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Students pass David Shakin and his jewelry Monday at the Student Center. Shakin said he has run his sterling silver, mostly Indonesian jewelry company for about the last 10 years, traveling from Athens, Ga., to college campuses across the country. Shakin said he will sell pieces for as long as the Christ in Youth Camp lasts, a yearly program that draws hundreds of young people to SIUC’s campus.

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A new federal law will require textbook publishers to disclose more information to professors, such as the retail price of textbooks and alterna-tive cheaper options.

Senator Dick Durbin, the origi-nal sponsor of provisions of College Textbook A� ordability Act, said stu-dents should see three major changes starting this semester. As a part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, this new law will require publishers to provide the textbook’s

retail price, cheaper methods and a history of revisions, Durbin said in a telephone conference with reporters Wednesday. “Professors don’t know the prices of textbooks, which is hard to believe, but it’s true,” he said. “Now, there is no excuse.”

� e estimated average cost for books and supplies for fall 2010 is $900 for SIUC students, according to College Board, a non-for-pro� t asso-ciation. � e national average at four-year public colleges in 2009-10 is $1,122, according to College Board’s website.

Larry Dietz, vice chancellor for

student a� airs, said the issue of text-book prices and a� ordability overall has been on everyone’s minds.

To help battle textbook prices, SIUC launched its new textbook rental system website Friday.

“Students should see their text-book costs alleviated with the help of this federal law and SIU’s rental pro-gram,” he said.

Although the rental system will not have all textbooks available im-mediately, introductory courses — which are the most common — will be available to rent, Dietz said.

Lori Stettler, director of the Stu-

dent Center, said the new federal law is designed to provide faculty with more options, but it’s ultimately the student’s decision to buy new, used or older editions.

Durbin said he hopes universi-ties and students will take this law seriously and understand their rights under it.

“Students are emerging with more and more debt and lowering the cost of textbooks is a sensible way to try to reduce that debt,” he said.

Books sold only in bundles pro-vide supplemental, extra material stu-dents and professors are sometimes

unaware of, or do not use, Durbin said. Under the new law, textbooks and supplemental materials usually sold as a bundle must also be sold in-dividually.

“CDs, workbooks and website ac-cess now can be sold in pieces instead of as a package, which should bring the overall cost down,” he said.

Colleges will be required to in-clude the list of assigned textbooks during course registration, according to Durbin’s website.

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High school students from across the Midwest have arrived in droves to Carbondale, but its not to tour their future university — rather they come to get closer to God.

Christ in Youth, an organiza-tion that, according to its web-site, “specializes in connecting young people with Jesus Christ,” has come to Carbondale for 14 straight years to host MOVE, a five day program where hundreds of high school children gather to discuss Christianity.

Rondel Ramsey, the campus pas-

tor from the event, said Carbondale has always been accommodating to him and other ministers.

“They love us here; we clean up after ourselves, we’ll pay for anything if we break it,” Ramsey said. “They have been really good to us down here. We just make sure that we can be good to them as well.”

Angela Zirkelbach, a program coordinator for MOVE, said around 1,200 high school stu-dents were registered to attend this week’s event, while 1,200 stu-dents attended last week’s event on campus. She said about 800 students are registered for next week’s event.

The students, as well as youth ministers and group sponsors, are invited to take part in daily events which aim to strengthen the bond between participants and God, said Zirkelbach. She said those who are committed to God are called “Kingdom Work-ers”, because they work to spread His word.

Ramsey said the goal of the event is to help students and other ministers come closer to an un-derstanding of themselves and their relationship with God and faith. The event also helps stu-dents toward making an impact on the world, Ramsey said.

“We want them to discover

God and how to make a differ-ence in the world,” he said. “A lot of these kids have already been on mission trips around the world. We’re involved in projects like ‘Active Water’ which helps build wells in Africa.”

Fiona Thompson, 15, of Jack-son, Mo., said this is her sec-ond year coming to events like MOVE, and each has been better than before.

“It’s just an amazing experi-ence,” Thompson said. “It feels like it’s the best week ever every time you go. I love growing per-sonally closer to God every time I go to these.”

Trina Brucker, a sponsor from

Clinton, said she has come to the event for years, as a student and sponsor. She said the events have differed every year, and even more so as she moved from student to sponsor.

“I love watching the kids grow, and I’ve grown spiritually myself listening to speakers and having the time of worship and watching the students grow in their faith,” Brucker said.

She said she did not feel the larger amount of people attending the event would affect her own enjoyment.

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“I look at it as more people com-ing to God,” Brucker said. “And that is always a good thing.”

Ramsey said although there is a larger amount of students in a small area, problems are rare thanks to the youth ministers, sponsors and the event’s schedule.

“We like to keep them busy,” he said with a laugh.

Ramsey said what he wants stu-dents to get out of the event is to be-come better people.

“We want them to be a good pres-ence and help each other out,” he said. “� at’s the top goal of Christ in Youth.”

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Durbin said students will know what they are in for if they have the in-formation ahead of time.

Other steps in the process to lower the cost of textbooks include the Open College Textbook Act, passed by Con-gress last year. � e act allows the Sec-retary of Education to award one-year grants to institutions of higher educa-tion, higher education professors and producers of open textbooks to create or update open textbooks — electronic college textbooks or course materials the public has the right to access, cus-tomize and distribute — or adapt text-books into open formats, for postsec-ondary coursework, according to the Library of Congress’ website.

“(With this bill), we’re trying to pro-

vide a short-term federal investment in developing open college textbooks,” Durbin said.

“With the internet, a professor can create a lecture, a lesson, a book or entire curriculum and share it online. A teacher across the country can ac-cess that educational material, adapt it for their own uses and put it in the classroom.”

Under this bill, the Secretary of Education would award grants to col-leges to create introductory level col-lege textbooks, Durbin said. He said the text would be available online to anyone for free.

“If there is a way to � nd an ap-proach that is more economical and gives students an opportunity to learn at a lower cost, it means less cost to the government and ultimately less student debt,” he said.

Hannah Elston, 16, of Dawson, teaches Tori Barnes, of Arlington, Texas, how to play the game Wah! before an evening worship ceremony outside of Shryock Auditorium. Elston and Barnes are two of approximately 1,200 high school students who are registered to attend the Christ in Youth camp this week; another 1,200 came to the camp last week.

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When one door closes, an-other opens.

In Carbondale’s case, doors have been closing quickly. It’s now up to the city council to make sure it opens doors that citizens will want to walk through.

Will a Walgreens on the west side of town be in demand with a CVS and second Walgreens so close to it? Possibly. Will a Chili’s be suc-cessful even with an Applebee’s across the street? Maybe.

But with the city ready to launch a six-part comprehensive plan, Mayor Brad Cole and the council have the opportunity to redefine Carbondale and meet the diverse needs of its population.

There are certainly challenges in developing a thriving city when it is a college town, but those challenges cannot be met without involving the more than 20,000 students, pro-fessors and faculty who make up SIUC.

Carbondale only has to look a few hours up I-57 to see Charles-ton struggling through a similar situation. Charleston City Manager Scott Smith said there are plenty of parallels between Carbondale and Charleston, but one difference we believe is important is the strong bond between Eastern Illinois Uni-versity and its city.

“They are always part of the dis-cussion whether it is bringing in a

restaurant or clothing store,” Smith said. “They are the major driving force of the economy.”

We appreciate the city’s involve-ment with SIUC when it comes to Saluki Way and other university projects, but city projects should have just as much feedback from the university.

The city council should listen to students such as Ramiro Crego from Argentina and Majdah Aseeri from Saudi Arabia, who were quot-ed in Thursday’s Daily Egyptian, because there are thousands of stu-dents like them. There is a large international population in Car-bondale and catering to those needs through international stores and

restaurants could offer an alterna-tive and lead to economic growth.

But growth does not need to hap-pen exclusively through restaurants and stores. Outside of the movie theaters in Carbondale, there are not many entertainment options for young families. A community swim-ming pool, miniature golf course or bowling alleys are just a few options the council should consider when looking for new businesses to bring to town.

And while the city seems hesi-tant about promoting nightlife, it should embrace it. From Yale to Sacramento State University, there are large portions of students will-ing to spend a lot of money for an

enjoyable nightlife experience.With bars such as Mugsy’s and

Booby’s closing their doors and Hangar 9 rebuilding, there is room to expand the bar scene. The com-bination of live music and a place for friends to meet for a drink is a time-tested moneymaker the city should not ignore without serious consideration.

However, we can only offer broad suggestions to the council; the students and faculty of SIUC should take advantage of this situ-ation and contact council members.

If Carbondale is going to open the doors of businesses that will stay open for years to come, it will need to receive some of its keys from Salukis.

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Daily EgyptianNewsTuesday, July 27, 2010 5BP’s Hayward to leave as CEO; Russia job in works

LONDON — BP is jettisoning CEO Tony Hayward, whose verbal blunders made the oil giant’s image even worse as it struggled to contain the Gulf oil spill, and will assign him to a key job in Russia, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.

Hayward is set to step down in Oc-tober and take a post at TNK-BP, the company’s joint venture in Russia, ac-cording to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because an o� cial announcement had not been made by the British company’s board.

� e move was being made more than three months a� er an oil rig ex-plosion set o� the spill and less than two weeks a� er a temporary cap � -nally stopped the oil from leaking. � e government’s oil spill chief, retired Coast Guard Adm. � ad Allen, said in Washington on Monday that e� orts to solidly seal BP’s busted deep-sea well are set to begin in a week.

Moving Hayward gives BP a chance to make a fresh start. BP execu-

tive Robert Dudley, an American who has been overseeing oil spill recovery e� orts, is likely to be his successor.

“� e sooner Bob Dudley is em-powered to act as CEO, especially with regard to the U.S., the better it will prove to be for BP,” said Stephen Pope, the chief global equity strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald in London.

� e board met Monday but it was unclear whether it had made the demo-tion o� cial. A statement was expected early Tuesday, at the same time the company � les its second quarter results.

Hayward le� BP’s headquarters af-ter the board meeting without speaking to reporters. � e Briton’s silver Lexus was mobbed by photographers, who chased the car down the tony street in central London.

It’s not yet clear what Hayward’s role will be with TNK-BP, but the job suggests BP still holds more faith in Hayward than much of the U.S. public and political establishment do. Ana-lysts consider the Russian venture one of BP’s crown jewels; it accounts for a quarter of the company’s production.

TNK-BP’s challenges are well known to Hayward’s likely successor as

CEO, who used to run it. Dudley was forced to ̈ee Russia in 2008 and ran BP’s interests there in absentia until that became untenable a� er a dispute with Russian shareholders.

Repeated calls to TNK-BP’s o� ces in Moscow went unanswered Monday.

BP owns half of the oil � rm, which is Russia’s third-largest. Moving Hay-

ward gives insiders who believed he was scapegoated for his o� -the-cu� remarks — rather than his perfor-mance — a chance to keep a highly trained professional in the company.

“� ey still think highly of Tony Hay-ward but they have to get him away from this situation,” said Phil Weiss, an oil an-alyst with Argus Research in New York.

“TNK-BP is an important part of BP.”Hayward was called back to Lon-

don a month ago a� er a bruising encounter with a congressional com-mittee and has since kept a low pro� le. � ere is persistent speculation that BP Chairman Karl-Henric Svanberg, who moved into the post on Jan. 1, is also likely to lose his job later this year.

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With the second half of the MLB season officially underway, who is your pick to play in the World Series?Saluki Insider

I will say the Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres. I’m picking the White Sox because Ozzie Guillen is the most enter-taining thing about baseball, so the more Guillen rants the better in my opinion. I’m picking San Diego because I believe San Diego is Spanish for a whale’s ... well, you know. You stay classy San Diego.

This year’s world series will include the team with the biggest come back in MLB history, the Houston Astros. They will flip the script from being the worst team in the league to one of the best. The Astros will be playing the Chicago south siders who will host their second parade in six years. This, with Sammy Sosa becoming the Cubs manager, will force Chicago to set fire to Wrigley field.

Things are always bigger in Texas so I am going with the Rangers vs. Atlanta. Both teams have been playing like they want it this year. Both teams have offensive talent and the Braves especially have a good start-ing pitching rotation.

SIU head coach Leroy Newton said he is proud the way the members of the team have played in their individual local tournaments. He said Miller’s performance this weekend should give him con� dence in himself as a golfer.

“He put a lot of pressure on himself and that is how you become a big-time golfer,” Newton said. “He was in that last group and he per-formed under pressure and he did a � ne job.”

Newton said he would expect more out of Miller and fellow sophomore Jake Erickson when the team reunites in the fall.

Miller said competition within the team would make the fall season a success.

“� e more competition we have within the team, the better we will be as a team,” Miller said. “If we are all battling to get that top score on the team then we should win a bunch of tournaments this fall.”

Ryan Simonin can be reached atrsimonin@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 269.

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Green has worked with the Boys and Girls Club since January. During the a� ernoon, he leads some of the 75 to 85 kids in routine stretches before they play in athletic activities such as football and basketball.

Nina Okafor, junior track athlete from Carbondale, works alongside Green and other volunteers at the club. She said there is pressure to be a strong role model for the children.

“Growing up in Carbondale, I feel there is a lot of pressure on me to do the right thing when I’m o� the track because I know them,” Okafor said. “� ese kids need role models who carry themselves in a positive way.”

Current and former SIU athletes take part in other programs as well.

Teri Oliver, junior women’s basketball guard from Kokomo, Ind., said the team visits the Boys and Girls Club an hour and a half once a week. � e team is also avid participants in the Just Read program. � e team reads books to children in elementary schools. Oliver said she believes ath-letes have a responsibility to be role models for kids, but sometimes there is more pressure put

on athletes than there should be. “When we (the women’s basketball team) go

out, it’s not that we don’t have as much fun as we could, but sometimes we are on our toes a lot because not only are we representing ourselves and our families, but we are representing SIU athletics and our coaches.”

Joel Sambursky, former Saluki quarterback who started 49 consecutive games on his way to the SIU record books, has volunteered in the Carbondale area since he arrived in 2002, including building houses with the Habitat of Humanity program.

Sambursky, who is a volunteer assistant coach for the Carterville Lions football team, participates in homeless ministries with the Vine Community Church. He said the memories of the glitz and glamour of being an accomplished athlete is something to remember, but those are not the moments he remembers the most.

“A lot of people come up and talk to me about games they saw me play, such as Western Illinois when I threw the touchdown pass on the last play of the game to beat Western for the � rst time in 18 years,” Sambursky said. “People will recall the memory of them running on the � eld. � at means so much to me, but it doesn’t

mean nearly as much as when people say, ‘You patted my kid on the head and told him to keep it up and keep working hard, now he is starting varsity quarterback and he remembers you saying those words.’ � at means more than anything else.”

Mike McElroy, who is a nominee for the Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works team and a pre-season Missouri Valley Conference All-American, volunteers with the Vine Community Church and has worked with SIU Head Start. While helping at Head Start last spring, McElroy found himself watching underprivileged children have fun writing letters in shaving cream all over a table.

McElroy, who is also a nominee for the Buck Buchanan award, said he holds football and extra curricular accolades with the same level of honor.

“I take a lot of pride in (being named to the Good Works Team),” McElroy said. “� is is ex-pected as an athlete. We get so much attention. � is is a way to give back to the people in the community who support us.”

Brandon LaChance can be reached atblachance@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 282.

SIU sophomore golfer Je� Miller made his shots count this weekend at the Benton Gold Cup when he beat out teammate and last year’s tournament champion Jared Harp.

In the two-round tournament, Miller got o� to a hot start as he eagled and bird-ied his � rst two holes to � nish the � rst round in � rst place with a 65. On day two of the tournament Miller continued his success shooting a 69 to capture his � rst summer tournament win.

“I have turned my game 180 degrees around since last fall,” Miller said. “� e collegiate golf experience that I got last year was a big reason why I won.”

Miller said limiting the big scores has been the reason for his summer success. He said he hopes his swing and hard work will carry over to the fall season.

“� is weekend when I shot a double, I battled my way back, which is way dif-ferent than my approach last year,” Miller said. “Last year if I hit a double I would have folded and given up, but I have learned to keep my focus.”

Following Miller was Tim Simmons of the University of Evansville, who carded a 70 in his � nal round to take second place.

Miller said he was happy to play with Harp, but is more excited to be his teammate.

Harp, who won the Benton Gold Cup last year, � nished in third place when he posted a 68 on Saturday and capped o� his � nal round Sunday with a 72.

Harp said his putter was what kept him from retaining the Gold Cup this year.

“I didn’t make the eagles and birdies that I should have,” Harp said. “I didn’t make the putts I needed to win, but Je� played well and I am happy for him.”

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RYAN SIMONINDaily Egyptian

While LeBron-mania is on pause until the season begins and break-downs about every Miami Heat game absorb media outlets, many of the other 29 NBA

teams are still making moves. � e busiest team this o� -season

has been the Chicago Bulls. First they inherited the Utah Jazz by sign-ing Carlos Boozer, Kyle Korver and Ronnie Brewer. � en they signed

7-foot center Omer Asik from Tur-key. Now, there are reports the Bulls are going to sign ex-NBA superstar Tracy McGrady, assuming he shows signs of life in workouts scheduled this week.

� e life in McGrady’s knees is faint to say the least. His once im-pressive leaping ability has been belittled to less than a bunny hop. � e highlight reel of him thunder dunking has turned into elemen-tary layups. � is doesn’t mean he is a horrible player, but his vertical was his greatest asset.

If he can keep his ego in check, he could be a phenomenal role player for Chicago. He has experience and could teach Derrick Rose, Brewer, Korver and other perimeter players a thing or two. McGrady has always been able to create his own shot — something Korver can’t do — and de-fend, something the whole team will need to be better at if it wants to excel in Tom � ibodeau’s defensive system.

Another huge story is Chris Paul not demanding a trade when he met with the New Orleans Hornets front o� ce Monday. He said he is happy

with the direction of the organiza-tion. � is is hard to believe as the Hornets are the exact same team they were last year, � nishing with a 37-45 record and failing to make the playo� s.

If Paul wants to win, he should have looked at real estate and bought a plane ticket to another NBA city.

� e Miami Heat are putting together the pieces of a dynasty. A¢ er signing Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, they only had four players on the roster. Since then they have signed Mike Miller, Carlos Arroyo,

Juwan Howard, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Udonis Haslem, Joel Anthony and Dexter Pittman.

Miller is a great pick up. He is versatile and will do whatever he needs to do to win games, although, he won’t have to do much. Bosh wants to return to power forward, so the Heat signed three centers. Ilgauskas is on his last leg but has one more go in him. Haslem will get boards and is a strong defensive player in the low post.

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ATHLETICS

Former SIU running back Deji Karim has signed a four-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

� e Jaguars selected Karim in the sixth round of the 2010 dra¢ . Karim played two seasons with SIU. Last year as a Saluki, Karim rushed for 18

touchdowns and 1,694 yards. Karim said he could not disclose the terms of the contract.

Karim said it was a great feeling to sign his � rst NFL contract, but he is glad to move on to the next stage of his career into professional football.

“It feels good to have the contract, but I’m glad its over with so now I can focus on playing football,” Karim said.

For a full story about Karim and his experience in the NFL, check out � ursday’s Daily Egyptian.

Karim signs four year deal with Jacksonville

Former Saluki offensive tackle Kevin Green leads children during calisthenics Monday at the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale. Program

Director Tina Carpenter estimated somewhere between 7 to 15 SIU student athletes volunteer their time at the club each semester.

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Athletes relish responsibility as community role models

Stadiums and arenas are not the only places SIU athletes are making a di� erence.

Several SIU athletes have made e� orts to give back to the commu-nity in di� erent ways. Some have helped strengthen neighborhoods by taking part in church projects while others have guided children in programs such as SIU Head Start and the Boys and Girls Club.

Tina Carpenter, program direc-

tor for Boys and Girls Club, said it puts a smile on her face to see ath-letes give children the message that life is not all about sports and they have goals beyond athletics. She also said volunteer athletes are doing something special for the children who need it and themselves.

“When I see SIU students come in here, I hope what they realize by interacting with these kids, is ‘Wow, I’m important in the lives of these kids. If I mess up, then that could lead them to say it’s OK for me to mess up,’” Carpenter said.

Kevin Green, former Saluki

o� ensive tackle who graduated in 2008 with a degree in recreation, said he had positive role models to look up to when he was young, so it is only right for him to give another child the same opportunity.

“� e athletes I looked up to, like Warren Sapp and my brother, always did the right thing,” Green said. “I felt if I did the right things, kids would notice that.”

BRANDON LACHANCEDaily Egyptian

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T hese kids need role models who carry themselves in a positive way.

— Nina Okaforjunior track athlete from Carbondale