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"Tell the truth July 14, 2004 • WE DN ES DAY j and don't be afraid." j VOLUME 88, NUMBER 159 Long live TH EDAI l YEA STER NN EWS. COM THE DAILY the king "King Arthur" dubbed historically mediocre. EASTERN NEWS Page5 VergesECTION Stormy Weatller d.owns trees By Evan Hill NEWS EDITOR

Thunderstorms ripped through the Charleston area Tuesday bringing down trees and causing Lincoln Avenue in front of Old Main to be barricaded while a cracked utility pole was fixed. However, no tornados touched down in Coles county. This damage was caused by a frontal thunderstorm. Dalias Price, former weather and climate professor at Eastern and local weather observer, said clQOus, precipitation and eventually thun­ derstorms are caused by warm air being forced to rise over colder air. A hazardous weather outlook on the National Weather Service's web site, http://www.noaa.org/, said "a strong cold front" moved southeast into an "extremely unstable atmosphere." However, residents of the mid­ west usually experience air mass thunderstorms this time of year, , Price said. An air mass thunder- storm is produced by heating of the ground and the air above it. I The air rises and eventually. Price said a lot of moisture must [ be present in the atmosphere for : an air mass thunderstorm to be triggered, these storms are often DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY STEPHEN HAAS strengthened by moisture from Traffic travels through high water on Lincoln Avenue Tuesday during a storm that downed power lines, trees and branches .. Uncoln Avenue was tem­ the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific porarily shut down between Fourth and Seventh streets to allow Ameren CIPS workers to fix a leaning utility pole. Ocean. The hot air Coles county has had should give way to cooler temper­ atures later this week though, Price said. Tuesday's high of 92 degrees still fell short of the record high of 106 degrees in 1954. There's no place like Blair Price said a cold front posi­ tioned in Canada will soon begin to move down into the Midwestern services building. states. Tumperatures will drop to Former Blair Hall occupants adjust Some offices are old examine rooms, still equipped the low 80s. However, remaining with sinks. One particularly unique office space was high humidity could cause air after the fire, damaged documents an X-Ray room. The sign on the door, marked with a mass thunderstorms. are returned Biohazard symbol warns "Caution-KEEP OUT." Classes formerly held in Blair have been diverted to Klehm Hall, Buzzard Hall and Student Health Warrant issued By Holly Henschen Services. EDITOR IN ClflEF Blair Hall occupants have been making due without their normal libraries and files, but a sense of uncer­ in shooting Nearly three months after the Blair Hall blaze, dis­ tainty lingers in the halls of the temporary building. By Jake ~ough placed faculty and staff are getting their smoke and Foster thinks things will get back to normal once SUMMER INTERN water damaged office contents back from the clean­ the plan for next semester is set in stone. ers. But Foster said he thinks students may have been Police have issued a warrant for The April 28 fire was sparked by heat transferred unsure of their professor's whereabouts during the arrest of a man wanted in con­ to material lodged in a wall from an implement used Intersession. nection with the attempted mur­ by a building service worker to peel paint. Plans for Fall semester will "involve playing a lot of der of a prospective Eastern stu­ Residents of Blair Hall were left without a perma­ catch-up," he said. "We wait for stuff to come back, dent and football player early nent working space and lodged temporarily in the old hoping that what we need to carry on routinely in class Saturday morning, according to a Clinical Services building at the corner of Seventh and will be there." press release issued by the Hayes Streets. Many lost research data in ·the Blair fire. The Charleston Police Department. The contents of their offices were to be shipped thought would devastate many, but Foster is hopeful. Terrence Williams, 18, who recently moved here from Florida, away in a salvage attempt. "I'm not as excited about the research," Foster said. was treated at Sarah Bush Lincoln The boxes of books are coming back by the truck­ "I think that will come back." Health Center after allegedly load this week. But results are mixed. Foster had 10 years of research collected in his being shot in the shoulder by "You take out one book, and it's in perfect condi­ office. He studies historical demographics through Steven J. Byrns, 38, according to a tion," said Gary Foster, chair of the sociology depart­ cemetery data. press release. ment. "You take out other books, and they're The relocation has been less disadvantageous for The CPD has set the bond for just...shot." other Blair Hall refugees. $150,000 f01: the charge of aggra­ Foster said it was not the move to the makeshift Don Dawson, an academic advisor for the Gateway vated discharge of a firearm. office building that was taxing, but the lack of Program, had been in his Blair Hall office since he The incident took place on the resources made it difficult. started at Eastern in 1998. 500 block of Harrison Street in "We had desks and filing cabinets, but nothing to fill The program had no home immediately after Blair Charleston. Police were dis­ them,'' he said. "As a consequence, it was pretty diffi­ burned. j patched to Sarah Bush at 1:30 a.m. cult to carry on." "For a day and a half, we were wandering campus," responding to reports of a gunshot Faculty in damaged offices lost, among other Dawson said. It was first thought the Gateway wound. things, lecture notes and research. Some things may Program's advisers would be relocated to Booth I The investigation is still ongo­ not be returned if they are in irreparable condition. library, but that didn't pan out. ing, but the press release said Conducting class was the most difficult aspect of Dawson said the move has only been a fact of loca­ police are looking for Byrns in post-Blair blaze life, Foster said. tion in his situation. northern Illinois where they think "We know what videos we want to show, but we've "Since we were on a lower floor and far away from he resides. According to a police report, lost them," he. said. "We ·know what overheads we the fire, were able to get documents back in a few Byrns can be identified by a want to show, but we've lost those. The Power points, weeks," he said. Spiderman tattoo on his head and a they're gone. It's literally like starting all over." The Gateway Program assists incoming students small teardrop tattoo near one of Many university offices lost a home base in the par­ with low ACT scores or GPA's through guidance and his eyes. He was described as a tial destruction of Blair Hall. workshops. white male, S'S to S'& tall and Eastern's sociology, anthropology and African "We've been telling our students at orientation we weighing lSO pounds. American studies departments, along with the don't know where we will be," Dawson said. "We need Byrns may also go by "JoJo" Graduate School, International Program, Grants and to be close to campus because all of our students are Research, the University Council, the Gateway 4 and drives a new model Dodge SEE BLAIR • Page 2 pickup truck with a topper, accord­ Program, Minority Affairs and the school of continu­ •'j ing to the police report. ing education are all tucked tightly into the old health Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Monday PAGE Sunny Sunny Isolated T-storms Isolated T-storms Sunny

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Blair: through the three phase "propri­ Serving: etary desacant process," he said. Damaged documents Documents are first exposed to "She went well low humidity and high tempera­ underwent ozone ture to draw out the moisture. beyond what anyone "It's kind of like the temperature restoration in New Mexico or Arizona," would expect" Watkins said. "A very dry heat." CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The second phase in the process -Hencken is done through gamma radiation

around his office. to eliminate microbial growth, aka CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 "Everybody was accustomed to mold. their own space (in Blair), almost The documents are run through like a home away from home," a control chamber and exposed to Dawson said. cobalt, which kills any mold or But the relocation has its advan­ spores that may have sprouted tages, he said. The location is cen­ before they were frozen, Watkins Uganda. tral to campus. said. "I haven't gotten there, yet. But "We're more like family now," The final step is odor removal. should," Anderson said. he said of the bond of being tossed Since paper is particularly recep­ "She tried everything she coul together in an unlikely situation. tive to odors like smoke and to make international students fe ''We stick together, and we'll get musty mold, documents are sub­ welcome," said Eastern Preside1 through this," Dawson said. jected to a thermal fogging and Lou Hencken. He met Andersc Jason Watkins, project manag­ ozone exposure. The thermal fog­ when he was the director of hou er from NBD International Inc., ging is "different types of chemi­ ing and she was director of inte explained the way his company cal put into an extremely fine national students. He rememberE restored the materials salvaged mist," Watkins said. she would often drive to Chicago from Blair Hall. NBD is a compa­ The ozone exposure used chem­ pick up students who were arri ny based in Ravenna, Ohio. istry to rid the documents of ing from places like Hong Kong. The multistep process begins stench. Ozone has three oxygen "She went well beyond what an with stabilization of the docu­ molecules, and oxygen has two. one would expect," he said. "Y1 ments. This is done by freezing "It turns residual smoke odor would have to print a 24-page ec them. into carbon dioxide," Watkins tion if you wanted to list all of ti "No further damage occurs to said. The odor then dissipates. things she did for them." them while they're in a frozen The smell might be gone, but state," Watkins said. for displaced Blair Hall occu­ The materials are then dried pants, the memory remains.

DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY STEPHEN HAAS Gary Foster, sociology and anthropology chair, sorts through a box of books ~~rft..fmrq09n-,Jh.e ~~;Yil\i.ch were ~maged in the Blair Hall fire, were reh{',!l~}rp!l] *".Fl~L.lf,'4 C9.MPANY NAME HJ:RE**, wt)~re they were freeze-dned and put through gamma radiation, which removed moisture and killed mold.

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Wednesday, July 14, 2004 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS 3 'I Thinking globally, serving locally I

By Holly Henschen has visited her son and daughter in EDITOR IN CHIEF every country they have called home, with one exception. She did Eulalee Anderson recently not make it to Iraq because she was approached a man in the parking busy as international academic lot of Wesley United Methodist adviser. Church because she thought he Otherwise, Anderson has seen looked be foreign. She was right. all of the middle East. She visited 8 Upon discovering the man was African countries, the majority of Malaysian, Anderson introduced South America, much of Asia, as herself. He instantly recognized well as Australia and New Zealand. her. He heard Anderson speak in May's commencement ceremony PUBLIC SERVICE when she was awarded an hon­ Her love for people and the orary degree in public se.Vice. world developed Anderson's defi­ At 85 years old, Andeson already nition of public service. had two masters degrees and a "It's anything that can help other bachelors degree. The former people get an understanding, get director of international studies at involved in and enjoy what they Eastern, she has been like a moth­ do," she said. "People who do it er to foreign students since she always enjoy it." joined the Eastern community over 40 years ago. MEMORIES "She has provided those stu­ Anderson can recall the personal dents a welcoming smile and a stories of many of the international place to find security when they students and faculty she enter­ are homesick," said Jill Nilsen, tained. She keeps several giant vice president of external relations scrapbooks full of photos of for­ at Eastern. eign visitors to Eastern. Smiling with Anderson in the pictures, they A FOREIGN FRIEND appear welcome and secure. "I don't find it strange to talk to Several pieces of poetry written foreign people," Anderson said. in honor of Anderson by interna­ "I've always felt foreign myself." tional students proclaim her Anderson's background experi­ maternal nature. One, written by . ence makes it easier to talk to peo­ an Iranian student, is called "A ple from other countries. She has Universal Mother." It says "She is visited about 40 countries. the mother of foreign students .. her Speaking to international visitors childern come from all over the is facilitated by Anderson's multi­ world." I lingual fluency. She speaks As Anderson flips through her Portuguese, ·German, Spanish, scrapbooks, she has a story for French and a dab of Russian, every picture and a name and Chinese and Arabic. DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY STEPHEN HAAS country for every face. I \ Anderson "retired" in 1978 after Eulalee Anderson stands with a sample of her more than 300 camels from all around the wortd. Anderson bought The Andersons gave room and 5 years as director of the them a souveniers in the she traveled to. International students also contributed to her collection with camels board to the brother of one Iranian I International Student Affairs from their home countries. student at Eastern. i Office at Eastern. She started The student was unable to study I working at the university in 1968 in with this brother anxious to talk to Booth Library circulation. The from kindergarden until 5th invited Anderson to speak after because her husband was working him, so the Andersons gave him a international studies position was grade. Aside from speaking learning she was from Brazil. She with oil companies in the area. home and ·jointly- ~xpanaed"'-ttre where Anderson's passion for edu­ English, Portuguese, and German, didn't rush, though, because she EASTERN LIFE cross--cumrra1 exjjerieiice:··~,. ·- ·~ ·• cation and people from around the she was also schooled in French was had no time to participate in In 1968, Anderson ex ended her A Nigerian student named his world met. from the first grade. greek life. education with a masters degree first daughter after Eulalee. When In addition to her formal duties, When she was a sophomore, she in Spanish from Eastern. She was her namesake was old enough to she found homes and transporta­ u . s . EDUCATION met her future husband, a gradu­ a graduate assistant in the univer­ attend Eastern, Anderson worked tion to students, invited students Anderson attended Brazilian ate student in geology. R.F. sity's first foreign language lab, diligently for the girl's schol­ into her home and showed them school until her junior year in high Anderson was 24 years old, she housed in one of the towers of Old arshoip, though it never material­ the Coles County area. school. She was 16 when her fami­ was 18. Main. ized. Anderson often loaded interna­ ly then transplanted to the US "I was scared that he'd find out Twenty years ago, she earned a Anderson always encourages tional students into her motorhome because of the Great Depression. my age," she remembers. The age degree in gerentology with the students to be active in service to visit cultural sites, such as She graduated high school in difference became irrelevant, and intention of returning to Brazil to organizations because she has Amish Country and Lincoln Log Memphis, Tennessee. the Andersons were married in help her sister run a retirement found so much satisfaction in civic Cabins for picnics. Anderson said she had no con­ 1940. In the same year Eulalee home. But she wasn't finished with activity. She was born a Brazilian, crete aspirations in her youth. graduated with a bachelors degree her public service in this area. More scrapbooks profile her Eulalee Long, in 1919. Her mother, "I just loved life, and I loved in home economics vocation educa­ Education was always important many honors and awards in local the daughter of pioneering 19th school," she said. "I liked to do tion. to Anderson, who had the percep­ newspapers, as well as national century missionaries in the coun­ everything at the time, I wanted to Later, her husband spent much tion that Americans were educat­ organization newsletters from try, wrote many books in do everything." time working in Syria, using his ed. When she ran for County Board which she won awards or distin­ Portuguese. Her father initiated Following in the footsteps of her knowledge to direct oil companies in 1972, she learned otherwise. guished mention. Anderson is the YMCA in Brazil, and also intro­ father and her brother, she went to where to drill for wells. Anderson "I went house to house, and I involved in Rotary, Mortar Board, duced Mother's Day to the country, Oklahoma University, where her stayed at home with her son and couldn't believe some couldn't PTA and innumerable city, county, she said. younger sister, brother and eventu­ two daughters but did visit her hus­ even read and write," she said. state and national organizations. Anderson attended a school ally, her daughter would follow. band in Syria occasionally. "And they talk about Brazilians A recognizable figure on cam­ founded by German immigrants Many sororities at the university She came to Mattoon in 1961 being illiterate." pus, Anderson has attended every The Anderson's children were Eastern ·commencement since raised to travel. Facilitated by a 1961, often photographing interna­ motorhome and a plane, the family tional students as they walk away frequented Mexico and Canada. with their diplomas like their par­ When her son and daughter com­ ents might do if they were present. pleted their educations, they She has also known every Unique Properties returned the favor by having mom Eastern president with the excep­ and dad visit them -abroad in vari­ tion of Livingston C. Lord, though Did you say apartments? ous locations. Her son was she did win the Distinguished involved in the Peace Corps and Service Award in 1999 named after also studied in Egypt for 6 years, the university's first president. 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I still didn't understand Heather Hall, Sports editor Evan Hill which is a huge step up in free­ despite there not being a single why I was getting screwed. dom. I remember feeling free as gas appliance or hookup in the I was still trying to put two David Thill, Verge editor News Editor and semi-monthly a lunch when my mom and sis­ house (it's a duplex actually). and ninety together walking columnist ter first dropped me off at But I have a mobile, so I fig­ through the parking lot to my car clutching my crumpled bill [email protected] for The Daily Eastern in August of my fresh­ ured the phone bill wouldn't be Eastern News man year, but I guess the saying too bad right? I hardly make in one hand and a 30 minute is true. any calls right? Ninety dollars. phone card, "for my trouble," in Evan Hill also is a The truth is, the novelty of There must be some kind of the other, when it hit me: she EDITORIAL junior journalism dorm life lasts about as long Jim mistake right? That's what I made me sell out for a phone major did in "American Pie." As cool thought, but somehow even card. I felt cheap and used like Federal Marriage as it was to live with 60 other though I didn't understand any a tube of ointment. No one He can be reached at guys with var,ying degrees of of the cryptic charges, taxes wants to be a tube of ointment [email protected]. hygienic concienciousness, I and fees on the bill it made ·squeezed and put back on the com have been ready for my own sense. The only thing I really shelf; · -Amendment place since my freshman room understood was the $1.16 I actu­ After I thought about the situ­ mate peed on our carpet rem-· .ally spent on making calls. ation, I figure the woman I nant (I ~ill-save that story for However, the magical journey spoke to knew exactly what I should not pass some other titrJ;e). from $1.16 to $90 is a blur. I was going to say when I walked Everi tho\igh I'm not taking guess all I can remember is in the door because she had see America was founded on the idea of freedom. any classes this summer (I them telling me to bend over it a hundred times. Every col­ As lifestyles change, more people are coming out swear I'm not a slacker, I'm just and take my medicine in the lege student out on his own mus as being homosexual. Despite American's world- · lazy), I'm staying in Chuck-town most uncomfortable way imagi­ have felt the sting of bloated for several jobs and to avoid nable. legal monopolies for the first renowned freedom and the increasing numbers of returning home for another You can imagine my surprise time, and I'm sure she was wait· "outed" homosexuals, the U.S. Congress is trying extended period of time. when going. over to Consolidated ing with a phone card and a to pass a Constitutional Amendment to ban homo­ While I love my apartment to ~et some answers didn't flimsy rationalization. and the freedom that is attached improve the situation. I walked I guess the price of that les­ sexual marriage in the United States. to it, I also pay for all that love­ in to the building with a perfect son wasn't built into tuition. Doesn't this go against the whole idea of "with ly electricity and water and gas, mental list of all the irate ques- liberty and justice for all?'; If a man and a woman fall in love, they can go to a courthouse and get a marriage license. If they want, they can go to a CHICAGOJEV/CH church, temple, or a syn­ agogue and have a reli­ k£EP5 ON gious leader wed them. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo., CUTTJN~' addressed an audience • 'mWMl}~?... ~~J?P~t,: Church, Lynchburg, Va., on September 7, 2003, telling Christians they should vote to ban homosexual marriage to pro­ tect the sanctity of marriage. - But with a divorce rate of approximately 50 per- cent, even with heterosexuals, marriage doesn't seem to have much sanctity left. Musgrave acknowledged this, saying, "Just because the institution of marriage is not held in the respect that we should give it does not mean that we should do away with the definition of mar­ riage." However, on Dictionary.com, the definition of marriage includes not only the words "[the] legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife," but also "[a] union between two persons having the customary but usually not the legal force of marriage: a same-sex marriage.'' YOUR TURN: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Times are changing, people are changing, and as American citizens, we should have the right to freely-<:hoose our marriage partners. These two people feel the same thing as do a man and woman It's not about bashing who wed, but if the amendment passes, they will This is regarding a piece er to get a point across or to conservative and as intellec­ You-speak-I-listen rou­ not have the freedom to go to a courthouse and by David Thill, "The oppo­ change someone's mind tualy impovised as they can tines are risky to these talk have a justice of the peace join the two in mar­ site of witty is..... · (Opinion through slander, lies or make it in that sort of infor­ ing heads in the media, July 12). At quick glance 'Cheap shots, (it seems like mal atmosphere. becuase it leaves room for riage. this article seems right on. anything goes in politics People like O'Reilly and critique. Moore, O'Reilly, The Republican leadership in the Senate filed When read thoroughly, it these days) it is not true Moore, the one's cheerlead­ Hanfty, Limbaugh, they are for cloture on the amendment, meaning there emanates a few mislead that that's what people want ing for their team, are all the same. They want angles. to know about a candidate smart enough to know there their team to win by any would be limited debates on the floor and pre• The "masses" do not or what they NEED to know are other sides to their theo­ me~s possible. And in the empts on any attempts at filibustering. At noon on desire damaging informa­ about a candidate. Stances · ries and that they should let end, through truth of lie, it Wednesday the Senate will vote on the cloture. If tion on candidates in the like the environment, the all sides be told. In fact, will have affected voter upcoming elections, presi­ war and draft implemen­ they are so conscious of it turnout and choice, but w it passes, it may be more difficult for those dential or otherwise, so taion are craved most, and in such a dire need to will have been most effec­ against the Federal Marriage Amendment in the much as they crave an whether your average citi­ sway people to their side tive are the truths, the incentive to like someone or Senate to attempt to change the minds of others. zen realizes it or not. These that they would rather deny images conveyed and real to the candidate they are are what make or break an a fair two-sided debate and political stances upheld by But there is something that Eastern students voting for on a personal argument, and in the long risk credibility in hopes of each candidate. can do. Call 202-225-3121 and ask to speak with level. The candidate's val­ run, a presidency. sucking the public in, rather ues line up with their own, When the face to face than put a loss of voters on Matt McCarthy our Illinois Senators to voice your thoughts on their backgrounds are simi­ political debate between · the line while doing things Journalism Major how they should vote. If you can't get through, call lar or they just agree with Kerry and Bush evertually the true journalistic way. the Senators directly. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) the majority of what they comes, discussion will not have to say. Somthing revolve around John Jerry's LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: The Daily Eastern News accepts letters to the ed" can be reached at 202-224-2152, and Sen. Peter clicks with tqem and the fortune he inherited when addressing local, state, national and international issues. They should be less than 2 words and include the authors' name, telephone number and address. Students sl) Fitzgerald (R-IL) can be reached at 202-224-2854. decisions they make are remarrying or George W. . indicate their year in school and major. Faculty, administration and staff should ind based monstly on that feel­ Bush's short-witted answers ·•.their position and department. Letters whose authors cannot be verified will not ing. to journalists in press · printed. Depending on space constraints, we may edit' letters; so· keep· it con · The editorial is the majority opinion o]the Although it might be easi-· ·· rooms. The debate will be- .. ,~tters c;ar .ti!' .~nt to The Da(/y Eas~m News at 1a11. 13~ Hldl, Charleston Daily Eastern News editorial board. 61920; faxed to 217-581-2923; or e-mailed to [email protected].

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...... ,, .My 14,2004 EXTRA EDITION + THE DAILY EASTERN liEWS 5· t's paint the town ,,; "It is a parallel program that helps stu­ dents graduate and receive a degree," she said. The city of Charleston will unveil the most Tarble Arts Center was actively involved nt addition to its mural project this with the creative process of the mural, as 1turday. The newest mural, located on the well, Michael Watts, director of the Tarble er of Monroe Avenue and 7th Street, is a Arts Center said. ·· :play of the arts and entertainment in Kit Morice, curator of education at the leston. The ceremony will run from 8-9 Tarble Arts Center, served as project coordi­ nator for the center. Artist Bernard Williams has designed and "She was on site a lot and did a lot of paint­ inted the murals that have recently ing herself as well as serving as liaison ipped up around the square. Williams will between Bernard (Williams) and the mural dress the crowd and speak on the mural committee," Watts said. d the process of painting it. Mayor Cougill Watts said Tarble saw the mural project as also speak at the dedication ceremony. an opportunity to take part in an outreach The project itself is an effort to beautify program while their galleries are closed historic town square, said Charleson's down during the summer. ·rector of tourism, Corinne Russell. "It was a chance to provide arts activities "Community residents seem very happy and to involve other peogle that usually ·.th ·the beautification process," Russell would not get the chance to do this type of "d. 'It has been a very well received pro­ project," Watts said. -"A personal goal of . The murals have benefitted residents mine through partnership with the city is to dare bringing visitors to the square." begin to look for other sources of funding The project has been a partnership because the TIF funds we are using through 1tween Charleston Tourism, the Tarble the city are beginning to dry out." s Center and the Pathway program at If the mural program is going to continue, e Land Community College. Funding for other sources of funding are going to have to project came, in part, from a grant by the be found, Watts said. Grants through the inois Arts Council and the Ruth and Illinois Arts Council and a variety of differ­ 'aughn Jaenike Access to the Arts Fund of ent funding sources to put the funds togeth­ ~ er to continue the program will be needed, The Pathways program is a program for he said. DAILY -EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY STEPHEN HAAS dents who left high school without a Bernard Williams works on a mural at the comer of Monroe Avenue and 7th Street. gree, Russell said. lsinore to perform Not holy hand grenade, but still -a bomb 8VDMIH safetyerstayanl~the WEdsfightcif VERGE EDITl1R theSaxms. ,t Jackson Avenue ''KingArthur''isan~film ''!Crng AJf.hw"' full oftwists am turns, rutwhal:elsecruld be expected fnxn the produa:r of ''Block a percussion major, on drums, Grode:C+ Hawk Down," "On Air" am "fraining has already performed three Day?" shows in Champaign. Not since Graham Oiapman and Yet the film still falls slntt in a IlUIDbel" Local coffee drinkers will get The group will play a mixture Malty Pyttm ha5 the legend of King of categocie5. chance to view a couple of new of songs from Groff's solo Arthur hadsuchaboo;t, erferthatn:iatlfr The plot is a bit thin to say the least usical acts at Jackson Avenue repetoir and work on adding har­ evenasemeof relevanreinJ;X:t>rultureas Arthur and his knights reoie a family offee Friday, July 23. mony to them, ·Groff said. it has with the ream~ Pictures am fight off an entire army of angry It may have taken four years Elsinore will also play the same release, ''King Arttrur." Nocse men, Ill too much to build an epic get there but local musician style of cover songs as Groff Thermvieisanewtakemanoldstrry,, drama en . yan Groff has finally found the himself has in the past from cm that has big hem e:p.Jaled with a fie. . ' ' The"'iillvie~~~100~ usical match that "fits." music acts like Ryan Adams, tmallegend ofan draws mudlin too little a time.It\\Ulldhaveben­ Groff has played in such musi- Elton John and Wilco. his father's S\\U"d, Excalibur, fnmaslooe efited fnxn sticking to cm cmf1ict er 1 acts as The Last Resorts, Groff said he enjoyed playing am goes en to becanetherightfulkingof aoole:; rescue er fight Butatta1iptil1gto reen Jenkins and now Elsinore. solo but was very excited to lay Britain. . PHOTO CURTESY TOUSHSTONE PICTURES ch bcfu makes the film seem thin "It is so good playing solo. I got in a group again. The new film is inspired by ream evic The film suff6"S fnm ahllltely m o see what it's like being on my "This one feels like the way it's delrethatleaisexpertsto believe that the native warrirs led by the "dark magi­ d!aradercleveqmmtwhaooever.Asall ·wn," Groff said. "I didn't have supposed to feel," Groff said. "It mythical king did Ill live in the 1400> rut cian'' Merlin. of this drama aOO actin is occurring, •ther people to help me make feels really, really good." rathr a ttwsam years eamtr in the Sth But just be6:re the ldtia's cm go there is little ~ootsideofwtaever ecisions, I had to get gigs The other act performing will camny. lune, treyare~afinaltmk:tores­ ancems Arth.n; am there ism f'ocm en yself, be Liz Bowater. The ·Chicago­ The sliiy begins by de5aibing the cue a Ranan family in the ruthm part aw aha" ·chara:ters. By the em of the "Now there are two other guys based musician has recently Ranan anpire's cmquest of ElnqJe and of Britain. This \\Udd m have hem too mMe. we are expected to believe that o put in ideas. It's like a democ­ released her new album entitled, \WSla1l Asia VJeWel'S are alffi led to difficuh a task fer the army of Saxlm Arthur ~ Guirevere are ~ in love 0 acy." "Still · Here." Bowater had not believe that King Arthur's legendary invOOingthecwntry. ' what all the vifMe' has seen between The acoustic trio began laying intended on playing music until knighls we-e Ill British er even Ranan The knights set rut and retrieve the them is less than 15 mimlles of screen :ogether two months ago, and it she graduated college and decid­ rut fnm Samaia, a mmtcy cxniuered family but are pursued chlelY by the time. Ntt to mentm. the fiK:t that by the as quite by accident, Groff ed that was all she thought about by Rane aOO revered frrthe fifrceure Saxais. AkDg the way, ArthJr aOO his time knights begin to die, we m ~ id. doing, her_web site said. fightm; it ixOOtioos. knights rescue a ytXJilg Wero girl, koowmtiingmootthemrutcaremhing "We were just sitting around The show will be at Jackson Fast frrward 15 years, Arthur (Clive Guirevere (KeiraKnighlley). moot them eille: faying, and it sounded good," Avenue Coffee from 8:00-10:00 Owen) and his remaining knighls are 51& Arthur and his knighls return to their The rmvie has massive actin and roff said. p.m., Friday, July 23. There is no tmfrl at a rame wtpoot in !Wlhm wtpoot with the family in tow and are amamg ~ fights, rut the lock of The group, which consists of cover charge. Britain am are moot to be :relieved of grantOO their discharge. Howeve; trey decmtdial®Je, a plot:anlcharacrers that dam Krug, a computer design duty. are fcfuwOO by the Saxlm aOO are faaxl are~ thin focce the rmvie to remain ajor, on guitar and Dave Pride, Tu the rnth are the WBi<;, a tribe of with a difficuh dOOsi:rJ: return lune to mediocre at be>t. his just in: Anchorman cheesy, for younger crowd

Br Patrick Wimp ism to the Channel 4 News team that SUMMER INTERN shows the rest of the team for the buf­ foons that they are. Applegate does Anchnrman well, but like Ferrell there are some instances where her performance miss­ Grade:C+ es the mark. The weakest point of the film is the One of the more anticipated comedic fact that many of the characters go releases of the summer, "Anchorman: above and beyond being over the top. The Legend of Ron Burgundy,'' opened Aside from the mentally challenged this past weekend to theaters across the "Brick," a part of the Burgundy's news nation. The film stars Will Ferrell as the team, the rest of team seems forced and foolish anchorman Ron Burgundy and excessively juvenile. Even Ferrell him­ follows him through his trials and tribu­ self has several sequences of yelling lations in the world of TV journalism. and antics that lacked the strength to Ferrell is up to his usual antics as insight a laugh. Burgundy, goofing and. screaming, One of the best moments in the film bringing life to the idiotic newscaster. involves a gang fight between the vari­ Ferrell, as expected, is "Anchorman's" ous San Diego news teams. This section strongest asset, although at times even is a true crowd pleaser, bringing in Ben some of his usual jokes and jests are not Stiller, Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughan as effective as they have been in some to represent the anchors of Burgµndy's of his other roles. He does a good job of rivals. The fight sequence is hysterical r- distinguishing the character and not and out of control, one of the funniest bringing "Frank the Tank" from "Old parts paying homage to the original School" into the newsroom. "Planet of the Apes." · Burgundy is on top of the world until On a whole, ''Anchorman" is enter­ The filµi seems geared co-"Star Christina Applegate arrives as taining, it just lacks the attention to towards a more adolescent audience. but for older audiences, this may be onr the strong-minded anchorwoman character and dialogue that makes Fans of Ferrell and his new class of to go see at the two-dollar cinema. ~ Veronica Corningstone. Applegate's films such as · "Old School" and comedic cohorts will enjoy watching character · bring~ _a, \~vel of professional- ."Zo~la!ld~(' ~nforg_ettable ... ' ·~Anchorman" for its shining moments, . wi , !_.~n,:-•• -.nVI. s·:nlZi),>l 1<'m<1

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ATION' BRIEFS STATE BRH:FS ix-beer habit Budget snags ay campaigns SPRINGFIELD (AP) - For the hand­ Springfield well before mid-July, but this to deal with $100 million they still dis­ ful of Illinois lawmakers facing hotly con­ is far from a normal election year. agree on in a $54 billion state budget. 'evokes license tested elections this fall, every day spent Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the four leg­ Senate President Frank Watson, R­ in special session with no movement on a islative leaders have been unable to Greenville, said he expected an agree­ HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -A man who told his doc- state budget is lost time they could spent agree to a spending plan for the new ment "pretty quickly" but House Speaker 1rs that he drinks more than a six-pack of beer per campaigning. budget year since the end of May. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, said it 1y is now fighting to get his driver's license· back Democrats control both chambers Negotiations during June made little would be. "later rather than sooner." use the physicians apparently reported him to the with wide enough margins that they're progress, so Blagojevich called all the The special sessions, while a problem 1te. not likely to lose power come January legislators back to the Capitol for a spe­ for some lawmakers' work, vacation and Keith Emerich, 44, said Tuesday that he disclosed even if the party loses a few seats. cial session to turn up the heat. But with campaign schedules, apparently haven't drinking habit in February to doctors who were But for individual lawmakers, face-to­ no budget deal, the rank-and-file -have slowed Blagojevich. ting him at a hospital for an irregular heartbeat. face contact with voters can make or had little to actually vote on. The governor, who isn't up for re-elec­ "I told them it was over a six-pack a day. It wasn't break their political careers. With the Lawmakers met again in special ses­ tion until 2006, raked in about $S million for me - I'm not going to lie," Emerich said in a incumbents stuck in Springfield, chal­ sion Tuesday only briefly before adjourn­ from a June 17 event at the Field ephone interview from his home in Lebanon, about lengers and Republican organizers ing, while Blagojevich and the leaders Museum in Chicago attended by 1,400 miles east of Harrisburg. statewide can capitalize on that absence. huddled behind closed doors. people, according to his campaign Emerich received a notice from the Pennsylvania "It's frustrating being here," said Sen. The. leaders emerged after several finance director Kelly Glynn. His next :partment of Transportation in April that his license Gary Forby, D-Benton. "I do need to be hours saying they had made progress but fund-raiser is scheduled for the· 1as being revoked effective May 6 for medical rea­ home in my district." key questions remained on how to divvy Democratic National Convention at the .s related to substance abuse. He has petitioned a Legislators are usually done in how extra money for schools and on how end of the month. dge to restore the license, and a hearing has been set 1rJuly 29. A state law dating to the 1960s requires doctors to :port any physical or mental impairments that could Man faces charges in mpromise a patient's ability to drive safely, Utilities admonished nnDOT spokeswoman Joan Nissley said. Nissley '.d she could not discuss the details of Emerich's case death of high schooler use of confidentiality requirements that also pro- for poor preparation t the doctor from being identified. ELMHURST (AP) - Prosecutors have charged a 38-year-old CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois utilities are not doing enough to Elmhurst man with first-degree murder in the death of a high improve tree trimming, train their work force or screen school student, who they say was shot after the teen refused to employees to reduce the chance of terrorist attacks on the play a card game that involved a form of Russian roulette. een sues to revoke power grid, a state task force says in a report to be released Anson Paape, a sporadically employed tree-trimmer, was Wednesday. arrested Sunday after a two-day manhunt for the killing of 18- "We have to have a much more urgent approach to our year-old Michael Murray. Prosecutors also charged Paape late ad's parental rights energy infrastructure," Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, chairman of the Monday with obstruction of justice. 11-member task force, told The Associated Press Tuesday. Prosecutors say Murray was among a group of young people SANDOWN, N.H. (AP) - Patrick Holland was 8 the Similar task forces were created in states across the who gathered at Paape's Elmhurst home Friday evening. They •'ght his father smashed a window in his Quincy, nation after a blackout last August left millions without say Paape loaded a revolver with a single bullet, spun the cylinder ass., home with a golf bag, shot his mother eight power in parts of the Midwest and Northeast. and fired at Murray's forehead after the teen refused to play a es, then beat her in the face with the rifle. card game that required the winner to pull the trigger of a gun Patrick has little memory of that night in 1998. But loaded with one bullet at another player. remembers finding his mother's body the next U of I dean appointed DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett said at a news orning, running through shattered glass to call 911, conference Tuesday that the shooting was not an accident but pre­ ding the phone ripped out, and rushing outside in meditated murder. ·s underwear to tell a neighbor he couldn't wake her "(Paape) planned to engage in behavior that was likely to cause to interilll provost death or great bodily harm to another human being," Birkett said. Now, after years of therapy for trauma, depression CHAMPAIGN (AP) - The dean of the University of Illinois' "That, ladies and gentlemen, is murder, pure and simple." danger, Patrick is suing to "divorce" his imprisoned largest college has been appointed acting provost and vice chan­ Prosecutors also charged 41-year-old William Larsen with 1ther in a case legal experts say is highly unusual and cellor for academic affairs at the Urbana-Champaign campus. obstruction of justice and aiding.a.fugitive, both felony chargeSp1 aybe unprecedented. · The university's Board of Trustees will be asked Thursday to for allegedly letting Paape stay at his home while police searched' Patrick, 14, wants to make sure Daniel Holland can approve the appointment of Jesse G. Delia, dean of the univer­ for him. longer get information about him or play a role in sity's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since 1994. He was DuPage County Judge George Sotos on Tuesday ordered Paape 's life. appointed by Interim Chancellor Richard Herman to the post held without bond and continued his bond hearing until July 22, "He took away a home, a mother, a father, all my Herman vacated when he moved to the chancellor's office ear­ said Laura Pollastrini, a spokeswoman for Birkett. Larsen's bond iends. Everything I had was gone because of him," lier this month, succeeding Nancy Cantor. was set at $100,000. 1e teenager said in a recent interview. "I don't think ever be able to forgive him." The case is extraordinary because Patrick himself not his legal guardians, Ron and Rita Lazisky of Chicago bank settles federal discrimination lawsuit down - is trying to terminate Holland's parental 'ghts. Nor is he seeking adoption by the Laziskys, CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago-area hoods in and around Chicago and in the to offer residents and small businesses in ho were close friends of his mother's. bank that federal prosecutors say illegal­ Kankakee area. predominantly minority areas subsidized ly avoided doing business in minority "No one should be denied access to a interest rates. The rates would be at least neighborhoods has agreed to open loan to buy a home or a car or to start a a half percentage point below what the op says he found hair branches and invest nearly $6 million in business because of where they live," said bank would normally charge - a move predominantly black and Hispanic com­ Steven Rosenbaum, a top official in the Fitzgerald said would result in an "addi munities to settle a federal discrimina­ Justice Department's civil rights division tional approximately $80 million in loam Peterson's belongings tion lawsuit, authorities announced who appeared with U.S. Attorney Patrick in those areas." REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors on Tuesday. Fitzgerald at a Tuesday new conference. The settlement also calls for the bank esday presented their first piece of physical evidence The suit alleged that First American "But that's what's happened here." to spend at least $400,000 to advertise its Scott Peterson's murder trial - a single strand of Bank engaged in a practice called redlin­ As part of the settlement, First services in predominantly minority areas lark hair found on a pair of pliers and believed to be ing, where loans and other services were American Bank must in five years invest and another $300,000 on a consumer edu­ 'Om his pregnant wife. denied in black and Hispanic neighbor- $5 million in a special financing program cation program in those areas. Detective Henry Hendee testified that he noticed the lir while collecting iiems from the warehouse where N 0 N s E Q u IT u R BY WILEY MILLER 'eterson stored a 14-foot boat. During Peterson's preliminary hearing, experts testi­ ied that DNA analysis indicated the hair likely came ol\. .1-1\, OLP-,F. '{o\.J L~\ tv\~ G\)£/h ... '{o\) Do~'! Q\'K II,,\rt-J:>b G,~Ot-1\t:.~ '*i;i;o 1:0 et>.~ t;..Ro\..11'\\) 'rom Laci Peterson, but the defense has not conceded ~~~L~C:O ,---~~~--... t point. ti.. "G(X)CJ" L\l,,\, NORK M... L '{~~\.\. BITT N\'1 R\C.µ.\? . Prosecutors say Peterson killed his wife in their %/\~I\;\.\? 'i"\0R1.N :an Francisco Bay in a large tool box and dropped it N--.oS\ o1Jl£RS 1verboard from the boat. 'iger eludes capture after ~ escaping from man's home ~·-Ii~ i /! I(---<~\ i~ LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (AP) - A 600-pound tiger eluded capture for a second day Tuesday after escap­ "'~~ •flll~)h mg from the compound of its owner, a former actor who once played Tarzan. B 0 0 ND 0 c Ks BY AARON MCGRUDER Sheriff's deputies and state game officials set up a perimeter around a 5-acre area of dense slash pines HUEY!! 'OME ~--jjJJJ.Jj and palm trees, and started beating the bush again at OU:E'k AtfD LOOk daybreak, said Willie Puz, spokesman for the Florida AT TH:E~! Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Wildlife trackers, joined by the cat's owner, Steve Sipek, felt confident they were closing in on the cat, named Bobo, after finding fresh paw prints. They planned to shoot the 6-year-old tiger with tranquilizers but carried shotguns just in case. Sipek was "very distraught over the whole situation. He feels confident that if he spots the tiger he may be able to talk him into coming to him in a peaceful way," said Jorge Pino, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and -~ Wildlife Conservatii>n Commission. ·itl...-711 ' ' ~' ' ·~ . l ., • ' , 1 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS .' T Wedliesday, July 14, 2004 PAGES

. , ROUNDING TH IR D = Ben Turner . SPORTS COLUMNIST Chall_enge. A G . '< c , a Little-known a ne .face Phelp u knowledge 1i I would hope that a good· per­ w LONG BEACH, Calif. add one of Peirsol, w la centage of the 15,000-plus stu­ (AP) - The challenges · has· defeated him · dents and employees of Eastern to just keep coming for their last three m ti Illinois could produce the name of . ings, including twice our athletic conference if asked. The world's best a meet in Santa Clara· Pe Eastern has 22 intercollegiate swimmer couldn't keep May. , - ' re athletics programs, an even 11-11 pace with 0 I don't ever want co split between men's and women's leaving the final turn in lose my race," s · be sports. the 200-meter back­ Peirsol, the silv tu Some sports can be played at stroke, and lost for the medalist in Sydney w R high levels by both sexes namely: first time at the U.S. hasn't lost the 200 ba Hil basketball, swimming and diving, Olympic swim. trials since then. "I love t track and field, cross country, ten­ Monday night. thing." nis, golf and even though Eastern Peirsol pulled a:way Peirsol and .Phel only offers women's programs for were both under wor on the final lap to win in record pace for the fir them, rugby and volleyball. a world record 1 minute, 54.74 seconds three. laps, matchin And I know there's one that I'm each other nearl forgetting, oh yeah, soccer. Both - breaking his own stroke-for-stroke. Th men and women have long . mark. of 1:55.15 set two Peirsol came off t showed they can excel at the years ago. Phelps final turn faster, an world's most popular sport, ·so earned the other Olympic . .berth, finish­ Phelps said that co most schools should have dual ing second in 1:55.86. him the race. soccer programs, right? His next challenge . "It's going to m Well, actually, no, not ih the comes Tuesday night in me go back to the draw Ohio Valley Conference. Eastern ing board and t:riy t the 100 butterfly final, change some things, is actually the only school in the the last· of Phelps' six 11-team league to have a men's Phejps said. "It gave m individual races at the sort of a message. soccer program. Other Midwest eight-day, trials. Like knew what I'm.trying t schools, such as Missouri Valley the 200 back, it will be Conference members, Northern go isn't easy, No on .another match race: said it was." Iowa, Indiana State, Illinois State Phelps vs. world record and Southern Illinois don't have Phelps bounced bac holder . to win the 200 individ men's soccer either. So that means Crocker was the ual medley, making hi Eastern needs a conference and fastest se~ifinal quali- , the first American mal the MVC needs some affiliate­ fier in 51.25 seconds. · to qualify for five indi members to have a league, bring­ Phelps .won his heat in vidual swimmin ing us to an EIU athletics fact that 51.89. events· at an Olympics moti Pf ij)e compns J:>OJ>ul•tion "I love going fast. I It was his third race o cannot tell you: EIU is actually love surprising the night, all in jus part of the MVC too. · myself," Crocker said. over an hour. · As much as I don't like to hear "That's my thrill. I'm At the Athens Game it, the MVC is rated higher in most real interested to see he wants to break Mar how fast I can· go, and Spitz's record of seven sports than the OVC. Basketball is I'm real interested to · probably the most obvious, but gold medals. see where Michael is at, Phelps won the 2 MVC programs in baseball, vol­ too." leyball and women's soccer have IM in 1:56.71 - _0.77 On Tuesday morning, seconds off his own outperformed OVC squads consis­ was world record. Ryan tently. top qualifier in the 50 Lochte took the second By Men's soccer is no exception. freestyle at 25.15. Kara Olympic berth a EDI The league is always ranked Lynn Joyce, an ·upset 1:59.71. among the top tier in the· country winner in the 100 Amanda . Bear.d , and has been tough on Eastern. freestyle the previous going to her thir When the Major League Soccer night, was second at Olympics, having qu opened its 2004 campaign in April, 25.16, and Natalie fied in three events. S 16 former MVC standouts had ros­ Coughlin also advanced won the 200 breast ter spots. Th put that into context, OAl~Y EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY STEPHEN HAAS to the ·s~mifinals with. -stroke by nearly 5 se I can think of only one OVC bas­ the fourth-fastest time onds in a world reco ketball player who is still on a Soccer Kicker (25.49). time of 2:22.44. Tha broke the mark o NBA roster, former Austin P~y Thompson, a 10-time Players from Centralia High School practice defensive maneuvers Tuesday afternoon on 2:22.96 set b standout 'Irenton Hassell of the · one of the lntranual soc:Cer fields south of the Campus Pond. The players were taking medalist who will be competing in her fourth Australia's Leis Timberwolves. part in the Advanced Soccer Team Camp for Boys led by Eastern soceer coach Adam Jones, who had tak Despite going winless in MVC Olympics, bounced Howarth. The camp lasts through Thursday. back from a disappoint­ the recor d from Be play (0-8-1) in 2003, the Panthers last week. · actu8lly posted a winning non­ ' . ing fifth-place finish in the 100 free. Caroline Bruce w conference record (5-4-1), the "I felt good this the surprise runner-up fourth time they have done so dur­ morning, surprisingly," earning her first trip ing the four-year tenure of head she said. "After last the Olympics in 2:27 .2 tri coach Adam Howarth. ahead! Former Olympia Mountains night, I had a little more in The Valley sent three teams to motivation.'" . Kristy Kowal (third riPi "The t~ is great and healthy," he added. . Megan Quann (sixt the NCAA Men's Soccer fdr Armstrong, others to went I Championships last season and 'I'i,me "Everyone's recovered from their small fastest in preliminaries and Staciana Stit w crashes." (eighth) failed to qu · Creighton advanced to the quar­ shine a.s Tour get,s serious for the grueling 1,500 18~ Sprinters who have dominated the mostly free at 15:18.15. "I'm fy for Athen~. Ta terfinals of the 32-team tourna­ Kirk, already going t ment. GUERET, France (AP) - Move over· flat early stages will struggle. Such speed­ right where I wanted to sprinters, tiine for climbers to shine. sters include McEwen. Climbers and all­ be," he said. · . the Olympics in the 1 During the NCAA off-season, , finishe numerous MVC players suit up The charge for the Thur de France title arounders like Armstrong will move to the But Chris Thompson, intensifies Wednesday with the first moun­ the bronze medalist fifth. for teams in the four-conference, fore - possibly offering an early look at how There was anoth 55-team Premier Development tain stage - a chance for five-time champi­ strong the main contenders are. from Sydney, failed to ·upset in the 1 League. The league 'features MLS on Lance Armstrong and other contenders to ''The Tuur starts now," American Tyler make the team after freestyle when Kar and independent team affiliates, test their legs before mightier battles in the Hamilton, a former teammate and rival of fracturing both elbows Lynn Joyce held o and EIU's leading soccer in 2003, Pyrenees and Alps. Armstrong's, on Monday's rest ·day. "The· during a training fall Natalie · Coughlin b Jimmy Klatter, tallied five goals · "It will be hard, especially if the race upcoming stages will really show who is two months ago. While four-hundredths of and 13 points in 13 games with the starts aggressively like it. did today," here to win." the elbows have mostly second. =~ Chicago Fire Reserves. Armstl'.ong said after Tuesday's ninth stage. The hilly 99 112-mile stage, the shortest healed, he wasn't able Joyce won with Other schools like Bradley, Armstrong remained in sixth place over­ this year except for time trial courses, start­ to do regular training time of 54.38. Cough!' Creighton, Drake and Evansville all, finishing 44th Tuesday behind stage win­ ed in Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat in central until the last two weeks. was second in 54.4 don't have football programs ner Robbie McEwen of Australia. The 32- France, the hometown of retired Tour great "I'm really excited," They each qualified fo ~ said Phelps, who suc­ The either, which means that men's year-old Texan is 9 minutes, 35 seconds Raymond Poulidor. He is loved by fans even the Olympics. Jenn soccer is the primary fall men's behind leader Thomas Voeckler of France. though he never won the showcase race - ceeded in breaking the a~ 52:second barrier in the Thompson was fifth a tisi sport. That translates into better Wednesday's 147-mile trek through the finishing either second or third a record 55.03, but she could sf fields and stadiums, the latter Massif Central of central France is the eight times between 1962 and 1976. semifinals. "Hopefully with some good rest, land a spot on the rela translating into bigger crowds. longest of this Thur and has nine climbs, McEwen became the first rider to win two tha him and I and the rest . team. · att This fall Eastern opens its regu­ including the most difficult So far - 3 112- stages at this Thur. But when he set out of the field will have a f' lar season at home against Butler mile ascent to 5,243 feet, which gets steeper Tuesday, he wasn't even stire he'd make it to tall good race." ished fourth an "It': on Sept: 1, but then doesn't play at as it goes up. . the finish. Banged up in a mass crash on Phelps keeps a photo became the first blac home again until MVC play opens -"It's going to be tough ... up and down all Friday, he rode with a sore back and knee woman to make the U. Shi) of Crocker on his bed­ F on Oct.1. Can you thinkof a better day," Armstrong said. "Unfortunately, it's a ~d 'Said he started the day thinking, "I just room wall as motiva­ swimming team. She' definition of tough sch«;idule? stage we haven'fseen. It's'a hard day ahead." hope I survive.'' tion. He may need to be eligible for the rela' Bla