NATION FEATURES CAMPUS

FORESTRY CLUB LOGS HOURS Kaitlyn Kirby, a junior from St. Joseph

studying agriculture business economics,

works her way through a log during the College of Agriculture’s Student

Cookout Wednesday outside the Agriculture

Building. The Forestry Club received national attention

for their success in the past few years in such

events like the crosscut, speed chop and even the tobacco spit. “It’s a great

way to meet new people, and is really just a fun

thing to come out and do,” said Kory Garrie, a senior

member of the club. STEVE BERCZYNSKI

DAILY EGYPTIAN

Susan Patrick Benson has taught other professors across the nation, directed plays and traveled to Ber-lin to teach German actors speech techniques.

Now she’s waiting to see whether she’ll remain at SIUC.

Benson, an assistant professor in the theater department, is just one of the faculty members who is going through the tenure pro-cess, which allows professors to continue to pursue their academic research without fear of being ter-minated without credible reason by administrators, said Randy

Hughes, president of the SIUC Faculty Association.

“It allows them to research or teach controversial topics ... in a way that’s independent from the in-� uence of corporate donors or oth-er administrative — all the kind of in� uences that could a� ect how the research goes; they can do things that may be unpopular among the higher-ups.”

According to the association’s contract, a professor’s tenure ap-plication is judged by their e� ec-tiveness in teaching, research and creativity in projects outside the classroom and services done for the department and the university.

Benson said she went up for ten-

ure because she loves the university.“If I didn’t want to stay here, I

wouldn’t have gone up for it,” Ben-son said. “I would have moved on, because it’s just too much work.”

But an upcoming report by the U.S. Department of Education said faculty in Benson’s position are on a downward spiral.

� e report, slated to be pub-lished this fall, will show how the number of instructors who are ten-ured or tenure-tracked has dropped drastically over the past three de-cades, from 57 percent in 1975 to only 31 percent in 2007.

Interim Provost Don Rice said he felt the reports numbers were on the low end, but he understood

why the number of tenured profes-sors was decreasing. He said non-tenure-track instructors were o� en cheaper and able to teach more classes than a tenured professor.

“When we don’t � ll a vacancy be-cause someone resigns or retires ... you still need to cover those classes, you still need to teach school, the program can’t disintegrate,” Rice said. “So we hire non-tenure-track faculty. From a � nancial stand-point, they’re not as expensive, and from a workload assignment, they teach more courses.”

� e tenured professors, though fewer in numbers than in the past, can then focus more on their stu-dents and the development of cur-

riculum, Rice said. He said it was vital for department balance and structure to still have tenured and tenure-tracked faculty on sta� . � e hiring freeze also highlighted the importance of having instructors either tenured or tenure-tracked.

Out of the 1,412 full-time in-structors, 880 instructors, or 62 percent, were either tenured or tenure-tracked, according to the 2009 SIUC factbook. � e amount of tenured professors has increased from 492 to 523 between 2005 and 2009, while tenure-tracked faculty has gone down by only two.

Faculty travels rocky road to tenure

Glenn Stine said most of the equip-ment at � ompson Point’s previous � t-ness center was 20 years old —the same age of some students at the university.

� ompson Point celebrated its newly renovated � tness center at its grand opening Wednesday. Students who attended the grand opening said

they were impressed with the changes.“I’m really glad; the old equipment

was so disgusting I didn’t want to touch it,” said Katherine Beckett, a junior from Quincy studying civil engineering.

� e old facility was never a bragging point for residents, said Shannon Mc-Dermott, a sophomore from Dekalb studying cinema and photography.

She said she used the old facility a few times when she lived at � omp-

son Point as a freshman.“I think there were about four

treadmills, but only one of them really worked,” she said.

A� er using the facility a few times, she said she opted to swim at the Rec-reation Center instead.

� e previous � tness center at � ompson Point was badly in need of renovations and new equipment, said Crystal Bouhl, assistant director

in marketing for University Housing.“� e existing equipment was out-

dated,” she said. “And many of the replacement parts for those machines were no longer available or di¤ cult to � nd.”

Stine said the new equipment — including a wall-mounted � at screen television, a reception desk, storefront windows, a security camera and a card reader to check student IDs — cost

roughly $91,000. Most of the funding came from student housing fees as a collaboration between Recreational Sports and Services and University Housing. � e � tness center is also freshly painted, with a large mirror that runs the length of the entire room, Stine said.

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Chicago police chief criticized for ‘gang summit’

CHICAGO — � e idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation’s third largest city.

But Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis is facing mounting criticism for holding a so-called “gang summit” last month, even though several police departments across the country have relied on that approach for decades to help reduce crime.

Among the chief complaints: that Weis himself was at the meeting, that the department should instead

be adding more o� cers on the streets and that gangs won’t take the message seriously.

“What are we doing negotiating or having a sit-down with urban terrorists who are killing with guns and drugs on the streets?” Chicago Alderman Bob Fioretti said. “Gangs are not to be coddled.”

� e issue resonates deeply in Chicago, where the number of brazen shootings have escalated this year, even though the overall murder rate is down. Earlier this year, two state lawmakers asked to send in the National Guard to patrol the streets. On Wednesday, two cops were shot and injured while serving a warrant.

� e Chicago Gang Violence Reduction Initiative launched at an unpublicized Aug. 17 meeting, when Weis met with parolees and reputed gang members from Chicago’s West Side. � e meeting, which was also attended by family members of victims, was � rst reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Some reputed members of gangs like the Four Corner Hustlers and the Traveling Vice Lords said they were surprised to see Weis there a¬ er being told by their parole o� cers to show up. And Weis has admitted the message didn’t appear to sit well. Many were visibly angry and some le¬ during the meeting.

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— Bob FiorettiChicago Alderman

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Boyd Goodson said all of his time spent not teaching has been dedicated to trying to recover from a � re.

An accidental � re broke out June 2 in Goodson's classroom — Room 102 of the C-Wing in Neck-ers Building — when a student used hexane to clean oil from vacuum pumps, and solvent that was leaked on the counter top ignited. No one was injured, and the student was not held liable for the damages.

“� e biggest impact was the delay of his research along with graduate and undergraduate stu-dents,” said Goodson, university researcher and associate professor of biochemistry and chemistry, said. “A lot of instrumentation was damaged or lost. Some equipment we will be able to salvage and get working again.”

Phil Gatton, director of the Physical Plant, said he did not know how big of a problem he had on his hands.

“It was a very long and extensive process of quantifying what was damaged, determining what we had le� in the space and what to do with it,” Gatton said. “It was really much more complicated than what I intended.”

� e � re expanded outside the laboratory, melting the piping systems and � ooding the area, he said. Prevention of smoke absorption throughout the

building was another challenge for workers. Every room located on the � rst � oor susceptible to smoke absorption needed ceiling systems, drywall and � berglass replacement, Gatton said.

He said the cost for the lab itself added up to $250,000 in damages and $200,000 for cleanup. � e overall renovation costs accumulates between $600,000 to $800,000 dollars.

“It was a 2 1/2 month process,

going from the a� ermath of that burn to where we were able to have students here. Our goal is to have Room 102 � nished by December,” Gatton said.

Travis Ru¤ ng, a junior from Du Quoin studying microbiology, said workers from the Physical Plant have helped tremendously with cleaning the a¦ ected areas of Neck-ers Building. He said students have been able to access instruments and materials needed for their courses

from the stock room.“� is cleanup would have af-

fected student tra¤ c, but they have been really good about getting their work done and staying out of the students' way,” Ru¤ ng said.

Meanwhile, the department and college have allowed Goodson and student researchers to work in temporary spaces throughout the building to perform experiments.

Goodson said he has high hopes for the semester and the restoration

of his lab. He looks forward to the experiments he and his researcher have started in the new space.

“It is great that everyone has been so supportive,” Goodson said. “I appreciate the � re department’s e¦ orts and everything that the physical plant has done to get us back up and running.”

Michara Canty can be reached at mcanty@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 259.

Neckers damage re� ned, lab remains in ruinsRoom 102 of Neckers Building stands bare Wednesday afternoon, three months after the accidental June 2 fire. Boyd Goodson, an associate professor of biochemistry and chemistry, said his research and that of graduate and undergraduate students was delayed by the fire, and a good deal of equipment was damaged or lost. GENNA ORDDAILY EGYPTIAN

MICHARA CANTYDaily Egyptian

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� e Student Health Assessment Center in the Student Center will stay closed and is not currently un-der consideration to re-open, Larry Dietz said.

Dietz, vice chancellor for stu-dent a� airs, met with more than 20 students Wednesday in the Student Center to discuss the SHAC’s clos-ing. � e SHAC is an extension of the Student Health Center located on the � rst � oor of the Student Center. It was closed at the end of the spring semester due to budget concerns, said Jim Hunsaker, assis-tant director for the Student Health Center.

Nick Rion, a graduate student in history from Carbondale, said he wanted to discuss why the univer-sity is cutting student services such as SHAC. He said many students were concerned and had questions that needed to be answered.

“Why are they cutting these stu-dent services, when they are spend-ing millions of dollars on Saluki Way projects?” Rion said.

James Reeves, a senior from Carbondale studying paralegal studies, said he was also concerned about the way the university is bud-geting costs.

“� ey are building an alumni building, a welcome center, a track � eld; they are building a patio that no one will ever use, and they spent millions of dollars on signs,” he said. “� ey are spending money ev-erywhere except for where it counts the most to the university.”

� e SHAC was in need of many

renovations and updates to get it to where it needed to be, Hunsa-ker said. He said additional sta� and electronic medical records would have to be added as well, all of which would have exceeded the center’s budget.

“To make it a real medical out-reach facility, which is what we would want it to be if we were to keep it open, would cost $150,000,” Hunsaker said.

Casey Cavinder, a graduate student in political science from Christopher, said he has been in a wheelchair his entire life with ce-rebral palsy. He said he used the SHAC location to have his catheter changed regularly.

“It takes me 20-25 minutes to get to the Student Health Center from Faner Hall, where most of my class-es are,” Cavinder said.

Dietz said the director and his sta� at the Student Health Center made the suggestion to cut the Stu-dent Health Assessment Center.

“I agreed with that recommen-dation,” he said.

Rion said the students were not part of any organization, but merely represented “the entire student population.”

Dietz, who was taking notes throughout the meeting, said al-though there was nothing he could do at the time, he was glad to get student input on the matter. Dietz said he plans to continue conversa-tion with students about the SHAC in the coming weeks.

Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 259.

Student Health Assessment Center to remain closedSARAH SCHNEIDERDaily Egyptian

WIRE REPORTS

INDIATar balls coat Indian beaches after ship dumps oil

PANA JI — Wave after wave of tar balls floated ashore Wednesday on the renowned Goa beaches after a ship dumped tons of waste oil off India’s western coast, officials said.

Semisolid lumps of oil formed layers up to six inches deep (15 centimeters deep) on beaches in the popular tourist destination. Scores of civic workers used brooms to collect and clear the oily debris, but still more tar balls were washing ashore about three days after officials believe a ship dumped burnt oil at sea.

Indian navy and coast guard vessels were trying to trace the ship, said Aleixo Sequeira, the state’s environment minister. He declined to say what action would be taken when the vessel is found.

Ships regularly clean their fuel tanks and discharge the waste oil at sea, but this case involved careless dumping that exceeded all proportions, say scientists at India’s National Institute of Oceanography, located in Goa.

JORDANArchaeologists in Jordan say they have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple

AMMAN — Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday.

The head of the Jordanian Antiquities Department, Ziad al-Saad, said the sanctu-ary dates to the eighth century B.C. and was discovered at Khirbat ‘Ataroz near the town of Mabada, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of the capital Amman.

He said the complex boasts a main room that measures 388 square feet (36 square meters), as well as two antechambers and an open courtyard.

The sanctuary and its artifacts — hewn from limestone and basalt or molded from clay and bronze — show the complex religious rituals of Jordan’s ancient biblical Moabite kingdom, according to al-Saad.

“Today we have the material evidence, the archaeological proof of the level of advancement of technology and civilization at that period of time,” he said.

AUSTRALIAAustralian lawmakers reveal $9.7 B hole in pledges

CANBERRA — Australia’s conservative leader said Thursday that his coalition had the best economic credentials to govern despite new figures showing that he had overstated savings from election promises by up to 10.6 billion Australian dollars ($9.7 billion).

The figures released by independent lawmakers late Wednesday were a major blow to Tony Abbott’s bid to become prime minister of Australia’s first minority government since World War II after Aug. 21 elections failed to deliver any party a majority.

Abbott’s Liberal Party represents the conservative spectrum in Australian politics, despite its name, and vies for power against the Labor Party.

Senior Liberal lawmakers have stuck by the accuracy of their own figures and explained that the discrepancies with official calculations by government ministries were “a difference of opinion” on methodology and underlying assumptions such as future interest rates.

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Make Labor Day a day on, not day off

For many college students, La-bor Day marks the end of a sum-mer job, or summer fun, the start of a new school year and perhaps the kickoff of the college football season.

Historically, Labor Day — which unlike other American hol-idays does not recognize any par-ticular group, event, individual or battle — celebrates workers and their contributions to our nation.

But I think Labor Day is also a time to recognize the struggles of working people — especially now, when, despite significant gains, workers and students are feeling more anxiety than festivity.

It has taken a lot of work to get the economy headed on a path to recovery. This is not just the re-

sponsibility of the labor secretary or leaders in Washington. There is a role for everyone, including col-lege students.

Here are a few ways you can help:

Expand your circle: Because President Barack Obama made federal student aid — including Pell Grants — available to un-employed workers, there will be more non-traditional students on campus. As workers re-enter academic institutions of all types to retool and retrain — from the former auto worker studying to be a nurse to the single mother earning a degree at nights and on weekends — there is no such thing as a typical college student anymore.

That’s good for colleges, very good for workers and even bet-ter for you. Get to know fellow students — especially those that

don’t exactly look like you. You never know how you can help one another.

Support your peers: You may see more veterans of every age on campus. Student veterans groups are forming on campuses to pro-vide peer-to-peer networks, spon-sor events and activities, and make sure that veterans are successful at school, and at work. Learn more about how you can get involved in these efforts at http://www.stu-dentveterans.org.

You can help yourself while helping others, too. Disabled American Veterans, http://dav.org, offers a $15,000 scholarship for volunteers who provide at least 100 hours of service to local veter-an’s affairs hospitals in a year. This is an excellent way to get invalu-able experience and build your resume in the many high-growth careers in the health care industry.

Share your passion: My de-partment runs Job Corps, one of the country’s largest networks of residential educational/vocational training programs. It helps more than 100,000 young people a year learn career skills and earn a high school diploma. Many of the 123 Job Corps centers around the country have volunteer oppor-tunities. Check out http://serve.gov. Find a Job Corps student who shares your career interests — our programs range from culinary arts to computers to construction — and become a mentor or tutor.

The website can also help you find other volunteer opportuni-ties where the needs are greatest. For example, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities is more than 16 percent. Hun-dreds of organizations that serve this important community need your help in a variety of job skills

and readiness programs. This is a great way for you to put your talents to work, hone your own skills, sharpen your focus, and help others.

Get green now, earn green later: Get involved in the efforts to green your campus or commu-nity, such as community gardens, recycling initiatives, even solar and wind energy projects. We’re making significant investments in a whole new American industry: clean energy. Our goal is to reduce our dependence on foreign ener-gy, oil and reenergize our manu-facturing sector — creating jobs today and jobs tomorrow.

I hope that you will make La-bor Day 2010 a day on, instead of a day off. There’s nothing wrong with making time for barbecues and the big game, but let’s make time for one another, too. Let’s do the work to get America working.

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issues a§ ecting the Southern Illinois University community. Viewpoints expressed in columns and letters to the editor do not necessarily re© ect those of the Daily Egyptian.

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Hilda L. SolisU.S. Secretary of Labor

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Daily Egyptian News � ursday, September 2, 20106Bands bring beats back to Carbondale

SARAH CECHOWSKI

RYAN SIMMONINDaily Egyptian

More than 20 years ago, the Jungle Dogs were born.

A litter of nine, the band came via the SIU music program. Ed-die Chapa, the bassist and vocalist for the Jungle Dogs, said the band doesn’t get together as much be-cause it's hard for the nine mem-bers to meet on a regular basis.

“It is a musical reunion, but it is also a personal reunion for us to get together. We get a chance to talk and catch up. It's almost like a fam-ily reunion of sorts,” Chapa said.

Since retiring in 2002, a 9:30 p.m. Saturday showing will mark the Jungle Dogs fourth reunion at Pinch Penny Pub.

Chapa said what's interesting about playing the reunion show is that it attracts di� erent types of people. He said the older local crowd who knows the band typi-cally come early in the night, while students usually come later.

“We are a party band which is what we are known for, and we are all about having fun,” Chapa said. “We play that infectious island-in-� uenced music, whether it is reggae, Ska, Calypso or a combination of all those di� erent types.”

Under the Radar, another band that originated in Carbondale, will perform Friday at Pinch Penny Pub.

Rob Baril, guitarist for the group, said he has known Chapa for a long time and was planning to come out and support � e Jungle Dogs.

Baril said Chapa helped to give the band a start when Under the Ra-dar used to play original music. � e band now plays mostly cover songs from the nineties, he said. Under � e Radar is set to go on at 10 p.m.

Matt Longueville, one of the owners of Tres Hombres, is will also welcome live music Friday and Saturday to end Tres Hombres’ “17 bands in 10 days.”

Tres Hombres will welcome DJ Nasty Nate at 10 p.m. Friday and Pretty Little Empire at 10 p.m. Saturday.

Justin Johnson, vocalist and acoustic guitarist for the latter, said he is excited to play outside St. Louis.

“We’ve been playing all over St. Louis for a year and a half, and I am excited to play our music in front of a crowd that doesn’t know us or our music,” Johnson said.

Johnson said the band will play songs from their debut album “Sweet Sweet Hands” and some new material as well.

Ryan Simonin can be reached at rsimonin@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 274.

Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery ChannelThe Associated Press

SILVER SPRING, Md. — A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental program-ming for years burst into the com-pany's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, o¦ cials said.

� e hostages — two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard — were unhurt a§ er the four-hour stando� . Montgomery County Police Chief � omas Manger said tactical o¦ cers moved in a§ er of- cers monitoring the gunman on build-

ing security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage.

An explosive device on the gun-man's body detonated when police shot him, Manger said. Police were trying to determine whether two box-es and two backpacks the gunman had also contained explosives.

A law enforcement o¦ cial speak-

ing on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing said au-thorities had identi ed James J. Lee as the likely suspect. Police had not released the gunman's identity.

County Police and re ghters Wednesday night looked at a lap-top screen that showed an image of a body lying face-up, surrounded by blood. Authorities also sent in a robot to disarm the explosive on the gunman's body. Police Capt. Paul Starks said the suspect had shot a gun at least once. He also said police believe the suspect was acting alone but are investigating all possibilities.

NBC News reported that a§ er its producers called Discovery's general number, a man identifying himself as James J. Lee got on the phone and said he had a gun and several bombs.

"I have several bombs strapped to my body ready to go o� . I have a device that if I drop it, if I drop it, it will ... explode," the man told NBC.

He said he built the bombs in about three weeks. "I did a lot of research. I had to experiment," he said.

Daily EgyptianSports� ursday, September 2, 2010 7

Any Michigan man will tell you, there is nothing quite like beating Ohio State. Every Buckeye agrees, a win over that team from up north is priority No. 1.

Well, now Michigan and Ohio State could get two chances in a season to beat their � ercest rival.

What would Woody and Bo have thought of that? A rematch!

� e Big Ten announced its divisional breakdown Wednesday night and Ohio State and Michigan will be in di� erent six-team divisions when the league expands to 12

members in 2011.Neither division has been named

but they break down like this: Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota and Northwestern in one. Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue and Indiana in the other.

Commissioner Jim Delany said creating divisions with competitive equality was the top priority and No. 2 was maintaining a cross-division rivalry game.

Michigan and Ohio State will be a cross-divisional rivalry and continue to play each other each year in the Big Ten regular-season � nale, as they have since 1943. � at means they

could wind up meeting again for the conference championship a week or two later. Not in the Big House or the Horseshoe but on a neutral � eld. Maybe even a domed stadium.

“Basically, we decided to go with the � nal season date because that was a way to maintain the tradition,” Delany said. “� e conference has a wonderful history of not only rivalry games but also trophy games.”

Big Ten teams will play eight conference games the next two seasons, but that could increase in the future.

“� e athletic directors have the intention of exploring a ninth con-ference game in 2015,” Delany said.

Nebraska will join the Big Ten as its 12th team next year, allowing the conference to split into two divisions and add a lucrative championship game. � e � rst Big Ten football championship game will be played in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium, the indoor home of the NFL’s Colts.

� e expansion put the conference in a delicate balancing act, trying to add to its co� ers without diminishing its rich traditions, none bigger than Michigan vs. Ohio State.

“I’m very pleased that we came out of this with protected rivalries that will go on permanently with Ohio State and Michigan State,” Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon told

� e Associated Press. “We’ll play Ohio State in the last game of the regular season, following a tradition that has lasted for decades. And if we both earn the right, we can play the Buckeyes again in the Big Ten championship game.”

For years, the matchup known simply as “� e Game” in Big Ten country has been the conference’s signature rivalry, one of the most storied and tradition-rich in all of sports. � e Buckeyes and Wolverines have played 106 times since 1897.

Twenty-two times “� e Game” has determined whether Ohio State or Michigan won the Big Ten championship.

Big Ten splits up Michigan and Ohio StateRALPH D. RUSSOThe Associated Press

Daily Egyptian News � ursday, September 2, 20108

In the position to receive tenure

Work on contract basis, not in position form tenure

She said total renovations costs were roughly $151,000.

The renovated center is also equipped with six new cardio workout machines — each with a television attached, Bouhl said.

All equipment is brand-new from three exercise equipment companies: Advanced Exercise Fitness Equipment, Life Fitness and Direct Fitness Solutions, she said.

Anthony Gilberti, a senior from Marshall studying electri-cal engineering, said having the new equipment and facility would definitely encourage him to work out more often.

Jeremy Settles, a senior from Chicago studying history and po-litical science, said the new facility is a big upgrade from the previous one.

“It’s good for students,” he said “It’s got something for everybody.”

Lauren Leone can be reached at lleone@dailyegyptyian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 256.

Over that same timespan, the number of part-time instruction and research assistants has gone up by 120, from 1,799 to 1,919. Part-time faculty has also gone up from 2005 to 2009, from 219 to 250.

Hughes said the Faculty As-sociation, which oversees tenured and tenure-tracked faculty, tries to keep a ratio of one tenured or ten-ure-tracked professor for every 26 students. � e ratio has helped keep down the amount of temporary fac-ulty, he said.

Rice said all faculty must go up for tenure at the end of their ¢ £ h year at the university, though they may go up earlier if they chose. � e instructor up for tenure will create a dossier outlining their work, put-ting research and anything the in-structor chooses to put in the dos-sier that will make them stand out, he said.

Once created, the dossier will

be sent out across the country to be peer-reviewed by ¢ ve similar-ranked faculty members at other universities, Benson said. She said it would then be read and approved by the chair of the department, the dean of the college and the provost’s o¤ ce.

If there are no setbacks, Rice said the Board of Trustees approves the promotion to tenure in the spring. If the professor is denied tenure in their ¢ £ h year, then they are given one year to “clean house,” Rice said.

“It allows them to close out their career here and ¢ nd another place to go... It’s like a marriage gone bad,” Rice said.

Benson, who is up for tenure a year early, said it took her around seven to eight weeks to put togeth-er her dossier, which she said was around “2,000 to 3,000 pages” of her work over the past 25 years and her last ¢ ve at SIU.

“It can be time-consuming and a little tedious, but it’s fun to keep go-ing back and remembering all the

things you have done in the past,” Benson said.

Rice said SIUC does as much as it can to help professors understand the tenure process, with workshops given in the colleges as well as re-minders by the faculty association and Rice himself about getting ready for the process.

“� e opportunity is better than it was, let’s say, a decade ago. With the (association) helping, our doors are always open to help out,” Rice said. “We’re tenuring more people now — bottom line.”

Benson said all her peers are behind her, and she is con¢ dent the board will approve her tenure

sooner, rather than later.“I’m very happy with the work

I’ve done. If it’s not right for SIUC, then I’m probably not right for this university,” she said.

Ryan Voyles can be reached at rvoyles@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 254.

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Lynne Thompson-Cundiff, Amy

Stewart, Matt Coble, Brian

Kelley and Aaron Adams join

hands to cut the grand opening ribbon for the

Thompson Point Fitness Center Wednesday in

the lower level of Lentz Hall. The

redesigned fitness center features

all new machines and instruments

for Thompson Point residents

to use in their workouts.

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� e Student Health Assessment Center in the Student Center will stay closed and is not currently un-der consideration to re-open, Larry Dietz said.

Dietz, vice chancellor for stu-dent a� airs, met with more than 20 students Wednesday in the Student Center to discuss the SHAC’s clos-ing. � e SHAC is an extension of the Student Health Center located on the � rst � oor of the Student Center. It was closed at the end of the spring semester due to budget concerns, said Jim Hunsaker, assis-tant director for the Student Health Center.

Nick Rion, a graduate student in history from Carbondale, said he wanted to discuss why the univer-sity is cutting student services such as SHAC. He said many students were concerned and had questions that needed to be answered.

“Why are they cutting these stu-dent services, when they are spend-ing millions of dollars on Saluki Way projects?” Rion said.

James Reeves, a senior from Carbondale studying paralegal studies, said he was also concerned about the way the university is bud-geting costs.

“� ey are building an alumni building, a welcome center, a track � eld; they are building a patio that no one will ever use, and they spent millions of dollars on signs,” he said. “� ey are spending money ev-erywhere except for where it counts the most to the university.”

� e SHAC was in need of many

renovations and updates to get it to where it needed to be, Hunsa-ker said. He said additional sta� and electronic medical records would have to be added as well, all of which would have exceeded the center’s budget.

“To make it a real medical out-reach facility, which is what we would want it to be if we were to keep it open, would cost $150,000,” Hunsaker said.

Casey Cavinder, a graduate student in political science from Christopher, said he has been in a wheelchair his entire life with ce-rebral palsy. He said he used the SHAC location to have his catheter changed regularly.

“It takes me 20-25 minutes to get to the Student Health Center from Faner Hall, where most of my class-es are,” Cavinder said.

Dietz said the director and his sta� at the Student Health Center made the suggestion to cut the Stu-dent Health Assessment Center.

“I agreed with that recommen-dation,” he said.

Rion said the students were not part of any organization, but merely represented “the entire student population.”

Dietz, who was taking notes throughout the meeting, said al-though there was nothing he could do at the time, he was glad to get student input on the matter. Dietz said he plans to continue conversa-tion with students about the SHAC in the coming weeks.

Sarah Schneider can be reached at sschneider@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 259.

Student Health Assessment Center to remain closedSARAH SCHNEIDERDaily Egyptian

WIRE REPORTS

INDIATar balls coat Indian beaches after ship dumps oil

PANA JI — Wave after wave of tar balls floated ashore Wednesday on the renowned Goa beaches after a ship dumped tons of waste oil off India’s western coast, officials said.

Semisolid lumps of oil formed layers up to six inches deep (15 centimeters deep) on beaches in the popular tourist destination. Scores of civic workers used brooms to collect and clear the oily debris, but still more tar balls were washing ashore about three days after officials believe a ship dumped burnt oil at sea.

Indian navy and coast guard vessels were trying to trace the ship, said Aleixo Sequeira, the state’s environment minister. He declined to say what action would be taken when the vessel is found.

Ships regularly clean their fuel tanks and discharge the waste oil at sea, but this case involved careless dumping that exceeded all proportions, say scientists at India’s National Institute of Oceanography, located in Goa.

JORDANArchaeologists in Jordan say they have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple

AMMAN — Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday.

The head of the Jordanian Antiquities Department, Ziad al-Saad, said the sanctu-ary dates to the eighth century B.C. and was discovered at Khirbat ‘Ataroz near the town of Mabada, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of the capital Amman.

He said the complex boasts a main room that measures 388 square feet (36 square meters), as well as two antechambers and an open courtyard.

The sanctuary and its artifacts — hewn from limestone and basalt or molded from clay and bronze — show the complex religious rituals of Jordan’s ancient biblical Moabite kingdom, according to al-Saad.

“Today we have the material evidence, the archaeological proof of the level of advancement of technology and civilization at that period of time,” he said.

AUSTRALIAAustralian lawmakers reveal $9.7 B hole in pledges

CANBERRA — Australia’s conservative leader said Thursday that his coalition had the best economic credentials to govern despite new figures showing that he had overstated savings from election promises by up to 10.6 billion Australian dollars ($9.7 billion).

The figures released by independent lawmakers late Wednesday were a major blow to Tony Abbott’s bid to become prime minister of Australia’s first minority government since World War II after Aug. 21 elections failed to deliver any party a majority.

Abbott’s Liberal Party represents the conservative spectrum in Australian politics, despite its name, and vies for power against the Labor Party.

Senior Liberal lawmakers have stuck by the accuracy of their own figures and explained that the discrepancies with official calculations by government ministries were “a difference of opinion” on methodology and underlying assumptions such as future interest rates.

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For the answers to today’s puzzles,check out dailyegyptian.com!

Across1 Yankees' div.7 Deal11 Jenny or jack14 Alter, as boundaries15 Slain shepherd16 "Fer sher"17 *Dense fabrics19 Prior to, to Prior20 *Ready to blow?22 Fettuccine follower25 Aborigines of Hokkaido26 Compress, in a way27 *It'll keep your hat on32 Cat tail motion35 Specialty36 Three pairs of them end the answers to starred clues40 Lots

41 Area 51 location44 *Carquest stock49 15-Across's dad50 Bingo call51 Kettle pair54 *"Top Chef" spin-off involving competitive baking59 www address60 *More than just grumble64 Messenger letters?65 Ain't right?66 Have suspicions about67 One hairpin turn after another68 Cribbage markers69 Quixote's squire __ Panza

Down1 Not easy, to a Cockney?2 MGM mascot3 59-Across ending4 Botanical gardens5 Soother6 Rough wool cloth7 Six-pack units8 Notice with a bio, often9 Czech hockey player Nedved10 Threat ender11 Music to a captain's ears12 Star sometimes seen opposite Venus?13 Stepped on it18 McDonald's founder21 Gathered dust22 Six-pack units23 Postgraduate study

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48 Hook's right hand52 Saudis, usually53 On the Aegean55 Water waster56 Slack off57 Participate in karaoke58 Grounded jets: Abbr.61 Ltd. relative62 Nonspecific extreme63 "Koochie-__!"

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Today's birthday — You spread love and compassion throughout your family, partners and associates. They may not feel very generous, but you model qualities that they can copy at first and later take to heart as their own. You experience great good fortune in the bargain.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — You and your favorite person have everything in place to have a marvelous day. Handle email or other communications early, and then go outdoors.

Taurus (April 20--May 20) — Today is a 9 — All the team members are on the same track, but one is more serious than the rest. Your best efforts include clear, logical communication.

Gemini (May 21--June 21) — Today is a 7 — Focus on communication today, and use a balance of imaginative and logical language. Draw upon images from dreams or meditations for inspiration.

Cancer (June 22--July 22) — Today is a 6 — Family-related activities require that you remain at home and work in private. There's uncertainty concerning finances. Take time for logical organization.

Leo (July 23--Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Develop balance between logic and passion. Allow your imagination to range freely. Then identify choices that appeal to your feelings. Group energy helps.

Virgo (Aug. 23--Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — Someone at work questions your logic and motives. You feel you don't deserve the criticism and could snap back. Try to understand their position.

Libra (Sept. 23--Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — You may wish you had your own wings to carry you off to a distant holiday escape. Be sure to confirm travel arrangements in advance.

Scorpio (Oct. 23--Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Imaginations work overtime today to get everyone excited about your plans. Bring it back to Earth by scheduling how it will play out.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22--Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 -- All the components of your plan come together when the group sits down to discuss the details. At first they don't like the structure, but eventually agree.

Capricorn (Dec. 22--Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Take your love affair on the road. You may need to moderate behaviors in social circumstances. Spend something to up the glamour ante.

Aquarius (Jan. 20--Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Use your imagination to independently modify communication structures. Beautify your emails or expand your website. You have plenty of ideas.

Pisces (Feb. 19--March 20) — Today is a 5 — Extra energy goes toward clearing up questions concerning major changes. At least two other people contribute significantly to your decision.

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“We have young (running) backs out there that haven’t proven themselves yet, so we’re going to get them some reps,” Dieker said. “From then on I think we feel con� dent that we can break some quick routes and, when they start bringing guys up (to the line of scrimmage), just take shots over their heads.”

Terlisner said special teams is his main area of concern for � ursday’s game.

“You don’t really think about it but that’s where the big di� erence is,” he said. “� eir special teams guys are still scholarship players.”

If the Hawks are going to lose, Terlisner said he wants his team to make the Salukis work as hard as possible for the win.

“We want to make them make plays against us,” Terlisner said. “We don’t want to give up big plays and let the game get out of hand quick.”

Nick Johnson can be reached at njohnson@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 256.

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NICK JOHNSON

The Arizona Cardinals announced they intend to trade quarterback Matt Leinart, their tenth overall pick in the 2006 draft, indicat-ing they will most likely go with offseason acquisition Derek Anderson as their starter. After years of bench-riding and mediocrity in Arizona, are Leinart’s days as a No. 1 QB over?

Saluki Insider

Not only are his days as a starting QB over, but his days in the NFL are numbered. The ability the former Heisman winner displayed in college just isn’t there anymore, and it never really was from the day he was drafted.

Relocating may be just what Leinart needs. Although he wasn’t successful with the Cardinals he can find success with another team, like Drew Brees or Drew Bledsoe have done in the past.

Saluki Stadium will include designated Dawg Pound seating for the 2010 football season, said Tom Weber, director of athletic media services.

Seating for students at football games will begin on the east side of the stadium and wrap around to the 50-yard line, he said. Designated seating was put in place partially to ensure only registered Dawg Pound members who paid the fee sit in the cheering section, Weber said.

“You have to have die-hards to be successful and they add to the energy in the building,” Weber said.

Kayla Rang, Dawg Pound president, said new endeavors for the group this year include planning special meet-and-greets with athletes, a tour of the stadium and other events speci� cally for Dawg Pound members.

“Our goal is to try and get more

than the 850 people we had last year,” she said.

Members will also be part of a new promotion for the 2010-2011 school year, according to its website. Members will earn points for each event attended. � e more events each member attends, the more points he or she earns. Members with the most points at di� erent times throughout the year

will have chances to win prizes, participate in extra activities and attend road trips to games, the site stated.

For the basketball season, students can get in a half hour before each game and receive their tickets earlier than non-members, Weber said. Pound members must have their o� cial shirts on to take advantage of the membership

bene� ts, he said.Registration for the Dawg Pound

is available for $15 at Room 118 in Lingle Hall or at any athletic event on campus, said Randy Johnson, general manager for 710 Bookstore — the Dawg Pound’s sponsor. Registered students receive a T-shirt, membership card, early ticket and game entry opportunities, 10 percent o� merchandise and $20

in extra book buyback from 710 Bookstore.

Johnson said he wants to generate more excitement for Saluki athletics on campus.

“It is a great deal for the students to join,” Johnson said.

Sean O’Connor can be reachedat soconnor@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 282.

Leinart isn’t a playmaker, doesn’t have great arm strength and has a slow release. In my opinion, he is done in the NFL. He’ll have a chance as a backup, but his mediocre play will be brought to a larger spotlight than it already is and he’ll retire a NFL bust. The Cardinals are smart for trading him, but I don’t know if they’ll be able to get a valuable player in the trade.

Dawgs treated to their own Pound at Saluki Stadium

SEAN O’ CONNORDaily Egyptian

Chris Pacanowski, a junior from Hoffman Estates studying architecture, takes a break from the game with Kaitlin Fisher, a senior from Gibson City studying exercise science, while Adam Boothe, a junior from Canton studying sociology, tries to get his attention during theSalukis’ 81-80 win over Illinois State Jan. 23. Seating for Dawg Pound members will be available at the new Saluki Stadium this season.FILE PHOTO

Y ou have to have die-hards to be successful

and they add to the energy in the building.

— Tom Weberdirector of athletic media

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Quincy Hawks head coach Bill Terlisner said he’s not going to sugarcoat his team’s chances against the Salukis today.

“I’m not going to lie,” Terlisner said. “We’re coming in as a very big underdog.”

Terlisner’s Hawks, ranked No. 5 in the preseason poll for the Mid-States Football Association, have a new starting quarterback this season and Saluki fans may remember him.

Bobby Brenneisen was a redshirt freshman for SIU in 2007 and played in four games for the Salukis last season. Brenneisen completed two of � ve passes for 45 yards and threw one interception.

Now a junior at Quincy, Brenneisen will be a difference-maker for the Hawks offense, Terlisner said.

“He’s been in a quality program for three years, so that’s helped him,” Terlisner said. “His leadership abilities so far have been very viable.”

Terlisner said he believes Brenneisen le� SIU football because he wanted a chance to start more games.

“He said ‘I want my own team,’” Terlisner said. “Everything he has to say about (SIU) is positive.”

Additionally, Quincy’s o� ense is similar to the o� ense Brenneisen ran at Sacred Heart-Gri� n High School in Spring� eld, where he threw for more than 3,000 yards his junior and senior seasons, Terlisner said.

But Terlisner said an inexperienced o� ensive line is responsible for protecting Brenneisen.

“If I had to pick one weakness, it’s our offensive line,” Terlisner said. “We’ve ... just got a lot of holes to fill. We’ve lost one All-Conference lineman, had a couple injuries, so it’s just a big question mark.”

The Salukis aren’t taking the Hawks lightly though, junior cornerback Nick King said.

Quincy’s 26-20 overtime victory against Missouri Valley Football Conference member Indiana State last season is proof the Hawks can beat anyone above their level of play, he said.

King said the Salukis plan to make plenty of in-game adjustments, a common theme in season openers.

“You don’t know what to expect from either side,” King said. “We’re just trying to make sure we get our checks right and tell each other what routes are coming, what runs are coming.”

On defense, Terlisner said his team is experienced in the secondary. Senior Saluki receiver Joe Allaria said it will be hard to predict everything the Hawks will run defensively because they have a new coordinator.

Allaria said he expects Quincy to run a lot of man-to-man coverage, in which case he said the Salukis will match up well.

“It’s hard to play man-to-man coverage really anywhere on the field. I think they’re kind of at a slight disadvantage when they do that,” Allaria said.

Senior quarterback Chris Dieker said the offensive game plan is about taking what the Hawks give them.

FormerSaluki to lead Quincy against SIU

PRACTICE THROUGH PAIN Vishakha Sheoran, a senior tennis player from New Delhi, hits tennis balls while sitting on a bucket Wednesday at the tennis courts. In 2009, Sheoran posted a 6-8 record

before suffering an injury that cost her the majority of the season. This season, Sheoran will be joined by the No. 13 best mid major recruiting class, according to The Tennis Recruiting Network.

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WOMEN’S GOLF

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With the help of the Saluki women’s golf team, St. Francis Community Ani-mal Rescue adopted 400 to 500 pets this year, said head women’s golf coach Diane Daugherty.

St. Francis is one of 12 no-kill ani-mal shelters working to reduce pet ne-glect and abuse and the euthanization of abandoned animals in southern Illinois, Daugherty said.

¥ is year the animal shelter, located in Murphysboro, also performed more than 1,200 spays and neuters, helping to control unwanted pet populations.

Between April 2009 and March 2010, Southern Illinois Humane Society in Murphysboro euthanized 2,778 animals, Shelter Manager Karen Mullins said. Mullins said the Humane Society also o� ers volunteer programs to help animals.

No-kill shelters such as St. Francis CARE and Association for Protection of Animals in Centralia do not euthanize animals.

Little more than a year ago, the women’s golf team helped St. Francis CARE Animal Shelter open its new o� ce in Murphysboro a� er a ª ood destroyed its original location in Anna, said senior golfer Alisha Matthews.

A local construction company in Murphysboro volunteered to make the foundation for the shelter’s new site, St. Francis veterinarian Kay Creese said.

Matthews, along with sophomore

Meg Gilly, senior Alex Anderson and other golfers said they volunteer at St. Francis CARE throughout the year.

Daugherty said the shelter has been her team’s o� cial charity since she became president of its board of directors in 2006.

“All teams have a charity that they work toward and they’re involved with year-long,” Daugherty said.

Because they are athletes, giving back to the community is important for the women’s golf team, she said.

“We try to go whenever we can. Sometimes we’ll go practice and some-one would (say) ‘I want to go play with the puppies,’” Matthews said.

During the o� season women from the team volunteer four to six hours, depending on their schedule. ¥ ey also stop by the shelter whenever they have time between tournaments and practice.

On occasion Daugherty said she takes home some of the animals for weeks at a time and gives special attention to bigger dogs because they don’t receive as many volunteers to play with them or walk them.

“Personally, I’m kind of petri� ed of big dogs, so (volunteering) has helped me get over my fear,” Anderson said. “¥ ey’re the ones that need the most love

and attention because everybody goes and plays with the puppies.”

Daugherty said the shelter receives dog food donations from Wal-Mart and Neighborhood Co-op Grocery.

Creese said community involvement plays a major part in St. Francis CARE ª ourishing.

“¥ ere were a lot of people who gave time and material to make this happen,” she said.

St. Francis CARE welcomes volun-teers every day to help feed, walk and wash the animals as well as clean their cages, Creese said.

Daugherty said her players also help animals � nd homes during an adoption event in Petco’s parking lot every other Saturday.

During the weekend of students’ return to campus, the team and St. Francis CARE helped 12 pets � nd homes, she said.

“We’ve grown into a really nice facility from a kind of backyard operation of people that like dogs and wanted to do something about them to a really � rst class operation with a full-time vet,” Daugherty said.

Brandon Coleman can be reachedat bcoleman@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext 269.

Murphysboro animal shelter thrives with athlete volunteersBRANDON COLEMANDaily Egyptian

W e try to go whenever we can. Sometimes we’ll go practice and someone would (say) ‘I want to go play with the puppies.’

— Alisha Matthewssenior golfer