compared raised concerns with their leaders waivers. Three of the children were locked released to the public, but the AP with 39 months for those without that the trend may trigger an increase He said he recognizes “the impor- in the underground labyrinth with their mother for years and had never met their obtained a copy of the study. waivers. in disciplinary problems within their tance of providing opportunities to other siblings or grandmother, who lived The statistics show that recruits The Army study compared the units. individuals who have served their upstairs. with criminal records or other drug performance of soldiers who came in Rep. Henry Waxman, chair- sentences and rehabilitated them- Hospital officials said Elisabeth, five of and alcohol issues have more disci- with conduct waivers against those man of the House Oversight and selves.” But he also noted concerns the children and Fritzl’s wife Rosemarie spent their first moments together pline problems than those without who did not during the years 2003- Government Reform Committee, that the practice could be undermin- Sunday. records. Those recruits also are a bit 06. asked the Pentagon recently for more ing military readiness. News DAILY EGYPTIAN Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5 D AIL Y E GYPTIAN E DIT ORIA L B OA RD DA IL Y E G Y P T IAN Sarah Lohman Sean McGahan Diana Soliwon Danny Wenger EDITOR IN CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR VOICES EDITOR ASST. VOICES EDITOR

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Remembering Ryan

yan Rendleman was the first student I met after becoming interim director of the School of Journalism. The DE had sent him over to interview me. Ryan didn’t just ask questions. He wanted me to put him in touch with associates he couldR interview. I made the mistake of giving him the name of Kevin Horrigan, a former colleague with a sardonic wit. Horrigan told Ryan I had spent a decade fighting over a $63 cable bill. This was true, but I was shocked — just like other interviewees often are shocked — when the anecdote about the cable bill turned up in the first graph. At first I wasn’t pleased. But as the day wore on, Ryan’s story looked better and better as people stopped me in the hall to comment admiringly about how I had taken on the cable industry. Ryan had an eye for a good anecdote even if I didn’t. Over the ensuing two years, I had the good fortune to have Ryan in a number of classes, in addition to seeing him at the DE. Ryan was a wonderful young man. He was smart but not preten- tious. He was quick with the irreverent comment, but he wasn’t cynical. He could write and shoot and put his work on the Internet. He was so good I suggested this month that my wife hire him for her new news site in St. Louis. If Ryan thought a course wasn’t teaching him much, he’d say so. In fact, he did say so just last week when I met with graduating seniors. I say these nice things about him not because he is dead, but because they are true. Most recently Ryan was working on a story on the Ozark General Store in the Shawnee Forest. He’d come to class remarking about the store’s tasty hot ham and cheese sandwiches. I kept telling him he had to get me one. A couple of weeks ago he showed up in my office, hot ham and cheese sandwich in hand and his characteristic grin on his face. By a stroke of fate, I was driving down Highway 127 Tuesday on my way to Carbondale. A flag- ger stopped me at a construction site. Over the hill I saw smoke. Then the ambulances, police cars and a fire engine arrived. I didn’t know my friend had died just over the horizon. When I found out at a party of the journalism school, professors cried and came to the DE to be with the students. We stood outside in a circle remembering, through tears and laughs, how much we loved the way he took pizza out of the trash or grabbed someone’s piece of cake — and how much he loved the craft we all share. While the students at the DE remembered Ryan, the congregants at the Vine Community Church on Wall Street were at their regular prayer night. They were told about Ryan’s death by their pastor. Professors at the School of Journalism had noticed how religious Ryan was. One of them, J. Bruce Baumann, reached in his pocket and pulled out an angel he was going to give Ryan at his graduation. He wanted to recognize an extraordinary young man’s faith and his desire to change things.

William H. Freivogel director of the School of Journalism

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Cigarette tax, license plate fees Those expected to attend deemed possible revenue sources • Gov. Rod Blagojevich •SIU President Glenn Poshard, Co-Director Illinois Works Coalition Barton Lorimor Blagojevich appointed Poshard DAILY EGYPTIAN and former U.S. House Speaker •Dennis Hastert Dennis Hastert to lead the coalition Co-Director Illinois Works Coalition Go v. Rod Blagojevich is set to made up of state transportation and meet with Illinois legislative leaders labor officials. The coalition was •Senate President Emil Jones and a construction coalition led formed to recommend a capital plan •State Rep. Barbara Curry, by SIU President Glenn Poshard the state’s House and Senate could House Majority Leader, representing Thursday as their search for $9 billion approve. House Speaker Michael Madigan continues. A debate about how the state Dave Gross, Poshard’s should raise $9 •State Rep. Tom Cross, spokesman in Springfield, billion has been House Minority Leader said the meeting was ongoing. The scheduled as the Illinois ut clearly state must raise •State Sen. Frank Watson, Works Coalition, which if Illinois the money if it Senate Minority Leader Poshard co-directs, B wants the federal prepares recommendations ‘‘doesn’t use its government to the possibilities of raising the state’s for a passable Capital match it with annual fee for license plates by $20 Construction Plan. money, there will another $9 billion, or increasing the cigarette tax, Gross The capital plan is be other states in Gross said. said. projected to provide The Illinois Though there is no deadline billions of state and line requesting it. Senate approved for the federal dollars, Patty Shuh, federal tax dollars to state — Patty Shuh a capital plan in spokeswoman for state Sen. Frank spokeswoman for state Sen. construction projects and Frank Watson, R-Greenville September, which Watson, R-Greenville, said other create thousands of new was valued at $25 states might express their own jobs. The state legislature has not billion. But the same plan did not interests. approved a capital plan in nine years. make it out of the House because “There’s not a magic evaporation For SIU, a capital plan would it called for the largest gambling date,” Shuh said. “But clearly, if provide money for construction of expansion in state history. Illinois doesn’t use its money, there the Transportation and Education But Gross said a gambling will be other states in line requesting Center at Southern Illinois Airport, expansion was a recurring it.” new science labs in Edwardsville, a recommendation brought to the regional clinic in Springfield and the coalition by the public during Barton Lorimor can be reached at final $21 million for the renovation of statewide open forums. 536-3311 ext. 274 or Morris Library. The coalition is also reviewing [email protected].

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A song parody is a bit of a one-trick pony. The first listen may bring a few chuckles, but, later, the results can be far less amusing –– for once the novelty is gone, there usually isn’t a lot of interesting music to fill the gap. (I’m sure more than a few of us still have a couple Weird Al records lying around somewhere unloved). So what does this mean for “New Zealand’s Fourth Most Popular Folk Parody Duo”? The Flight of the Conchords’ self-titled debut album is a collection of songs taken primarily from the first season of their half-hour HBO series. Though unlikely to cause much excite- ment, the Conchords’ have enough subtle wit and PROVIDED PHOTO nuance to craft a comedy album worth more than just one listen. personas in the 1970s and 1980s that dares to ask Among its best, “Inner City Pressure,” a Ziggy Stardust the question “Do you have one really homage to 1980s synthpop, succeeds funky sequined space suit or do you have in being funny in both its stereo- several ch-ch-changes?” typic synthesized backdrop and its Inevitably, the album is missing a self-mocking lyrics, “You don’t mea- 3.5 out of 5 stars few gems from the HBO series, like sure up to the expectation. When you’re “Bret, You Got It Going On,” “If You’re unemployed, there’s no vacation. No one cares. No one Into It” and “Cheer Up, Murray,” but what it really sympathizes. You just stay home and play synthesiz- needs is new material. The first season of the series ers.” aired close to a year ago, so releasing what amounts Later, “Hiphopopotamus Vs. Rhymnceros” and to a soundtrack now seems a bit anti-climactic. “Mutha’uckas” showcase the hard-hitting world of The Conchords’ debut will best serve pre-exist- New Zealand rap, featuring rhymes about drinking ing fans as a companion piece to the DVDs of the tea, racist grocers and frustrating experiences with HBO series. ATMs. And any David Bowie fan is sure to love “Bowie,” Devin Vaughn can be reached at a “freaky” journey through the musical shapeshifter’s 536-3311 ext. 275 or [email protected].

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AID “I predicted a long time ago that there’s CUTS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 going to be reckoning day on student loans,” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Exclusive said Dietz, who worked in the Financial Aid Equally worrying, Hamilton said, is the department at a previous institution. JPMorgan Chase and Old National Bancorp siuDE.com ability and inclination of some students to The playing field may be different now, have also dropped from the student loan program. finance education with credit cards. The Dietz said, but the goal remains the same. Kathy Schoettlin, director of public relations content monthly fees and high interest rates could “The thing that pushes all this is the for Old National Bancorp, said the bank stopped rapidly turn manageable debt into a messy American dream,” Dietz said. “And I think offering federal student loans three weeks ago • Quiz yourself on financial aid with our situation, she said. that dream is still a worthwhile dream, no because of the crisis. knowledge test Weiner said her experience with the question about it.” “The federal student loan program is going Financial Aid department was not a positive Weiner agrees. She said she loves SIUC through tremendous changes,” Schoettlin said. • Check out different types of loans and one. She said she went to the office after and wants to return next year. “It’s not feasible for us and we’re not competitive grants and if you’re eligible with our easy learning she would receive $600 less than “I think in the end it will be worth it,” in terms of the program anymore.” to understand breakdown the previous semester, but was only met with she said. Schoettlin said Old National is evaluating its a repeated direction to visit a Web site she But she added that she expects to spend existing loan programs, but there is no plan to didn’t understand. quite a bit of time paying off the loans. offer federal student loans again. When a financial aid worker responded “It’s vague for all of us,” Schoettlin said. “This really to her questions by giving her paperwork to Allison Petty can be reached at came down the pipes in the last couple of weeks.” apply for another loan, Weiner said she left 536-3311 ext. 259 or The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Don’t let the weather the office and hasn’t returned since. [email protected]. Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Weiner said she turns to her mother, a Act of 2008 April 17. The bill would increase catch you off guard ... bank teller who went back to school for her Want summer financial aid? annual loan limits on federal unsubsidized stu- GED, when she needs help. dent loans. It would also allow parents more time “(My mom) pretty much lives paycheck • SIUC has a limited amount of funds to give out for to begin paying off loans, excuse homeowners the summer semester. to paycheck anyway, so she struggles just as • Most of the awards are based on financial need. who have not paid their mortgages for up to much as I do. That’s why this financial aid • Students must take at least six credit hours to six months and provide the U.S. secretary of Check out our thing is kind of sucking, because,” she pauses, qualify. education additional tools to safeguard access to “we need it.” • Students can pick up an application in the finan- student loans. seven day forecast Larry Dietz, vice chancellor for student cial aid office, located on the third floor of Woody Hall, on or on the Web at http://www.siuc.edu/~fao/ on page 2 affairs, said he remembers a time when there forms/20072008.htm. Madeleine Leroux can be reached at was more federal aid to go around. 536-3311 ext. 268 or [email protected]. 14 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 DAILY EGYPTIAN Pulse ‘Rising Down’ a dark political journey for The Roots

Serious, unyielding release from deep, brassy bass on “75 Bars be: The Roots find flaws and (Black’s Reconstruction).” expose them accordingly, never Philly hip-hop group On the title track, Mos attempting to make light of Def and Styles P tear into the something that others shove Julie Engler Unlike their last album, government fighting the war off daily. DAILY EGYPTIAN “Rising Down” is considerably on drugs in the street while After “Becoming darker — minus the poppy prescription companies are Unwritten,” a spacey, sort of The Roots: ‘Rising Down’ “Birthday Girl,” featuring Fall legally sedating society, among interlude track, “Rising Down” Release date: April 29 Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, tackling global warming and gets a little more musical and Record Labels which was left out of the U.S. rampage shootings. mellow, with more instrumen- Def Jam release. It isn’t hard to get into “Look at technology, they tal sound, synth, bass and even http://theroots.com “Rising Down,” but it’s harder call it downloading, I call it vocals. to have a good time while con- downsizing. Somebody fol- The guitar throughout It’s hard to beat The Roots templating such deep and dark low me. Does a “Criminal” is sooth- when it comes to serious, lyricism. computer chip nlike their ing, even if the lyr- straightfor- The first have an astrol- ics exposing racial ward hip-hop. half of the ogy, and when Ulast album, injustice aren’t. The Much like the album is it f---- up can “Rising Down” synth and lyrics of tone of 2006’s 4 out of 5 stars considerably it give you an “I Can’t Help It” “Game Theory,” different from apology?” is just is considerably are intricately dark the Philadelphia group’s 10th the second, more focused on one of the argu- darker — minus with a repetitive studio album follows the same the lyricism than the novelties. ments Styles P chorus and heav- disposition. ?uestlove’s drumming is a steady presents in the the poppy ily distorted beat. PROVIDED PHOTO “Rising Down” is full of backbone for each song, but he title track. “Birthday Girl.” Mercedes Martinez punchy sound beats, fantastic definitely takes up most of the The angst- adds a little R&B musically-sound tracks and its sense of urgency is not to lyrics and several guest emcees work keeping the music going ridden, fed up soul to the short even a few impressive, fast- be ignored. — a complete release that as much as the emcees rhymes, tone follows through the whole “Unwritten.” flowing freestyle raps (“@ exposes problems from media much more so than additional album, keeping it in a somber, “Rising Down” is a true 15”). The album fails to sur- Reporter Julie Engler can be stereotypes and racism to the electronics — some synth and morose and serious tone. After experience, from bare boned pass “Game Theory” when it reached at 536-3311 ext. 275 or war on drugs. scratching on “Get Busy,” some all, there’s no reason not to hip-hop to more rhythmic, comes to pure enjoyment, but [email protected]. Classified DAILY EGYPTIAN Wednesday, April 30, 2008 15 16 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 DAILY EGYPTIAN Classified Pulse DAILY EGYPTIAN Wednesday, April 30, 2008 17 Girls and Sports by Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today By Linda C. Black is an 8 — Your plans are starting to take shape, just the way you thought they Today’s Birthday — You’ll achieve would. Proceed boldly forward, just as a new level of success this year, through if you never had doubts. The others will The Duplex by Glenn McCoy study and courageousness. Once you never know. get there, you’ll meet a lot of new friends who share your interests. It’s a great Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today fringe benefit. is a 6 — There’s more work to be done, To get the advantage, check the and be glad you have it. This is how you’ll day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the fatten up your bank account, so you can most challenging. buy some really big items. Dig in with enthusiasm. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — There’s something you need to Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today get for yourself to pay off an old debt. is an 8 — Persistence pays off again. Seeds You promised yourself a special treat, you planted germinate and ideas you put and you never followed through. Do it forth are gaining more acceptance, too. now, privately. You’re doing better than you thought. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — is an 8 — The difficult part’s almost over. Today is a 6 — You’re charming, that’s Soon, you can relax with your team. true, and undoubtedly cute. That isn’t Discuss the specifics: what worked and going to save you from doing a chore you what didn’t. You’re all gaining expertise. can’t delegate. Get it over with, quickly. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — You’re about to discover several is an 8 — The nice thing about this time of practical applications for the informa- year is that it gives you a great attitude. tion you’ve been gathering. It gives you You’re happy, and that helps everything the advantage. Either know or know go your way. Relax and enjoy. where to find out. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — You’re on a strict budget, but THE Daily Crossword Edited by Wayne Robert Williams is an 8 — You need to get away for a you can still get something nice for your while. Do something different. Go with family. A bouquet of flowers, for example, ACROSS congenial companions and share a fun adds a touch of luxury. Cookies work, too. 1 Spiritual leaders experience. Music is recommended. 6 Consumer Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today protection org. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a is an 8 — Once you’ve made up your 9 Use elbow 6 — Make time to go over your finances mind, the rest will be easy. This is espe- grease and make sure the bills are paid. You’re cially true in romance. Decide, and then 14 Vote in always more creative when the basics make your move. 15 Letters on cars have been handled. 16 Stomachs of ruminants 17 Recapitulate 18 December Day (c) 2008, Tribune Media Services Inc. | Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. 20 Funny Philips 21 City in Pennsylvania THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME 23 Ball carriers, 8 Entertainer 35 Jan. Day by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek briefly Channing 36 Greek peak 24 Squealers 9 Sammy of 40 October Day Unscramble these four Jumbles, 26 Pixie baseball 41 Balin or Claire one letter to each square, 27 Green target 10 “Most Wanted 42 Norse deity to form four ordinary words. 28 Make clucking Live” stn. 44 You in the sounds 11 Exemplar of Yucatan RUHTT 31 Dodges stiffness 46 Marine eel 33 Raccoon’s cousin 12 Operative 47 Punish arbitrarily 34 Lacking values 13 Deep voices 48 Abandon 37 Reminder of 52 Boob tubes bacteria DOWN 19 Deduce 50 Map reader abbr. ©2008 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 53 TV monitor All Rights Reserved. times past 55 Aleutian island 67 Inhabitant of: 1 ——-majesty 22 Fighting Tigers of 38 They: Fr. the NCAA 54 George C. —— 56 Saul’s uncle suff. 2 Bard grad, e.g. 39 Legal 57 Confession 25 Crafty person? 57 Nabokov novel ILPAT 43 Lurks 68 Elicit 3 May Day 27 Large flatfish 58 Puts on years 59 Letters for 1051 69 French historian 4 Prefix for 45 Black 62 February Day 28 “Born on the 60 Mr. Walesa 70 Score figs. puncture 46 Quamash 64 Dynamite Bayou” grp. 61 Ends of small 49 Ring-shaped inventor 71 Bird in “Peter and 5 March Day 29 Weeder’s tool intestines 51 Arabian 66 Pathogenic the Wolf” 6 Datum 30 Beach toy 63 Tail of a fib? sultanate 7 Lake near Reno 32 February Day 65 Harem room FOUNSI

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EMILY SUNBLADE ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN Sophomore Alicia Garza attempts to tag out a Creighton player at second base during the second game of a doubleheader April 19. The Salukis visit University of Illinois today in a doubleheader for their last non-conference games of the season. Salukis look to keep Big Ten streak

SIU faces Illinois in with finals going on, not just a and we’ll be fine this week.” midweek (game). It’s a pride factor, Stein said momentum from doubleheader today too,” Blaylock said. winning a non-conference double- The Salukis, however, don’t take header is key, and if their pitching Megan Kramper their exams lightly as they were and offense stay consistent, the DAILY EGYPTIAN ranked second in the country in Salukis will get the edge. overall grade point average among Even though Blaylock said S uccess against Big Ten confer- the National Fastpitch Coaches she expected the influx of youth ence opponents has been common Association last season. to cause road bumps throughout for the SIU softball team in recent Blaylock said there is a bit of the season, injuries led to incon- years. an in-state rivalry with the two sistencies and more losses than The Salukis teams and the expected. will look to con- Salukis will look The team hasn’t had 22 losses tinue that winning to gather some since 2000 when it didn’t make the tradition today as e don’t really momentum from NCAA Tournament and finished they face Illinois in Whave anything the match. sixth in the MVC. Champaign with Coming off an Blaylock said the team talk- a doubleheader to lose, we can go MVC series win ed about eight games it let slip beginning at 3 p.m. ‘‘out there just like against Missouri away and how those potential wins In the past two State that put could have made them contenders seasons, the Salukis we’ve been playing them third in the for an at-large bid in the NCAA are 4-1 against Big and we’ll be fine this MVC standings, Tournament. Ten schools with the Salukis will “It could be a totally different year, two wins coming week. look to extend and that’s the sad fact of it,” Blaylock — Krystal Stein this season against senior center fielder their win streak said. “But you can’t get back the past. Minnesota in the going into their You can only work on the future.” Jacksonville University Tournament final weekend of regular season After today’s doubleheader, the Feb. 9. play. Salukis will travel to Peoria to take Coach Kerri Blaylock said Senior center fielder Krystal on Bradley in their final regular sea- she needs the Salukis (26-22, Stein said the competitiveness son MVC series. They will open play 12-8 MVC) to remain focused between the two teams makes the with a doubleheader at noon and 2 going into today’s game and final match enjoyable and something p.m. and close the series with a single Missouri Valley Conference series, to look forward to before the final game Sunday at noon. especially because of the chaos that stretch of conference play. surrounds the week before final “We don’t really have anything Megan Kramper can be reached at exams. to lose,” Stein said. “We can go out 536-3311 ext. 256 or “They’ve got a lot of things there just like we’ve been playing [email protected].

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SALUKI TRACKER The Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics will face off today tied 2-2 in the Alan Turner best-of-seven series. Do you think the Hawks have a shot at beating the Celtics?

“Boston is the better team without a JEFF doubt, but Atlanta has tremendous ath- ENGELHARDT letes and a little bit of swagger going. Even if Boston manages to get out of this series, jengel the physicality Atlanta has played with will @siu.edu wear the Celtics down later in the playoffs.”

“This game is going to get heated after K.G.’s little run-in with the official Former Saluki wide receiv- and would-be brawl that took place in MEGAN KRAMPER er Alan Tuner was invited to Game 4. But I think the Celtics have megkramp the New York Jets’ minicamp, the edge here. They have the better all- @siu.edu which starts Friday. Turner led around team and will be hard to stop.” the Salukis with seven touch- downs to go with 46 recep- tions for 672 yards. Turner is competing for one of nine open roster spots. “I’d give them a shot if the next two games were in Atlanta, but they’re not. LUIS MEDINA The Hawks have the potential to be great lcm1986 down the line, but this is the Celtics’ time, Do you have questions for the Saluki @siu.edu especially because they have home court Insider that you want answered? advantage throughout the playoffs.” E-mail: [email protected]

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“I’ve gotten e-mails from parents Down the line, Sambursky said The rest of the bullpen did of prospective student-athletes inter- becoming a head coach was one of its job as well. ested in SIU and attending the event,” her goals because of the impact golf While senior starting pitch- Moccia said. “I would hope this event has played in her life. Sambursky er Shawn Joy departed after would be one way to convince them to said she wanted to involve golf in allowing a pair of runs through attend SIU, even if they don’t play on her career because it was something his four innings of work, Adam one of the teams.” she was passionate about. Curynski and Tyler Choate Former SIU golfer Samantha Sambursky said it was an honor combined to throw five score- Sambursky said the event is also fun to be the first assistant coach in the less innings in relief. for the athletes. program’s history, and Daugherty Illini sophomore reliever Sambursky, now an assistant coach said it was important to keep some- Mike Sterk was dealt his first with the women’s golf team, was one of one of Sambursky’s caliber as close to loss of the season. Sterk tossed the students to go to Sammy’s Sports the program as possible. Sambursky, two innings and allowed the Bar and Grill last year for the caravan who was a member of the Salukis’ unearned game-winning run in and said it got a great reception from 2007 Missouri Valley Conference the top half of the 11th. the alumni. Championship team, said she wants SIU only had four hits to “We had it at Sammy’s, which I’ve to pick up another one soon. Illinois’ nine, but junior Mark been to many times since it’s where I “Winning the conference Kelly made his hits count. watched all the Saluki games when I championship was the highlight of Kelly went 2-for-4 with a was home for Christmas,” Sambursky my career, by far,” Sambursky said. pair of doubles and the Salukis’ said. “It was fun to have all my family “Once you get to the next level, only RBI. and friends come out.” that can be my coaching career SIU returns to action at 3 The caravan will also make stops highlight.” p.m. today against Murray State at Morgan Street Brewery in St. to cap its nine-game road trip. Louis Tuesday, The Cubby Bear in Luis C. Medina can be reached at The Salukis pounded the Lincolnshire Wednesday and Harry 536-3311 ext. 238 or Racers 17-4 in Carbondale Caray’s Restaurant in Chicago May 8. [email protected]. April 7. om .c INSIDER, page 19: Do you think the Hawks have what it takes to beat the Celtics? VS. siuDE .

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S aluki athletes and coaches are set to hit the road — and then the bars. The second annual Saluki Caravan departs Thursday for the first stop at Sammy’s Sports Bar and Grill in Outfielder Springfield. The traveling event is a Dean partnership between the SIU Alumni Cademartori Association and Athletic Department reacts from where coaches and athletes reach out the dugout to to alumni who live outside southern a teammate’s Illinois. hit against Coaches on the caravan include Murray State men’s basketball coach Chris Lowery, April 7. women’s basketball coach Dana JAMES DURBIN Eikenberg and new football coach DAILY EGYPTIAN Dale Lennon. Athletes scheduled to appear include basketball players Bryan SIU defeats Illinois when junior second baseman Scott confidence they have had all season. with the performance. Mullins, Tony Boyle and Erica Smith, Elmendorf scored on sophomore short- “Offensively, we didn’t swing it that Wells said he was focused on with track and field star Brittany Riley, 3-2 in 11 innings stop Brandon Wikoff’s throwing error well but the confidence was certainly a throwing strikes and getting ahead among others. as the Salukis (24-18) upended Illinois deciding factor,” Callahan said. “We of hitters. Athletic Director Mario Moccia, 3-2 in 11 innings in Champaign. kind of got lucky that inning.” “Pretty much the mindset of who will also travel with the caravan, Matt Hartwig Elmendorf hit a double to right Junior reliever Daniel Wells the entire team is different now said it is important for the athletes DAILY EGYPTIAN field with the bases empty before short- locked down Illinois (25-17) in the because we’re playing well,” he said. and coaches to keep in touch with stop Owen Mackedon drove him in bottom half of the 11th inning to “It’s the general mindset of the the fans who are unable to drive to Il linois gave the SIU baseball team after reaching on the throwing error. earn his third win of the season. team that this is coming together Carbondale. every chance it could to win Tuesday’s SIU proceeded to defeat the Illini for Wells struck out the side, and and we’re beating teams we know “We can only do so much sitting game. the first time in nine years. fanned four batters total in his two we’re capable of beating.” behind our desks,” Moccia said. “The The sixth error of the game by Saluki coach Dan Callahan said the scoreless innings of work. He dropped mountain can’t go to Muhammad, so the Illini proved to be the most costly team has been playing with the most his earned run average down to 2.66 See BASEBALL, Page 19 Muhammad has to go to the mountain.” Moccia said there was a caravan that started the year before he arrived in 2006, but it visited the towns sur- rounding Carbondale as opposed to St. From teeing off to teaching golf Louis and Chicago as it does now. The caravan will stop at a total of four bars in three cities. Attending Assistant adjusting fans can socialize with the athletes and coaches before a formal address to a different SIU women’s concludes the two-hour event. golf head Argus Tong, director of off-campus point of view coach Diane programs for the Alumni Association, Daugherty, said he tries to put student-athletes in Luis C. Medina right, the cities closest to their hometowns. DAILY EGYPTIAN discusses Mullins and Riley, who are Saluki golf from suburbs Downers Grove and One year ago, one of the SIU with her new Flossmoor, respectively, will visit the women’s golf team’s best golfers wasn’t assistant Chicago bars. Boyle and Smith hail ready to let go of the game she loved. coach from De Soto, Mo., and Florissant, Now she doesn’t have to. Samantha Mo., respectively, and will attend the Samantha Sambursky officially Sambursky St. Louis stop. became the first women’s assistant golf Tuesday at “The alums are very appreciative coach in the program’s history April Hickory Ridge that the coaches sacrifice their time 10. Sambursky, formerly Samantha Golf Course. and they can see the local athletes who Sutzer, married former Saluki quar- Sambursky went on to SIU,” Tong said. “We had terback Joel Sambursky in January was a such a good turnout last year that we after graduating in December. member of added a second location in Chicago.” She began working under long- the SIU golf The Salukis will also have help time head coach Diane Daugherty from alumni in the events. ESPN team from as a full-time assistant coach at the radio personality and SIUC radio-tele- 2003-07. beginning of the year. vision alumnus Marc Silverman will STEPHEN RICKERL Sambursky made a name for her- DAILY EGYPTIAN host the events in Chicago. self by being one of the team’s best Moccia said it is increasingly impor- golfers. She recorded 36 rounds in the she said she looks forward to guiding that doesn’t care,” Daugherty said. her character from Sambursky’s tant to keep alumni involved with SIU 70s in her career as a Saluki, including the freshmen and helping them make Sambursky, whose salary will reaction to playing one bad hole. because of major fundraising projects a 78.4 stroke average in her final year. adjustments in life on and off the golf be paid by fundraising done by After failing to qualify to go such as Saluki Way, which includes the Sambursky said Daugherty was course. Daugherty, said some of the par- with her teammates to Hawaii construction of a new football stadium one of the main reasons she came to Daugherty said she thought it ticulars in her job include things during her senior year, Sambursky and renovations to the SIU Arena. SIU in 2003. was hard to find the kind of person that all coaches do such as looking left practice that day devastated. The caravan is not only focused “I had a gut feeling about Diane who cared about SIU women’s golf at recruits and watching summer She came back the next day with on alumni but prospective stu- and SIU so I thought ‘Oh, let’s go as much as she did — until she tournaments. In addition to that, a supportive attitude toward her dents as well. With the university with it,’” Sambursky said. “It turned met Sambursky. She said the former Sambursky said she would also be teammates, Daugherty said. facing decreased enrollment fig- out to be the best thing I ever did.” student could be the one to follow able to do some of the things she “Anybody can handle success, ures, Moccia and Tong said this The transition from player to coach in her footsteps and take over the did as a student-athlete such as but how you handle adversity is is a great way to show the quality will likely be one of the most difficult team. hosting recruits and taking them your character, and that’s the kind education available at SIU through parts of the job, but Sambursky said “I put my whole life into this on campus tours. of person I wanted to fill my shoes the student-athletes’ academic suc- it would get easier when her former program and I’m not going to just Daugherty said she approached someday,” Daugherty said. cesses. teammates graduate. Even though retire one day and turn it over to Sambursky about the job and she still takes swings with the team, just somebody right off the street mentioned she learned a lot about See COACH, Page 19 See CARAVAN, Page 19