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BRYSON him back — even in retirement. ual and that office took on his meth- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “I’ve known him a long time and odology and uniqueness,” Goldman he will always have an impact on said. “We’re going to spend some “In my own way, I’m trying to give this institution,” Bardo said. “He’ll be time and get a lot of input from a back to the individuals that helped me around, he’ll be doing things.” lot of people to see how we should so much along the way,” Bryson said. With the departure of Bryson, continue.” Bryson has also been the recipient interim Chancellor Sam Goldman Bryson said he feels lucky for the of countless awards, including the 2007 said he must begin the difficult task of career he had and said it was a matter Senator Emil Jones Mentoring Award finding a replacement. of meeting the right people at the right and the Distinguished Service Award Goldman said Bryson was the first time. He said he never expected to be from the Illinois Committee on Black person he worked with when he came a university administrator, but always Concerns in Higher Education. to SIU in 1980 and has remained one remembered one piece of advice. Harold Bardo, associate profes- of the most dedicated and unique “I was told basketball was the sor of medical education preparatory, people he has ever known. means to an end,” Bryson said. “It was shares the award of being a Saluki Goldman said the associate chan- never meant to be the end, and I never hall-of-famer with Bryson. cellor for diversity is a position that forgot that.” Bardo said it was Bryson’s passion would require a lot of thought in the for SIU that led to so much success, hiring process. Jeff Engelhardt can be reached at and it will be his passion that brings “Seymour is a very unique individ- 536-3311 ext. 268 or [email protected].

BUDGET Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert The operating budget has only CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to create a bill that would use revenue increased 6.4 percent since 2005, with from the gambling industry to help 2.8 of that percentage accounted for The university also secured $11.6 pay for university improvements as this fiscal year. Poshard said he was million for grants, scholarships and well as economic developments. glad the streak of half-percent and other programs. The capital plan would fund three one-percent increases ended and The university will receive new buildings, one each for Carbondale, hopes to secure at least the 2.8 mark $250,000 for an internship program, Edwardsville and Springfield. It would in future years. $1 million for the James Walker also offer $21.8 million for the com- David Gross, executive director Presidential Scholarship Fund, a pletion of Morris Library and nearly for the office of the president, said $2.4 million grant for the School of $71 million for improvements to cur- Poshard’s work in Springfield would Medicine and a $4 million grant for rent SIU buildings. bring help to the students and as well ethanol research at the Edwardsville Interim Chancellor Sam Goldman as university staff. campus. said he is glad the university received “There has been a growing sense SIU will also receive $200,000 to the operating cost increase, but the in the legislator that they needed to help combat declining enrollment and capital plan is a bill that must be address the needs of universities,” find retention solutions. passed. Gross said. “And increasing the oper- Though the 2.8 percent increase “Nothing is going to soften the ating budget is the single most impor- was the largest for SIU in seven years, blow of the capital bill not being tant thing the government can do for there is still a potential $320 million passed,” Goldman said. “There is over tuition.” hanging in the balance, though it has $300 million in their for us and we been frozen for another year. need it. My hope is that it is still alive Jeff Engelhardt can be reached at Poshard worked with former U.S. and breathing.” 536-3311 ext 268 or [email protected].

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Press Association, Associated Collegiate SPORTS EDITOR: MORNING CIRCULATION REPRESENTATIVE: Press and College Media Advisers Inc. BRANDON AUGSBURG EXT. 256 KYLE AUBRY EXT. 243 News DAILY EGYPTIAN Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3 Students, administrators hammer out ‘green’ fee Fee not likely to be in place before next year Allison Petty the proposal for months. When SEC DAILY EGYPTIAN members tried to get the fee included as a referendum on Undergraduate Bear hugs, laughter and elated Student Government ballots in phone calls filled the room in April April, USG and its then-President when members of the Student Demetrous White shot them down. Environmental Center learned the So SEC members collected more student body voted overwhelmingly than 1,600 signatures to get their fee in support of the “green” fee. on the ballot. After an extensive cam- But now, for those students, the paign, they were vindicated when celebration is over. students supported the fee, 996-372. It’s time to get down to business. Interim Provost Don Rice said Namely the business of working he has talked about the fee with with administrators to implement Goldman and other administrators, the $10 student fee for environmen- but the discussion was a brief one. tal sustainability projects and research Pulliam requested Rice attend the grants, as well as forming the sus- committee’s next meeting, at which LUKE MCCANN ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN tainability council mentioned in the she hoped the sustainability coordi- Ryan Hutton explains the injuries he recieved after being almost fully paralyzed from a car accident in 2001. Project Eco-Dawgs proposal. nator position would be discussed in For more than two years, Hutton has received physical therapy through the Center for Comprehensive Megan Pulliam, a co-coordinator greater detail. Services in Carbondale. for Project Eco-Dawgs, said she par- Discussion about the fee would ticipates in a committee of students most likely take place in Executive and administrators organized by Session of the Board of Trustees’ Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs meetings, said White, who now Center offers unique Larry Dietz. serves as Student Trustee. During Interim Chancellor Sam these sessions, which are not open to Goldman asked Dietz to organize the press or public, board members the committee to hammer out the discuss the philosophy behind deci- treatment for brain injuries details of the proposal. sions, debate and explore options. Pulliam said negotiations are White said he needed to be bet- going well, although it has become ter informed before participating in Justin Lange clear that students will not have total these talks. DAILY EGYPTIAN authority over money generated by But he said he would support the fee. the fee and council as they are now Af ter a near fatal car accident in “You can’t say officially students proposed. 2001, Ryan Hutton’s life was temporar- �� have complete control because obvi- “The students voted for it so ily put on hold. Having suffered sev- ously, the Board (of Trustees) does,” absolutely, I would push for it,” eral physical injuries and brain trauma, �� said Pulliam, a former student mem- White said. Hutton was left without the use of much �� ber of the board. Pulliam said she believed the of his lower body. But she said students — particu- administrators would not try to After years of rehabilitation, therapy, �� larly student members of the sustain- “hijack” the fee, as some of its oppo- and supported living at the Center for �� ability council — would have a voice nents had feared. Comprehensive Services, Hutton is �� in how the money is spent. “I definitely think the adminis- regaining his mobility and obtaining SEC members wrote in a DAILY trators aren’t trying to be enemies in the skills needed to take back his inde- �� EGYPTIAN letter to the editor in this,” she said. pendence. �� April that students would make up Pulliam said she hoped to see the The CCS, located at 306 W. Mill St., �� two-thirds of the funding committee council formed during the fall semes- is devoted to rehabilitating individuals responsible for allocating the money. ter, but doubted the board would vote having suffered traumatic brain injuries. �� Pulliam and others have pushed on the fee before April. It was the first post-hospital treatment �� center to offer this kind of care. �� “Folks from all over the United States are coming here,” said Chris Williamson, �� program director for the center and �� SIUC graduate with a master’s degree �� in rehabilitation administration and service. �� Williamson said the CCS has a �� history with close ties to the univer- �� sity. Speech-language pathologist Kathy Fralish and two other graduate students �� founded the CCS in 1977 after an insur- �� ance company came to the university and asked if they could provide help for four injured workers living in a nursing home. In 1998, MENTOR ABI, a corpo- �� ration based in Boston specializing in �� care for brain-injury patients, purchased �� the center. Williamson said since the buyout, the CCS has been able to over- guage pathologist and SIUC graduate center, he feels the community needs see the treatment of individuals outside Johnna Devin currently works in the to approve its awareness for those with the region. MENTOR ABI currently neuro-rehabilitation program at the cen- disabilities. has facilities in over 10 states including ter. In her position, she is able to help “I think it’s important for the public Calif., Fla. and several in the Midwest. participants cultivate cognitive thinking in general to be aware of what a brain With 25 living facilities in Carbondale and reasoning skills and aid in speech injury is and what a person has to go and a staff of over 500, the CCS is able therapy. through to overcome that,” Williams to serve more than 150 participants at a “It’s very fulfilling because you get to said. time. Williamson said while individual see people get better and back into their Hutton, a 25-year-old originally treatment plans differ, the center has lives,” said Devin. “To help them get from Indianapolis, said he appreciates programs ranging from four months to back to something that is very meaning- the CCS staff and enjoys completing his a year and also provides supported living, ful to them and very productive is the treatment in a community setting rather which can last decades. goal.” than in a hospital. He said that receiving Aside from providing cognitive and Case manager Robert Williams is treatment in a community would better physical therapy, CCS offers a wide vari- another SIUC graduate making a dif- prepare him for the day he can move out ety of assistance including job coaching ference at the center. While attending on his own. and teaching participants finance man- the university as a graduate student, “What’s the point of molding you agement. It also provides chances for Williams works with the clinical team into a person trying to get back into participants to re-enter the community. to develop programs that will be most the community if they shut you up into Williamson said the center organizes beneficial to a specific participant. He a hospital 24/7? It just doesn’t work,” several trips and events so that partici- also involves himself with the partici- Hutton said. pants can get used to the things others pants and their families to assure they are Over the past couple years he has often take for granted. getting the most from their treatment at made a substantial improvement from Williamson said the CCS has a staff the center. his condition after the accident. He looks of committed, caring individuals, several Williams said while Carbondale area forward to re-entering the workforce of them from the university. Speech-lan- has been a great atmosphere for the and getting a place of his own. 4 Tuesday, July 22, 2008 WORLD & NATION News Obama in Iraq: Withdrawal support but no timetable

Brian Murphy and of Iraq’s growing confidence as vio- Qassim Abdul-Zahra lence drops and Iraqi security forces THE ASSOCIATED PRESS expand their roles. “We are hoping that in 2010 that BAGHDAD — Face to face combat troops will withdraw from with Iraq’s leaders, Barack Obama Iraq,” spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh gained fresh support Monday for the said after Obama met with Prime idea of pulling all U.S. combat forces Minister Nouri al-Maliki — who out of the war zone by 2010. But the has struggled for days to clarify Iraq’s Iraqis stopped short of actual time- position on a possible timetable for a tables or endorsement of Obama’s U.S. troop pullout. pledge to withdraw American troops Iraq’s Sunni vice president, Tariq within 16 months if he wins the al-Hashemi, said after meeting presidency. Obama that Iraqi leaders share “a The Democratic common interest ... presidential contender to schedule the with- also got a military drawal of American briefing — and a heli- e don’t think troops.” copter tour — from “I’d be happy if we the top U.S. com- Wthat talking reach an agreement mander in the region, about specific to say, for instance, Gen. David Petraeus, the 31st of December and he met with a few ‘‘negotiating 2010” would mark the of the nearly 150,000 departure of the last U.S. troops now well tactics or your U.S. combat unit, he into the war’s sixth negotiating said — then noted that year. any such goal could be LORIE JEWELL ~MCCLATCHYTRIBUNE Back in the U.S., position in the revised depending on Gen. David H. Petraeus greets Sen. Barack Obama as he arrives at Baghdad International Airport Republican rival John press is the best threats and the pace of before they depart for the International Zone in Iraq. McCain said he hoped training for Iraqi secu- Obama’s visit would way to negotiate rity forces. That date U.S. presidential election as lever- date,’ which is what some have sug- in Afghanistan as America’s most open his eyes to the would be some seven age for negotiations on America’s gested.” critical fight. a deal. danger of withdrawal — Dana Perino months later than presence and future obligations in The Bush administration has But Iraq is not the same place as timetables. Said the White House press secretary Obama’s 16-month the country. refused to set specific troop level when Obama last visited in January Arizona senator, who for President George W. Bush timeline. “We don’t think that talking targets but last week offered to dis- 2006. was meeting with Obama said almost about specific negotiating tactics cuss a “general time horizon” for a Both Sunni insurgents, including President Bush’s father, the former nothing to reporters as he walked or your negotiating position in the U.S. combat troop exit. al-Qaida in Iraq, and Shiite militias president, in Maine: “When you win to and from his meetings. press is the best way to negotiate a Asked whether the Iraqis might have suffered significant blows. And wars, troops come home.” He said “Excellent conversation,” he said deal,” Perino said after al-Maliki be trying to use the U.S. presidential security forces in Baghdad — once of Obama: “He’s been completely as he left talks with al-Hashemi was quoted in a magazine article election for leverage in negotiations the scene of near daily car bombs wrong on the issue.” in his gold-hued reception room. supporting the 16-month troop over the future of the American and sectarian killings — have made In Washington, the White House “Very constructive,” he said after withdrawal timeline proposed by military mission in Iraq, she said, “I clear gains since last year’s troop expressed displeasure with recent leaving a meeting with al-Maliki. Obama. Al-Maliki’s spokesman, al- think that a lot of other people look build-up of nearly 30,000 soldiers. public comments by Iraqi leaders on Obama promised to give fuller Dabbagh, initially appeared to try through the lens of a 2008 presiden- In an interview Monday on the withdrawal question and sug- impressions after his stop in Iraq to discredit the magazine report but tial election. ... Might they be? Sure. ABC’s “Good Morning America,” gested they might have the U.S. elec- wraps up Tuesday and he heads to on Monday newly expressed hopes I mean, it’s possible.” McCain said he hoped Obama tion on their minds. Jordan and then Israel. that U.S. combat forces could be This is the third leg of Obama’s would now “have the opportunity to As Obama visited Iraq for the In Washington, the White out of Iraq by 2010. tour of the region, which has included see the success of the surge.” first time in more than two years, House expressed unhappiness Said Perino: “It will not be a stops in Kuwait and Afghanistan. “This is the same strategy that comments Monday by the nation’s about Iraqi leaders’ apparent public date that you just pluck out of The counterpoint was clear: he voted against, railed against,” government spokesman roughly mir- backing for Obama’s troop with- thin air. It will not be something Obama opposed the Iraq war from McCain said. “He was wrong about rored the Illinois senator’s withdraw- drawal plans and suggested the that Americans say, ‘We’re going to the start and views the battle against the surge. It is succeeding and we al schedule and offered a glimpse Iraqis may be trying to use the do — we’re going to leave at this the resurgent Taliban and al-Qaida are winning.” Beijing works well under car restrictions Truckers causing fatalities

Anita Chang heat and the hour-long ride. Beijing and another 18 in Olympic Hope Yen edges it hasn’t completed any of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The two-month operation that venues, according to the state-run THE ASSOCIATED PRESS eight recommendations that U.S. began Sunday bans cars with odd- Beijing Times newspaper. safety regulators have proposed BEIJING — Traffic flowed a numbered license plates one day, So far, “the air in the city is good, WASHINGTON — Tractor- since 2001. One would set mini- little smoother. Busy avenues had even-numbered plates the next. The the density of pollutants has fallen,” trailer and bus drivers in the United mum standards for officials who fewer cars. By nightfall, even the ambitious attempt to ensure “blue the report said, citing the bureau. States have suffered seizures, heart determine whether truckers are hazy sky had mostly cleared. sky days” by the time 10,500 ath- But it will take at least 20 days attacks or unconscious spells medically safe to drive. Another So went the first workday under a letes and 500,000 visitors arrive for for results to be conclusive, deputy behind the wheel that led to deadly would prevent truckers from “doc- government-imposed plan to reduce the Aug. 8-24 Olympics includes director Du Shaozhong was cited crashes on highways. Hundreds of tor shopping” to find a physician Beijing’s foul air pollution before the construction cutbacks and factory as saying. thousands of drivers carry com- who might overlook a risky health start of next month’s Olympics. closures. Foreign experts said the plan mercial licenses even though they condition. It’s unclear whether any Millions of commuters turned Those caught driving on days could still go wrong because unpre- also qualify for full federal disabil- of the eight recommendations will to subways, buses and car pools as they should not will be fined $14, dictable winds might blow pollution ity payments, according to a new be done before President Bush the strict program sought to take a stiff penalty even for Beijing. It from other provinces into Beijing, U.S. safety study obtained by The leaves office. half of Beijing’s 3.3 million cars off wasn’t known how many tickets or a lack of wind — common in Associated Press. “We have a major public safe- the road. were issued; phones rang unan- August — could allow local pollu- The problems threatening ty problem, and we haven’t cor- In parts of the city, traffic was swered all day at the police traffic tion to build up. highway travelers persist despite rected it,” said Gerald Donaldson, visibly lighter than on other work- management bureau. “For about 20 years, they have years of government warnings and senior research director at the days. Sun Weide, spokesman for gotten rid of coal-burning in the hundreds of deaths and injuries Washington-based Advocates for “There were much fewer vehi- Beijing’s Olympic organizing com- city, but in the surrounding prov- blamed on commercial truck and Highway and Auto Safety, whose cles on the airport expressway, and mittee, said the plan should reduce inces, coal-burning has increased, bus drivers who blacked out, col- members include consumer, health I could drive much faster,” said civil vehicle emissions by 63 percent. The so there are some things outside of lapsed or suffered major health and safety groups and insurance servant Lin Kai, shaving with an emissions are a major cause of the the purview of the blue sky plan,” problems behind the wheels of companies. “You have an agency electric razor while sitting in his thick, gray-brown haze that often said Jennifer Turner, director of vehicles that can weigh 40 tons that is favorably disposed to main- parked car. hides the city’s skyline. the China Environment Forum or more. taining the integrity of the indus- He said he bought a new bicy- Changes in air quality will be at the Woodrow Wilson Center The U.S. agency responsible try’s economic situation.” cle because of the restrictions and monitored by experts from the city’s in Washington. “There could be for cracking down on unfit truck- Truckers violating federal would try to pedal to work a few environmental protection bureau, pollutants from outside the city ers, the Federal Motor Carrier medical rules have been caught in times a week despite the summer which has 27 survey stations around blowing in.” Safety Administration, acknowl- every state.

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R big clue in the nationwide salmonella LISBON (AP) — Portugal’s attorney of a 2-year-old girl missing since early sleeping men who were arrested after a crimes fugitive and one of the world’s RE outbreak: They found the same bacteria general ordered police Monday to halt June said Monday the girl’s mother, jailed department store break-in. Kyle Burress, most wanted men, was arrested on on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno their investigation into the disappearance after police said she failed to report the 25, and Allen Pierce, 27, have been Monday evening in a sweep by Serbian pepper handled by a small Texas produce of British girl Madeleine McCann because disappearance for more than a month, charged with second-degree burglary. security forces, the country’s president WI RE shipper. detectives uncovered no evidence of a knows who has the toddler. Police spokeswoman Debbie Willis said. ALENDA A lawyer for the Orlando girl’s C But Monday’s discovery doesn’t solve crime during their 14-month probe. says a break-in was discovered July 9 at Karadzic has been indicted by the U.N. the mystery: Authorities don’t know The case will remain closed unless mother, Casey Anthony, said his client a Fred Meyer department store northeast war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia where the pepper became tainted — on new evidence emerges, Attorney-General wants to help investigators and urged of Seattle. The two were still being for genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian the farm, or in the plant in McAllen, Texas. Fernando Pinto Monteiro’s office said. authorities to release her. held on bail Monday. war. He has been hiding since 1998. News DAILY EGYPTIAN Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5 Program brings budding readers into bloom ‘I Can Read’ Volunteers are a big help to kids

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A paper flower garden of brightly colored daisies sprang out of Attucks Park as community members celebrated the culmination of this summer’s “I Can Read” program. In the center of the flowers were books including “Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing,” “Junie B. Jones,” “Harry Potter” and “How My Family Lives in America,” amongst other favorites read by children enrolled in the six-week program that concluded Thursday. Although “I Can Read” participants cut out paper flowers and made “Soil Sammys” — little grass-headed creatures made of pantyhose, dirt, and seeds — what the program is designed to grow is stronger reading skills. Volunteer workers seeking to instill children with a love for reading met with kids four times a week at the Eurma C. Hayes Center to read, play games, make crafts, eat snacks and listen to guest speakers. The program also gave kids the opportunity to enjoy being outdoors on field trips, such as an excursion to the “Boo” Rochman Memorial Castle Park. Alicia McIntosh, the summer program coordinator, said that many different members of the community, including police, firefighters, LUKE MCCANN ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN and nurses, visited with the kids about their Alicia McIntosh guides children of the Learning to Read program during a water balloon toss at Attucks Park Friday, July 18. The professions during “Who Are the People in Our picnic celebrated the graduate’s completion of the free, six-week program. Community?” week. Other themes in the program were Readers’ Theatre, We’re Going Places, “Three months is too long for kids to go of Attucks’ Class of ’48, said that “I Can Read” Thursday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Eurma C. Watch Us Grow, Poetry, and Fairy Tales. without reading,” Nesbitt said Thursday. depends on the community, teachers, and volun- Hayes Center. “I Can Read” started as a free after-school This year marks the first time since 2001 teers to continue running. Nesbitt and Jordan said they are very appre- program for kindergarten through 5th-grade that a summer program was able to run, as the “We do it because we love the kids,” she said. ciative of all the volunteers who have been able to students in District 95, but community donations program has struggled to find adequate funding Last school year, 24 kids were signed up for donate time and resources to “I Can Read” since made it possible for the program to continue into to provide care for the 50-plus children whom it “I Can Read,” Nesbitt said, but more students the program began in 1998, and encourage any- the summer. aims to benefit. The center received no funding were put on a waiting list because there were not one with a love for reading and a few extra hours Margaret Nesbitt, an organizer for the pro- through Carbondale City Council in the 2008 enough volunteers. She estimates that nearly 50 to help in the future. gram and member of the Attucks’ Class of ’48, fiscal year, but has been granted a stipend of students will be enrolled in the coming year. said it was a positive experience for the children $8,300 for fiscal year 2009. “I Can Read” Program begins its next session Allison Huber can be reached at to have a summer reading program. Volunteer Mildred Jordan, also a member on September 8, and will run Monday through 536-3311 ext. 255 or at [email protected]. D AI LY E GYPTIAN E DI TO RIA L B OA RD DA IL Y E G Y P T IAN Diana Soliwon Alexis Boudreau Sean McGahan Brandon Augsburg EDITOR IN CHIEF VOICES EDITOR CITY EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR

Paul Flowers Allison Petty NEWSROOM REPRESENTATIVE CAMPUS EDITOR PAGE 6 · TUESDAY, J ULY 22, 2008   VTWO MINUTES OF TRUTH Pay it back by moving forward Yet in a world of increasing consumer spending following boy uses the concept of paying it forward in his idea to save the PAUL FLOWERS billions of dollars in consumer advertising, it’s no wonder why world. The boy ultimately met his demise by virtue of sheer many Americans could care less about world issues. Being ignorance in a fight that proved fatal, though, had this boy consumed in the media’s propaganda takes a lot of focus. been real, he would have been the story of many news sources, [email protected] We have also come to the age of big business— and not causing the headlines to read, “Finally, someone got it right.” in a good way. The small-time store-owner Someone knew In the world where paying it forward seems is losing out, all because many feel the need unfamiliar to most, this idea purposefully put to produce, sell and buy things in higher this problem into practice could change the world. The “Hustler, Playboy or Penthouse.” quantities for more money and a cheaper phrase, coined by Robert Heinlein, promotes Sadly, this is the response that I hear when I ask guys about price. Even Abraham Lincoln recognized was coming long the idea of having fortune bestowed upon the issues they pay attention to. this when he said, “I see in the near future you. Then, instead of returning the favor Sorry folks, this is not about magazine subscriptions. The a crisis approaching that unnerves me and before the first to the source of the fortune, you become issues I want to bring to focus have a little more worldly cause causes me to tremble for the safety of my documentary hit the source of that fortune and bestow it and effect. Unfortunately, we do not pay these things much country... corporations have been enthroned upon another. It sets into motion a chain of attention. and an era of corruption in high places will the video stands. purposeful positivity founded on doing good Shocking? It should not be. follow, and the money power of the country to, by and for other people. It highlights the In a world full of distractions, one may find it hard to tear will endeavor to prolong its reign by working endless potential of the human population if themselves away from their favorite entertainment source long upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated we only internalize the belief that people are inherently good. enough to gain a moment of mental clarity. We constantly in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.” So to all my kind-hearted, goal-oriented, positive thinkers invite the opinion of others into our thought space without Someone knew that this problem was coming long before across the nation, my question now is this: even wondering why. The reason one may want to wonder is the first documentary ever hit the video stands. What is your plan to pay it forward? that because of the amount of damage that can be done by not But, look at the bright side. There is always something that Purge your past pessimism and pursue your path to our paying attention to the issues at hand. we can do to help out. Whether it be by volunteering time to utopia. Pick an issue and pay it forward. Someone is waiting For example, “The poorest 40 percent of the world’s help out in the community, donating money to a worthy cause on your payment. population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The or even helping out a single person in need. Every individual Think about it. richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world has in them an agent of great change. A candle burning with a income,” according to www.Ibid.com. positive flame that needs to be spread to others. This is a problem. Made most famous in the movie “Pay It Forward,” a young Flowers is a senior studying biological sciences.

THE DUKE REPORT ‘I kissed a girl and I liked it’

ANDREW O’CONNOR song, “Ur So Gay.” The song is about a fed masterpiece of irony. Then she released of nuances and specificities. Alfred Kinsey, up and unsatisfied girl whose hipster-indie “I Kissed A Girl.” Anyone who tries to the most famous sexologist of the twentieth [email protected] boyfriend is “gay.” Of course, she clarifies rhyme something with “cherry chapstick” is century believed there to be no such thing that he is not “gay” in the sense that he has intellectually incapable of irony. as a definitively homosexual or heterosexual sex with other men (which, she reminds us I do not know what I hate more about, identity, but that there was a spectrum, or is really, really gross) — no, he is gay in the “I Kissed A Girl,” the song or people’s scale, of sexuality. His Kinsey Scale, while Every summer has a song. It starts out sense that he is an “emo” reactions to it. The song archaic, was the first chink in the armor of innocently enough — a catchy pop song that nerd. It trivializes is atrocious and so is the the concept of normative sexuality. starts to get heavy rotation. Then somewhere Maybe it was when video. It is three minutes A recent study concluded that women around mid-June, the song begins to be Madonna passed the and exploits in a room of scantily were more likely to be sexually aroused at the played officially ad nauseam. By August, just torch to Britney and clad women wherein no sight of a naked woman than that of a naked hearing the first chord elicits primal rage. Christina through their homosexuality while one — not even Katy man. If you have seen “Forgetting Sarah Need proof? Last year’s “summer song” was tonsils, or maybe it was Perry — actually kisses Marshall” you know why — standalone male “Beautiful Girls” by Shawn Kingston. the first “triple-kiss” on simultaneously a girl. It would be the genitalia are just comical. The actions of a This year’s song, however, has the distinct MTV, but somewhere conforming to the cinematic equivalent of couple would elicit arousal in women, but honor wherein its blood-boiling annoyance along the line, lesbianism “Snakes On A Plane” if just a standalone male would not. is rivaled by its mind-numbing stupidity. became trendy. As we hierarchal structures there were no snakes on We are learning more about our sexuality Of course I am talking about Katy Perry’s will indefinitely see when that plane. every day, and our prehistoric stereotypes “I Kissed a Girl.” the new “Bruno” movie of “approved Why does she kiss are being shattered by people just being Her music is manufactured drivel that comes out, girl-girl gay sexuality” and a girl? “Just to try it.” themselves. is only successful at exploiting stereotypes. is a corporate cash crop, She goes on to assure us At the end of the day, at least for I suppose the best place to start is Perry’s while boy-boy gay is patriarchal rule. that she is not “gay,” and lesbianism, Katy Perry’s song is kind of a childhood. She was raised in the mutant unsettling. ultimately “she hopes her milestone. wasteland that is southern California (not Furthermore, guy-guy gay is still boyfriend won’t mind it.” She surely doesn’t You know you have made it when surprisingly) by two pastors. Her first album caricatured as a relationship between two want to disrupt the patriarchy. corporate America co-opts and exploits your released in 2001 was a Christian gospel pansies obsessed with Bravo. It trivializes and exploits homosexuality identity. album. As the brilliant Katy reminds us, gay while simultaneously conforming to the It is almost a badge of honor. Almost. Either she was thoroughly ensnared by guys are not real men. Conversely, if you are hierarchal structures of “approved sexuality” Eventually Ms. Perry will follow Sean Satan or Jesus did not pay very well, but not her ideal of a real “straight” man, “Ur and patriarchal rule. Kingston into one-hit history, while eventually she moved toward making music So Gay.” In a nutshell, it is a feminist’s worst withering away from overexposure. Maybe for tweens too cool for Hannah Montana. Yet some people clung to the idea that nightmare. her narrow constructs will too. She first burst on to the scene with the the song was actually a sly tongue-and-cheek Sexual identity is a complex concept full O’Connor is a junior studying political science.

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The DAILY EGYPTIAN, the student-run newspaper of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is committed to being a trusted source of news, information, commentary “ I’d like to give the king a hug.” Hugo Chavez. and public discourse, while helping readers understand the issues affecting their lives. President of Venezuela, referring to King Juan Carlos of Spain, who famously told him to shut up during a diplomatic spat last year Classified DAILY EGYPTIAN Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7 8 Tuesday, July 22, 2008 DAILY EGYPTIAN Classified Pulse DAILY EGYPTIAN Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9 Girls and Sports by Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today By Linda C. Black is a 7 — You’re entering a pensive phase. For the next few weeks, you’ll do Today’s Birthday 07-22-08 Your more introspection than you have in assignment for this year is to pay off all several months. Relax and enjoy it. The Duplex by Glenn McCoy your debt. If you’ve already done that, work on your portfolio. Don’t gamble, Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today though. Your luck’s not that good. Stick is a 6 — It’s time to get back to work. with the tried and true. There’s a puzzle to solve. Others know To get the advantage, check the what they want, and you get to figure day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the out how to produce it. Do a good job of most challenging. this, and you’ll get into the big money. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You have just had, or will have is an 8 — You can advance your agen- soon, a brilliant idea. The challenge is da more easily for the next few weeks. to remember it. Keep a pad and pencil Spend extra time now making your nearby at all times. Don’t take anything plan, so you’ll know what to do tomor- for granted. row. Dress the part, too.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) is a 7 — Be careful you don’t get carried — Today is an 8 — The coming four away in the excitement of the moment. weeks are your personal travel season. You could easily spend more than you Some of it might be for business, too. should for a household item. Or maybe All of it will be fun. Firm up your plans it’s real estate. early, so you can get cheaper tickets. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today Today is a 7 — The next four weeks are is a 7 — You’re interested in just about all about other people’s money. Figure everything. Pick another subject to out how to use it to get whatever you master in the next few weeks. You’ll want. You might even be able to get soak up the information, and retain it them to pay you to do it. easily. Practicing will be fun. THE Daily Crossword Edited by Wayne Robert Williams Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today Today is a 7 — Use your brains instead ACROSS is an 8 — For the next four weeks, you of your brawn to solve a work-related 1 Fizzy drink can greatly increase your income. Yes, problem. This might include asking 5 Throat prob. there is work involved, but it’s nothing somebody else to help, or having them 10 Frozen fall you can’t handle. Use your imagina- do it. The latter could be well worth 14 Double tion. the cost. 15 Brownish gray 16 Part of S.R.O. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today 17 One from Dr. 7 — During the next four weeks, you’ll is an 8 — You’re entering a very busy Seuss have a hidden advantage. That’s very phase. Luckily, it looks like it’s the kind of 20 Lure and catch important, because the others rely on work you enjoy doing. This is good; the 21 Evaluate again you. Proceed with confidence. time will go fast. Enjoy it to the max. 22 Verdi heroine 24 Turn on a pivot (c) 2008, Tribune Media Services Inc. | Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. 25 Fulfilled 28 Pop 30 __ L. Jackson THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME by Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion 34 Iowa college 18 Non-cleric 41 Carrot-tops town 19 Regulars’ orders 46 Not often Unscramble these four Jumbles, 36 Low character 23 Honolulu hello 48 Make, as 38 Slow in tempo one letter to each square, 25 Hunter of the money to form four ordinary words. 39 Another from PGA 51 Lively baroque Dr. Seuss 26 Be theatrical dance 42 Certain anchor 27 __ cotta 53 More expansive INNOO position 29 Site of the 54 Oh my gosh! 43 “Green Gables” action 55 Advocate girl 31 Not married 56 Round 44 Twixt 12 and Megaera DOWN 6 Make lace ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 32 Former hammerhead All Rights Reserved. 20 62 One more from 1 Affliction of the 7 Essen’s region anesthetic 57 Taj Mahal 45 Less of a mess Dr. Seuss eye 8 Fencing swords 33 Crazy in the location 47 Assistant 64 Ripening factor 2 Western writer 9 Corolla head 59 Auto-racing GLIVI 49 Arid 65 Sensational Wister segments 35 Sewing circle org. 50 Mountain 66 Coastal bird 3 Gossip 10 Steak for some members 60 Yin and __ goat’s perch 67 Animal shelters 4 Cavities in 11 A chip, maybe 37 Bouncing off 61 Hook’s right- 52 Plug of tobacco 68 Full calendars bones 12 Misfortunes the walls hand man 54 Feeling of well- 69 Temper out of 5 Resign or 13 Caustic 40 Unit of gene 63 Title for being control detrain solutions activity Galahad LEPPOE 58 Alecto or

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Answer: “ ” Sudoku By The Mepham Group (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: SUEDE TRAIT DAHLIA NETHER Level: 1 2 3 4 YeThursdasterday’y’ss Level: 1 2 3 4 Answer: How the farmer knew the cows were ready for milking — HE HEARD THE HERD Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

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“The Dark Knight” Rated: PG-13 Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart Directed by: Christopher Nolan Runtime: 152 min.

WARNING! This is not a comic book film. Do not be fooled by the man in the cape or the psycho in haphazard makeup. “The Dark Knight” is an action film first and foremost with just as much brain as it has brawn. Director Christopher Nolan has torn down the constraints of superhero films and created the best release of the summer (superhero or oth- erwise). With this film’s predecessor, Nolan’s “Batman Begins” setting up the caped crusader’s origin, this film gets right down to business. Batman (Christian Bale) and Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman) team up with Gotham’s ambitious new District Attorney, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to rid their city of its criminal underground once and for all. Things seem to be going swimmingly until a new but not so attractive face arrives on Gotham’s crime scene. The Joker (Heath Ledger) takes over Gotham City, intent on destruction and pitting those fighting for justice against each other in astound- ing moral dilemmas. While Batman may be the central character in this old comic book franchise, this film is more of an ensemble piece than a look into just PROVIDED PHOTO Batman’s world and Ledger’s Joker is the anchor of the whole thing. The rest of the cast turns in high-quality per- becomes a harsh, revenge-seeking villain. decisions. The violence is really amped up as well, From the first moment his frightening, formances as well. Aaron Eckhart undoubtedly The humans in the film are not the only on the screen and sometimes implied just outside scarred face appears on screen, just upped the asking price for things larger than life as the special effects are the camera. It would be quite interesting to know The Joker takes control of every his next film as his Harvey Dent marvelous as well. Buildings are blown up creat- what Warner Bros. had to go through (or had to moment he appears in. Ledger’s plays both sides of the coin, going ing sky-high fireballs, semi-trailers are up-ended spend) to get this flick down to a PG-13 with performance has been heralded all 4.5 out of 5 from good to evil after a tragic and flipped over and there is a car chase (well, the MPAA. across the board, and all the praise is due. With and very disturbing accident, which alters one large truck chase), which is the epitome of No one should let the Batman tag on the film a reptilian-like tongue, darting in and out of his side of his face. Besides Ledger’s wild foray into destruction. stop him or her from taking the film seriously. It mouth Ledger transforms himself into one of the madness, Eckhart’s performance shows the most The tone of the film is incredibly dark as is much more than just another comic book film most terrifying monsters in movie history. range and is quite disheartening, as his character main characters make life changing and ending and can stand alone as a great piece of work. Leave ‘Mamma’ for the mamas

Amber Fijolek talent, not to mention stellar choreography DAILY EGYPTIAN and visuals incomparable to this flop of a remake.) The story is cute, but if it were not for “Mamma Mia!” Hollywood icons making fools of themselves Director: Phyllida Lloyd in front of the gorgeous Mediterranean coast, Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Julie viewers’ interest would wane quickly. Walters, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Amanda The plot revolves around Donna (Streep), Seyfried an ex-American, ex-promiscuous woman who Rated: PG-13 singlehandedly raised her daughter, Sophie, Runtime: 108 minutes while living and running a bed and breakfast in Greece. Sophie, (played by the saucy and sweet blondie, Amanda Seyfried) unlike her Three possible fathers. A wedding in mother, has decided to settle down and marry Greece. Townspeople breaking out in song at the early age of twenty to hott-bodied, with arms waving about to disco-hits. This Greek lover, Sky, (Dominic Cooper), and the flick will not prove to be much more than an wedding has Donna, the inn and all its work- elongated version of its previews. ers preparing for the big day. But Sophie has Despite worn-out movie plans of her own, inviting three moguls like Meryl Streep and strangers, whose names she Pierce Bronson delivering the found in her mother’s old diary, tunes, the best part of the film 2.5 out of 5 in attempts to resolve feelings “Mamma Mia!” is the soundtrack, an array of of an incomplete, fatherless childhood. PROVIDED PHOTO ABBA tracks that inspired the film’s famed Meanwhile, the crowd is entertained by the Baranski, way too much skin. The film industry has seen better musi- Broadway predecessor. The songs may be dynamic reunion of Donna and back-in-the- Still, watching some of the silver screen’s cals-turned movies and this summer has dated, but they still make for a rocking day girlfriends, Rosie and Tanya, played by greats (along with some fresher and more seen better blockbuster entertainment. Except musical experience. However, nothing like Julie Walters and Christine Baranski — older attractive newcomers like Seyfried and for the middle-aged ABBA-enthused mom- an on-stage production would. (At least the ladies who think they are teenaged and able to Cooper) in ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ lob- crowd, a nice, summer day should probably live performance boasts much better musical pull off way too much crude humor, and for ster-scene fashion is the movie’s best offering. not be wasted on this ‘Mamma.’

PULSENBC has announced thatC Jay Leno’s last night as “Tonight Show” host will come on May 29, 2009. Conan O’Brien will be moving up a time slot and taking Leno’s place. Are you happy with O’Brien as Leno’s replacement or is there another comic out there you’d rather see in the seat? Luke McCormick Amber Fijolek Christian Holt While O’Brien is not as fresh as he was five or so years Well, as far as primetime Late Night TV goes, Leno Personally, I would rather watch reruns of “The Daily Show” and “The ago, he is still much funnier than stale old Jay Leno. I’d like was the only one I could tolerate. Least tolerable, I’ve Colbert Report” than watching any other Late Night TV. However, the time to see him do some more writing for the show; its funniest always thought, was O’Brien. If you want good Late Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert and Conan O’Brien were on each other’s shows stuff lately was during the recent writer’s strike when he Night TV, Jon Stewart really is the only way to go. during the writer’s strike, I thought O’Brien was funny. So, while I don’t had to do a bulk of the writing. actually care very much, I am sure he will do a fine job. Sports DAILY EGYPTIAN Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11 Saints acquire

When the NBA’s Seattle franchise decided to move to Oklahoma City, they had to leave the Supersonics moniker in the Pacific Northwest. According to reports out of Oklahoma, the new team name will be “Thunder.” The name has not been formally adopted, however, so what is your last minute Shockey in trade suggestion? Personally, I am of the persuasion that teams should not have singular names, By Brett Martel except in rare occasions — the Miami Heat pull it off, but the Utah Jazz and Tampa Bay out Shockey in the lineup, cut ties Lightning do not. And I first thought the reference might have had something to do with THE ASSOCIATED PRESS with a player who provided plenty of BRANDON AUGSBURG Buffalo, but then it would be a Marshall University knock-off, so the only other reasonable excitement on the field and plenty of assumption is that the team will be named after weather phenomena. Well, that is just bauggie plain dumb, so my suggestion is the OKC Mule Deer. It is relevant and it has never been NEW ORLEANS — Jeremy distractions off it — once throwing @siu.edu done. Plus, with that name they have an obvious rival in the Milwaukee Bucks. Shockey caught more passes for more a cup of ice in the stands during a yards as a rookie — the one season playoff game in San Francisco, criti- when New Orleans Saints coach Sean cizing Giants fans for leaving a game Payton was his offensive coordinator early, blaming Giants coach Tom Considering their location, my first inclination was to say the Cowboys, but in New York — than any other. Coughlin’s staff for a loss in 2006 and Oklahoma State may have a problem with that. My suggestion is to add on to the BRYAN MYERS The Giants, meanwhile, proved skipping voluntary team workouts in “Thunder” to make it a little more exciting — let’s say the Oklahoma City Rolling bm550 they didn’t need their disgruntled star favor an offseason program run by Thunder. It rolls off the tongue and with an original name with a young lineup that has @siu.edu tight end to pull off one of the most his agent. rookie of the year Kevin Durant and the recently drafted Russell Westbrook at the point, stunning playoff runs in NFL history, The Giants also unload the this team could be exciting in a few years if they make a couple of more moves. winning three postseason contests remainder of a five-year, $31.2 mil- on the road and then beating previ- lion contract extension that Shockey ously undefeated New England in the signed in 2005. Super Bowl — all while the injured Shockey had 371 catches for 4,228 There really is not a whole lot in Oklahoma so they do not have much to work with. Shockey watched from afar. yards and 27 touchdowns with the JEFF ENGELHARDT Since they need a name though, I would say the Oklahoma City Strut Muffins. It has absolutely nothing to do with basketball, but I just want to hear someone on the team So the Giants sought to do both Giants. He was drafted out of Miami jengel 10 years from now say I always dreamed of being a Strut Muffin on draft night. themselves and Shockey a favor on with the 14th overall pick in the 2002 @siu.edu Monday, cutting ties with the four- draft. time Pro Bowl selection in a deal the The Giants’ comments about the Saints had been trying to pull off for trade were complimentary of Shockey months. as if to echo the sentiment: “No hard East WL GB Driver Pts. PB W East W LGB The Giants will get second- and feelings.” fifth-round picks in the 2009 draft in Coughlin called the departing Tampa Bay 57 40 - Kyle Busch 2881 W 7 Kalamazoo 33 21 - exchange for sending Shockey to the tight end “an outstanding football Boston 57 43 1.5 team he wanted to play for most. The player who plays the game full speed Traverse City 31 23 2.0 New York 53 45 4.5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2619 -262 1 trade must be approved by the league and plays the game the way it was and is contingent on Shockey passing meant to be played.” Washington 28 25 1.5 Toronto 48 50 9.5 Jeff Burton 2590 -291 1 a physical. “I wish him the best,” the coach Baltimore 47 50 10.0 “I have had a relationship with added. Florence 27 27 6.0 coach Payton and I appreciate The Giants still have five tight Central WL GB Carl Edwards 2509 -372 3 Chillicothe 24 29 8.5 what he has done as a head coach,” ends, including Boss, who started the Chicago WS 55 42 - Shockey said in a statement released last six games of last season. The an Jimmie Johnson 2494 -387 1 by the Saints. “The Saints have a lot others are rookie Eric Butler, Jerome EAGUE Midwest 17 36 15.5 Minnesota 55 42 0.5 of weapons starting with Drew Brees Collins, Darcy Johnson and Michael Jeff Gordon 2384 -497 0 L and I look forward to joining my Matthews. Americ Detroit 49 49 6.5 West W LGB teammates at training camp. This will “We have five young kids who are Greg Biffle 2318 -563 0 Kansas City 45 54 11.0 NASCAR Southern Ill 30 24 - be a fun year.” all vying for the position,” Coughlin

NTIER RO Shockey caught 74 passes for 894 said. “The tight end position will be a Cleveland 43 54 12.0 Matt Kenseth 2317 -564 0 F Gateway 29 25 1.0 yards and was named Rookie of the very competitive position in training West WL GB Year in 2002, his lone season working camp.” Kevin Harvick 2308 -573 0 Los Angeles 60 38 - Windy City 26 27 3.5 with Payton, whom he’ll be reunited The Saints have been seeking a with on the practice field this week. tight end who is a downfield threat. Oakland 51 47 9.0 Tony Stewart 2305 -576 0 Rockford 26 28 4.0 The Saints report to training camp Eric Johnson, who started 12 games Texas 51 48 9.5 in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, when for the Saints last season, caught 48 Kasey Kahne 2295 -586 2 Evansville 26 28 4.0 Shockey will join several other tight passes for 378 yards and two touch- Seattle 38 60 22.0 ends on New Orleans’ roster, includ- downs. River City 25 29 5.0 East WL GB Denny Hamlin 2283 -598 1 ing last year’s starter, Eric Johnson, “Jeremy is a player that we are along with Billy Miller and Mark excited to have on our roster. He

MLB New York 53 46 - East WL TPTS East WL GB Campbell. is someone I am familiar with as a Shockey, who spent six seasons player,” Payton said. “He brings a skill Philadelphia 53 46 - Detroit 16 8 - New England 10 4 3 33 with the Giants, broke his leg against set to the position that I feel will be a Florida 52 47 1.0 Columbus 8 5 4 28 Connecticut 14 10 2.0 the Washington Redskins on Dec. tremendous benefit to our offense.” Atlanta 47 52 6.0 16. The Saints’ offense has been Chicago 7 5 4 25 New York 12 10 3.0 He is known for his receiving among the best in the NFL during Washington 38 61 15.0 ability more than his blocking, and Payton’s first two seasons as coach, D.C. United 7 7 1 22 Indiana 11 11 4.0 Central WL GB was unhappy even before the injury with Brees eclipsing 4,000 yards pass- Chicago C 58 40 - Toronto FC 6 6 4 22 Washington 9 14 6.5 — he was asked to block in addition ing in each of them. to catch. Once hurt, he didn’t like The hope in New Orleans is that l St. Louis 57 43 2.0 Kansas City 5 5 6 21 Chicago 7 15 8.0 the fact that much was made of the Shockey’s addition as a receiving A Milwaukee 55 46 3.0 New York 5 6 6 21 Giants winning with rookie Kevin threat, when combined with receiver Atlanta 3 21 13.0 Boss in his place. Marques Colston and Reggie Bush

Nationa Cincinnati 48 52 11.0 “Jeremy brought great energy to coming out of the backfield or lin-

MLS West WL TPTS West WL GB WNB Houston 46 52 12.0 the game every time he stepped on ing up in the slot, will give Brees the Real Salt Lake 6 6 6 24 San Antonio 16 8 - the field,” said Giants team president options he needs to move the ball, no Pittsburgh 44 54 14.0 John Mara, son of the late Wellington matter what defenses attempt. Los Angeles 6 6 5 23 Seattle 15 6 0.5 West WL GB Mara, a longtime owner of the team. Shockey’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, Chivas USA 6 8 3 22 Los Angeles 13 10 2.5 “He had a close relationship with my called last season a difficult one for his Arizona 48 50 - father from the time we drafted him, client, who was looking for a change Colorado 6 8 3 21 Los Angeles 48 50 - Sacramento 12 11 3.5 and I had a couple of long conversa- of scenery. Houston 4 4 8 20 Minnesota 11 11 4.0 tions with Jeremy this spring and “He’s been one of the most suc- Colorado 43 57 6.0 summer. From those conversations, cessful tight ends in NFL history, but San Francisco 40 58 8.0 FC Dallas 4 6 7 19 Phoenix 11 12 4.5 it was apparent to me that a fresh now I think he’s going to be more pro- start was the best thing for us and for lific in the Saints’ offense,” Rosenhaus San Diego 37 62 11.5 San Jose 3 9 5 14 Houston 11 12 4.5 Jeremy.” said. “I don’t think Jeremy could ask The Giants, a proven winner with- for a better situation.” om .c INSIDER, page 11: Are the Supersonics ? destined to be known as the Thunder? siuDE .

www DA IL Y E G Y P T IAN P AG E 12 S OUTHERN I LLINOIS U NIVERSITY JULY 22, 2008 TRACKS & FIELD Stuart takes third at NACAC Games

Brandon Augsburg NACAC Games. She qualified for the to feel the effects of such a rigorous summer. blossom in that position even more this year. DAILY EGYPTIAN Bahamian National Team in June, winning Before the meet Stuart said she wanted to With the added experience from international the national championship by out jumping remain focused, confident and patient because competition Stuart should be able assume a Bianca Stuart, a senior long jumper on the Bahamian long jump legend Jackie Edwards. that was the only way she would be able to do leadership role and help other jumpers on the SIU track team, had a summer most athletes Stuart won that event with a leap of 6.5 well at the event. track squad develop in the coming year, Price- dream about — but she came up short of meters. “I continued to remain focused even though Smith said. reaching her main goal. She went on to take the meet title at the I was getting physically fatigued,” she said. “ Stuart said she would be taking a much Stuart competed at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Games with Being so close to qualifying boosted my confi- deserved rest over the next few weeks, to hang Central American and Caribbean Games over a jump of 6.56 meters in early July. Stuart also dence not to give up.” out at home in the Bahamas and work her the weekend in Toluca, Mexico, in her final took seventh in the long jump at the NCAA Her focus did not translate into qualifying summer job. She will return to Carbondale attempt to jump the Olympic qualifying stan- Outdoor Championships in June. results, however. Despite not qualifying for before the start of the fall semester and will dard of 6.60 meters. She came up short of Head track coach Connie Price-Smith said the Olympics, she said she learned a lot and begin training for the upcoming track season qualifying — jumping 6.37 meters — but Stuart is right to reflect warmly on her accom- matured as a jumper during her time at SIU shortly thereafter. took third place at the meet, according to the plishments this past season. She said Stuart and over the summer competing on the inter- NACAC Web site. competed this summer mostly on training from national level. Joemi Maduka, representing the U.S., took the spring and the fact that she was able to “All I must do is continue to grow and learn Brandon Augsburg can be first in the long jump with her meet record compete so well was impressive within itself. from my past experiences as I head into my reached at leap of 6.66 meters, according to the NACAC “It is hard for college kids to maintain for senior year as a Saluki and further continue 536-3311 ext. 256 Web site. such a long period of time,” Price-Smith said. with my track career after school,” she said. or [email protected]. Stuart said in an e-mail that she felt she Stuart said her efforts this summer were Price-Smith said Stuart was a good role took her jumping to a new level this season, helped by the high level of competition she model for the younger jumpers on the team last especially this summer. faced, especially at the CAC Games. year, and she expects “I worked very hard, with the help of my “There were a few women who jumped over Stuart to coach, to get this far in my ‘08 season, and I am 21 feet, so their competitiveness pushed happy about that,” she said. “I feel that this year me even more,” she said. has been my most successful season, having When Stuart got to the accomplished so much.” NACAC Games she Stuart, a native of the Bahamas, was in said she began her third attempt at hitting the Olympic standard at the worked very hard, with the help of my coach, Ito get this far in my ‘08 season, and I am happy about that. I feel that this year has been my most

‘‘successful season, having accomplished so much. — Bianca Stuart senior long jumper Jumping the summer away NCAA Outdoor Track Bahamas Olympic Trials and Field Championships Championships June 11-14 June 27-28 June Place: 7th — Distance: 6.47 meters Place: 1st — Distance: 6.50 meters

Central American and North American, Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games Caribbean (NACAC) Games July 4-6 July 18-20

July Place: 1st — Distance: 6.54 meters Place: 3rd — Distance: 6.37 meters Source: Saluki Media Services

begin to lose sleep over who is going to enter September as lucky as Pittsburgh did with Ben Roethlisberger. In his way starters and who will be riding the pine. Not all these posi- is another first round pick — Kyle Boller. The only reason tion battles, though, leave teams with the best options or Boller is in this picture is because he is the only guy on the worthy fantasy ones. roster with extensive NFL experience. Below are my top three widely talked about and heated At some point, though, he has to be labeled a bust, and battles taking place this summer that all fantasy owners after five seasons, it is clear Boller does not get it (only 45 should stay as far away from as possible. TD’s to 44 interceptions in his career). Boller will get the nod to start the season over Flacco, but fool me once shame Oakland Raiders, running back on you, fool me six straight times and bring on the padded The battle is between Justin Fargas and first round walls and straight jacket. Flacco will get in there at some draft pick Darren McFadden. Whoever starts will not help point this year but do not expect anything great. Oakland, or a fantasy team, have a winning record. Fargas posted one of the most unproductive thousand-yard seasons Tampa Bay Buccaneers, quarterback I have ever seen, rushing for 1009 yards and only four touch- If the situation in Baltimore seems bad then what is downs in 2007. going on in Tampa will make any Buc’s fan weep for the Now comes the highly touted McFadden from Arkansas return of Trent Dilfer (oh yes, it is that bad). who proved in college he can do it all, including throw Currently there are six quarterbacks on the roster. None touchdown passes. Either way, McFadden is the future of of them are worth writing home about proving once again the Silver and Black, but whether it comes this year or in that the old saying is true, “If you have six quarterbacks on 2009 is the bigger question. Look for Oakland to do what your team then you really do not have one.” Jeff Garcia did Jacksonville did last season with Maurice Jones-Drew and go to the Pro Bowl for Tampa last year, but injuries and his Fred Taylor, except neither member of the west-coast back- age — 38 — are big concerns. Chris Simms is the most field will be worth anything fantasy-wise. Fargas will be talented of the bunch but after nearly dying on the field Stay away from these camps penciled in as the starter, but Oakland will make sure to get last year it is no wonder why he really does not want to be McFadden plenty of playing time. in Tampa anymore. Luke McCown and Brian Griese have The best choice is McFadden. He, like the rest of the done nothing their entire careers except keep the bench Ian Preston Raiders is at least a year away in my book, but he is more of warm. down there in Florida or Brett Favre finds a way to DAILY EGYPTIAN a threat in the passing game. escape Green Bay. The only hope for Tampa at this point is that Garcia With July coming to a close it is time we start getting Baltimore Ravens, quarterback finds the fountain of youth. If they are this desperate for a really serious about fantasy football. In a couple more weeks, Everyone around SIU knows just how good rookie quarterback, then it is time to stop drafting seven running all 32 NFL franchises will travel to small colleges in the quarterback Joe Flacco is, but whether or not his success at backs or get out of the 20-man leagues. middle of nowhere and sweat out the remainder of summer Delaware can translate into a solid career in the NFL is the in training camps. question on the table. He has got the size, the tools and the Ian Preston can be reached at Not only does this time really symbolize the start of the weapons to finally give the Ravens a decent signal caller. 536-3311 ext. 282 or football season but also the start of when people like me However, he is still a rookie and not all teams get as [email protected].