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Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC December 2006 Daily Egyptian 2006 12-4-2006 The Daily Egyptian, December 04, 2006 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_December2006 Volume 92, Issue 70 Recommended Citation , . "The Daily Egyptian, December 04, 2006." (Dec 2006). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 2006 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in December 2006 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOICES, page 6: Gus says would you like to take a survey? MONDAY Daily Egyptianwww.siude.com VOL. 92, NO. 70, 16 PAGES S OUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY DECEMBER 4, 2006 Second censure for pork prank Brandon Weisenberger DAILY EGYPTIAN The student accused of put- ting a cooked pig’s head on for- mer Chancellor Walter Wendler’s car received his second censure of the semester on Friday, and he learns later this week if he will be punished for a “gag gift” he delivered to Anthony Hall in October. Judicial Affairs coordinator Carlos Del Rio censured Garth Kiser, a 28-year-old senior from Murphysboro, after finding him guilty of harassment and disor- derly conduct charges. The charges stemmed from a May 11 incident in which authorities accused Kiser of put- ting a cooked pig’s head on the hood of Wendler’s car, along with a poster board stating, “Wendler, stop pigging out on tuition $$!!” Kiser also allegedly sent a mass e-mail with a picture of the pig’s MAX BITTLE ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN head on the car and the typed Hannah Shockey, 7, looks out of the nativity scene on the back of the St. Andrew Church float before the annual Lights Fantastic Parade message, “Next time it won’t be on Saturday night in Carbondale. It was the church’s first year to participate in the parade. cooked!!!!!” Kiser has not admitted involvement with the pig’s head or e-mail. On Friday, Kiser has another Lighting up Carbondale hearing for disorderly conduct and harassment charges related to his attempt on Oct. 12 to deliver Alicia Wade Carbondale Community Arts’ entries, ranging from a traditional provided was the highlight of a package to Wendler, whose DAILY EGYPTIAN Fantastic Winter Weekend, which manger scene to an alien waving the night. Michelle Cohen of demotion to professor of archi- featured more than 10 events to the crowds from his spaceship. Carbondale attended the parade tecture was announced Nov. 8 The streetlights on Illinois in Carbondale’s Main Street Children dressed as lighted for the first time Saturday and Inside the package were farm Avenue went dark Saturday night area. Open houses at several snowflakes, Rudolph the Red- said she enjoyed the marching animal figurines, a package of as a crowd numbering well into businesses as well as the basketball nosed Reindeer with blinking bands the most. pork chops, a Wild West toy gun the hundreds took to the streets, game and craft sale on campus noses and garland-covered “I really liked the bands, and sheriff ’s badge, play hand- braving the chilly weather to were also a part of the weekend, angels warmed crowds along the especially the last one (Carbondale cuffs and a T-shirt that had on it a see the twinkling lights of the which wrapped up Sunday with parade route with their renditions Community High School picture of the head on the car and 16th annual Lights Fantastic the Alternative Gift Fair at the of carols such as “Up on the Marching Terriers) with the lights the phrase, “Wendler sucks! SIU’s Parade. Carbondale Civic Center. Housetop.” on their heads,” Cohen said. resources dry.” The parade was part of The Lights Fantastic Parade For some, the music the Carbondale Main Street and featured more than 70 lighted marching bands in the parade See LIGHTS, Page 10 See PIG, Page 10 Donning the Dawg suit one last time Lights Parade last attempted to “kidnap” some UTM the Arena, and you kind of spread cheerleaders and then partially yourself a little thin.” performance for mooned fans with Gray Dawg’s Ardaugh has been offered the backside in response to their jeers. chance to act as a mascot for two suspended mascot He is scheduled to graduate games after graduation later this Dec. 16, and the suspension cost month, but he said he likely would Sarah Lohman him the last two games of his not be able to because of travel and DAILY EGYPTIAN SIUC career. living arrangements. Saluki Marketing Director Henry said working with the Senior Brian Gray Dawg has had his last Mike Trude said he and Athletic new Gray Dawg next semester Ardaugh, who dance. Director Mario Moccia decided to would take some adjustment. portrays SIUC Adorned in bells and garland, suspend Ardaugh for inappropriate “It’ll take a little bit of time mascot Gray Brian Ardaugh, an SIUC mascot behavior that reflected badly on because the chemistry (needs Dawg, prepares since fall 2005, danced alongside the university. He said UTM fans to be) there to be able to work his costume for the Marching Salukis in Saturday’s and school employees complained together to put on a good show for the last time at Lights Fantastic Parade for his about Ardaugh’s actions in e-mails people,” Henry said. Altgeld Hall on final appearance in the fur. to both athletic and university Ardaugh was in the Dawg Ardaugh, a senior from administrators. Pound sans Gray Dawg attire Saturday night Plainfield studying electrical Brandon Henry, who has for Saturday’s men’s basketball before the Lights engineering technology, was portrayed Brown Dawg for game against St. Louis. Ardaugh’s Fantastic Parade. suspended for two games after three semesters, said being the friends wore shirts that said “Free Ardaugh will be displaying “inappropriate behavior” only mascot at games has been Gray Dawg,” and Ardaugh wore a graduating with a during the Nov. 25 football playoff difficult. dog collar and held a sign reading degree in electri- game against the University of “It’s a lot different because you “I’m still Gray Dawg.” cal engineering Tennessee-Martin at McAndrew always feed off each other’s energy,” He said he would miss being a technology at Stadium. said Henry, a junior from Clay part of SIU athletics and “knowing the end of the After the Salukis scored City studying political science. I am the Gray Dawg.” semester. their first touchdown in the “Without him there, it’s like MAX BITTLE second quarter, Ardaugh said he straining to get to see everybody in See GRAYDAWG, Page 10 DAILY EGYPTIAN 2 Monday, December 4, 2006 DAILY EGYPTIAN News CALENDAR NEWS BRIEFS Poverty and hunger in Justice Department agency study shows school Africa: Think Globally, killings up slightly from the past years Act Locally WASHINGTON (AP)— At least 21 people were killed at school during the 2004-05 aca- • 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Law School demic year, a slight increase from the year before, the government reported Sunday. Courtroom The study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics does not include data from fatal shootings in • Learn about global poverty with a focus Wisconsin, Colorado and Pennsylvania this fall. In Pennsylvania, five Amish girls were killed in on Africa; a no-frills “poverty meal” will be served a one-room schoolhouse by a milk truck driver who then turned the gun on himself. Overall, fewer students reported being the victims of violent crime at school or school-sponsored events in 2004-2005, the study by the Justice Department agency SIU Amateur Radio shows. Additionally, school-age children remain far more likely to be assaulted, raped Club and robbed off school grounds. • 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Engineering build- The study looked at violent crime against students over several periods of time. ing, Room A-131 The 21 killings at school-related events, between July 2004 and June 2005, target- • Meeting to be followed by F.C.C. Amateur ed victims between age 5 and 18, said Katrina Baum, co-author of the 2006 Indicators License Examination session – all classes of School Crime and Safety. Over the previous year, 19 people were killed. It was not immediately clear whether all the victims were students. Still, the pre- IBM Mainframe tour liminary data indicates that students were about 50 times more likely in the 2003-04 • 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wham IT school year to be killed away from school than at school, the report shows. • Tour of IBM’s Mainframe here at SIU The number of deadly shootings has risen and fallen over the past 15 years. Overall, • Please RSVP to [email protected] school violence has shown a declining trend, although it has increased lately. Saluki Launch Party • 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the Student Center in the Renaissance Room Is it organic? For fish, depends on its origin • Joan Higginbotham, an Electrical Engineer WASHINGTON (AP) — If you buy salmon with an organic label, do not assume it is alumni of SIUC, will launch into space as a truly organic. mission specialist aboard the space shuttle The round, green “USDA Organic” seal is not allowed on seafood. At least not yet. discovery. Come watch the NASA launch If the label says organic, the fish are not from the United States. Rather, they come live and enjoy free food, drinks and give- from countries where chemicals and antibiotics might be used to keep fish healthy. aways “You’re paying more for something that is not any different and not any better for you, and certainly not better for the environment,” says Andrea Kavanagh, who heads Mitsubishi Electronics the Pure Salmon Campaign for the National Environmental Trust.