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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2003 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in July by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "Tell the truth July 23, 2oo3 • WED N ES D A V and don't be afraid.· VOLUME 87 . NUMBER 161 TH ED AILY EASTE RNNEWS .COM OVC summer school THE DAILY reports Eastern golfer recteves All-American status from NGCA EASTERN NEWS Page 8 Sports Blagojevich announces more

BY CASEY CARRO L/PHOTO ED ITOR jobs for area Blagojevich shovels ceremonial dirt after the announcement of the 150,000 square foot expansino of t he Rural King, the project will at 30 full-time jobs to the area. • Gov. BlagQjevich at the Southeast Interchange of Route 57. TIF districts give tax breaks to businesses visited Mattoon for the economic development of the area, and the Incremental property tax revenue yesterday to announce generated by It will serve to refurbish the "blighted area" said Gustafson. the expans ion of The construction project slated for the area within the TIF district will create a Rural King which will hotel and convention center. "Incremental create JOjobs property taxes from the Improvements will go towards the Infrastructure and allow to build a pond that will serve as a retention By Joaquin Ochoa pool for the flood water," Gustafson said. MANAG IN G EDITOR According to the offflce of the governor, Rural King Is the beneflclarry of tax credits through the Economic Development for a MATTOON- Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Growing Economy (EDGE) program and for Conversation" updated mix blared as Gov. work force training grants throught the Blagojevlch's bus tour rode Into Mattoon. As Industrial 'Training Program (ITP). the lyric continues "The state of "a little more action ....------, Illinois Is helping please· clearly It Rural King with tax seemed that credits for Its $3 mil­ Blagojevlch was at lion dollar proj ect, Rural King to do due to tax credits, j ust that. allowing for much B l agoj evlch greater economic attended a ribbon opportunity," said cutting ceremony at Blagojevlch. Rural King to sign The State of Senate Bill 417 and Illinois will provide announce the $17,000 In tax credit expansion to Rural annually for the next King, a construction ten years, It will also proj ect that will add assist Rural King In expand the current j ob training, said Rural King by Blagojevlch. 150,000 square feet While Mattoon's and add 30 full-time new TIF district now j obs to Mattoon. allows for the oppor­ Bill 417 expands tunity fo economic the language within growth, Eastern's the tax increment Gov. Blagojevich took t ime to talk to many curi­ Capital Development financing law that ous observers of the ribbon-cutting ceremony Board project BY CASE Y CARRO L/PHOTO EDITOR allows areas of land during his stop at Mattoon remains on hold. The that causes flooding Doudna Fine arts was Gov. Blagojevich shakes the hand of Rural King representative Glenn Howell before his to become a TIF district. slated to begin construction In the spring, speech at the Rural King of Mattoon "We have property that contributes to however, bids were placed on hold shortly flooding downstream" Jeanne Gustafson after Blagojevlch's lnaugaration as gover­ "As you know, It's a budget deficit of his­ matter of when," Blagojevlch said. said. Gustafson, executive director of The nor. The only bids and construction projects toric proportions. Worthy projects like However, the governor did not express a Coles Together economic development cor­ being allowed are ones that meet one of four Eastern's that deal with education will be time-table. poration, added that the bill will create a tax criterias, education, economic development, worked on sooner or deferred depending on "Gov. Blagojevich's three day, 13-county increment financing district within Mattoon health and public safety, said Blagojevlch. whether it meets the education criteria, It's a bus tour Is an effort to be "close to the peo- Drivers licensing station to remain open beyond end of month • The Charleston drivers licensing station was facilities within the next month will not proceed. "These are feared to be closing as a casualty of the state union employees and they have certain protocol that has to be followed and senority Issues that have to be considered," said budget deficit' the faci I ity wiI I remain open Druker. "This will have to go to closed veto session In November and until Novermber when a decision is expected voted on, hopefully It will be overriden from what the Gov. wants,"sai d Druker. By Angela Harris Governor Blagojevich's office suggests many ways to cut NEWS ED ITOR costs at the Secretary of State level. More Bagels than you Blagoj evich suggests that White should blend building main­ tenance staffwith those of other state buildings to reduce costs; The Charleston drivers license facility will not be closing any pool purchases with Central Management Services; force non­ can shake a stick at time soon. Blagoj evich Is set to cut about $48 million dollars union employees to pay their own pension funds; freeze pur­ from the Secretary of State's budget. chases on state cars, excluding police vehicles; and other According to Dave Druker, press spokesman for the money saving ideas. Druker said that White's office already This issuse Secretary of State Jesse White's office, "The cuts are not part uses some of these measures that were listed in a memo. The Bagelfest ...... P age 5 of the budget that was passed." Drucker said that the thought memo was supposedly a publicity stunt and was handed out that there may be closings or lay-offs at some drivers license during the same time the Gov. was meeting with White. Today Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Showers Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Partly cloudy Scattered storms •- PAGE . 0 0 :g. Wednesday, 81° 51° 83° 55° 88° 70" 83° 63° 85° July 23, 2003 TWO HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIG H HI GH LOW Saddam's sons killed in U.S. raid

MOSUL, Iraq - Saddam Hussein 's sons "I believe very firmly this will have an some expressing delight, others cursing the tral Iraq - home to much of the remaining Odai and Qusai were killed in a six-hour fire­ effect. This will prove to the Iraqi people Americans. support for Saddam, a Sunol Muslim who fight Thesday when U.S. forces, acting on a that these two members of the Iraqi regime The soldiers removed four bodies and did used his Baathist Party to oppress the coun­ tip from an Iraqi informant, surrounded and will never come to power again," Sanchez not let photographers near enough to take try's Shiite majority. then stormed a palatial villa in this northern said. pictures. The triangle is also a center of anti­ Iraqi town, a senior American general said. Hours after the raid in Mosul, gunfire The building, in the al-Falah neighbor­ American resistance: In the latest attack, Four coalition soldiers were wounded and erupted throughout Baghdad, making travel hood, was left charred and smoldering, its Thesday, a U.S. soldier was killed and anoth­ two other Iraqis were killed in the raid, but very dangerous. The shooting was believed high facade riddled with gaping holes from er wounded in an ambush along a dangerous Saddam was not among them. The house to be celebratory as news of the killing ofthe bullets and heavy weaponry. Kiowa helicop­ road north of Baghdad. His death brought to belonged to one of Saddam's cousins, a key sons spread through the capital. ters roamed the sky. 153 the number of U.S. troops killed in action tribal leader in the region. "It's probably very appropriate that they Some Mosul civilians appeared to have since the March 20 start of war, six more 'We are certain that Odai and Qusai were would be celebrating about now," Sanchez been caught in the crossfire. It was not than during the 1991 Gulf War. killed today," said Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said. known how many people were injured, but The U.S. Central Command said the at a news conference in Baghdad. "The bod­ Fighting broke out after soldiers from the several were taken to a hospital. attackers used rocket-propelled grenades ies were in such a condition where you could 101st Airborne Division surrounded the Officials gave conflicting reports on and small arms in the assault staged along identify them." stone, columned villa. whether anyone was captured during the the road between Balad, 50 miles north of The deaths of the sons could have a major When troops approached the building, assault. The officials said they had no initial Baghdad, and Ramadi, 60 miles west of the impact on the Iraqi resistance, which has gunmen inside opened fire with small arms. information that would suggest Saddam was capital. It gave no other details. been mounting about a dozen attacks a day The "suspects barricaded themselves in the present during the raid. The U.S.-led coalition's military occupa­ against U.S. occupation troops. The guerril­ house" and "resisted fiercely," Sanchez said. Experts conducted DNA tests after the tion of Iraq has been met by constant armed las are thought to be former military offi­ "They died in a fierce gunbattle," Sanchez bodies were flown from Mosul to another Iraqi resistance, resulting in almost daily cers and Baath Party leaders loyal to added. location, officials said. deaths of American troops. Many recent Saddam and his family - especially the He told reporters that soldiers from the Throughout the day, Defense Secretary assaults have been staged with remote-con­ sons, who played primary roles in the mili­ 101st Airborne Division were working on a Donald H. Rurnsfeld briefed President Bush trolled roadside explosions. tary and feared security services. tip from an Iraqi informant that the sons personally about the assault. Before the announcement, White House Both Odai and Qusai ranked second only were present in the house. Qusai was probably intended as Saddam's officials were cautious in their assessments to their father in the deposed regime, offi­ Asked if the $15 million rewards would be successor, according to U.S. intelligence offi­ of whether the raid was successful. cials have said. They were Nos. 2 and 3 on paid, Sanchez said: "I would expect that it cials. He ran much of Iraq's security appara­ Asked about reports of that Saddam's sons the U.S. list of 55 top former Iraqi officials probably will happen." tus, controlling several militias, internal had been killed, White House spokesman wanted by Washington. The United States According to witnesses in Mosul, a small security services and the military forces of Scott McClellan said he was "not in a position had offered a $25 million reward for infor­ force ofAmerican soldiers went to the house the once-vaunted Republican Guard. to confirm anything." mation leading to Saddam's capture and $15 about 9 a.m. and asked permission to search He was described as quiet and level, par­ Given a series of failed strikes against million each for his sons. it. The occupants refused, and the patrol ticularly compared to Odai, Saddam's eldest Iraqi leaders since the war began March 20, In Washington, L. Paul Bremer, Iraq 's top withdrew until about 10 a.m., when 100 more son, who had a reputation for brutality and U.S. officials clearly did not want to make civilian administrator, said he did not want to soldiers arrived in 25 vehicles. flamboyance. Odai controlled Saddam's any public claims that later prove untrue. comment on how the deaths of Saddam's The Americans opened fire but received Fedayeen, the paramilitary force that fought On April 7, Rumsfeld announced the death sons would affect security in Iraq. fierce return fire from inside the home, the U.S. troops during the war; many of its sur­ ofAll Hassan al-Majid, Saddam's first cousin However, Bremer said: "It certainly is witnesses said. Kiowa helicopters arrived vivors are thought to be part of the ongoing and one of his bloodiest henchman, and good news for the Iraqi people." and fired rockets into the villa. The interior guerrilla campaign in Iraq. showed reporters video of laser-guided ''This will contribute significantly to of the house was destroyed and two adjacent Odai also controlled information and prop­ bombs obliterating a house in Basra, Iraq's reducing attacks on coalition soldiers," said homes were badly damaged. aganda in Saddam's Iraq, and was chairman second city, where a tipster had told coalition Ahmad Chalabi, a delegate from the Once the fighting died down, Iraqi police of the country's Olympic committee. forces he was staying. Coalition Provisional Authority, speaking at arrived to help the Americans search the Saddam has a third, younger son, accord­ But last month, U.S. military officials said the United Nations. building. ing to some reports, and three daughters. All that interrogations of Iraqi prisoners indi­ Asked whether the killing of the sons "When we saw the people in the house kept a low profile in his regime. cated al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali" for would reduce the incessant attacks on shooting back, we knew Odai and Qusai were Mosul, a town 240 miles northwest of his use of mustard gas and other poisonous American forces, Sanchez said he thought there," said the 31-year-old Jamal. Baghdad that housed Iraqi army bases, is gases to kill thousands of northern Kurds the security situation now would improve. Afterward, about 1,000 people gathered, outside the so-called "Sunol Triangle" in ceo- during a 1988 rebellion, might be alive. A second official claims responsibility for bad report

WASHINGTON (AP)- Stephen Director George Tenet last put together. Tenet had done for the CIA. ety of information and reaching Hadley, President Bush's deputy October raising objections to an "The high standards the presi­ "There were a number of people out to its Republican allies in national security adviser, on allegation that Iraq was seeking to dent set were not met," Hadley who could have raised a hand" to Congress in an effort to counter Thesday became the second admin­ buy uranium ore from Africa to said. He said he apologized to the have the passage removed from criticism of Bush's Iraq policy and istration official to apologize for a use in building nuclear weapons. president on Monday. the draft of Bush's Jan. 28 address, his use of discredited intelligence role in allowing a tainted intelli­ As a result, Hadley said the Tenet previously issued a state­ Hadley said. "And no one raised a to advance the case for toppling gence report on Iraq's nuclear offending passage was excised ment saying that he should have hand." Saddam Hussein ambitions to find its way into from a speech on Iraq the presi­ raised obj ections to the Iraq­ "The process failed," said White With Bush's j ob approval ratings Bush's State of the Union address. dent gave in Cincinnati last Oct. 7. Africa-uranium sentence when the House Communications Director slipping and U.S. casualties in Iraq Hadley, in a rare on-the-record But Hadley suggested that details CIA reviewed an advance copy of Dan Bartlett.. continuing to climb, the White session with reporters, said that he from the memos and phone call the president's State of the Union Still, Bartlett said that Bush, House sought to move the debate had received two memos from the had slipped from his attention as message. while perturbed by the develop­ over the Iraq war away from the CIA and a phone call from agency the State of the Union was being Hadley is the top aide to National ments, "has full confidence in his flap over Bush's 16-word assertion Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice national security adviser, his that Iraq was trying to buy urani­ .The controversial passage citing a deputy national security adviser um in Africa. 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Natasha Flowers, 16, from Spencer. "It was great to be home" In her first public words words. I'm an American soldier, too," she Suffering from multiple broken bones and pretty brief, but It was worth It j ust to be since being rescued. said. other Injuries, she had arrived at Walter able to see her. I'm glad she's home," she "''d like to say thank you to everyone who Lynch's 507th Maintenance Company con­ Reed In the nation's capital on April 12. said. helped and prayed for my return," said voy was ambushed March 23 near the Iraqi Lynch is able to walk with the aid of a walk­ The Wirt County High School band waited, Lynch, who was brought to the podium In a city of Nasiriyah In an attack that killed 11 er but still has trouble standing. decked out In new uniforms, to serenade her. wheelchair wearing a beret and green Army soldiers. U.S. forces rescued Lynch at a She spent more than 100 days at Walter Lynch smiled and waved to the crowd. dress uniform. Naslriyah hospital April 1, while five other Reed before she was released Thesday Her brother rode In the back seat with her. Lynch received a standing ovation as she captured 507th soldiers, held apart from morning. She boarded a Black Hawk heli­ Four State Police troopers, two on each side, entered a media tent and made her brief Lynch, were released April 13. copter for the trip to Wirt County and walked beside the car to keep onlookers remarks against the backdrop of a large Lynch's rescue quickly made an American arrived In Elizabeth at 1:56 p.m. away. American flag. Outside, friends and family hero out of the petite blonde who j oined the After her remarks, Lynch rode In a con­ About 2,000 people lined the motorcade waved flags and "Welcome Home Jessica" Army to get an education and become a vertible In a military motorcade through route along State Route 14. signs, while a marching band warmed up for kindergarten teacher. Elizabeth and then to her newly remodeled "We're here to see history," said Mary a parade trumpeting Lynch's return home. "I'm proud to be a soldier In the Army. I'm home In Palestine, a community of about 300 Elder, 52, of St. Marys. The 20-year-old former POW said she did proud to have served with the 507th. I'm about five miles away. Her home has been On Monday, Lynch was awarded the not realize for "a long time" that her ordeal happy that some soldiers I served with made renovated to make It handicapped-accessi­ Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Prisoner of had captured the hearts of millions around It home alive. It hurts that some of my com­ ble to accommodate Lynch during her recov­ War medals. The Bronze Star is given for the globe. pany didn't," Lynch said. ery. meritorious combat service, a Purple Heart 'But I'm beginning to understand because Lynch also said she was "thankful to sev­ Tracl Lancaster, 28, came out to the is most often awarded to those wounded In I've read thousands of cards and letters - eral Iraqi citizens who helped save my life parade to see her neighbor. combat, and the POW for being held captive many of them from children - that offer while I was In their hospital. • "I feel all the men and women over there during wartime. messages of hope and faith,• she said. Lynch said she missed Pfc. Lori Plestewa are fighting for the future of my children. I'd Lynch said she had read "thousands of sto­ 23, who was her roommate, best friend and a do anytlng I could to honor them. If that ries" recounting that when she was rescued, member of the 507th. Piestewa died of means standing for five hours to see Jess!, Liberian rebels announce cease-fire in three-year war

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Rebels wag­ and Oxfam said In a statement that "the Some Pentagon officials said President taken part In a U.N. peacekeeping force. Ing a brutal battle for control of Liberia's delay In sending peacekeeping troops to Bush was inclined to send In a smaller con­ Nigeria, Mali and Ghana are willing to capital announced a cease-fire Thesday, a Liberia Is costing lives." tingent - perhaps several hundred Marines contribute troops, but need foreign financial day after mortars rained down on the city In "Thousands of people are crowded Into - enough to provide command and commu­ backing, Nigerian presidential spokes­ some of the bloodiest fighting In three years churches, schools and other temporary shel­ nications support for the West African force. woman Rem! Oyo said. of civil war. ters Without running water or food," the On Monday, half of a team of 41 Marines The participants also want other countries At the same time, West African defense Rome-based World Food Program said In a arrived to protect the embassy, and their hel­ - including South Africa, Morocco and the chiefs were trying to work out details of a statement. Icopters evacuated 23 foreigners, most of United States - to send soldiers. long-awaited peacekeeping force many "Many of them need help now but as long them humanitarian workers. The rest of the "We don't have any timetable for when the Liberians believe could have averted as the fighting continues there Is no way that group was delayed by the mortar attack, and U.S. might send troops. But diplomatic talks Monday's carnage. we can get supplies to them," said the there was no indication when they would are going on by the hour and things can Despite the order to stop fighting, rebels agency's official in Monrovia, Gregory arrive. change rather quickly," Oyo said. traded machine-gun and grenade fire near Blamo. Meanwhile, government and rebel dele­ European diplomats said a cease-fire was three bridges connecting Monrovia's port to Hospital officials and aid groups counted gates meeting In nearby Accra, Ghana, key to any deployment - particularly If the the northern suburbs and downtown - sym­ more than 100 killed Monday, but the toll struggled to meet a deadline Thesday to Americans are to be persuaded to partici­ bolic heart of the country and site of was believed to be much higher. Defense agree to details of a unity government prom­ pate. President Charles Thylor's offices. Minister Daniel Chea placed It at well over ised under a repeatedly violated June 17 Bush has made any deployment of U.S. Sporadic shelling also persisted, with one 600. cease-fire. troops conditional on the departure of round striking a house across the street Chea demanded the International commu­ Despite continued differences, Charles Thylor, a former warlord indicted for war from the U.S. Embassy compound. Shrapnel nity either send peacekeepers immediately Benny of the main rebel movement, crimes In Sierra Leone. rained down on a second house next-door . or lift an arms embargo Imposed by the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Thylor has pledged to resign and accept an Three people were killed and two serious­ United Nations to punish Thylor's regime for Democracy, expressed satisfaction with offer of asylum In Nigeria - but only after ly wounded near the embassy. Grief-strick­ trading guns for diamonds with Sierra recent progress on the peacekeeping force. peacekeepers arrive to ensure an orderly en relatives gathered around pools of blood Leone's rebels. "Our people are being held "Our troops are being told to cease fire," he transition. and held up mortar fragments. hostage," he said. said. Residents took advantage of a lull In hos­ "Our sisters and brothers are dying for White House spokesman Scott McClellan The government, however, said they have tilities Thesday to search for food and water nothing," said James Guanue, the brother of said the United States had not decided seen no change. In the capital - still in ruins from the 1989- one of the dead. 'We really need a peace­ whether to send troops. West African defense chiefs were gather­ 96 civil war. keeping force to come. • "The situation In Liberia now Is dy namic, • Ing In Dakar, Senegal, to finalize the force's Passing the U.S. Embassy, where bodies Aid workers were removing the last of the he said In Washington. "We're continuing to composition and deployment schedule, were piled under plastic sheeting, he paused. bodies dragged In front of the U.S. Embassy monitor events closely. • Nigerian army spokesman Col. lWenty-seven people were killed Monday on Monday by enraged residents, demand­ Three U.S. ships with 2,000 Marines and Chukwuemeka Onwuamaegbu said. Foreign when a mortar slammed Into an embassy Ing to know when the United States would 2,500 sailors aboard moved toward the ministers were also there. residential compound. send troops to the country founded by freed Mediterranean Sea, where they were to One option, he said, was to divert to "If the American forces were on the American slaves more than 150 years ago. await orders. 'JYpically, the 2,000 Marines Liberia some 700 to 1,000 Nigerian troops ground, this would not have happened," he There has been an outcry from aid groups would go ashore. from Sierra Leone, where the soldiers have said. Families wanted for Alzheimer's gene bank treatment CHICAGO (AP) - Families with Americans with Alzheimer's have help collect blood samples for the slons, said William Thies, medical the association's nationwide chap­ several members afflicted with that form ofthe disease, which typ­ gene bank. director of the Alzheimer's ters, Thies said. 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Boise is the number one headed by a non-profit organiza­ Through grassroots organiZing Staff writer and purchaser and Jogger of our coun­ tion known as Rainforest Action and mobilization, students at Erik Hall, Associate sports editor columnist tryfs public lands. Ninety-five Network. University of Texas at Austin, the Andy McCammon, Editorial page editor for The Daily percent of Americais old growth Rainforest Action Network nation's largest school, cam­ Eastern News forests have already been Jogged. began in 1985 at a grassroots paigned for a year to force the Boise continues to clear pre­ strategy session by average citi­ cancellation of its contract with avian [email protected] Henschen also cious old growth forests in the zens who were adequately con­ Boise. In 2003, the student gov­ is a political sci­ U.S .. Canada, Asia and Central cerned enough about the environ­ ernments of Kent State, Brown ence major EDITORIAL America. Seventy-eight percent ment to do something about it. In University and Illinois State of the worldfs original old growth the late 1980s, RAN first market University in Bloomington passed Henschen can be forests have already been Jogged. reached at 345-6107 campaign coerced Burger King resolutions to reccommend dis­ This has destroyed half of Earthfs into cancelling $35 million worth solving contracts with Boise. Gay rights ()( i1tinite3@white­ plant and animal species and of beef contracts from companies Now the ball is in our court. star.com taken the homes of 75 percent of that cleared rainforest land to Illinois state Jaw requires univer­ indigenous populations. graze cattle. Through awareness sities to buy from the lowest bid­ Information about the loss of raising campaigns in the 1990s, ding paper provider- Boise. crusade lacks rainforests, global warming and RAN provided enough momentum Networking by student groups at environmental degredation have to convince The New York Times every major university in the been made public to the point of to cancel its contract With a Jog­ state has already developed. desensitization for years now. ging company that produced Eastern is the only school out of Even celebrities, such as Sting, newsprint from ancient rain­ the loop. Students involved in the impassioned have used notoriety to lSave the forests. RAN Old Growth Campaign Rainforest.i I recall a T-shirt In 1997, RAN embarked on its require support from Eastern to selling campaign my grade school Old Growth Campaign. The cam­ complete the chain that will bring participated in to raise money for paign is designed to starve the down Boise, destroyers of natural the cause. market for old growth products, environments. leadership The fact remains that despite forcing companies to alter their Beginning fall semester, Earth the urgency of effort to combat production techniques. The plan Club and Green Party wtlljoin environmental peril, there is proved effective when, 2 years forces to begin anti-Boise action After the Civil War, it took almost a century for something to be done in our area later, logging giant Home Depot on Eastern campus. For more the government to recognize black Americans as to protect the trees that have been promised to halt sales of wood information, consult www.ran.org, on the planet longer than any from endangered forest areas by and contact me to get involved in equal citizens, giving them their proper rights. human. Action to ensure the 2002. By 2000, seven of the a process of positive change. The history and events of the Civil Rights future of the United Statesf and worldfs top ten lumber companies, movement are very similar to the movement towards gay rights, and gays face many of the same problems blacks once did. They are tor­ At issue tured or killed, while The gay rights move­ those who openly defend ment in many ways parallels the struggle them are considered out­ of blacks for civil casts by society. rights. Sound familiar? Our stance Consider the 1998 case The key difference of Matthew Shepard, the between the two 21 year old Wyoming stu­ movements is the dent who in was beaten lack of dynamic lead­ ers in the gay com­ to death after being munity. Jured out of a campus bar; or Allen Schindler, who was murdered in 1992 by fellow Navy ship­ mates in a public restroom. While these cases may have received media attention, there were many who swore that these were isolated incidents. Such people swore the same whenever a black youth was found hanging from a tree. Also during this time, the Jaw forbade homosex­ uals from marrying or adopting children; common rights that would be considered ridiculous to take away from a heterosexual. Similar laws once for­ bade blacks from marrying whites and segregated their children in school. l1 These Jaws continued to exist, and would have continued to exist had blacks not taken a stand YOUR TURN: LETTER S TO THE EDITOR and said, "no more! • They were no longer afraid to bring to public attention America's unequal and Reader dismisses Donn ely's secular views discriminatory ways. Public sit-ins, speeches and protests were taking place across the nation, and Dear Editor, upon God's everlasting judg­ you had the courage to call a standing up for the truth. the community was no longer able to ignore the In Mr. Donnely's recent ment than being called a few spade a spade; something P.S. Mr. Donnely, ifyou see editorial, he foolishly called names by a fallible human that will become increasingly marriage as simply a legal issue. Angela Harris close-minded being who possesses opin­ harder to do in this country union with tax benefits, then But most importantly, there were public lead­ and homophobic. It is nei­ ions based upon human logic as people Jean more and be prepared to j oin the over ers. There were people like Martin Luther King, ther close-minded nor homo­ and not God's. more on their own under­ 50% of marriages that end in phobic to recognize a few Mr. Donnely's secular opin­ standings and tum farther failure and you and your chil­ Jesse Jackson, Thurgood Marshall and Malcolm X facts. Mainly this; that not all ions will eventually pass away from God and his dren will be forced to endure who made themselves known to the world. They new ideas or old behaviors away and the subscribers of teachings. Greater your the irreversible damage that knew about the consequences, but were wtlling to recently made popular should such nonsense will be left to reward in heaven will be for divorce will surely bring. be seen on the same level or explain in vain, on the day such efforts. To be simply take a chance. By organizing people across the equal to heterosexual mar­ they meet their maker, why called names pales in com­ Doug McGaghie nation, they were able to get the laws changed. riage. Never mind the fact they chose to attempt to parison to the sacrlflce that Graduate History Major In order to get a change in Jaws, homosexual that for thousands of years cheapen God's holy invention 100 million Christians had to God and nature have forbid­ of marriage. Such opinions face in the 20th century as leaders must make themselves known. Gay lead­ den the direct offspring from are rooted in philosophic well as Jesus Christ for ers are going to have to go on television, radio and homosexual partners and that thought which comically the Internet to get the message across that they our bodies were designed for attempts to hold God in check LEITERS TO THE EDITOR: The Daily Eastem News accepts letters to the editor heterosexual intercourse. with their silly rationale. One addressing local. state. national and international issues. They should be less than 250 are not freaks, and that they deserve the same words and include the authors' name. telephone number and address. Students should Secondly, having never met would have more success in indicate their year in school and maj or. Faculty. administration and staff should indicate common decencies as a straight person. Ms. Harris but having read emptying the Paclflc Ocean their position and department. l etters whose authors cannot be verified will not be her Jetter, it is clear to me with a tea cup! printed. Depending on space constraints, we may edit letters. so keep it concise. The editorial ts the majority optnton of the that she puts more credence Ms. Harris, be proud that Letters can be sent to The Daily Eastern News at 181 1 Buuard Hall. Charleston ll Dally Eastern News editorial board. 61920; faxed to 217-581-2923; ore-mailed to [email protected] 5 ON THE VERGE OF THE WEEKEND +THE DA ILY EASTERN NEWS Wednesday, July 23, 2003 This weekend in the Land of Lincoln bagel is king

By Kenneth Bauer weekend. VERGE & FEATURES EDITOR The Cowboy-Monkey Night Club will be Featuring The July 25-27 - Bagelfest Girls Softball lburnament- Sixth & Impalas (blues) Friday night at 10 p.m. with a $3 cover Richmond Hold on to your tastebuds; Bagelfest is almost here. The charge and drink specials to be announced. Satuday night annual Bagelfest of Mattoon will offer up some relatively will feature the Youngblood Brass Band (jazz, funk and hip­ July 25 - Bagelfest Parade - 6 p.m. - 21st & Western to low-cost entertainment options for students this weekend. hop) on the mainstage at 10 p.m. With a $5 cover. Cross County Mall - The festival celebrates a tasty Hebrew treat and reaches its As always, the Canopy Club provides cool Sunday night Family Tent Opens - peak Saturday morning with, what Mattoon claims to be, the entertainment for the weekend worker or late starter. This world's largest bagel breakfast. Sunday the Canopy features live jazz in the Garden Grill July 25 - The Buckingham's- Bagelfest - Peterson Park A decent-sized carnival and beer tents should offer up a (located in The Canopy's front lobby) from 7:00pm - 10:00pm challenge for the most hardened of stomachs. Also, the ever and a live blues jam hosted by Kilborn Alley from 10:00pm- July 26 - Daryl Worley and Chris Cagle - Bagelfest - popular huge-bingo games will return and as always there 1:00am, also on the Garden Grill stage. Peterson Park will be a variety ofmus ic acts throughout the entire four-day Bagelfest Breakdown Thlent Show - event. Bagel Bow Wow Contest - The following are just a few of the many events available July 23 - Gospel Night - Bagelfest - Peterson Park Ride around Mattoon for a Bagel to the publlc this weekend. For more information check out Mattoon's web site at www.mattoonilllnois.com July 24 - Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians - Bagelfest - July 27-31 - Coles County Fair - 217-345-2656 If Bagelfest doesn't sound Uke your bag baby, not to worry Peterson Park - because as usual Champaign's got our back. Within a 45 Beautiful Bagel Baby Contest - Cross County Mall - 7:00 minute drive awaits Blues, Funk, Jazz and Hip-Hop this p.m. Modest Mouse rocks the House of Blues in Chicago

By Holly Henschen that became Modest Mouse's "The Moon and Antarctica. • On a 1-5 whiskey shot scale (concerning how many on VERGE WRITER Originality is Modest Mouse's vital attribute. The sold would need to enjoy the show), I give it a 0. This was the out show at the House of Blues was the first of 2 nights first show in a year that I attended with a friend younger The Chicago House of Blues felt like home Thesday July playing the venue. Playing songs from 2001's "Everywhere that 21, and after 2 songs, I was assured no fake I.D. was 15 as Modest Mouse emerged from a hole behing the stage and His Nasty Parlour lticks,• Mouse held the attention of necessary that night. curtain. Imagine The Pixies meeting Ween in a long, dim the all-ages crowd Uke the light at the end of the tunnel. emo alley, and it would sound similar to Modest Mouse. Singer Isaac Brock quipped that he just figured out that The winding flanger-spikedjams caught me off guard delay pedals had some sort of connection to song timing, so immediately. Verses stretchedto unexpected lengths and his performance was bound to be more Impressive. choruses popped up out of nowhere. The songcraft of Modest Mouse played with new drummer Benjamin Modest Mouse melts the plastic cookie-cutter pop dribble Wiekel from the Helio Sequence. They began recording plaguing the industry today. material for a new CD in May. Modest Mouse formed in Wahsington state, circa 1993. The set list included "Night of the Sun" and "Here it Extraordinarily, no intelllgible trace of grunge is apparent. Comes" from Everywhere and... "Wild Pack of Family Reportedly influenced by Thlking Heads and Pavement, Dogs,· from The Moon and Antarctica recounts a tale of Modest Mouse received mainstream recognition with animals running off with the narrator's kid sister. From 1997's release "The Lonesome Crowded West. • "Building Something Out of Nothing, • the band offered Mouse's major label debut on Sony's Epic label is oddly "Broke," "A Life of Artie Sounds," amd "Baby Blue Sedan.• chronicled in their biography at An encore including "Never Ending Math Equation" con­ www.modestmousemusic.com. The story goes that a cluded an hour and a half set of laid back energy. crazed fan introduced himself to the band in 1998, bloody If Modest Mouse's music fails to appeal initially to the and battered from a window he crashed through to get to listener, their song and album titles are sure to intrigue. them. A year later, Mouse and Sony began receiving mys­ "So Much Beauty in Dirt" and "A Willful Suspension of Modest mouse pays homage to a crazed ran, by playing the terious unmarked envelopes from the man they dubbed Disbelief" are only a hint of the simplistic lyrical con­ music the ran allegedly sent them. "Ugly Casanova. • The letters contained 13 songs an lyrics trivances exhibitted in Modest Mouse songs. Whatcha not gonna do Not another 'Bad' sequel

By Nic Camfield the show. He does a terrific job acting wise, By Dave Lange one too. There's apparently a new rule in VERG E WRITE R conveying his character's fragile and emo­ VE RGE WR ITER Hollywood, ifyou can't dazzle their Imagina­ tional state (a stretch I'm sure) in a likeable, tion, then dazzle their senses. 1\vo personal sympathetic manner. Wow, it's finally here.. .Bad Boys 2. Was it observations I'd like to make are that: 1. I'm Woosaw. ... what the hell wass that? After And, by the way, why is it that Will Smith j ust me or was everyone just barely getting totally buying a Hummer 2. I'm never get­ seeing Bad Boys II, starring Martin is so against swearing in his albums, but has by, holding our collective breathsJust wait­ ting into trouble in Miami. They've got some Lawrence (you can forget Smith, Lawrence no problem whatsoever dropping two-dozen ing for the sequel of the summer? 1b Jerry wicked cool gadgets and every police offi­ owns this film), that was surprisingly the f-bombs in a feature film? It's j ust a thought. Bruckheimer and Michael Bay: How dare cer down there is apparently a former mem­ only question I had at the end of the film. Anyway, this movie is definitely worth the you make us wait for this much-anticipated ber of special forces. Anyway. ... Make no mistake; this is a romp, and nothing price of admission. It's got some laughs, a follow-up? My only serious qualm about this movie is more. I had absolutely no illusions about that few tears (it tries), and more than enough Hold up ...does anyone even remember that Mr. Bruckhelmer apparently felt bad going into the theater. But it's a good romp. action. Just bring one of those little doctor's seeing the first Bad Boys. Don't get me about the eight-year lapse between these A car-chasing, kidnapping, ass-shooting, donuts. wrong it was very entertaining. Will Smith two movies, so he graciously wanted to pyrotechnic blast! This is Jerry On our whiskey-shot scale of 1 - 5, one and Martin Lawrence were in their prime make up for it. He did so by cutting this Bruckhelmer's bag. It's what he does. being the best and five being the worst and Tea Leoni was still in the movie busi­ film's tlme limitj ust short of Schindler's List You can definitely see his fingerprints all because that's how many shots it would take ness. I even purchased the film for my per­ and Saving Private Ryan. Th.ke out 35 min­ over this film, but to be honest, I haven't to make it through a really bad movie, I give sonal collection. That was eight years ago. utes of explosions and they still would have seen a good shoot 'em up, blow 'em up flick this film two shots. High school freshman that attended the first had pyromaniacs squealing in their seats. in a while. So it was a welcome break. film are now graduating college or starting Personally, I Uke a movie that blows my The tone of the film is set in the opening their super-senior year. Shouldn't there be mind away, not one that j ust blows stuff up. sequence, the mood being one of high some statute of llmitations when it comes to It is, however, nice to occasionally go see a octane, gratuitous violence and how! Whew, making sequels? film where you don't have to see every I can't remember wincing at so many slow So, by now all you faithful readers of my moment to understand what's going on. If motion gun battles in a while. The action is second column, can probably tell that I that sounds Uke you then go see this flick, pretty much nonstop throughout the movie. entered this film without the highest of you won't be disappointed. The characters aren't too developed, nor expectations. But, leave it to Jerry On our whiskey-shot scale of 1 - 5, one should they need to be. The few moments Bruckheimer and Michael Bay to bail out an being the best and five being the worst that character development actually gets otherwise lousy story. Will Smith gives because that's how many shots it would take are filled with plenty of (artificially) infused another strong lead performance in a roll to make it through a really bad movie, I'll humor, I assume to try and lighten the mood. that seems a bit of a step down from some of give this film 2 shots, any more and you'll It's definitely needed with all the (incredi­ his more recent projects. As for Martin have to go break the seal before the end of bly) graphic camera work. That's really the Lawrence, I feel like I've been redeemed a the movie! only bad thing that I can say about the film. llttle bit. I swore off any form of entertain­ The story chronicles the struggle between ment that he was involved with after the our heroes Lawrence and Smith {and hero­ horrific Big Momma's House. In Bad Boys 2, Mll8111N L~WRENCE l'lll SMrT11 ine Gabrielle Union, playing Lawrence's not only was his performance tolerable, but DEA agent sister) and a gloriously over the in many cases actually carried the scene. top Cuban Drug Lord Villain. The villain is The second installment also brought back so bad, in fact, that he's really tight with many of my favorite characters from the BAD BOYS II Castro. The world's largest shipment of first film. John Salley returns as the Hacker, ecstasy and the villain's $100 milllon dollar who is now working for the police depart­ payout lie in the balance of this titanic clash. ment (you gotta Jove Hollywood)Joe Coincidentally, I'm fairly certain the state Pantoliano is back as Captain Howard. department could manufacture a reason to I must digress a little here. How is that deport such an obvious drug kingpin, but guy still getting movie roles? I will forever that's just me. have the Image of him getting the "Ralphie Honestly, my biggest beef with this movie treatment" from Janis Soprano burned into was its length. Holy @#&*! 1\vo and a half my memory. hours! Totally unnecessary! I think The special effects in this film were fan­ Lawrence's rehab and community service tastic!! I haven't seen this many shootouts, was done faster than this film. By no means car chases and explosions in a long time. It's do I advocate rampant drug abuse, but crap, a good thing too, because this movie would­ after two and a half hours I needed a tab of n't have made it without them. One thing the X just to feel my ass again! Bruckheimer/Bay dynamic duo always Bad Boys II is taking custody o f the Speaking of Lawrence, he is by far the box office. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith team up bring is unique camera angles. If you Uke best part of this movie. Will Smith is funny again as the Bad Boys. any of their other work, then you'll like this and likeable, but Lawrence definitely steals Wednesday, July 23, 2003 THE DA ILY EASTERN NEWS 6 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

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the Tour in 1997 and twice finished runner-up to the the route was growing frenzied in anticipation. They would PAU, France (AP) - There are rare, inspiring moments in Armstrong in 2000 and 2001. Just 15 seconds behind the not be disappointed. sports when the magic all comes together. Cycling superstar Texan overall, Ullrich was gaining momentum. Armstrong, Armstrong and Ullrich powered into the climb, legs Lance Armstrong conjured his up on a mountain in the meanwhile, was talking about losing. whirring, probing to see who would crack first. Then came Pyrenees. On Sunday, the day before the 98.9-mile stage to Luz­ the unimaginable. In a feat to match Michael Jordan's championship-winning Ardiden, Armstrong said he'd go home and have a cold beer As he was starting to pull away, skirting the crowd about basket that sunk the Utah Jazz in 1998 or Pete Sampras' if defeated. "I'm not going to cry and whine," he said. 5.9 miles from the finish, Armstrong's right handlebar comeback win at the 2002 U.S. Open, Armstrong saved his The next morning's start in the picturesque town of caught a spectator's outstretched bag, toppling him. Iban chances of capturing a record-tying fifth lbur de France on Bagneres-de-Bigorre was clear and hot - bad for Mayo of Spain hit Armstrong and fell, too. Ullrich, however, a mist-shrouded 8.3-mile stretch of road. Armstrong, who has struggled in the heat wave that has swerved to avoid them, and raced ahead. Armstrong's lbur, It's a fact of life for Armstrong that his sport cannot match gripped this year's Tour. But up high, mist cooled the moun­ it seemed for an instant, was over. Ullrich would win. basketball or tennis for popularity in his native America - tains. It was there that the day's dramas would play out. But then two things happened. Ullrich, perhaps recalling and he still may lose this year's lbur. But in that exhausting That morning, Armstrong also awoke feeling better than that Armstrong had waited for him when he crashed in the climb to the Pyrenean ski station ofLuz-Ardiden, Armstrong he had for a while. "He said: 'I think I'm back,"' said his 2001, slowed while the Thxan picked himself up, remounted the true champion shone through. sporting director, Johan Bruyneel. and rej oined the race. The two weeks that led to his victory were as torturous as Ullrich first powered away from Armstrong on the climb "Ullrich showed incredible fair play," said Stephen Roche, the ascent itself. to the Col du Tourmalet, a pass at 9,976-feet. The Texan, sav­ the 1987 lbur winner. "Both of them showed they are true Armstrong, a 31-year-<>ld Texan steeled by his winning bat­ ing himself for the Luz-Ardiden ascent coming 12 miles later, champions." tle against cancer, has had a troubled Tour. Instead of domi­ Jet him get away, sensing Ullrich was making his move too Armstrong almost fell again moments later when his right nating the three-week slog around France, he's struggled soon. foot slipped from his pedal. But from there, he never looked with illness, crashes, team and equipment problems and legs "I said 'OK, if you're going to ride like that all day then he back. that Jacked their usual vigor. can win the lbur de France because I can't continue,"' Powered by the adrenaline of the crash, he overtook The lbur is perhaps sport's most grueling event; it preys Armstrong later recalled. Ullrich and Mayo and raced to the summit, finishing first, on problems like those. As the miles rolled by, Armstrong's By the top of the 10.6-mile climb, Armstrong had closed then slumped exhausted over his handlebars. His effort challengers have closed in. For four years, they had ridden the gap. He and Ullrich crossed the pass and sped down the turned the razor-thin 15-second advantage he had over in his dust. Now, they sensed he might be ready to fall. descent together. Ullrich into a more comfortable cushion of 67 seconds and Closest was Jan Ullrich, a 29-year-<>ld German who won On the final ascent to Luz-Ardiden, the huge crowd lining gave the Thxan and his team a morale boost at a vital time.

OVC: games. The University of Tennessee, Austin Peay with best college TSWA Coach of the Year, having also been Knoxville was second in the nation with a coaches in therr state honored in 1995-96. Smmner does not stop 12,585 average. The Lady Vols played 16 CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Austin Peay State Loos also was named Ohio Valley home games. University men's basketball coach Dave Conference Coach of the Year. in The 322 Division I women's teams fueled Loos and former Lady Govs mentor Susie This was the first TSWA award for action the OVC the boost by eclipsing the seven million Gardner have been named College Gardner, who also was OVC Coach of the CO NTINUED FROM PA GE 8 mark for the first time, totaling 7,351,634 Basketball Coaches of the Year by the Year. spectators, up 413,821 from 2001-02. Thnnessee Sports Writers Association. The recognition for Gardner came after Those awards resulted from balloting of the Lady Governors set school records for and we hope to continue it." Former OVC athlete receives atten­ association members. most overall and conference wins as well as The Thnnessee-Martin women played 12 tion from Houston Astros In completing his 13th year with the for consecutive victories en route to claim­ homes games this past season and their Former Eastern Kentucky University cen­ Governors, Loos guided Austin Peay to a ing its first outright, and second overall, average home attendance was 1,711. The terflelder and current lli-City ValleyCat share of its fifth OVC regular-season title OVC regular-season crown. team drew more than 20,500 total fans for Josh Anderson has been named the Houston (whith Morehead State) and then the OVC The 25-4 Lady Governors rolled undefeat­ the 12 games. Astros Organizational Player of the Month. tourney championship. ed through conference action (16-0), tying a "Our home attendance is a huge credit to Through games ofJuly 8, Anderson is bat­ Winning the OVC tournament reulted in league mark for most conference wins while our fans," Van Atta said. "We have the great­ ting .307(23-75) with eight runs scored and the second NCAA tournament appearance becoming the fifth team in league history to est fans in the world." rfive runs batted in. The Eubank, Ky., native under Loos. post an unblemished OVC record, and the The Skyhawks average home attendance leads the New York-Penn League with 10 Austin Peay won 20 games for the 1Oth first to do so under the 16-game format. was better than the Southeastern stolen bases. time in school history and the fourth time as Austin Peay also registered a perfect Conference schools Kentucky, Florida and Anderson's ValleyCats are currently 11-8 a Division I school. home record this season. Alabama. Thnnessee-Martln even had a larg­ on the year and ranked third in the Stedler Loos guided the Governors to the top seed Following a near-upset of North Carolina er attendance average than Villanova, who Division, j ust three games behind Oneonta in the OVC Tournament with a 13-3 confer­ in the NCAA tournament play, Gardner was upset eventual national champion (14-5). Tri-City is 8-2 in its last 10 games, ence record and an overall mark of 21-7. hired as head women's coach at Arkansas. Connecticut. including a 4-1 loss to Aberdeen in its last Early during the 2002-2003 season, Loos led -

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By Erik Hall player charged with murder ASSO CIATE SP OR TS EDITOR • The!xJdyofPatr ick He told the newspaper that pollee that there is a death," Irvin said. "I Dotson returned home to Confidence Dennehy is still missing were searching there Monday am uncertain as to how they came Maryland from Baylor last month. ash is r oommate is night, but declined to elaborate; he to that conclusion, that Patrick A woman who answered the door said the department would not Dennehy is now dead. • at the home in Hurlock that Dotson in new Nike arrested. comment further until a news con­ Pollee in Chestertown, about 55 shares with his great-grandparents ference scheduled for Thesday mtles from Dotson's hometown of said the couple had gone to bed. commercial CHESTERTOWN, Md. (AP) - afternoon. Hurlock, said they weren't sure Dennehy's girlfriend, Jessica De The roommate of missing Baylor Authorities had a "general loca­ why Dotson was there Sunday La Rosa, held back tears Monday Nike has come up with a basketball player Patrick Dennehy tion" to search in McLennan afternoon. Coryell said Dotson had night after she learned Dotson was wonderful set of commercials was arrested and charged with his County, which includes Waco, used his cell phone to call 911 from charged with killing her boyfriend. lately for their running shoes. murder, and pollee in Texas were based their interviews with a grocery store at about 4:30 p.m., "I was really, truly hoping in my There is a set of five com­ narroWing their search for the still Dotson, according to the Waco Coryell said. heart that he was alive somewhere mercials that Nike calls undiscovered body. ltibune-Herald's Thesday editions, When two patrol officers and a out there," said De La Rosa, 20, of "There's more fast out there." Carlton Dotson Jr. was arrested citing law enforcement sources in sheriff's deputy arrived, Dotson Albuquerque, N.M. "I was hoping lWo of the five commercials Monday based on a warrant issued Texas and Maryland who spoke on told them he "needed counseling" maybe he'd be hiding. • I particularly enjoy. One of by pollee in Waco, Texas, where condition of anonymity. and was hearing voices, Coryell Baylor Athletic Director Tom those commercials features a both men attended Baylor On July 3, authorities used ther­ said. Stanton issued a statement saying, 51-year-old woman named University, said Pollee Chief mal-imaging equipment to search The officers took him to a hospi­ "We are struggling to find the right Kathryn Martin that still runs Walter T. Coryell. an area 20 miles north of Waco talin town, where he was evaluat­ words and actions that would ease the mtle in 5 minutes, 8 sec­ Dotson, 21, was being held until a based on information that Dennehy ed overnight but not admitted. the pain of everyone connected to onds and the other displays a ball hearing scheduled for Thesday and Dotson had been shooting guns While still at the hospital Monday Patrick. .. . There are no words to fast talking, confident young morning. He also was likely to on private property there. Nothing afternoon, Dotson asked to speak describe our grief or our feelings kid. declare whether he would fight was found during that search. with FBI agents. right now." The second of the two com­ extradition to Texas, Coryell said. According to an earlier search Coryell, who said he had neither Dennehy's vehicle was found mercials I enjoy features 14- Leaving the courthouse Monday, warrant affidavit, an unldentlfled seen nor been briefed about June 25 in a strip mall parking lot year-old Myzel Robinson. The Dotson told a reporter, "I didn't informant reported to Delaware Dotson's statement, said he didn't in Virginia Beach, Va., where he young runner rarely shows his confess to anything." authorities that Dotson told a know lf what he told FBI agents had no apparent connections. Nike shoes during the commer­ Earlier Monday, Dotson was cousin he shot Dennehy as the two amounted to a confession, but that Friends of Dennehy's say he told cial, but I am compelled to questioned for at least two hours argued while shooting 9mm guns the information "was the basis for them that he and Dotson were hear this young man rattle off by three FBI agents from the in the Waco area. Waco issuing this warrant." being threatened and that the pair his spiel each time the com­ Annapolis field office, Coryell said. Dotson's relatives have told Calls to the FBI were not obtained guns. The family of mercial comes on to the A Waco pollee detective also was authorities that Dennehy's body is returned late Monday. Dennehy, who grew up in the San screen. present, but Coryell said he wasn't "burled in a large body of water, • Dotson's lawyer, based in St. Francisco area, also claimed the 6- Robinson stands in a rural certain he was involved in the the ltibune-Herald reported, cit­ Petersburg, Fla., said he would foot-10, 230-pound forward told field while he presents a chal­ interview. ing a source close to the investiga­ probably arrive Tuesday in coaches he feared for his life. lenge to the viewer. The chal­ Shortly after the questioning, tion who spoke on condition of Baltimore and travel to Dotson lost his basketball schol­ lenge does not have many limi­ Waco pollee called for Dotson's anonymity. Chestertown to meet with his arship this spring and was not tations on what Robinson is arrest and issued the warrant. Dotson's attorney, Grady Irvin client. expected to play at Baylor next willing to do in his Nike run­ Sgt. Ryan Holt, a Waco pollee Jr., said in a telephone interview "I don't know if the arrest war­ season. ning shoes. spokesman, told The Dallas that he had last spoken with his rant is based on statements he Associated Press writers Foster "You name somebody and I'll Morning News that Dotson con­ client over the weekend. He would­ (Dotson) made or information Klug, Kasey Jones and Randall race them. I'll race an all­ fessed to killing Dennehy and n't say what they discussed. gathered through law enforcement Chase contributed to this story. American, all-state, world class described a location where "It is most unfortunate that agencies and their investigations," athlete.. . lOO-meters, 200- Dennehy's body might be found. pollee have come to the conclusion Irvin said. meters, anybody, anywhere, anytime. Put them next to me, you say go, I'll race 'em and I'll beat 'em," Robinson said. OVC schools stay active through summer months During the commercial, Robinson even challenges that he could out run four-time lbur high school senior in the nation and was No. 73 de France champion Lance • Eastern golfer Basketball _player transfers from by RlvalsHoops.com. He was listed as the No. 3 Armstrong riding a bike. receives All-American University of Tennessee senior in Florida and was in the Top 100 nation­ I respect this young man for COOKEVILLE, Tenn.- Derek Stribling is ally by HoopsShowcase. Com. being willing to take on any status from NGCA transferring to Tennessee Tech University to At Rickards High School in Thllahassee, he challenge presented to him. play for the Golden Eagles, coach Mike Sutton was named first-team Class 4A All-State by the The advertisement does not announced Friday. Florida Sports Writers Association as a senior, show him running, but if he By Erik Hall Stribling played in 58 games the past two sea­ averaging 20 points, eight rebounds and four can run as fast as he talks, he ASS OCI ATE SPOR TS EDITOR sons for the University ofTennessee Volunteers assists per game. may challenge Armstrong's "Derek Will have a chance to be a really He played for the USA High School All-Star bike. important player for us," Sutton said. "He's team in tournaments in Pittsburgh and Robinson holds the first key Eastern's Amanda Minchin and Murray very athletic, and he'll have a chance to be one Baltimore. He led the team with 13.0 points per to being successful in that he State's Ashley Kelbough received the highest of the top players in the OVC. • game and was named the team's MVP at the believes strongly in his capa­ academic honor bestowed by the National Golf The 6-foot-6 forward from Thllahassee, Fla., Baltimore Charm City Challenge. bilities. Coaches Association, earning spots among 192 must sit out the 2003-2004 season due to NCAA He joins a Golden Eagle squad that finished Robinson's confidence is not women's golfers chosen for the 2002.{)3 NGCA transfer rules, and will have two years of eligi­ 20-12 last year and returns one starter, point beyond belief because I saw All-American Scholar Team. bility at Tech beginning with the 2004-2005 sea­ guard Cameron Crisp. such confidence this spring Minchin will be a senior on the Panthers' son. Even through Stribling won't be able to suit while coahcing 14-year-old Pat squad. She is a two-time All-Ohio Valley "I think this will be a good situation for him, • up for Tech in 2003-2004, he will get a chance to Singer. Conference performer. Sutton said. "He's looking forward to it and we learn the system and contribute in the team's Singer longjumped for the At the 2003 OVC lbumament, Minchin took are, too." practices. Charleston Middle School track fourth place individually while leading EIU to a Stribling narrowed his choices to the "I'm going to work hard to improve my game team. runner-up finish, its highest since joining the University of New Orleans and Thnnessee Tech and try to make the players better in practice, • His distances were usually league. before choosing the Golden Eagles. Stribling said. "I j ust want to work hard and do shorter than his peers, but he Minchin averaged 78.25 strokes per 18 holes "I j ust felt like Tennessee Tech was a good fit my best." always tried hard. last fall, second best on the squad, and last for me," said Stribling. "I like the program, and At his final meet of the sea­ spring averaged a team-leading 80.76 strokes. I like what coach Sutton had to say. He knows OVC 11th in women's basketball atten­ son, Singer showed confidence Six times she turned in a Top 10 finish and twice what he's talking about. dance in himself by improving his shot a season-low 74. "I got to meet all the guys on the team and I MARTIN, Tenn. - Out of 31 Division I con­ personal best with each jump Kelbough, from Victoria, Canada, will be a think we are going to have a good team this year ferences, the Ohio Valley Conference was he took. j unlor at Murray State. Kelbrough becomes the and an even better team in two years. • ranked 11th in women's basketball home atten­ To record a personal best on fourth Lady Racer golfer to earn a spot on the Last season, Stribling started eight of 27 dance. The OVC, with nine schools in the league one j ump was great, but he had NGCAteam. games, averaging 2. 7 points and 1.6 rebounds as last season, averaged 1,213 spectators in atten­ confidence he could improve Murray State has placed a student-athlete on Tennessee went 17-12 and earned a spot in the dance per game. each time he hit the board. the prestigious team for six consecutive years. NIT. He set a career-high with 11 points against The 2002-2003 season set a record high in Singer's confidence helped As a transfer from the University of Victoria in New Mexico. attendance for the OVC. him go ll inches farther inj ust Victoria, Canada, Kelbough had a solid first sea­ As a freshman at UT, Stribling averaged 10 Tennessee Tech led the conference in aver­ one day of competition from 12 son with the Lady Racers. minutes per game while seeing action in all31 age home attendance with 2,789, and was feet, 4.25 inches all the way to Kelbrough's best finish was a tie for lOth at contests for a Vols squad that posted a 15-16 ranked 39th in the nation. The University of 13 feet, 3 inches. MSU's Lady Racer Classic. record. He started two games and averaged 1.8 Tennessee at Martin women's basketball home Both of these young men The criteria for selection on the NGCA All­ points and 1.2 rebounds. He also established attendance is the 68th highest in the nation believe in their abilities and American Scholar Team are some of the most himself as an outstanding defensive player. among 322 Division I teams. continued success can only stringent of all college athletics. The minimum Stribling earned plenty of notice after lead­ "This is the fifth consecutive year we have come to each of them. cumulative GPA is 3.50 and student-athletes ing Rickards to a 29-4 record and the state semi­ been ranked among the top 75," said Gary Van Confidence helped Singer to must have competed in at last 66 percent of finals in his final campaign, getting High Atta, Tennessee-Martin women's basketball co- long j ump success and if their college's regularly scheduled competitive Honorable Mention from Street & Smith's. Robinson continues to believe rounds during the year. BlueChips.com rated Stribling as the No. 46 in himself, the same will come to him one day. SEE OVC + Page 7