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WEDNESDAY • June 15, 2011 Vol. 123 • No. 145 New ISU administrative roles eager to start terms

Clockwise from Left: Gary Friedman speaks to those in attendance during his inaugural address as the new athletic director for State University (photo courtesy of ISU Media Relations). Aaron Woodruff was named the chief of police for the ISU Police Department after serving as acting chief since Dec. 1. Greg Simpson was named the new dean for the College of Arts and Sciences. Larry Dietz was named the new vice president for Student Affairs, replacing Steve Adams, who retired on June 1 after 35 years of service to Illinois State University (Daily Vidette Archive Photos).

Andrew Steckling handshake. “A big part of the success of During his open forum in late filiated with the department to that Daily Vidette News Editor He is very excited about his this university certainly lies with April, Friedman highlighted the list. career opportunity at Illinois State President [Al] Bowman. He was renovations of Hancock Stadium “I have opened the door to stu- Gary Friedman is busy making University. a huge reason I was so interested and the Marian Kneer Softball Sta- dents who have ideas and thoughts his rounds at since “[Being named the new ath- in this opportunity, because of the dium as the most important issues because we have to make sure we’re starting his term as athletic director letic director] is a dream come true great relationship he has with ath- facing the university. connecting with the students. Their on June 1. Although daunting, the for me…[ISU] is a place where letics and just the wonderful job Two months later, a week after involvement makes such an impact former senior associate athletics I’m ready to come in and really he’s done on this campus to grow starting his term, Friedman adds on our home athletic events…it’s director for the University of Lou- serve this institution and serve our and build the institution from a increasing student involvement really important. We have 21,000 isville greets each individual with coaches and serve our staff and just branding perspective and an aca- and providing a “championship a heartwarming smile and stern continue to enhance all those areas. demic perspective,” Friedman said. experience” to any individual af- See ROLES Page 10 Students, faculty, community mourn sudden loss of ISU professor Emily Lloyd was her love. Her love for her Daily Vidette Senior Staff family,” Widner said. Johnson joined the FCS de- Tricia Widner Johnson, as- partment in 2004 after receiving sociate professor of family and her bachelor’s degree in apparel consumer sciences, passed away merchandising and design from unexpectedly on Friday, June 3 at Colorado State University, her the age of 36. master’s in merchandising and A celebration of her life was design from Colorado State Uni- held in the Prairie Room of the versity and her doctorate in hu- Bone Student Center on June 8. man behavior from Oregon State Family members, friends, col- University. leagues and students shared tears, Johnson served as the advi- laughs and their favorite memo- sor for the apparel merchandising ries of Johnson. and design association registered While many spoke about student organization, was active Johnson’s academic and profes- in the International Textile and sional achievements, including Apparel Association and coordi- serving as the apparel merchan- nated the AMDA fashion show. dising and design sequence co- Johnson’s dedication to her ordinator and co-director of the students was a topic that many Lois Jett Historical Costume Col- Andrew Steckling / Daily Vidette News Editor of the speakers discussed during lection, much was said about the Rev. Roy Trueblood of the United Methodist Church in Delta, Colo. provides the opening remarks during the Celebra- their reflections on Johnson’s life. way she touched the lives of those tion of Life ceremony for Tricia Widner Johnson on June 8 in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center. “I’m sure her students would around her in profound ways. attest to the fact that she chal- “I see all these hearts and guide us in a better direction...I’m sons, Zachary, Gavin and Phillip. ily was a trait that was apparent lenged them to be their very souls that my little sister touched so proud of her efforts...who she Zachary invited those in atten- to those in her life. Widner spoke best...Tricia was indeed a rising and I see how blessed we are that was and how she made us all bet- dance to write a personal mes- about the passion she had for her star. Illinois State students, fac- she was in our lives,” Eric Wid- ter people for having her in our sage to Johnson on a hand drawn sons and her husband. ulty and staff are lucky that she ner, Johnson’s brother, said. lives,” Widner added. picture of her on which he wrote, “She knew what she wanted shared her talents with us and that “She had an incredible way of Johnson is survived by her “She was my mommy.” and nothing ever got in her way... knowing when we needed her to husband, Aaron, and three young Johnson’s love for her fam- but her greatest accomplishment See PROFESSOR Page 6 TODAY HI 76 LO 60 THURSDAY HI 79 LO 59

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WEDNESDAY • June 22, 2011 Vol. 123 • No. 146 NPR host Ashbrook to Corn Fed speak on current news

business is today. I think it will be exciting...he’s a great speaker and a great interviewer and we’re just re- ally excited he’s coming,” Revelle said. Emily Lloyd According to an Illinois State Daily Vidette Senior Sta University Media Relations press release, Ashbrook spent 10 years National Public Radio host as a foreign correspondent in In- Tom Ashbrook will be speaking at dia, Hong Kong and Tokyo. While the Alumni Center Friday, June 24 working as a correspondent for The at 9:30 a.m. on his life in journal- Boston Globe during the 1980s, he ism titled “A Life in the News In- covered the refugee exodus from dustry Today.” Vietnam and the post-Mao opening “Tom is really a native of of China. McLean County. He wasn’t born Ashbrook worked at the South here but he lived most of his life China Morning Post and served as here. A lot of people know him and the editor of The Globe where he I think it will be a great life-long was in charge of directing the cov- learning lecture,” Anita Revelle, erage of the First Gulf War and the director of senior professionals at end of the Cold War. the Alumni Center, said. In 1996 he was a fellow at “The event itself is the fi rst an- Harvard’s Nieman Foundation and nual Charles W. Bolen Memorial received the Livingston Prize for Lecture...he was the founder of Se- National Reporting. nior Professionals and we decided “This is really a great opportu- to honor him this way,” Revelle nity for people to come in and learn added. something about the media from an Ashbrook hosts the NPR show insider. Tom has many incredible “On Point” and is the author of experiences and I think that people the book “The Leap: A Memoir of will enjoy hearing about them,” Love and Madness in the Internet Revelle said. Gold Rush.” He will be sharing his The lecture is a part of the experience and unique insight on Life-long Learning series at the David Schiller / Daily Vidette Sta Photographer the American press. Alumni Center and is open to all ISU students relax on the grass while enjoying the CornBelters game at Corn Crib Stadium on Thursday evening. “He will be talking about his For the full story on ISU day at Corn Crib Stadium, visit videtteonline.com. life in journalism and how the news See RADIO Page 6 Concerts on the Quad to entertain summer crowd

teners to the bayou on July 4, the Special Consensus will perform acoustic bluegrass on July 11, “An Evening of Jazz” will feature more ISU faculty as well as the Dan Lea- Katie Klein hy Quintet on July 18 and “Singing Daily Vidette Sta Writer Under the Stars” will conclude the series on July 25. The College of Fine Arts and the School of Music will present a string of concerts beginning at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 27, located UP on the Quad in front of Cook Hall. The concerts have brought WRAP music to the Quad since the early 1990s but started off in Ewing What: Concerts on the Quad Manor in 1981. Angelo Favis, as- When: Monday, June 27 at 7 sociate professor for the School of Music, said concertgoers can still p.m. expect a great series this summer Where: Cook Hall on the Quad as they have seen in the past. Cost: Free “Two of the concerts feature groups from outside the commu- nity while the other three feature faculty performers and guests The free shows take place on from the community. We have the consecutive Mondays at 7 p.m. and same format this year, with a slight Daily Vidette Archive Photo are open to the public, who are en- change for the last concert on July Cuban soul singer Angel d’Cuba and his group Angel in the Solar System, performed in the summer of 2009 as part couraged to bring their own blan- 25,” Favis said. of Concerts on the Quad. The kicko concert for summer 2011 is on Monday, June 27 and will include an evening of kets or lawn chairs. Instead of just featuring the chamber music. In case of inclement weather, vocal faculty and guests, Favis the concerts will be moved to the added there will be singers from the production being directed by guest artists, ISU faculty and alum- Laura Hourt,” Favis said. Center for the Performing Arts. the Midwest Opera Institute do- Joshua Greene of the Metropolitan ni. After the June 27 event, con- If details change about the con- ing a concert version of Mozart’s Opera in New York. “Aside from faculty perform- certgoers can see a range of per- certs, WGLT, WJBC and WBNQ “The Magic Flute.” There will also The series kicks off with “An ers, the concert will include ISU formers and concerts in the upcom- will announce the new changes af- be narration by Brendan Moffi tt, Evening of Chamber Music,” alum Andrew Francois and Illi- ing weeks. Dennis Stroughmatt ter 5 p.m. on the day of the perfor- an Australian stage director, with which features performances by nois Symphony Orchestra violinist and Creole Stomp will bring lis- mances. TODAY HI 74 LO 60 THURSDAY HI 68 LO 58

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WEDNESDAY • June 29, 2011 Vol. 123 • No. 147 Jury finds Blagojevich guilty on 17 of 20 charges With the former Ill. counts relating to the sale of Presi- conviction. “I wonder when his sense of noted, is when Blagojevich first ran dent Barack Obama’s former Senate “[Blagojevich] can’t accept the reality is going to be shattered. Is it for governor, he ran on an anti-cor- governor facing some seat, and shakedowns of various ex- reality of the fact that residents of when he has to have the conversation ruption platform, specifi cally due to serious jail time, ISU ecutives, among others. the state of Illinois would convict with his daughters about where dad- his opponent, Jim Ryan. The jury declared a “No Ver- him of anything. He is ‘beloved by dy is going to be for several years? Is “It’s just so freaking ironic, giv- voices in on the verdict dict” for two charges, and found him all’ in the state of Illinois and all he’s it going to be at the sentencing hear- en what happened yesterday, to see innocent on one count of soliciting a guilty of is ‘working really hard on ing? Or is it going to be when the cell what this guy ran on, and most of the Andrew Steckling bribe. our behalf,’ but somewhat ineptly,” door slams behind him? I still don’t state bought it,” Bradley said. Daily Vidette News Editor Politics professor Robert Brad- Bradley said. know if his sense of reality has been With the initial conviction, and ley, who briefl y met Blagojevich “I think his sense of reality was shattered or not,” he added. the additional 17 charges announced After nine days of deliberation, during the 2008 Democratic Na- a little bit confi rmed when he was In Blagojevich’s fi rst corruption on Monday, Blagojevich could face the jury in the corruption retrial of tional Convention, when Blagojev- walking up to his house after being trial, the jury convicted Blagojevich up to 300 years in prison, since 13 former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich ich was the only governing offi cer in found guilty of 17 pretty serious on one of 24 counts, but were dead- of the charges carry a maximum 20- found the ousted governor guilty on the state to not be invited, speculated things and people are there waiting locked on the remaining. 17 of the initial 20 counts, including why Blagojevich is “stunned” by the to hug him. A keen observation, Bradley See BLAGOJEVICH Page 5 Renovations on Delta Sigma Phi house underway ISUSPEAKS Andrew Steckling Daily Vidette News Editor How are you spending By the time Mike Dyner your free time during reached the attic of his 711 S. the summer session? Kingsley Court house in the wee hours of Wednesday, April 20, he knew the fi re raging there was out of control. “I sprayed the extinguisher straight at the base of the fl ame. It did not seem to extinguish the fl ame, so immediately from that we proceeded to evacuate the house and call 911 as immediately as we could,” Dyner, president of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, told the Daily Vidette hours following the fi re that consumed the house “Playing hilarious games was extinguished by Bloomington [and] watching movies. and Normal fi re departments. Sometimes I go to evening A little over two months later activities with the Preview since most of the house was dam- guides.” aged by smoke and water, with the Michael Schweinberg attic gutted by the fi re, crews are Senior bilingual education major actively rebuilding the house and hope to open its doors by the Fall 2012 semester.

David Schiller / Daily Vidette Sta Photographer “We have most of the Construction workers work to rebuild the Delta Sigma Pi frathouse o of Kingsley road on Thursday, June 23. No cause was ever determined for the  re that destroyed the attic and severely damaged the house on April 20. demolition done, and if it weren’t for the rain, we’d ration crews will be brought in to search for any additional damage. be about two weeks ahead A lot of the rough carpentry of schedule.” will be handled by Zappa Con- struction, volunteers and members “My focus is to take this of the fraternity but the specifi cs, class...I have three credit Mark Zappa such as the installation of mechani- hours left until I’m fully Owner, Zappa Construction and alum of cals and the more specialized proj- graduated.” the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity ects, will be done by contractors. Brian Glyshaw No timetable has been estab- Senior graphic design major Mark Zappa, an alum of the lished, according to Zappa, but fraternity and owner of Zappa during the coming year the 24 Construction, the general contrac- displaced members of the frater- tor on the estimated $300,000 proj- nity will move to the house of the ect, also serves as the main contact former Lambda Chi Alpha, which for the owner, according to a June closed its ISU chapter last year. 19 Pantagraph article. “We’ll hopefully be pretty He said the fi rst priority is to much done by January, but we’ll be close off the structure so it can be working on a few smaller projects dried out and checked for potential during, adding a few amenities,” Daily Vidette Archive Photo mold and smoke damage. Zappa said. The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, 711 S. Kingsley Court, was heavily damaged “We have most of the demo- A new law, House Bill 5664, by an early April 20 fire. Twenty-four students, residents of the house, were lition done, and if it weren’t for requires all fraternities and sorori- displaced by the  re but were able to evacuate without any harm. the rain, we’d be about two weeks ties to retrofi t their houses with “I’m actually taking online ahead of schedule,” Zappa said. sprinkler systems. For houses built during the summer, but since the looking for a bid and researching classes and working at the The roof is nearly done, he before Jan. 1, 2011, the fi nal date fi re, the fraternity has opted to in- costs of installation. Student Fitness Center.” added, and contractors should be for installation is Jan. 1, 2019. stall additional sprinklers in the at- A comment from a current April Milkovic by later in the week to install shin- Zappa said plans were in place tic. member of the fraternity was not Senior psychology major gles. Once that happens, fi re resto- to install sprinklers in the house He added the fraternity is still available as of press time. TODAY HI 82 LO 63 THURSDAY HI 84 LO 69

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