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APRIL 16, 2007

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Walt Krause of Collinsville picks up garbage along the bank of Kinkaid Lake on Saturday morning during the third annual KinkaidLake Cleanup. Twenty-four volunteers picked up garbage for four hours at the event. I like the lake and I think its important to keep itclean, Krause said. Its a beautiful lake.

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Kristin Holem, a freshman from Wilmington, bowls Saturdayat the Student Center. Bowling and Billiards had its grand openingFriday after undergoing renovations for the past four months.

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A group of southern Illinoisfishermen pulled more than oneton of matter out of Lake Kinkaidover the weekend.

None of it was fish.On Saturday, the Shawnee

Muskie Hunters Club cleanedaround the coast of Lake Kinkaidand managed to pull out morethan a ton of garbage in less thanfour hours.

The group accomplished thisfeat during its third-annual lakecleanup in cold and rainy weather.

Twenty-four people volunteeredand 10 boats were used to carry

people to different areas of thelakes 92-mile shoreline.

During the cleanup, the groupfound numerous car tires, lawnchairs, diapers and an old, medi-um-size television.

Cheryl Ford, a member of theclub, said she found 10 cigarettelighters while she cleaned.

The variety from leg hairremover, pudding bottles to plas-tic bobbers and aluminum cans almost every bit of it could berecycled, she said while picking up

trash in the knee-deep lake water.Ford, a retired Air Forcetechnician, said she participatedin the cleanup to ensure betterfishing conditions.

It makes me feel good that Iget to clean some of it, she said.That way, I dont have to look at itthe next time Im out fishing.

Ford wore her brown water waders during the cleanup. She

said the mud and thick brush she walked through didnt bother her,but the inability to walk in herrestrictive waders did.

Not everyone was as accus-

tomed to the adverse condi-tions of the lake. Walt Krause, afifth-year member of the group,said the surroundings make thecleanup difficult.

Getting through the brush,

those overhanging limbs and every-thing else, made it tough andthe rain didnt help, he said.

Lake cleanup crew removes trash

Joe CrawfordDAILY EGYPTIAN

The days of scribbling scoresat the universitys bowling alleyare over.

Student Center Bowling andBilliards has re-opened after fourmonths and slightly less than $600,000in renovations. The refurbished cen-ter now has electronic scoring something student Ryan Smith saidthe alley needed to be competitive inthe area.

For me it doesnt matter becauseI love taking the score. It makes methink, said Smith, a junior fromEast St. Louis studying electricalengineering technology. But for myother friends, I know they never

knew how to score, so it makes it notas tedious being here.

Bowling and Billiards, which heldits grand re-opening Friday, had notseen major construction since it wasbuilt in 1961.

The bowling alley features newsynthetic lanes, pool tables and flat-

screen televisions. The centers agedflooring was replaced with Salukimaroon, ball-and-pin patterned car-pet and new ramps were installed tomake the bowling alley more acces-sible to people with disabilities.

At the grand opening, sixteenceremonious bowlers broke ineach of the lanes with an honoraryfirst throw.

Interim Chancellor JohnDunn bowled a strike, outdo-ing Vice Chancellor for StudentAffairs Larry Dietz, who christenedlane nine by first throwing twogutter balls.

SIUCs Bowling and Billiards re-opens

See BOWLING,Page 7

New center features

electronic scoring,

new pool tables

See KINKAID,Page 7

The variety from leg hair remover, pudding bottlesto plastic bobbers and aluminum cans almostevery bit of it could be recycled.

Cheryl Fordmember of Shawnee Muskie Hunters Club

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Carbondale resident PaulineDixon was happy when the city askedto help clean her yard on the northeastside of town. Having city youth cleanup her yard meant she no longer had

to risk her life to keep her yard tidy,she said.Dixon said even after she had

a stroke last year and against herdoctors orders, she still tried to keepthe weeds out of her flowerbed andthe dead limbs out of her tree. Dixonsaid her 16-year-old great-grandson

would hook a rope to her riding lawn-mower and throw it around the deadlimbs. She then drove the mower topull them down.

During the summer months, agroup of the 109 youth that the cityhired for the Community Clean-upProgram cut down Dixons tree limbsand raked up the leaves.

Candidates running for both CityCouncil and mayor have bickered

about the merits of the $279,000program that employed peoplefrom Carbondale, Makanda andMurphysboro aged 15 to 40.

The candidates arguments forand against the program range frommaking the free program exclusiveto elderly or disabled residents toallowing the program to benefit any-one because renters or not, they areall residents.

One of the most outspoken crit-ics of the program is CouncilwomanSheila Simon, who is running formayor. Simon, who voted against theprogram, had her yard at 404 N.Springer St. cleaned up, according tocity records.

The 2006 program was designed

to target both rental and owner-occu-pied properties, and roughly 50 per-cent of the 337 properties cleaned

were rentals, according to city records.Inconsistencies and incompletecity records made it difficult to getexact numbers of which propertiesare rentals.

The past successes and failuresof the program are being scrutinizedbecause it has been proposed for next

years budget at a cost of $100,000.During the Jan. 17, 2006 City

Council meeting, questions about thescope and details of the program wereraised, but Cole, who proposed theplan, and City Manager Jeff Dohertyreplied each time that the programcoordinator, who was not yet hired,

would decide those details. The coun-cil approved the program 5-2, withSimon and Joel Fritzler opposing.

In retrospect council membersSteven Haynes and Lance Jack,

who are both seeking re-election on Tuesday, said the program shouldhave had more oversight.

We put the cart before the horse,Haynes said at a March 29 forumhosted by the Jackson County Leagueof Women Voters.

Jack said in an interview that thecity staff carries out the policies set bythe council and more accountability

will be necessary.

Candidatesdebate citycleanupprogram

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Blood Drive 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Tuesday at the StudentCenter, 1st floor

Asian Myth Buster 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Student Center,Illinois Room Panel discussion of Asian culture and thefacts and myths of Asia

Redefining

Multiculturalism in2007 with keynotespeaker Sheila Simon 7:30 p.m. Today at the Student Center,Kaskaskia Room

SIUs Annual TalentExhibition 6-8 p.m. Monday through Friday at theVergette Gallery Featuring works by Scott Brown, DevinGearing, Victoria Heine, Ryan Jansen,Milica Moore, Amanda Sotiroff

Student AlumniCouncil Meeting 5:30 p.m. Today at the Student Center,Kaskaskia Room

Dont forget to wear grey SAC shirts

Justice Week 07:Lunch Discussion withProfessors 12 p.m. Wednesday at the Student Center

Discussion with SIU professors about

modern slavery

Visit justiceweek07.org for more informa-

tion

Man charged in fire that killed 5 kidsQUINCY (AP) A 27-year-old man has been charged with five counts of first-

degree murder in connection with an early morning fire that killed five children,police said Sunday.

Zachary Q. Meeks was charged with five counts of first- degree murder, one countof aggravated arson and one count of arson in connection the fire that also injuredfour other people, including a fire fighter, police said.

Authorities said Meeks, 27, was arrested after being questioned about the fire inthis community along the Mississippi River that began around 3 a.m.

Rescuers arrived to find the house engulfed in flames and later discovered thefive bodies inside, authorities said.

The four boys and one girl aged 8 months to 10 years old were likely family

members, said Adams County coroner Gary Hamilton. Their bodies were found onthe houses second story, he said.

Chicago picked to bid for 2016 OlympicsWASHINGTON (AP) The Windy Citys bid to hold a Summer Games for

the first time moved to the international stage Saturday when the U.S. OlympicCommittee capped a yearlong search for an American candidate for 2016 by pickingChicago over two-time host Los Angeles.

Having won over the USOC despite lacking venues ready for an Olympics,Chicagos task is to persuade the International Olympic Committee that it deservesto be the host, joining a group of bidders expected to include Madrid, Prague, Rome,Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

The IOC will award the 2016 Games in October 2009.By choosing Chicago instead of Los Angeles, the 11-member USOC board of

directors went with a city that needs to do plenty of work if its going to be the 2016host. Los Angeles already had mo st venues in place, having held the Summer Gamesin 1984 when the Olympics were run by Peter Ueberroth, head of U.S. OlympicCommittee and in 1932.

Chicago, meanwhile, offered a bid that hinges on new facilities, mostly situatedaround the downtown lakefront and nearby parks. The centerpiece would be an80,000-seat, $366 million temporary Olympic stadium that would be built in historicWashington Park. Chicagos plans also call for a $1.1 billion lakefront village that

would be built near the convention center just south of downtown.The USOCs process for 2016 began a year ago, with Houston, Philadelphia andSan Francisco also in the running. Houston and Philadelphia were eliminated by theUSOC last July, and San Francisco dropped out in November.

Newspaper finds examples of altered photos TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) A photographer for The Blade who digitally changed

a front-page photo of an Ohio baseball team also altered 57 other pictures thatwere published in the newspaper or on its Web site this year, the newspaper saidSunday.

Allan Detrich, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1998, erased people, tree limbs and utilitypoles from some of his photos, Ron Royhab, The Blades vice president and executiveeditor, said in a column.

After reviewing Detrichs work, the newspaper said it found that 79 of the 947photos he submitted since Jan. 1 had been altered.

Detrich, who began working for The Blade in 1989, resigned April 7 afteracknowledging that he altered a photo of Bluffton University baseball players kneel-ing March 30 at their first game following the bus crash that killed five players inAtlanta. Photos of the team in other Ohio newspapers showed the legs of someonestanding in the background. The legs did not appear in The Blade photo, taken froma similar angle.

Detrich told his editors he altered the baseball team photo for his personal files


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Park District candidates discuss development, moneyDanny Wenger

DAILY EGYPTIAN

Incumbent Park District candi-dates clashed with their opponentsabout funds and communication twiceover the weekend.

The future of Hickory Lodge andthe building of an aquatics center were

widely discussed at two debates held

this weekend. Candidates proposedtheir ideas for finding money and con-sulting the public for support.

The Jackson County Leagueof Women Voters hosted a forumFriday night and the Arbor DistrictNeighborhood Association held adebate Sunday afternoon.

The Park Districts communication with the community about concernswith the Hickory Ridge Golf Courseand Hickory Lodge was a main pointof discussion.

In November, a lawsuit was broughtagainst the district when a decision tosell the lodge was passed without con-sulting the public. The lodge was notsold and the suit was dropped.

At Fridays forum, candidate

Michael Heck said it was vital toinvolve the community in decisions

with the Hickory Lodge.It is imperative that the com-

munity get a chance to talk about andmake a decision in that wonderfulbuilding, Heck said.

Candidate Carmen Suarez said theattempted sale of the lodge without thepublics consideration in November

was one thing that prompted her torun.

I believe that an asset should neverbe sold for a one time cash infusion,Suarez said. Also, making such con-sequential decisions requires upfront,direct solicitation of ideas from thepeople that you serve.

Building an aquatics center in

Carbondale was also discussed.

Candidate Scott Ollar said oneproblem facing the building of anaquatics center is the districts debt.

The problem right now is that thePark District is operating in the redand to take on a huge project like that

you need a lot of capital, Ollar said.Ollar also said that pools do not

make much money and the best thedistrict could hope for would be to

break even.Breaking even in the operations, if

its a public function, is acceptable, hesaid. But theres no way that this canbe done with the Park board alone.

Heck proposed paying for a largepart of the center by using corporatesponsors such as Coca-Cola.

My plan is going forward with a20-year agreement with them wherethey would put up $100,000 a year and

we would give them naming rights tothat aquatics center, he said.

The candidates also discusseddeveloping parks and green spacesaround the city. Candidate Jim Fralishsaid parks are important but they needfunding.

I think parks are an integral part

of the community, Fralish said. Youcant have a healthy environment with-out having parks.

Fralish also said he wants to form acomprehensive plan for the growth anddevelopment of parks in Carbondale.He also said the district could havemore funds if the budget was analyzedand unnecessary expenses cut.

Candidate Navreet Kang saidit was more important to bring inrevenue than to rearrange the bud-get. Kang said the current board hasincreased the revenue 200 percent andadjusting the budget would not bringin more funds.

You cannot increase just by turn-ing numbers around, Kang said. Youcannot increase the revenue by 200

percent by doing that.


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4 NewsMonday, April 16, 2007 DAILY EGYPTIAN

Mary DaleTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAMDEN, N.J. Gov. JonS. Corzines son said his father recog-nized him and responded to visitorsSunday, three days after an SUVcrash left him on a ventilator witha dozen broken ribs and a severely

fractured leg.When you talk to him, he can

recognize your voice, thats my feel-ing, said Joshua Corzine, the eldestof two sons. He definitely responds

when you let him know whoyou are.

Joshua Corzine, 30, who spoketo reporters at the hospital along

with his sister Jennifer Pisani, 36,and brother Jeffrey, 24, also thankedthe medical staff for the care theyvegiven Corzine and thanked well-

wishers from across the country. The governors three children said

they were feeling positive about theirfathers condition.

Were giving him the thumbsup right now, so were really feel-ing good about whats happening,Pisani said.

The governor, who remainsin critical condition, underwent aprocedure to remove fluid that had

collected outside his left lung. Theprocedure, which lasted less than 15minutes, is common for patients whosustain a number of rib fractures anddoctors said it was successful, saidColey said.

Corzine was injured Thursdaywhen his SUV crashed on the GardenState Parkway, after his vehicle washit by another vehicle that swervedto avoid a pickup truck, sending thegovernors SUV into a guard rail.

The 60-year-old governor, whowas apparently not wearing his seatbelt in the front passengers seat,

broke his leg, 12 ribs, his breast-bone and suffered a broken col-larbone. He also had a head lac-eration and a minor fracture on alower vertebra.

The governor has alreadyundergone two surgeries on hisbadly broken leg and a third isexpected Monday.

Senate President Richard Codey, who is acting governor as Corzinerecovers, said he would not pro-mote his own agenda while Corzinerecovers. New Jersey does not have alieutenant governor.

One of the tough things hereis I dont know how long its goingto be, Codey told The Record ofBergen County.

The accident comes as Corzinesadministration was heading intoits second budget battle with theLegislature, pushing a $33 bil-lion budget that included big

property tax rebates.He also has plans to shore up the

pension system and to raise moneyfor the state by selling state assetslike the New Jersey Turnpike andthe Garden State Parkway, where thecrash occurred.

Corzine had been on his wayto a meeting at his mansion in

Princeton between radio show hostDon Imus and the Rutgers womensbasketball team.

The driver of a red pickup truckthat was blamed for the wreck wasnot charged for leaving the scene ofthe crash because the man said he

was trying to make room for thegovernors motorcade.

However, authorities said theinvestigation was not completeand other charges were possible.Investigators still want to interviewCorzine, who remained on a ventila-tor, unable to speak.

Injured governor responds to visitors

If we are going to do this again, we definitely need to have morequantified goals and a better ideaof what properties we are cleaningup and whose properties are gettingcleaned up, he said.

Simon said there were clearlyflaws in the program because theclean-up crews were in her backyard

when she came home on June 21.Though the supervisor told her thathe had permission from the owner,Simon said that wasnt true.

I think there are probably many ways that we can work on the twogoals of making Carbondale attrac-tive and employ youth, she said.

According to procedure, the workers canvassed neighborhoods

two weeks before cleaning. Then,they were to only clean those prop-erties where owners had submit-ted requests. Coordinator YolandeAjamu said there were some kinksin the system.

Council hopefuls Joseph Moore,Mary Pohlmann and ElizabethLewin said during the same forumthat the program should be moreselective of whose properties arecleaned. During another forum, can-didate Luanne Brown said she wouldlike to continue focusing on cleaningthe city and removing graffiti.

Cole said the program is valideven if it needs fine-tuning.

To me, I see 340 places that got

cleaned up. The people that live inthose houses are still residents of

Carbondale, Cole said. Two rental property own-ers, Home Rentals and HeartlandProperties, were the most servedof the landlords in the citys docu-ments. Mike Wadiak of HeartlandProperties refused to comment andLindsay Fisher of Home Rentals didnot return calls for comment.

D. Gorton, a landlord who hadone property serviced, said the pro-gram is still useful for everyone, evenif the city charged fees to landlords.

Derek Diggs, who had sev-eral properties cleaned, said hav-ing the city help a small businessallowed him to save what wouldhave been thousands of dollars to do

the same thing.Haynes and Cole have said the

career preparation seminars theyouth received is the part of the pro-gram that gets lost when focusing onthe properties.

Ajamu, who ran a similar pro-gram in Paducah, Ky., said theprice of the program and thekinds of properties cleaned shouldbe irrelevant.

I think we had a very uniqueplethora of students who would notin any other situation worked side-by-side with each other, he said.(The program) could be a good toolif the community wants it to be or itcan become a very divisive issue.

The targeted properties camefrom the most densely populat-

ed part of town. Ajamu said thatstemmed partly from their plan to

start work in the center. The otherreason was because the areas fartherfrom downtown did not ask to becleaned. Ajamu said much of that

was covert racism.One of the properties cleaned up

is a haven for Carbondales home-less population and the condition ofsome of the properties were awful,he said.

The city of Carbondale shouldbe ashamed of themselves, actually,Ajamu said. We have an elephantin the room and we are going toignore it?

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Lara Jakes JordanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

W AS HING TO N Attorney General Alberto Gonzales,fighting to save his job, said in pre-pared Senate testimony Sunday hehas nothing to hide in the firings ofeight federal prosecutors but claimeda hazy memory about his involve-ment in them.

Two Republican senators saidGonzales has yet to shore up hiscredibility amid shifting explana-tions of his role in the dismiss-als. Vice President Dick Cheneyreaffirmed White House support

for the attorney general but leftit to Gonzales to defend himselfto lawmakers who have called forhis resignation.

In his 25-pagestatement, Gonzalesapologized forembarrassing theeight U.S. attorneysand their families byletting their ousterserupt into a politi-cal firestorm thathas engulfed the

Justice Departmentsince January. He maintained thefirings were not improper, butsaid he remembers having only anindirect role in the plans beyondapproving them.

I have nothing to hide, andI am committed to assuring theCongress and the American pub-lic that nothing improper occurredhere, Gonzales said in prepared tes-timony released before he appears

Tuesday before the Senate JudiciaryCommittee. The panel, which over-sees the Justice Department, is inves-tigating whether the firings werepolitically motivated.

I am sorry for my mis-steps that have helped to fuel the

controversy, he said.Gonzales added: In hindsight,

I would have handled this differ-ently. ... Looking back, it is clear tome that I should have done morepersonally to ensure that the reviewprocess was more rigorous, and thateach U.S. attorney was informed ofthis decision in a more personal andrespectful way.

Cheney said he and PresidentBush continue to have every con-fidence in Gonzales and lookedforward to hearing his testimony.Lawmakers also are questioning

what role White House officials,including chief political strategist

Karl Rove, played in the firings.This took place inside the Justice

Department, Cheney said on Facethe Nation onCBS. The one whoneeds to answerto that and lay outon the record thespecifics of whattranspired is theattorney general,and hell do so.

GOP Sens.Arlen Specterand Lindsey

Graham said Gonzales has a dif-ficult battle ahead in convinc-ing the public he can lead the

Justice Department.The No. 1 question is, is he capa-

ble of administering the Departmentof Justice, did he have enough handson to know whats happening? saidSpecter of Pennsylvania, the Senatepanels top Republican. Can heexplain why these individuals wereasked to resign and justify the rea-sons for doing so?

Hes got a steep hill to climb,Specter said. Hes going to besuccessful only if he deals withthe facts.

Graham, R-S.C., said he believes

Gonzales can save his job. Still,the attorney general has an uphillstruggle to re-establish his cred-ibility with the committee givenprior statements.

He needs to explain what he didand why he did it, Graham said.

There are three or four different versions of his role in this, and heneeds to bring clarity to what he didand why he did it.

Specter spoke on ABCs This Week, and Graham appeared onFox News Sunday.

NUNAVUT

Canada feels effectsof climate change

IQALUIT, Nunavut (AP) Inuit hunt-

ers are falling through thinning ice and

dying. Dolphins are being spotted for the

first time. Theres not enough snow to

build igloos for shelter during hunts.

As scientists work to establish the

impact of global warming, explorers and

hunters slogging across northern Canada

and the Arctic ice cap on sled and foot aredescribing the realities they see on the

ground. Three of them recently spoke to

The Associated Press.

This is really ground zero for global

warming, said Will Steger, a 62-year-old

Minnesotan who has been traveling the

region for 43 years and has witnessed

the impact of warming on the 155,000

indigenous people of the Arctic.

This is where a culture has lived for

5,000 years, relying on a very delicate,

interconnected ecosystem and, one by

one, small pegs of that ecosystem are

being pulled out, Steger said by satellite

phone from a small village outside Iqaluit,

about 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

Iqaluit is the provincial capital of the

Canadian territory of Nunavut.

RUSS IA

Police clash withprotestors

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP)

Riot police beat and detained dozens of

anti-Kremlin demonstrators Sunday on

a second day of protests that tested the

weak oppositions ability to challenge

widely popular President Vladimir Putin.

As in Moscow a day earlier, only a

few thousand people turned out in St.

Petersburg to criticize the government.

Opposition leaders called that a heart-

ening response in the face of the huge

police forces massed against both rallies.

Putins foes said the harsh handling

of demonstrators, who included many

elderly people, would fuel a grow-

ing sense that the leader is stranglingdemocracy ahead of parliamentary elec-

tions in December and a presidential vote

next spring.

But the opposition is in severe straits.

Opinion polls rate Putin as Russias most

popular political figure by far, thanks to

newfound political stability and rapid

economic growth fueled by high world

oil prices. That popularity has cowed

mainstream politicians in parliament

and allowed Putin to strengthen the

Kremlins powers.

NEW YORK

East Coast slammedwith rain, wind

NEW YORK (AP) A powerfulnoreaster pounded the East Coast with

wind and pouring rain Sunday, ground-

ing airlines and threatening to create

some of the worst coastal flooding in

14 years.

The storm also flooded people out of

their homes in the middle of the night in

West Virginia. Other inland states faced a

threat of heavy snow.

One person was killed as dozens of

mobile homes were destroyed or dam-

aged by wind in South Carolina. The

storm system already had been blamed

for five deaths on Friday in Kansas

Gonzales claims little direct role in firings

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U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales gives a press conferenceat the Department of Justice on March 13 in Washington, D.C.

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When we initially endorsedSheila Simon for mayor, weasked for a solidified plan.

And she has one its fairly solid,too.

But a number of missteps have dis-couraged us from backing her a secondtime.

The first was her letter about the barentry age. She said she did not supportraising the age, but a little fact check-ing discovered she did want to make the

bars open only to the 21-year-old and upcrowd.The statement came in 2003, long

before Simons mayoral bid. She eitherforgot what she told the CarbondaleTimes or changed her mind.

Or maybe she made something up tocover her tracks.

Possibly the most devastating blowcame when Simon held a press confer-ence to condemn travel expenses incurredby Mayor Brad Cole, expenses that sheapproved as a councilwoman.

Were not quite sure what Simonhoped to accomplish when she aidedby a political heavy hitter in her attack

came out against Coles journeys, butit was the last straw for us.

Simons campaign of disinforma-tion and baseless attacks has less thanimpressed us. We cant support her formayor.

We still question Coles King ofCarbondale mentality. We still think heappears unconcerned about Carbondalecitizens worries. We still think his planto bring big stores to Carbondale willeventually lead to the death of the Strip.

But Cole gets our endorsement formayor, if only by default.

City Council

For city council, we would like to seeJoe Moore, the only student in the race,get elected.

Moore spends his days in class withpeople who rent poorly maintainedhouses. He understands the Strip is justas important as the stores on the edgeof town. We would love to see his influ-ence on the City Council because hisinsight into the lives of students wouldbe invaluable.

MISSION STATEMENTThe DAILY EGYPTIAN, the student-run newspaper of Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, is committed to being a trusted source of news, information, commentary

and public discourse, while helping readers understand the issues affecting their lives.

I do not begrudge anyone a raise, as long as it isnt at the expense of another

department or an individual, or, above all, that it doesnt impact the students.

Ruth Pommier

clerk at Southern Hills family housing

on the fear of enough private donations for Chris Lowerys raise

WORDS OVERHEARD

Cole for mayor, Moore for city council

OUR WORD

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D A I L Y E G Y P T I A N E D I T O R I A L B O A R DMark Edmondson

EDITOR-IN -CHIEF

Wayne Utterback

NEWSROOM REPRESENTATIVE

Molly Hill

ASST . VOICES EDITOR

Brandon Weisenberger

MANAGING EDITOR

Danielle Dalo

VOICES EDITOR

LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

Lewin cynically twists words

DEAREDITOR:

Unless Elizabeth Lewin contracted her foot-in-mouth disease from the microphone at the CarbondaleCity Council candidates debate, she is hardly theaggrieved victim she makes herself out to be (Voices,April 12). To cynically twist the words of my letter ofApril 10 for political advantage shows that the infection

rages unchecked, as does her failure to apologize for therudeness of her remarks.

James L. Desper JrCarbondale Resident

Sheila Simon is ethical,

sincere

DEAREDITOR:

I am writing in response to the nasty letter to theeditor in Thursdays DAILYEGYPTIAN. I want to set therecord straight.

We are lucky that Sheila Simon is running formayor of Carbondale. She is honest, kind, smart, ethi-cal, open-minded and sincere.

She has the creativity, vision and collaborative spirit

to be mayor of our wonderful town. Her campaign isbuilt on true democracy, with a grassroots movementto inform people about her ideas: Integrity, responsi-bility and opportunity.

Sheila is open and honest. Her familys financialstatement is public information, and she will notaccept campaign donations over $50. That means thatshe will not owe any favors when she is elected!

Sheila has experience on the City Council andshe understands the needs of our city. She supports

economic development, including locally owned busi-nesses that make Carbondale unique and special. Shei-la has worked as assistant states attorney, prosecutingdomestic battery cases, so she knows how to put

criminals behind bars. She will promote the numerouseducational opportunities available in Carbondale andbuild friendly links between SIU and our town. Sheis fiscally conservative and will spend our money withcaution. Sheila wants to help us build a stronger com-munity through networking, neighborhoods and posi-tive interactions throughout Carbondale.

Perhaps most important, Sheila is a peopleperson. She cares about people and our ideas. Wewould be lucky to have such an innovative, ethical, sin-

cere person like Sheila Simon as mayor of Carbondale.

Leslie DuramCarbondale resident

No apologies for letter

DEAREDITOR:

In a news story which appeared on page oneof Fridays DAILYEGYPTIAN, your reporters whocovered the April 12 Board of Trustees meetingin Edwardsville stated, Several professors relayedsimilar concerns (as those of Pommier), but saidthey were unwilling to be identified in fear thecomments could have ramifications against them or

their departments. Another, rarely admitted fear, isthat many individuals, though feeling strongly aboutan issue, are unwilling to set themselves up for whatcan sometimes be savage criticism.

The undergraduate whose rebuttal letterappeared in the DE last Friday is as much entitledto his opinion as I am mine. Unfortunately, in aquest for his own 15 minutes of fame, his imma-turity glared through by his shooting from the hip,resorting to name calling and spewing vitriol notonly at me, but also at a broad range of other indi-viduals who are in no way connected with the issueat hand.

So, to my young friend, and anyone else whofeels he needs a piece of me, be assured my positionis clear. I stand behind every word I wrote and I

make no apologies.

Ruth M. PommierUniversity Housing

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Movies

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Disturbia

Rated: PG-13

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer,

David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss

Directed by: D.J. Caruso

Run time: 1 hour, 44 minutes

Every review must make men-tion that Disturbia is a knock-off ofAlfred Hitchcocks Rear Window.However, it must also be said thatDisturbia is a pretty decent film onits own terms.

Disturbia is a serviceable thrillerthat doesnt really bring anything newto the table, but still manages to beentertaining. Anyone over the age of12 will probably be able to see through

the plot and anticipate all the clichs,but for the most part, the movie isentertaining, realistic and suspenseful.

After his father dies in a tragiccar accident, Kale (LaBeouf) becomesan angry and violent outcast. Afterpunching out his Spanish teacher, heis sentenced to three months of housearrest. He spends his days spying onthe neighbors, including the hottie-next-door, Ashley (Roemer). As hespies, his focus turns to Mr. Turner(Morse) whose car matches that ofa serial killer described on TV. Ashim and his friends investigate, theybegin to suspect that their next doorneighbor is a murderous madman,and they go to great lengths to uncoverhis secret.

The interesting thing about thisfilm is that the horror/thriller element

doesnt really kick in until halfwaythrough the film. The first half isan almost John Hughes-y roman-tic comedy involving Kale, Ashleyand Kales friend, Ronnie. There aresome very funny moments involvingKales surroundings and the peoplein his neighborhood, andas the romance blooms, itfeels pretty natural for thesekids.

The movie has a stronglead performance byLaBeouf, and it needs to,since he is in almost every scene.

Watching him putter around thehouse and attempt to solve the mys-tery is interesting because he makes itinteresting. He is an insanely talented

young actor and it will be good to seehis career evolve and develop.

Beyond LaBeouf, the acting ispretty much decent, with all the othercharacters playing their respective rolesfor the convenience of the plot. Morseis decent as the slightly creepy next-door neighbor, although it would benice if he stopped making these kinds

of films before he getspigeonholed in theseroles.

The nice thing aboutthe script is that it takesthe clichs of the genreand seems to make

them fresh. Although some of themremain as stale as ever, at least thereare characters who believe Kale whenhe says the neighbor is a killer. No oneis stupid in this movie, and its nice tosee a thriller that doesnt rely on stupidcharacters to further the plot.

The movie is not without its flaws.The final third of the film plays likea generic teenage slasher flick, prettymuch destroying the suspense andmystery of the first two thirds of thefilm. Also, the movie doesnt reallybreak any new ground for the genre,and anyone expecting it to will be dis-appointed. Its not a movie that needsto be seen right away, but its perfectfor a rainy day rental.

Disturbia is no masterpiece, butits a lot better than all the otherlackluster films marketed at teenagersthat have been released so far this year.However, it would be nice to see a filmthat transcends the genre and createssomething new, original and scary forteens to watch, instead of just recyclingold ideas and reusing tired plots tomake a quick buck.

Disturbia falls into typical horror film trap

Wes LawsonDAILY EGYPTIAN

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie

Film For Theaters

Rated: R

Voices: Dana Snyder, Dave Willis, Carey

Means, Matt Maiellaro

Directed by: Dave Willis and Matt

Maiellaro

Run time: 1 hour, 26 minutes

If the television series AquaTeen Hunger Force is unfamiliar to you, stop reading. This film is notfor you.

Come to think of it, this film isprobably not for most people. Aqua

Teen Hunger Force

Colon Movie Film For Theaters will appealto fans of the televisionseries and not too manyothers. For the fans,though, what they get isan extended episode ofthe show that is alternately unevenand hilarious.

The plot, well, theres reallyno way to describe it. Lets saythat Master Shake, Frylock andMeatwad learn their origin storyas they attempt to discover thesecret of a cursed piece of exerciseequipment called the Insanoflex.Many characters from the seriesmake cameos, and lots of random

things happen.Thats about all that can be said

about the plot, since for fans of theshow, they know that the seriesthrives on random weirdness thatusually doesnt make sense. They

will get that here, especially in thehilarious final 10 minutes, whenthe plot becomes so obscure andrandom and strange that the onlypossible reaction to it is laughter.

The central flaw of the film isthat it tries to have a plot. Perhapsin adapting an 11 minute cartoonto an 86 minute feature, the writ-er/director team of Dave Willisand Matt Maiellaro thought aplot would probably make the film

better to watch, but it

really doesnt. The movieworks best when the plotis abandoned in favorof obscurity.

This is yet anotherfilm that proves, some-

what, that TV shows donot make good movies. The beautyof the series ATHF is that it

worked in small doses, and it wasa lot funnier. To expect to keep theenergy level of the series up for a

whole feature is stupid. The mid-dle of this film definitely sags, andalthough there are random laughs,its uneven as a whole.

However, it must be said thatthis is a funny film at its heart, and

for fans of the show, it will probablyonly be a mild disappointment. Itcontains, without a doubt, the fun-niest opening 10 minutes anyone islikely to see this year, and perhapsthe funniest final 10 minutes. Itsalso nice to see all the series regu-

lars make cameos and have theirmoments, and there are several in-

jokes for fans of the series that werealso pretty cool.

ATHFCMFFT is a film thatappeals to a niche audience andnot much else. Anyone who goes

into this unfamiliar with the show will hate it. Fans of the show maybe a little disappointed, but its stilla movie worth seeing, at least toget the origin story of the threeheroes. Just dont expect any of it tomake sense.

Hunger Force starved of energy

2.5 Gus heads out of 4

Gus heads

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At the ceremony, Dietz thankedstudents for funding the upgrade.

Its wonderful to see studentsadvocate for things like this and

also be willing to pay for thosethings, he said. He said the university uses the center for classes,but many students also frequent thebowling alley for leisure.

Dustin Davis, chair of theStudent Center Advisory Board,said he was not aware of any sig-nificant student outcry for a newbowling alley. However, as a mem-ber of the board, he said he wasmore aware than the average stu-dent of problems with the center.

For instance, Davis said, the old wooden lanes could no longer besanded and needed to be replaced.

It looks great, said Davis, a junior from Paris studying politi-

cal science. The renovation reallyneeded to happen.

Jeff Bladdick, a senior fromGranite City studying radio-tele-

vision, said he has been a student worker at the bowling alley fornearly four years. He said there has

been increased traffic at the centersince it re-opened.It was a little dead towards the

end of last year last semester when we were getting ready togo into renovations, he said. Buttheyre really coming out in supportthis week.

The renovation project shouldcome in slightly under the $600,000budget approved by the Board of

Trustees last year, said Ken Jaros,associate director of the StudentCenter. He said the renovationshave dramatically improved thecenters atmosphere.

It has exceeded our expecta-tions, he said.

Jaros said a $2,000,000 projectto replace the Student Centersleaky roof is set to finish by the endof the month.

The Student Center is alsoplanning a $245,000 project to addan insulating film to the build-

ings windows. The film, he said, isdesigned to reflect about 80 percentof the heat that would normallypass through the window withouthampering the induction of light.

The film should reduce the costof air conditioning the building,he said.

The film also causes glass win-dows to shatter into tiny piecesrather than large shards when theyare broken, he said. This wouldmake the Student Center safer inthe event of a tornado or similardisaster, he said.

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Krause said his boat was com-pletely filled with garbage whenthey finished, but more work need-ed to be done.

If we had 200 boats out here, we still wouldnt make a dent,he said.

Moby Barringer, an eighth-grad-er from Murphysboro, described theconditions as cold, muddy and mis-erable. He said he spends time at thelake during most summers, and thegarbage is a common sight.

When summer comes around,(the trash) will probably be backagain, he said.

The Shawnee Muskie Hunters

Club fishes for muskies thebiggest type of fish found in LakeKinkaid all year-round, said JimBeaty, the organizer of the cleanup.

The club has about 18 members. Jerry Ford, a first-year group

member, decided to fish while his

wife was cleaning on the coastbecause someone had to wait in theboat so it wouldnt drift away. Hesaid some of the garbage wasnt leftby regular visitors and campers.

A lot of people dump out here.Its kind of a shame, he said. Idont know why they would want totake the time and hassle just to bringtheir trash to the lake to dump it.

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(Answers tomorrow)

TASTY QUAKE HERALD FUTILESaturdays

Jumbles:Answer: When the maid got a better offer, the matron

was LEFT IN THE DUST

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

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAMEby Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion

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

LULBY

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WROFUR

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VITAL MOUNT PERSON SPLICEYesterdays

Jumbles:Answer: Trying to sew with a broken needle is

POINTLESS

Monday, April 16, 2007Comics DAILY EGYPTIAN 13by Glenn McCoyThe Duplex

by Justin Borus and Andrew FeinsteinGirls and Sports

By Linda BlackTodays Birthday (04-16-07). Youre

not only enthusiastic this year; youre

also quite accurate. Add discipline andyoull set new records in areas youll find

important.To get the advantage, check the days

rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the mostchallenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) - Today is a10 - You can get farther faster than ever

before under these conditions. Barriersthat have stopped you in the past have

been overcome.Taurus (April 20-May 20) - Today

is a 6 - Youre up against a deadline

again, which isnt entirely your fault.Circumstances beyond your control have

increased the pressure. Better hurry upand do what you promised.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) - Today isan 8 - Confer with your team, and do

your best to learn from their mistakes.Become more assertive under their

coaching but dont get impetuous.Cancer (June 22-July 22) - Today is

an 8 - The quality of your work has madean excellent impression. Its also good

that youre in the habit of solving yourown problems.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) - Today is a 9 -

This could be your lucky day. That part ispretty obvious. Whether or not you keep

what you gain, however, is not as clear.Avoid impetuous behavior, especially

from yourself.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Today is a 5

- Count the money carefully, so you dontmake any mistakes. The last thing you

need is a lecture from people who cant do

their own math.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - Today is a 7

- Be ready to hear about every little viola-

tion of the rules. Passions have also beenaroused, so stay out of the way of a zealot.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - Today is a9 - Youre onto something good. Resist theurge to tell everybody. Use that energy to

make sure all your paperwork is in order.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Today

is a 7 - You are so very attractive now, itshard to get a moments peace. Some very

assertive admirers are demanding yourattention.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Today isa 5 - You dont have to explain yourself to

anyone but you can. A private conversa-tion with a loved one could do wonders

for a drooping attitude.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Today is a

6 - Your passion for learning is so intense,

you could frighten casual observers. Dont

worry about them, theyll turn out to beyour greatest admirers.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) - Today is

a 10 - Choose your words very carefully,while things are going well. If you have

trouble with profit flow, shouting couldclear the blockage.

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Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune

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Solution to Thursdays puzzle

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Some former Salukis returnedto Carbondale to help with Jamaal

Tatums Sweet 16 Camp Sunday, while current Salukis were there

participating.Junior forward Randal Falker was

at the Student Recreation Centerplaying basketball with the kids inattendance, losing every game ofknockout he played in.

Its all good. I mean, its greatfor somebody to be able to say theybeat you and they put you out of thegame, Falker said. You never know

what that can do.SIU coach Chris Lowery, soph-

omore guard Wesley Clemmonsand departing senior center KobbyAcquah were there in addition toformer Salukis Darren Brooks,Stetson Hairston, Kyle Smithpeters,Bryan Turner and Kent Williams.

Former Saluki Jermaine Dearman

was supposed to be at the camp butsustained a concussion earlier in the

week and was unable to attend.

Tatum said he had numerousmotives in starting the camp, whichhe plans to make a yearly event.

I thought about it and I wantedto get my teammates back and getback and see everything, see all thepeople in the community, Tatumsaid. And then I wanted a way toget the kids out, all the support-ers out who have supported Saluki

basketball throughout the years andespecially this year, and I figuredthis would be the best way to do it.

It worked out well. I had allmy teammates back, I had Stetson,Darren, all those guys, Kent, allthose guys came back and it wasgood to have them here, he said.Im sure the fans and the com-munity really appreciate it. Im surethe kids really appreciate it and themain thing is this: The kids had afun time.

Brooks, who spent the last sea-son with the Perth Wildcats ofAustralias National BasketballLeague, said hes planning a campsimilar to Tatums at Jennings JuniorHigh School in Jennings, Mo.

Tatum said the element offriendship was the driving force ofhim inviting his former teammates

back and them agreeing to help outat the camp.

It was kind of one of thosethings that I was close friends withall of these guys and just like they

would do anything for me, I woulddo anything for them, Tatum said.So if they had any event, I would bethere, too. I think Im actually goingto be at something Darrens having.

Good friends always look out foreach other and thats all it was.

Williams, who has been thesupervisor of basketball operationsat Purdue the past two seasons, said

Tatum called him during SelectionSunday on March 11 and they hadbeen in contact throughout the restof the season.

We talked for a little bit and werapped for a while and he said, I gota camp coming up, and he didnthave to ask me twice, Williamssaid. Im willing to help, Im willingto come back to the community andhelp any way I can. Ive had so muchdone for me here in my four years,so I definitely want to give back tothese kids.

[email protected]

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Tatum holds Sweet 16 campSalukis of past and

present give back

to community

With the home run fresh in hismind, Sublett came in to pitch theseventh inning for the Shockers.He walked senior center fielderKevin Koski to start the inning, andthen loaded the bases after an errorand a walk to junior catcher ChrisEngele.

Sublett hit sophomore third base-man Scott Elmendorf and juniordesignated hitter Chris Crank to

score Koski and freshman Aaron

Roberts, respectively.Crank finished 1-for-3 with a

home run and four RBIs.Noah Krol came in to pitch for

Wichita State. Krol hit the sec-ond baseman Tyler Lairson, whichscored Engele to cut the lead to 10.

The Salukis were run-ruled forthe third time this season. The otherrun-rule losses were to EvansvilleMarch 30 and 31. SIU lost 10-0 and14-2 in seven innings, respectively.

In the first half of the doubleheader, SIU lost 8-4 despite a strong

effort from sophomore starting

pitcher Cody Adams. He shut outthe Shockers until the sixth inningand picked up his second loss of theseason.

The Salukis also droppedSaturdays series opener 10-7 aftersenior starting pitcher Jordan Powell

was shelled for seven runs in 3.1innings. Senior pitcher Dusty Bakeralso made his 2007 debut afterreturning from shoulder surgery,pitching 1.2 scoreless innings.

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Saluki kicker Craig Coffin looksto add two more records to his ever-growing list of accomplishments inSaturdays 6 p.m. home game versusIndiana State.

Coffin needs six points to passformer Saluki running back TomKoutsosschool record of 307 points.Koutsos played for SIU from 1999 to2003.

If Coffin makes two field goals,he can also pass Ron Millers schoolrecord of 40 field goals. Miller, whoplayed from 1983 to 1986, wasa member of SIUs 1983 nationalchampionship team.

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Craig Coffin

Former Saluki and currentTexas Rangersinfielder Jerry

Hairston Jr., went 1-for-4 with awalk and scored two runs in the 5-2 win against the Seattle MarinersFriday. Hairston Jr. is batting .300and has been walked twice in fivegames for the Rangers.

The Chicago Bulls defeated the Washington Wizards 101-68 Sunday for their 49th winof the season. If the Bulls win on Wednesday it will be the first time they hit the 50 winmark since the 1997-98 season and will clinch the second seed in the playoff. How far canthe Bulls go in the playoffs?

SalukiInsiderInsider

I like being able to stick by a preseasonprediction, so the Bulls will fall in theconference finals to the Miami Heat. I lookforward to tomorrows banter question, Doesthe Bulls being good again make you feel old?It doesnt feel like that long since Jordan andCo. left, but its been nine years.

The Bulls are good but I think they will onlyget out of the first round, which will be toughenough. The Bulls have to take on the Netswho lead the regular season series 2-1 and withJason Kidd, Vince Carter, and Richard Jeffersonthey will have their hands full. The Bulls successwill all depend on Dengs performance.

The Bulls will win the East, no doubt. Theydefeated the Pistons, who have the best record inthe East, without Ben Wallace in their lineup. Tyrus

Thomas has been coming up huge in the finalstretch of the season and will continue to improvecome playoff time. They are one of the youngestteams in the league and can run the floor withanyone. They wont win the title though.

Do you have questions forthe Saluki Banter that youwant answered?e-mail [email protected]

JOSH JOHNSTON

jstone59@

siu.edu

SALUKI TRACKER

SCOTT MIESZALA

scott_mieszala@

dailyegyptian.com

JERRY HAIRSTON JR.

JEFF ENGELHARDT

jeff_engelhardt@

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The mens tennis team split itsMissouri Valley Conference matches,losing to No. 53 Drake 4-0 Saturdayand defeating Creighton Sunday. The

weather forced both matches to beplayed indoors.

SIU (11-6, 2-3) won two ofthe three doubles matches againstCreighton (4-10, 0-5) to gain an early1-0 lead. JuniorFelipe Villasenor,sophomore HugoVidal, freshmanLucas Waked andfreshman Karl

Nilsson pickedup wins in theirsingles matches toseal the victory forthe Salukis.

Villesenor saidSIU did what itexpected to do against Creighton, butthe team must improve before theconference tournament.

Today we took care of busi-ness, Villasenor said. Creightonis not a strong team like Drake orus. We are much better than at thestart but to win the MVC tourna-ment we are going to have to per-form much better.

Saturday, Drake (19-2, 4-0)extended its winning streak to 17matches with the win over SIU.

The Bulldogs won all three dou-bles matches to pick up the first point.Villasenor and Waked lost their dou-bles match 8-7 to Drake senior SergiVila and sophomore Ivan Mendoza.

In singles competition, Bulldogssophomore Maor Zirkin defeatedVillasenor in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. SIU senior Sergio Sanchez and

freshman BrenoSalvany werealso defeated instraight sets.

Saluki coachDann Nelson said

Drake deserves tobe ranked 53rd inthe nation afterthe way theBulldogs per-formed Saturday.

They aredefinitely better than they were last

year, Nelson said. It came down todoubles play. We needed to win thedoubles. If you dont win doubles, theirone, two and three are so strong, youredone.

The SIU womens tennis team(11-8, 2-4) traveled to Iowa Saturday,but was unable to pick up a win.

Drake (8-11, 3-2) took a bite out

of the Salukis and won 4-3 Sunday.Drake took the early lead, secur-

ing the doubles point winning two ofthe three doubles matches. Freshman

Jessica Flannery defeated Drakes juniorIrina Kalashnikova 4-6, 7-5, 10-8.Freshmen Michela Cruise and MartinVianna Ce won their singles matches instraight sets.

On Saturday, Northern Iowa(15-4, 4-1) picked up its third con-ference victory over the Salukis 5-2. Juniors Sabine Tsala Mvilongoand Amanda Taillefer were the onlytwo Salukis to pick up victories insingles competition.

SIU coach Rene Vidal said theSalukis heads were where they needed

to be, but it something else causedthem to falter.

We competed well, the attitude was there and the effort was there,Vidal said. Unfortunately we fellshort on our execution and I wish we

would have served a little bit better. With this cold you cant give awayfree points.

The next mens match is at 2 p.m.Tuesday in Carbondale against EasternIllinois. The women resume play at 1p.m. Saturday against Creighton inCarbondale.

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Conference schedule proves difficult

It came down to doubles

play. We needed towin the doubles. If youdont win doubles, theirone, two and three are sostrong, youre done

Dann NelsonSIU coach

MENS TENNIS

Wamsley said she knew she hitthe ball out of the park when it leftthe bat.

During the first game I struck outtwice so I scooted back in the box,

Wamsley said. I was able to catch thehigh pitch out in front better than I

would have been able to, and the ballfelt really good coming off the bat.

SIU (31-9, 12-3) scored three runsin the third and the final run in thefifth. The winning run came off aDismore RBI single up the middle to

enforce the eight-run rule for the win.The first game brought a 4-3 loss

for the Salukis after a great pitch-ing performance from Porche. Porchegave up one earned run on sevenstrikeouts en route to a victory.

The Salukis seemed to be in controlafter senior pitcher Cassidy Scogginsgot out of a bases loaded jam in thethird, but the Bears struck quick in thefourth with a solo home run.

Missouri State (18-22, 7-8) openedup a big lead in the fifth with back-to-back doubles and a squeeze bunt thatcontributed to a three run inning.

SIU had a chance to tie the game

in the sixth but stranded a runner onthird when Wamsley struck out withtwo outs and the score at 4-3.

SIU coach Kerri Blaylock said theteam didnt seem focused enough inthe early going.

We started to get focused inthe fifth inning of the first game,but Porche is a tremendous pitcher,Blaylock said. We need to comefocused everyday and I needed toremind them about that vehementlybetween games.

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SIU senior pitcher Ashley Hamby pitched ano-hitter in an 8-0 victory over Missouri StateSunday at Charlotte West Stadium.

Hamby pitched in the second game of thedouble header after the Salukis came off a 4-3loss in the first game. The loss was SIUs firsthome defeat of the season.

Hamby only needed five innings to putdown the Bears due to the eight-run rule. Shestruck out four of the 16 batters she faced as sheimproved to 13-3 on the season, picking up hersecond no-hitter.

Hamby said she felt nervous going into

the game because she knew the team neededto win.

I felt really nervous because coach askedsomeone to step up and as a pitcher I feltthat was my responsibility, Hamby said. Ourdefense did a great job and we did a great jobscoring runs and its always easier as a pitcherto go out and throw consistently with runs onthe board.

The only base runner the Bears had inthe game was pitcher Melissa Porche after

junior shortstop Becky Wegmann was unableto catch a pop-up. The error was one of fourfor Wegmann on the day.

The Salukis jumped on the Bears scoringfour runs in the first inning off Porche, whostarted the second game despite already throw-ing a complete game one.

Junior Tiffanie Dismore hit the first pitch

of the game for a triple, which was followedby junior first baseman Lauren Hass being hitby a pitch.

With two runners on, freshman secondbaseman Alicia Garza singled up the middleto score Dismore. Sophomore catcher Jayme

Wamsley came to bat with two on and one out,and blasted the ball over the left field fence toopen up a 4-0 lead.

SIU splits series with Missouri State

Outfielder DeanCademartori

catches the ballmaking an

out againstWichita State

Saturday after-noon at AbeMartin Field.

SIU lost againstWichita State

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Ashley Hamby pitches the ball during the second game of a double header against Missouri State Sunday afternoon at CharlotteWest Stadium.See SOFTBALL,Page 15

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A few bad innings made for a miserableweekend for the SIU baseball team.

The Salukis (23-12, 4-5) lost the finaleof a three-game set to No. 11 Wichita StateSunday 19-9 in seven innings. The Shockersscored 11 runs in the top of the sixth inning.

SIU coach Dan Callahan said there isntmuch to take away from the series.

We were in all three games until the end

and I hope what we didnt prove is that werenot a mentally tough team, Callahan said. AsI sat back and watched game three, I startedto question that a little bit, but the last thingI need to do is to turn on these guys becausethats counterproductive.

Wichita State (30-8, 10-2) went into thesixth inning trailing the Salukis 6-3. But aftera Tyler Weber solo home run cut the lead toone, everything went downhi ll for SIU. On thefollowing play Andy Dirks singled to shallowright and sent Saluki starter Shawn Joy off.

Joy allowed five runs in five inningsof work.

The Shockers jumped all over theSaluki bullpen, torching senior pitcher KyleCatto for three runs in a third of an inningbefore freshman pitcher Tyler Choate came

into the game.Choate allowed two runs without recording

an out before fellow freshman Bryant Georgecame in with the bases loaded. George walkedthe first batter he faced on four straight pitchesand gave up four runs on four hits in one-thirdof an inning.

Junior Brad Lawrence came in for Georgeand stopped the bleeding but the Shockers

went back at it again in the seventh.Sophomore catcher Mark Kelly dealt with

the wildness of his pitching staff throughoutthe game. The SIU pitching staff threw a wildpitch, hit two batters and had Kelly diving leftand right to get balls out of the dirt.

I wasnt mentally exhausted. Im all right, itwas just a lack of focus, but theres not excuse

for it, Kelly said. That kind of stuff happensbut you got to battle around it.Sophomore Michael Kane pitched two-

thirds of an inning and allowed five runson four hits, including a two-run homer toDamon Sublett. Freshman Tom Danahynabbed the final out of the inning after allow-ing a double.

Junior first baseman Adam Hills, whoshitting streak ended at 12 games, said a fewinnings got away from the Salukis.

I dont really know what happened outthere, we just kind of self-destructed, Hillssaid. Theyre a solid team and their recordshows that and theyve earned that rankingso far this year.

SIU swept by ShockersSalukis gets run-ruled inseries finale against WSU

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