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A slice of southern life
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Ivan Vargas, a senior from Brooklyn, NY., studying ecnomics, eats a slice of watermelon Sunday during round two of Watermelonfest 2014 sponsored by New Student Programs. Vargas and his teammate ate 22 pieces of watermelon in one minute.
#SIUC18 hashtag grows in popularity
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2014
VOLUME 98 ISSUE 83
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Interim chancellor adjusts major policiesInterim Chancellor Paul Sarvela is
not wasting any time making changes to campus policies.
In less than one month, five policies have been changed, including continual appointments, as opposed to one-year contracts; the hiring of retired faculty and staff; allowing head researchers of a grant to be in charge of the money they’ve been awarded; more overhead recovery money distributed throughout campus and hiring decisions being made without the chancellor having to sign off on them.
Sarvela said these changes have been made because he is trying to create a “strong dean model and strong vice chan-cellor model,” and decentralize critical decision making on campus.
“My management philosophy comes down to you hire good people and let them do their work,” Sarvela said.
One-year contracts were implement-ed by the previous administration last year, and Sarvela said it is hard to have people commit to a job at the university with that policy.
“It’s real difficult to hire a chair of a department from let’s say, Central Michi-gan or something like that, when we say, ‘Well, you’re going to be on a year-by-year appointment,’” Sarvela said. “It makes people feel there’s more job security.”
Cameron Shulak, president of the Undergraduate Student Government, said students will benefit from the change in hiring retired faculty and staff.
“In aviation, our department chair just retired and is going to come right back on and start to do some part time teaching,” Shulak said. “People like that
have such a wealth of knowledge and a wealth of experience that it’s crazy not to consider them for those positions.”
Sarvela said another change is allow-ing the principal investigator of a grant—someone who writes a proposal and leads an academic project—to be the fiscal officer once again. He said a department chair or dean can still be the fiscal officer if the principal investigator chooses to not take that position.
“If you brought in a half a million dollars, gee whiz you outta have a say in how to spend it,” Sarvela said.
Rachel Stocking, president of the Faculty Association, said this policy is very important for people who do re-search on campus.
“There was a lot of unhappiness that was changed by [former-Chancellor Rita Cheng], and there were people who saw it partly as an attack method on the posi-tion of the people who were applying for the grants,” Stocking said. “But also more of a diminishing of the importance of research in general. … People viewed it as a very unbeneficial policy.”
Another policy modification Sarvela has made is how much overhead money the chancellor’s office receives when a grant is written. Sarvella said he has reduced the rate from 40 percent, imple-mented about two years ago, back to 30 percent, as it was before the previous administration made this change, allow-ing more money to go to other campus operations, such as the Graduate School.
Sarvela stated in a memo sent out July 16, nine percent of overhead recov-ery allocated from the chancellor’s office had been returned to the vice chancellor’s account, and 2 percent had been returned to the School of Medicine.
The chancellor’s office has made
an effort to streamline paperwork as well. While there is not a memo for this policy, Sarvela said it “takes forever to hire someone here.” He said it shouldn’t take two weeks to hire a cook.
“I don’t know if we need to have a cook in the cafeteria, but the great people at housing and the vice chancellor in charge know if we need to have a cook in the cafeteria,” Sarvela said. “Doggone it if we need to have a cook in the cafeteria, go and hire them.”
Shulak said Sarvela sat down with about seven constituent heads of the university as soon as he was appointed acting chancellor to discuss changes on the campus.
“He set in our hands right there the immediate changes he wanted to make, which I was really impressed to see,” he said. “There’s a lot of stuff that faculty and staff and students as well had con-tinually expressed concerns about and he addressed some of those right away.”
Shulak said at the first meeting of the semester on Aug. 26, USG will discuss policies unfavorable to students, such as the 20-hour work cap implement-ed by former administration.
“From what I’ve heard that is something no students want,” he said. “I’m not sure what contact the previous administration had with the provost on that but I definitely want to take it up as a subject of conversation and see again what the reasoning was.”
Sarvela said he and Susan Ford, re-cently appointed interim provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs, have dis-cussed changes to other policies, which will be announced in the future.
“We have every belief that people will be happy about the additional changes we’re proposing,” he said.
Luke NozickaDaily Egyptian
Instead of waiting to arrive on campus to figure things out, students utilize tips given on social media to make their transition from high school to college easier.
Twitter is a way for incoming freshman to meet other students, connect with Registered Student Organizations and find useful information about the university, specifically by using the hashtag #SIUC18.
The #SIUC18 hashtag has been tweeted more than 2,000 times this year, according to Tweet Binder, and has allowed new students to interact with people before arriving on campus.
Alexander Martin, advisor of Student Program-ming Council, said SPC decided to utilize Twitter because of how swiftly information can be distrib-uted throughout the site.
“Twitter is a community,” Martin, a graduate assistant for the University Programming Office, said. “The best part about it is that you have mul-tiple hashtags that expand across the world.”
Martin said hashtags enable students to get to know their entire class before they get on campus.
“Incoming freshman created their hashtag,” Martin said. “That’s how they know who they have classes with, what events are going on around cam-pus and which RSO’s are the best to join. … This hashtag or any hashtag for that matter is more than just that, it is a community that connects you with so many, and can possibly open up so many doors of opportunity.”
Shaneice Bufford, a sophomore from Carbon-dale studying biomedical science, said Twitter was helpful to her during her first year.
“Whenever I needed help finding a building or finding out what events were going on around campus or Carbondale, I automatically went to Twitter,” she said.
As a member of Vanity Fashion Fair Models, Bufford said the organization uses Twitter to re-cruit new members.
“Since the RSO Fair is coming up, we’ve been doing a lot of heavy promotion on Twitter as well as Instagram, because both platforms give us a chance to be seen by plenty of people,” she said.
The hashtag #SIUC18 has been posted more than 950 times on Instagram, according to data gathered from the site.
Demetrios Layne, a senior from Itasca studying sports administration said Twitter enables him to get the word out about his business.
“Twitter allows me to reach as many individu-als as I can, instead of going out to talk to them one by one,” he said. “Twitter is swift and it’s beneficial.”
Layne, former president of the RSO Speak-ing and Teaching, said Twitter was responsible for helping recruit new members and for receiving large turnouts for their events.
“Before Twitter, or any social networking site, we as students had to work really hard to find out what was going on,” Martin said. “These days, staying aware is as simple as opening up your phone and scrolling down your timeline.”
Missouri governor emphasizes investigation into shooting deathWASHINGTON —Missouri
Gov. Jay Nixon, in television appear-ances Sunday, repeatedly emphasized the role of the federal investigation over the local one in the shooting death of Michael Brown.
He said St. Louis County, Mo., Prosecuting Attorney Robert Mc-Culloch, who has publicly criticized Nixon’s decision to send the Missouri Highway Patrol into Ferguson, has an opportunity to “step up here and do his job.”
Nixon appeared on four morning talk shows, and shortly after his last appearance the Justice Department announced that it would order its own autopsy _ separate from that conducted by local authorities _ of Brown, 18, who was shot and killed Aug. 9 by Ferguson police officer Dar-ren Wilson.
Coming after a night in which seven arrests had been made a mid-night curfew was broken, Nixon said that his conversation on Thursday with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder had led to the deployment of 40 more FBI officers to investigate the shooting.
“That is the kind of independent, external national review and investi-gation of this that I think will assist everyone in making sure we get to justice,” Nixon said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
But Nixon was far more measured when asked about the local investiga-tion being led by McCulloch, who has faced criticism and calls for him to step aside. McCulloch last week said Nixon’s decision to turn security over to the Missouri Highway Patrol was “shameful” and “disgraceful,” and that it had been done without consulting local police.
Nixon, asked about those char-acterizations on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” called McCulloch “a seasoned prosecutor that has an opportunity to step up here and do his job.”
Nixon said he did not know how long the investigation would take.
“I will let the prosecutor speak for himself on what his time frame is, other than I know when I talked to Attorney General Holder that the response to that was to bring 40 additional agents into the region to accelerate those interviews,” Nixon said on CNN. “Everybody is working really, really hard. ... To get justice it
has to be transparent justice, it has to be thorough justice.”
Nixon said on ABC’s “This Week” that his office was unaware that Fer-guson Police Chief Thomas Jackson was going to release on Friday a video showing what is alleged to be Brown, 18, in what police have called a rob-bery in a convenience store shortly before he was killed.
“We were certainly not happy with that bring released, especially in the way that it was,” Nixon said. “It appeared to cast aspersions on a young man that was gunned down in the street. It made emotions raw.”
Chuck RaaschSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Manatees could lose endangered species status
About 2,500 manatees have perished in Florida over the last four years, height-ening tension between conservationists and property owners as federal officials prepare to decide whether to down-list the creature to threatened status.
Conservationists say the deaths are evidence of the vulnerability of the wal-rus-like mammals, which were included on the endangered species list in 1967 because of boat collisions and destruction of sea grasses in the shallow coastal inlets they inhabit.
But owners of waterfront property and businesses filed a lawsuit in April in feder-al court accusing the U.S. Fish and Wild-life Service of failing to adhere to its own 2007 recommendation that down-listing is warranted because there are now more manatees than ever.
Most of the 4,800 pudgy sea-grass-munching mammals in the U.S. gather each year in Florida, where warm, tem-perate coastal water, power plant dis-charges and warm-water springs act as buffers to the lethal effects of icy winters.
The agency’s delay in implementing the recommendation prompted the Pa-cific Legal Foundation to sue on behalf of a group called “Save Crystal River Inc.”
The group takes its name from the Crystal River, a destination about 100 miles north of Tampa, known for sport fishing and manatee tours in the vicinity of its headwaters.
“Environmentalists want to turn the entire Crystal River into a sanctuary, which would hurt our clientele,” said Christina Martin, a Pacific Legal Founda-tion lawyer representing property own-ers in the case. “Our clients simply want the federal government to pay attention to what its own biologists are saying and down-list.”
Opponents of down-listing argue that the agency’s recommendation came be-fore two major mortality events. They also fear that decreasing protection would leave manatees more vulnerable to poten-tially catastrophic die-offs.
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Chinese women use theater to push back against pressure to marry young
BEIJING — For young women in China who have ambitions beyond rais-ing a family, life is a constant barrage of societal pressures to marry early _ pref-erably by 25, by no means beyond 27.
For these women, few things in life are more stressful than returning home annually on Chinese New Year and fending off questions about their unwed status. So stressful, in fact, that some have found it liberating to take the stage in Beijing to recount their ordeals before a public audience.
In China's capital over the last month, more than 15 women have gone onstage
to share their true-life stories about being labeled "sheng nu" _ a Chinese term that means "leftover women." Dubbed "The Leftover Monologues," the presentations proved surprisingly popular _ and the cast is considering whether to continue now that the original plan of three perfor-mances is completed.
"After the show, I had several wom-en come up and tell me that my story sounded much like their story," said Fu Xin, a 31-year-old unmarried architect who appears in "The Leftover Mono-logues." "We are being told that we are too picky _ that we should compromise on making the most important decision of our lives."
Like Fu, nearly all of the women ap-pearing in "The Leftover Monologues" are well-educated and off to a promis-ing start in their careers. Even so, they say, family and even friends regularly taunt them for being too selective in ÀQGLQJ�D�PDWH�DQG�WRR�IRFXVHG�RQ�WKHLU�life goals.
Yolanda Wang, one of the cast mem-bers, offered a withering account of an en-counter with her father, who she said told her she needed to learn how to cook _ or risk a beating from her future husband. She also received laughs during a recent perfor-mance by poking fun at her less-than-rail-WKLQ�ÀJXUH���,�MXVW�FDQQRW�EHFRPH�VOLP��QR�matter how hard I try," she said in Chinese.
"So what? Should I just go die?"Some themes in the "The Leftover
Monologues" are familiar to women in many parts of the world: Unfaith-ful boyfriends. Abusive relationships. Pressure by media and society to focus on their looks and behave in a way that doesn't threaten male sensibilities.
Yet several of the stories are unique-ly Chinese. One woman told of being snubbed by men because she lacked a Beijing "hukou," a registration essen-tial for receiving municipal services. If a woman lacks hukou, families of prospective husbands have been known to derail the marriage, fearful that the woman's parents will move to Beijing
and became a burden on the rest of the family.
Another woman, Wang Anqi, de-scribed how her high school sweetheart broke up with her after his parents paid for him to attend college in the United States. Apparently, Wang said, his mother questioned why she lacked sim-ilar resources to pay for an expensive U.S. education.
"When it comes to marriage in China, there is a gap," said Wang, who is 24. Young people start out viewing marriage as an expression of love, she said, but families traditionally view it as a "massive transaction that requires matching back-grounds and a fair trade of assets."
Stuart LevenworthMcClatchy Foreign Press
Germans say they accidentally tapped Clinton, Kerry callsBERLIN — The German Foreign
Intelligence Agency has admitted tap-ping "at least one" phone call each by current Secretary of State John Kerry and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while they were aboard United States government jets, according to German media reports.
The reports claim Kerry's intercept-ed communication was a satellite phone call from the Middle East in 2013. Clin-
ton's communication was also a satel-lite call, in 2012, and was reportedly to then United Nations Secretary General .RÀ�$QQDQ�� %RWK� FDOOV� ZHUH� UHSRUWHG�to have been intercepted accidentally while German intelligence was target-ing terror suspects in the Middle East and northern Africa.
The intelligence agency (the Bundesnachrichtendienst or BND) told German media that terror groups often use the same frequencies that the secre-taries phone calls were made over, so
the calls were picked up. The calls were among what the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung said intelligence sources described as several cases of 8�6�� RIÀFLDO� SKRQH� FDOOV� EHLQJ� SLFNHG�up accidentally during anti-terror com-munications monitoring.
The BND is the German equivalent of the American Central Intelligence Agency. German-American relations have chilled in the past year _ since former National Security worker Ed-ward Snowden began leaking docu-
ments detailing the extent of America's global electronic spying and eavesdrop-ping programs. Media reports about Snowden's leaked documents led to the revelation that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's private cell phone had been tapped, since the years when she was a lower ranking German minister and continuing at least until the summer of 2013.
The spy scandal includes the elec-tronic spying on millions of private emails and electronic communications,
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The news reports outraged Ger-mans, leading to favorable attitudes about the United States falling to their lowest levels in years and creating a public and private sense of mistrust. Merkel has repeatedly called the U.S. spy program a breach of trust and noted that "friends don't spy on friends."
Matthew SchofieldMcClatchy Foreign Staff
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This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the death of the last known, living passenger pigeon. The bird, Martha, resided at the Cincinnati Zoo until her death on Sept. 1, 1914. She was part of the once abundant breed, originating in Europe and eventually migrating to the eastern half of both Canada and the United States.
Joel Greenberg, an active member of the international group “Project Passenger Pigeon,” and author of the book titled, “A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction,” will be presenting on Tuesday in the Student Center Auditorium. He will be sharing insight on the species’ journey from once staggering numbers to its eventual extinction in the early 20th century.
“I have been interested in birds since the age of 12 and more recently I have been looking at historical natural history,” Greenberg said. “It was unlike any other bird in history.”
Greenberg focuses on three key factors when describing the bird’s individuality: abundance, aggregation and the rate at which the species became extinct.
“It was the most abundant bird in the United States, and probably the world,” he said.
Greenberg said at one time, the pigeons would flock in staggering numbers, some groups reaching hundreds of millions.
While numbers reached more than 6 billion in the 1860s, it would only take roughly 50 years before the entire population was wiped out, he said.
The reasons for such a quick decline of an abundant species can be found in the progression of technology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, he said.
Greenberg said information and expansion played a crucial role in the extinction, with the help of two inventions: the railroad and telegraph. The railroad allowed people to gather the pigeons into railcars and ship them all around the country, while the telegraph allowed for quick information of the pigeon’s location.
“They were the cheapest terrestrial protein and thus were highly coveted for food,” Greenberg said. “People continued shooting them and netting them until the last wild bird was taken . . . in 1902.”
Many people of the time believed a bird so large in numbers could never
become extinct. Therefore, little was done to protect and enforce laws protecting the endangered animal, he said.
“The story of the passenger pigeon is a powerful, cautionary tale that no matter how common something is – be it alive or something inanimate like fuel or water - we can cause its depletion if we are not careful in our use,” Greenburg said.
With a growing human population of 7 billion, the underlying story of the pigeon has never been more relevant, he said.
Greenberg teamed up with a number of passenger pigeon enthusiasts from around the world to build a movement called Project Passenger Pigeon. The project uses a wide variety of outlets with the goal of informing people of the pigeon’s story, as well as aiding the understanding of societies relationship with nature. The project also created a documentary on the subject, which is due to air on various public-broadcasting stations in the near future.
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Lethal Weapon. Bad Boys 1 and 2. Beverly Hills Cop. These are all famous examples of buddy cop movies. Buddy cop movies are a staple in the action movie genre and for a time, they seemed to be the most popular genre out there. People could not go to the theater without seeing a new pair of cops joining forces to fight the villain of the week. Unfortunately, “Let’s Be Cops” just blemishes the name of a classic genre.
“Let’s Be Cops” (Rated R; 104 min) is directed by Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door, The Animal), staring Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr. and Rob Riggle. The movie follows two struggling pals: a game designer and a former college quarterback, who decide to dress up as cops for costume party. After becoming neighborhood heroes for the night, the two decide to continue the façade. Eventually, after a slew
of awkward situations, the two run afoul of the local mob. They must then decide whether to give up on the fantasy or to fight the mob.
“Let’s Be Cops” is a film with an identity crisis. At times, the film wants to be a raunchy comedy with a little bit of ridiculous action movie violence thrown in. Because the film never fully decides what it wants to be, it never gains its footing and continually falls down any chance it gets. It seems as though someone gave the writers of the film Seth Rogan’s guide to writing an action comedy to read as homework, but they only read the Wikipedia summary. They got the gist of how to do it, but didn’t fully understand how to do it well.
The film is an example of how poor writing can bring a film down, even with a premise full of potential and a cast of talented comedians. Character progression goes nowhere and offers no resolution. Justin (Wayans) and Ryan (Johnson) each have their own set of problems throughout
the film, but no solutions are ever given. While everyone seems to change by the end of the film, it does not feel like genuine.
The film is full of jokes that do not land anywhere close to being funny. It’s hard to watch at times. Some jokes manage to be saved and even elevated past the source material. Many jokes are misused and the actors struggle their way through a majority of the film. No one is more misused than the Wayans. He seems to flounder for a large majority of the film. He is constantly looking for something funny to say, but only finds expository dialogue. His true talent is shown in scenes where he is let loose to do what he wants.
“Let’s Be Cops” is a combination of bad jokes, a sloppy plot and a misuse of talent. It is a depressing film at times and even makes one wonder why they went to the theater in the first place.
Jacob Pierce can be reached at [email protected]
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‘Cops’ fail to serve, protect and entertainJacob PierceDaily Egyptain
Katy Perry’s rise to summer song supremacyKevin C. JohnsonSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ever since Katy Perry kissed a girl in 2008, the pop singer has been the one to beat when it comes to infectious summer anthems.
A summer anthem, or song of the summer, is that one inescapable tune that rings out throughout the season, booming everywhere from radio and iTunes to advertisements and TV shows.
Think Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” last year, or jump back more than 50 years to the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ U.S.A.”
“I Kissed a Girl” — from Perry’s second album, “One of the Boys” — was the soundtrack for summer 2008. The song topped Billboard’s Hot 100 chart for nearly two months — and for good reason.
The ditty was undeniably catchy and memorable, and its zippy melody
was hard to shake:I kissed a girl and I liked it.The taste of her cherry ChapStick.I kissed a girl just to try it.I hope my boyfriend don’t mind it.Since then, Perry has shown up
regularly as a summer staple, with “Waking Up in Vegas,” a hit in 2009, “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg taking over the following summer, “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” in 2011 and “Wide Awake” in 2012.
Balloon fest more than hot air
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To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Today’s Birthday (08/18/14). With the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter (until 8/2015) in your sign,
your star power grows. Don’t singe anyone with your fire... balance with meditation and exercise. Changes require adaptation this autumn. Home duties keep you busy until after Saturn enters Sagittarius (12/23), bringing exciting diversions. Practice hobbies, sports and enthusiasms. Express what you love.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 7 — It may feel like
you’re on your own. Circumstances deepen the mystery. Gather up windfall fruit. Your talents are in demand. Career expansion could include change. Stay persistent... messages get lost in translation.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)Today is a 9 — Handle mundane
tasks, housework and homework, and reduce stress while beautifying surroundings. This keeps the cash flow positive and everyone more comfortable. Maintain what you’ve achieved. Do the accounting. Reward
yourself with delicious flavors.Gemini (May 21-June 20)Today is a 9 — Count the zeroes
carefully. Misunderstanding or temporary overwhelm are possible. Complete a detailed transaction. Imagine your future and how you’d like it. It’s a nice moment to surrender, and learn about love.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)Today is a 7 — Share a tender
moment, and renew a bond. Don’t try to use logic on an emotional matter. It’s not a good time to gamble... the potential for accidents is too high. Wait to begin.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is a 7 — The social
arena is where it all happens. Don’t worry about saying the right thing or who’s watching. Allow yourself to get inspired by music, art and beauty. Express yourself, with or without words.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7 — Conditions seem unsettled. Who’s really in charge? Stick to the truth... it’s much easier. Get creative with a project, and stick to your budget. Abundance is available, and a rise in status.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Today is an 8 — An adventure
with friends hits the spot. Don’t try to articulate dreams or visions. Just go on a walk or share something delicious. Learn a new trick together. Play for no reason.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Today is a 7 — Think of another
way to communicate. Don’t fall for something that sounds too good to be true. Reschedule a deadline. Support your partner, and the goodwill returns magnified. Check drainage and resolve plumbing issues.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is an 8 — Keep the most
interesting things, and clear out unused clutter. You don’t have to rub
it in, when you’re right. Work with your partner to realize a shared vision. Love triumphs again.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is a 9 — Keep paying
your obligations. Spend a little. Wise investments gain value. Build and expand without fanfare. Provide excellent service, while balancing your own health and vitality. Support others by supporting yourself. Do it for love.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Today is a 7 — Don’t talk about
it; just get out and play. Take charge. Make messes and clean them. Get everyone to help. Feed your worker bees. Make sure they know how much you love them.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is a 6 — Talk over your
work with family. Focus on priorities, and keep strengthening infrastructure. Give thanks for such abundance. It doesn’t take flowers and candles for love to shine. Beautify your nest with simple touches.
SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S PUZZLE
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Mike Hebert retired from coaching volleyball at the Uni-versity of Minnesota in 2011, but said he was not ready to give the game up all together.
Herbert has traveled to visit teams during preseason the past three years to visit teams and motivate them. SIU was one of his stops last week.
During his coaching career, he won five Big Ten Conference championships and reached the NCAA tournament five times, finishing as high as second place in 2004. He also wrote “Think-ing Volleyball” a book on coach-ing philosophy.
“If there are credentials, he is
the John Wooden of volleyball,” Saluki volleyball coach Justin In-gram said.
Hebert helped the team last sea-son and junior hitter Taylor Pip-pen said she noticed a difference.
“(Hebert) has taught us a lot about not only things on the court but also about the chemis-try of the team,” Pippen said.
Sophomore setter Hannah Ka-minsky said the team started slow last season, but once they real-ized it’s not only about the skills, they started playing better, and Hebert was a big part of that.
“It’s awesome getting the expe-rience of having him here,” Kamin-sky said. “He’s a volleyball legend.”
The Salukis finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference
last season, and Ingram said the team is focused on winning the championship this season.
“Our goals are so high this year,” Ingram said. “We’re look-ing at things that are unfamiliar. We’re looking for championships. We haven’t talked solely about that in, I don’t know how long.”
Hebert said he always en-joyed visiting Carbondale when he coached at the University of Illinois. He considers Ingram an up-and-coming coach who understands the game and has great potential.
“This school has taken some pretty good strides to establish it-self at the [Division I] as an elite school,” Hebert said. “I’ve been re-ally impressed during the last cou-
ple of times I’ve been here.”Hebert said the team has a lot
of size and athleticism. He said it needs to work on a few things, but watching one scrimmage was enough to get an idea of how it would finish the season.
“I’m not yet able to distin-guish what separates this team from some of the others in the Valley,” he said.
Ingram said he is thankful Hebert has come in to help be-cause the team is young.
“We have 15 athletes that are either freshmen or sophomores, of the 18 total,” Ingram said. “That number is so big, there is a lot of maturing and a lot of un-derstanding that needs to hap-pen in order for us to get really
as high or higher than even the athletes think they can get.”
Hebert has done some coach-ing with team USA, and said the only way he would come out of retirement is if he got an offer to coach there.
“I’ve got my grandkids and my golf clubs back in San Diego,” Hebert said. “When I’m done, I’ll be headed back there.”
Hebert plans to help Ohio State University, Iowa Univer-sity, Pittsburgh University and Concordia University Irvine be-fore the season begins.
Aaron Graff can be contacted at [email protected],
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Michigan basketball coach John Beilein putting his left arm around Austin Hatch on Wednesday at the Davidson Player Development Center in Ann Arbor symbolized their unique connection.
The 61-year-old Beilein and 19-year-old Hatch are now that close, bonded at the hip by life, loss and lectures.
For more than four years now, Beilein has been watching Hatch, a 6-foot-6 freshman forward orig-inally from Ft. Wayne, Ind.
He saw him stand out in the Michigan basketball camp as a high school freshman.
He offered him a scholarship on the phone and got his commit-ment on June 15, 2011.
And he was crushed nine days later, along with the rest of the sporting world, when Hatch was in the second private airplane crash
of his young life, near Charlevoix, Mich. The crash killed his father and stepmother, like the one eight years earlier that took away his mother, brother and sister.
His family was gone, but Beilein remained.
“He came to the hospital to visit me twice,” Hatch recalled Wednesday after U-M’s basketball practice, in one of his first inter-views since the 2011 crash. “Once when I was in Traverse City, I was in a medically induced coma and I didn’t know he was there. Then I remember the (other) visit viv-idly, he came to visit me at the RIC (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) in Chicago before I re-learned how to walk. Talk about a man of loyalty. Coach Beilein, he’s the most loyal man I know.”
The conversation at that time has resonated with Hatch, even three years later.
“He told me when I was in a
wheelchair, Austin, I can’t wait for you to come here and play for me,” Hatch recalled. “We’re going to be honored to have you as a part of our program. It says a lot about the kind of man he is.”
Nothing was easy about the past three years.
From rediscovering basic life skills of walking and talking, to remembering the game he loved, to moving from his Indiana home to California for an extra senior year to get his bearings.
Beilein kept calling, every month to six weeks as the NCAA rules allowed, bringing along the person, not the player and build-ing an intense relationship.
“It’s pretty close,” Beilein said. “Between he and I and then (assis-tant) Jeff (Meyer) _ we were basi-cally in the early recruiting process _ and to his family, we’re very close with everybody. We’re all in this together to help him live his dream
_ playing at the Michigan basket-ball program and getting a degree from the University of Michigan.”
Which brings Hatch to the pres-ent. He’s wearing the No. 30 jersey for the Wolverines and living each day on the Ann Arbor campus.
As he began classes this sum-mer in the bridge program, transi-tioning athletes into the academic environment, he reconsidered his dream of following his father Ste-phen’s medical training.
Now Hatch ponders becoming a business executive at the school where both grandfathers and his mother attended and his father did lab work.
U-M is the place that got him to “bleed maize and blue from an early age.”
On the court, he remains mo-tivated as ever.
Hatch’s basketball skills are far from a Division I recruit. He spent much of Wednesday’s practice do-
ing individual drills and currently is not expected to be in the play-ing rotation for the team’s upcom-ing exhibition trip to Italy.
Yet listening to him describe his journey, regaining the nearly 50 pounds lost when he was in the coma, to having a muscular, ath-letic body, it’s tough to imagine he’ll ever be satisfied, holding a singular motivation.
“It’s really my father,” Hatch said. “I’ve done my best to hon-or him during my recovery. He taught me how to work hard from an early age and that’s the only thing I know. It’s a process. I’m trying to embrace the journey.
“I’m going to get there in time. I’m not going to be there tomorrow, not next week probably. It’s going to be awhile. I had to re-learn how to walk and talk. I was obviously impaired significantly. Getting back to the level where I’ll be able to represent Michigan on the court is just going to take time.”
Michigan freshman Austin Hatch shares special bond with John BeileinMark SnyderDetroit Free Press
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Senior linebacker set to lead defense
Summer golf heats up Saluki clubsInstead of pouting about a disap-
pointing 2013-2014 season, the SIU men’s golf team got to work.
When collegiate play ended in May, many SIU golfers kept their seasons alive by playing in a number of high profile amateur tournaments.
Junior Drew Novara played in tournaments across the state with other Saluki golfers. He said most of his team-mates also participated in various events to ready themselves for the season.
“Ben Patton played in quite a few SIGA tournaments with me,” Novara said. “Steven Souchek played quite a few tournaments. Brady Brown played in a few and won his club tournament. Most of our team played in some tournaments.”
Novara was among the most active players, competing in nearly 20 tourna-ments, winning five of them, and quali-fying for the USGA National Tourna-ment. He said playing these tournaments against other good amateurs could only help.
“Its helped me quite a bit; most of the tournaments have a pretty good field,” Novara said. “The pressure of playing in the last group of any tourna-ment is similar to the pressure in college tournaments.”
Senior Andrew Mitchell was also in-vited to the USGA National by winning the qualifier in Bloomington. He said the added practice would especially help as the team faces a tough schedule in the spring, which includes visits to The Ohio State University, the University of Louis-ville and Purdue University.
“We’ve got a very tough schedule in the spring,” he said. “We’re going to see some competition we’ve never seen before as a team. But we’ve got more talent than we know what to do with. If we continue to work hard we should be fine.”
Senior Steve Souchek had a success-ful summer on the amateur circuit. He competed in the final Public Links Tour-nament, a yearly open tournament for all golfers who do not belong to a country club.
He said extra swings in practice help any golfer while nothing beats the com-petition of tournament play. Not only will the added play help Souchek on the course, he said it will also help with his relationship with Fetcho.
“The more golf you play before the season starts, the better prepared you
are,” he said. “Coach doesn’t know me that well as a person, but he will see that all summer long I put in a very good effort. I think that will give him a little added trust in me as a player.”
With 18-year Saluki coach Leroy Newton retiring in May, head coach Justin Fetcho inherits a team that had its effort in practice questioned by Newton last season. That does not seem to be the case this season as nearly every golfer on the team played in at least a handful of tournaments.
Fetcho, a former golfer at the Uni-versity of South Florida, said playing summer golf is very important for regular season success.
“Its good to hear that guys are putting in work even after the season ends,” Fetcho said. “You can tell who has been working and who has been
playing over the summer, and those will be the guys who will stand-out to begin the season.”
Souchek, Novara and Mitchell played in the majority of tournaments last season under Newton. Fetcho, though, says it is an open competition for the five spots in the lineup, but prac-ticing over the summer goes a long way towards consistent play.
The team tees up its fall season Sept. 8 at the Derek Dolenc Invitational at Southern Illinois University Edwards-ville. The Salukis struggled at the same tournament last year, finishing in 9th place in the field of 12.
Tyler Davis can be reached at [email protected], on Twitter @TDavis_DE or at 536-3311 ext. 269.
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One of the Salukis’ nine returning starters on defense has turned into a proven leader on the field and sidelines.
Senior outside linebacker Tyler Wil-liamson is one of the faces of the 2014 Saluki football team. He is a captain on defense and is on the team poster and media guide.
Williamson earned the honor of be-ing one of the faces of a Division I foot-ball program through his impressive play on the field. Since 2012 he has played in 23 games and recorded 98 tackles and 8.5 sacks. He was also named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer team in 2012.
Williamson is not only a talented player in between the sidelines, but also in between the ears.
“He has a knack for being wherever the ball is,” outside linebacker coach Tra-vis Stepps said. “He’s one of those guys that can get turnovers for your defense whether it’s through a pick or through a forced fumble or strip.”
Williamson is more than just a leader through his play on the field. He can often be seen alerting his teammates of potential plays or correcting mistakes less experienced teammates make.
Williamson said his coaches did not have to ask him to be the vocal leader on the sideline. It’s just something he wants to do.
“It’s in my character,” he said. “Since I’ve gotten in college I’ve just understood the importance of having someone who will take control when chaos is going on. I’ve just found it to be very productive especially in my posi-tion group.”
Stepps said Williamson could be used almost as an extension of the coaching staff thanks to his experience and vocal leadership.
“He’s familiar with the lingo and the terms,” he said. “We always ask when we’re doing team reps to go over and coach guys on the sideline. The more we can help each other the better we will all be.”
Senior inside linebacker Jordan Poole has shared the field with William-son for 23 games since 2012, which has helped the two linebackers build strong chemistry on the field. But they are also close off the field. The two Salukis are roommates.
“We have a good relationship,” Poole said. “He’s from east Tennessee, I’m from middle Tennessee, so naturally we have a connection there.”
Poole said he and Williamson like
to fish together in their free time. Both players are also Tennessee Titans fans.
So far this year during practices Williamson has gotten a break from the coaching staff. During team sessions Williamson gets a bit of a rest on the sideline while younger players get repeti-tions at outside-linebacker.
“It’s really nice for me to be honest. It gets me some rest for my legs,” Wil-liamson said. “I’ve been here for two seasons and started so it’s just as good for me on the sideline to help coach these young guys up.”
Despite Williamson’s break, Stepps said he wants to see Williamson improve his durability.
“It’s a physical position playing out-side linebacker,” Stepps said. “Just being able to stay healthy and play physical throughout a 12-game season is going to be tough to do. He’s taking care of his
body and he’s going to have a chance to have a good season for us.”
Williamson said he gained 10 to 15 pounds during the offseason to help build up his body for the physical demands of his position.
The Salukis will return nine starters from the 2013 season and Williamson said he expects his defense to be tough.
“I think we’re really strong,” he said. “It helps that we’ve had a good spring and a good start to the fall. Most of the guys on the team have played together here in the first team… I’m pretty happy with where we are as a defense right now.”
Tony McDaniel can be reached at [email protected], on Twitter @tonymcdanielDE
or at 536-3311 ext. 256
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