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Despite dwindling city co� ers and the economic climate, James Scales said there are enough re-sources in the Carbondale com-munity to turn the Eurma C. Hayes Center into the comprehensive so-cial services facility it once was.

Bidding for the Center at 441 East Willow St. ends today. It was built in

1973 with funds from the federal Model Cities Program. � ough at one time it was home to a dozen so-cial service programs, it now has � ve lessees, including a� er-school youth programs Attucks Community Ser-vices and I Can Read of southern Illinois.

Scales, chairman of the board of directors for Attucks Community Services, submitted a bid Wednesday to purchase the Center. � e city put

the property, which is appraised at $460,000, up for sale Aug. 3, accord-ing to the city's bid request form.

"Regardless of the economic situation, people are going to to continue having problems. � ey're going to have needs and concerns that need to be met," Scales said. "We're really looking at a compre-hensive social service plan that would ... bring in programs and services that would meet the needs

of the community."As of Tuesday, Scales and his

committee have surveyed more than 300 residents from all over Carbondale to determine what kind of services the Center should o� er, as well as gauge how much volun-teer time and � nancial support the services would receive, he said.

Attucks board chair: ‘Resources are there’ to revive Hayes Center

HARD HITS DON’T HINDER PLAYERS Jarion Weston, 7, of Carbondale, works on his spelling homework Wednesday at the Eurma C. Hayes Center in Carbondale. The city has funded several after-school

programs while paying the building’s rent. However, because of budget cuts, the city can no longer afford to pay for both and has been forced to put the building up for sale, which means programs

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NICK JOHNSONDaily Egyptian

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While the need for faculty, sta� and research pro� les continues to grow, SIUC administrators have been cautious with department hiring.

University administrators practice limited hiring in order to stabilize cash � ow and provide essential candidates for faculty and administrative vacan-cies, said interim provost Don Rice. He said former Chancellor Walter Wendler, who served from 2001 to 2006, enacted a "strategic hiring mission" that allowed

the university to save $1 million per year for several years to hire people who would have a signi� cant role in the vari-ous departments and college.

� e idea was that each college would submit a proposal for prospects that would make a great di� erence to a par-ticular department or might be able to work across departments to help them coincide, Rice said.

"We will try to make strategic deci-sions in the case of giving people or col-leges the most important thing to them up to a point when we can no longer a� ord searches because we want to save

resources," he said. "� is is how we are approaching the faculty hiring."

He said 18 people were hired in � scal year 2010. In a normal � scal year, Rice said the university would hire between 50 to 55 new personnel or faculty.

"We did not authorize many search-es," he said. "As as result, we did not hire as many people, but we saved salary money that was not spent which was made available to cover � nancial short-falls due to the state’s de� cit.� e hiring freeze is an initiative to postpone hiring in order to accumulate funds that may help with the � scal bills instead of going

towards salary wages."He said Chancellor Rita Cheng

will continue the hiring freeze. He said Cheng expects deans of the colleges to provide a recruitment proposal that entails the faculty's requirements and specialties the colleges cannot go with-out. She wants their plans justi� ed by the position needed, the student demand for particular courses and what will be taught, Rice said.

While the hiring freeze is still en-acted, Rice said some departments, like the academic and student a� airs and the geographical information systems,

received authorization to begin associate dean searches.

John McIntyre, interim associate dean for academic and student a� airs, said it is important to have someone for the permanent dean position.

"� ere are a lot of students dealing with re-entering the university a� er sus-pension and probation," McIntyre said. "We look at a lot of accreditation reports for programs, new programs and help returning students."

Hiring freeze leaves little room for much-needed sta� MICHARA CANTYDaily Egyptian

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Chancellor Rita Cheng said she reassigned former head of enroll-ment management Victoria Valle because of the university’s poor en-rollment numbers, which have been steadily decreasing for two decades.

“Our enrollment and retention numbers were not acceptable to me, and that’s why I put a new person in charge,” Cheng said.

In 2007, the university attempted to reverse the decline in enrollment by hiring Valle as assistant provost for enrollment management based on her experience as head of en-rollment at other universities. Valle entered the position while enroll-ment — which has dropped every year since 2005 — was already in decline, and at the time, she said the task would be “anything but easy.” Valle served in this position for three years before she was reas-signed June 10.

Cheng said her decision to reas-sign Valle was one of many other changes made in the enrollment area.

“We’ve made changes in � nancial aid, admissions, registrar and really restructured the whole area, not just head of enrollment,” she said.

When Cheng � rst took o¤ ce as chancellor, she said one of her two main issues to tackle was the enroll-ment crisis, and replacing Valle was the � rst step in analyzing the entire department.

Former enrollment manager keeps title, salary after reassignmentLAUREN LEONEDaily Egyptian

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Police responded Monday to South Wall Street on Roosevelt Road in response to failures to appear warrants, a department release stated. Keith Harold Bruce, 45, of Carbondale posted $510 cash bond for two failure to appear warrants. One warrant was out of Saline County for crimes against a person and another warrant was out of Franklin County for driving under the in� uence of alcohol, according to the release.

Police responded Monday to Campus Lake near the Boat Dock in reference to domestic battery, a department release stated. Two 21-year-old SIUC students, one male and one female, were involved in a domestic dispute with each other. � ere were no reported injuries, according to the release.

Carbondale Police responded Monday to the 1900 block of West Main Street in reference to a report of forgery, a department release stated. O� cers learned that on two incidents two suspects paid for merchandise using forged checks. � e suspects are described as a white male and a black

male; they le� the area in a blue 2000 Ford Taurus with Illinois registration K951082, according to the release. � e investigation is ongoing.

Carbondale Police responded Tuesday to the 1400 block of East Main Street in reference to a report of retail the� , a department release stated. Terry Gearhart, 39, of Campbell Hill, was arrested and incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail.

Carbondale Police received a report of two missing juveniles Tuesday, a department release stated. O� cers learned Ijereon Valliant, 15, and Treyvian Valliant, 14, were last seen Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the 400 block of East Knight Street. Ijereon is described as a black male, 6 feet tall, weighing 145 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Treyvian Valliant is described as a black male, 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 113 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. No clothing descriptions were available for either, according to the release. � e investigation continues.

Carbondale Police responded

Tuesday to the 800 block of West Walnut Street in reference to a report of a burglary in progress, a department release stated. Joshua Hornback, 19, of Cobden, was arrested for criminal trespass, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct. Jerrick Hughes, 18, of Carbondale, was arrested for criminal trespass. Both were incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail.

Carbondale Police responded Wednesday at 2:40 a.m. to the 700 block of South James Street in reference to a report of armed robbery, a department release stated. O� cers learned a group of unknown males were socializing when one of the males pointed what appeared to be a fake handgun at the victim and stole property, according to the release. � e suspect is described as a black male. No injuries were reported as a result of the incident, according to the release. � e investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the police department at 457-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 549-COPS (2677). Anonymous tips may be submitted.

Police Blotters

SEARCH FOR ROBBERY SUPSPECT

A Carbondale police officer photographs the arrest site of an armed robbery suspect Wednesday at Lewis Park Apartments. Joel Mancha, a sophomore from Chicago studying animal science, witnessed the event. “The officers came to my door and asked me if I knew the guy in their photo,” Mancha said. At press time, Carbondale Police Department had yet to release an official statement. PAT SUTPHINDAILY EGYPTIAN

“Valle's reassignment stands out because it was just the rst, necessary adjustment,” Cheng said.

Valle, who declined to comment for this story under the advice from legal counsel, now works under the of- ce of interim provost Don Rice.

Valle’s salary, which was $133,776, has not changed because her contract will not expire until summer 2011, said Jake Baggott, assistant to the chancel-lor. He said term contracts have the op-tion to be renewed.

Before John Nicklow replaced Valle as assistant provost for enrollment management, he was a faculty member for 12 years in the College of Engineer-ing, serving his last three years as asso-ciate dean. Nicklow made $145,284 as associate dean, and his salary increased by about 10 percent to $159,816 when he became head of enrollment man-agement, according to the Board of Trustee’s website.

Valle’s title has also remained the same. Rice said a title change was never discussed.

“� e consideration of changing her title wasn’t an issue," he said. "We didn’t talk about it."

Cheng deferred all questions re-

garding Valle’s responsibilities to Rice.Before coming to SIUC, Valle has

similiar responsibilities and served in similar administrative positions for two years at San Francisco Art Insti-tute, and at California State Univer-sity Sacramento. She also served as director of undergraduate admissions at Loyola University Chicago for two years. Valle spent four years as director of admissions and orientation services at Spelman College in Atlanta and an-other four years as dean of admissions and nancial aid at Elmhurst College.

Since becoming head of enrollment in 2007, Valle has led or been involved in multiple attempts to improve enroll-ment numbers, including the Saluki VIP website, a tool for new students that provides information regarding majors and nancial aid to housing inquiries.

Although Saluki VIP is still in use, Nicklow said he believes it wasn’t very successful in the past and wants to cap-italize upon and improve the website.

In June 2008, Valle restructured the way the Strategic Enrollment Planning Committee — which is comprised of representatives from housing, admis-sions as well as college and student groups — analyzed enrollment. Valle said in 2008 the committee would nd solutions and take action to the enroll-

ment crisis, instead of analyzing and writing reports.

Nicklow, who replaced Valle in June, said the committee has dissolved because of the growing number of in-dividuals and the undesirable broad focus.

Nicklow said a new, smaller and more focused Recruitment and Reten-tion Steering Committee has taken its place.

“We’ve pulled together a smaller group with more de ned expectations and outcomes,” he said. “� is com-mittee has more operational, 'rubber meets the road' type goals.”

Valle, who once worked on recruit-ment and retention, began working in her new position one or two weeks af-ter her reassignment, Rice said.

He said he asked Valle to look at the more than 30 national or statewide as-sociations to which the university pays annual membership fees, he said.

Valle compiled a list of what each organization does, how long the uni-versity has been a member, the acro-nyms by which they are better known, how the organizations bene t the uni-versity and if the university has repre-sentatives in these groups, Rice said.

He said he chose to give Valle the task a¢ er her reassignment based on her availability and quali cations

from working at numerous universi-ties.

“A lot of this research is web-based,” Rice said. “Somebody else could probably do it, but they would probably do it slower."

Rice said guring out which as-sociations are bene cial and which ones the university could do without would save the university money. He said Valle found the total annual fees for all associations are estimated at $250,000.

“If we’re paying annual fees to par-ticular organizations, we want to de-cide whether or not we want to con-tinue being members,” he said.

Each association requires annual membership fees, ranging from sever-al hundred dollars to almost $99,000 to be a part of the Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market, a re-gional organization with tremendous local impact that is worth continuing membership, Rice said.

Rice said he hadn’t realized the broad spectrum of societies and councils the universities had been members of until he received Valle's report.

However, he said there have been several meetings with administrators over the years on whether the univer-sity should continue memberships

with organizations, based on annual fees and value to the university. Rice said nding out whether the univer-sity has representatives within each national or statewide organization is the key component to Valle’s research.

He said he wants the university to have a stronger voice within some as-sociations, such as American Associa-tion of State Colleges and Universities, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and American Council on Education, which in¤ uence educa-tion policy on federal and state levels.

“It has been my impression that a lot of faculty and sta¥ don’t know which organization we’re members for and the value they have to the uni-versity,” he said. “If they know we’re members and know what they do, it’s all for the better of the university.”

Rice said he plans to send out the list compiled by Valle to faculty, sta¥ and administrators within the week. He said there is no deadline as to when her next assignment, research-ing tenure and promotion procedures at other universities, is due.

“As she nishes one, we’ll go to an-other,” he said.

Lauren Leone can be reached at lleone@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 255.

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Daily Egyptian Features � ursday, September 30, 20104RECESSION REMAINS REAL FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Danton Rawson, of Murphysboro, controls a fire Saturday on his grandmother’s property. Rawson started the fire with his friend Logan Collins to burn off debris from land Rawson cleared. Both Rawson and Collins said they have struggled to find work. Rawson completed a course in coal mining at John A. Logan and has turned in resumes to David Stanley Contracting in Harrisburg, Cardinal Contracting in Marion and American Coal Company in Harrisburg in hopes of finding work. He said he hopes to get a job either in coal mining or with the Laborers Union. “See these blisters,” he said. “I’m a laborer.”ISAAC SMITHDAILY EGYPTIAN

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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.

If mandatory unpaid leave, or furlough, days for university

sta� , faculty and administrators will o� set SIUC’s $2.5 million budget shortfall this year, the Daily Egyp-tian respects and supports their ini-tiation, as long as they’re managed well. ­ us far, they haven’t been.

Faculty members criticized the Board of Trustees’ decision to allow Chancellor Rita Cheng to implement up to six furlough days, citing a lack of negotiation preced-ing the decision. ­ eir indignation is justi� ed — they have legitimate concerns about forced pay cuts and about respect for their contracts. Administrators should act with re-spect toward the people who keep this university running.

At the University of Illinois, where similar furloughs were imple-

mented, faculty were, and still are, outraged by the forced pay cut, and at SIUC, union discussions blos-somed simultaneously with the de-cision. Such decisions, which take money from employees to save uni-versities money, clearly cause dissent and hurt morale.

Cheng estimated four furlough days across the board would be � -nancially su£ cient, but junior fac-ulty members and student employ-ees stand to su� er more from four days of lost pay than an administra-tor making a six-� gure salary. SIUC could stand to take a lesson from U of I where administrators, who make considerably more money than most sta� and junior faculty, took 10 un-paid leave days to sta� and faculty’s four.

It’s not just the � nancial sacri-

� ce, it’s administrators putting their students and educators � rst that im-presses us. When schools struggle, student morale su� ers, so when administrators act in the best inter-est of those other than themselves, we appreciate it. It sends a positive message that our university will put academics before administrative politics — bouncing chancellors in and out and hiring a politician for a president — and athletics.

Administrators’ strategies thus far have not worked well. We ac-knowledge that Illinois universities continuously wait for state funding, and we blame the state for failing its public universities. But we also blame SIUC for consistently mis-managing its limited resources. ­ e university has struggled for years, so what will it cut next year when prob-

lems with recruitment, retention and state funding continue?

­ e University of California at Berkley plans to cut 200 jobs next year on top of the 600 positions it eliminated last year. Berkeley hired e£ ciency experts that told it to cut back unnecessary employees and streamline spending. As far as fail-ing states are concerned, California is right up there with Illinois and Rhode Island, so as we all work our way out of this mess, SIUC should look outside of Illinois at other struggling schools’ potential solu-tions.

Stop blaming population waning and our university’s lack of proximi-ty to a metropolitan area. We’ve nev-er been near one, and the population excuse is exactly that, an excuse. Universities throughout the state,

region and country � gured out suc-cess strategies. SIUC clearly has not.

SIUC needs a long-term solution and, every year the state makes it more clear Illinois will not provide a budget to see us through. We won’t pretend to be experts with a perfect solution, but other universities pro-vide pretty good examples of what budget-conscious, pedagogically fo-cused administrators can do.

So, pony up, administrators, and take more furlough days, pay cuts or position losses than the sta� and faculty supporting and educating students. Honestly, e£ ciency ex-perts couldn’t tell us what we already know — SIUC’s administration, compared to its faculty and sta� and considering the university’s budget, could take serious cuts in adminis-trators and salaries.

THEIR WORD

Colbert’s comedy drives home immigrant labor debate

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

WIDB discriminated against black students’ show

The following editorial ap-peared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Monday:

If a fake pundit goes to Capitol Hill and makes news, are we sup-posed to take it seriously?

Some Republicans and Demo-crats in Congress were grumping about comedian Stephen Colbert’s testimony Friday during a hearing on migrant workers.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, wasn’t the only one who didn’t crack a smile when Colbert poked fun at the political process. House Judi-ciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., tried to get Colbert to leave the proceedings without speaking at all. And on a Sunday morning TV talking-head show, House Majority Leader Ste-ny Hoyer, D-Md., called Colbert’s

appearance “inappropriate.”­ at was even though Colbert

had been invited by Rep. Zoe Lof-gren, D-Calif., who headed the sub-committee hearing titled “Protect-ing America’s Harvest.”

But if the honorable members of Congress were worried about trivi-alizing serious work, they haven’t spent much time watching them-selves on C-SPAN.

Anyone who watched Colbert’s statement could hear the delighted laughter when he concluded with a bipartisan dig: “I trust both sides will work on this together in the best interests of the American peo-ple — as you always do.”

Inviting celebrities to Capitol Hill risks overshadowing the underly-ing issue. Not that that prevents the attention-getting device. Remember

Kevin Costner, Nicole Kidman, Den-nis Quaid, Sheryl Crow, even Elmo?

One of Colbert’s strengths as a social commentator is his ability to use the on-camera persona of a self-absorbed “conservative” blowhard to � nd the chase in modern politics and cut directly to it — smartly, hi-lariously and o° en brutally.

Lofgren invited him to the Hill because he was one of 16 people who’ve taken the United Farm Workers’ challenge to work a day as an agricultural laborer to focus on the issue of illegal immigrants pick-ing the nation’s crops. He picked beans and packed corn for 10 hours in upstate New York. At the hear-ing, he noted how few non-farm workers have likewise tried it and then added “the number may in-crease in the near future, as I un-

derstand many Democrats may be looking for work come November.”

He weaved goo� ness around fun-ny lines that weren’t actually jokes.

He said as a free marketer, he would normally leave the problem to the invisible hand of the market — then pointed out that the market has already sent 84,000 production acres and 22,000 farm jobs to Mexi-co and shut down a million acres of U.S. farmland “because apparently even the invisible hand doesn’t want to pick beans.”

He suggested giving immigrants visas to work the farms could help provide safeguards against worker exploitation. With that, plus im-proved pay and working condi-tions, maybe Americans would be willing to take the jobs again.

Or “maybe the easier answer is

to just have scientists develop vege-tables that pick themselves,” he said.

­ e satiric point: We could de-vise a doable, rational solution — or chase an absurd and impossible one.

Near the end of the hearing, Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., asked Colbert why he took interest in the issue.

“I like talking about people who don’t have any power, and it seems like one of the least powerful peo-ple in the United States are migrant workers who come and do our work and don’t have any rights as a result, and yet we still invite them to come here and at the same time ask them to leave,” he said.

If the idea was to call attention to the problem and engage a broad array of people in the debate that’s happening.

Maybe he’s worth taking seri-ously after all.

OUR WORD

Administrators should take hardest furlough hit

Dear Editor:It was impossible not to hear, as I

walked throughout the Student Center, students gathered in huddles, speaking loudly among one another.

­ ey were passionate and frustrat-ed that “­ e Remedy,” a hip-hop radio show on www.WIDB.net was suspend-ed for two weeks for violating a rule for-bidding too many students from being in the studio without prior noti� cation.

­ e rule is designed to protect the stu-dio from the° and damages.

Initially, this sounded like a rea-sonable explanation. So, as I began to listen in on the conversations and ask questions, it appeared the frustration was that the students, all black, were being “picked on” because of race. ­ is is beyond my own initial thought of a bunch of students who don’t like fol-lowing rules.

Apparently, every single rule is be-ing enforced upon them to keep them o� the air as much as possible. ­ e “ex-tra students” were actually artists who participated in a hip-hop practice of rhyming during the show. Rules that were (a) not fully explained or (b) were never enforced to begin with are being used against a particular show, run by a particular group of students, while other shows held by predominately

white students are getting passes. One student even complained to me that the black students who run the show do so in a very basic studio, while the white students run their shows through a stu-dio that is clearly updated.

­ e black student population is up-set about this and wants the suspension of the show to be revoked immediately. Personally, a two-week suspension be-cause people in the studio were not no-

ti� ed and were concerned about the° sounds suspicious to me as well, espe-cially when the students in question are all black. Li° this silly suspension, give a punishment — if one is really needed — that properly � ts the violation, and let the students have fun.

Bryant A. Paynegraduate student studying

speech communication

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"We've had a very concentrated, co-ordinated e� ort with the Carbondale community itself in terms of what to do with that building," Scales said.

Utility bills for the 30,785 square-foot Center cost approximately $48,100 annually, the request form states.

Possible funding sources for the Center include grants, partnerships

with local businesses or agencies, cor-porate sponsorships and individual pledges from businesses and citizens, Scales said.

"� ere's a wealth of resources out there, you just have to aggressively go a� er it," Scales said.

City Councilman Steven Haynes grew up using the Center's services and said he agrees that resources are avail-able in the community for Scales and his committee should they come to own

the property."I think Attucks could provide that

leadership and responsibility," Haynes said.

� ough it houses public services, the city's sale of the Center is still a real estate transaction and all bids are con-� dential, City Manager Allen Gill said.

Mayor Brad Cole said the city will review all the proposals and choose the one that's in the best interest of the community.

"I would like to see it used and I would like to see how the community would like to use it," Cole said of the Center.

Haynes said he hopes whoever ends up owning the Center will keep it com-munity-oriented.

"� e organizations (in the Center) have been servicing the entire area," Haynes said. "As a community based organization it can still be a great tool."

Over time, enthusiasm and motiva-tion for programs has receded, along

with the money, he said."It's a mixture of both the commu-

nity and the city; it just waned," Scales said.

Even if his proposal isn't chosen, Scales said revival of the Eurma C. Hayes Center is necessary for a healthy Carbondale community.

"What we need to be looking at is meeting the needs and services of the community, even if it means we have to do it from a grassroots level," he said.

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He said for several weeks during the summer there was no position higher than his position, but now there needs to be a permanent dean. He said the search has begun for the position.

David Carlson, dean of library af-

fairs, said the geographical informa-tion systems position has been open for three months, since the resignation of Kevin Davie, former GIS specialist. Carlson has made requests to search for a replacement, but was denied because of the hiring freeze.

"All I would like is permission to ex-tend the money we have in our budget,"

Carlson said. "I have not yet received permission to proceed. We have two other positions we are seeking to hire, because they are not a part of our bud-get rescission plans, and we have not received responses on those either."

� e GIS provides maps for data and information, Carlson said. It is the only position on campus that serves GIS

needs throughout the campus, he said. Anyone who wants to use geographic information systems in departments that do not have the resources would not be able to get assistance in the li-brary for all practical purposes, Carlson said.

Rice said resource areas like the GIS are growing research tools for the

campus and its support is needed. If the university does not have someone to facilitate those resources, it becomes problematic, he said.

"I do not think we will bring in any more administrators," he said. "It is just not in the cards or reasonable. � e fac-ulty hiring initiative curtailed because of lack of funds."

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Daily Egyptian Sports � ursday, September 30, 20108

BRANDON LACHANCE

blachance@dailyegyptian.comBRANDON COLEMAN

bcoleman@dailyegyptian.com

D.E.Daily Bark

If preseason were shortened to two games, the games would be more meaningful for the players and display more of the starters.

Less players would get hurt in a game and Nick would give two more door-slamming, book-throwing performances as a frustrated Rams fan ... sign me up.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell continued to push for an 18-game season at union talks Wednesday. He suggested cutting the preseason schedule to two games and adding them to the regular season to make it 18-games. Should the NFL expand its regular season?

from the PoundToday’s question:

Who should get more playing time Saturday against Illinois State University, Chris Dieker or Paul McIntosh?

Please submit all responses with your full first and last name to njohnson@dailyegyptian.com. The best three answers will be published in Friday’s edition, along with another question to answer.

njohnson@dailyegyptian.comNICK JOHNSON

Great. Now the Rams will be 1-17 instead of 1-15. I can’t wait.

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Season ticket holder numbers are at an all-time high in sales and attendance, with more than 3,300 sold this season, Scally said.

“� ey paid for an entire season, they want to get their money’s worth out of it,” Stultz said.

Lennon said not only does his team have to perform well on the � eld, but fans also need to feel a

sense of ownership to connect better with the team. � at’s what keeps them coming back to games, he said.

� e Salukis play Saturday at Illinois State in Bloomington and return to Saluki Stadium for homecoming Oct. 9 to face Northern Iowa.

Brandon Coleman can be reached at bcoleman@dailyegyptian.com

or 536- 3311 ext. 269.

P eople say that when you play at home that’s almost like a seven to 10 point advantage– only if you have fans

there.

— Dale Lennonhead football coach

CyclingLOS ANGELES — A staff member

of Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack, who also has a connection to Floyd Landis, is expected to testify Wednesday before a grand jury investigating allegations of doping in professional cycling, two people with knowledge of the probe said.

Allen Lim, an exercise physiologist whom Landis said helped him cheat with doping during his career, was called to appear before the panel in Los Angeles, according to the two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.

WIRE REPORTS

RacingNEW YORK — The owner of 2009

Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra says his filly has been retired following a dis-appointing season in which she won only two of five races.

The popular 4-year-old filly won all eight of her races in 2009, including vic-tories over the boys in the Preakness, the Haskell Invitational and the Woodward.

The filly retires with a stellar record of 13 wins in 19 starts and earnings of more than $3.4 million. She finished second to Persistently in the Personal Ensign at Saratoga on Aug. 29 in her last start.

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HoroscopesBy Nancy Black and Stephanie Clement

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

(Answers tomorrow)PRIOR SHEEP POROUS EMPIREYesterday’s Jumbles:

Answer: What an overloaded dock can create —PIER PRESSURE

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

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on how to solve Sudoku, visitwww.sudoku.org.uk. © 2010 The Mepham Group. Distributed by

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ACROSS1 Bouillabaisse

base6 “Coffee Cantata”

composer10 “Once I had ...

love and it was__”: Blondie lyric

14 So out it’s in15 In unison,

musically16 Caffeine source17 One of Israel’s

12 tribes18 Bird bonnet?20 Shows scorn22 Director

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debt24 Bird boo-boo?26 Ruby of “A Raisin

in the Sun”27 Favorable times,

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services31 Mazda MX-5,

familiarly33 Granola grains34 Bird brain?39 Author

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41 Cardinal Cooke45 1,000 G’s46 Free TV ad49 Suffix with expert50 Bird

backpackers?53 Cubs, on

scoreboards54 Morlock haters55 Clawed56 Bird bottoms?59 “Tootsie” Oscar

winner60 Ireland, to poets61 Cuba, to Castro62 Polecat relative63 Something to

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Wednesday’s Puzzle SolvedBy David Poole 9/30/10

(c)2010 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 9/30/10

Today’s birthday — Your own imagination generates questions that are central to your happiness. Evaluate ideas first in seclusion. Then activate them throughout the year, one at a time, and measure progress regularly. Later dreams show where and when to change course.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — Divide your time between imaginative group activities and personal meditations. You need to sort out logical questions. Share results.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — A casual meeting at a social event crystallizes an idea you have for a gift. You’re certain that your partner will love it.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Your own imagination can get you in trouble if you don’t bring it down to earth somehow. Refocus your intention in a more public direction.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — The month ends on a note of adaptation to the needs of others. You have a broader perspective about interdependence after today. Contribute and prosper.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — An associate asks a tricky question, and you must resolve a problem now. Make sure you understand the details, before you blurt out your lucky response.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — A co-worker suggests that you can do all the work yourself. You’re not so sure. Ask questions and then divide it up more fairly.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 —A younger person demands greater independence. You struggle with preconceptions about their maturity. Lengthen the leash in a safe direction.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — A call from home may pull you out of a meeting. You can probably resolve the problem in a moment. Maybe they just need to hear your voice.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Messages become garbled in transmission. Before you do anything, repeat back what you heard and clear up all questions. You’ll be glad you did.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — You may worry over financial independence unnecessarily. A professional provides inspiration and advice, setting you in a new, positive direction.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — The fabulous outcome you anticipate can be yours. If you want something done right, do it yourself. Delegation reaps half today.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March. 20) — Today is a 5 — Doubts about your role in a partnership activity resolve when you ask questions. Then your intuition matches logical reality. Accept the offer.

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COLUMNCONTINUED FROM 12

NFL players not only put their bodies on the line, they also risk serious long-term mental implications with brain injuries such as concussions. � ey put their livelihood on the line for contracts much smaller than MLB players. In terms of overall dollar amount on the list of largest sports contract, the MLB holds nine of the top 10

spots. A NFL player won’t be found until No. 29 — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer. � is doesn’t include signing bonuses, but it is safe to say A-Rod’s $275 million Yankee contract could pay for both Manning and Brady’s bonus.

Football players do more for their fans, entertaining them for two straight hours. � is factor attracts blue collar Americans who are the nuts and bolts of society. � ey’re not paid as much

as the guy who sits behind the desk signing their check with a personalized gold-plated pen. NFL players could be viewed as the athletic world’s blue collar worker.

Besides the pay, the relevance to their fans and TV ratings, every game means something for football players, which in turn gives the fans a reason to watch every week.

� e Bears-Packers game was in week three of the regular season, but had signi� cant importance

in the division for both teams. Baseball teams play 162 games and unless the club is horrible (the Cubs), fans don’t know if their team can make the playo£ s until the last week. � e Bears have a one-game lead on the Packers, but they know who they must beat before they rematch Green Bay in week 17 if they want to make the playo£ s. Each regular season game has postseason implications in the NFL, while the MLB plays for � ve

months before a game matters.As time has gone on, those

same friends from Mendota talk more about football than they do baseball, and if we meet up to watch an athletic event, it’s always on a Sunday or a Monday in October or November — football season.

Brandon LaChance can be reached at blachance@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 282.

Bears coach no problem benching playersLAKE FOREST — Chicago

Bears coach Lovie Smith insisted he has “no complaints” about Tommie Harris, except in one key area, apparently — his production.

Put simply, it’s not there.� at’s why the three-time Pro Bowl

defensive tackle was inactive for the Bears’ 20-17 win over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night.

“Tommie’s always motivated,” Smith said. “I have no complaints about how Tommie Harris has done anything this o£ season, what he’s done on the practice � eld. We just felt based on performance and where we were at the time that someone else deserved an opportunity — to let’s just see exactly what we have in Marcus (Harrison). You could say the same thing about Marcus, but he hadn’t gotten an opportunity to play. Don’t have any complaints about

Tommie. Tommie will go through practice this week and may be up this week.”

Harris did not make himself available for comment on Wednesday, but this was not the � rst time he was a healthy scratch.

Smith benched him for a game last year, and the Bears suspended him for one in 2008 because of detrimental conduct. He has also been limited by knee and hamstring problems the past few years, but while he’s been practicing more than in recent seasons, he had just one tackle without a sack through the � rst two games.

� e increased workload during the week hasn’t translated to more

production on game day. Smith was at a loss to explain why.

“� at’s what we’re trying to � gure out, alright?” he said. “You don’t have to � gure all of that out a ̄er three games. We’re going to go back to the practice � eld again. ... We like what Tommie has done. Sometimes taking a week o£ helps for whatever reason, too. But Tommie is still a big part of what we’re going to do around here.”

Harris is hardly playing up to his havoc-wreaking standards of old, even with opponents loading up on newcomer Julius Peppers.

Former Tampa Bay star Warren Sapp even compared him to a “blind dog in a meathouse” during an

interview with Chicago’s WSCR-AM two weeks ago, and Smith decided Monday that the Bears were better o£ with Matt Toeaina starting and Harrison getting a look a ̄er being inactive the � rst two games.

Still, at 3-0 the Bears are the lone undefeated team in the NFC a ̄er back-to-back wins over teams that are widely viewed as contenders, Dallas and Green Bay.

Linebacker Brian Urlacher is looking like his old self a ̄er missing almost all of last year with a wrist injury. Jay Cutler and new o£ ensive coordinator Mike Martz seem to be a good � t so far. And Smith seems to be holding players accountable for their play, a ̄er being criticized in the past for sticking too long with Orlando Pace and Adam Archuleta.

Besides Harris, he held out struggling receiver Devin Aromashodu against the Packers and didn’t hesitate to give cornerback Zackary Bowman the quick hook,

a ̄er he missed a tackle on James Jones, in favor of Tim Jennings.

� e message from Smith, even if he dismissed the idea that he’s getting tougher, seems clear: Whether you’re a three-time Pro Bowler or a third-year player, you won’t play if you don’t produce.

Maybe it’s not surprising, since Smith and other coaches — the ones who weren’t let go — were given a stern message from ownership during the o£ season: Win now.

“As players, you have to go out and do the best you can and show in practice that you deserve to be one of the 46 guys up,” tight end Greg Olsen said. “� at’s the approach that everyone takes. I think that’s the approach that Tommie’s taken to it. I think he’s handled it well, and he’s going to continue to work because he’s a great player. I think in the end, this will be a positive for everybody.”

Linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa said, “Our standards are very high.”

ANDREW SELIGMANThe Associated Press

A s players, you have to go out and do the best you can and show in practice that you deserve to be one of the

46 guys up.

— Greg Olsentight end

Single-game ticket prices and student athletic fees will not increase if Saluki football’s home game attendance drops as the season progresses, said Dave Stultz, athletics ticket o� ce manager.

Stultz said the $20 single-game ticket price and the $288 student athletic fee should remain the same if the average 14,000 Saluki Stadium attendees decreases.

“I cannot see that it would be going up very much, if at all,” Stultz said.

Mark Scally, associate athletic director of business, said there isn’t a direct link between student fees and ticket sales when the athletics department balances its budget. He said because single-game and season ticket sales are strong, most maintenance expenditures for Saluki Stadium are covered; there is no need to increase student athletic fees, he said.

“I don’t anticipate going to the students to say ‘Hey, we built this new facility, now we have

to increase your fee to pay for maintenance on it,’” Scally said.

Saluki football home game attendance through two games has averaged 4,800 people more than last season’s average of 9,200 attendees, despite the fact that McAndrew Stadium had approximately 1,800 more seats.

Athletics director of operations and facilities Andy Pettit said if one were to compare this season’s second home game to that of the Salukis’ other games since 2000, revenue and ticket sales from the Salukis’ game against Southeast Missouri State far exceeds any of them.

Stultz said the reason for growth in paying fan and student attendance is a combination of the team’s new facility and better amenities as well as the football team’s recent success.

“Most of our student-athletes

are good members of the community (who) people want to come out and support,” Scally said.

Noise created by fans forces opposing teams to adjust to an atmosphere in which they can’t hear a snap count or hear a whistle blow, and that could sometimes help dictate the outcome of a game, football coach Dale Lennon said.

“People say that when you play at home that’s almost like a seven to 10 point advantage — only if you have fans there,” Lennon said.

Scally said large student crowds at any Saluki sports venue exude an energy that players can feel and feed o� . When the team is into the game, everyone in attendance enjoys the game more.

� ere is no telling whether student support at home games

will remain at an all-time high or if attendance will taper o� , Scally said.

“In the past, the first game has always been the biggest game, and by the end of the season, the student attendance is a little lacking depending on the time of day and who we’re playing,” Scally said.

Scally said the athletics department tries to ensure every football game maintains a comfortable, enjoyable and safe environment for all fans.

“We can expect better attendance primarily because parking is better, concessions and restrooms are better and easier to get to, the seats are better and the game is a better experience with the video board,” Pettit said.

STAFF COLUMN

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HARD HITS DON’T HINDER PLAYERS Senior Melissa Malcolm passes the ball to a teammate while sophomore Brittany Daugherty waits to receive a pass from freshman Cindy Ludington during a drill Wednesday at practice in the fields behind Abe Martin Field. Senior

rugby player Mandi Matus said the team has had many new people join, along with many injuries this season. “We’re progressing as the weeks go on, though,” Matus said. The women’s rugby team will compete in pool play Saturday at Western Illinois University.

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BRANDON COLEMANDaily Egyptian

BANTER

Going to high school in the small town of Mendota, where the foot-ball program was nowhere near the level of the baseball program in terms

of coaching sta� and developing play-ers, led me to think what my buddies were saying was correct — baseball is America’s sport.

A� er watching the Monday Night Football game between the Bears and the Packers, I decided my buddies were wrong. Football is America’s sport.

I watched the game from the elliptical room at the Recreational Center, where 40 students and center employees stopped what they were doing to watch the game. A� er the game, I walked home and heard people screaming “Da Bears” from multiple balconies at Wall and Grand Apartments. Sure, this is a game featuring an in-state team in one of the best rivalries in sports, but there wouldn’t be this much excitement for a regular season baseball game, even if was the Cubs and the Cardinals when they’re legitimate playo� contenders.

� e Bears-Packers game had 17.5 million viewers, the largest cable viewing rating of any program in 2010, according to TVbythenumbers.com. ESPN’s Monday Night Football accounts for the top £ ve spots and the eighth spot in the top 10 most viewed shows in cable history, the site stated.

More people are turning on the TV to watch players such as Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Adrian Peterson instead of Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez, and they would rather see rivalries such as Bears-Packers, Cowboys-Redskins, Jets-Patriots than Yankees-Red Sox, Cubs-Cardinals and Giants-Dodgers.

Baseball may have been the better sport in the 1920s, when American society was slower paced and people didn’t have to work two jobs to pay for car insurance, cable/Internet and cell phone bills. But now, Americans want entertainment fast in order to move to the next task. Football games are more fast-paced than baseball. A pitcher can take an hour between pitches if he wishes, while the quar-terback has 40 seconds to snap the ball and about two seconds to decide what to do with it.

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I don’t anticipate going to the students to say ‘Hey, we built this new facility, now we have to increase your fee to pay for maintenance on it.’

— Mark Scallyassociate athletic director of business

Drop in all-time high attendance won’t a� ect ticket prices

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