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Daily Egyptianwww.siude.com VOL. 92, NO. 110, 20 PAGES S OUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 28, 2007 Association finds student with sloppy handwriting
Brandon Weisenberger DAILY EGYPTIAN
Josh Chesser almost missed out on a semester of free tuition because of sloppy handwriting. But with the aid of his Social Security number, he became $2,900 richer Tuesday. Chesser was the real winner in a scholarship raffle held Saturday at SIU Arena. However, slipshod penmanship on his entry forced the announcer, Ed Buerger, to draw another name. The prize — the fifth to be offered by the SIU Alumni Association — went to a student from Chicago. A few international students in the crowd of more than 9,000 accused Buerger of racist comments JAKE LOCKARD ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN after he said he could not pro- Election judge Charles Owen helps voters at precincts 13 and 14 use the automatic voting machine Wednesday afternoon at Epiphany nounce the name and said over the Lutheran Church. Owen has been helping out with elections for more than 30 years. microphone “obviously this is not an English student.” Buerger has apologized for what he called a misunderstanding, and said he meant to say the student was not an English major because of the poor penmanship. Student passes primary On Monday, Buerger, the asso- ciation’s executive director, set out to find the writer of the nearly inde- Simon, Cole move First student in cipherable card, which contained a CITY ELECTIONS somewhat less unintelligible Social to general election more than 20 years Security number. 7INNERS AND LOSERS Buerger took the card to inter- Andrea Zimmermann #ARBONDALE VOTERS ON 4UESDAY CHOSE THEIR CANDIDATES FOR could be on council DAILY EGYPTIAN im Chancellor John Dunn’s office THE !PRIL ELECTIONS where records showed the number Alicia Wade belonged to Chesser, a sophomore MURPHYSBORO — Mayor DAILY EGYPTIAN from Hillsboro studying forestry. Brad Cole and Councilwoman “You could read every entry but Sheila Simon easily moved through Joseph Moore stood surrounded his, but we wanted to find the per- Tuesday’s primary. by eager friends in the upper room son we had drawn first and who was Simon garnered the most votes of Glassy Junction Tuesday night the rightful winner,” said Buerger, with 1,176, or 54.3 percent, and staring at a flat-screen television dis- who is also associate vice chancellor Cole followed with 819 votes, and playing the results of the primary for Alumni Services. 37.9 percent. Pepper Holder came elections.
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After that, a full-time $SFBUJWF4FSWJDFT 1VCMJD3FMBUJPOT Aiming to turn around a univer- leader will be sought. 0UIFSQSPWJTJPOT SIUC campus t&MJNJOBUFTCVSFBVDSBDZ sity that many say has failed to prop- Six students —paid $10 hour t$BMMTGPSJOUFHSBUFENBSLFUJOHQMBO erly promote itself, SIUC leaders on for a maximum 20-hour workweek t4UVEFOUTUPBTTJTUJOQBJEQPTJUJPOT Brandon Weisenberger Tuesday detailed the changes they — will assist Clark and the rest DAILY EGYPTIAN see as a fresh start for the campus. of University Communications. ☞ PMETZTUFN &YFDVUJWF%JSFDUPS “We tend to be understated,” Their paychecks are supported by Sweeping changes are afoot in interim Chancellor John Dunn said. a $500,000 budget the university SIUC’s marketing operation today “We haven’t been consistent in tell- committed to marketing in the fall. "TTPDJBUF%JSFDUPS "TTPDJBUF%JSFDUPS "TTPDJBUF%JSFDUPS "TTPDJBUF%JSFDUPS as its employees operate under a new ing our story and bragging about Four students have been hired name and university administrators ourselves.” and administrators are searching for 'IORGOS -ARATHEFTIS_%ĒĚĝĪ&ĘĪġĥĚĒğ look to students to help spread the A new unit dedicated to adver- two others, Dunn said. word about the campus. tising and marketing is included in Material crafted by the students Media and Communication the overhaul. Terry Clark, chairman will sport the tagline “Imagined Resources, a department criticized of the marketing department, will and produced by students at SIU ur problems didn’t happen overnight and they’re not for bureaucratic tactics and lack of lead the group until December while Carbondale,” Clark said. O going to go away overnight. a marketing plan, is now University keeping his position in the College — Terry Clark Communications. Its leadership of Business and Administration. See MARKETING, Page 17 ‘‘ marketing department chairman 2 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 DAILY EGYPTIAN News CALENDAR NEWS BRIEFS Showing of George Authorities: Son’s death did not stop mother Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ from giving teenagers alcohol • 7 to 9 p.m. today at Lawson 121 BELLEVILLE (AP) — A woman whose 15-year-old son was killed in an alcohol- • A cartoon of George Orwell’s “Animal related wreck 18 months ago has been charged with providing beer to minors last week Farm” will be played during a party at her house, authorities said Tuesday. • Free admission Andrea Sharos, 37, and live-in acquaintance Brent Moist, 39, were arrested late Friday after sheriff’s deputies saw three teens leave Sharos’ home with beer and drive away. The three 19-year-olds said they had been drinking with other youths at the house National Association with consent of adults there, authorities said. of Black Journalists When confronted by deputies, Sharos and Moist admitted they had been drinking, a • 5 p.m. today at the Communications police spokesman said. Four other juveniles in the house — boys ages 16 to 18 — tested Building, Room 1244 positive at the scene for alcohol use and were arrested. • Discussion of Black History Month activi- “To me, it’s obscene,” Lt. Steve Johnson said of Andrea Sharos’ alleged conduct in ties/events, guest speaker Pepper Holder light of the one-vehicle crash in 2005 that killed her son, Jonathan Carrillo, and one of his (2007 mayoral candidate) friends. Carrillo and Drew Lintker, both 15-year-old Freeburg High School students, died in a one-car, rollover wreck early Aug. 9. Black History Month At a November 2005 coroner’s inquest, a St. Louis County, Mo., medical examiner’s Dr. Joseph Brown investigator testified that alcohol played a role in the death of Carrillo, the car’s driver. • 7 to 9 p.m. today at Lesar Auditorium • Presentation: “A Meditation on Lynching” Police seek man who attacked teenage girl PEORIA (AP) — Police said Tuesday they are searching for a man who chased down Getting a job in the and sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Peoria girl at gunpoint as she walked to school last week. U.S.: Workshops for The girl helped police develop a composite sketch that was released Monday in international students hopes of finding the suspect, and is “250 percent better” in the week since the attack, her • 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Quigley 104 B family said. • Job search process and U.S. work culture/ Police said they initially gathered just a few leads, despite setting up a mobile command career panel: successful stories center last week near the secluded, wooded area where the Feb. 21 attack occurred. • Free admission The girl’s aunt said her niece tried to run when she noticed the man coming up behind her, but couldn’t get away. He pulled her into the brush, beat her with a gun and choked her during the assault, the aunt said. Women’s basketball After the attack, the man fired a shot, but the girl isn’t sure whether he meant to hit her or just scare her, her aunt said. The bullet missed her, but she was treated at a Peoria vs. Missouri State hospital for face, neck and other injuries. • 7:05 p.m. Thursday at SIU Arena • Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for fac- ulty, staff, seniors and children; SIU student Hail damages space shuttle tank, delay possible admission free with valid student ID CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A hailstorm left hundreds of divots on space shuttle Atlantis’ external fuel tank, and NASA managers weren’t sure Tuesday if the damage was severe enough to postpone next month’s launch. The storm Monday evening passed over the launch pad where Atlantis was being prepared for a March 15 launch, NASA spokesman Bill Johnson said. The calendar is a free service for NASA officials were weighing their options. They could make repairs to the external community groups. We cannot tank on the launch pad using an enormous crane, or they could move the space shuttle guarantee that all items will run. back into its Vehicle Assembly Building to fix the divots. NASA also has another external fuel tank at Kennedy Space Center that is being readied for a mission in June. The shuttle’s launch window extends into late March. Russia plans to launch a Soyuz vehicle to the international space station in early April.
Submit calendar items to the POLICE REPORTS DAILY EGYPTIAN newsroom, Communications 1247, at least A robbery occurred at 1:30 a.m. SIUC student Ross Darwin Tenczar, two days before event, or call Saturday at 1002 W. Whitney St. A 19- 18, from Urbana, was arrested and 536-3311, ext. 266. year-old male told police he was charged with criminal damage to approached by four black males and property at 12:34 a.m. Sunday at Lot robbed of his wallet. There were no inju- 30. Tenczar was released on a personal ries and two suspects were described. recognizance bond. The first suspect was described as 6 feet tall, with short hair and thin build A residential burglary occurred at CORRECTIONS wearing a white and red striped 6 p.m. Friday on Greek Row. A Coach polo shirt. The second suspect was purse, wallet, wristlet and cellular phone If you spot an error, please contact the described as a 6-foot tall, black male were reported stolen. There was no forc- DAILY EGYPTIAN accuracy desk at 536-3311, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and ible entry and there are no suspects at ext. 253. dark jeans. this time.
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Ryan Rendleman DAILY EGYPTIAN
Retirement won’t stop Dennis Maze from rocking out. The superintendent of printing and duplicating is retiring after 32 years at the university, but Shannon Wimberly, a supervisor of the depart- ment, said he foresees the avid guitar player as an old rock ‘n’ roller. “That’s how I see Dennis,” Dennis Maze said Wimberly. “He’s just going to smiles at the keep jamming.” entrance of his Maze has worked at the uni- office. Maze will versity since 1975 in many areas of retire this year print and duplication, such as print- after 32 years ing black and white flyers from a in the print and university press and helping prepare duplication field mass mailings. at SIUC. The southern Illinois native said ANTHONY SOUFFLÉ he didn’t mind leaving hard labor DAILY EGYPTIAN behind when he became the superin- tendent of printing and duplicating, Community College. knew played guitar.” Wimberly’s attention when he called “They have a couple times brought and said he definitely won’t mind He also played in a band. The walls of Maze’s office are into work to say the ice and snow had their guitars in and jammed on their being able to set his own sched- “My career goal at the time was adorned with calendars from vari- stopped him, Wimberly said. lunch hour — a fun, enjoyable, ule and wake when he pleases to be a musician,” he said. “Once I ous SIU sports teams. He said he Michelle Rositch, a graphic unexpected kind of a lunch hour,” during retirement. discovered that I wasn’t really going is a huge Saluki fan and has sea- designer for printing and duplicating Rositch said. “Just the fact of not having to get to make a career out of that, I more son tickets to the men’s basketball services, said she has known Maze for Wimberly said Maze was more of up and do something unless I want or less quit.” games, which he attends with his about 10 years. Maze is an easygoing a peer to his employees than a boss, to is probably the best part of retire- Maze said he began playing guitar wife, Theresa. person of few words, Rositch said. but did expect work to get accom- ment,” he said. nearly 45 years ago when his parents Maze also has a humorous side. When he does speak, she said he plished. He said Maze has been Maze, who lives in Cobden, said gave him a choice between the guitar He is a practical joker and often always has “one-line zingers.” pleasant to work with and expects his printing career started in high and the trombone. He chose the writes down quotes he hears his col- Rositch also said Maze has per- him to continue to play music. school at the Union County Press six-string, and said he has played in leagues say and then brings it up formed music with colleagues during “You’re never too old to rock ‘n’ newspaper. He did bindery work bands as recently as five years ago. years later, Wimberly said. Maze lunch breaks. She said they didn’t roll,” he said. “That’s encouraging and made deliveries in the after- “Ever since I was little bitty I once overheard Wimberly brag about necessarily play a concert, but they to me.” noons after class. Upon graduation wanted to play guitar, for some rea- his vehicle’s ability to conquer snow played loud enough that everyone [email protected] in 1970, he began school at Shawnee son,” he said. “Nobody else that I and ice, and brought the quote to could hear. 536-3311 ext. 268 4 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 WORLD & NATION News WIRE REPORTS
G EORGIA Soldier pleads Taliban: Cheney target of bombing guilty to comrade’s Alisa Tang the main gate.” shooting death THE ASSOCIATED PRESS He said he was moved “for a FORT BENNING Ga.(AP) — An Army brief period of time” to a bomb medic pleaded guilty Tuesday to the BAGRAM, Afghanistan shelter on the base near his quar- shooting death of a fellow soldier in — A suicide bomber attacked ters. Iraq during a night of heavy drinking. the entrance to the main U.S. Maj. William Mitchell said it Spc. Chris Rolan, 23, initially was military base in Afghanistan on did not appear the explosion was charged with premeditated murder in Tuesday during a visit by Vice intended as a threat to Cheney. the Nov. 16, 2005, death of Pvt. Dylan President Dick Cheney, killing “He wasn’t near the site of the Paytas, 20, while the two were serving up to 23 people and wounding explosion,” Mitchell said. “He with Fort Benning’s 3rd Infantry Brigade 20. was safely within the base at the in Iraq. He pleaded guilty to unpremed- Cheney was unhurt in the time of the explosion.” itated murder and other charges under attack, which was claimed by the White House spokesman a deal with prosecutors. Taliban and was the closest that Tony Snow said he did not know The two soldiers had been arguing militants have come to a top whether publicity about Cheney’s at Camp Warhorse in Baqouba, Iraq, U.S. official visiting Afghanistan. overnight stay at the base helped when Rolan shot Paytas four times with At least one U.S. soldier, an invite the attack. his Army-issue 9mm pistol, according American contractor and a South “The fact is, the vice presi- to witness testimony. Korean soldier were among the dent was committed to having dead, NATO said. a visit with President Karzai,” R OME Cheney said the attackers were Snow said. “And they had to trying “to find ways to question delay, due to weather, in being Man who pleaded the authority of the central gov- able to get together. He certainly guilty to aiding ernment.” A purported Taliban wasn’t going to leave before he spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, finished doing his business.” Hamas sentenced said Cheney was the target of the Snow said Bush’s first reaction ROME, Ga. (AP) — The imam of a attack. was to ask if Cheney was OK. Georgia mosque who pleaded guilty to About two hours after the The base houses 5,100 U.S. providing support to the militant group blast, Cheney left on a mili- troops and 4,000 other coali- Hamas was sentenced Tuesday to more tary flight for Kabul to meet tion forces and contractors. High than seven years in prison. Mohamed Shorbagi, 42, could have with President Hamid Karzai security areas within the base are faced up to 15 years in prison. and other officials, then left blocked by their own checkpoints. Shorbagi pleaded guilty in August Afghanistan. It was unclear how an attacker to providing material support to the He was preparing to leave could expect to penetrate the base, militant group Hamas in a case in which for a meeting with Karzai when locate Cheney and get close to the agreement, charges and even the the suicide bomber struck about him without detection. plea hearing were handled in secret. 10 a.m., sending up a plume Cheney and Karzai met pri- Prosecutors have said that between of smoke. U.S. military officials vately for an hour and spoke 1997 and 2001, Shorbagi provided declared a “red alert” at the base. about the “problems coming from financial support to Hamas, a group “I heard a loud boom,” Pakistan,” said an Afghan govern- SHAWN P. E KLUND ~ MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE designated by the United States as a Cheney told reporters. “The ment official, a reference to cross- Vice President Dick Cheney speaks to a crowd during the official foreign terrorist organization. He also Secret Service came in and told border infiltration by militants who naming ceremony of the USS Gerald R. Ford at the Pentagon in was accused of conspiring to provide me there had been an attack on launch attacks in Afghanistan. Arlington, Va., on Jan. 16. material support to Hamas. The dona- tions were through a charity called the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, prosecutors said. Scientists present U.N. Rice: U.S. joining Iraq S AN FRANCISCO Buildings evacuated with plan to combat in inviting Iran and after landslide SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -— A land- slide of rocks and boulders tumbled global warming Syria for peace talks down onto an apartment building early Tuesday, sending 150 residents of San Julie Hirschfeld Davis world body has imposed on Iran. Francisco’s North Beach district into Charles J. Hanely authoritative U.N. network of 2,000 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rice stressed that it was the Iraqi the streets. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS scientists, made headlines with its government inviting Iran and Syria No injuries were reported, but at latest assessment of climate science. WA S H I N GTO N — The to participate, with the United States least four buildings were evacuated UNITED NATIONS — The IPCC expressed its greatest United States and the Iraqi gov- in support. after the 3 a.m. slide, and officials shut An international panel of scientists confidence yet that global warm- ernment are launching a new dip- At the White House, press sec- off water and electricity to the struc- presented the United Nations with ing is being caused largely by the lomatic initiative to invite Iran and retary Tony Snow told reporters the tures. a sweeping, detailed plan on Tuesday accumulation of carbon dioxide Syria to a “neighbors meeting” on administration is “happy that the City engineers were assessing pos- to combat climate change — a chal- and other heat-trapping gases in stabilizing Iraq, Secretary of State government of Iraq is taking this sible damage as boulders and mud lenge, it said, “to which civilization the atmosphere, mostly from man’s Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday. step and engaging its neighbors. piled several stories high against an must rise.” Failure would produce burning of coal, oil and other fossil “We hope that all governments And we also hope and expect that apartment building and the club. a turbulent 21st century of weather fuels. If nothing’s done, it said, global seize this opportunity to improve Iran and Syria will play construc- Residents were also were forced extremes, spreading drought and dis- temperatures could rise as much as their relations with Iraq and to tive roles in those talks.” to leave a 45-unit apartment building perched at the edge of the collapsed ease, expanding oceans and displaced 11 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. work for peace and stability in the But Snow cautioned people to hillside because of concerns its founda- coastal populations, Temperatures region,” Rice said in remarks pre- be patient, noting that “this is one tion had been compromised. it said. rose an aver- pared for delivery to a Senate com- where the agenda is being set up by “The increasing age 1.3 degrees mittee. Excerpts were released in the government of Iraq. And the numbers of envi- Fahrenheit over advance by the State Department. conditions, especially for bilateral L ONDON ronmental refugees he increasing the past 100 years. The move reflects a change of conversations with the Iranians, are Obese 8-year-old as sea levels rise Tnumbers of Tuesday’s report approach by the Bush administra- pretty clear.” and storm surges said the world’s tion, which previously had resisted The administration in recent ignites debate increase will be in ‘‘environmental nations should calls by members of Congress and weeks had increased its public criti- LONDON (AP) — A mother who the tens of millions,” refugees as sea levels agree to limit fur- by a bipartisan Iraq review group cism of Iran’s role in Iraq, charging feared she might lose custody of her panel co-chair ther rises this cen- to include Iran and Syria in diplo- it with supplying deadly weapons, obese 8-year-old son unless he lost Rosina Bierbaum, rise and storm surges tury to no more matic talks on stabilizing Iraq. including advanced technologies weight was allowed to keep the boy a University of increase will be in the than 3.6 degrees “I am pleased to announce that for the most lethal form of roadside after striking a deal Tuesday with social Michigan ecologist, Fahrenheit. we are also supporting the Iraqis bombs. The administration also has workers to safeguard his welfare. told reporters. tens of millions. Beyond that, in a new diplomatic offensive: to accused Syria of harboring anti- The case has set off a debate over After a two- “we would be in build greater support, both within Iraqi government forces and allow- child obesity and raised questions — Rosina Bierbaum year study, the 18- co-chair, international panel of a regime where the region and beyond, for peace ing weapons to cross its border. about whether genetics, junk food or member group, scientists for the United Nations the danger of and prosperity in Iraq,” Rice said, Meanwhile, Democrats’ ambi- bad parenting is to blame. Connor McCreaddie, of Wallsend representing 11 intolerable and adding that U.S. and Iraqi officials tious plans to limit President Bush’s in northeastern England, weighs 218 nations, offered scores of recom- unmanageable impacts on human agree that success in Iraq “requires war authority and force a change pounds, four times the weight of a mendations: from pouring billions well-being would rise very rapidly,” the positive support of Iraq’s neigh- of course in Iraq are faltering amid healthy child his age. more dollars into research and devel- said panel member John P. Holdren, bors.” party divisions over how quickly Connor and his mother, Nicola opment of cleaner energy sources, to director of Massachusetts’ Woods The announcement came even and aggressively they should act. McKeown, 35, both attended a child mobilizing U.N. and other agencies Hole Research Center. as the United States is engaged in A group of senior Senate protection meeting Tuesday with North to help affected people, to winning The experts panel said global car- its latest confrontation with Iran Democrats is pushing to repeal the Tyneside Council officials. political agreement on a global tem- bon dioxide emissions should be lev- over its nuclear program, which 2002 measure authorizing the war When he was 2 1/2, Connor was too perature “ceiling.” eled off by 2015-2020, and then cut U.S. officials say is aimed at devel- and pass a new resolution restrict- heavy for his mother to pick him up, Their 166-page report, produced back to less than one-third that level oping nuclear weapons but Tehran ing the mission and ordering troop and at 5, he weighed more than 126 at U.N. request and sponsored by the by 2100, via a vast transformation says is for new sources of energy. withdrawals to begin by this sum- pounds, said The Journal, a regional private United Nations Foundation of global energy systems — toward A U.N. Security Council dead- mer. In the House, a respected newspaper. Now the boy, who is tall for and the Sigma Xi Scientific Research greater efficiency, away from fos- line for Tehran to suspend uranium veteran wants to use Congress’ his age at 5 feet, wears adult clothes Society, was issued just three weeks sil fuels, and toward biofuels, solar, enrichment has just expired, and in spending power to essentially force and size eight shoes, the newspaper after the Intergovernmental Panel wind and other renewable energy response the U.S. wants the council Bush to scale back U.S. involve- said. on Climate Change (IPCC), an sources. to expand the limited sanctions the ment in Iraq. News DAILY EGYPTIAN Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5 Bill aims to drop 5 percent Disability Support Services tax from textbook sales recruits veterans for camp Joe Crawford that camp is probably close to 100 DAILY EGYPTIAN percent,” she said. Chris Klarer leaving a message. make their voice heard,” he said. Brian Harrison, a sophomore DAILY EGYPTIAN SIUC’s Undergraduate Student Fight Club, a student group Disability Support Services is from Palatine studying rehabilita- Government has also passed a started by USG senators to help air recruiting veterans who have sus- tion services, said he came to the Paisley Harper said she spent resolution authored by Cratic that students’ concerns, has identified tained serious injuries in war to camp and then went to a commu- nearly $300 on textbooks this encourages state legislators to sup- textbook prices as one of 14 issues attend a weeklong summer transi- nity college for two years before semester. port the bill. it will work on in the group’s recent tion program. coming back to SIUC. Harrison, Though some students may have “I’m using that resolution as a “Southern at 140” plan. The plan The camp — which is designed who is paralyzed from the waist paid more, and some less, a bill in template to get in touch with a lot is meant to address issues that are to help people with disabilities down, said the camp helped influ- the Illinois state legislature could of colleges around the state,” Cratic important to students in the short adapt to university life — is open ence his decision to attend the make textbook purchases a little said. term, and is a response to the larger- to all potential students, but sev- university, but it was not the only lighter on students’ wallets. He said he hopes other student scale development plan “Southern eral spots have been saved for reason. “I paid $500 last semester, and senates will pass similar resolutions. at 150.” veterans, said Kathleen Plesko, “I already knew it was the top $200 of it was just for one class,” If the bill passes, the impact on Fight Club co-founder Matt director of DSS. school for people with disabilities said Harper, a sophomore from the local economy would be mini- Picchietti said it is important to The more than 20,000 soldiers in Illinois and one of the top in Chicago studying business. mal. The bill would only remove look at the big picture. wounded in the wars in Iraq and the nation,” he said. Illinois Senate Bill 327 — which the 5 percent sales tax that goes to “This is the first step that has Afghanistan drove her to recruit T.J. Zweidinger, a junior from is scheduled to go before the Senate the state, said Kevin Baity, assistant to happen to start moving towards veterans specifically, Plesko said. Palatine studying political science, Revenue Committee Thursday city manager for economic develop- making textbooks less about busi- “I think anybody of a con- said he learned how to be more — would make textbook purchases ment. ness and more about education,” science looks at that situation that independent and even how to exempt from Illinois’ 5 percent sales City and county sales taxes, Picchietti said. we’re in right now and you just defend himself from an attacker tax. In Harper’s case, the nearly which total 1.25 percent, would Cratic said the bill is indeed want to help,” she said. while in a wheelchair when he $40 she paid in sales tax the past remain, he said. the first step. There are two other Many soldiers injured in recent attended the camp in 2004. two semesters could be saved in the Local bookstores should only be bills, Illinois Senate Bills 325 and conflicts sustained serious injuries He said the friendships he future. affected by a slight clerical change. 326, that will eventually need to be and are still in physical rehabilita- made during the camp helped “I’m very excited about this,” The reduction in prices would only advocated for, he said. tion, Plesko said. keep him from feeling homesick said TyJuan Cratic, a senior from be coming from a sales tax, which SB325 would require schools to “What we might be looking at during his freshman year. Chicago studying political science does not go to the store, said Randy set up textbook advisement com- this spring would be more people “It kind of gives you a, ‘Well and law. “I think it could potentially Johnson, general manager of 710 mittees to craft and enact policies who have depression or post-trau- I already know that person and mean a lot. It’s something that a Bookstore. regarding textbooks. The other bill, matic stress disorder,” she said. we’re going through the same lot of students have been working Students cannot start celebrat- SB326, would require manufactures She said she hopes to recruit at experience,’” he said. towards.” ing just yet, though. Even if the bill to disclose wholesale prices and a Scott Air Force Base, where many Plesko said the Illinois Board Cratic started the Facebook were passed by the Senate, it would history of revisions made to text- recently injured veterans from the of Higher Education has paid for group “The Progressive Campaign” still have to pass through the house books so professors could better area are taken when they return to the camp in the past, but after — a student group advocating for to be signed by the governor. assess when updating to new edi- the United States. this year the camp is not eligible the bill. Baity said since the language of tions is necessary. Those who attend the pro- for funding. The group has attracted 276 the bill identifies July 1 as the date “We’re keeping our eyes and ears gram do not need to be future This will be the last year the members from across the state and the new provision would go into open for what else can be done,” SIUC students, and the camp is camp is offered unless she can encourages concerned students to effect the bill will most likely have to Picchietti said. “But it’s going to be not intended as a recruitment tool find a private source of money contact their state legislators to be rewritten and the whole process a slow process, and again, this is the for the university, Plesko said. or the university pays for it, she support the bill. On the group’s repeated if it is not signed by the first step.” However, she said many who said. Facebook page, students can find governor at that point. attend the camp are drawn to the some state senators’ phone numbers “If this is something that stu- [email protected] university’s accessibility. [email protected] and talking points to be used when dents are in favor of, they need to 536-3311 ext. 267 “The rate that we keep out of 536-3311 ext. 259 D AILY EGYPTIAN EDITORIAL BOARD DAILY EGYPTIAN Mark Edmondson Brandon Weisenberger Danielle Dalo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR VOICES EDITOR
Molly Hill Wayne Utterback oices ASST. VOICES EDITOR NEWSROOM REPRESENTATIVE VAGE · EDNESDAY EBRUARY P 6 W , F 28, 2007
OUR WORD How to save a life
ary Lannom most likely can’t is most likely to need it. Lifeguards, fly or shoot lasers out of his doctors and police officers must know Geyes. CPR because their work environment But to the Daily Egyptian and calls for it. many around campus, he is a super But people should learn this integral man. procedure even if it’s not required in Lannom started his janitorial shift their workplace. Feb. 12 in Life Science II like any Lannom worked as a janitor in a other day. hospital for 14 years. Apparently, he Then there was a student’s frantic picked up a few tricks during that time. call for help. He’s a responsible adult who knew An infant boy was choking, and what he had to do in an emergency. time was running thin. Interim Chancellor John Dunn Lannom, acting on instinct, rushed applauded Lannom for his courageous over to the hysterical mother and efforts and encouraged colleagues to assessed the situation. learn from the traumatic experience. The mother begged Lannom to call Learning CPR and other lifesaving 911, but with no chance of securing a skills should be a common duty. When cell phone signal, Lannom took mat- coworkers, friends, family or even a ters into his own hands. stranger is in distress, the knowledge He decided not to do CPR because can be put into practice to immeasur- it could hurt the child, but was able to able effectiveness. clear the airway and save the baby’s life. The American Red Cross offers Even though Lannom didn’t per- CPR courses all over. On campus, the form CPR, it’s important that he was Student Recreation offers CPR and able to judge how CPR would affect First Aid courses. With one day and the baby and that he was prepared to $40, almost anyone can learn CPR. perform it if necessary. Because one day, you might find CPR is an important skill to have yourself in the same position as Gary when working in an environment that Lannom.
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OUR WORD Greener pastures ast year, the Department of Media and priority and will utilize the experience already Communication Resources was con- on campus. Ldemned. The university could have just as easily On Tuesday, it was torn down. dropped a ludicrous chunk of change for an out- And today marks the beginning of a new con- side firm to develop a new plan. Gus Bode says: It’s time to send struction — University Communications. But Dunn said, “We don’t want to rely on The fences surrounding the previous office external folks when we have good folks inter- the DE a letter. Don’t like what our blocked communica- nally.” student columnists and editorial The university tion with the colleges and And the university is already working on it. board have to say? Want to make the university. Interim Terry Clark, chair of the SIUC marketing your opinion heard on some other could have just as Chancellor John Dunn said department, will head the new Marketing and university policy? Do something these fences fell with the Advertising Services Unit. He said work has about it. easily dropped a destruction of MCR. already started, and his team of students hopes to Levels upon levels of have its first project ready for release in the next ludicrous chunk bureaucracy have been couple of weeks. Send letters to the editor and guest columnist submissions to axed. Communication and As for the rest of the plan, and for the highly of change for teamwork are emphasized. modified organization of the now-defunct MCR, [email protected], and don’t The need to progress is it is still just a plan. It is a collection of outstand- forget to include your name, year an outside stressed. ing ideas, and it has been solidified into an excel- in school, major, hometown and a Dunn said the reorga- lent plan. phone number for verification. firm to develop nization would be open to To work, the rest of the university is going to suggestions and be willing have to welcome the new change, and preferably a new plan. to work with the rest of the flood University Communications with ideas to university. help it out. We hope he’s right. Clark said he wants to tell the story of SIUC. We absolutely applaud a step in the right The Daily Egyptian stands ready to listen. direction. The administration has a plan to revi- We hope the university does, too. talize marketing, and it will include students If the plan works, the dark shadow on SIUC — paid students — in the process. will disappear, and the students, the faculty, the By hiring students to help develop power- staff and the administration will welcome greener ful new ideas, the university has recognized its pastures and a bright new day.
MISSION STATEMENT WORDS OVERHEARD The DAILY EGYPTIAN, the student-run newspaper of Southern Illinois University “I thought, well if I get them on the phone I’ll be talking to them for Carbondale, is committed to being a trusted source of news, information, commentary like an hour. Every second is going to count if he isn’t breathing. and public discourse, while helping readers understand the issues affecting their lives. Gary Lannom” SIU building service worker on calling 911 to rescue a choking baby Voices DAILY EGYPTIAN Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7
A BOUT US The day I met The DAILY E GYPTIAN is published by the students of Southern The lost Illinois University at Carbondale, with fall and spring circulations of 20,000. Curtis Granderson Free copies are distributed on campus and in the Carbondale, Murphysboro, friends and family were having generation and Carterville communities. MATT DUFFY at the game the previous night. Aaron Wolfe EACHING S [email protected] This reporter claimed that she’d practical need for it. The obses- R U heard someone got taken out GUEST COLUMNIST sion helps contribute to the largest Phone: (618) 536-3311 in cuffs and was subsequently release of greenhouse gas emissions News fax: (618) 453-8244 banned from the stadium for America is dying. We are in the world — around 7,000 tetra Ad fax: (618) 453-3248 Email: [email protected] In June, I’d been at my intern- the year. trapped in a deteriorating war, our grams of carbon dioxide per year ship for no more than four games. “Yeah,” Granderson replied, “a national debt continues to increase — and a staggering loss of jobs. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: It was my first homestand for the friend of mine and her boyfriend and our credibility with the rest On Jan. 22, Ford announced that it MARK EDMONDSON EXT. 252 White Sox. Sitting in the press were sitting in the stands, and they of the world is eternally damaged. is closing 14 manufacturing plants MANAGING EDITOR: BRANDON WEISENBERGER EXT. 253 box brings a certain amount of were getting some flak (yeah, he Now, more than ever, it is time for around the country. By the year ADVERTISING MANAGER: responsibility. This is a lesson that said flak) from some nearby family our nation to overcome adversity 2012, around 30,000 Americans MARQUES ANDERSON EXT. 230 I learned the hard way. My bosses because they were rooting for me. and begin an intensive healing will be out of a job. Meanwhile, CLASSIFIED MANAGER: were always very lenient with me. When they stood up to this family process. companies that recognized the THERESA DANIEL EXT. 225 For whatever reason, they allowed and said that they could root for I find some comfort in the fol- dramatic changes in our world, BUSINESS OFFICE: MATTHEW DREUTH EXT. 223 me to socialize with my friends whomever they want, the mother lowing idea: Our modern problems such as Toyota and Mitsubishi, are during the game. went and got a security guard, are not unique to history. America enjoying record-breaking profits. AD PRODUCTION MANAGER: LUCY MUSIELAK EXT. 244 Fast forward to the end of and claimed that my friend and has always been There is good NEWS EDITOR: the game, when all the media the boyfriend had made physi- a country that Do not feel news. It’s not too late HEATHER HENLEY EXT. 248 people exit via the stairs to the cal threats on her family, and her not only thrives, to change and efforts CITY EDITOR: interview room. Well, this route boyfriend and her were asked to but excels under overwhelmed by have already been ALICIA WADE EXT. 258 passes by the Drunk Tank, and leave, which they declined to do, pressure. Tom made to resuscitate CAMPUS EDITOR: the problems of SEAN MCGAHAN EXT. 254 low and behold, a buddy of mine and they took her boyfriend out Brokaw observed our country. “An our nation, and SPORTS EDITOR: with whom I’d been sitting in the in cuffs and banned him from this phenom- Inconvenient Truth” SCOTT MIESZALA EXT. 256 stands earlier was being led out the stadium. I told him to fight it enon in his book, most definitely do won the Oscar for VOICES EDITOR: in cuffs. He said he’d wait for me though.” “The Greatest not ignore them. best documentary, an DANIELLE DALO EXT. 261 PHOTO EDITOR: outside of the stadium, so, after I That was the answer that Generation.” The appropriate recogni- JOSEPH MIDKIFF EXT. 264 finished my interviews, I went out Granderson gave to the question. title has even been adopted to tion for its impact on educating GRAPHICS EDITOR to talk to him and his girlfriend. I was shocked, and when the describe the men and women who Americans about global warming. GIORGOS MARATHEFTIS EXT. 264 My friend, Mike, told me a reporters left, I stepped forward. helped win World War II, cham- Major corporations are learning GENERAL MANAGER: JERRY BUSH EXT. 229 story that included White Sox “Is your friend named pioned social security and secured from Ford’s mistakes and adopt- FACULTY MANAGING EDITOR: fans picking a fight with him Leoconie Dolor by chance?” I the largest wealth in human his- ing “green policies” that both save ERIC FIDLER EXT. 247 because his girlfriend was root- asked, followed by, “and is her boy- tory. money, and have a positive effect ACCOUNTANT 1: ing for the Detroit Tigers. As friend named Michael Sorensen?” I do not intend to demean on the economy. DEBBIE CLAY EXT. 224 the security guards deemed him “Yeah!” He responded enthusi- their accomplishments. However, And then there’s the average CIRCULATION REPRESENTATIVE: uncooperative, they hauled him off astically. “Did you hear about that adopting the premise of this book American. We live in a country MATTHEW AUBRY EXT. 229 MICRO-COMPUTER SPECIALIST: to the Drunk Tank. He was also BS (edited version)? I couldn’t is dangerous. According to Brokaw, where we have the privilege of free KELLY THOMAS EXT. 242 banned from U. S. Cellular Field believe that! He got banned from our nation has peaked. Future speech, but have yet to make our PRINTSHOP SUPERINTENDENT: until 2007. Mike’s girlfriend was the stadium for some stupid generations of Americans might voices heard. We have been a lost BLAKE MULHOLLAND EXT. 243 clearly distraught, and said she just stuff.” as well enjoy an apathetic trip generation that seeks definition in N OTICE wanted to apologize to Curtis. Shocked, the only thing I through life and eat away at our a world that continues to gray. The DAILY EGYPTIAN is a “designated Who Curtis was, I didn’t know. could say was, “I know man, I saw immense wealth. We can no longer afford to public forum.” Student editors have Nor did I know at that time that them after the game, they told And that’s exactly what we’ve let this happen. Do not feel over- authority to make all content decisions she had gotten the tickets from me everything.” I then introduced done. whelmed by the problems of our without censorship or advance approval. a Tigers’ player. That was until myself and shook his hand. In fact, we’ve gained so much nation, and most definitely do not I showed up in the Tigers’ club- Upon witnessing this weight that it has become an epi- ignore them. Major change begins C OPYRIGHT INFO house the next day, and was asked exchange, my boss ran to see why demic. According to the Center and ends at the grassroots level. © 2007 DAILY EGYPTIAN. All rights by my boss to interview Curtis I had broken the only rule they for Disease Control, the prevalence Follow the words of President reserved. 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Put your money where mouths are and open some businesses ers cannot allow a totally legal activity to E DITORIAL POLICY that are smoke-free and put them out of occur on their private property. No one is your mouth is OUR WORD is the consensus of the business? forcing you to go to these bars and restau- DAILY EGYPTIAN Editorial Board on The worst part about a ban is this: rants. Go somewhere else and quit your DEAR EDITOR: local, national and global issues If I wish to open a restaurant that caters whining. That is capitalism at it’s best. affecting the Southern Illinois All letters regarding smoking bans to smokers and all employees are also Open your own business and quit University community. Viewpoints seem to say that local business owners smokers, plus I put in a ventilation sys- telling owners, who do put their money expressed in columns and letters to the are keeping their profits down because tem that changes the air every 15 min- where their mouths are, how to operate editor do not necessarily reflect those of the DAILY EGYPTIAN. they allow smoking. If this economic utes, you say I cannot do that. That is their private property. bonanza is untapped, why don’t these not what America should be about. You Rebel C. Pinkston people put their money where their are saying that private business own- Carbondale resident
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A news broadcast produced by SIUC students last semester was the best college broadcast in the nation, according to the Broadcast Education Association. The River Region Evening Edition, a student-run news show broadcast on WSIU-TV, will be pre- sented the first place prize for best college broadcast in the nation during a BEA awards ceremony in April. JOSEPH MIDKIFF ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN The award-winning broadcast Kalee Dionne, a senior, presents the weather forecast for the River on Dec. 6 was led by an investiga- Region Evening News on Tuesday. Floor director Samantha Thomas, tive story on racial discrimination left, a freshman, and Tiffany Winkler, a senior, observe Dionne during at the Save-A-Lot grocery store in the broadcast. All are studying radio-television. Carbondale. The story resulted in an investigation by the Illinois State cast television for about 12 years Attorney General’s office. and started working for SIUC in The broadcast also featured a piece September. on sexual abuse at nursing homes and He said this accomplishment a story about the difficulties of find- really belongs to the students. ing information on landlords before “It’s a classroom, so I’m a teacher renting. just like any other one it’s just a dif- Two River Region team members ferent kind of classroom,” Gee said. will also claim prizes from the BEA. The River Region broadcast is Max Orenstein won second place for produced entirely by students who his feature on a legally blind com- work on a volunteer basis. They give petitive bicyclist and Julie Koch won live broadcasts at 5 p.m. Monday third place for her hard news piece on through Thursday on WSIU-TV. dangerous decks. Gee said this area is the second “I was really proud of the stu- biggest television market in Illinois dents and really proud of the work outside of Chicago. they did, because not only did they Rachel Gartner, River Region’s JOSEPH MIDKIFF ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN do the investigative stories, but one assistant news director and a graduate Anchor Julie Koch gives an off even did a follow-up story,” said student from Christopher studying the air impromptu message Eileen Waldron, who teaches a class professional media practice, said the to the newsroom in reaction to designed to give students an oppor- chemistry of the fall semester’s staff the heat of the studio lights. The tunity to write in-depth news stories. was a big contribution to the win. temperature in the entire studio Waldron said WSIU-TV news Julie Smallheer, a senior from increases by 7 degrees due to the JOSEPH MIDKIFF ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN director Jim Gee was a big part of O’Fallon studying radio-television heat of the lights. River Region Evening News anchors for Tuesday evening, winning the award. broadcasting, was one of the anchors sophomore Erik Rancatore left, and senior Julie Koch prepare to “Without his direction and edito- for the winning broadcast. people can make one amazing thing begin the broadcast in the WSIU TV Studio. Last year’s studio crew rial control it would have been pretty She said it was an honor because happen,” Smallheer said. was awarded first place for best newscast, Koch was awarded third for hard to win, so that’s a major contri- more than 30 people put so much best hard news piece and Max Orenstein, not pictured, won second bution,” Waldron said. work into it. [email protected] for best feature. Gee said he has worked in broad- “It’s just a huge honor that many 536-3311 ext. 255 Gloria Bode says check out this DAILY EGYPTIAN space on Thursday for all that’s happening this weekend ulse Music PAGE · EDNESDAY EBRUARY P 11 W , F 28, 2007 www.siude.com/pulse Cat scratch ‘Beside You fever?No, just in Time’ hits a headache nail on head Julie Engler DAILY EGYPTIAN Wayne Utterback DAILY EGYPTIAN Kittie ‘Funeral For Yesterday’ Release date: Feb. 20, 2007 Nine Inch Nails Live ‘Beside You in Time’ X of Infamy (label) Release Date: Feb. 27, 2007 5.1 surround sound. This was a concert meant www.kittierocks.com Interscope/Nothing Records to be listened to loud, and your system will get a Lander’s lyrics were never amazing, and www.nin.com workout with the amount of noises coming out this record follows through with that claim. of each channel. Her attempts to be gothic are the usual, using An added plus is the fact that “Beside You It’s obvious to guess what you’re thinking, words such as “funeral” and “coffin” in hopes In Time,” comes in three formats – DVD, HD and yes, if you haven’t heard already, Kittie really they will take the edge off the sad, sappy, DVD and Blu-ray. For those with compatible has made another album. After a small regroup- heartbroken lyrics. Nine Inch Nails seems to be on a quest to televisions, this concert is a maelstrom of may- ing and a decade of experience, Kittie releases The second thing this album is missing churn out more material than ever before since hem beautifully shot in high definition. Colors “Funeral For Yesterday” without much of a warn- — and needs more of — is Lander’s screams. the band’s release of “With Teeth” in 2005. are rich, the performers look crisp and when ing or a crowd looking forward to it. Kittie manages to squeeze it in for the last few Trent Reznor and company have released a observed in its highest quality, it looks better than This album is a very mainstream attempt tracks “Summer Dies,” “Flower of Flesh And few singles, been touring worldwide and gearing what any other band is putting out right now. for Kittie, as the once-screaming vocals switch Blood,” “This Too Shall Pass”, only to hide it up for the next full-length “Year Zero,” due in When it comes to the visual presentation, to singing and the heavy metal is toned down. at the end in hopes to redeem what the band April. that’s where the real splendor lies. Using a large It’s got the guitar riffs and the speed metal made listeners suffer through for the first However, before “Year Zero” comes “Beside projection screen in front of the band for some chug, though it’s hard to call the music anything eight songs. This is also where Kittie’s harder You in Time,” a live DVD recorded during the songs and a large lighting wall in the background close to “speedy,” as most of the songs take a tracks come in, and they’re a lot better. band’s 2006 winter tour loaded with all sorts of on others, the imagery produced is a striking moderate tempo. The first thing this album is Still, props to Kittie, because the band other goodies for all those nail heads. experience. missing is some bass. Sure, there’s a little bit of proves the mostly male-dominated metal While their last live DVD “And All That Take the showing of George Bush dancing double bass pedal in the drumming, but it never scene can do with some dresses and make-up, Could Have Been,” was paint by number rendi- during “Right Where It Belongs,” the moment resonates with authority. Instead, it just kind of even though the men are already wearing that tions of their many tracks, “Beside You In Time” his face is shown the crowd starts booing and taps and fades away. The actual bass playing is stuff, anyway. The only thing that makes the changes songs to make them seem fresh. flipping off the image. It shows what politi- almost non-existent and is trumped easily by the music obviously played by women is the fact “Only” starts off with a new guitar riff before cal messages lay beneath some of the songs on wretchedly bad guitar. that everybody already knows there are no swinging into the grooving baseline. The whole “With Teeth.” Morgan Lander actually sings on this album guys in Kittie, and, well, the name of the band song sounds reworked but, for the most part, When it comes to extra features, the con- instead of screaming all the time, though it kind of gives it away, too. retains the dance-tinged beat from the version cert has a few songs that can be seen through doesn’t suit her well. First of all, she can’t sing, and Fans of the band will love this album and on “With Teeth.” alternate angles, some extra performances, two secondly, the vocals don’t match the rest of the probably will be surprised at the change, but The concert consists of 24 songs with a third music videos, a photo gallery and lyrics that can music. Instead of creating vocal melody, Lander everyone else will more than likely laugh, devoted to “With Teeth” and clocks in at just be viewed while the songs play – this is a must- simply follows the guitar. The background vocals shrug their shoulders and forget about the over two hours. buy for anyone wanting to experience Nine Inch are also monotonously horrible. album within a few weeks. The audio supports DTS and Dolby Digital Nails live. 12 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 DAILY EGYPTIAN News for comment. Baltimore in the ‘90s. #ARBONDALE PRIMARY RACE BREAKDOWN MAYOR Holder came to the Jackson Election judges in student precincts CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 County Courthouse, where the votes said voter traffic seemed slower than 4HE RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL UNTIL CERTIFIED AND ALL LATE ARRIVING again for the April 17 election, where were counted and projected on a normal. Election judge Carl Mitchell ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE COUNTED they will also be joined by six City large screen in the lobby. He said he said he was surprised by how few vot- Council candidates vying for three was shocked by how few votes he ers found their way to his precinct in *ESSICA $AVIS 0EPPER (OLDER seats. received. the basement of Grinnell Hall. By 2 The results are unofficial until He said he knows the remaining p.m., both precincts in Grinnell had they are certified and all late-arriving candidates are not going to address the handled a handful of voters. absentee ballots are counted. real issues of police treatment, housing “If it was any slower, it’d be a snail’s "RAD #OLE 3HEILA 3IMON Simon, who campaigned heavily and employment. pace,” he said. leading up to the primary, and more “There are so many inequalities Mitchell, who has served in the than 50 supporters gathered at Glassy in the community that people aren’t same student precinct for more than Junction Tuesday night to celebrate addressing,” Holder said. “Smiling 12 years, said participation has been the results. about the issues is not going to get higher in years that the Undergraduate “We’ve put in a lot of work to get the job done. You need to work on Student Government has tried to lure this far … the good news is now we the issues.” students to the polls and conducted 0AULETTE @7ILLS 3HERWOOD get to put in a lot more work,” Simon Not passing the primary has forced registration drives. ,UANNE * "ROWN 3TEVEN . (AYNES said. “We’ve got a big challenge ahead Holder to re-evaluate his situation, he He said he remembers the most of us, but we’re ready for it.” said. After almost seven years serving student turnout for a mayoral race was After the results were announced, in the community as a radio person- in the late ‘90s when a candidate pro- Simon, who is the daughter of late ality and then a mayoral candidate, posed changing the bar entry age. ,ANCE $ *ACK Sen. Paul Simon, said she had an idea Holder said he is going to have to This year citizens will choose for her campaign. leave the public eye for a while. between Cole, the 35-year-old mayor “I’m looking forward to taking one “To give so much has taken a toll who is running for re-election, and -ARY 0OHLMANN Saturday off from doing door-to-door on me and my family, so I’ve got to get Simon, the 45-year-old council mem- work and then getting right back to busy and make some money,” he said. ber who is also an assistant professor in *OSEPH -OORE it,” she said. Davis, who began her campaign the SIU law school. She also commended Davis and in September, did not return mul- %LIZABETH ,EWIN Holder, who did not advance on their tiple calls for comment. This is the Alicia Wade contributed to this report. good campaigns. second failed mayoral bid for Davis, [email protected] 3OURCE *ACKSON #OUNTY #LERK Cole did not return multiple calls who unsuccessfully ran for mayor of 536-3311 ext. 274 'IORGOS -ARATHEFTIS_%ĒĚĝĪ&ĘĪġĥĚĒğ
Tuesday’s primary also served to was just the beginning of his cam- he was shocked and surprised by the looking forward to April. COUNCIL eliminate one City Council candi- paign. results, but also grateful. “I think Carbondale had some CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 date. Paulette “Wills” Sherwood saw “We came in fourth,” Moore said. “That puts a burden upon us now excellent candidates and I don’t think After Tuesday’s primary, Moore her campaign end when she failed to “The top three get seats. We’re within to run a clean and strong campaign to that the community would have lost is the first SIUC student in 26 years receive enough votes. shouting distance.” retain the seat,” he said. with any of these candidates,” she to secure a spot in April’s general Sherwood said she was not disap- Moore stressed the importance He also said he hoped to continue said. election for City Council. Moore was pointed with the voter turnout and of friends and supporters who have a grassroots campaign by continuing Luanne J. Brown rounded out the fourth in the polls, coming in just said it was clear people wanted change helped him so far in his campaign. He to get out and talk to people within final six City Council candidates with 18 votes ahead of incumbent Lance in Carbondale. also said while he was happy to have the community. more than 9 percent of the vote. Jack, according to the unofficial results “I see some new names coming up more votes than Jack, he had to put it City Council candidate Mary The six remaining City Council from the Jackson County Web site. with who the people voted for, espe- in perspective. Pohlmann also attended Simon’s candidates move on to the April The last time a traditional stu- cially on the City Council,” Sherwood “In all fairness, he didn’t gear up gathering at Glassy Junction, saying 17 general election where they will dent — one between the ages of 18 said. his campaign,” Moore said. “But I her day consisted of swimming, dis- compete for three open seats on the and 24 who attends school full-time She added she hoped the remain- do think it does send a positive mes- tributing some campaign signs, voting council. — advanced through the primary ing candidates would focus on topics sage that we did come in before an and then waiting for the results. was in 1981. That year, two SIUC such as Clean Up Carbondale, Smoke incumbent.” Waiting at the Jackson County Andrea Zimmermann contributed to students, Paul Matalonis and Matt Free Carbondale and the economic Another incumbent, Steven Courthouse for results as well, this report. Coulter, secured spots on the elec- situation in the city. Haynes, topped the polls, receiving Elizabeth Lewin, one of the other [email protected] tion ballot. But for the SIUC junior, the night almost 18 percent of the vote. He said remaining candidates, said she was 536-3311 ext. 258 Classified DAILY EGYPTIAN Wednesday, February 28, 2007 13 14 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 DAILY EGYPTIAN Classified Classified DAILY EGYPTIAN Wednesday, February 28, 2007 15 16Wednesday, February 28, 2007 DAILY EGYPTIAN Comics The Duplex by Glenn McCoy
By Linda Black Today’s Birthday (02-28-07). One Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - Today is a good idea leads to another this year, you 7 - Your friends provide lots more than can rely on that. You’ll soon be building a few good jokes. They strengthen your and developing moneymaking concepts. resolve, improve your confidence and Set up a framework for yourself that guar- tease you into action. You’ve got to love antees a nice profit. them for it. Girls and Sports by Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein To get the advantage, check the day’s Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21 - Today rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most is an 8 - You’re very good at keeping challenging. secrets, so do that again. Don’t let any- Aries (March 21-April 19) - Today is body know who’s really in charge. Put up a 6 - You’re getting luckier. Don’t let this a figurehead. news interfere with your critical thinking. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Today Winning isn’t the only thing. How you is a 7 - More research is required. Hit the play the game matters, too. books or the Internet. Several new ques- Taurus (April 20-May 20) - Today is a tions have popped up, and you can find 7 - You have a talent for building monu- the answers. ments. Construct a legacy your family can Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Today is rely upon for generations. a 7 - Better figure out what you’ve made, Gemini (May 21-June 21) - Today is and what you’ve spent recently. This is a 7 - You’re looking good, but don’t relax. one of those jobs that you’re better off There’ll be another tough question. No doing yourself. flirting, drinking or wild giggling fits until Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Today is after the gig is over. a 7 - Others seek your advice, and well John and the Giraffe by Marc Chyba Cancer (June 22-July 22) - Today is they should, since you’re so smart. Listen an 8 - You have the natural ability to do to their ideas, too, and you’ll prove it very well in business. This serves you in conclusively. whatever you do. You can manage both Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) - Today is time and money. a 7 - It’s perfectly natural to go over your Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) - Today is a 6 decision in your mind. Don’t worry, you - A difficult task is nearing completion, can make adaptations as you go along, and that’s a wonderful thing. Don’t let this if you like. event go by unnoticed. Plan a celebration for tomorrow. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Today is a 5 - Not only do you have to get the job done yesterday, but the requirements keep changing, too. Luckily, you do well (c) 2007, TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES INC. under pressure. Keep telling yourself that. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune College and Cats by nikki proctor
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Scott Mieszala 70 points in the voting, topping Josh Johnston DAILY EGYPTIAN Funk’s 67 and Falker’s 65. DAILY EGYPTIAN Falker, a junior forward, was Jamaal Tatum edged out named the Defensive MVP, and Hidden in the corner of the SIU Creighton’s Nate Funk and Saluki he made the MVC All-Defensive Arena are some familiar faces to the teammate Randal Falker for the Team along with Saluki guards patrons of the Saluki men and wom- 2007 Larry Bird Missouri Valley Tony Young, a senior, and Bryan en’s home basketball games. Conference Player of the Year Mullins, a freshman. Along with a noisy student sec- award. More to come in the DAILY tion, the cheerleaders, the Shakers and The voting is believed to be EGYPTIAN tomorrow. alumni screaming at the top of their the closest in the MVC’s history. lungs is the SIU pep band — seated Tatum, a senior guard for the SIU [email protected] just to the right of the student sec- men’s basketball team, received 536-3311 ext. 269 tion. The Saluki pep band plays at all home basketball games that do not take place over school breaks. not translate into cut positions or During the beginning of a game, MARKETING reduced salaries. the band plays one of the SIU fight CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “No one’s losing their job, no songs as the crowd claps along and Saluki Dunn said SIUC will seek other one’s losing their status in the orga- shouts “Go Dawgs!” Throughout the students to assist in the market- nization,” he said. game, the band keeps the fans ener- Pep Band ing drive, and class credit will be Ruiz said the marketing report getic and up-tempo. During timeouts drummer awarded. that spurred the reorganization was and downtime the band plays songs Kathryn The new marketing operation not necessarily a wake-up call for from today and yesteryear, getting the Rushin, also eliminates the executive direc- SIUC, just a source of motivation. crowd ready for the rest of the game. a senior tor position — most recently held Problems have been around for The pep band has been there all studying by university Internet analyst Sue at the past decade, Ruiz said, and season long to support the Salukis, education, Davis — and four associate direc- recent developments prompted the and Director of Bands Christopher performs tor spots. university to act. Morehouse said the group has been with the The restructuring is due largely “It took things like the declining around since the 1970s. band before in part to a harsh analysis of SIUC enrollment to get people’s atten- “The pep band goes back years the women’s by the Washington, D.C.-based tion,” he said. and years,” band director Andrew basketball SimpsonScarborough marketing Separate departments will pro- Tucker said. “It was started to pro- game Friday firm. A report by the company said duce university press releases, update mote a positive atmosphere and raise night. the university lacks pride, needs a and maintain the SIUC Web site, school spirit.” DUVALE RILEY strategic marketing plan and should provide photography, promote the The pep band plays different sets DAILY EGYPTIAN revamp the department tasked with campus and create new marketing to coincide with the cheerleaders and promoting the campus. material, Ruiz said. Shakers so they can have organized work and dedication. port. At the end of the Salukis’ win Clark said that while the Kathleen Hendrick, a first year routines during the game. Songs are There are 42 members in the pep over Evansville Saturday, coach Chris revamped department is meant to master’s of business student from chosen based on the situation of the band and many of the students are a Lowery went over to the fan section rejuvenate a stagnant operation, Carbondale, is one of the students game. part of other SIU music ensembles. and the pep band, and pointed to much work is needed to produce hired for the marketing operation. “I take a lot of pride in the game Senior percussionist Katy Rushin is them and thanked them. results. She said she is excited to be part flow and trying to pick the right song also a member of the drum line in the “Our band is huge, they come “Our problems didn’t happen of the endeavor. at the right time,” Tucker said. “There SIU marching band and sophomore in and play key music at key times,” overnight and they’re not going to “We have great professors and is always a question do you just do it drummer Jimmy Beers is involved in junior forward Randal Falker said. “If go away overnight,” Clark said. a great campus,” she said. “I like when the team is winning or when the several different music ensembles. they can get the fans going that’s all Mike Ruiz, communications we have a lot of opportunity at crowd needs a pick me up or which of “I’m in the wind ensemble and the that matters. They get pumped, then director for the Office of the this university and we need to tell the four fight songs to choose.” percussion ensemble,” Beers said. “Pep we get pumped, and the next thing President, is interim director of everyone.” Tucker said that the members of band is a good time. It offers drum set you know we get rockin’ in there.” University Communications and the pep band were the reason why the play and it’s a little more free.” led the department’s restructuring. [email protected] band was so successful, and it would The players and coaches have [email protected] He said the title changes do 536-3311 ext. 253 not be possible without their hard noticed the band’s overwhelming sup- 536-3311 ext. 282
HANDWRITING I was actually the one who won.” came from Springfield-based Salukis,” said Buerger, who gradu- Dunn said the university values The $2,900 will be plugged into Metal Decor, owned by SIUC ated from the university in 1970. its international students and he CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Chesser’s Bursar account when alumnus Steve Wells. Dunn said he was glad the hopes people are not upset about but registered because he didn’t he registers for the fall semester, Buerger said he and Wells student who was first drawn got to Buerger’s comments Saturday. want to be rude to the girl. Buerger said. developed the idea for a scholar- receive money. “It was definitely not meant to “I kind of just signed it in scrib- Chesser’s scholarship comes ship drawing that Wells would “My compliments to the be an affront to anyone,” he said. bles and went my way,” Chesser straight from the alumni organiza- provide the money for and the Alumni Association. I think this said. tion’s coffers, but the $2,900 allot- association would promote. is clearly the right thing to do,” [email protected] “I was surprised to find out that ted to the other student Saturday “It was the idea of two loyal he said. 536-3311 ext. 254 18 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 DAILY EGYPTIAN Sports Being better doesn’t equal bids
Eric Olson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Missouri Valley Conference touts itself as a bet- ter league from a year ago. That doesn’t mean it will receive as many NCAA tournament bids. With an unprecedented four awarded in 2006, the Valley was celebrated as a mid-major mar- vel. Critics of the selection com- mittee’s generosity — CBS’ Billy Packer among them — were tem- porarily silenced when Bradley and Wichita State reached the round of 16. “We’ve come back from a year in which we had a lot of doubt- ers,” Valley commissioner Doug Elgin said Tuesday. “The perfor- mance in the NCAA tournament DAN CELVI ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN was sweet validation against the SIU guard Jamaal Tatum attempts to pass the ball while being backdrop of the criticism we came guarded by Illinois State University forward Anthony Slack during the under on Selection Sunday. What basketball game on Jan. 27. our teams have done as an encore this year is pretty impressive.” Louis, if it’s someone other than out of Peoria, which finished Impressive, for sure, but the Salukis (25-5). fourth in the regular season but a bounty of bids still might be Creighton (19-10) and is a respectable No. 46 in the hard to come by. No. 11 Southern Missouri State (21-9), the Valley’s RPI. Last year the Braves ended Illinois, the regular-season cham- second- and third-place teams, up fifth in the Valley, lost in the pion, has a No. 4 RPI and is a probably need one win apiece in conference finals and beat Kansas lock. So is the winner of this St. Louis to secure a bid. and Pittsburgh in the NCAA week’s MVC tournament in St. Then there’s Bradley (20-11), tournament.
YOUNG Redemption “In my mind, I’m the littlest, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20 Young reached a new level in strongest, craziest dude you’re going summer 2005. With newfound con- to meet,” Young said. “If you’re going “The thing I remember is fidence, he torched his teammates to guard me, I’m going to guard just how intense he was and how with an array of jumpers and layups you back. If you’re going to post me demanding was of himself,” says during scrimmages at SIU Arena. up, I’m not going to let you touch Weber, now coach at the University Then it happened. the ball.” of Illinois. While chasing a rebound one But they’d also heard of his day, he landed awkwardly on team- Bye Dad anger problems too. mate Stetson Hairston’s foot. An On a rainy spring day in As a freshman Saluki running X-ray revealed a fractured bone. Indianapolis, Young said he laid to scrimmages against his older team- “It was the worst feeling ever,” rest one chapter in his life. mates, Young was frequently shoved Young said. In May 2006, Young and his to the ground. He often responded When Young returned, he had girlfriend of two and a half years, by spiking the ball into the tile. the best season of his career, averag- Kyeshea McCord, hopped in “I was so little, everybody was ing 11.6 points and 14.8 in Valley his black Cadillac and made the just running me over,” Young said. games, earning him MVC First four-hour drive from Carbondale “I felt like a little boy playing with Team honors. to Indianapolis to attend his men. I had to get serious about it.” On defense, Young attacks even aunt’s graduate school commence- Young did just that. He decided more relentlessly, blocking passing ment. to redshirt his freshman year to lanes, poking away passes, until the Later that evening at his aunt’s work on his skills. He hit the man he’s guarding no longer wants downtown house, he said kicked weights harder and added 15 the basketball. The guard has sunk back with his father. They shared pounds of muscle to his 170-pound game-winning baskets against Drake stories, laughed and played domi- frame. He listened to his coaches’ and Northern Iowa. noes. advice. He spent more time work- “I don’t think I’ve ever been But later their conversation grew ing on his jump shot. around a kid that was tougher,” more serious. Young said his father By his sophomore year, he Weber said. “(Former Illinois guard) apologized for missing out on his earned MVC Sixth Man of the Deron Williams was a guy who’s life. Year honors. very competitive, but Tony’s prob- The next day, Young returned to But Young’s fiery temper ably the toughest guy I have been Schaumburg for Mother’s Day with remained. around and as good a defensive play- a weight off his shoulders. SIU coach Chris Lowery, who er. He barely lets you breathe on the “All the anger that I had inside, was an assistant under Weber at the offensive end.” I just let it go,” Young said. “There time, said the young guard would On senior night Saturday, Young ain’t no reason to be mad at this grow impatient and get into foul put his defensive talents on full dis- man, because look how it turned trouble. play against Evansville. During one out. There was more hurt on his “He would just be upset with sequence, he finished a fast break off a part than mine because he missed himself,” Lowery said. “We had Tyrone Green pass then followed it up out. All the stuff that I did and all to get him to understand, when- with another steal that led to a Saluki the accomplishments that I’ve had ever you make a mistake, don’t score. He finished with 17 points in his is his loss, not mine.” compound that by making another final game at SIU Arena. On Tuesday, mistake that may lead to a techni- MVC coaches named Young to the [email protected] cal foul.” Valley’s All-Defensive Team. 536-3311 ext. 252 Sports DAILY EGYPTIAN Wednesday, February 28, 2007 19 STATS OF THE DAY 7 Saluki IInsidernsider / JAMAAL TATUM
Arguably, the top two players in the nation are freshmen. Greg Oden, a center from 3 the Ohio State University and forward Kevin Durant from the University of Texas should 36
both leave college after this season and go 1-2 in the NBA Draft. Texas Tech head coach Bob Knight said the new rule that forces players to stay one year before entering the draft 17
hurts the college game. Do you agree with him? ” 43 “Maybe Knight meant ‘ridiculously good . 8 for the college game,’ because that’s what it ’ SCOTT MIESZALA is. It really piques the people’s interest to see those 37-23 games from Durant and it helps 08 16
the players’ development, although that 37-23 . scott_mieszala@ was on Knight’s Texas Tech squad. Thinking of 06 dailyegyptian.com it that way, I can see where Knight’s coming . Senior Saluki guard Jamaal from.” 36 : Tatum was named the 2007 Larry Bird Missouri Valley Conference “I like the idea of making someone go to Player of the Year. He ranks seventh 333 5 school for a year because I think the entire . in SIU history with 1,557 points 0 game is better for it. At the same time, it’s JEFF ENGELHARDT heading into this weekend’s MVC unfair that most of these players don’t have Tournament. This season he is to show up to class because they’ll be gone jeff_engelhardt@ averaging 14.5 points, 2.4 assists and before they are academically ineligible.” dailyegyptian.com 2.9 rebounds per game.
“Knight is right and wrong. As a fan of college basketball, I love watching guys such as Kevin Durant eat up the competition. However, MATT HARTWIG if I were a coach, I would hate the new rule. Recruiting would be a nightmare knowing that Do you have questions for matt_hartwig@ if you recruit the best high school basketball the Saluki Banter that you dailyegyptian.com player he would only make your program good for one year and then leave.” want answered? E-mail [email protected]
WOMEN’S GOLF Salukis take seventh place Team shoots 299 ence in most of the golfers’ scores from not one of the five golfers the team the first to second round of play. selected to score before the tourna- in final round The only Saluki to improve her ment. However, Gerlach said the team score from the first to second round rallied around her and looked to her Jeff Engelhardt was sophomore Lauren May, who for leadership. DAILY EGYPTIAN shot 78 in the first round and 75 in the “Sam really came through for us,” second, which was good enough to put Gerlach said. “(She) proved she is a The SIU women’s golf team hopes her in a tie for 19th overall. leader on and off the course.” to build from a strong finish in its first The Salukis were led by junior SIU is looking to build off its strong spring tournament. Kelly Gerlach, who shot 74 and 77 final round going into the March 9 The Salukis competed Monday in the first two rounds, finishing 14th. Rio Verde Invitational in Arizona. and Tuesday in the Islander Spring Gerlach was able to finish with 74 in Daughtery said she believes the Classic at Corpus Christi, Texas. SIU the first round despite struggling on team will be able to play well. had a rocky tournament that included her first nine holes, which included “We’ve played that course in a final round score of 299. three double bogeys. Phoenix before,” she said. “Everyone SIU tied for seventh place despite “I had to dig down deep and really likes it.” the weather working against the regroup,” Gerlach said. “I had to get a Gerlach said she thinks the team’s Salukis early in the tournament. hold of my tee shot.” final round score of 299 is going to Coach Diane Daughtery said the Daughtery said she was pleased make the golfers more confident in Texas heat was one of the reasons the with the team’s performance and was their upcoming tournament. team did not play to its full potential. glad to see everyone have at least one “We’re going into one of our big- “We were playing in 83-degree good round. gest tournaments of the year,” she said. heat,” Daughtery said. “I think that Senior Samantha Sutzer turned in “We are going to build on our strong was one of the reasons we struggled in the best performance for the Salukis, finish and move on to bigger and bet- the second round.” shooting a team-best 150 through the ter things.” SIU shot 304 in the first round first two rounds to place 11th. of play and 315 in the second round. Her score did not count to the [email protected] There was a three to five-stroke differ- overall team standing since she was 536-3311 ext. 238
MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE BASEBALL SCHEDULE MEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE Feb. 28 Tennessee-Martin 2 p.m. March 5 Grover Page Classic All Day March 2 MVC Tournament 12:05 p.m. March 2 Northern Illinois 2 p.m. March 6 Grover Page Classic All Day March 3 MVC Tournament 1:35 p.m. March 3 Northern Illinois 1 p.m. March 12 Samford Intercollegiate All Day March 4 MVC Tournament 1:05 p.m. March 4 Northern Illinois 1 p.m. March 13 Samford Intercollegiate All Day March 7 Murray State 2 p.m. April 02 Pepsi Shocker Classic All Day WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE March10 Youngstown State 2 p.m. April 03 Pepsi Shocker Classic All Day March 1 Missouri State 7:05 p.m. March 11 Youngstown State 1 p.m. April 09 ASU Indian Classic All Day March 3 Wichita State 2:05 p.m. April 10 ASU Indian Classic All Day SOFTBALL SCHEDULE April 23 State Farm/MVC All Day
March 3 Ball State 12 p.m. WOMEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE March 3 Ohio 2 p.m. March 10 Rio Verde Invitational All Day www. March 4 Western Illinois 3 p.m. March 10 Rio Verde Invitational All Day March 4 Indiana 5 p.m. March 11 Rio Verde Invitational All Day siude March 9 Florida A&M 1:30 p.m. March 25 Saluki Invitational All Day March 9 Western Carolina 4 p.m. March 13 Saluki Invitational All Day .com March 10 Buffalo 11 a.m. April 06 Illini Spring Classic All Day DAILY EGYPTIAN Saluki Banter Are new NBA draft regulations helping Sports or hurting the game? page 19 P AGE 20 S OUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 28, 2007 TEMPERING HIS GAME
Tony Young says he has finally overcome his lifelong struggle with anger and now plays to have fun. Young was one of five players named Tuesday to the All-Missouri Valley Defensive Team.
Before Tony Young became one of the Valley’s toughest defenders, he overcame a lifelong struggle with anger
story by JOE LACDAN • photos by MAX BITTLE
hy should he care, Tony Young wondered Birthdays, Christmases passed by – no sign of dad. on cold winter nights when teammates When someone would ask about his dad, Young W sneered at him for committing a foul or would quickly snap, “I have no father.” throwing the ball out of bounds. Young said Norris, who lives in Lake Providence, Why should anything concern him, when his La., never visited him or attended any of his bas- own father didn’t care about him? ketball games. Young said he grew up without knowing his When Young would think about his father, dad, who never bothered to call, write or show him tears often welled up in his eyes. how to shoot a basketball. “I know it bothered him,” said Young’s mother, Tony Young signs autographs after the Since moving to a house in the suburbs from Carolyn. “He never talked about it.” Salukis defeated Evansville in the final home Chicago’s west side at age 9, he said he felt Dad was not there when Young needed him game of the season Saturday night. disconnected from his classmates at most during his teenage years. Schaumburg High School. The kids Carolyn, a single mother of three, he called teammates didn’t really had to shoulder a double role. Young discovered later, all the thousands of drills and the know him. don’t think said he and his mother had a rocky painful practices paid dividends. They weren’t like him. relationship during his teenage years, “No question it was difficult for him,” These were preppy kids — kids II’ve ever been but he always turned to mom for Schaumburg coach Bob Williams said. “He didn’t with cars, money, expensive clothes ‘‘around a kid that guidance. want to do all the discipline things that we required. — all the things he didn’t have. “There was no man in his life to But he overcame that.” Once an angry teen, Young, has was tougher. teach him how to be man,” Carolyn Young said he learned he didn’t have to do every- developed into one of the Missouri — Bruce Weber said. “But I did the best I could.” thing himself and began to trust his teammates, Valley Conference’s top defenders for former Illinois guard Then Young met Ivan Thomas. In Young’s junior year, Schaumburg stunned the No. 11 Salukis. But he overcame heavily favored Thornwood and current New York a lifelong battle with anger first. Growing pains Knick Eddy Curry 66-54 in the Class AA state In Schaumburg’s bright gymnasium, he said In his sophomore year at Schaumburg High championship game in March 2001. As a senior, he’d run the exhausting drills until his back School, Young — feeling disconnected from his Young averaged 18.2 points and six assists a game, burned. His frustration often turned into anger. classmates — said he considered transferring or and earned his conference’s player of the year “It was like, if you said the wrong thing to me dropping out of school. award. we’re going to fight,” Young said. Thomas, a guidance counselor at the school, Part of that anger, he said, came from his father often would call the teen to his office for long Heart of gold being absent from his life. talks, Young said. He said he would often turn to In spring 2001, then-SIU coach Bruce Weber Thomas, now a high school coach in Virginia, for heard about an undersized power forward from Absent father advice. Schaumburg who could shut down nearly every Richard Norris never saw his son Antonio “Hang in there,” Young recalled Thomas saying. player he guarded. “Tony” Young dribble his first basketball. When “We need more young, black men doing positive Standing a shade under 6-feet, Young often Young and his high school teammates won the things.” guarded players that towered over him. state championship in 2001, dad did not congratu- “He’s the main reason I got through high Young’s relentless, aggressive defense impressed late him. school,” Young said. “My freshman and sophomore Weber and his staff. Young rarely spoke about his father. Rather, year, he was there for me.” he said he would bury any knowledge of Norris. Young decided to stick with basketball. As he See YOUNG, Page 18