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Paul Jackson’s � rst time was unreal. Jackson, a junior from Princeton

studying radio and audio production, performed live for the � rst time Monday at Longbranch Co� eehouse as part of the Digital Dog Records’ fourth annual Mid-west Music Festival. Entrance for each event of the musical festival is free, with performances taking place at di� erent venues around Carbondale throughout the week.

Jackson, the vice president of Digital Dog Records, said he thought the festi-

val would be a good chance to make his debut.

“I’ve played in front of people before, but I would just like throw a party or something and invite people over and we’d play there,” Jackson said. “� is is a totally new experience for me though. I feel like I am on top of the world.”

Club president Kirstin Smith, a se-nior from Bloomington, Ind., studying biology and radio-television audio en-gineering, said the process for organiz-ing the music festival began in the fall.

She said booking talent was not as hard as some would think.

“We contact several bands and most

of them are happy to play for us,” Smith said. “For the out-of-town bands, o� en times if we just o� er to pay for their gas money, they are more than happy to come out and play. � ey just want to get their name out there and we are more than happy to do it.”

Funding for the out-of-town bands came from a bene� t concert held this semester at Gatsby’s. Local bands such as � e Black Fortys and Moonbuggy Kids played at the bene� t concert, with the pro� t going to fund the festival.

Jordan DiGrazia was flying high her first week of college.

“It is just so exhilarating — words can’t describe what it feels like when you get up there,” said DiGrazia, a sophomore from Crystal Lake studying aviation flight. “Right when you take off, you realize you are in the air and it just overwhelms you.”

DiGrazia’s interest in flight started with her father, who could not become a pilot because he was colorblind. DiGrazia said since she has started flying for herself, she could not see herself doing anything else in her career.

DiGrazia is one of many flight students who get to fly a plane within their first week of school, according to assistant flight in-structor Sabrina Zwego.

“We try to make sure students get up

during the first week of school,” Zwego said. “Maybe just fly around the city or the cam-pus, but they are just pretty excited to do it.”

The process to get students in the air for the first time takes three days. The first day involves a training regimen that includes getting familiar with the program’s master operating syllabus, Zwego said.

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Projects funded by the Green Fee can begin to blossom.

� e SIUC Sustainability Council’s Green Fund Committee approved 17 of 23 proposals for sustainability projects throughout SIUC’s campus Wednes-day. � e Green Fund Committee issued $151,174.50 from the $180,000 collected in its fund. � e $28,825.50 le� will roll over to the 2010 fall semester.

Jonathan Dyer, vice chairman of the SIUC Sustainability Council, said he was pleased with all the projects the group was able to help.

“� ere are so many great ideas out there, but no money to fund them,” Dyer said. “� e Green Fee will increase SIU’s chance of becoming the leading school in sustainability in the state of Illinois.”

� e council approved the sustainabil-ity projects based on a set of objective guidelines.

Projects that o� ered educational op-portunities, student involvement, im-provements to campus life and collabora-tion between multiple departments were more likely to receive money, Dyer said.

Dyer said the most important aspect of these projects is the level of student involvement.

� e Campus Sustainability Intern Program grants both graduate and un-dergraduate students the opportunity to engage in sustainability work in the real world, said Matthew � errell, program coordinator.

� e Campus Sustainability Intern Program was granted $25,007 from the Green Fund Committee.

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Green Fee funds 17 projects

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Ryne Teston, a senior from Carbondale studying audio production, warms up on his guitar in preparation for his act, “Lil’ Pizza,” Monday outside of the Longbranch Coffeehouse.

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Sabrina Zwego, right, a flight instructor at SIUC, assists Jordan DiGrazia, a sophomore from Crystal Lake studying aviation flight,

Wednesday at the Southern Illinois Airport. Zwego, a 2007 graduate, has been associated with the aviation program since 2001.


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� e grant will support one gradu-ate and three undergraduate students in the intern program. � is is the � rst time the program will o er a paid intern-ship, � errell said. Graduate students involved in the program would manage undergraduate interns, he said.

“� is is for the students. � ey’re not just reading books or research-ing, but going into the real world,” � errell said. “Students will actually have a personal stake of experience of initiating projects.”

SIUC’s wind turbine project re-ceived $25,000 to continue research. Departments such as the School of Engineering and School of Business have incorporated courses that will study the fundamental concepts of the wind turbine and invite stu-dents to assist with its overall con-

struction.“It’s nice to see a lot of academic

associations,” said Phil Gatton, di-rector of the Physical Plant. “I am excited to see this moving forward.”

Other projects endorsed by the Green Fee aim to better the envi-ronment of not only the campus, but also the whole community.

Kate Hellgren, program coordi-nator for Touch of Nature, received $3,808.50 for the Touch of Nature Energy and Water Conservation project. � e project plans to install environmentally friendly technol-ogy that Touch of Nature visitors can use.

“� ese technologies will save money, energy and bene� t the plan-et,” Hellgren said. “In discourag-ing times, this is something worth bringing to light.”

� e Green Fund Committee ap-proved other projects such as the Gaia

House Rainwater Collection Initiative, SIUC Teaching and Research Forest, — A Demonstration of Sustainable Forest Stewardship and a low-cost so-lar water heater project among others.

Michara Canty can be reached at [email protected] or

536-3311 ext. 255.

� e second day serves as a tour where the student is shown what kind of planes the department has and is in-troduced to every term they may need while operating a plane for the � rst time. Zwego said this is called the pre-� ight stage. � e third day is � ight.

Zwego said she tries to let students in the air do most of the work them-selves.

“I like to let them take control most of the time, sort of feel their way out,” Zwego said. “At the beginning, the only thing I really do for the students is landing.”

� e reason landing is tough is be-cause it involves instincts and experi-ence. � e student has to know the ex-act moment to pull up in order to land properly, Zwego said.

� e one lesson Zwego said is im-portant for � rst-time � ight students to grasp is to keep their eyes on what is going on outside the plane.

“� ere are a lot of pretty and dis-tracting buttons on the inside of the plane,” Zwego said. “It is very easy for

a student to become concerned with what is going on inside of the plane when what they should be focused on is what is happening outside of the plane.”

While Zwego is a full-time � ight instructor now, she said she was able to teach students while she was still at-tending school.

For her to do this, Zwego said she became a certi� ed � ight instructor, a process that takes about two years to complete.

Zwego said it is not di� cult to bal-ance a school schedule while teaching students how to � y.

“An individual � ight instructor has to take the right classes if they want to take on more students,” Zwego said. “At SIU, we run � ights at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. You just have to take classes that allow you more students.”

Zwego graduated from SIU in 2007 with a degree in aviation management.

Je Jaynes, a graduate student in public administration from Bartlett, is also an assistant � ight instructor and is in charge of scheduling instructors with students. Jaynes said the di� culty comes with the need for one-on-one training.

“Unlike on campus where you can have 30 students per one teacher, you have to pair o about 200 students and make sure they get one-on-one time with one of our about 50 instructors,” Jaynes said. “It can get kind of hectic.”

Jaynes said � ight instruction needs to be personalized to make sure the � ight students learn as much as they can about the � eld.

� e � ight program worked for Zwego. She has been involved with the aviation program in some way since 2001 when she attended Aviation Day at SIU and in 2002 when she went to SIU’s Wings Camp.

“It’s been a real adventure and I have been proud to be a part of it,” Zwego said.

� e aviation program is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Zwego will be taking place in the 34th Annual Air Race Classic June 22. � e race cov-ers 2,157 miles starting in Fort My-ers, Fla., and ending in Frederick, Md.

Derek Robbins can be reached at [email protected] or

536-3311 ext. 273

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Green Fee projects

JULIA FROMME | DAILY EGYPTIANSource: Green Fund Committee

Campus Sustainability Intern Program$25,007

SIUC Wind Power Project, Phase II $25,000

Greenhouse Assembly for Sustainable Vegetable Production

$31,520Variable Speed Drives for Chilled Water Pumps

$25,000SIUC Teaching and Research Forest

$8,000

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Both bands also participated in the music festival, as The Black Fortys performed Wednesday and Moonbuggy Kids performed Tuesday.

Digital Dog Records also raises funds through the sale of adver-tisements in the musical festival’s media guide.

While the event takes a long time to plan, Smith said it was worth it to help some smaller bands out.

“I love being able to help those bands that are just trying to es-tablish themselves,” Smith said. “If we can create a fan for one of those bands, it has been a success-ful event.”

Ryne Teston, a senior study-ing audio production, said he was

very glad to be a part of the show.“I’ve played in front of crowds

before, but this is the first really well promoted event I have ever played,” Teston said. “I am just really excited about it.”

Teston will perform at the fes-tival in two different capacities. He performed as a solo act for the festival Monday called “Lil’ Pizza,” which he described as an experi-mental guitar performance. His band, Hotbed, will play sometime after 10 p.m. Saturday at Gatsby’s II Bar and Billiards Nightclub.

� e biggest event for Digital Dog Records is the music festival, but the group promotes local talent year-round. Smith said the Regis-tered Student Organization re-cords and promotes any local band that needs help free of charge.

Digital Dog Records is open to any student with an interest in

music, Smith said. She said the club puts on workshops to help members who may not have ex-perience with sound engineering and want to learn more about it.

Smith said there were not many members this semester, but the club’s numbers vary each se-mester. The club arranges times to meet that are convenient for ac-tive members, with meetings oc-curring at places like Tres Hom-bres.

“As long you have a passion for music, you have a place in our club,” Smith said.

To join Digital Dog Records or inquire about being represented by the club, send an e-mail to [email protected].

Derek Robbins can be reached at [email protected] or

536-3311 ext. 273.

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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.

What started as a simple conversation over some beers turned into a two-day event recognizing the 40th anniversary of one of the most tumultuous times in Car-bondale’s history.

Students, faculty and Carbondale resi-dents � lled Room 171 in Lawson Hall to standing-room-only capacity Wednesday and ursday, as speakers from Carbon-dale’s and SIUC’s past discussed both the student protest of 1970, which shut down the school, and the rise of the Black Pan-ther movement.

Adam Turl, a junior from Carbondale studying history and a member of the Socialist Club, said the event began when members from the Socialist Club and the Students for Peace and Democracy dis-cussed the anniversary of the events.

“We thought it was a good idea, and from there it grew into what it is now,” he said.

Je� rey Haas, author of “ e Assas-sination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther,” and Jakobi Williams, a professor at the University of Kentucky and 2000 SIUC graduate, addressed the crowd ursday about the rise of the Black Panthers, a movement focused on the empowerment of African-Ameri-cans.

Wednesday’s presentation focused on the 1970 student rebellion, which resulted in university closure because of safety concerns, while ursday’s presentation focused on the black power movement in Carbondale.

e goal of the presentation was to teach students and residents to be inspired

by the past and apply that inspiration to today’s politics, said Angela Aguayo, an assistant professor in cinema who helped set up the event.

“ e passage of the recent health care bill and the way people are engaging each other in the streets proves that we still have things to work on when it comes to race and equality,” she said.

e speakers Wednesday included former student activist Georgeann Hartz-og; author Brian Clardy; Ray Lenzi, a for-mer student activist and former SIUC vice chancellor; Robbie Lieberman, chairman of the history department; and Hugh Mul-doon, a former student activist and the di-rector of Gaia House Interfaith Center.

Harzog said she remembers 1970 as if it just happened: e protests, the police and the tear gas clashing against one an-

other all across the campus.Lenzi said the atmosphere of the area

was one of tension and bubbling anger ready to be pushed over the edge.

“It was a very, very, crazy time,” he said. “ e climate was really heating up, very deliberately, over the span of several months. You knew something was going to happen — you could feel it.”

ursday’s event focused on the na-tional Black Panther Party and its relation to the rise of black power in southern Il-linois.

Aguayo said there are still misconcep-tions about the Panthers that need to be addressed.

“Although it can be controversial, we hope this event can build communica-tion between people about this group,” she said.

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With the economy in bad shape, students may believe unpaid intern-ships are more plentiful.

In reality, Krissi Geary-Boehm, coordinator of the Studies Program said there are fewer internships available and they are more com-petitive.

“ e national average is about 1,000 students apply for every in-ternship,” Geary-Boehm said. “I try to be honest with students about the numbers game. I don’t do it to scare them, but I want them to un-derstand that your résumé is going to be the key to whether you get a phone call for an interview.”

e Studies Program works with students to send out résumés to various media companies in � ve di� erent cities: Chicago, Washing-ton D.C., Nashville, Hollywood and New York City.

Of the � ve cities, Geary-Boehm said Chicago is the toughest for � nding media jobs. She said many students aspire to � nd internships at companies such as WGN, but do not realize the company has laid o� 50 percent of its workforce.

“ e people who have been laid o� are the people who supervise the interns and coordinated the intern-ship programs,” Geary-Boehm said. “A lot of companies have either de-creased the number of internships they o� er each summer, or they just

plain have their internship program put on hold.”

While there are fewer oppor-tunities than � ve years ago, Geary-Boehm said there are still many internships available in the media market. She said the department helps between 45 and 70 students � nd internships every year.

One student who got an inter-view and an internship was Bianca Cervantes, a senior from Lake Zur-ich studying radio-television.

Cervantes said she landed her summer internship with CNBC in New York City via the Stud-ies Program available through the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts. She worked in the company’s cable network marketing department. She said her job was to sell networks owned by NBC Uni-versal to cable companies, including Bravo, Oxygen and Syfy.

“Even though it doesn’t sound very interesting, it was a lot of fun because we planned a lot of events throughout the country,” Cervantes said.

One of those events was the launch of the new Syfy channel, which was formerly known as the Sci Fi Channel. She said she helped plan a three-day event at the Rockefeller Center, and said it was her biggest achievement over the summer.

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Jakobi Williams, left, listens Thursday in Lawson 171 as author Jeffrey Haas explains a diagram of former Black Panther leader Fred Hampton’s apartment that he and his colleagues found in an FBI document, linking the bureau to Hampton’s murder.

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Speakers re ̄ect on student rebellion, Black PanthersRYAN VOYLESDaily Egyptian

Steve Rodgers, an attorney at the university’s Student Legal As-sistance firm, said he has a job for students that could pay $100 per hour: Read their housing leases before signing them.

Landlords in Carbondale run a very aggressive business, and stu-dents who don’t look before they leap into con-tracts get burned all too often, he said.

Out of the 850 students Rodgers speaks with each year, roughly 340 of them have landlord-related complaints, he said.

Most of those complaints are related to landlords withhold-ing security deposits, and though landlords are usually at fault in those cases, student tenants have responsibili-ties as well, R o d g e r s said.

“ T h e r e’s e n o u g h blame to go around,” he said. “Stu-dents have to carefully read the lease before they sign it … They need to do that because after they sign the lease and they come (to Student Legal Services) with a problem, their options may be limited.”

Students do have options if they are unhappy with a particu-lar landlord; the city of Carbon-dale collects 655 rental registra-tion fees, which means there are at least that many landlords in the city limits, City Manager Allen Gill said. Some own hundreds of the city’s 7,300 rental units, while others may just own or manage a single home, Gill said.

Home Rentals, one of the old-est and largest landlords in Car-bondale, has been involved in more than 650 lawsuits, most of them ordinance violations, ac-cording to Jackson County re-cords on Judici.com, a Web site for court records.

The site also reports The Re-serve at Saluki Pointe, which leases more than 750 tenants an-nually, has been involved in 38 lawsuits since it opened in 2008 and was the plaintiff in all of

them.Cassie Poto, a senior from Ar-

lington Heights studying elemen-tary education, said she rented from Heartland Properties, a com-pany that owns houses and apart-

ments on West College Street and elsewhere, her sophomore year.

Poto said H e a r t l a n d charged her and her room-mates a $65 fee for not mow-ing the strip of grass in front

her property and a $200 fee for evidence of a party, which, ac-cording to the Heartland lease, includes observation of said party by the landlord, neighbors or city officials and presence of any keg or party-related litter. Poto said neither she nor her roommates

ever had a keg, po-lice or city officials on the premises.

“I probably would have looked at those fees more carefully, and if I had have done more research, we would have found that Heartland was ter-rible and rips people off,” Poto said.

The Heartland lease also has a clause labeled “guests” that states tenants face a $45 per night, per guest fee unless each guest is pre-approved by the landlord.

By compari-son, the guest clause in the lease for the Pointe at SIU doesn’t require pre-approval for overnight guests and allows them to stay for 10 consecutive days before they are considered illegal tenants.

But the Pointe at SIU also sub-sidizes its tenants’ electric bill and caps it at $30 per person, a rate that

Rodgers said is unreasonable.

A $50 cap would be more r e a s o n a b l e , based on the av-erage electric us-age of four-per-son residences, he said.

There are no guest clauses in leases for The Reserve, NEBA Corp., Alpha Rentals or Home Rentals, to name a few, but Rod-gers said it’s a good idea to ask

l a n d l o r d s about such policies.

S t u d e n t renters need to speak with a prospective landlord’s ten-ants to � nd out whether the landlord makes repairs in a timely manner and respects tenants’ pri-vacy, Rodgers said.

“ U s u a l l y , if they have a

complaint, they can’t wait to tell you,” he said.

Right of entry is a com-mon clause in many leases, but several leases, includ-ing those for H e a r t l a n d P r o p e r t i e s , Home Rentals, Saluki Apart-ments and The Reserve at Saluki Pointe, have clauses that do not

require landlords to provide no-tice before entering the premises.

Rodgers said such clauses, and leases in general, are not set in stone until they are signed, and that students who read leas-es carefully can negotiate those clauses with a prospective land-lord before signing.

Hugh Williams, a Carbondale attorney who has represented both landlords and tenants in eviction and other cases, said there’s no legitimate business reason for landlords to include a clause that allows them to en-ter without notice, other than in emergency cases.

“When a landlord rents you a property, that is your property. The landlord should lose the right to enter whenever they want,” Williams said.

¡ e right of entry clause in the lease of NEBA Corp., a smaller renter that operates three complex-

es in Carbondale, is one that speci� cally states tenants will receive notice before landlord entry in any situation other than emergencies.

Williams said all students pay a fee for the Student Legal As-sistance program, but

many don’t take advantage of it.“What I really recommend to

people is to have their parents read the lease,” he said. “Have someone who’s competent read it.”

¡ e Champaign-Urbana Tenant Union, a group that keeps copies of leases and complaint records of landlords and provides advice for tenants, is available for University of Illinois students, Williams said. Since the U of I group was started by students and has been devel-oped into an important resource, it might not be a bad idea for SIUC students to form a similar group in Carbondale, he said.

“That’s something they really need down here,” Williams said. “But for whatever reason, there’s no concern there for the students.”

Nick Johnson can be reached at [email protected] or

536-3311 ext. 263.


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Attorneys: Students need to study leasesNICK JOHNSONDaily Egyptian

Did you know ...The Pointe at SIU caps personal monthly electricity use at $30 per month, or $120 between four people?

Did you know ...The Home Rentals lease requires all tenants to provide proof of payment of all water charges before they will return security deposits?

Did you know ...To look for a clause entitled "agreement" or "entire agreement?" If it's like the one in The Reserve at Saluki Pointe lease (and there are many like it), be aware that after you sign the lease, no oral or written agreements made afterwards with the owner or manage-ment hold any weight.

Did you know ...Some leases, including those for Saluki Apartments and The Reserve, have photo-graph release clauses that allow them to take photos of you, alter them and distribute them in promotional material?

Did you know ...Heartland Properties requires tenants to get written approval for every overnight guest, or they charge tenants $45 per night, per guest?

Did you know ...The lease for Home Rentals states tenants cannot store a bicycle inside the premises?

I probably would have looked at those fees more carefully and, if I had have done more research, we

would have found that Heartland was terrible and rips people off.

— Cassie Potosenior studying elementary education

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Ricky Ray, a senior from Crete study-ing radio-television, is searching for ra-dio internships in Chicago and has sent resumés to B96 FM and WGN Radio. He said he aspires to work in television, but wants to start in radio to experience both departments.

Ray said there is less competition in local areas than in Chicago for intern-ships, but nabbing an internship in the city would be a better career move.

“It’s very competitive in the Chi-cagoland area, especially if you do the summer internship program that the school o� ers,” Ray said.

� e most important result of in-ternships is the network connections a student receives, Geary-Boehm said. She said one student from the Studies Program interned for a small company with 20 employees and kept in close contact with its vice president. A� er

his internship, the vice president helped him land a job with “Dancing with the Stars.”

“It’s the most-watched television show, so it’s kind of a good gig,” Geary-Boehm said.

Cervantes said being � exible with relocation helped her � nd an intern-ship. While her internship did not relate to her career goals as a reporter, she said being independent in a new city taught her skills not learned in the classroom.

“� at’s probably going to help me when I job search and move to a new city that I’ve never been to,” Cervantes said. “I’m going to know that it’s hard in the beginning, but I’m going to pull through and make it happen.”

Travis Bean can be reached [email protected] or

536-3311 ext. 274.

Maurice Gardner, left, a freshman from Chicago; Garrett Ford, center, a junior from Centralia; and Jinseon Kim, a junior from Korea, all studying radio-television, prepare for production for Thursday’s edition of River Region in one of the WSIU studios.


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� e health care reform bill, which passed at 219-212 with no Republican support and 34 Democrats opposed this week, will provide coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and also has plans to attack the rising costs of health care and prevent abuse from insurance companies.

But what does this mean for SIUC students? � e answer is not much.

� e health care reform bill sug-gests insurance would be handled as individual insurance plans, but the university structures its policy as a group plan, said Ted Grace, director of the Student Health Center.

However, the university’s setup is more a� ordable, and a clari¥ cation for student health plans to continue as a group is in the works through lobbying e� orts, Grace said.

According to the New York Times, amendments to the bill have been approved by the House and are

waiting approval by the Senate. So what do these 1,990 pages

cover?Coverage: � ough the bill does

not encompass everyone, it projects to cover approximately 95 percent of Americans by 2019. � is is a mile-stone, considering that the United States is the only advanced country not to guarantee its citizens health coverage. � e bill requires Ameri-cans to obtain health insurance and broadens Medicaid to citizens who are not currently eligible.

� e most immediate bene¥ t for students is that they will be able to stay on their parents’ policy as depen-dents until they reach 27. � is is good news for graduates struggling to ¥ nd jobs during the economic recession.

Cost control: � e bill, with time, will help lower premiums for indi-viduals and small businesses by of-fering policies and rates comparable

to large-group coverage. It will also impose a tax starting in 2018.

� e tax was created as an incen-tive for employers to stay away from high-cost policies — which custom-arily provide generous bene¥ ts to workers with little out-of-pocket cost.

Supporters of the tax believe peo-ple, and their doctors, will think more carefully on whether a procedure, test or medication is really needed. � ose opposed argue that people will likely not get the procedure they need if out-of-pocket costs are raised.

Policy abuse: Under the new leg-islation, insurers would no longer be able to reject or exorbitantly charge people with pre-existing conditions. SIUC insurance requires a student to use the policy for one year before his or her previous condition is covered. � is poses a problem for the numer-ous patients at the Counseling Center that arrive for treatment with pre-

existing conditions.� ough this policy will not be in

full e� ect until 2014, the bill provides a stipulation for a “high-risk pool,” so adults with pre-existing conditions and children can receive treatment right away.

It is still unclear whether the uni-versity’s health insurance or the stu-dent health fee will change.

� e bill also states that policies can-not be rescinded a ̄er people become sick or cap the amount a provider is willing to pay in any given year.

� e Daily Egyptian recognizes this bill as a representation of a na-tional commitment to reform the worst elements of the current system,

though we have no misconceptions about how much trial-and-error it will take to get it right.

It is not perfect. Amendments must — and will — be made.

However, a lot will depend on how receptive health care profes-sionals are to change, and how closely future legislators stick to the goals set before them. � is reform will undoubtedly cost billions of dollars over several years and deter-ring from President Barack Obama’s plan to ¥ nance over the next decade could increase the federal de¥ cit and deepen the economic recession.

� e good news: � e process has begun.

Health care needs amendmentsFRANKIE OSTELLO | DAILY EGYPTIAN

T hough this policy will not be in full effect until 2014, the bill provides a stipulation for a “high-risk pool,” so adults with

pre-existing conditions and children can receive treatment right away.

Fast-food patrons could begin seeing calorie information next to menu items if proposed legisla-tion passes.

Illinois House Bill 5419 includes proposals that calorie content of food be posted “clearly and con-spicuously,” in a font size “at least as prominent in size and appearance” as that of the item listing.

Panera Bread is projected to have calorie numbers on all of its menu boards by April, which would make it the � rst fast-food restau-rant to voluntarily do so, according a March 11 report by the Chicago Sun-Times. Others are expected to follow suit. KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Long John Silvers, all sub-sidies of parent group Yum! Brands, aim to have the information made available on menus by Jan. 1, 2011, the report said.

Stephanie Long, manager of Long John Silvers in Carbondale, said calorie and other nutrition information is posted in the lob-

by. She has to refill the nutrition pamphlets at least once a week, which shows people are taking them to read, she said.

She said the impact of posting calorie information on the menu boards depends on the individual.

“Some people are really count-ing calories and watching what they eat, others just don’t care,” she said.

Long said other Yum! Brands fast-food establishments in Car-bondale have nutrition informa-tion posted as well.

P.J. Bobulski, a sophomore from Elmhurst studying market-ing, says he eats fast food two to three times a week and posting calorie information won’t affect his purchases.

“I have a fast metabolism, so it doesn’t bother me,” he said. “If someone cared, (posting calorie information) would’ve been done already.”

Ryan Savier, an assistant man-ager for Burger King at the 1395 E. Main St. location in Carbondale, said his franchise posts calorie

and other nutrition information on a big board in the lobby and nutrition pamphlets are available upon request.

Savier said the restaurant has a few health-conscious customers, but the majority of his customers don’t care that much about nutri-tion facts. Moreover, he doesn’t anticipate the proposed required posting of calorie information to affect business.

“We have people who order meals that have their entirely dai-ly calorie intake in one go,” Savier said. “I don’t really think it will af-fect business that much.”

Long said she had similar pre-dictions about business at Long John Silvers.

“People who get fish and fries, they’re not really all that con-scious of it anyway,” she said.

Calorie and other nutrition in-formation is already available on the fast-food establishments’ Web sites. Some sites, like Taco Bell’s and Burger King’s, are interactive, allowing people to customize their meals, showing calorie variations

when adding or subtracting ingre-dients like cheese and lettuce.

Savier said requiring fast-food establishments to post calorie in-formation on menu boards is a good idea.

“Everybody needs to be made aware of what they’re eating and

how much,” he said. “I think (the legislation) would be a good idea, but I don’t know how well it will affect eating habits.”

Nick Quigley can be reached at [email protected] or

536-3311 ext. 258.


NICK QUIGLEYDaily Egyptian

Fast-food managers say posting calories won’t matter

A car passes by the drive-through at Panera Bread on 1126 E. Walnut St. If Illinois House Bill 5419 passes legislation, Panera Bread and all fast-food restaurants in Illinois will soon be required to post calorie information on their menu boards.

SAMI BOWDEN | DAILY EGYPTIAN

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Today’s birthday — You have more than one way to overcome obstacles this year. The application of fanatical pressure may move you forward in some cases. You consider ruthless possibilities, but careful planning makes harsh measures unnecessary.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Recent efforts pay off when a partner or supervisor signs off on your work. Then it’s off to dinner and dancing!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Keep your head down in order to avoid flying objects. Disagreements at work leave the realm of logic and enter the truly outrageous. Don’t participate.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Instead of focusing on your own issues, talk to friends about theirs. Develop a well-structured plan to help them.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — In spite of stresses and strains, you and your partner accomplish everything you set out to do. Imagine that! It’s win-win.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Maintain focus early in the day. Not only can you finish, you can do it beautifully. Party later with your favorite people.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Whatever you do today, don’t drag your feet. It may not be a problem, as you’re floating on air. Your heart has grown wings.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Refine your review of other people and their aggressive tactics. Don’t sink to their level. Instead, do your own thing.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Continue moving forward with bright ideas that inspire. Add something to the mix that ensures personal recognition. Make your mark.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Spend some cash on a token of your love. The more creative you get, the better. You don’t have to break the bank this time.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Finally, everything comes together. Submit your paper or release results now. No need for further changes. Today’s a great launch day.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Rats! You break the point on every pencil you touch. Less pressure equals more creativity. Take a philosophical view and breathe deep.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Tighten your belt. Postpone spending now. Allow others to revise financial estimates before proceeding. You may need to narrow the vision.

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Josh Smith had a tip dunk with 0.1 seconds left Thursday to beat the Orlando Magic. What is the best way to hit a buzzer beater in a basketball game?

Saluki Insider

Nothing will ever compare to Michael Jordan’s shot over Craig Ehlo on May 7, 1989, to lead the Bulls to a win against Cleveland. Jordan went up for the shot at the free throw line, Ehlo looked as though he was going to block it, then Jordan double pumped, knocked down the shot, and had an epic celebration afterwards. Classic.

I would have to say it was when the Los Angeles Lakers’ Derek Fisher hit a shot with 0.4 seconds left on an inbound play. Fisher somehow caught the ball, turned and heaved up a 3-pointer within 0.4 seconds to put the Lakers up three games to two against the San Antonio Spurs in the playoffs.

The best buzzer beater I have seen would have been the time Tim Duncan sent a playoff game with the Suns to double overtime. I mean, it’s Tim Duncan hitting a 3-pointer. That’s almost as rare as a Cubs playoff win. You have to appreciate clutch shooting like that. In the words of Kevin Garnett: Anything is possible.

Freshman Jennifer Dien hits a forehand during a match against Northern Illinois University Saturday at University Courts. The Salukis will take on Evansville at 3 p.m. today at University Courts.

JULIA RENDLEMAN | DAILY EGYPTIAN

WHEN: 1 p.m. SaturdayWHERE: Murray State

SALUKI TOP PERFORMERS:Falk De Beenhouwer: 7-4Pavlo Buryl: 2-1

MEN’S:

3 P.M. SATURDAY vs. Evansville1 P.M. SUNDAY at Tennessee-Martin

SALUKI TOP PERFORMERS:Jennifer Dien: 9-3Melanie Delsart: 8-5

WOMEN’S:

SALT LAKE CIT Y — But-ler became the latest mid-major team to knock o� a top seed in the NCAA tournament.

Willie Veasley scored � ve of his 13 points during an 11-0 run down the stretch, and the Bulldogs rallied to upset No. 1 seed Syracuse 63-59 on � ursday night in the West Regional semi� nals for their 23rd straight victory.

� e � ¢ h-seeded Bulldogs (31-4) fought through Syracuse’s vaunted

zone defense and kept the Orange (30-5) from getting their fast break going most of the night.

Now, a¢ er reaching the regional � nals for the � rst time in school history, Butler is one win from go-ing home to Indianapolis for the Final Four.

Gordon Hayward scored 17 points and started the celebration while dribbling out the clock a¢ er the Bulldogs forced Syracuse into its 18th turnover.

Wes Johnson had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Orange, the second No. 1 seed to go down.

Northern Iowa stunned top-ranked Kansas in the second round of the Midwest Regional last weekend.

� ere were some mild boos — but not as many as you’d think — when the score was announced at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., where West Virginia beat Washing-ton in the East Regional semi� nals.

Most of the Orange fans were probably o� watching the game at a local watering hole or in front of a high-def TV. And Cornell and Kentucky fans didn’t really care that much to boo yet another surprising result in this NCAA tournament.

DOUG ALDENThe Associated Press

Butler rallies to beat top-seeded Syracuse 63-59

WHERE: The Lew Hartzog Track (the track/� eld in McAndrew)WHEN:Today—Hammer throw begins at 3 p.m.Saturday—Field events begin at 11 a.m., running events start at 12:30 p.m.WHO: SIU will compete against Marquette, Illinois State, Saint Louis, Chicago State and Lincoln College.

WHERE: Charlotte West StadiumWHEN: Noon and 2 p.m. Saturday, noon Sunday

WHERE: Abe Martin FieldWHEN: 3 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday

BASEBALL SOFTBALL

TRACK & FIELD

SIU Spring Classic

Senior second baseman Alicia Garza receives a throw from sophomore third baseman Courtney Kennedy as she covers first base Wednesday at Charlotte West Stadium.

DAN DWYER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

SALUKI TOP CONTRIBUTORS:2B Alicia Garza: .356 average, four home runs, 23 RBIsOF Katie Wilson: .320 average, six home runs, 21 RBIsP Alex Peters: 7-3, 2.96 ERA, 24 strikeouts

BLUEJAYS TOP CONTRIBUTORS:1B Renae Sinkler: .406 average, 13 home runs, 31 RBIsC Amy Baker: .296 average, three home runs, 13 RBIsP Tara Oltman: 12-5, 1.26 ERA, 124 strikeouts

VS.

SIU

Creighton

SALUKI TOP CONTRIBUTORS:1B Chris Serritella: .378 average, eight home runs, 22 runs2B Blake Pinnon: .381 average, 26 RBIs, .651 slugging percentageP Nathan Forer: 0.96 ERA, one earned run, 9.1 innings pitched

BLUEJAYS TOP CONTRIBUTORS:OF Trevor Adams: .418 batting average, 28 hits, 19 RBIsOF T.J. Roemmich: four home runs, seven doubles, 19 RBIsP Jonas Dufek: 3-0, 25.2 innings pitched, 22 strikeouts

Jeremy Bankston, a freshman sprinter and hurdler, clears a hurdle Tuesday at Lew Hartzog Track. The Salukis will host the annual SIU Spring Classic starting at 3 p.m. today and continuing at 11 a.m. Saturday.SAMI BOWDENDAILY EGYPTIAN

SIU sophomore pitcher Lee Weld delivers a pitch during a doubleheader against Northern Illinois University Saturday at Abe Martin Field.

JULIA RENDLEMAN | DAILY EGYPTIANBASEBALL RECORDS:SIU—9-12Creighton—10-5

SOFTBALL RECORDS:SIU—19-11, 4-0 MVCCreighton—14-11, 2-0 MVC

W e don’t like Creighton. We really want to beat

them.

— Katie Wilsonsenior outfielder

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