Students deal with crowded dorm rooms

There are 200 more students living on campus this year than last year, which has increased the number of people who live in over-crowded rooms.

Crystal Bouhl, assistant director of University Housing, said nearly one in every 10 students reside in over-assigned rooms. She said 3,925 students live in the residence halls and facilities.

“We have approximately 125 students occupying a third bed in a triple room or a quad room in over-assigned housing,” Bouhl said. “When you factor in the other two students in the triple rooms, we have an approximate total of 360 students in over-assigned housing.”

People in over-assigned rooms are offered new placements based on how many students withdraw from the university or move out of housing, according to housing’s website. Although housing predicts rooms will be available at the beginning of the fall semester, the process of students receiving new placement can be indefinite.

Jazzman Walker, an undecided freshman from St. Louis, said compromising was a large part of living in an over-assigned dorm, because each person does not have his or her own amenities.

“You have to share with your roommates and that is weird at first because you don’t really know each other,” Walker said. “But since there are only two closet spaces and two desks, if you don’t communicate with your roommates about sharing someone has to do without.”

Lashay Mays, an undecided freshman from St. Louis, said it is challenging to make an over-assigned room comfortable to live in.

“Over-assigned triples have the same amount of space as rooms with two people living in them, and the way they’re set up initially isn’t in the most efficient manner,” Mays said. “So you and your roommates have to move things around just so you all have enough space.”

In order to accommodate these living arrangements, each student living in an over-assigned room is given a weekly $25 refund from the university, which is paid to their bursar account. This reimbursement could cost the university about $198,000 if all the students remained in over-assigned rooms for the fall term.

“The housing staff works together to come up with new ideas for students because overbooked rooms are extremely common in the industry,” Bouhl said.

As a solution, a plan was created to demolish the three tallest residence halls: Neely, Schneider and Mae Smith and replace them with newer facilities that have more rooms, according to the website.

“The planning and development is ongoing and we anticipate presenting materials for scope and budget to the Board of Trustees in the near future,” Jon L. Shaffer, director of University Housing, stated in an email.

According to the website, removing the towers to build new facilities is expected to take nearly 10 years.

Muriel Berry can be reached at mberry@dailyegyptian.com,

on Twitter @muriel_berry_DEor at 536-3311 ext. 254

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Candidates debate for trustee electionThree student trustee candidates

discussed key campus issues Wednesday during a debate in the Student Center.

When the candidates were questioned about the greatest issue that the campus is facing, each had different opinions of how to go about changing that issue.

“I think that’s really subjective to the students that you talk to,” Wheetley said.

“Things that are important to large groups of students are obviously tuition.”

Wheetley said it is important for the trustee to communicate with many students, because there are many different issues that students have, and they should take all issues into consideration.

“We all have different priorities, we all have different goals here at SIU, and having that communication is really important in knowing what is important to individual students,” Wheetley said.

Miller said he and everyone in the room knows it’s the price of going to school. The state of Illinois funding for higher education has decreased by nearly $70 million since 2002.

“That decrease is huge, it’s your pocketbooks and it’s why your fees are going up, that’s why the tuition is going up year after year,” Miller said. “The fees need to be reviewed. The fees of the 1980’s do not meet the needs for the students of the 21 century.”

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Elderly couples smile and laugh as a full orchestra performs Carole King’s 1971 hit, “You’ve Got A Friend”. One man quickly sends his partner down for a dip, and scoops her into his arms.

This is just one scene from the seventh annual Senior Prom, a dance for senior citizens, at the Du Quoin State Fair Wednesday night.

Brian Bush, a community outreach coordinator for the secretary of state, said Secretary of State Jesse White created the dance in order to give back to seniors.

“The Senior Prom just gives an

opportunity for seniors to be here at the fair to participate in something that’s special, just for them,” Bush said.

Bush said the dance, sponsored by Southern Illinois Healthcare, the secretary of state and the fair, also offers seniors information on traffic safety.

Illinois drivers from ages 69 to 80 have to renew their driver’s licenses every four years. Drivers from 81 to 86 must renew them every two years, and after 87 years they must renew them annually, according to the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles website.

Bush said the event helps seniors learn more about the rules of the road, without experiencing the anxiety many

of them feel while entering the DMV. One couple, Charlie McCann, of

Carbondale, and Marcia Allen, of Murphysboro, originally met at SIU in 1965. They sat next to each other on the second day of their freshman year in physics class in Brown Auditorium.

“She’s the only person that I sat next to that I ever remembered,” McCann said.

Allen said they would run into each other at church and on campus occasionally, but it was not until two years ago they reunited in the same auditorium where they first met.

“Who says you can’t be 18 again?” McCann said.

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June Riley, of Dix, dances with her husband Bill Riley Wednesday during the Senior Prom at the Du Quoin State Fair. Southern Illinois

Healthcare, the secretary of state and the Du Quoin State Fair sponsored the event. With more than 50 attendees, the senior prom celebrated

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Vacant office misleads campusAnyone hoping to report a grievance

to the university in the past two years would have been directed to an office that no longer exists, and a phone number that is out of service.

The Office of the Ombudsman was closed in August of 2012, but as of Aug. 18, 2014 the university Ombudsman’s Office was still listed on the university’s website under the offices reporting to the chancellor.

The listing linked to a broken web page and a disconnected phone number. Since speaking with university officials regarding the ombudsman’s page, references to the Ombudsman’s Office were removed from the website.

The office was a resource that worked with anyone in the university

community who needed a non-partisan, unbiased review of a conflict. Any problem brought to the office was dealt with confidentially. The office had been in existence since 1969.

“On the first of June 2012, I was informed the Chancellor [Rita Cheng] wanted to know how soon we could have the office closed up and shut down,” Donald Bixler, former interim director of the office, said.

University spokesman Rae Goldsmith said positions in the office were eliminated in response to the university’s budget problems.

Judy Rose, the Ombudsman’s Office secretary from 1988 to 2012, said the budget for the office was about $221,000 for fiscal year 2010 and about $145,000 for fiscal year 2012.

Former Director Lynn Connley, who

retired in 2010 after working there for 35 years, said cutting the office for budgetary reasons doesn’t add up.

“That excuse doesn’t really hold up when you figure that the budget amount saved was so little,” Connley said. “It was such a drop in the bucket for the university’s budget that it didn’t make sense.”

When the office closed, there were two full-time employees, a director, an office manager, two student workers and two law clerks.

Goldsmith said the staff at the time had either retired or were moving on when the office was removed.

“I was 50 when the office closed and not ready to retire and hadn’t considered moving to a different department,” Rose said.

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Pulling all the stops for a selloutWith expectations rising for the

football team, Athletic Director Mario Moccia hopes the number of attendees at Saluki football games is on the rise too.

In 2013, the average attendance at SIU football games was 8,554. That is just over half of the full capacity of Saluki Stadium, which holds 15,000. In 2012, an average of 9,550 attended each game.

While the team’s winning percent-age has risen the last three seasons, 2013 was the third consecutive year of decline in attendance. To change this, when the Salukis kick off their season Thursday against Taylor University, a number of promotions for the community and student body will begin.

Tom Weber, assistant athletic direc-tor of media services, said one of the things that changed for students was shifting the tailgating area.

“We did some things for other fans, but students wanted a different tailgat-ing area that’s closer to the stadium so we did it,” Weber said.

Students will be allowed to tailgate in half of the parking lot directly south of the SIU Arena, an area unavailable to students previously.

Moccia said the “Saluki Sprint” is

returning, as freshmen will again be al-lowed to storm the field before the game. He also said there will be five home night games and postgame fireworks.

“Our students told us, ‘hey, we might be going out on Friday so for us to be motivated at 10 a.m. to get up and get out to tailgating isn’t going to happen’,” Moccia said. “So we added night games.”

Moccia said he wants an atmosphere similar to the one men’s basketball expe-rienced during its final home game last season. It was the first sellout since SIU Arena was remodeled as a part of the Saluki Way project.

Saluki Stadium, which was built in 2010, has not sold out since the first game of its debut season.

Moccia said he listened to sea-son ticket holders as well as com-munity members when considering promotions. That led to the creation of Community Days, the “Four for $40” deal and a promotion for youth football leagues.

The “Four for $40” deal gives pa-trons four tickets, four drinks and four food items for $40. Moccia said the Community Days will rotate to differ-ent surrounding towns.

“We’re not doing this at Homecom-ing or Family Weekend but the other

four home games, we’ve got Commu-nity Days,” he said. “The first game, the two communities are Carbondale and Murphysboro. People that have those driver’s license or [addresses] can buy tickets for $6.18 for the game.”

Moccia said the promotion will in-clude Carterville, Marion, Harrisburg, West Frankfort, Benton, Anna, Jones-boro and Du Qoin at later home games. The promotion will be extended to high school students as well. Any Carbon-dale or Murphysboro student with a school ID will be admitted to the game free of charge.

Youth football players in the com-munities can also attend games free of charge if they attend in their jerseys. Their parents will receive tickets at a dis-counted price as well.

Moccia said he also consid-ered alumni with the promo-tions. He said the school serves the students, so the alumni likes to see students getting involved.

“I think we can still accommodate the alumni,” Moccia said. “The alumni

love it when the students are enthusias-tic. They get a charge out of it, so I really do not think that there is going to be a whole lot of issues with them.”

Students still believe there are tools to help increase awareness about games. Storey Mayer, a freshman from Chris-topher studying journalism, said the school could send out emails to let stu-dents know about athletic events.

“I was not aware of the game tomor-row, but I don’t really follow sports,” Mayer said. “I think emails can help. For every class, professors use email often so every time I get an email, I read it.”

Mayer said she would be interested in attending the games and doing the “Saluki Sprint” but was not sure if she would go to Thursday’s game.

Scott Blackstone, a senior from Washington studying marketing, was more knowledgeable about the game against Taylor. He said the promotions could be effective but there were other ways to get students involved.

“The Saluki mascot could run through lecture halls on Fridays, throw-

ing some Nerf Saluki footballs, remind-ing students to come to the game and bring a little excitement to the class-room,” Blackstone said.

He said he plans to attend most sports home games this season. Blackstone liked the idea of moving the tailgate and said students will ap-preciate being closer to the stadium and alumni.

Moccia said students are not always aware that they can get into any Saluki athletic event just by showing their ID at the gate. He said he wants students to be more cognizant of this since they pay an athletic fee within their student fees.

“The bottom line is this, not only are we here for the students, the students also pay a significant student fee as well,” he said. “So when we have a very diverse group of students saying ‘hey this is what we want’, its nice to be able to deliver for them and give them what they ask for.”

The promotions’ success will be tested starting 7 p.m. Thursday when the Salukis take on the Trojans at Saluki Stadium.

Tyler Davis can be reached attdavis@dailyegyptian.com

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Allen said they waited one year after the death of their spouses to reconnect. They talked on the phone for five months before making face-to-face contact.

She said she asked McCann why he never asked her out in college, and he said it was be-cause she told him she had a boyfriend who was away in the Navy.

“I wasn’t going to hit on the poor lonesome girl,” McCann said.

Allen would later marry her boyfriend of the time. She said she and McCann both still grieve their spouses, but they are very glad they had the opportunity to revive their relationship.

“We now say we had physics together in 1965 but it took 47 years to find out if there was any chemistry,” Allen said.

McCann said as alumni they continue to be ac-tive with university activities and purchase season tickets to the football games every year.

“If it wouldn’t have been for SIU, we wouldn’t have had that bonding experience,” he said.

Marissa Novel can be reached atmnovel@dailyegyptian.com,

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— Marcia AllenProm attendee

‘‘The bottom line is this, not only are we here for the students, the students also pay a significant student fee as well.

— Mario MocciaAthletic Director

Bixler said he planned to retire in December of this year. He had worked in the office for 11 years and been interim director the last two years it existed, and was given the option to move to a position in Student Affairs when the office closed.

Once the decision was made to cut the office, Cheng never informed students, faculty and staff of the office’s termination.

“Not much word about our closure was out,” Bixler said. “The chancellor at that time told me that they would send out a notice and explain it. But there never was anything. They just kind of wanted it to go away.”

Goldsmith said the university still has

the resources the office provided, but not in one place.

“The function of the Ombudsman’s Office are still here, they’re just organized differently,” she said.

The Dean of Students, Saluki Cares and Labor and Employee Relations all offer the same services once provided by the Ombudsman’s Office, Goldsmith said.

Katherine Shermersheim, interim Dean of Students, said her office is a place for students, faculty and staff to receive assistance and support.

“The Dean of Students’ office … actively partners with the campus community to provide transformational, holistic programs and services that challenge and empower students to

learn, serve and succeed,” she said. “We contribute to the mission of the university by offering program, services and support, and by making referrals, all with student learning and success at the core of our work.”

Connley said three separate offices might be able to provide the same services as the office, but would not be able to do so confidentially.

“If other offices within the university could have done what the Ombudsman’s Office did in the same way … then that would have happened a long time ago,” Connley said.

Goldsmith said the Chancellor’s Office is not looking to reinstate the office.

Cheng was unable to be reached for comment by press time.

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The Student Center has recently added a new dining option and change is still underway.

Tena Bennett, director of the Student Center, said Subway opened Saturday and Starbucks is undergoing a move down the hall. She said the Subway was planned to open at the beginning of the semester but more space was added to the restaurant’s design, which caused delays in construction.

“By adding on some square footage, they were allowed to add coolers and freezers that weren’t there in the past,” Bennett said.

This marks the first time in six years a Subway, which has a 10-year lease and is not run by the Student Center or its employees, will be available in the Student Center.

“I like having Subway here. It’s a good, healthy option,” said Erin Gill, an undecided freshman from Oak Forest.

To avoid long lines students can use the Subway app, which allows people to order online and pick up their order.

With the addition of Subway to the center, Starbucks will be moving locations because of a clause in its contract, which requires the university to remodel or refresh the storefront every 10 years.

“The new location will be centralized to the building while offering better support in the form of storage,” Bennett said. “This will also allow us to expand the offerings to include more food options.”

Bennett said the university plans to place a bid for the location where the Starbucks currently is in hopes of adding another food service.

“We’re hoping to have that hit the streets as soon as possible,” she said. “It’s a state process, so it takes some time because it has to go through several offices to make sure we are following proper protocol for the state.”

Bennett said she hopes Starbucks is moved in before the end of fall semester.

Brent Meske can be reached at bmeske@dailyegyptian.com

or on Twitter @brentmeskeDE

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Chavona Edwards, center, a student at John A. Logan College from Chicago, dances with the fashion model group Essence Wednesday in the

Roman Room of the Student Center. “It’s more than just modeling,” Edwards said. “It’s not America’s Next Top Model - It’s a place where you

can showcase your talent.” Essence’s next performance will be at SIU Homecoming.

Southern Illinois Weekend Sp tlightFive things to do in Carbondale for Labor Day weekend

Suffering from information overload after the first two weeks of school?

Work stressing you out? Do not fret, Labor Day weekend

is upon us and I’m here to provide you with some relief to that stress.

There is always something to do in Carbondale. The city and surrounding area are teeming with life, what better way to spend the weekend than exploring all it has to offer with friends and family.

Here are five things to make the weekend the best it can be. By no means is this everything going on in Carbondale this weekend, but it can serve as a reference for you when planning your festivities.

5. SIU vs. Taylor If you are looking to start off

your weekend a little early, the SIU men’s football team opens its season this year on Thursday against Taylor University at Saluki Stadium. Head coach Dale Lennon and the rest of the Saluki football team want to improve after coming off a winning record of 7-5 last season. The Salukis begin the year ranked 26th in the FCS. The game begins at 7 p.m. For students, simply show your valid student I.D. card at the game to receive your ticket. If you are not a student, visit www.siusalukis.com for ticket information or the ticket office located at the front of the

stadium. Tailgating has moved to the south parking lot in between the arena and stadium.

4. Shawnee Hills Wine TrailThe Shawnee Hills Wine Trail

is one of the gems of the region. What better way to spend the day than by traveling through the beautiful rolling hills of southern Illinois, enjoying good food and drink along the way. The wine trail began with three wineries, Alto Vineyards, Pomona Winery and Owl Creek Vineyard in 1995. It has since grown exponentially, now comprised of 12 vineyards and wineries. Any of the 12 providing the perfect opportunity to kick back, relax and enjoy some of the great wines of southern Illinois. For more information, visit www.shawneewinetrail.com.

3. Get OutdoorsIf there is one aspect of southern

Illinois that could be called the biggest selling point, it is the amount of outdoor recreation. The natural beauty of the Shawnee National Forest stretches across approximately 280,000 acres and nine counties. The forest is home to a flourishing ecosystem full of natural plant and animal life. The trail system stretches more than 1,250 miles, making each adventure an opportunity to find something you have never seen before. For more information and help planning your next outdoor excursion, visit www.theshawneenationalforest.com.

2. Du Quoin State FairThe annual Du Quoin State Fair

concludes on Labor Day this year. If you haven’t gotten a chance to check out the fair yet, this is your last opportunity! The grandstand still has some heavy-hitters left to play including .38 Special on Thursday, Rodney Atkins on Friday, and KC & The Sunshine Band on Saturday. Get out there, have some fun and win your significant other that stuffed animal they always dream

of. You can find a daily schedule of events at www.agr.state.il.us/dq.

1. Live Music If you are having a conversation

about Illinois and let’s say, your friend asks where the hot spots for live music in the state are, Carbondale would probably make the top-five list. Live music is a staple of the city’s culture. Hangar 9, Pinch Penny Pub, Copper Dragon, Cali’s, Tres Hombres, PK’s, The Grotto, Curbside and

Key West are all bars in or around Carbondale, which provide venues for national and local musical acts. Most of the wineries in the area also provide live music for patrons. Whatever your tastes are musically, Carbondale is sure to satisfy them.

There is much more to Carbondale than just these five suggestions. I hope this article offers you a few suggestions.

Carbondale has a lot to offer. Get out and explore!

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The room is quiet. Then livens as the sounds of reveling guitars, amid a robust horn and keyboard accompaniment, come into the room. The melodies put the listeners into a dance-pack party trance. The music comes only from The Whiskey Caper.

The Whiskey Caper is a new band, only made official earlier this year.

The music is led by vocalist and guitarist Marshall Anderson. Anderson has been a prevalent member of the Carbondale music scene for years, having spent time with local folk duo The Voyagers. Anderson was inspired by the funk genre during a visit to New Orleans, specifically with the band Gravy Flavored Kisses.

In addition to Anderson, the band features Kegan Doty on drums, Chris Brown [a graduate student in public administration from Marion] on bass/vocals, Bethany Henning on keys/vocals, Robb Smith on saxophone and Austen Slone on guitar.

The Daily Egyptian sat down with members of The Whiskey Caper before their gig at 10 p.m. Friday at PK’s in downtown Carbondale.

How did you decide to make the music that you do with this band?

Anderson: It started because The Voyagers had a bunch of gigs booked and then Janis did one or two of

them and was like ‘I don’t have a sound system. Do you want to cover the rest?’ and I was like ‘Okay,’ but I need people to back me up because I’d been hired as a solo act and so we wanted something more substantial. So I did two hours of solo stuff and then an hour of band stuff.

How would you describe your music?

Anderson: I’ve been saying funky blues-rock, but I don’t know, even the people who hear us are like, ‘What?’

Brown: We do some funk, we do some blues, we do some rock. We kind of have some alternative country in a way.

Anderson: We cover some John Gorka, who is a part of the modern folk movement, but we don’t do it like John Gorka.

Do you play mostly cover songs or originals?

Anderson: We’ve been doing mostly covers recently. We have a couple of originals, but we’re starting to work on more. A lot of the covers we do are mostly my cousin’s songs. He just released a new album and he’s amazing – Alex Radus. Kegan and I just got to play with him in Lisbon, New Hampshire at my brother’s wedding, and it was pretty eye opening.

Brown: The sax player, Robb, and I are working up stuff right now. I’d say that the stuff we’d like to focus more on writing is like blues-funk.

Anderson: Speaking for myself, I’ve just been super busy because I do my own solo stuff and then I play guitar in a bunch of bands, so I’ve been writing songs for my solo stuff but I don’t think they’d make a lot of sense with The Whiskey Caper. They’re sort of sad,

bastard folky and we want to be more of a party band. It’s fun when people are happy and dance.

Brown: And not cry in their beer.What are your aspirations for

the future?Anderson: We’d like to get out

there more. If anyone would like to hire us, we’d love to do it. I’d say we’re one of the best dance bands in Carbondale right now. I haven’t heard much that would be better to dance to, and that was one of the goals when we started. When I saw that band in New Orleans, I thought, ‘No one is doing this where I live,’ and people like it when they’re drunk. I’d like to do Hangar and stuff, and we’d like to play in St. Louis, but it’s a six-piece band, so it can be hard to organize.

What are your thoughts on your upcoming show at PK’s?

Brown: PK’s is always fun. Everyone is always just having a good time. We get more PK’s gigs than anywhere and it’s always a good time.

Anderson: It goes over really well at PK’s. There we can be as loud as we’d normally be and still have the volume of most bands you see at PK’s.

Brown: As long as we get dancers up, I think that’s how we measure how good of a show we had.

Anderson: The beautiful part about PK’s is that when it starts, there are dancers up and then there are dancers down…because they don’t all make it through the night.

The Whiskey Caper plans to record demos in the near future. They can be found on Facebook.com/thewhiskeycaper.

Carbondale’s ‘Whiskey Caper’ talk upcoming performance

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Jungle Dogs reunite with old-school flavor

Not every band can stand the test of time.

Endless hours on the road, frustration in the studio and being around each other constantly begins to take its toll. Band members lose touch with one another and eventually fade away.

Carbondale’s own Jungle Dogs never fell into that category, even after the band officially retired in 2003.

Jungle Dogs will play a reunion show Saturday at Pinch Penny Pub.

The band – a blend of classical rock with influences of reggae, funk and ska – entered the Carbondale music scene in 1987 with its first show at Hangar 9. The Jungle Dogs played countless shows in the Carbondale area, and the rest of the Midwest.

In 2007, four years after retirement, Jungle Dogs started playing annual reunion shows at Pinch.

Bassist and band manager Eddie Chapa said lots of bands that are around

for a long time start to change or evolve. Jungle Dogs has been fine-tuning its sound rather than changing it.

The band has a nine-piece line-up, including a horn section and a rhythm section.

“It’s all very upbeat, danceable, fun, party music,” Chapa said.

Each member of Jungle Dogs has a different musical background, whether it be ska, funk, reggae or jazz. The band is influenced by this combination of backgrounds rather than specific artists, he said.

“We really kind of found our own style,” he said. “We’re not the kind of band that has one lead singer that sings all of the songs. There are four or five different lead singers and we all sing different songs. The style varies from song to song.”

Chapa said they like playing the outdoor beer garden at Pinch and have been lucky to consistently have good weather.

“We like playing outside,” he said. “It’s just nice. Jungle Dogs have always been more of a festival-crowd type of band.”

The band has acquired a distinct crowd over the years consisting of older, familiar faces as well as current college students who

have never heard the band before, Chapa said.

“I’ve had kids come up and say, ‘My parents went to school here and saw you guys,’” he said. “It’s always great to see new faces, especially when we can turn on some new college kids to our music.”

Attendees can expect a very uplifting vibe and plenty of crowd participation from the band, he said.

“We try and engage the crowd. Sometimes it’s directly or indirectly,” Chapa said. “It’s not unusual to even have somebody in the crowd come on stage.”

Chapa said there have been instances where too many people get on stage and it can get out of hand.

Jungle Dogs are familiar with the Carbondale music community. There are times when one musician plays in several bands, while others stick with one, he said.

The music scene has always been present in Carbondale, despite its ups and downs, he said.

“Even at its lowest points, there’s always something going on,” Chapa said

The show will start at 9 p.m. and have a $5 cover. The band will have a merchandise table set up with t-shirts and CD’s.

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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 (08/28/14). It’s your year for inner growth and flowering communications. Write,

record, or craft your expressions. Fix up your place after 12/23 (home changes come easier for seven months). October eclipses provoke a turning point in your creative expression, after resolution around shared finances. Support partners and friends by showing up for them. Share love, beauty and art.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8 — Establish and

hold your position without fanfare. Work faster and make more money, but guard against breakage. Handle short term projects with your partner. Keep a low profile, and keep it simple. Joy reigns.Taurus (April 20-May 20)

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Gemini (May 21-June 20)Today is a 7 — You won’t be

given more than you can handle.

Spend a bonus on a household improvement. Practice makes perfect. Prepare for changes ahead. Your quick wit is appreciated, especially at home.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)Today is a 6 — You can work

out a puzzle. Handle priorities at home. Assume leadership and manage a project. Ask family to help out. Slow down to avoid accidents, taking care with sharp objects. Everything seems possible.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is a 7 — Get news of an

unexpected benefit. Write, record or film today and tomorrow. Don’t do it all by yourself. Talk to your creative team. Handle immediate concerns. This is where your thriftiness pays off.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Today is a 9 — Look at the road

directly ahead. Reconsider ideals as you reassess the situation. Context is decisive... choose one that serves well. Clean up messes. Take it slow and easy.

Discover something of great value.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Today is an 9 — Keep digging

and find the clue you’ve been seeking. Work out your backup plan and avoid an awkward moment. Mistakes can happen. Benefit comes from prioritizing short-term projects, focusing on here and now.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Today is a 7 — Discover

solutions to puzzling riddles while exercising or meditating. Quiet time can get quite productive. Let go of worry about the future, and take action on near-term goals. Ensure that basics get handled.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is a 7 — You’re extra

popular today and tomorrow. Don’t blow up over small potatoes. You can crowdsource a solution... ask friends for suggestions. Invite them over for food, drinks and conversation. Call it a “focus group”.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is a 7 — Your reputation

and influence are growing. Consult a wise friend. Obligations could hamper expansion. Re-appraise options. Discretion is advised. Provide leadership, especially today and tomorrow. Show up and do what needs to be done.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Today is an 8 — You’d love to

take a trip... near has advantages over far. Save money by packing a lunch. Keep promises, especially to young people. Practice some anonymous generosity. Make a choice you can live with.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is a 7 — Allow extra time

for travel connections. Confer with a sensible person, and negotiate terms. You can get what you need. Allocate funds for a collaborative project. All the pieces haven’t been located yet.

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ACROSS1 Bon Ami

competitor5 Start of a classic

Christmas poem9 Terra __

14 “Star Wars” role15 “Hell __ no fury

...”16 Isolated17 Frigg’s husband18 First name in

suburban humor19 Group scuffle20 PITCH23 Justice Fortas24 Spleen25 PITCH34 Some final

exams35 Immature

salamanders36 One who may

signal to abullpen: Abbr.

37 Hall of Famegolfer Middlecoffwho had a DDSdegree

38 Oscar de la __40 Fictional estate

near Atlanta41 Covert maritime

org.42 Notable Cuban

bandleader,familiarly

43 Good __44 PITCH48 Hail to Caesar49 “__ Mine”:

Beatles song50 PITCH58 Characteristic59 Cannes cleric60 Destroy61 Nemo’s creator62 Pinochle

combination63 Setting for “The

Quiet Man”64 Swamp grass65 Peacock tail

spots66 Anti-aircraft fire

DOWN1 Oodles2 Self-defense

method3 Related

4 Small-screenprincess

5 Enforcement org.since 1908

6 Rabbit home7 “Don’t throw

bouquets __”:song lyric

8 NBA nickname9 Shooting

equipment10 Kitchen gadget11 Powder in the

nursery12 Low card13 Ended a fast21 Metallica

drummer Ulrich22 Utah’s __

Mountains25 Drink after a

day on theslopes

26 Chimp cousin27 First Brazilian

airline28 Cambridgeshire

cathedral town29 Supernatural

lamp occupants30 Time and again,

to a poet31 Spender of rials

32 Jibe33 Feature of LBJ

speeches38 Fix, as a hem39 Count ending40 Chef’s meas.42 Zealot43 Headed for an

isle, maybe45 Very eager46 Like a good

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wind56 Biblical prophet57 Stink58 Sony products

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Volleyball starts season with excitementSIU’s volleyball team was picked

to finish fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference, but the players want to prove the polls wrong.

The Salukis made the conference championship match as the third seed of the tournament last year, but fell 3-0 to Wichita State University.

The team has 11 returning players, including All-Conference junior hitter Taylor Pippen. The Salukis added six freshmen as well.

“With the experience, others do maybe look up to me,” Pippen said. “I’m able to kind of help out the others, because I have been here the longest. But I think each person is able to kind of look at each other and help each other out.”

Pippen and sophomore setter Hannah Kaminsky were named to the Preseason All-Conference team. Kaminsky was named the 2013 MVC Freshman of the Year. She was named to 2013 All-Freshman team, along with sophomore setter and hitter Meg Viggars.

Coach Justin Ingram said there is a foundation in place with the returning players. He said the new faces build on that and will help SIU become nationally recognized within the next few years.

“The team is talented,” Ingram said.

“We know we can beat a lot of people and we know they can beat us, because we’re not that good yet.”

All the freshmen, except outside hitter Nellie Fredriksson, who was still attending school in Sweden, attended summer classes. Freshman outside hitter Abby Barrow said it helped build team chemistry.

“When they got here they probably realized that the game is a lot faster in college,” Pippen said. “We play with a really fast offense so I think that was probably different from back where they used to play.”

Barrow said her busy schedule mostly kept her away from home this summer.

“I was actually still playing in my high school sectional softball game,” Barrow said. “When we lost that game, I came right here.”

Ingram said the administration is one of the best things about SIU because it supports programs to help the freshmen make the transition.

“The administration helps provide some summer school opportunities for our athletes,” Ingram said. “We had 17 players here this summer.”

Viggars said the new faces complement the returning ones. “It doesn’t even feel like they’re new,” Viggars said. “It’s just they’re part of the team and they’ve always been here with us.”

The team has its first match at 4

p.m. Friday against the University of North Carolina in the Illini Classic in Champaign.

“There’s so many unknowns that the first match is almost a blind match,” Ingram said. “To where you go in and you lace them up, and you get after it.

Whoever plays better at that point wins the match.”

The team plays the University of Illinois at 10 a.m. and California State University Long Beach at 5 p.m. on Saturday.

“Each and every match that we

progress towards, the teams in the country will know more and more about us,” Ingram said. “We’ll know more and more about them as well.”

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A “Flyin’ Illini” team member will be landing in Carbondale Friday for a book signing that will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale.

Former NBA player Stephen Bardo is in Carbondale promoting his new book named “The Flyin’ Illini: The Untold Story of One of College Basketball’s Elite Teams.” The book follows the success of the 1989-1990 University of Illinois basketball team, which reached the Final Four.

Half of the book’s proceeds will go to the Boys and Girls Club in Carbondale. The former basketball star grew up in Carbondale and said he loves the opportunity to give back to his community.

“I knew I needed a nonprofit partner and what better way to have a partnership than with the Boys and Girls club,” Bardo said. “I’m very passionate about young people and their success and I think the Boys and Girls Clubs do a fantastic job of furthering that mission.”

Bardo said the suggestion of the club came from longtime friend and member of Boys and Girls Club Board, Todd Bryson. Bryson said the partnership was an example of separate interests combining for a mutual goal.

The club receives donations and a great spokesperson for local youths and Bardo gets more exposure for his book, which examines the behind-the-scenes relationships of the fabled Illinois team.

Bardo and the “Flyin’ Illini” soared to national attention after the team started 16-0 to being the 1989-90 season. The team eventually came in second in a competitive Big 10 conference and had four NBA players.

The team featured Kenny Battle, Nick Anderson, Kendall Gill and Bardo, and is often touted as the best basketball team in Illinois history.

After his career in the NBA and overseas, Bardo worked as a college basketball analyst for

ESPN, Big 10 Network and CBS. As he returns to Carbondale for the first

time since the release of his book, Bardo said he noticed that a lot has changed in the town since the ‘70s and ‘80s.

“Carbondale is a much different town from when I was growing up,” Bardo said. “There’s more dangerous activity for kids to be involved in. I’m not sure the community is quite as close knit as it used to be.”

With Carbondale athletics not being as successful as in previous decades and this increased danger, Bardo said the Boys and Girls Club is a great force for good for children and teens within the city.

“Organizations like the Boys and Girls Club let these kids know they matter, that people care about them,” he said. “As adults, we sometimes take that for granted. Them coming in and showing kids that they’re valued is tremendous. I think they’ve helped decades and generations of kids feel much better about who they are.”

Randy Osborne, the executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale, said he has a mutual respect for Bardo.

He said the donation from Bardo’s book sales is excellent and will go to providing after school programs for more than 80 children. He said he admires the example Bardo sets for those with dreams of being a professional athlete.

“A lot of kids want to be professional basketball players and sometimes they don’t think beyond that,” Osborne said. “It’s important for them to meet somebody who had a lot of skill and success in basketball but was able to look beyond that and fulfill their talents in other areas. It gives them a little reality passed being an NBA star.”

Bardo said he is proud of his off-the-court accomplishments as well as helping bring Carbondale to prominence through his success.

Bardo has made appearances across the state and at 6 p.m. Thursday evening will be at the Pinckneyville Public Library and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday will be at the Carbondale Boys and Girls Club.

It’s a moment I’ve been waiting for all summer. The Salukis’ sports season officially begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, with the kick off of SIU vs. Taylor University at Saluki Stadium.

The Salukis find themselves in luck with their first game. Taylor is a low-profile National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics team, meaning they aren’t even associated with the NCAA.

This means Taylor isn’t able to recruit the same caliber players as SIU. So in turn, this is basically a warm-up for the Dawgs that should be an easy win.

SIU can’t approach this game as an easy win. Just because Taylor doesn’t have as big of a program as SIU, doesn’t mean they can’t pull off an upset.

Think back to 2007 when Football Championship Subdivision’s Appalachian State University pulled off a massive upset over Football Bowl Subdivision’s University of Michigan, who was ranked No. 5 in the nation at the time.

As long as SIU approaches this game with the right mindset, it should easily be able to avoid a disaster.

Taylor is a small school from Upland, Ind., with an enrollment of 2,237 students. Taylor’s football team plays in the Mid-States Football Association. Ron Korfmacher coaches the Trojans and is in his 30th season.

In 2013, the Trojans finished 5-5 led by their 4-3 defense. The Trojans averaged 3.6 sacks a game last year, which was fourth in the NAIA. They finished in the top-20 in scoring and rushing defense last year.

SIU head coach Dale Lennon called Taylor a team similar to his own, and he is correct. Taylor brings back most of a stout defense, and on offense have a talented receiver and questions at the position of quarterback.

The 2014 edition of Taylor football will bring back six starters including two All-MFSA players

in junior defensive tackle Jake Venable, and junior strong safety Adam Sauder.

Sauder had 101 total tackles in 2013, and Venable finished with 7 sacks on the season. Junior defensive backs Dustin Wanner and Tyler Mills, who combined for 5 interceptions and 65 tackles, will also be back for the 2014 campaign.

The Salukis will face a tough defense that isn’t afraid to bring pressure on the quarterback in tonight’s game.

On the offensive side of the ball, the Trojans are in a battle for the position of starting quarterback, much like SIU was just a few weeks ago.

Senior Jonathan Keith played in 10 games last year for Taylor, completing 61.72 percent of his passes for 1,646 yards. However, Keith threw more interceptions last year than touchdowns, which if you’re new to the game of football, it’s not a good thing.

Keith’s competition for the starting spot is junior Michael Miller. Like SIU’s quarterback, junior Mark Iannotti, Miller has only attempted one pass in college.

Last season Miller played wide receiver for the Trojans catching the ball 20 times and scoring two touchdowns.

Miller is 6-feet-6-inches tall, which makes him a big offensive target to find down field. Miller is likely to see action in the passing game one way or another.

Regardless of who starts at quarterback, they will have strong protection and a great receiver to try and find in the passing game.

All five starters on Taylor’s offensive line will return in 2014, including 285-pound sophomore guard Austin Garde.

Taylor will also bring back junior wide receiver Shawn Lashbrook. Lashbrook caught 67 passes last year for 873 yards and seven touchdowns en route to a First-Team All-MSFA team award.

Despite the strong defense and experienced offensive line, the Salukis should be in a position to walk right on through to a win and a 1-0 start to the season.

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(Left to Right) Junior Taylor Pippen, senior Kat Agson and sophomore Meg Viggars retrieve volleyballs after a drill Mon-day in Davies Gym. The Salukis open their season Friday at the Illini Classic in Champaign.

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