TOP: Victoria Rabacchi, 6, spins in anticipation before playing another

round of limbo Thursday with Eric Lynch, 11, and Wayne Lukowski, owner

of the portable living room at the Sunset Concert. Lukowski said he and

his friends have brought the carpet, couch, armchairs and refrigerator to

Shryock or Turley Park for the last eight years. “Otherwise it sits all year,” he

said. “This is our ‘Sunset’ living room.”

RIGHT: Everyone who enters Lukowski’s living room is asked one small thing —

please take off your shoes. The carpet shows little wear or stains, indicating

that the request has paid off.DIANA SOLIWONDAILY EGYPTIAN

Chicago storms have delayed Gov. Pat Quinn from signing a bill that would begin major project development in Marion until today.

More than a hundred people � led into the Operating Engineers Union Local 318 Hall Wednesday a� ernoon,

where Quinn was scheduled to appear and sign a bill which would approve the use of bonds to begin construction on a multimillion-dollar development on the north side of Marion.

But heavy rain and thunderstorms in Chicago grounded the governor’s plane, forcing o� cials to delay the event until 11 a.m. today in the same location.

A mega-retail and entertainment

area is proposed in the plan, which is estimated to cost $378 million. Support-ers of the bill have said the development has the potential to bring in thousands of jobs and millions in revenue to the southern Illinois region.

Ryan Voyles can be reached atrvoyles@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 254

Weather delays Quinn’s visit to MarionRYAN VOYLESDaily Egyptian

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Setting up a living room in 15 minutes has become a weekly event for a group of friends.

For nearly a decade, a living room including a love seat, a co� ee table, a refrigerator, carpet and lamps has appeared outdoors at every Sunset Concert.

� e living room group started from an idea Wayne Lu-kowski had while attending school at SIU.

“Me and a friend had brought a recliner to a Sunset Concert,” said Lukowski, of Du Quoin. “We talked about that story and thought we needed to do this again.”

� e original furniture was assembled through a dona-tion from a Murphysboro landlord who wanted to get rid of extra furniture.

From the � rst incarnation eight years ago, the group has grown in size and modi� ed its living room.

Lukowski said the amount of enthusiasm from everyone in the group and the larger community encouraged them to continue their quest for the ultimate lounging experience.

Geo� Ritter, of Carbondale, said he used to carry a cooler and sit on that, but the upgrade to a recliner has been welcomed.

“Where else can you go every weekend and have a live band play basically in your living room with a whole slew of good friends?” Lukowski said.

He said their group of friends enjoys the relaxed atmo-sphere of their own home that their portable living room creates. He said his philosophy is to be laid back.

“Everyone brings lawn chairs, blankets or whatever makes them comfortable,” Ritter said. “We just prefer the living room. We just want to relax and have nice comfort-able furniture to do it on.”

� e group’s ability to set up their living room in under 15 minutes is a testament to their attendance, said Ritter.

“We’ve made every concert with the living room for the past eight (years),” he said.

He said they keep tarps with them at every concert in case of rain.

Lukowski said the group’s relaxed philosophy man-dated a mobile room.

“We have gotten it down to a science,” he said. “With the editions we can set it up in 15 minutes or less with two people.”

� e living room is easily maneuverable as it is all set on wheels.

CHRIS MCGREGORDaily Egyptian

A living room to celebrate living

� e Sustainability Council Green Fund Committee has col-lected more than $125,600 to fund sustainability projects for the fall semester.

� e $125,600 will go toward nine projects while the other eight approved proposals will have to wait for the committee to receive another round of money from the

fee before the projects can be fund-ed, said Ryan Klopf, chairman of the Green Fund Committee. � e committee is roughly $377,000 short of the total requested money from all 17 projects, according to committee reports.

Klopf said the council — which consists of students, faculty and sta� — weighs several factors when going over proposal applications.

“We look at sustainability impact, education value,” he said. “We look

at whether or not the project has matching resources from another agency, if they’ve already taken steps to � nd other means of support.”

Some of the projects have al-ready received money from the committee in the spring semester when it levied out roughly $151,000 to 17 projects. Two main projects — the wind turbine and the green roof for the Agriculture Building — will receive $64,000 and $20,000, respectively. � e turbine received $25,000 last semester for prelimi-nary planning, assessment, zoning and permitting issues, but will ap-ply the fall award for construction purposes, Klopf said.

Once the wind turbine is built, it will reduce carbon dioxide omis-sions annually by 3,637 metric tons and sulfur dioxide by 22.29 metric tons, according to the Physical Plant’s funding proposal. � e pro-posal also estimated net savings for coal-generated electricity with the new wind turbine to be $365,000 annually.

� e green roof installation proj-ect would make the Agriculture Building the � rst facility on campus to have a green roof. Plants would be grown on the roof of the build-ing to reduce stream pollution, ero-sion, and heating and cooling costs, Klopf said. He also said the green

roof would have a prolonged lifes-pan and create a habitat for wildlife.

“It will be used for education and research purposes,” Klopf said. “It can function as a prototype for future green roofs.”

Klopf said the green roof proj-ect received funding and support from other sources — the Physical Plant helped plan the roof design, the College of Agriculture Sciences donated $10,000 and Green Roof Solutions — a green roof construc-tion company — committed $5,000 worth of materials to the project.

Wind turbine, green roof leads list of green funded projects

Green fund committee designates fall funding

LAUREN LEONEDaily Egyptian

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RESIDENTS FIND SUMMER HOT SPOT INDOORSJaylen Price, 8, of Carbondale, waits with his body covered for his brother to exit the swimming pool. Activity at the Edward J. Shea Natatorium in the Student Recreation Center has been constant so far this summer in part because of camps offered by the center.EVAN DAVISDAILY EGYPTIAN

About Us� e Daily Egyptian is published by the students of Southern Illinois University Carbondale 50

weeks per year, with an average daily circulation of 20,000. Fall and spring semester editions run Monday through Friday. Summer editions run Tuesday through � ursday. All intersession editions will run on Wednesdays. Spring break and � anksgiving editions are distributed on Mondays of the pertaining weeks. Free copies are distributed in the Carbondale, Murphysboro and Carterville communities. � e Daily Egyptian online publication can be found at www.dailyegyptian.com.

Corrections

In the Wednesday edition of the Daily Egyptian, the cutline for the story “Greek Row construction to occur before demolition” should have said, “� e buildings are 50 years old and will be demolished because deferred maintenance issues and layout problems make demolition the most sensible option.” � e Daily Egyptian regrets this error.

In the Wednesday edition of the Daily Egyptian, the story “Associate director’s family begins recovery” should have said “Family members of Matt Baughman, the associate director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, underwent surgery Sun-day and Monday in recovery from injuries sustained in a head-on car collision Sunday.” It also should have said “Angela Baugh-man was sent to Washington County Hospital & Rural Clinic before being released to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.” � e Daily Egyptian regrets these errors.

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Mike Mills, owner of 17th Street Bar & Grill in Murphys-boro, will cook up barbeque with Al Roker of NBC’s “Today Show” around 8 a.m. today in Memphis as part of Roker’s “Lend a Hand Today” segment.

� e series allows Roker to travel the country and fundraise for various charities in each town. Roker told � e Commercial Ap-peal that the Memphis segment would raise money for the e� ects of the massive � ooding in Nashville, Tenn., from May 2 to May 4.

Media critics have berated news outlets for not giving more coverage to the disaster that killed more than 30 people and caused more than $1 billion in damage, according to a News-week report. Instead, a Time Square bombing attempt and the Gulf oil spill dominated the headlines.

Diana Soliwon can be reached atphoto@dailyegyptian.com.

DIANA SOLIWONDaily Egyptian

Mike Mills (left) and his apprentice

and pitmaster, Phillip Heern,

show off some of the pork ribs

they have become famous for in a

portrait shot for the “South of 64:

A Weekend in Murphysboro”

multimedia workshop Oct. 2 to

Oct. 4.BRUNO MAESTRINI

SPECIAL TO THEDAILY EGYPTIAN

GREEN FUND FALL 2010TOP 5 PROJECTS AND COST

SIUC Wind Power Project........................$64,000

Green Roof Installation...........................$20,000

Southern Illinois UniversityClimate Assessment.................................$8,000

TOTAL COST FOR ALL PROJECTS...$125,676.60

Support for SustainableVegetable Production.........................$7,886.50

Sustainability EngagementEducation and Discussions (SEED)..........$10,000

JULIA FROMME AND CALEB WEST | DAILY EGYPTIANSource: SIUC Sustainability Council’s

Green Fund Committee

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Collectively the group said they have made new friends via the living room.

Kelly Rabacchi, of Marion, said she enjoys being able to bring her children out to the concert and loves that her children have the ability to play and explore the outdoors in a welcoming community.

“My kids get the luxury of being in a safe environment,” she said.

“I would have never known these new friends if it were not for the living room group.”

She said the living room group brings friends together to create a bigger family.

Lukoswki shared her sentiments. “Not only is the community welcoming us into

their home, we are welcoming them into ours,” he said.

Chris McGregor can be reached atcmcgregor@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 258.

Paul Restivo, the sustainability council chair and director for the Cen-ter of Environmental Health and Safety, said the possibilities are broadened when a project receives funding from other resources as opposed to depend-ing only on the Green Fund.

“It stretches the dollars and increases the impact,” he said.

Every dollar collected for the Green Fund originates from the $10 Green Fee — a student fee paid on a semester basis. In 2007, the Eco Dawgs — a stu-dent organization that supports campus sustainability — organized a campus-wide referendum where 73 percent of students supported the proposed Green Fee, according to the sustainability council’s website.

Tasha Kimbrough, a junior studying cinema photography, falls in line with the 73 percent who supported the initial referendum and said she doesn’t mind the Green Fee.

“� at’s potato chip money to me. I think $10 is a small fee for such a great project,” she said.

While there are some proposals the Green Fund cannot support in the fall, Restivo said project ideas could still be submitted for consideration in the fall at this time.

“Hopefully one of these days, SIUC will be seen as the greenest university in Illinois. We’re in the most naturally beautiful part of the state,” Restivo said.

Lauren Leone can be reached at lleone@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 255.

17th Street’s Mike Mills on ‘Today’

“� e most important part in comparison between the winter and the summer is that in the win-ter we really emphasize the weight room and getting faster,” Nessland said. “In the summer it is the same priorities but we also need to pre-pare for the season and camp more than anything.”

He said training right now is heavily based on conditioning for camp, which starts Aug. 5.

Nessland said it is important during these workouts to watch the players and look for signs of injury. He said he knows guys are dragging, when they have bumps and bruises or soreness, which are strong indica-

tors of being overworked. “� e best thing that I like to do

is talk to some of the harder-trained older guys that I can trust and see how they feel,” he said. “If I can trust that they aren’t trying to get out of something and I can have a good discussion with them, then I can make a decision on whether or not to back o  a little bit.”

He said heat exhaustion is an-other problem to look out for, espe-cially when the team conditions on the � eld during some of the hottest times in the day.

“Hamstrings are really a big issue especially in the summer because it is so hot out and sometimes players don’t hydrate well enough,” Ness-land said. “Hamstrings are usually the � rst to go if we are sprinting all

the time and it is our job to be able to � x that before it gets worse.”

Nessland said when camp comes around, the team has what is called an acclamation period of � ve days where they practice without pads so the team can get used to the heat. Nessland also mentioned that, a� er the acclamation period, the team alternates between having two prac-tices in a day and one the next day.

Nessland said the goal of the camp is to work and maintain an optimal level of � tness. He said camp is also a great opportunity to work with the injured players so they stay in game shape.

Ryan Simonin can be reached at rsimonin@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 269.

� e pitching sta  isn’t a com-plete failure — it does boast Livan Hernandez and Tyler Clippard who are solid complements to Strasburg. � e Nationals also have quality players in Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman as well as vet-eran leadership in Ivan Rodriguez and Cristian Guzman just to name a few, but they need Strasburg — and eventually Harper — to emerge as stars to create a com-plete package.

I am sure the Nationals didn’t think getting Strasburg was go-ing to immediately a  ect their chances of getting a champion-ship, but they don’t want to waste

all the losing seasons they su  ered through to get him by losing more games.

� e new era for the Wash-ington Nationals is starting to come together and it will be built around Strasburg and Harper.

Strasburg is exactly what the Nationals need right now and is the kind of hard working, domi-nant player that will continue to go out day a� er day and raise the bar not just for his team, but for the whole league.

If he can raise it high enough, he may win a championship — and he may win it with the Nationals.

Ryan Simonin can be reached at rsimonin@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 282.

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JEFF ENGELHARDT

American John Isner and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut are contributing to a historic Wimbledon as they play out the longest match in tennis history. The match will head into day three today with more than 10 hours of elapsed playing time. What other sporting event would you like to see go 10-plus hours?Saluki Insider

Slamball. I think it would be awesome watching guys bounce on trampolines and clothesline each other as they go for 720 alley oops. Anyone who was lucky enough to watch the short-lived sport can attest to its masterful combination of football, basketball and magical trampoline trickery. You can never get too much of a good thing, so I say bring on 10 hours of some serious slamball.

If I had to watch a sport for 10 hours it would be baseball. Earlier this season the Cardinals and Brewers went 20 innings and it was interesting to see who the pitchers were going to be. The Cardinals even had to put in an outfielder and infielder on the mound to pitch in the later innings.

I would definitely like to see the Cardinals play the Mets for 40 innings. I think it would be awesome to see every player used up so they can start grabbing fans from both teams to finish out the game. It would be sweet as a fan to say I actually played for the Cards.

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PRETORIA, S outh Af-r ica — Over and over, everything seemed to go against them.

A referee took away a win last week, and a linesman disallowed another goal Wednesday.

Now there was just 3½ minutes le� in their World Cup, just that much remaining until all the doubts about American soccer would rise again.

But then, in one of the most stunning turnarounds in World Cup history, Landon Donovan scored on a lightning fast counter-attack 45 seconds into 4 minutes of injury time. With the most amaz-ing late-game moment in American soccer, the United States beat Alge-ria 1-0 and reached the World Cup’s second round.

“� is team embodies what the American spirit is about,” Donovan said. “We had a goal disallowed the other night, We had another good goal disallowed tonight. But we just keep going. And I think that’s what people admire so much about Americans. And I’m damn proud.”

Former President Bill Clinton lingered in the locker room for 45 minutes a� er the game to congrat-ulate the players. When Donovan scored, raucous cheers erupted on the ̈ oor of the New York Stock Ex-change and even in White House auditoriums in Washington, D.C., according to e-mails sent to U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati.

“� at’s probably going to capture more people’s attention than if we won the game 3-0 and it was easy,” American goalkeeper Tim Howard said. “� at emotion, that passion is

what American sports fans thrive on.”� e United States won its � rst

World Cup match in eight years and � nished atop its � rst-round group for the � rst time since the original World Cup in 1930. With a quick turn-around, the Americans play Ghana on Saturday night in Rustenburg for a spot in the quarter� nals. Ghana won the � nal match of the opening round against the Americans to knock them out of the tournament in Germany four years ago.

Clint Dempsey appeared to score in the 21st minute o  the rebound of Herculez Gomez’s shot. But the goal was called o  side.

Dempsey’s 12-yard shot o  Jozy Altidore’s cross clanked o  the far post in the 57th minute, and when the rebound came back to Dempsey, he put the follow shot wide to the near side.

“You shake it out of your head and keep on � ghting,” Dempsey said.

Knowing England was ahead of Slovenia at the half, the U.S. put in o  ensive substitutes, � rst Benny Feilhaber at the start of the sec-ond half, then Edson Buddle in the 64th and � nally DaMarcus Beasley in the 81st.

“� e second half wasn’t a soccer game — it was more like ... a track meet. Back and forth, back and forth, both teams are so desperate,” Howard said.

Howard started the counter-attack that led to the goal when he

knocked down an Algerian shot and rolled the ball to Donovan on the right ̈ank. Donovan moved up� eld and passed ahead to Jozy Altidore just inside the 18-yard box.

“Landon kind of knows me a little bit,” Howard said. “He breaks out when I get the ball and it’s kind of easy to � nd him.”

Altidore’s right-footed cross was ̈icked by Dempsey as he crashed

into goalkeeper Rais Bolhi.“I couldn’t chip it over the keep-

er, so I just tried to hit it under him — hit it hard,” Dempsey said.

As Dempsey tumbled over the goalkeeper, the ball rolled back out. In ran Donovan, who with a right-footed shot from 7 yards, slammed the ball into the lower le� corner. It was the � rst injury-time goal that li� ed a nation into the knockout phase since Uruguay’s Daniel Fon-seca scored against South Korea in 1990, according to STATS LLC.

“� e moment kind of slowed down for me. It was as much a reac-tion as anything,” Donovan said. “I kind of hesitated. I didn’t know if he was going to play it across the goal or try to cut it back to me. Once he played it in front of the goal, I didn’t sprint, but I kept my run going and once it popped o  the goalie, then I picked up a little to get there.”

A� er his U.S. record 44th inter-national goal, Donovan joyously ran to the corner ̈ag, sliding head� rst in a belly ̈op, and his teammates

ran down the touchline to mob him.“A lot of kisses. A little uncomfort-

able,” Donovan said. “It’s something I’ll have imbedded in my mind forever.”

When the game ended, Donovan kicked the � nal ball into the stands.

“Someone got a nice souvenir,” he said.

He was in tears and even 30 min-utes later his eyes watered and voice cracked as he talked about the goal. � e � eld long empty, American fans remained in the stands, still cheer-ing, waving the Stars and Stripes and blowing vuvuzelas.

As a 20-year-old in 2002, Dono-van scored two goals and became a star. But expectations became crushing in 2006, went he went scoreless. With his fourth World Cup goal, Donovan tied Bert Paten-aude (1930) as the American leader.

“I’ve been through a lot in the last four years,” Donovan said with tears in his eyes. “And I’m so glad it culmi-nated this way. It makes me believe in good in the world. When you try to do things the right way, that’s good to see them get rewarded.”

� e United States � nished a World Cup game with a shutout for just the � � h time in 28 matches (7-16-5) and topped Group C with 5 points.

England (1-0-2), which beat Slo-venia 1-0 moments earlier, also had � ve points but � nished second be-cause the U.S. scored four goals to two for the English. Slovenia (1-1-1)

was third with four points, missing advancing because of Donovan’s he-roics. Algeria (0-2-1) was last with one point.

� e Desert Foxes were making their third World Cup appearance following � rst-round elimination in 1982 and 1986. Algeria was the fourth African team to exit the � rst World Cup on African soil, follow-ing Cameroon, Nigeria and host South Africa.

“I think that Africa is on the right road,” coach Rabah Saadane said. “What we need in our national teams and squads is stability and a lot of discipline, and I think in a few years time, Africa will have among the best teams in the world.”

Dempsey needed four stitches to close a cut on his lip.

It was yet another late goal for the United States, which came from behind to tie England 1-1 in its opener, then rallied from a two-goal hal� ime de� cit against Slovenia and would have won had Maurice Edu’s 85th-minute goal been allowed. In six of the � nal 10 quali� ers, the Americans gave up the � rst goals — but they bounced back to win three of those games and tie two others.

“� at was a really special feel-ing,” U.S. coach Bob Bradley said. “� ese guys put a lot into it, they never quit.

“We’re proud. We � nished � rst in our group. Five points, didn’t lose a match. So we’re ready.”

Howard bounced up and down in elation a� er the game. Feilhaber took a water bottle and sprayed his teammates, and it felt as good as champagne.

“We’re not done yet,” Dono-van said. “We believe, man. We’re alive, baby.”

Donovan injury-time goal puts U.S. in 2nd roundRONALD BLUMThe Associated Press

T his team embodies what the American spirit is about. We had a goal disallowed the other night, We had another good goal disallowed tonight. But we just keep going. And I think

that’s what people admire so much about Americans. And I’m damn proud. — Landon DunovanUSA soccer forward

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BANTER

Junior running back Shariff Harris performs agility training Wednesday at McAndrew Stadium. The Salukis have started a high-intensity

strength and conditioning program with workouts five times a week in anticipation for their summer camp that begins Aug. 5.

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FOOTBALL

While Saluki fans are familiar with upperclassmen leading the SIU football team on the � eld, the team’s strength and conditioning coach said the juniors and seniors are just as important in the weight room.

Jared Nessland, head strength and conditioning coach, said the upperclassmen have been great at pushing the team through di� cult workouts, even in the summer heat.

“With this team we really have a lot more leadership than we have had in the past two years during the summer,” Nessland said.

Senior safety Mike McElroy said pushing through the practices, es-pecially in the heat, has been a big component in building team unity. He said all the hard work right now would pay dividends for the team when it heads out onto the � eld.

“� e core group of leaders in the 2007 class have been really vocal during the workouts and have been leading by example,” McElroy said. “� ese workouts are also building our mental toughness which people will see when we are out there in the fourth quarter this fall.”

Fellow senior and wide receiver Joe Allaria said the workouts and conditioning are great for the fresh-men players.

“It is good for our new guys — the guys who haven’t seen the � eld much at all because they are work-ing through the heat,” Allaria said. “Come fall they aren’t going to

worry about being tired or mentally weak, it will be automatic for them. � en they can focus on other stu� like their calls and their responsibil-ity on the � eld.”

Nessland said the team puts in strength and conditioning hours � ve days a week. He said the team does high intensity workouts and conditions three times a week and

only works on lower intensity con-ditioning on Tuesdays and � urs-days.

Nessland said the focus of summer training is different than

winter, but each season is equally important.

Veteran Salukis set pace in summer workouts

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RYAN SIMONINDaily Egyptian

When Ste-phen Strasburg came to Major League Baseball on June 8, he brought a media circus with him.

Now that Strasburg is in the league, he is start-ing to make it look like a real circus

with all the batters he’s made look like clowns.

� e 21-year-old right-hander for the Washington Nationals has started in three games and already owns the record for most strikeouts through the � rst three major league starts. He has mowed down 32 batters with his seemingly endless supply of go-to pitches.

It is still early in his career, but it is hard to deny Strasburg’s ability to dom-inate batters and control the game. His earned run average sits at 1.86 — which is phenomenal — even though he has only worked 19.1 innings.

Despite his impressive statistics, Strasburg cannot carry the Nation-als out of last place in the National League East standings by himself. If

the Nationals want to take advantage of Strasburg’s amazing gi� , they need to put more talent around him and soon. Once Strasburg’s rookie con-tract expires, it will be hard for Wash-ington to match the dollars � nancial powerhouses such as the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will throw at him.

� e Nationals have taken some

steps in that direction as they recently dra� ed out� elder Bryce Harper with the � rst overall pick. Harper has re-ceived Strasburg-like hype and the Nationals hope those two players will be the � rst pieces for a solid pitching sta� and sound batting lineup.

Strasburg creates sweet opportunity for Washington NationalsSIMONIN’S

spotlight

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