Comments on SIUC’s Facebook page have been disabled a! er a " urry of activity on its wall Wednesday, leaving some students wondering about the freedom of their speech.

“It’s really insulting,” said Monica Brennan, a junior from St. Charles studying hospitality and tourism.

Brennan was one of many people who posted on the university’s Facebook wall following the posting of a letter from Chancellor Rita Cheng Wednesday night. # e letter assured students operations at the university would continue as normal should any of the four unions bargaining with administration go on strike.

# is was followed by scores of comments ranging from questions to the chancellor, to pleas for an agreement to be reached with the unions to taunts directed at administration.

At $ rst, comments were deleted individually at increasing speed, Brennan said. While her $ rst comment was deleted within 10 to 20 minutes, by her fourth or $ ! h, they were being deleted within seconds. Eventually, though, she was outright blocked from posting, she said.

# e university decided to disable comments entirely for the time being to remove the possibility of in" ammatory posts, said Rod Sievers, university spokesman.

“# ey were pretty nasty and pretty rude and not acceptable,” he said.

Some of the comments may have been more mild, but the overall spirit was not that of an open debate, he said.

No negotiations took place # ursday between the Faculty Association and administration, none are planned and each side blamed the other.

"# is is their call," said Morteza Daneshdoost, chair of the Faculty Association bargaining team. "We have given them a contract proposal. We are expecting them to come back to us. My phone is waiting to be ringing."

But Chancellor Rita Cheng said the next move belongs to the union.

“We have extended our willingness to meet when they are ready. # ey are the ones who walked away, and when they come back that’s the way it works,” Cheng said.

# e disagreement even extended to who was responsible for the end of talks Wednesday night.

“We were hoping to continue the night," Daneshdoost said. "We wanted to have a contract rather than a strike. But it really looked to us they were interested in a strike more than a fair contract."

But Cheng blamed the union’s bargaining team for bringing a proposal to negotiations Wednesday about $ nancial exigency — containing the same language the administration rejected in March.

“# ey want to be the decision maker, rather than the board, and that can’t happen,” she said.

Cheng said when and how to declare $ nancial exigency — language that would allow the board to lay o% tenured faculty in a budget crisis — was the last major issue.

With the two sides unable to agree on that key issue, members of the faculty union set up picket lines at 16 entrances to the university # ursday.

Johnny Gray, an associate professor of speech communications, was one of a cluster of pickets at the entrance near the Communications Building.

“I think that we see what their plan is for the future of SIU, which is fewer and fewer tenured and tenure track-faculty,” he said.

The effects of a strike by tenured and tenure-track faculty could be seen in half-empty classrooms Thursday.

While university officials said it looked like business as usual on campus — despite about 100 pickets at entrances to campus — many students said attendance was far lower than normal in their classes. Some students reported their classes were cancelled, while others had classes led by designated attendance monitors and were told to return

for the next class meeting when a substitute would be present.

Although the majority of professors represented by the Faculty Association taught as usual, Chancellor Rita Cheng said about 78 of the 650 faculty members represented by the union did not attend class Thursday. Union members said about

200 of their colleagues had joined the strike.

Cheng said department chairs, college deans, non-striking faculty and, in some cases, retired faculty taught in place of those on strike.

Volume 97, Issue 54, 12 pages

TARA KULASHDaily Egyptian

Michael Batinski, a retired history professor of 40 years, pickets with other professors and graduate assistants Thursday on the corner of West Pleasant Hill Road and Arena Drive. Thursday marked the beginning of the strike for the Faculty Association.

Members of the FA picketed at 16 different locations on campus. Graduate assistants, students and community members also came out to support the strike. Pickets commenced before 7:30 a.m. and continued until about 5 p.m.

PAT SUTPHIN | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Please see STUDENTS | 7

LEAH STOVERGENNA ORDDaily Egyptian

Strike spurs half-empty classrooms;administrators' hopes remain half-full

Please see FACULTY | 2

Both sides:Blame lieswith other

William Stodden, right, a doctoral student from the political science department, distributes flyers to students Thursday in the free forum area.

SARAH GARDNER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Students don't 'like' censorship

ELI MILEURDaily Egyptian

SIUC's Facebook wall goes silent

Please see FACEBOOK | 7

Facebook users, including students, alumni and parents noticed the disappearance of posts on SIUC's Facebook page Wednesday night. The posts were deleted soon after but not before some captured screen shots of them. The university disabled comments on its wall entirely Thursday morning.

No talks scheduledas faculty walk out

There’s so much hearsay. Nobody really knows what ’s happening.

— Artemus Holguinsophomore from San Antonio studying physiology

Day one picket: Students report business not as usual

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(S!"#$%Friday, November 4, 2011 11

Saluki volleyball sits in a tie for seventh place in the Missouri Valley Conference as they return to Davies Gymnasium on a six-game losing streak.

“We’ve had some really close losses, so it’s frustrating but encouraging that we’re only losing by two or three points here and there,” said junior libero Bailey Yeager.

SIU (9-12, 3-9 MVC) will take on Indiana State (11-13, 3-10 MVC) 7 p.m. today at Davies Gymnasium. ) e Salukis defeated the Sycamores on their home turf 3-1 Oct. 7. Saturday’s match-up will be at 7 p.m. against Illinois State (15-10, 7-6 MVC), a team that defeated the Salukis 3-1 Oct. 8.

Injuries continue to pile up for SIU as defensive specialist Caitlin Schumacher is questionable to play

a* er she missed the team’s previous game at Evansville. She returned to practice Wednesday, but did not participate.

“She’s a great player, but other people have to step up,” Yeager said.

Head coach Brenda Winkeler said she plans to use sophomore outside hitter Jessica Whitehead in the back row, which would be Whitehead’s + rst time in this position all season. Sophomore outside hitter Elly Braaten will move to the right side to help with the blocking.

“Elly, the inexperienced player that she is, has had to make the switch from the le* side to the right side. She’s been doing the best that she can but it’s de+ nitely been a challenge for us,” Winkeler said. “What Elly does bring to the right side is a bigger block.”

Junior outside hitter Laura ) ole recovered from surgery on her le* pinky in time for Friday’s match

against Evansville, and had eight kills and eight errors in the loss.

“) is little guy, he’s magic, I guess,” ) ole said in reference to the brace she wears on her le* hand. “It didn’t hurt that bad. I just had to get over not practicing all week.”

In their Oct. 7 win over Indiana State, Sycamore middle blocker Stacy Qualizza was tied for the team lead with 14 kills. She’s currently fifth in the MVC with a .330 hit percentage in conference play.

“(Qualizza) is good at running the back slide, and she’s been doing really well in conference,” Winkeler said. “) ey’re a team that’s also at

the top in digs, so they'll send a lot of balls back which is how they frustrate you.”

In the Oct. 8 loss against Illinois State, Redbird outside hitter Shannon McGlaughlin and middle blocker LeighAnn Hranka had a combined 38 kills.

“Hranka has been getting more swings to the right side, and in the past, right side attacks have given us problems,” Winkeler said.

) e loss to Illinois State started the Salukis’ six-game losing streak, and they now sit in seventh place with Evansville (13-14, 3-9 MVC), the team that defeated the Salukis in straight sets.

“(Evansville) played pretty , awless and we weren’t on our A-game,” ) ole said. “It pushed us down even deeper than where we wanted to be from the start.”

Winkeler said they’ve cranked up the intensity in practice this week to keep the team out of mediocrity. Sixth-place Drake (9-18, 5-8 MVC) has lost two straight and still has games against the top four teams in the MVC, so the stage is set for the Salukis to make a run at the sixth and final playoff spot.

“I feel good about (making the tournament),” Winkeler said. “) e amount of points we’ve lost by is a narrow margin. It’s going to come down to continuing to play like that, and when the game’s on the line, we need to make those plays.”

Joe Ragusa can be reached at jragusa@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 269.

Playo! hopes on the line for volleyballSalukis haven’t won a match since Oct. 7 meet against Indiana StateJOE RAGUSADaily Egyptian

Training during this part of the season can really wear down a swimmer’s body, said assistant coach Scott Olson. He said if the swimmers take proper care of themselves, though, they should be able to perform at their peak.

“) e adjustment of them as far as the breakdown (of muscles), they’ve adjusted to that,” Olson said. “) ey’re still sore, they’re still tired, but they’re adjusting to the workload. When they do have free time, they take advantage of it and stay o- their feet and recover.”

) e women’s team was not able to do as well as the men in last year's meet against Kentucky and Mizzou.

Groome was the only athlete to achieve a + rst-place + nish during the meet. Senior Kristin Geppert said the team will kick its game into a higher gear this season.

“We know it’s going to be a hard race; some pretty fast swimmers are going to be there,” Geppert said. “We’ll just try to make the best of it and use them to make us swim faster.”

Senior diver Justin Ruszkowski swept the events last season, winning both the one-meter and three-meter dives; however, last year’s event was a home meet for the Salukis. ) is year they will be at Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center. Ruszkowski said each pool has di- erent boards, which can a- ect dives.

“It's always a matter of getting

used to the other team's board; every board has its own feel,” Ruszkowski said. “We do a lot of warm-up drills when we go to meets to get used to the boards. If I can get a good feel for the boards, then all should go well.”

Akeem Glaspie can be reached at aglaspie@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-331 ext. 269.

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The Salukis will again try to get out of their five-week tailspin as they use their conference-best pass defense to matchup against the conference’s most potent pass offense.

SIU (2-6, 1-5 Missouri Valley Football Conference) has now lost five straight games, no longer holding the No. 12 ranking they had when the slide toward the bottom of the conference began. The Salukis now focus their attention on the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State (3-6, 2-4 MVFC) in an attempt to salvage the remainder of the season. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Saturday in Brookings, S.D.

The last win for the Salukis was the Sept. 24 home opener against the 1-8 Missouri State, the same team the Jackrabbits beat 43-36 in double overtime Saturday to rebound from back-to-back losses.

They did so with 377 passing yards and only 104 yards on the ground.

Coach Dale Lennon said the combination of freshman quarterback Austin Sumner and his top

two receivers, senior Dale Moss and junior Aaron Rollin, is a major concern for the Salukis’ defense.

Moss has 722 yards on 49 catches and four touchdowns on the year, with an average of 80.2 yards per game, while Rollin has 704 yards on 51 catches and five touchdowns on the year, with an average of 78.2 yards per game.

Lennon said the defense didn’t put the adequate pressure on Illinois State’s quarterback Saturday, and it is something they need to improve on in order to have a competitive game.

“They’re going to challenge us at the secondary,” Lennon said. “When we have an opportunity to take the quarterback down, we have to take him down.”

Sumner has been a staple for the Jackrabbits’ offense; however, starting quarterback sophomore Kory Faulkner has also played more of an integral role in the Salukis’ offensive scheme.

Faulkner had a career-high day against Illinois State when he completed 29 of his 37 passes for 334 yards and one touchdown. With his

44 rushing yards, Faulkner accounted for 93 percent of the Salukis o- ense against the Redbirds.

Faulkner said he has consistently become more comfortable during his four weeks in the position. He said the comfort is directly related to his confidence in his own ability.

“The more passes I completed, I kind of got in a rhythm where I felt like everything was there,” Faulkner said. “I just have to keep preparing and hopefully get better and better every week and hopefully finish the season with some wins.”

While the Jackrabbits have the top passing offense in the conference, the Salukis have established themselves as having the top pass defense in the MVFC. SIU has limited opponents to an average of 198.6 passing yards per game.

Sophomore cornerback Terrell Wilson said the team has had success in recent weeks but hasn’t been able to + nish the games when needed. He said preparation will be the key to success in the Salukis’ three remaining games.

He said it’s important that the defense

consistently puts pressure on the quarterback and they capitalize on the m o m e n t u m - c h a n g i n g opportunities.

“When you get a hold

of the quarterback, like our defensive line does, you’ve got to get them down. You can’t let them scramble,” Wilson said. “That’s when receivers get away and they

make the big plays. We need to make the big plays.”

Cory Downer can be reached at cdowner@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 256.

Sinking Salukis look to resurface in South DakotaCORY DOWNERDaily Egyptian

Senior inside linebacker Connor James tries to bring down Illinois State University tight end James O’Shaughnessy Saturday at Saluki Stadium. The Salukis play South

Dakota State University Saturday in Brookings, S.D., where they’ll try to break a five-game losing streak against the 3-6 Jackrabbits.

STEVE MATZKER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

W e’ve had some really close losses, so it’s frustrating but encouraging that we’re only losing by two or

three points here and there.

— Bailey YeagerJunior SIU volleyball libero

Gray said he wants the faculty to have a voice at the bargaining table.

“We want to preserve shared government,” he said. “We want to be part of this place and not have this place dictated to us by the administration. ! at’s what we’re " ghting for, and I think those are noble things to " ght for.”

Kristen Barber, an assistant professor of sociology, said this is

her " rst year as SIU faculty and she hopes to stay at the university for the long-term. She said that makes negotiating an acceptable contract important enough for her to strike.

During the past several months, the four unions posted # iers around campus to emphasize how many days they had worked without contracts. ! ey said their contracts expired in June 2010.

But even that became a point of contention.

On Friday the chancellor

sent an email titled “Know the Facts: CONTRACT OR NO CONTRACT?” to students, faculty and sta$ . She argued that because the terms of the contracts remained in e$ ect a% er their expiration, the unions had not been without a contract until Oct. 28, 10 days a% er they gave legal notice they were terminating the agreements.

Tara Kulash can be reached atkulash@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 254.

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D!"#$ E%$&'"!(N!"#Friday, November 4, 2011 3

In a single day, Carbondale has experienced a roller coaster of events and emotions, said Nicholas Schurman, talent buyer for Hangar 9.

“) e school’s on strike today, Adult Swim’s throwing a giant free party and MTV is competing with them,” Schurman said. “It’s pretty wild. It’s probably ... the wildest thing in Carbondale history, or at least in the top ranks.”

On ) ursday, Cartoon Network’s late-night a* liate Adult Swim stopped in Carbondale as part of their national tour of free music, games and prizes catered toward college students. Carbondale was one of 10 stops Adult Swim made around the country. ) e free event, Adult Swim Block Party, featured music from rapper Kendrick Lamar, DJ Z-Trip and local band Kid Tiger.

At the same time, the SIU Arena played host to the MTVu Campus Invasion Music Festival, which featured We ) e Kings, Chiddy Bang and DJ Diamond Kuts. ) e free event was sponsored by Southern Lights Entertainment, the Student Programming Council and University Housing. ) e festival featured a booth from MTVu’s “Against Our Will Campaign,” a political activist organization geared toward ending modern-day slavery and human tra* cking in the U.S. ) e event also

featured cra+ s, prizes and giveaways from Teen Nick’s short-term nostalgia series “) e ‘90s are All ) at,” a block of syndicated programming from Nickelodeon’s late ‘90s line-up including “All ) at,” “Kenan & Kel” and “Clarissa Explains it All.”

Nicholas Gresham, a senior from Chicago studying radio-television, said he was excited when he heard such big names were coming to Carbondale.

“I was ecstatic because SIU doesn’t really get artists to really come down

here,” Gresham said. “Usually we have to go to other colleges to see somebody. To see posters up with Kendrick Lamar and Chiddy Bang; it’s a good feeling that , nally SIU is getting some love from mainstream artists.”

Schurman said Adult Swim contacted him about three months ago and expressed interest in using Hangar 9 as a venue for the event. He said they were interested in a downtown location that would be able to attract the local residents and students. He said he was

thrilled about the event but became concerned when he heard about the MTVu concert.

“I heard about MTV recently … that was the strangest coincidence and it's unfortunate, too,” Schurman said. “How great is it for a small town like Carbondale to have two giant networks to bring big talent to town for free?”

Ashley Wright, box o* ce manager for Southern Lights Entertainment, said she too was surprised by the occurrence.

“MTV announced they wanted to bring their tour to four colleges nationwide, and we put in a bid and our campus was one of the four chosen,” Wright said. “We found out right about the time they con, rmed that there was going to be another event and, of course, we don’t want to necessarily compete with that.”

Schurman said he thought the event drew similar crowds, although the simultaneously held events may have divided audiences.

“It (did) become a competition because Adult Swim added on Z-Trip to the bill, who is one of the biggest DJs in America,” Schurman said.

Gresham said he was confused by the clashing events. He said he went to Adult Swim’s event because he was more familiar with Kendrick Lamar, but said he wished the events weren’t at the same time.

“I didn’t understand that part,” Gresham said. “I know that it’s MTV and Adult Swim, and I know that they’re di- erent, but why schedule them on the same day and force people to choose? You’re going to have a split, basically.”

Gresham said despite the time con. ict, he’s glad the events came to Carbondale.

“(With) all the negative news at SIU in terms of the strike, (these events) are bit of a positive reinforcement to just hang out and enjoy some music that’s been absent from Carbondale for a really long time,” Gresham said.

Networks bring national entertainment to campus, communityBRENDAN SMITHDaily Egyptian

Contracts for three unions must be approved by dues-paying members before they can be signed.

Early ) ursday morning as the Faculty Association went on strike the unions representing civil service employees, non-tenure track faculty and graduate assistants reached tentative agreements.

Chancellor Rita Cheng said the union and administration bargaining teams have met frequently in the last few weeks and negotiated from early morning Wednesday to early morning ) ursday to avoid a strike.

) e unions and the administration have been negotiating since June 2010.

Cheng said the settlements took

so long to reach because the issues are very complex.

“) e country is in , nancial crisis,” she said. “Not being able to have large pay increases meant it was really di* cult for people to want to come to closure on the contract and we needed to put in some . exibilities for being able to address big cuts to the institution should they happen.”

She said because the administration wanted to put language in the contracts to prepare for a , nancial crisis, many in the unions assumed there would be drastic cuts.

“We need to have language to prepare for the worst case,” she said.

) e three unions accepted the pay raises of 1 percent in January, 1 percent in July and 2 percent in July 2013 with reopener clauses.

Cheng said the clauses state if the university receives increased revenue more than what is needed to support operating costs, including increased payroll from the pay raises, the contracts will be opened to negotiate increasing salaries.

“If we get a windfall, if the economy turns around, they didn’t want to be locked into a long term contract with what they considered low pay increases,” she said. “) ey recognized we don’t have the money nor do many companies and universities across the country to provide big pay raises now.”

According to the Graduate Assistants United website, major fee increases will also trigger renegotiation of salaries.

“We also got a conceptual link between fees and stipends, and in a

side letter, a commitment to keep fee increases manageable, the teeth of that commitment being the renegotiation triggers,” the tentative agreement summary on the GAU website stated.

) e tentative agreement also said the union had to trade demands for implementation of healthcare bene, ts such as coverage of pre-existing conditions to come up with a better healthcare bene, t package for students.

Jim Clark, Illinois Education Association representative, said appointment and layo- procedure was established for the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association.

He said the layo- procedure describes reason for layo- and recall. Clark said a new category called ‘continuing part time’ was also

established.Association of Civil Service

Employees President Cyndi Kessler-Criswell said personal days were agreed upon and would be taken out of vacation days for union members. ) e employees will still have to notify in advance if they will not be at work.

She said possible language that allowed unpaid days was taken out of the ACSE contract.

While negotiations were very slow she said it was worth it because union members got what they needed.

Cheng said members of the three unions with tentative agreements who did not show up to work or their classrooms ) ursday without previously giving authority would be disciplined, though she said she does not think that happened.

Three unions to have members vote on tentative agreementSARAH SCHNEIDERDaily Egyptian

Patricia McCann, left, a junior from Carbondale studying English education, participates in a screaming contest Thursday with Pam Hordwicke, right, of Carbondale, during the

Adult Swim Block Party at Hangar 9. The event featured carnival themed games, free T-shirts and prizes, and a performance by hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar.

SARAH GARDNER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

D!"#$ E%$&'"!( N!"# Friday, November 4, 20114

College of Agricultural Sciences' faculty and sta) say although their greenhouse is in major need of repairs, they try their hardest to provide students with the best hands-on-learning experience possible.

Brian Klubek, chair of the plant, soil science and agricultural systems department, said the greenhouse located behind the College of Agriculture hasn't seen the maintenance it needs to operate.

“We’re at the point now where the wood frame is beginning to rot, and although we have some metal beams to help hold the structure in place, it’s only a matter of time before the structure begins to collapse,” Klubek said.

* e greenhouse was built in 1956 and o) ers students in the plant and soil science department a chance to work with plants and agricultural tools they may see in the workforce. It services classes such as horticulture and weed science and is also used for research.

Klubek said the state of Illinois has allocated nearly $1 million in deferred maintenance funds for those renovations.

Todd Winters, interim dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, said money was allocated to the college for greenhouse repairs several years ago but has not been received because of the state’s current economic situation. He said a plan of how the money for renovations will be distributed has not been developed.

Amy Boren, professor in the plant, soil and agricultural systems department and SIU alumna, has been teaching horticulture for more than 20 years and said the greenhouse’s conditions were not

up-to-date when she was a student and have only become worse.

“In industry, we would expect to have uniform conditions. We have di) erent light levels, di) erent temperatures and uneven heat. Can we grow plants? It’s a challenge, but we can,” Boren said.

She said more than 15 classes in the College of Agriculture Sciences use the teaching greenhouse, and students and faculty face many dangers every time they enter the facility.

Boren said the rotting wood and glass o+ en cause problems during inclement weather. She said the roof leaks and glass panes sometimes fall out of place, which is hazardous.

“It’s like a lab; we want it to be safe for all students,” Boren said. “* e top vents do not open

automatically, or if they do, the glass slides. When it breaks it comes down in sharp shards. If those pieces come down it could cause a lot of injury.”

A+ on Salata, greenhouse manager and graduate student studying plant, soil and agricultural systems, said she is responsible for task delegation to greenhouse workers and oversees the facility.

Along with other student workers, she said she spends much of her time making minor adjustments and ensuring safe conditions. Salata said students are not able to devote as much time to their studies in the greenhouse because of the conditions.

She said it is di, cult to manage plants under the circumstances because the facility is not a

controlled environment.“When it rains we can’t control

watering because of the leaking, and no one can be in here due to pane glass sliding. It’s really hard to monitor insect control due to the space in between the glass and rotting wood,” Salata said.

Salata said she is not only concerned about how the conditions impact the quality of her education, but she is worried her lack of experience with new technologies will impact her in the workforce.

“When I graduate I will have to get used to how a modern greenhouse works. If I were to get a job at a modern greenhouse, I would have no idea how to work in good conditions,” Salata said.

Faculty and sta) in the college are in the beginning stages of

fundraising for an additional greenhouse as money for the renovation of the current facility waits.

* e new greenhouse is projected to cost nearly $4.5 million, and $500,000 has already been raised.

PotashCorp, one of the world’s largest fertilizer companies, donated $250,000 and the Illinois Soybean Association contributed the same amount from its checko) dollars — a percentage of revenue generated by soybean growers — toward the new greenhouse.

Rebecca Stenhaug, associate director for institutional advancement in the College of Agricultural Sciences, said she will help gather private donations for the new greenhouse.

“We’ve seen delays in state funding in general. * e leadership board and the faculty have initiated some priority initiatives in the college as a whole, and the undergraduate greenhouse was identi- ed as a priority for the college,” Stenhaug said.

She said the greenhouse is a core-learning laboratory for the department and it has no modern technology, so the goal is to build a greenhouse that incorporates new technologies.

Klubek said though students are not getting the best, they should because of the lack of technology in the greenhouse due to current economic constraints, the college is supporting students through other learning techniques.

“We do as best we can to try and keep everybody safe ... and provide them with up-to-date technology in the classroom rather than the greenhouse,” Klubek said.

Jacqueline Muhammad can be reached at 536-3113 ext. 259 or

jmuhammad@dailyegyptian.com.

Delayed funds leaves greenhouse to rotJACQUELINE MUHAMMADDaily Egyptian

Ryan Dwyer, a freshman from Mokena studying forestry, weeds plant beds Tuesday in the teaching greenhouse. Dwyer has been working in the greenhouse during the semester to gain credit

hours toward his degree. Amy Boren, a professor in the plant and soil science department, said the 55-year-old greenhouse is in need of many upgrades.

LYNNETTE OOSTMEYER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

D!"# E$%&'#:As contract negotiations continued

Wednesday night into ( ursday morning, I posted the following solemn and desperate plea to all involved in contract negotiations on SIUC's o) cial Facebook page:

"I love SIU, this community, this campus, my teachers and my college ,but these hateful words, censorship, and biased 'facts' from all sides are not helping anyone.

Without decent perks and appropriate rights, decent and prestigious faculty will not want to work here, and SIU's reputation will fall dramatically. Students will not want to come here, and we will lose our school.

I think most people will agree when I say this: All sides, please, do not ask for too much and do not accept too little. Students want to come here and be proud of the education they receive.

With the way things are headed, no one will be proud of this education. ( is was my solemn and desperate plea to all involved in the contract negotiations."

I posted this amid pleas from others simply stating 'Please settle.'

If you go on SIUC's Facebook

page today, you will see none of these posts. ( e university and whoever is in charge of SIUC's o) cial Facebook page deleted all pro-union or pro-settle comments.

I would not have been so mad had the university not done two other things. ( e university le* up an anti-union, pro-Cheng comment, which was more of a hateful message than any other comments posted.

( ey deleted my comment on this same post.

( e university also removed me from its Facebook page, and when I went back to "like" SIUC's Facebook page again, I was unable to comment on any status, post on the wall or “like” statuses or comments. I felt unwanted, disrespected and bullied by the university I hold so closely to my heart — the same university I have successfully recommended to others.

It was a betrayal like I had never felt before.

At this point, I am trying to stay optimistic. I do not want to begin thinking about transferring schools, and it makes me sad the thought has even crossed my mind. I don’t want to be angry, but I am.

As a recent letter to the editor says: (As a student), I am angry as hell. Did I choose to be a part of a university that does not respect me? Did I recommend this same disrespect to others? I am not sure if it is an option, but this is what I want: a meeting to be held by all unions and administration, together, at once.

I want to hear the unbiased facts of how this will a+ ect me. I want my university to show that they really do care about their students. I want to feel like a Saluki again.

Callie Baileysophomore from Taylorville studying English education

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University giving itself one black eye after anotherD!"# E$%&'#:

I am a three-time SIU alumnus and a proud Saluki. I will always be thankful for the education, training, faculty mentoring and friends I made as a student. I am, however, not thankful for the news about the faculty strike. I have heard from more than 1,200 miles away.

For as long as I was a student, the university strived, and still continues to strive, to improve its standing and shed its party school reputation, based on an article from

a men's magazine from the 1980s.Sadly, the drama queen theatrics

and asinine behavior from some individuals in the university community have prompted the university to give itself one black eye a* er another. ( is is disgusting. When colleagues, who have never set foot in Illinois, ask me about it, it is embarrassing.

From the Kodee Kennings hoax involving student journalists, the famed Halloween riots, SIU President Poshard's "unintentional

plagiarism," the revolving door also known as the Chancellor's O) ce, administration making SIU athletics a priority over improving academic buildings, to our present faculty strike — is there any wonder as to why enrollment is sagging?

Why on earth would any clear-thinking parent who truly cares about their child's future send their kid to an unstable learning environment? However, next fall, the D"%,- E.-/&%"0 will publish yet another article on enrollment

2 gures at which administrators will scratch their heads and continue to be puzzled.

( e histrionic behavior that comes out of this university puts a blight on the reputation of accomplished faculty, alumni and students who work hard and are beginning to look for jobs during an economic crisis. Faculty members insist they care about students, yet the reason they strike is about their contracts. ( is situation has le* students wondering about their classes, grades, and

possibly, if it will in1 uence when they are able to graduate. So they really care about their students?

( is university needs to get its act together and seriously reevaluate its priorities. If administrators and faculty wish to do this, then so be it.

However, current students, alumni and prospective students may have to reconsider Southern in their future.

Jason M. ArnoldSIU alumnus

If you go on SIUC's Facebook page today, you will see none of these posts. The university and whoever is in charge of

SIUC's official Facebook page deleted all pro-union or pro-settle comments.

Pro-union comments removed from SIUC's Facebook page

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Realizing you forgot your sunblock it isn’t the worst thing in the world. Just pop the cork

on that Merlot in the picnic basket, enjoy a glass and consider yourself protected.

A collaborative research study between the University of Bar-celona and the Spanish National Research Council concluded grapes contain compounds, called flavonoids, that help block chemical changes the body un-dergoes during skin damage. The researchers also tested wine and found this compound in wine, specifically red. The study was published in the May 11 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Flavonoids help prevent the skin from forming reactive oxygen species. ! ese species react with UV rays to destroy cells and cause sunburn, and they are always present in our bodies as a byproduct of the way we metabolize oxygen. Reactive oxygen species play an important role in cell health at normal levels, but they can cause DNA and lipid damage or cell death at high rates.

In layman’s terms, sunburn kills skin cells. Flavonoids don’t. Grapes and wine contain " avonoids. Eat, drink and be protected. It sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

Well, that’s because it kind of is.! e study was, of course,

conducted in a lab, but the skin that was tested was grown inside the lab as well. ! ere were no skin donators or voluntary grape eaters. ! ere were only petri dishes, special grape-pressing machines, big scienti# c terms for separating the compounds and UV rays — not from the sun but rather a lamp placed 10 centimeters away.

While this doesn’t necessarily discredit the researcher’s # ndings, it is enough to make the previously weary demonstrator eager of # nding out whether this works

as easy as it sounds. From a bystander’s assumption, it would probably take a lot more than a glass or even four to get some good skin protection going.

! e market hasn’t been hit with any new sunblock lotions or ointments that harness and take advantage of this recent # nding, yet. Perhaps merchants are as hesitant to sell such products as consumers would be to purchase them.

But eating grapes and drinking wine does help reduce the severity of sunburn, so who cares? Let’s go have a picnic!

D$%&' E(')*%$+ T!" G#$%& Friday, November 4, 20116

LAURAANN WOODDaily Egyptian

Wear a tastier form of sunblock In a 300-level sociology course in which seven of the usual 50 students attended, sociology chair Jennifer Dunn taught in place of the striking professor.

Dunn, who seemed distraught about having to teach the course, said the class was one of six she would instruct if the strike continues.

As students in the class voiced their opinions, Dunn welcomed questions. Although she made it clear she did not want to prolong the strike, she said the classes need to be taught.

Dunn expressed respect for her colleagues, but never sided with faculty or administration.

Gary Kolb, dean of the College of Mass Communications and Media Arts, sent an email to MCMA students around 3 p.m. ! ursday informing students on the college’s status.

In the email, Kolb said substitutes included local professionals, administrators, faculty and sta" at the university.

“Where faculty have opted to strike and are not teaching their classes, we are # nding the best possible way to cover these classes with well-quali# ed teachers,” Kolb stated in the email.

Kolb said he was teaching four to # ve classes himself and other administrators in the college were taking similar loads. He informed students on the potential learning experience the strike could provide, and said he was available to answer questions.

Kathy Glieewell, a Chartwells employee in the Student Center, said business was slower than usual and said she believed it was a result of the strike.

“! ere’s been quite a bit of a

decline,” she said. “It was really busy yesterday.”

Typically crowded parking lots had plenty of available spots, and the faculty parking lots were noticeably empty.

Artemus Holguin, a sophomore from San Antonio studying physiology, said although several of his instructors are on strike, he still intends to attend class, both to be marked in attendance and to see how viable the lessons are.

He said his calculus class was taught ! ursday by an unnamed professor in the economics department, and the instruction was lacking.

While administrators report they have a contingency plan for classes to continue, Holguin said it was dismaying to # nd classes being led by unquali# ed instructors.

Holguin also said it has been di$ cult to # nd truth from either side.

“! ere’s so much hearsay. Nobody

really knows what’s happening,” he said.

A% er most classes concluded ! ursday, Cheng said she thought students had gotten the message and will continue to be in class.

“! ere were some faculty who tried to stir up students, and if they were striking they told their students they didn’t have to go to class in complete di" erence from what we were instructing them to do,” she said. “Students need to be in class.”

Benard McKinley, a sophomore from Denver studying radio-television, said he didn’t attend two of his classes because he knew teachers wouldn’t be there. He said his professors had previously informed students about their decision to strike, and gave students the choice to attend or not.

“I understand they want what they deserve,” McKinley said. “I might go on Tuesday to see what’s going on.”

He said someone in the o$ ce of admissions is in charge of monitoring the university’s Facebook page, and he wasn’t sure as to what the policy is in regards to what is deleted. He said it falls under the purview of the provost’s o$ ce.

Provost John Nicklow was not available for comment as of press time.

Elliott Zieman, a graduate student in zoology from Lake in the Hills, said it appeared to him that only pro-union posts were being deleted. Some neutral comments were also taken down, he said, including his own.

Zieman said one of his posts saying that he hoped an agreement was reached was deleted, and he was blocked from commenting further.

“I felt my comment was respectful and wasn’t in& ammatory,” he said.

Shaheen Shorish, a junior from Champaign-Urbana studying cinema, philosophy and art, said she had a similar experience. She posted a link to an open letter to Cheng she’d written. She said it was removed, but she wasn’t too surprised.

“My spidey-sense told me they were probably going to delete it,” Shorish said.

She said the purpose of the letter was not to make any accusations but to let the chancellor know her education was being compromised by the failure of the administration and unions to reach an agreement. Shorish said she later got a reply from Cheng via email.

Instead of deleting posts, the university should have addressed the questions being raised, she said.

! e wall should be treated as a forum for discussion, she said.

“I’m a student; that’s my university’s page. I have every right to post something that’s respectful,” Shorish said.

! e deletion of the comments is not a matter of freedom of speech, Sievers said. ! e Facebook

page was set up as a marketing tool, not a debate forum, he said.

William Freivogel, director of the School of Journalism, said social networks are still a gray area when it comes to freedom of speech issues.

Whether Facebook comments on the university’s page have First Amendment protections would depend on how courts characterize the page’s wall, Alan Howard, a professor at the Saint Louis University Law School, wrote in an email.

If it was designated as a public forum, the university could not delete anything based on content, but could close down the wall altogether, he wrote. If the wall was interpreted like a government-owned newspaper, the university would have control over what is included, he wrote.

“Posts to the wall could be analogized to letters to the editor which the publisher/editor can accept or reject for any reason,” he wrote.

Even though the university deleted the comments, many of them are now available to view on a new Facebook page created in response to the censorship.

! e page, called “SIUC Fan Page. Stop Censoring,” has close to 600 'likes' and almost 60 images. Most of the pictures are screen captures of comments before they were deleted.

Brennan said she knew at least 20 people whose posts had been deleted.

! e creation of the “Stop Censoring” page shows freedom of speech has not been hindered, Sievers said.

It would have been in the best interest of the university to let respectful discussion continue, Shorish said. ! e university’s own page should be the focal point of discussion and speech from students and others should not be stopped, she said.

“When any institution starts shutting up members of that institution, that’s when problems happen,” Shorish said.

D'()* E+*,-('.N!"#Friday, November 4, 2011 7

FACEBOOKCONTINUED FROM 1

Students in Dr. Jo Ann Argersinger’s History 110 lecture are addressed Thursday by Susan Wills, an attendance monitor,

during class. Students in attendance were recorded by Wills and then dismissed.

SARAH GARDNER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

STUDENTSCONTINUED FROM 1

Students, alumni and students' parents flooded SIUC's Facebook page Wednesday night with comments and questions concerning the strike and the sudden deletion of posts. Some

captured screenshots of the comments before they were deleted and uploaded them to a new Facebook page titled "SIUC fan page. Stop Censoring," which has about 600 likes.

In a 300-level sociology course in which seven of the usual 50 students attended, sociology chair Jennifer Dunn taught in place of the striking professor.

Dunn, who seemed distraught about having to teach the course, said the class was one of six she would instruct if the strike continues.

As students in the class voiced their opinions, Dunn welcomed questions. Although she made it clear she did not want to prolong the strike, she said the classes need to be taught.

Dunn expressed respect for her colleagues, but never sided with faculty or administration.

Gary Kolb, dean of the College of Mass Communications and Media Arts, sent an email to MCMA students around 3 p.m. ! ursday informing students on the college’s status.

In the email, Kolb said substitutes included local professionals, administrators, faculty and sta" at the university.

“Where faculty have opted to strike and are not teaching their classes, we are # nding the best possible way to cover these classes with well-quali# ed teachers,” Kolb stated in the email.

Kolb said he was teaching four to # ve classes himself and other administrators in the college were taking similar loads. He informed students on the potential learning experience the strike could provide, and said he was available to answer questions.

Kathy Glieewell, a Chartwells employee in the Student Center, said business was slower than usual and said she believed it was a result of the strike.

“! ere’s been quite a bit of a

decline,” she said. “It was really busy yesterday.”

Typically crowded parking lots had plenty of available spots, and the faculty parking lots were noticeably empty.

Artemus Holguin, a sophomore from San Antonio studying physiology, said although several of his instructors are on strike, he still intends to attend class, both to be marked in attendance and to see how viable the lessons are.

He said his calculus class was taught ! ursday by an unnamed professor in the economics department, and the instruction was lacking.

While administrators report they have a contingency plan for classes to continue, Holguin said it was dismaying to # nd classes being led by unquali# ed instructors.

Holguin also said it has been di$ cult to # nd truth from either side.

“! ere’s so much hearsay. Nobody

really knows what’s happening,” he said.

A% er most classes concluded ! ursday, Cheng said she thought students had gotten the message and will continue to be in class.

“! ere were some faculty who tried to stir up students, and if they were striking they told their students they didn’t have to go to class in complete di" erence from what we were instructing them to do,” she said. “Students need to be in class.”

Benard McKinley, a sophomore from Denver studying radio-television, said he didn’t attend two of his classes because he knew teachers wouldn’t be there. He said his professors had previously informed students about their decision to strike, and gave students the choice to attend or not.

“I understand they want what they deserve,” McKinley said. “I might go on Tuesday to see what’s going on.”

He said someone in the o$ ce of admissions is in charge of monitoring the university’s Facebook page, and he wasn’t sure as to what the policy is in regards to what is deleted. He said it falls under the purview of the provost’s o$ ce.

Provost John Nicklow was not available for comment as of press time.

Elliott Zieman, a graduate student in zoology from Lake in the Hills, said it appeared to him that only pro-union posts were being deleted. Some neutral comments were also taken down, he said, including his own.

Zieman said one of his posts saying that he hoped an agreement was reached was deleted, and he was blocked from commenting further.

“I felt my comment was respectful and wasn’t in& ammatory,” he said.

Shaheen Shorish, a junior from Champaign-Urbana studying cinema, philosophy and art, said she had a similar experience. She posted a link to an open letter to Cheng she’d written. She said it was removed, but she wasn’t too surprised.

“My spidey-sense told me they were probably going to delete it,” Shorish said.

She said the purpose of the letter was not to make any accusations but to let the chancellor know her education was being compromised by the failure of the administration and unions to reach an agreement. Shorish said she later got a reply from Cheng via email.

Instead of deleting posts, the university should have addressed the questions being raised, she said.

! e wall should be treated as a forum for discussion, she said.

“I’m a student; that’s my university’s page. I have every right to post something that’s respectful,” Shorish said.

! e deletion of the comments is not a matter of freedom of speech, Sievers said. ! e Facebook

page was set up as a marketing tool, not a debate forum, he said.

William Freivogel, director of the School of Journalism, said social networks are still a gray area when it comes to freedom of speech issues.

Whether Facebook comments on the university’s page have First Amendment protections would depend on how courts characterize the page’s wall, Alan Howard, a professor at the Saint Louis University Law School, wrote in an email.

If it was designated as a public forum, the university could not delete anything based on content, but could close down the wall altogether, he wrote. If the wall was interpreted like a government-owned newspaper, the university would have control over what is included, he wrote.

“Posts to the wall could be analogized to letters to the editor which the publisher/editor can accept or reject for any reason,” he wrote.

Even though the university deleted the comments, many of them are now available to view on a new Facebook page created in response to the censorship.

! e page, called “SIUC Fan Page. Stop Censoring,” has close to 600 'likes' and almost 60 images. Most of the pictures are screen captures of comments before they were deleted.

Brennan said she knew at least 20 people whose posts had been deleted.

! e creation of the “Stop Censoring” page shows freedom of speech has not been hindered, Sievers said.

It would have been in the best interest of the university to let respectful discussion continue, Shorish said. ! e university’s own page should be the focal point of discussion and speech from students and others should not be stopped, she said.

“When any institution starts shutting up members of that institution, that’s when problems happen,” Shorish said.

D'()* E+*,-('.N!"#Friday, November 4, 2011 7

FACEBOOKCONTINUED FROM 1

Students in Dr. Jo Ann Argersinger’s History 110 lecture are addressed Thursday by Susan Wills, an attendance monitor,

during class. Students in attendance were recorded by Wills and then dismissed.

SARAH GARDNER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

STUDENTSCONTINUED FROM 1

Students, alumni and students' parents flooded SIUC's Facebook page Wednesday night with comments and questions concerning the strike and the sudden deletion of posts. Some

captured screenshots of the comments before they were deleted and uploaded them to a new Facebook page titled "SIUC fan page. Stop Censoring," which has about 600 likes.

D!"#$ E%$&'"!( C!"##$%$&'# Friday, November 4, 20118

(Answers tomorrow)EMPTY RIVER TAMPER PLACEDYesterday’s Jumbles:

Answer: Regardless of where they traveled, this wasthe center of gravity — THE LETTER V

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.

Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.

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Aries – Today is an 8 – Consider your priorities and your strategies. Traveling isn’t as easy now. Slow and steady does it. Stick to simple work, and it goes well. Chart your course of action.

Taurus – Today is an 8 – Don’t let rejection get you down. Beatle Paul McCartney was rejected from the school choir for “lack of musical talent,” and look where he ended up. Persistence is key.

Gemini – Today is a 7 – As the poet Tagore wrote, “If you cry because the sun has left your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.” Learn from your challenges today.

Cancer – Today is a 7 – Discover an error that saves you money. Conditions look good for travel and romance, so budget to make them happen. Together, you’ll think of something.

Leo – Today is an 8 – Focus on financial planning today and tomorrow. First, make sure there are no leaks. Consider the previously impossible. Promises alone won’t do it. Get into action.

Virgo – Today is an 8 – Pay bills and support your partnerships. With teamwork, you can accomplish what otherwise would seem impossible. More brains are better than one, especially when it comes to imagination.

Libra – Today is an 8 – You may be putting yourself under too much stress. Sometimes you have to let go of attachments for things to work out. Ride the waves. It gives health.

Scorpio – Today is a 7 – Edit your own dream to get to the real juice. What do you really want? What do you really love? Ask those who know you well; they’ll tell you.

Sagittarius – Today is an 8 – Your spiritual practices clear your mind. Believe you can attain what you’re after. Then start cleaning house (literally and figuratively), and stay active.

Capricorn – Today is an 8 – A failed experiment will teach you more than success. Figure out how to achieve an old goal. Don’t waste time on arguments. Stick with your team.

Aquarius – Today is a 9 – Resist the urge to spend. Work can get in the way of romance. It’s not a good time to gamble, but you can take advantage of a twist of fate. Get feedback from friends.

Pisces – Today is a 7 – Today’s metaphor: You’re Neptune, king of the seas. You have willing teammates, ready to fulfill your every whim. Like water, expand in the direction of least resistance.

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D!"#$ E%$&'"!(N!"#Friday, November 4, 2011 3

In a single day, Carbondale has experienced a roller coaster of events and emotions, said Nicholas Schurman, talent buyer for Hangar 9.

“) e school’s on strike today, Adult Swim’s throwing a giant free party and MTV is competing with them,” Schurman said. “It’s pretty wild. It’s probably ... the wildest thing in Carbondale history, or at least in the top ranks.”

On ) ursday, Cartoon Network’s late-night a* liate Adult Swim stopped in Carbondale as part of their national tour of free music, games and prizes catered toward college students. Carbondale was one of 10 stops Adult Swim made around the country. ) e free event, Adult Swim Block Party, featured music from rapper Kendrick Lamar, DJ Z-Trip and local band Kid Tiger.

At the same time, the SIU Arena played host to the MTVu Campus Invasion Music Festival, which featured We ) e Kings, Chiddy Bang and DJ Diamond Kuts. ) e free event was sponsored by Southern Lights Entertainment, the Student Programming Council and University Housing. ) e festival featured a booth from MTVu’s “Against Our Will Campaign,” a political activist organization geared toward ending modern-day slavery and human tra* cking in the U.S. ) e event also

featured cra+ s, prizes and giveaways from Teen Nick’s short-term nostalgia series “) e ‘90s are All ) at,” a block of syndicated programming from Nickelodeon’s late ‘90s line-up including “All ) at,” “Kenan & Kel” and “Clarissa Explains it All.”

Nicholas Gresham, a senior from Chicago studying radio-television, said he was excited when he heard such big names were coming to Carbondale.

“I was ecstatic because SIU doesn’t really get artists to really come down

here,” Gresham said. “Usually we have to go to other colleges to see somebody. To see posters up with Kendrick Lamar and Chiddy Bang; it’s a good feeling that , nally SIU is getting some love from mainstream artists.”

Schurman said Adult Swim contacted him about three months ago and expressed interest in using Hangar 9 as a venue for the event. He said they were interested in a downtown location that would be able to attract the local residents and students. He said he was

thrilled about the event but became concerned when he heard about the MTVu concert.

“I heard about MTV recently … that was the strangest coincidence and it's unfortunate, too,” Schurman said. “How great is it for a small town like Carbondale to have two giant networks to bring big talent to town for free?”

Ashley Wright, box o* ce manager for Southern Lights Entertainment, said she too was surprised by the occurrence.

“MTV announced they wanted to bring their tour to four colleges nationwide, and we put in a bid and our campus was one of the four chosen,” Wright said. “We found out right about the time they con, rmed that there was going to be another event and, of course, we don’t want to necessarily compete with that.”

Schurman said he thought the event drew similar crowds, although the simultaneously held events may have divided audiences.

“It (did) become a competition because Adult Swim added on Z-Trip to the bill, who is one of the biggest DJs in America,” Schurman said.

Gresham said he was confused by the clashing events. He said he went to Adult Swim’s event because he was more familiar with Kendrick Lamar, but said he wished the events weren’t at the same time.

“I didn’t understand that part,” Gresham said. “I know that it’s MTV and Adult Swim, and I know that they’re di- erent, but why schedule them on the same day and force people to choose? You’re going to have a split, basically.”

Gresham said despite the time con. ict, he’s glad the events came to Carbondale.

“(With) all the negative news at SIU in terms of the strike, (these events) are bit of a positive reinforcement to just hang out and enjoy some music that’s been absent from Carbondale for a really long time,” Gresham said.

Networks bring national entertainment to campus, communityBRENDAN SMITHDaily Egyptian

Contracts for three unions must be approved by dues-paying members before they can be signed.

Early ) ursday morning as the Faculty Association went on strike the unions representing civil service employees, non-tenure track faculty and graduate assistants reached tentative agreements.

Chancellor Rita Cheng said the union and administration bargaining teams have met frequently in the last few weeks and negotiated from early morning Wednesday to early morning ) ursday to avoid a strike.

) e unions and the administration have been negotiating since June 2010.

Cheng said the settlements took

so long to reach because the issues are very complex.

“) e country is in , nancial crisis,” she said. “Not being able to have large pay increases meant it was really di* cult for people to want to come to closure on the contract and we needed to put in some . exibilities for being able to address big cuts to the institution should they happen.”

She said because the administration wanted to put language in the contracts to prepare for a , nancial crisis, many in the unions assumed there would be drastic cuts.

“We need to have language to prepare for the worst case,” she said.

) e three unions accepted the pay raises of 1 percent in January, 1 percent in July and 2 percent in July 2013 with reopener clauses.

Cheng said the clauses state if the university receives increased revenue more than what is needed to support operating costs, including increased payroll from the pay raises, the contracts will be opened to negotiate increasing salaries.

“If we get a windfall, if the economy turns around, they didn’t want to be locked into a long term contract with what they considered low pay increases,” she said. “) ey recognized we don’t have the money nor do many companies and universities across the country to provide big pay raises now.”

According to the Graduate Assistants United website, major fee increases will also trigger renegotiation of salaries.

“We also got a conceptual link between fees and stipends, and in a

side letter, a commitment to keep fee increases manageable, the teeth of that commitment being the renegotiation triggers,” the tentative agreement summary on the GAU website stated.

) e tentative agreement also said the union had to trade demands for implementation of healthcare bene, ts such as coverage of pre-existing conditions to come up with a better healthcare bene, t package for students.

Jim Clark, Illinois Education Association representative, said appointment and layo- procedure was established for the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association.

He said the layo- procedure describes reason for layo- and recall. Clark said a new category called ‘continuing part time’ was also

established.Association of Civil Service

Employees President Cyndi Kessler-Criswell said personal days were agreed upon and would be taken out of vacation days for union members. ) e employees will still have to notify in advance if they will not be at work.

She said possible language that allowed unpaid days was taken out of the ACSE contract.

While negotiations were very slow she said it was worth it because union members got what they needed.

Cheng said members of the three unions with tentative agreements who did not show up to work or their classrooms ) ursday without previously giving authority would be disciplined, though she said she does not think that happened.

Three unions to have members vote on tentative agreementSARAH SCHNEIDERDaily Egyptian

Patricia McCann, left, a junior from Carbondale studying English education, participates in a screaming contest Thursday with Pam Hordwicke, right, of Carbondale, during the

Adult Swim Block Party at Hangar 9. The event featured carnival themed games, free T-shirts and prizes, and a performance by hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar.

SARAH GARDNER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

D!"#$ E%$&'"!( F!"#$%! Friday, November 4, 201110

MTV INVADES SIU We The Kings drummer Danny Duncan plays during the MTVu Campus Invasion Musical Festival Thursday at the SIU Arena.

The show, which featured bands We The Kings, Chiddy Bang, and DJ Diamond Kuts, was free to the public and lasted from 7 to 10 p.m.

PAT SUTPHIN | DAILY EGYPTIAN

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(S!"#$%Friday, November 4, 2011 11

Saluki volleyball sits in a tie for seventh place in the Missouri Valley Conference as they return to Davies Gymnasium on a six-game losing streak.

“We’ve had some really close losses, so it’s frustrating but encouraging that we’re only losing by two or three points here and there,” said junior libero Bailey Yeager.

SIU (9-12, 3-9 MVC) will take on Indiana State (11-13, 3-10 MVC) 7 p.m. today at Davies Gymnasium. ) e Salukis defeated the Sycamores on their home turf 3-1 Oct. 7. Saturday’s match-up will be at 7 p.m. against Illinois State (15-10, 7-6 MVC), a team that defeated the Salukis 3-1 Oct. 8.

Injuries continue to pile up for SIU as defensive specialist Caitlin Schumacher is questionable to play

a* er she missed the team’s previous game at Evansville. She returned to practice Wednesday, but did not participate.

“She’s a great player, but other people have to step up,” Yeager said.

Head coach Brenda Winkeler said she plans to use sophomore outside hitter Jessica Whitehead in the back row, which would be Whitehead’s + rst time in this position all season. Sophomore outside hitter Elly Braaten will move to the right side to help with the blocking.

“Elly, the inexperienced player that she is, has had to make the switch from the le* side to the right side. She’s been doing the best that she can but it’s de+ nitely been a challenge for us,” Winkeler said. “What Elly does bring to the right side is a bigger block.”

Junior outside hitter Laura ) ole recovered from surgery on her le* pinky in time for Friday’s match

against Evansville, and had eight kills and eight errors in the loss.

“) is little guy, he’s magic, I guess,” ) ole said in reference to the brace she wears on her le* hand. “It didn’t hurt that bad. I just had to get over not practicing all week.”

In their Oct. 7 win over Indiana State, Sycamore middle blocker Stacy Qualizza was tied for the team lead with 14 kills. She’s currently fifth in the MVC with a .330 hit percentage in conference play.

“(Qualizza) is good at running the back slide, and she’s been doing really well in conference,” Winkeler said. “) ey’re a team that’s also at

the top in digs, so they'll send a lot of balls back which is how they frustrate you.”

In the Oct. 8 loss against Illinois State, Redbird outside hitter Shannon McGlaughlin and middle blocker LeighAnn Hranka had a combined 38 kills.

“Hranka has been getting more swings to the right side, and in the past, right side attacks have given us problems,” Winkeler said.

) e loss to Illinois State started the Salukis’ six-game losing streak, and they now sit in seventh place with Evansville (13-14, 3-9 MVC), the team that defeated the Salukis in straight sets.

“(Evansville) played pretty , awless and we weren’t on our A-game,” ) ole said. “It pushed us down even deeper than where we wanted to be from the start.”

Winkeler said they’ve cranked up the intensity in practice this week to keep the team out of mediocrity. Sixth-place Drake (9-18, 5-8 MVC) has lost two straight and still has games against the top four teams in the MVC, so the stage is set for the Salukis to make a run at the sixth and final playoff spot.

“I feel good about (making the tournament),” Winkeler said. “) e amount of points we’ve lost by is a narrow margin. It’s going to come down to continuing to play like that, and when the game’s on the line, we need to make those plays.”

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Playo! hopes on the line for volleyballSalukis haven’t won a match since Oct. 7 meet against Indiana StateJOE RAGUSADaily Egyptian

Training during this part of the season can really wear down a swimmer’s body, said assistant coach Scott Olson. He said if the swimmers take proper care of themselves, though, they should be able to perform at their peak.

“) e adjustment of them as far as the breakdown (of muscles), they’ve adjusted to that,” Olson said. “) ey’re still sore, they’re still tired, but they’re adjusting to the workload. When they do have free time, they take advantage of it and stay o- their feet and recover.”

) e women’s team was not able to do as well as the men in last year's meet against Kentucky and Mizzou.

Groome was the only athlete to achieve a + rst-place + nish during the meet. Senior Kristin Geppert said the team will kick its game into a higher gear this season.

“We know it’s going to be a hard race; some pretty fast swimmers are going to be there,” Geppert said. “We’ll just try to make the best of it and use them to make us swim faster.”

Senior diver Justin Ruszkowski swept the events last season, winning both the one-meter and three-meter dives; however, last year’s event was a home meet for the Salukis. ) is year they will be at Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center. Ruszkowski said each pool has di- erent boards, which can a- ect dives.

“It's always a matter of getting

used to the other team's board; every board has its own feel,” Ruszkowski said. “We do a lot of warm-up drills when we go to meets to get used to the boards. If I can get a good feel for the boards, then all should go well.”

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The Salukis will again try to get out of their five-week tailspin as they use their conference-best pass defense to matchup against the conference’s most potent pass offense.

SIU (2-6, 1-5 Missouri Valley Football Conference) has now lost five straight games, no longer holding the No. 12 ranking they had when the slide toward the bottom of the conference began. The Salukis now focus their attention on the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State (3-6, 2-4 MVFC) in an attempt to salvage the remainder of the season. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Saturday in Brookings, S.D.

The last win for the Salukis was the Sept. 24 home opener against the 1-8 Missouri State, the same team the Jackrabbits beat 43-36 in double overtime Saturday to rebound from back-to-back losses.

They did so with 377 passing yards and only 104 yards on the ground.

Coach Dale Lennon said the combination of freshman quarterback Austin Sumner and his top

two receivers, senior Dale Moss and junior Aaron Rollin, is a major concern for the Salukis’ defense.

Moss has 722 yards on 49 catches and four touchdowns on the year, with an average of 80.2 yards per game, while Rollin has 704 yards on 51 catches and five touchdowns on the year, with an average of 78.2 yards per game.

Lennon said the defense didn’t put the adequate pressure on Illinois State’s quarterback Saturday, and it is something they need to improve on in order to have a competitive game.

“They’re going to challenge us at the secondary,” Lennon said. “When we have an opportunity to take the quarterback down, we have to take him down.”

Sumner has been a staple for the Jackrabbits’ offense; however, starting quarterback sophomore Kory Faulkner has also played more of an integral role in the Salukis’ offensive scheme.

Faulkner had a career-high day against Illinois State when he completed 29 of his 37 passes for 334 yards and one touchdown. With his

44 rushing yards, Faulkner accounted for 93 percent of the Salukis o- ense against the Redbirds.

Faulkner said he has consistently become more comfortable during his four weeks in the position. He said the comfort is directly related to his confidence in his own ability.

“The more passes I completed, I kind of got in a rhythm where I felt like everything was there,” Faulkner said. “I just have to keep preparing and hopefully get better and better every week and hopefully finish the season with some wins.”

While the Jackrabbits have the top passing offense in the conference, the Salukis have established themselves as having the top pass defense in the MVFC. SIU has limited opponents to an average of 198.6 passing yards per game.

Sophomore cornerback Terrell Wilson said the team has had success in recent weeks but hasn’t been able to + nish the games when needed. He said preparation will be the key to success in the Salukis’ three remaining games.

He said it’s important that the defense

consistently puts pressure on the quarterback and they capitalize on the m o m e n t u m - c h a n g i n g opportunities.

“When you get a hold

of the quarterback, like our defensive line does, you’ve got to get them down. You can’t let them scramble,” Wilson said. “That’s when receivers get away and they

make the big plays. We need to make the big plays.”

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Sinking Salukis look to resurface in South DakotaCORY DOWNERDaily Egyptian

Senior inside linebacker Connor James tries to bring down Illinois State University tight end James O’Shaughnessy Saturday at Saluki Stadium. The Salukis play South

Dakota State University Saturday in Brookings, S.D., where they’ll try to break a five-game losing streak against the 3-6 Jackrabbits.

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W e’ve had some really close losses, so it’s frustrating but encouraging that we’re only losing by two or

three points here and there.

— Bailey YeagerJunior SIU volleyball libero

Comments on SIUC’s Facebook page have been disabled a! er a " urry of activity on its wall Wednesday, leaving some students wondering about the freedom of their speech.

“It’s really insulting,” said Monica Brennan, a junior from St. Charles studying hospitality and tourism.

Brennan was one of many people who posted on the university’s Facebook wall following the posting of a letter from Chancellor Rita Cheng Wednesday night. # e letter assured students operations at the university would continue as normal should any of the four unions bargaining with administration go on strike.

# is was followed by scores of comments ranging from questions to the chancellor, to pleas for an agreement to be reached with the unions to taunts directed at administration.

At $ rst, comments were deleted individually at increasing speed, Brennan said. While her $ rst comment was deleted within 10 to 20 minutes, by her fourth or $ ! h, they were being deleted within seconds. Eventually, though, she was outright blocked from posting, she said.

# e university decided to disable comments entirely for the time being to remove the possibility of in" ammatory posts, said Rod Sievers, university spokesman.

“# ey were pretty nasty and pretty rude and not acceptable,” he said.

Some of the comments may have been more mild, but the overall spirit was not that of an open debate, he said.

No negotiations took place # ursday between the Faculty Association and administration, none are planned and each side blamed the other.

"# is is their call," said Morteza Daneshdoost, chair of the Faculty Association bargaining team. "We have given them a contract proposal. We are expecting them to come back to us. My phone is waiting to be ringing."

But Chancellor Rita Cheng said the next move belongs to the union.

“We have extended our willingness to meet when they are ready. # ey are the ones who walked away, and when they come back that’s the way it works,” Cheng said.

# e disagreement even extended to who was responsible for the end of talks Wednesday night.

“We were hoping to continue the night," Daneshdoost said. "We wanted to have a contract rather than a strike. But it really looked to us they were interested in a strike more than a fair contract."

But Cheng blamed the union’s bargaining team for bringing a proposal to negotiations Wednesday about $ nancial exigency — containing the same language the administration rejected in March.

“# ey want to be the decision maker, rather than the board, and that can’t happen,” she said.

Cheng said when and how to declare $ nancial exigency — language that would allow the board to lay o% tenured faculty in a budget crisis — was the last major issue.

With the two sides unable to agree on that key issue, members of the faculty union set up picket lines at 16 entrances to the university # ursday.

Johnny Gray, an associate professor of speech communications, was one of a cluster of pickets at the entrance near the Communications Building.

“I think that we see what their plan is for the future of SIU, which is fewer and fewer tenured and tenure track-faculty,” he said.

The effects of a strike by tenured and tenure-track faculty could be seen in half-empty classrooms Thursday.

While university officials said it looked like business as usual on campus — despite about 100 pickets at entrances to campus — many students said attendance was far lower than normal in their classes. Some students reported their classes were cancelled, while others had classes led by designated attendance monitors and were told to return

for the next class meeting when a substitute would be present.

Although the majority of professors represented by the Faculty Association taught as usual, Chancellor Rita Cheng said about 78 of the 650 faculty members represented by the union did not attend class Thursday. Union members said about

200 of their colleagues had joined the strike.

Cheng said department chairs, college deans, non-striking faculty and, in some cases, retired faculty taught in place of those on strike.

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Michael Batinski, a retired history professor of 40 years, pickets with other professors and graduate assistants Thursday on the corner of West Pleasant Hill Road and Arena Drive. Thursday marked the beginning of the strike for the Faculty Association.

Members of the FA picketed at 16 different locations on campus. Graduate assistants, students and community members also came out to support the strike. Pickets commenced before 7:30 a.m. and continued until about 5 p.m.

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Both sides:Blame lieswith other

William Stodden, right, a doctoral student from the political science department, distributes flyers to students Thursday in the free forum area.

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Students don't 'like' censorship

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SIUC's Facebook wall goes silent

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Facebook users, including students, alumni and parents noticed the disappearance of posts on SIUC's Facebook page Wednesday night. The posts were deleted soon after but not before some captured screen shots of them. The university disabled comments on its wall entirely Thursday morning.

No talks scheduledas faculty walk out

There’s so much hearsay. Nobody really knows what ’s happening.

— Artemus Holguinsophomore from San Antonio studying physiology

Day one picket: Students report business not as usual

FOOTBALL VOLLEYBALL

The Salukis seek to be the top dog in the weekend’s three-team meet, as they take on the Wildcats and Tigers.

! is is the " rst meet in three weeks for the SIU women’s swimming and diving team, while the men’s team is coming o# Monday’s 38-point win against Division II Missouri University of Science and Technology. ! e tri-meet, with the University of Kentucky and the University of Missouri, will take place Saturday in Lexington, Ky.

The Saluki men held their own last season when they beat Kentucky, but narrowly lost to Missouri by a 12-point margin.

A$ er their performance during the 2010-2011 season, senior Steve Wood said he knows what it takes to compete against these two teams.

“It’s a whole di# erent race when you’re facing a program like Kentucky or Mizzou, a program that has a very good history of great swimmers,” he said. “You know you’re going to have to bring your best mentally and physically.”

Swimmers prepare a little di# erently than most other athletes, said senior Justin Wolfe. He said every meet during the season is important, and while swimmers want to be at their best during the conference meets, a chance to face two top teams brings out the best in all of the swimmers.

“You can tell around the pool the atmosphere is di# erent,” Wolfe said. “Last week we faced a D-II school, and this week we’re facing some of the fastest teams in the nation. It’s very good for us to swim against these big teams because we know we’re good enough to swim with them, and it’s good to prove it.”

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Salukis to face vengeful Wildcats

Senior freestyle swimmer Jared Bradd stretches Thursday during swim practice at Edward J. Shea Natatorium in the Recreation Center. The Saluki

swimming and diving team will compete at 10 a.m. Saturday against the University of Kentucky and University of Missouri in Lexington.

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