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SIUE biology departmentprovides safe haven to

Katrina victims See Lifestyles

Vo l . 58, No.8

Rock on: relief concert raises $800 for hurricane victimsA a r o n S u d h o l t

N e w s S t r i n g e r

Ringing eardrum s and helping a good cause were both part o f the concert to benefit victims o f Hurricane Katrina in the Meridian Ballroom at the M orris U niversity Center Saturday.

The New Horizons program and the SIUE Football Club program raised over $1,000 at the benefit, with New Horizons and the football squad contributing $800 to the hurricane relief...

“Donating to the Red Cross for hurricane relief (is very

positive) and 1 think it was a g o o d way for students to get out and do something to meet people and make some connections on cam pus,” New H o r i z o n s P r e s i d e n t A m a n d a Watson said.

H alf the proceeds will go to the Red Cross for victims of H u r r i c a n e

K a t ie G roth /4 /.£ ,st/.£Frontman Steve of Rushmore Academy keeps the crowd on its feet at the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert Saturday in the Meridian Ballroom. SIUE club football and New Horizons hosted the event.

Katrina.The concert

consisted o f the bands 12 Summers O ld, Rushm ore Academ y, Nothing Still and Am nesty Letters asapproxim ately 150 people were in attendance.

“The students were reallysupportive o f this event. The bands did a great job and everyone seemed like they had a good time,” New Horizons

Tobacco use could be up in smoke as task force ponders future use of outdoor patios

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Smokers may have to find another place to light up because of a possible ban on smoking in the future.

The Tobacco Policy Control Task Force was formed last year to find ways to limit the second­hand smoke on campus.

According to Professor and Coordinator of Health Education and Task Force Chair Malcolm G oldsm ith, approxim ately 22 percent o f the SIUE population smokes, about 14 percent being daily sm okers. This was estimated from a sample survey taken from 50 staff members. 35 faculty m em bers, 59 graduate

entrances to buildings. One of the original ideas was to simply move smoking away from building entrances.

Another idea was to place “smoking huts” around campus to smoke in. Goldsmith said in research who found that these were also considered "eye sores” and were probably not a good idea.

If smoking were to be banned at SIUE, Goldsmith said smoking cessation program s would be formed to help students quit.

“ If w e’re going to ban smoking we might as well help people who smoke,” Goldsmith said.

He hopes to get a new

We're exploring the idea of a five-

year plan to go tobacco free.-Malcolm Goldsmith

Professor and coordinator of health education

students, 335 undergraduate students and three other members o f the campus.

“W e're exploring the idea of a five-year plan to go tobacco free," Goldsmith said. "We have to try to find a balance between protecting nonsm okers and helping and aiding sm okers.”

He said one of the biggest concerns was the “eye sores” for visitors who come to cam pus and see students sm oking and cigarette butts strewn around

wellness coordinator to replace the one that left five years ago to help with the cessation programs.

According to older studies, smoking was less likely to begin once someone reached 19 years o f age. G oldsm ith said new studies suggest that more people are beginning to smoke when they get to college.

“ I t’s a significant trend shift,” he said. “This is partly due

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KATY HaRTWIG//U£S71£Students such as freshman secondary education major Nick Sbarbati take smoke breaks on patios outside of the buildings around campus. Since the Tobacco Policy Control Task Force formed last year, several ideas have been considered to eliminate these spots to promote a smoke-free campus.

Adviser Jim Boyle said. “ I think the turnout was pretty good.”

The concert was sponsored by New H orizons, an organization for and about disabled persons, and the SIUE Football Club.

The event lasted from 7 p.m. when doors opened to after 11 p.m.

A ccording to the SIUE Public A ffairs Web site , the concert was originally just a fund-raiser for both organizations, but the focus was changed to hurricane relief after the Katrina disaster.

Open forum to take place on Thursday

A l e s t l e S t a f f R e p o r t

C hancellor VaughnVandegrift is in a “town meeting” state o f mind.

The chancellor will begin a series o f open forums that are intended to give students, staffers and faculty members a chance to voice their concerns over any university-related events.

Vandegrift is also inviting people at the forums to ask him questions about the university and its future.

The first forum will take place at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in the Supporting Services Auto Shop. The shop is in the building that houses the University Police Department and Facilities M anagem ent offices on Supporting Services Road, just off the northbound lanes of South University Drive.

The forums are designed to “prom ote, facilitate and m aintain com m unication at SIU E.” Vandegrift said in a recent e-mail to the university community .

While the sessions will be in a different location each time. Vandegrift said he hopes to keep the public up to date.

Vandegrift did a sim ilar series o f inform al m eetings when he arrived on campus last year.

For inform ation or directions, contact the auto shop at 650-3456.

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Salvation Army offers students opportunity to help Katrina victims

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Anyone looking to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina has at least one more opportunity.

The St. Louis , Salvation Army continues to receive donations and is now in need of volunteers to help sort through the items.

Coordinator Edna Norman said the Old Port Authority Army Depot in Granite City is full of donations that were shipped from the St. Louis warehouses. She added there are many items in the w arehouse for volunteers to sort through.

“There were so many boxes and bags to go through, but they are still co llecting item s,”

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Norman said.She was unsure of the exact

items still needed because there were so many items that needed to be sorted.

“ I didn’t see a whole lot of dog or cat food, but there were still a lot o f bags we needed to go through,” Norman said.

Norman said the warehouse needs people to volunteer their time to help out.

“The w arehouse needs volunteers everyday. They provide lunch, dinner and drinks for the vo lunteers,” Norman said.

Norman said she and her husband saw how the hurricane disaster affected people and wanted to becomeinvolved.

“After Hurricane Katrina my husband and I felt we needed to do som ething,” N orm an said. “We decided to go to the warehouse and do more physical [workj.”

She said if students decide to volunteer at the warehouse, be prepared to work.

“ Dress com fortably. It is hard w ork but i t ’s worth it,” Norman said. “You don’t have to stay all day ... an hour or two is greatly appreciated.”

The warehouse is open from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

For m ore inform ation, contact N orm an atejohnso2000@ yahoo.com or the Kim m el Leadership Center at 650-2686.

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to peer influence like when being at a bar or party. Someone hands you a cigarette and next thing you know it’s an addiction.”

Goldsmith also said more students are beginning to smoke because tobacco com panies are targeting women with promises of weight loss.

"Shrewd tobacco companies like to say that smoking is a good way to quit eating which is of course not true,” Goldsmith said.

In the last year, the task force has been assessing the smoking situation on campus by looking at smoking polices, studies, number of smokers and attitudes towards

tobacco products.The task force is part of a

statewide grant project that is conducted by the Illinois D epartm ent o f Public Health. The goal is to institute tobacco policy control task forces to see how tobacco is dealt with on college campuses.

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Shout out for Katrina support

K a t i e G r o t h / A l e s t l f .Lead singer Brandon Turner of 12 Summers Old sings to crowd at the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert Saturday night. The show earned more than $800 to support survivors.

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Cost to buy food on campus has increased, markups reflect convenience store pricing

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The luxury o f convenience is as expensive on campus as it is o ff and that is why students pay a premium at SIUE stores.

According to Food Services Administrator Trisha Markulakis and Cougar Village Commons Food Area Supervisor Geraldine Davis, campus prices are based on local gas and convenience store prices.

“We can ’t com pete with grocery stores,’’ Markulakis said. “They order a lot more food at a time.”

M orris U niversity C enter Director Mary Robinson said that “their buying pow er is tremendous ... Union Station and Center Court are intended to be convenient, not places for fam ilies to shop for food necessities.

“You don 't buy everything there,” Robinson added. “You pick up small things on the run.”

Davis also said the cost o f food in general is going up and so are prices in convenience stores.

Robinson said that not all o f the food prices go up at one time. M ost hikes are based on an individual item and w eather factors.

“If a com crop is wiped out, then food items with com in them go up,” Robinson said.

The sam e applies to packaged items made from plastic because the fuel to make them is going up.

Davis, M arkulakis and Robinson said the campus stores run specials, provide taste-

testing, have give-a-w ays and prizes to com pensate for the higher prices, which most convenience stores do not.

“ We do try to stay very com petitive,” Robinson said. “We try to make (prices) lower than other places to help students.”

Students are also polled to find out what they like. If enough students respond positively, the stores will carry a new item.

For instance, Robinson heard students raving about the soft drink Ski about five or six years ago and continued to hear about it. As a result, a taste- testing w as held and the drink is now sold in the campus stores.

Pepsi products in vending machines have remained at SI for

the past five years. The bottled beverages sold in Union Station and Center Court, which are slightly more expensive, have remained the same price for three years.

According to Robinson, the price is higher in the MUC because stocking is more labor intensive.

When it comes to Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in Center Court and Starbucks on the first floor, there is alm ost no difference in prices o ff campus.

"With some franchises, we must use their prices,” Robinson said.

Overall, the prices on campus only rise about once a year, she said.

“ I know students don’t like surprises,” Robinson said, “and I don 't like to give them.”

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Simple classroom etiquette a necessityDEKALB, 111. (U-W IRE) -

At tim es, certain students make going to class harder than it should be. Som e students are distracting in class and unknowingly draw negative attention to them selves. They make going to class a burden for others. Their behaviors and clothing distract students from the learning experience.

Students need a few lessons in campus etiquette.

First off, it is bad etiquette to sit right next to someone when there are plenty o f empty seats. It is creepy and raises awkward questions. If you really enjoy sitting next to unknown people, do not talk to them. You might reaffirm their suspicions that you are weird. No one took the class to make friends.

W hen in class, keep your participation to a minimum. Please do not tell little anecdotes about your personal life. I can guarantee no one gives a flying hoot about what your kids eat for lunch or that you were the captain o f your tow n’s swim team. Also, no one enjoys listening to only one student’s ideas. Give other students a chance to participate.

Make sure lunch is eaten before class, especially if you feel the urge to sit right next to someone. Eating a hotdog, chips, a cookie and soda while taking notes in class is a real talent.

Another “fashion don’t” on cam pus is shiny, disco ball purses. Many females are toting around these horrendous purses. They are large, obnoxious and feature huge sequins with

“ i can guarantee no one gives a flying hoot about what your kids eat for lunch or that you were the captain of your town's swim team ... Give other students a chance toparticipate.

However, it is distracting.Not all students have bad

etiquette in class, but some of the clothes they show up in say something else altogether.

O ddly enough, students think they are participating in a fashion show rather than going to school. There is no reason to doll yourself up for class. Save the stilettos and short skirts for the weekend. Unless you have a job that requires it, you do not need to wear a suit and tie. There is no need to impress anyone. Dress comfortably.

iridescent colors. Not only are these purses ugly, but they can also cause epileptic seizures.

A ccording tow w w .healthology.com , certain types o f flashing lights can cause epileptic seizures. The sequins can appear to flash when the sun or another type of light hits them. The disco ball purse could possibly cause harm and should be banned.

Students not only endanger epileptic students with disco ball purses, they are also endangering them selves w ith cell phones.

They constantly talk on their phones when driving, crossing the street and riding bikes. After four weeks o f school, it should be obvious drivers on campus do not stop for pedestrians and bike riders. This is seen more often when the driver and the pedestrian both have a phone stuck to their ear.

Bike riders on campus need to ignore their phone while riding around. M any tim es, they do not watch where they are going and fall on the curb. As a result, they may end up getting run over by a cell phone-talking driver. A ccidents on campus could be decreased if students stopped endangering themselves and others with their cell phones.

If students would practice better etiquette on campus, they would make getting an education easier, safer and less stressful than it was m eant to be.

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With the right books, reading can be funCO LLEG E STATION,

Texas (U -W IR E) - College students around the world: Nintendo salutes you. A survey by the A m erican Council o f Education and the University of California found that while about 80 percent o f som e 275,000 entering freshmen had found time to play video gam es in the past year, only 18.7 percent had made a habit o f checking out books from the library. There has been a new term coined for those who are able to read and choose not to: Aliteracy.

U nfortunately, by college age, the reasons for being an unmotivated reader are already deeply rooted. You would be hard-pressed to find a real distaste for reading among young elementary school students who are just learning, but many high school students find reading to be an incredible chore. It's not the teachers who are discouraging reading, but the books on the standard literary canon that have been plaguing students for so long.

Students need books that spark their curiosity and that match their interests and feelings, but most high school reading lists are about as hip as your grandm other’s record collection. W hile perennially challenged

youthful favorites like J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” find themselves in the hands of angry parents more than in the hands o f eager readers, Romantic era literature (like the universally read and loathed “The Scarlet Letter”) stays in curricula for decades without change.

It would, o f course, be unfair to put the burden of aliteracy on secondary schools. College students are the ones who are picking up the remote before they pick up a novel. Reading, to those who have been in school for so long, seem s more like an assignment, while a television

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memorization o f facts, and were frustrated by the lack of im agery found in w ords. Consequently, reading seem s more like an academic task than a pleasurable activity that can enrich the mind. This makes it no surprise that classics frequently go unread while Dan Brow n's

English at Texas A&M , has an optimistic view o f college-aged literacy. He encourages students to look outside the literary standard to genres such as performance poetry or science fiction, to “ start from where you’re interested and go from there.”

“ Students need books that spark their curiosity and that match their interests and feelings, but most high school reading lists are about as hip as your grandmother's record collection. 99

latest page-turner hits the bestseller list. If we are going to read, we want it to be thrilling rather than moving, easy rather than educational.

What college students need to learn is that reading need not be associated with absorbing facts. Students spend so much time studying that the idea of retaining more words on a page lacks appeal. We must shake the sentiment, which has plagued us since high school, that books are for and by older people. Jimmie K illingsw orth, professor o f

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Starting to break out from aliteracy is not particularly difficult. Consistently reading 10 or 20 pages a day, about a 15- minute com m itm ent, would allow you to read a sizable novel in a matter o f weeks - about the time it might take you to beat Halo 2. And don’t worry, you can probably do both at the same time.

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Two Katrina victims find shelter in biology department

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They fled at midnight.O beying the urgent

command o f New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin to evacuate almost 36 hours before Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Jim and Beth Wee and their two children, Ryan and Kirsten, packed the pets, clothing and other necessities into their vehicles and hit Interstate 10.

Edw ardsville w as not supposed to be the ir final destination; neither did they plan to become visiting professors in

Katrina décor, m eaning nothing matches anything but everything is comfortable and fine.

“ In fact i t’s kind o f like living as graduate students, which is fine with us. Given the circumstances, we couldn’t be better off,” Jim added.

Two things, however, weighed heavy on their minds: income and communication.

The form er was soon rectified when their universities announced that salaries would be paid up to December.

Communication remained an issue in the days after Katrina.

“ In fact, it's kind of like living as graduate students, which is fine with us. Given the circumstances, we couldn’t be better off. ”

~ Jim WeeBiology professor at Loyola University

S IU E ’s B iology Sciences Department in the fourth week of the semester.

Their plan included a few days of motel life in Jackson, M iss., two weeks at best, and then home to New Orleans to clean up and continue life as usual. The fall sem ester would officially begin and Jim , a biology professor at Loyola U niversity, would settle into teaching and research , while Beth, co-director o f graduate and undergraduate neuroscience programs at Tulane University, would return to her adm inistrative duties.

But on Aug. 30, the levees broke, drowning their home and more than 80 percent o f New Orleans in 10 feet o f water.

Faced with the distressing question of what to do, the Wees, along with another family who traveled with them , decided to head to Edwardsville.

They fell into what Beth, an Edwardsville native, described as “a thick and big safety net” o f fam ily, friends and the SIUE community. Beth's parents, Eva Ferguson and Bill Linden, SIUE psychology professor and em eritus philosophy professor, immediately embraced them.

Jim Wee said that in just a few days, the family was situated in a rental home furnished by family and friends “ in what my wife refers to as early post-

“Imagine your life as you know it, and all o f a sudden within 24 hours everyone is scattered,” Beth said.

“We couldn’t call each other on our cell phones and we were in the same room,” Jim said. “It was extremely disconcerting for the kids since they did not have an opportunity to say bye to their friends.”

This was eventually ironed out as the Wees slowly reconnected w ith friends and colleagues through e-mail and cell phones.

Jim and Beth began making contacts w ithin the SIUE community, while the children were enrolled in Edwardsville High School.

Biology professor Richard Brugam was Jim ’s first contact while Beth’s m other worked on her behalf. Brugam and Jim Wee had w orked to organize a conference at SIUE in the late 1990s.

Brugam im m ediatelyinform ed B iological Sciences Chair Steve M cCommas o f Jim ’s predicament.

“O nce I let the faculty know,” M cCom m as said, “people ju st started com ing forward to help. They ended up in Marian Sm ith’s lab. which has an Internet connection. He and Beth will be using her office space as a temporary office.”

M cCom m as also told

College o f Arts and Sciences Dean Kent Neely o f the situation and he obtained library and parking privileges for the couple.

“They have been very, very grateful since they want to continue their professional work while they are waiting to see what will happen at their home institutions,” Neely said. “We are just trying to do what we can to help people in great need.”

Though Jim and Beth consider their family fortunate, the future is still uncertain.

Jim traveled to New Orleans during the weekend to survey the damage to their home and his lab at Loyola. He feared years of research were destroyed after the university lost electricity.

A fter hearing from her husband on Sunday, Beth reported that the house is no longer under w ater, but their street is covered in mud. A uthorities are not allowing anyone in their homes until they are fully inspected.

“ It looks like we might have to wait here another month,” she said.

Visitors, profs lead panel on Karina effects

Five SIUE faculty members and two professors displaced by Hurricane Katrina will present a panel discussion on the many complex issues that arose in the aftermath o f the storm at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday in the Goshen Lounge o f the M orris University Center.

The SIUE panelists are Mass Com m unications C hair Patrick M urphy, Political Science professor N icholas G uehlstorf, Political Science M aurice M agnum . M usic professor Audrey Tallant and Sociology professor Lisa Welch.

Jim Wee. a biologist from Loyola U niversity in New O rleans, and Beth W ee, a biologist from Tulane University in New Orleans, will also take part. The Wees and their two children fled New Orleans in the face o f Katrina and are living in the Edw ardsville area while trying to continue their work at SIUE.

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Cougars remain unbeaten in conference competition

J a n e l l e D o b s o n

S p o r t s R e p o r t e r

The No. 1 SIU E M en’s Soccer team started out the weekend with a victory, but was unable to make the entire road trip a success.

The C ougars traveled to Rensselaer, Ind ., on Friday morning to play St. Joseph’s.

The match-up is usually a competitive one, but the Cougars controlled the gam e, winning 3-0.

Junior co-captain John Matthews started the scoring for SIUE in the 43rd minute o f the game.

SIUE junior Victor Pacheco took a com er kick, and Matthews flew through the air to convert a header.

After taking so long to score in the first half, the Cougars came out in the second half and quickly scored in the 49th minute.

Senior co-cap ta in Brian Higgins hit a bom b from 20 yards out to extend the C ougar’s lead to 2- 0 .

SIUE senior Tim Collico topped off the lead by scoring off o f a through ball from senior c o -

J e f f R u l e JA l e s t l e

SIUE junior John Matthew shakes a would-be defender during a recent road game. Matthews footed a goal in the Cougars Friday night game against St. Joseph’s.captain Kevin Thibodeau.

The Cougars were the overriding force in the gam e, as they outshot St. Joseph’s 20-4.

“We were pleased with the outcome, but just as importantly, were pleased with the way we

played,” SIU E M en’s Soccer Head Coach Ed Huneke said. “We dictated and controlled, and played the way we really like to. When w e’re on, it becomes a

see MEN’S SOCCER, page 10

First class of Athletics Hall of Fame arrivesM a t t h e w B r u c e

S p o r t s E d i t o r

With no form al way of acknow ledging its athletes, coaches and team s, one could have made the argument that the legacy o f achievem ents for S IU E ’s A thletics D epartm ent went largely unnoticed. However, that is soon to change.

SIUE released the names of its inaugural class o f inductees to the Athletics Hall o f Fame over the weekend.

“The wealth o f success of SIUE A thletics has been phenomenal since the beginning o f this program ,” SIUE Director o f Athletics Brad Hewitt said in an issued press release. " I t’s time we form ally recognize the individuals and team s which have placed SIUE am ong the nation’s elite.”

The list o f C ougar greatness includes 12 form er standout- athletes, three coaching legends.

SIU E’s first D irector o f Intercollegiate A thletics for women and four championship teams.

All 20 inductees will be honored and formally inducted at a ceremonial dinner 6:30 p.m. Saturday, O ct. 22 at the Vadalabene Center Gymnasium.

Below is an alphabetical listing of inductees with a quick glance at their achievem ents while playing at SIUE:

Mike AllenThe first track and field All- American for SIUE, some of A llen’s school records still stand more than 30 years after he ran as a Cougar.

Rosemarie ArchangelArchangel became SIU E’s first D irector o f Intercollegiate Athletics for wom en, and served as head coach o f the volleyball, softball and field hockey teams.

Christina BokelundAn eight-time All-American in w om en’s tenn is, Bokelund helped lead SIU E to four consecutive NCAA Division II National C ham pionships from 1986 to 1989. She was ranked as the No. I tennis player in the nation during that span.

Chris CarenzaRanking third all-time on SIUE's career-scoring list, Carenza netted the gam e-winning goal for the Cougars in the 1972 NCAA D ivision II National Championship game.

Pete DelkusD elkus earned All-Am erican status w hile pitching for the SIUE Baseball team , and shares the school record for career wins with 26.Arjun FernandoA seven-tim e A ll-A m erican, Fernando was a key component

see HALL OF FAME, page 9

CouqAR D iaries

I becam e injured at the beginning of May, three weeks before nationals. It was at Em poria S tate during a last chance m eet right before the finals o f the 100-meter hurdles.

I was warming up and doing drills when I tripped over a hurdle.

At the time my leg felt like it was about to fall off, but my pride was hurt even more.

When I got back to school from the m eet, I went to Christian Hospital in St. Louis,

“ This injury has taught me that every now and

then things happen in life that may slow your

progress toward getting to where you want to b e .99

and they told me 1 had only sprained my knee and would be fine.

The follow ing weeks up until nationals I went to rehab with a trainer so that I would be ready to run.

However, when it came time for me to run in Texas, I was not able to because my knee had not recovered enough.

After nationals, I decided to just stay off o f my knee, meaning no running or working out. at least until the beginning of August so I could start training for the next season.

However, when I tried to work out at the beginning of August, I was still not able to run.

I went to my doctor who sent me to get an MR1 and then to a sports doctor so that he could analyze it.

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That was when I found out 1 had tom my Anterior Cruciate Ligament.

On Aug. 25, I had ACL reconstructive surgery.

The surgery went really well and now I am in the process o f rehabilitating.

It is not fun, especially when considering the fact that 1 would much rather be on the track working out and getting in shape with my teammates.

1 am really glad that I had the surgery, so I can hurry up and

get out on the------------------ track.

I go to rehab at school with the trainers five days a week for about tw o hours and on my own on the weekends. The doctor told me that I should be running in

_____________ three months.Our first

meet is in January, but I am red shirting all indoor season so that I can have a more efficient recovery.

Hopefully, I should be ready to run by outdoor season. I don't think that I will be hurdling this year, but at this point, any type o f running will be just fine with me.

This injury has taught me that every now and then things happen in life that may slow your progress toward getting to where you want to be.

H ow ever, in order to succeed, you have to continue to work hard, strive through those obstacles and keep going.

Only the strong survive, and after a year o f the “Ben Beyers” workout, I know' that I am strong.

This injury is nothing but a small bump in the road in which I will run over with stride.

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HALL OF FAMEfrom page 8

in the first two o f what proved to be seven consecutive NCAA D ivision II N ational C ham pionships for the SIUE m en’s tennis team.

Amy FreyFrey played double-du ty for SIUE, excelling in softball and field hockey. She was nam ed the M ost O utstanding Fem ale Athlete in 1982.

Harry GallatinS IU E ’s first D irector of Intercollegiate A thletics, “Harry the Horse” coached the SIUE m en’s golf team for 24 years.

Portia George-MorrowAn eight-tim e A ll-Am erican in w om en’s tenn is, G eorge- Morrow helped lead SIUE to four consecutive NCAA D ivision II N ational C ham pionships from 1986 to 1989. She paired up with Christina Bokelund to capture two NCAA Division II doubles championships.

Ed GettemeierA m em ber o f the 1979 m en’s soccer team that won SIUE its only NCAA Division I national title, G ettem eier set the school record for shutouts with 20 from 1979 to 1982.

Bob GuelkerG uelker took the helm o f the SIUE m en’s soccer team in 1966 and coached the C ougars to national titles in 1979 and 1972. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall o f Fam e, finishing w ith a 311-77-26 record afte r 27 years o f intercollegiate coaching. S IU E’s home soccer field is nam ed after Guelker.

Roy E. LeeLee founded the SIUE baseball program , and coached the C ougars to eigh t consecutive NCAA D ivision II Championship appearances from 1970 to 1977. SIUE nam ed its baseball field after Lee.

Greg MakowskiMakowski was a three-tim e All- American while playing for the Cougars, and was nam ed team captain o f the U .S. O lym pic Soccer Team from 1977 to 1981. M akowski w ent on to play professionally, and was a Major Indoor Soccer League All-Star from 1983 to 1985.

Al SearsCoined the "Pin King" for his feats on the mat, Se;>rs led the SIUE w restling teai. to two NCAA D ivision II N ational C ham pionships in 1984 and 1985. The four-tim e All- American set an NCAA record for career pins with 122 and holds the school record for pins in one season with 30 falls in

1985.

Denise SchaakeSIU E’s first A ll-A m erican in softball and the first Cougar to eclipse the 1,000-point plateau in w om en’s basketball, Schaake was a two-sport superstar athlete for SIUE. She holds the school record for single-season scoring in basketball with 656 points in the 1980-81 season. In softball, Schaake ranks sixth all-tim e on the SIUE career list with 108 runs batted in and 12 triples.

Tim WrightWright was the first wrestler in NCAA history to w in four NCAA D ivision IIChampionships individually, and the only ever to accom plish the feat at SIUE. He keyed the Cougars to three consecutive national titles from 1984 to 1986 and his season record of 41-2 for the 1985-86 campaign remains a school record in w inning percentage at .953.

1972 Men’s Soccer Guided by Hall o f Fame Coach Bob Guelker and led by Chris Carenza, the 1972 m en’s soccer team brought SIUE its first NCAA National Cham pionship. The team went undefeated on the season with a 110-3 record and outlasted Oneonta College 1 -0 in the championship game.

1978 Men’s TennisFeaturing four A ll-A m ericans, and operating under the tutelage of Hall o f Fame coach Kent Dem ars, SIU E’s m en’s tennis team began one o f the most dominant dynasties in NCAA tennis. The string o f consecutive NCAA D ivision II N ational Championships would end with seven after Dem ars’ departure in 1984. Perennial A ll-A m erican Juan Farrow captured the singles championship that year as well.

1986 Women’s TennisThe Cougars defeated California State University Northridge 5-4 to capture their first o f four consecutive NCAA Division II national titles in 1986. With head coach Bob Meyers at the helm, and A ll-A m ericans Portia George-M orrow and Christina Bokelund leading the way, SIUE was able to rise to the top.

1984 W restlingThe team featured eight All- A m ericans, four individual national champions and Coach of the Year Larry Kristoff. Don Stevens. Booker Benford, Tim W right and Ernie Badger all earned national titles in their respective weight classes. The NCAA Division II title was the first o f three straight for the C ougars, who won by 48.5 points over C alifo rn ia State University Bakersfield.

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M EN’S SOCCERfrom page 8 statistical heavyweight.”

A fter an im pressive performance on Friday night, the team traveled to Indianapolis to take on U niversity of Indianapolis Sunday afternoon.

The Greyhounds cam e out fired up for the Cougars, and scored at the 1:48 m ark. "Teams get up for us and com e out extremely strong, and we better be ready for it,” Huneke said.

According to H uneke, the Cougars misplayed the ball in the backfield, and the Greyhounds jum ped at the opportunity to score.

D uring the second half, SIUE was able to tie the game in the 54th minute. Pacheco hit a free kick from just outside on the box to tie the game.

A lthough the C ougars continued to pressure and outshoot their opponent, the final score was a 1-1 tie.

"We know we are the muchbetter team,” Huneke said. “They had a very good goalie who stopped some very good shots.”

The Cougars dominated the game, and out shot their opponent27-4.

"W e’ve got high standards and a tie feels like a loss,” Huneke said.

The Cougars look to begin a new winning streak this weekend as they travel to Colum bia, Mo., at 7:30 p.m. Friday to take on Kentucky Wesleyan University.

The site o f the C ougars’ Sept. 25 contest against the University o f Southern Indiana has yet to be decided.

SIUE was scheduled to play its next two games at home, but poor playing conditions at Guelker Field forced both the men and women’s soccer teams to relocate the contests.

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