Cristaudo’s Bakery is back in the family, a fact made clear by the framed letter on the front counter.

“You can kind of tell I’ve been around the business for a long time,” owner Rachel Cristaudo said about the letter.

She said she recently found the letter, which she wrote to her mother as a kid, shoved inside a cookbook. In it, she wrote that she hoped her mother was able to turn a pro! t in the baking business.

"What little kid draws pictures of a bu" et line, worries about … how much money you’re making on food and whether or not you’re going to get a break ever, ever again?” she said.

Cristaudo is now drawing on her long history with the business as owner of Cristaudo's Bakery & Catering, which has been under di" erent ownership since 2004. # e doors at its new South Illinois Ave. location across from the Civic Center opened Oct. 28. Currently, baked goods are on the shelves, and carryout breakfast and lunch are on the way, with dining to follow.

Cristaudo's parents, Lorenzo and Lucia Cristaudo, established Cristaudo’s at the Murdale Shopping Center in 1977. She said she pretty much grew up

in the bakery since she was about six. Years a$ er Cristaudo’s became a

Carbondale ! xture, Rachel Cristaudo said she, her partner, Nick Stewart, and her mother planned on buying the bakery from her father to let him retire in 2000.

# en tragedy derailed those plans.Lucia Cristaudo died in a car

accident a$ er taken hostage in a botched robbery at Midwest Cash, where she was manager.

Her death put the plans on hold, Rachel Cristaudo said, and Lorenzo Cristaudo ended up selling the store to someone else in 2004.

From there, Rachel Cristaudo and Stewart tried to buy it back, but plans fell through twice. When they were ! nally able to acquire it, the owners of Murdale Shopping Center had rented out the space to another bakery.

With the old location gone, she said they turned to the owners of the Kaleidoscope on South Illinois Ave. to rent some space.

# ey ended up with the whole building.

“Now we have a giant, beautiful building to ! ll, and it gives you all kinds of ideas of what you could do,” she said.

A$ er acquiring the building, they spent more than a year getting ready for business, Rachel Cristaudo said. # at was twice as long as she expected it to take, she said.

While the biggest delay was money-wrangling, the old building needed a lot of renovations, Rachel Cristaudo said. She said updates included

new plumbing, electrical work, and painting and said they plan redoing the bathrooms.

“It’s all about the bathrooms,” Stewart said.

He said they should take a couple of weeks to ! nish, and then the main dining room can be completed.

A$ er the long process of renovation, Rachel Cristaudo said the opening is exciting.

“It’s like a homecoming for me,” she said.

And Cristaudo’s isn't just a bakery now. In the front of the building is the 6Pence Gi$ Shop. It o" ers a number of trinkets and works by local artists, she said, including work by her father and

vintage items from her mother’s old store, Finders Keepers.

Rachel Cristaudo said they also plan on opening a gallery space in the upstairs apartments.

But of course, the main attraction is still the bakery, and Rachel Cristaudo said the primary goal is to get people’s old favorites back on the shelves.

One favorite is the peak cookie, a pile of chocolate-covered cream on top of a piece of chocolate cake.

Co-owner Leah Maciell said she sold a peak cookie to a couple Saturday, and it was well-received.

“# ey were sitting outside eating it … the guy was actually like, screaming, 'Oh my God, this is the best thing I’ve

ever had,'” she said.Stewart said the recipe is much

more about how you make it, not the ingredients.

Rachel Cristaudo said that’s one reason having the bakery back in family ownership makes a di" erence. While she said the other owners did a good job with it, everyone does things di" erently.

“If you have ! ve di" erent people all making something with the same recipe, you’re going to have ! ve di" erent things,” she said.

However, the importance of having the bakery back in the family may be even simpler.

“I think it matters because that’s (Rachel's) dad on the shirt,” Maciell said.

# e recognizable logo, featuring a mustachioed Lorenzo Cristaudo, now adorns the side of the building.

Rachel Cristaudo said their ! rst customer was another local man with an iconic mustache: Mayor Joel Fritzler.

Fritzler said he looked out his Civic Center o% ce window and noticed the open sign on Cristaudo’s. He said he was going to be in the o% ce for a long time that night, so he needed something to eat.

“# ey’ve got some evil stu" in there,” he said. “Cristaudo’s is going to be a great addition to downtown.”

Cristaudo said despite all the hard work, it’s being able to give people some pleasure that makes it worth it.

Cristaudo's brings back treats, memories

Some faculty are concerned with how faculty relationships and morale between colleagues on campus may be impacted by the strike.

Faculty Senate members discussed how the strike will impact faculty at Tuesday's meeting, which met a quorum because of the absence of striking faculty, despite some member's concerns of absences. # e members discussed the e" ects of the labor dispute, including how it will in& uence relationships between faculty who are participating in the strike and those who are not.

"I think part of the commitment for back-to-work needs to be the spirit of no retaliation, putting this behind

us, and that everybody's going to move forward in a collegial manner, and that includes those that are on the picket line or the bargaining table," Chancellor Rita Cheng said to the senate. "And I believe most people will see it that way, and will move forward without a lot of animosity."

Cheng said there were 131 faculty absent from classes and 15 library faculty striking as of Tuesday, causing 146 total faculty members or 22 percent of the Faculty Association members on strike.

Cheng said striking faculty represents roughly 6 percent of the total instructional force on campus, excluding the School of Law and the School of Medicine.

LAUREN DUNCANDaily Egyptian

Leah Maciell, of Lincoln, prepares the ‘pink’ cookie Tuesday at Cristaudo’s off South Illinois Avenue. Maciell is one of four new owners of Cristaudo’s, which has had three different owners during the last five years.

NATHAN HOEFERT | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Please see SENATE | 4

ELI MILEURDaily Egyptian

Anne Winston-Allen, left, professor of German and chair of the department of foreign languages and literatures, speaks with Morteza Daneshdoost, Faculty Association chair and professor of electrical and computer engineering, in front of protestors Monday outside the Student Center.

Winston-Allen came out of Faner Hall and said a Spanish class had to move to a different classroom because of the noise. She said the disruption was unfair to students who were in class. For a soundslide presentation of the strike, please see www.dailyegyptian.com.

ISAAC SMITH | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Please see CRISTAUDO'S | 3

Faculty Senate talks post-strike campus relations

Cristaudo family re-opens bakery

Union, association continue negotiations

# e Faculty Association and the administration progressed into their third day of bargaining Tuesday.

Negotiations ended late Tuesday and in an email from Chancellor Rita Cheng, she said they will resume today.

Both sides sent messages Monday night expressing where they stood on issues that

separated them in negotiations. # e two teams began discussions at 3 p.m. Sunday and continued for 27 hours before deciding to take a break.

In an email to students, faculty and sta" , Cheng said the administration’s team provided the association with a detailed proposal Monday evening that she said should bring an agreement soon.

A message posted on the FA's website said considerable progress had been made

during the past few days, but stated that major di" erences remained between the proposals.

“# e administration le$ us no alternative to a strike in order to achieve the progress we have made so far,” the press release stated. “With continued resolve and support, we shall secure enough progress to reach a tentative agreement and end this strike.”

SARAH SCHNEIDERDaily Egyptian

Please see STRIKE | 3

D!"#$ E%$&'"!( E!"#"$%& Wednesday, November 9, 20112

Today Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

57°38°

20% chance of precipitation

0% chance of precipitation

30% chance of precipitation

0% chance of precipitation

10% chance of precipitation

56°34°

51°28°

62°50°

65°55°

30% chance of precipitation

About Us) e D!"#$ E%$&'"!( 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 D!"#$ E%$&'"!( online publication can be found at www.dailyegyptian.com.

Mission Statement) e D!"#$ E%$&'"!(, the student-run newspaper of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is

committed to being a trusted source of news, information, commentary and public discourse, while helping readers understand the issues a* ecting their lives.

Copyright Information© 2011 D!"#$ E%$&'"!(. All rights reserved. All content is property of the D!"#$ E%$&'"!( and may not

be reproduced or transmitted without consent. ) e D!"#$ E%$&'"!( is a member of the Illinois College Press Association, Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Advisers Inc.

Publishing Information) e D!"#$ E%$&'"!( is published by the students of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. O+ ces

are in the Communications Building, Room 1259, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901. Bill Freivogel, , scal o+ cer.

! e chancellor's email said the issues were the Reduction in Force article, overload pay, salary increases, sexual harassment and con" ict of interest procedures, furlough days, fair share and a back-to-work agreement.

! e FA’s website said the issues were furloughs, back-to-work agreements and fair share.

During the course of bargaining, an issue was how a # nancial emergency for the campus would be declared.

! e message from the FA indicated the teams have agreed on what the union refers to as securing transparency and accountability in the Reduction in Force language.

! ey have done this by putting a de# nition of # nancial exigency in the contract and clarifying the tenured and tenure-track faculty can strike in the event they challenge the SIU Board

of Trustees' declaration of a # nancial emergency.

! e association had hoped for a binding outside panel or arbitration, the message said.

In her email, Cheng said the teams have agreed to insert criteria required for the board of trustees to declare # nancial exigency in the contract. ! e teams agreed to bargain layo$ s and include the Faculty Association in discussions about the possible need to call # nancial exigency.

“All of these concessions provide additional transparency on the front end of this decisional process,” she said in the email.

! e FA message said the administration's proposal does not have a clear process for determining when furloughs would be necessary. ! e message said the FA’s bargaining team thinks this could undermine the collective bargaining rights by not guaranteeing that salaries are

determined by mutual agreement.“Because the BOT proposal lacks

transparency and accountability, it provides no safeguard against the risk that savings from furloughs would be used not to safeguard our academic mission, but instead to fund other administrative priorities,” the message on the website stated.

! e university has agreed to not implement unpaid days for # scal year 2012 and Cheng said in her email the university has agreed to bargain furloughs with the association.

Cheng said the same salary increases o$ ered to the other three Illinois Education Association unions were o$ ered to the FA.

“In addition, this proposal preserves promotional increases, and e$ orts to grow enrollment increases from the previous contract,” she said in the email.

! e FA has also been o$ ered a wage re-opener for any year of the

agreement, which says if the operating budget increases by 2 percent, tenured and tenure-track faculty can negotiate pay raises, according to Cheng’s email.

In Cheng's email, the chancellor said the university will not reimburse lost wages or bene# ts of faculty members who choose to strike.

“Neither the university nor the association shall retaliate against any employee or student who participates or refrains from participating in the strike,” she said.

! e union’s message said this was an insult to the faculty who exercise their legal right to strike.

“Particularly insulting are the Board’s broad implications that faculty have been engaging in threats and misconduct during the course of the strike,” the message said. “! e FA believes that an important goal for a back-to-work agreement is to build a better relationship between the faculty and the administration.”

STRIKECONTINUED FROM 1

D%&'( E)(*+&%,N!"# 3Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Rachel Cristaudo said despite all the hard work, it’s being able to give people some pleasure that makes it worth it.

“It seriously gives us a lot of pride to know we’re making things that make people happy, and it totally sounds completely cliché … but it’s like, really though, it’s true,” she said.

! e other perk to the job, like that letter on the counter, has to do with sentiment, she said.

“It’s funny to be making things that I remember as a kid, I remember as a teenager," she said. "I remember di$ erent people who ... worked there … I remember learning di$ erent parts and who taught me them, so as you just make a cream pu$ , you think about all these people and all of these di$ erent time periods, and it’s like that with every single thing we make. It’s not just making a cookie.”

CRISTAUDO'SCONTINUED FROM 1

Campus Habitat’s properties in Carbondale and elsewhere will now be owned by new management.

“We’re not in the management business anymore,” said Rob Martin, executive vice president of operations for Campus Habitat.

Management of all of Campus Habitat’s properties was handed over to United Campus Housing Management Group as of Nov.

1, Martin said. ! is includes the buildings at 600 and 820 W. Freeman St., 716 S. University Ave., and 511 S. Graham Ave. in Carbondale, he said.

Campus Habitat is based in New York City and owns buildings in eight states.

! e properties are currently in transition and the switch will have no real e$ ect on tenants, Martin said. From now on, tenants will deal with United Campus Housing, he said, and the employees at the buildings will likely remain the same.

United Campus Housing is a third-party property management group based in Austin, according to its website. It focuses on student housing and provides services such as leasing, sta- ng and operations and construction management, according

to its website.Martin said Campus Habitat chose

United Campus Housing because it was a third-party manager and had experience with properties similar to those owned by Campus Habitat.

Martin said Campus Habitat had planned on moving out of management for about eight months and originally planned to do so at the beginning of 2012, but decided to do it sooner rather than later.

He said the company’s con" icts with the city and building code issues did not play a role in the decision. ! e company’s buildings in Carbondale have been cited for numerous violations, including health, life and safety issues that caused the city to almost close buildings on two occasions. It also owns two

uninhabited buildings at 511 S. Graham St. and 508 S. Wall St., which are undergoing total renovation.

! e city had not yet made contact with United Campus Housing as of Friday, said Kevin Baity, director of economic development.

Baity said the management change won’t a$ ect the city’s dealings with the properties, and inspections will continue at the buildings.

“Nothing has changed,” he said.City Council member Jane Adams

said she hopes the management change means improvements at the distressed buildings.

“We would hope they would handle it more competently than Campus Habitat has handled it,” she said.

Adams said for the new managers

to improve the buildings, Campus Habitat will have to give them responsibility and access to the # nancial resources to make major renovations.

She said she continues to work on an ordinance that would set new requirements for property managers in the city. It would require landlords not only to have a local agent, but a local manager who’s been through training with the city to learn building codes, procedures and contacts, Adams said.

“So you don’t have the case of someone coming in as designated property manager who doesn’t know anything,” she said.

Eli Mileur can be reached at emileur@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 266.

Campus Habitat hands over management to third party

ELI MILEURDaily Egyptian

Company: choice made months ago

D!"#$ E%$&'"!( N!"#4 Wednesday, November 9, 2011

She said striking faculty represents roughly 6 percent of the total instructional force on campus, excluding the School of Law and the School of Medicine.

"As of this point, 1.8 percent of our total class offerings have been affected," she said.

While post-strike adjustments between faculty may not be addressed until bargaining ends, Faculty Senate member Jose Ruiz asked the chancellor to address his concern of present faculty relationships.

"I've actually heard rumors … that some junior faculty are being intimidated by senior faculty," he said.

After the chancellor confirmed the administration had heard such a rumor, Ruiz said he believed it created an underlying problem.

"There is the obvious power differentiation that we all are aware of in the academy, the senior faculty and the non-tenured junior faculty, and I think we have to be aware of that and make sure that our young scholars don't feel any intimidation," Cheng said.

Faculty Senate Vice President Gary Apgar said he thinks some faculty who have crossed the picket line have been uncomfortable verifying they are at work during the strike.

"I think there are faculty who have come in, crossed the line, because of their student focus, and they feel — I'll use their terminology, that there have been some 'Gestapo tactics' to ensure that they're in the classroom and that they have to sign the verification form assuring they've done all their committed responsibilities in the prior week," he said. "So I think we have a morale problem that's growing with those people that are really doing their job."

Provost John Nicklow said the administration is trying to put a system in place to ensure courses are instructed.

"It's certainly not the intent, however, we have a situation on campus and something I do not want to do is not pay somebody who is teaching in a classroom," he said. "We're trying to be very systematic. It concerns me that it's being viewed as Gestapo-like, but it's very systemic, and the deans and chairs have been asked to step up and help assess who is in, who is out."

Cheng said each college will have to address the issue of impacted relationships at faculty meetings and that department chairs will have to keep tensions in mind.

"Clearly, we'll need to address any activity, but a lot of this is not going to be overt. It's going to be attitude and feelings that will be harbored perhaps by individuals," she said.

In addition to how feelings will be addressed post-strike, the senate members discussed how courses are being covered. Faculty Senate President William Recktenwald asked how many classes have been cancelled due to the strike. Nicklow said instructors have not been found for 66 classes.

"That would be the number we've not been able to find sufficient replacements, and due to that have been cancelled, or what's happening (Tuesday), is some facilitation of peer-to-peer learning," Nicklow said.

Ken Anderson, a Faculty Senate member, said he had heard reports of faculty showing up for role call and then dismissing class and leaving. The chancellor said some of those incidents occurred when classes met for the first time without an instructor last week.

"There is some very disturbing types of incidents that occurred," Cheng said.

STRIKECONTINUED FROM 1

A! er having an attendance monitor " ll in for their striking instructor, students in History 101A, History of World Civilization to 1500, were taught by former employee Betsy George as the strike continues its second week.

Nearly 70 percent of students attended the 12:35 p.m. introductory history class Tuesday in Lawson Hall. Despite George having the syllabus on hand, students said they were frustrated with the complete di# erence in lecture content. Dissatis" ed with the lecture's progress, seven students le! during a 10-minute span.

Nicholas Lach, a junior from Murphysboro studying automotive technology, and Michael $ omas, a junior from Chicago studying automotive technology, both le! the classroom early.

“It’s a joke," Lach said. "$ ere is nothing that holds any relevance to the class lesson or the outline.”

$ omas agreed. “Our teacher was teaching us

something completely di# erent than what this lady is teaching us now, it’s like two di# erent subjects,” he said.

Both students said despite their frustration, they will attend their sections.

Desiree Piatt, a senior from San Antonio, studying political science, said the strike has had a detrimental e# ect on her opinion of the university. She said her physics professor is striking, an absence that she believes derailed the class’s focus.

A! er logging into Blackboard today, Piatt said she noticed that everything related to the course has been taken down, including

assignments, grades and messages. She said only a course syllabus remained.

Piatt said her substitute instructor is a researcher in the department. Instead of adhering to material from the book or lectures from the syllabus, she said he opted for experiments of his choosing that were unrelated to the original course material.

Piatt said the course, which has 40 to 50 registered students, had only seven students in Tuesday’s lecture. She said the instructor told the class he would no longer be taking attendance and the course would be o# ered on a pass/fail basis.

Piatt said she’s very concerned by the change in class structure and its possible impact on her grade point average. She said it’s unfair that for

the amount of work she put into the course, her " nal grade would only equate her work as a credit or non-credit summary.

Piatt said she’s already applied to another university and has received her letter of admission.

A! er transferring to SIU last fall, Piatt said she saw the university as a school where she could focus on her academics. With that now in

jeopardy, she said she’s willing to deal with the troubles of transferring to another school for her last semester of undergraduate study.

Piatt said she paid to be taught by speci" c professors who hold merit and prestige, and if she was unable receive instruction from those quali" ed individuals, she would attend a university that met her requests.

As a single mother who makes $36,000 a year, Rachel Taylor said she only spends $220 a month because of extreme couponing.

Taylor, a graduate student in workforce education and development from West Frankfort, said in tough economic times, college students " nd it hard to make ends meet. She said extreme couponing creates a system of accountability and sustainability for students.

“What someone typically doesn’t realize is when they begin couponing, they alter their mindset about money and " nancial matters,” she said. “You can begin o# setting your daily budget by utilizing these extra coupons, purchasing the item when it’s on sale and purchasing quantities of the item you typically use.”

In May, 585,000 people were unemployed in Illinois, giving the state an unemployment rate of 8.9 percent compared to the national unemployment rate of 9.1 percent,

according to the State of Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka's o% cial website.

Taylor said people also engage in extreme couponing as a hobby. She said she originally began extreme couponing as part of her undergraduate curriculum to create a lesson plan for a class.

“I began teaching other single parents, college students and anybody who might have a deprivation or even be at the lowest totem pole of economic stature,” she said.

Taylor said couponing allows students to reduce living expenses and maximize their investment.

Darris Miles, a senior from Chicago in architectural studies, said he got started in couponing a! er watching the show “Extreme Couponing” on the TLC network.

“It was pretty in& uential and very amazing to see how people would get loads of food and supplies for close to nothing,” he said.

Miles said he began to use coupons as a hobby, but a! er a certain amount of time the habit almost turned into greed.

“It was like the taste of a drug because the " rst time you get something free you never have that feeling where you could walk into a store and walk out without paying anything,” he said. “It was so easy that it was almost greed, like what else can we get.”

Taylor said although some may see extreme couponing as a means of making unnecessary purchases, she said it's a great expenditure for students who have to budget their money wisely.

Taylor said she was able to go from having large proportions of debt as a student and being a single parent to having the ability to provide all the essential needs and wants for family members.

“It’s crazy that people lay awake at night out of fear from creditors thinking, ‘How can I wake up and repeat the same cycle, because I’m not getting anything,’” she said.

Andriana Sturgis, a senior from Joliet studying information systems technologies, said she became interested in couponing a! er she witnessed a customer at Wal-Mart

spend $150 on groceries that were valued at $400.

She said she looks at couponing as a necessity because, as a college student, she is on a tight budget. Sturgis aid any amount of extra money she saves helps with her phone, cable and electricity bill. Sturgis said the use of coupons has helped her save an average of $150 a month.

“I am a full-time student and part-time worker, and the amount that I spend monthly outweighs the amount that I make,” she said. “Even though it is only $150, it does help out. $ at’s less overnight hours I have to pick up at work, and less I have to ask my parents for extra money.”

Miles said the savings built up from couponing can be used toward bills and other expenses students need. He said if a person could invest the time in couponing, the work would pay o# and a student would not need to buy household items for up to three to six months.

“It’s quite time-consuming, but it has a huge bene" t to the college student who’s pinching,

stretching and saving their dollar,” he said. “It’s almost like a business investment, where you spend a little time and money and it can save you three to six months down the line easily.”

Sturgis said college is the best time for students to learn the importance of a dollar. Once a student moves from the dorms to o# -campus housing, the responsibilities pile on, she said.

“Stretching your dollar is very important,” she said. “Many of us are living above our means. We should pay more attention to the way the economy is because the price of necessities continues to & uctuate, but ... our minimum wage does not.”

With couponing, Taylor said students can see the value of their dollar increase.

“What begins to manifest is that you don’t see boundaries anymore,” she said. “You see it as potential instead.”

Karl Bullock can be reached at kbullock@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 259.

KARL BULLOCKDaily Egyptian

Students stretch dollar’s value with coupons

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 5

Alexandra Kane, a junior from Libertyville studying anthropology, unites the crowd of picketers Tuesday outside Anthony Hall. The

protestors will meet at 2 p.m. today for the third day in a row to chant and march through campus.

NATHAN HOEFERT | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Tensions grow as supplemental instruction continuesJACQUELINE MUHAMMADDaily Egyptian

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(N!"# 7Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Cain troubles loom over Wednesday’s GOP debate

WASHINGTON — ) e economy is supposed to be the focus when Republican presidential contenders share a debate stage for the * rst time since allegations of sexual impropriety rocked Republican Herman Cain’s presidential bid.

But as the candidates gather Wednesday in ailing Michigan, Cain’s troubles are certain to loom large over the Oakland University debate hall — whether or not the rivals address the accusations directly during the two-hour face o+ .

With voting in the GOP nomination race set to begin in fewer than 60 days, Republican o, cials and presidential contenders alike are growing increasingly frustrated that the political conversation has been hijacked by the furor surrounding Cain.

“Only Herman Cain can address the issues before him. In the meantime

it’s sucking all the oxygen out of the room, depriving the people of this country from a conversation about the issues that really do matter,” Republican contender and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman told ) e Associated Press Tuesday.

“) at’s the price we pay when these things happen,” he said.

Like the rest of Cain’s opponents, Huntsman did not call for him to leave the presidential contest or rush to his defense, illustrating the sensitivity — and the unpredictability — of the escalating situation. In a multi-candidate * eld, there’s no guarantee that one candidate’s demise will be any single candidate’s gain.

Even so, some of Cain rivals — namely fellow conservatives who are struggling to gain ground against better-known, better-funded rivals — sense an opportunity to steal support away from the former businessman should he implode a- er recently emerging as the strongest challenger

to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in some polls. At the same time, Romney’s steady-as-it-goes campaign — focused primarily on the general election and President Barack Obama — could bene* t from an extended distraction as the political attacks are focused elsewhere.

Romney is considered the man to beat in the evolving Republican contest to face Obama next fall.

) e other candidates have had mixed success jockeying to emerge as the Romney alternative for several months. It looked as if Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was rising earlier in the summer, but she faded a- er the brief rise of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. A- er Perry stumbled through recent debates, Cain took his place near the top of many early state polls and national surveys.

With Cain’s political future now uncertain, some see potential in former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has a history of personal problems as well.

PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press

D!"#$ E%$&'"!( N!"#6 Wednesday, November 9, 2011

U. of Ill. investigation faults law school dean

CHAMPAIGN — An assistant dean at the University of Illinois College of Law in) ated grades and entrance exam scores for several years for incoming students in data that was posted online, according to a report released Monday by the university.

University o* cials say Paul Pless was placed on administrative leave and has since resigned. + ey say an outside law , rm and a forensic data analysis company was hired in September a- er

complaints and the discovery that data posted for the class of 2014 was inaccurate.

“+ e investigation has concluded that a single individual, no longer employed by the college, was responsible for these inaccuracies,” law school Dean Bruce Smith said in a statement. “+ e college takes seriously the issue of data integrity and intends to implement the report’s recommendations promptly and comprehensively. As the report properly recognizes, the College of Law remains one of the nation’s premier law schools. We are con, dent that we will justify that assessment

with data that are accurate, transparent and unimpeachable.”

Pless does not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment.

The investigative team, which included the law firm Jones day and data analysis firm Duff & Phelps, found inaccuracies in six of the 10 years reviewed. In addition to being posted online, the inaccurate data was forwarded to the American Bar Association and ranking organizations, such as the influential U.S. News & World Report.

+ e investigation found the law

school reported inaccurate LSAT and GPA statistics for the class of 2008 and the classes of 2010 through 2014. + e law school also reported inaccurate acceptance rate data with respect to the classes of 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Pless, who was assistant dean for seven years, was responsible for reporting the data. Acceptance data showed steady, and occasionally dramatic, improvement in the main factors used to gauge the academic credentials of a law school class. According to the 114-page report, the investigation found data discrepancies were not random or

the result of inadvertent errors.Margaret Daley of Du. &

Phelps said the numbers “were altered speci, cally, and o- en just slightly,” to meet recruitment goals and ranking targets, indicating an attempt to show the College of Law brought in an even more highly credentialed class.

+ e report made eight recommendations, including the correction of erroneous data, and controls that include data monitoring, auditing and separation of duties as well as steps to ensure a culture of integrity and ethical conduct.

STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(N!"# 7Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Cain troubles loom over Wednesday’s GOP debate

WASHINGTON — ) e economy is supposed to be the focus when Republican presidential contenders share a debate stage for the * rst time since allegations of sexual impropriety rocked Republican Herman Cain’s presidential bid.

But as the candidates gather Wednesday in ailing Michigan, Cain’s troubles are certain to loom large over the Oakland University debate hall — whether or not the rivals address the accusations directly during the two-hour face o+ .

With voting in the GOP nomination race set to begin in fewer than 60 days, Republican o, cials and presidential contenders alike are growing increasingly frustrated that the political conversation has been hijacked by the furor surrounding Cain.

“Only Herman Cain can address the issues before him. In the meantime

it’s sucking all the oxygen out of the room, depriving the people of this country from a conversation about the issues that really do matter,” Republican contender and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman told ) e Associated Press Tuesday.

“) at’s the price we pay when these things happen,” he said.

Like the rest of Cain’s opponents, Huntsman did not call for him to leave the presidential contest or rush to his defense, illustrating the sensitivity — and the unpredictability — of the escalating situation. In a multi-candidate * eld, there’s no guarantee that one candidate’s demise will be any single candidate’s gain.

Even so, some of Cain rivals — namely fellow conservatives who are struggling to gain ground against better-known, better-funded rivals — sense an opportunity to steal support away from the former businessman should he implode a- er recently emerging as the strongest challenger

to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in some polls. At the same time, Romney’s steady-as-it-goes campaign — focused primarily on the general election and President Barack Obama — could bene* t from an extended distraction as the political attacks are focused elsewhere.

Romney is considered the man to beat in the evolving Republican contest to face Obama next fall.

) e other candidates have had mixed success jockeying to emerge as the Romney alternative for several months. It looked as if Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was rising earlier in the summer, but she faded a- er the brief rise of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. A- er Perry stumbled through recent debates, Cain took his place near the top of many early state polls and national surveys.

With Cain’s political future now uncertain, some see potential in former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has a history of personal problems as well.

PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(8 Wednesday, November 9, 2011C!"##$%$&'#

A! er having an attendance monitor " ll in for their striking instructor, students in History 101A, History of World Civilization to 1500, were taught by former employee Betsy George as the strike continues its second week.

Nearly 70 percent of students attended the 12:35 p.m. introductory history class Tuesday in Lawson Hall. Despite George having the syllabus on hand, students said they were frustrated with the complete di# erence in lecture content. Dissatis" ed with the lecture's progress, seven students le! during a 10-minute span.

Nicholas Lach, a junior from Murphysboro studying automotive technology, and Michael $ omas, a junior from Chicago studying automotive technology, both le! the classroom early.

“It’s a joke," Lach said. "$ ere is nothing that holds any relevance to the class lesson or the outline.”

$ omas agreed. “Our teacher was teaching us

something completely di# erent than what this lady is teaching us now, it’s like two di# erent subjects,” he said.

Both students said despite their frustration, they will attend their sections.

Desiree Piatt, a senior from San Antonio, studying political science, said the strike has had a detrimental e# ect on her opinion of the university. She said her physics professor is striking, an absence that she believes derailed the class’s focus.

A! er logging into Blackboard today, Piatt said she noticed that everything related to the course has been taken down, including

assignments, grades and messages. She said only a course syllabus remained.

Piatt said her substitute instructor is a researcher in the department. Instead of adhering to material from the book or lectures from the syllabus, she said he opted for experiments of his choosing that were unrelated to the original course material.

Piatt said the course, which has 40 to 50 registered students, had only seven students in Tuesday’s lecture. She said the instructor told the class he would no longer be taking attendance and the course would be o# ered on a pass/fail basis.

Piatt said she’s very concerned by the change in class structure and its possible impact on her grade point average. She said it’s unfair that for

the amount of work she put into the course, her " nal grade would only equate her work as a credit or non-credit summary.

Piatt said she’s already applied to another university and has received her letter of admission.

A! er transferring to SIU last fall, Piatt said she saw the university as a school where she could focus on her academics. With that now in

jeopardy, she said she’s willing to deal with the troubles of transferring to another school for her last semester of undergraduate study.

Piatt said she paid to be taught by speci" c professors who hold merit and prestige, and if she was unable receive instruction from those quali" ed individuals, she would attend a university that met her requests.

As a single mother who makes $36,000 a year, Rachel Taylor said she only spends $220 a month because of extreme couponing.

Taylor, a graduate student in workforce education and development from West Frankfort, said in tough economic times, college students " nd it hard to make ends meet. She said extreme couponing creates a system of accountability and sustainability for students.

“What someone typically doesn’t realize is when they begin couponing, they alter their mindset about money and " nancial matters,” she said. “You can begin o# setting your daily budget by utilizing these extra coupons, purchasing the item when it’s on sale and purchasing quantities of the item you typically use.”

In May, 585,000 people were unemployed in Illinois, giving the state an unemployment rate of 8.9 percent compared to the national unemployment rate of 9.1 percent,

according to the State of Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka's o% cial website.

Taylor said people also engage in extreme couponing as a hobby. She said she originally began extreme couponing as part of her undergraduate curriculum to create a lesson plan for a class.

“I began teaching other single parents, college students and anybody who might have a deprivation or even be at the lowest totem pole of economic stature,” she said.

Taylor said couponing allows students to reduce living expenses and maximize their investment.

Darris Miles, a senior from Chicago in architectural studies, said he got started in couponing a! er watching the show “Extreme Couponing” on the TLC network.

“It was pretty in& uential and very amazing to see how people would get loads of food and supplies for close to nothing,” he said.

Miles said he began to use coupons as a hobby, but a! er a certain amount of time the habit almost turned into greed.

“It was like the taste of a drug because the " rst time you get something free you never have that feeling where you could walk into a store and walk out without paying anything,” he said. “It was so easy that it was almost greed, like what else can we get.”

Taylor said although some may see extreme couponing as a means of making unnecessary purchases, she said it's a great expenditure for students who have to budget their money wisely.

Taylor said she was able to go from having large proportions of debt as a student and being a single parent to having the ability to provide all the essential needs and wants for family members.

“It’s crazy that people lay awake at night out of fear from creditors thinking, ‘How can I wake up and repeat the same cycle, because I’m not getting anything,’” she said.

Andriana Sturgis, a senior from Joliet studying information systems technologies, said she became interested in couponing a! er she witnessed a customer at Wal-Mart

spend $150 on groceries that were valued at $400.

She said she looks at couponing as a necessity because, as a college student, she is on a tight budget. Sturgis aid any amount of extra money she saves helps with her phone, cable and electricity bill. Sturgis said the use of coupons has helped her save an average of $150 a month.

“I am a full-time student and part-time worker, and the amount that I spend monthly outweighs the amount that I make,” she said. “Even though it is only $150, it does help out. $ at’s less overnight hours I have to pick up at work, and less I have to ask my parents for extra money.”

Miles said the savings built up from couponing can be used toward bills and other expenses students need. He said if a person could invest the time in couponing, the work would pay o# and a student would not need to buy household items for up to three to six months.

“It’s quite time-consuming, but it has a huge bene" t to the college student who’s pinching,

stretching and saving their dollar,” he said. “It’s almost like a business investment, where you spend a little time and money and it can save you three to six months down the line easily.”

Sturgis said college is the best time for students to learn the importance of a dollar. Once a student moves from the dorms to o# -campus housing, the responsibilities pile on, she said.

“Stretching your dollar is very important,” she said. “Many of us are living above our means. We should pay more attention to the way the economy is because the price of necessities continues to & uctuate, but ... our minimum wage does not.”

With couponing, Taylor said students can see the value of their dollar increase.

“What begins to manifest is that you don’t see boundaries anymore,” she said. “You see it as potential instead.”

Karl Bullock can be reached at kbullock@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 259.

KARL BULLOCKDaily Egyptian

Students stretch dollar’s value with coupons

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 5

Alexandra Kane, a junior from Libertyville studying anthropology, unites the crowd of picketers Tuesday outside Anthony Hall. The

protestors will meet at 2 p.m. today for the third day in a row to chant and march through campus.

NATHAN HOEFERT | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Tensions grow as supplemental instruction continuesJACQUELINE MUHAMMADDaily Egyptian

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(C!"#$%Wednesday, November 9, 2011 9

ACROSS1 Primus “Frizzle ___”4 Tori ___8 Pete Townshend “Let My Love ___

the Door”12 Three-piece band13 He was a “Rolling Stone”14 Weak NIN song, with “The”?16 “Running Up that ___” Kate Bush17 GNR “Pretty ___ Up”18 Van Morrison “Full ___ Gale”19 Infant songs, perhaps?21 The “Nancy” Relient K loves23 What a hanger-on does to a rocker24 Ray Charles “What’d I ___”25 Backstage, for example27 Violent Femmes “___ It Up”29 Engineer Parsons30 What Sugar Ray just wanted to do31 Stormtroopers of Death, briefly34 What girls in music videos are37 Stevie Wonder’s “Sir”38 ___ DiFranco39 Difficult kind of performance40 “Moon Safari” French duo41 “Dark Side of the Moon” classic42 Motorhead “___ Of Spades”43 Elvis’ title?45 Type of piano or scholar47 Ray Charles “Hide ___ Hair”48 Part of the “Line” the Traveling

Wilburys were going to49 Uriah ___50 Pink Floyd’s original frontman51 Kiss “___ Your Love”52 Bed for a struggling musician?55 What Alice Cooper told us to raise in

’8758 “This Land Is ___ Land”60 What Pink didn’t want her man to do

on the “Funhouse” album62 A band with perfect chemistry64 Moby song off “Hotel”66 Ben Folds Five “Whatever and Ever ___”67 L.A.’s ___ Of Rockets68 Sedgwick-inspired Cult song69 Monthly struggle for unsigned rocker70 Eddie Cochran “Somethin’ ___”71 Ozzy “No ___ for the Wicked”72 ___ LobosDOWN1 Sang “I Know There’s Something

Going On”2 Drummer Steve of L.A. Guns3 ___ Tengo4 Very good guitar student5 Iron ___6 Only the best rockers could also sing

this7 She warned us about a “Smooth

Operator”8 “Kiss You ___” Scissor Sisters

9 Parents when their punk kid gets rich10 What improv musicians need to have11 Beach Boys “Wouldn’t It Be ___”12 Huey Lewis “If ___ Is It”15 Guitar pioneer Paul20 Pepa’s partner22 “I ___ the Line” Johnny Cash26 Oscar-winning Jamie Foxx role28 Deadhead tie-___ T-shirts29 South African rockers Henry ___30 New Zealanders ___ Patrol31 Right ___ Fred32 “Lean ___, when you’re not strong”33 Daylight ___ (melodic death/doom

band)34 Pop punk band Simple ___35 He wasn’t too “Suave”36 “This is the best song ___!”37 Had hit “Believe” in ’9340 “Crimson ___ Clover”41 Where all stars want to be43 Stevie’s “Songs in the ___ of Life”44 Awards for venues, artists and pro-

moters45 ___ Horton Heat (abbr)46 Swedish metal band49 Iron Maiden’s Steve50 Robbie Williams’ “Meet the ___”51 Leathery band from UK?52 “Word Up” R&Bsters53 “Into the ___” Blessed Death54 Woodstock necessity55 Drummer Anton56 Monty Python member and com-

poser Eric57 Got a “kiss from a rose”59 Final Jimmy Eat World jam?61 Bowie guitarist ___ Slick63 ___ “Scratch” Perry65 “B-b-b-baby you just ain’t seen

nothing ___”

Puzzle was a Rolling Stone by Todd Santos

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

© 2011 Universal Uclickwww.upuzzles.com

Puzzle was a Rolling Stone10/23

10/16

(Answers tomorrow)MUSIC AWARD DENOTE BETTORYesterday’s Jumbles:

Answer: His prize-winning sourdough was the —TOAST OF THE TOWN

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

Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.

THAPC

NEYDE

SOLISF

ORRWUB

©2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.All Rights Reserved.

Find

us

on F

aceb

ook

http

://w

ww.

face

book

.com

/jum

ble

APrint answer here:

THE Daily Commuter Puzzle by Jacqueline E. Mathews

FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 9, 2011

ACROSS1 Gobbled up4 Hindu teacher9 “__ the night

beforeChristmas...”

13 Consommé orchowder

15 Home of logs16 Acting part17 Throw18 Beverly __, CA19 Goad; egg on20 Theodore or

Franklin22 __ West of TV’s

“Batman”23 Heavy book24 Actor McKellen26 __ of Liberty29 Make a hole in34 Smarter35 Twist or tango36 Prefix for fat or

sense37 Surrounded by38 Understood,

but not spoken39 Horse used for

breeding40 Scarlet or ruby41 Baby hooter42 Elevate43 Gloomier45 __ in for;

replacedtemporarily

46 Hairstyling goo47 Circus

covering48 Calendar

square51 About to occur56 Cooking

chamber57 Melon or

squash58 Close at hand60 Element mixed

with copper tomake brass

61 Steed62 1967 Montreal

event63 Singer/actor

Nelson

DOWN1 Bit of soot2 Sightseeing trip3 Franc replacer4 Crafty plan5 Give up, as

one’s rights6 Qualified7 Pepper holder8 Gut feeling9 One playing

hooky10 Dictionary entry11 Seaweed12 Appear14 Conspired21 Bitter25 Top card26 Grass-covered

stretch of land27 Stopwatch28 Put __; shelve29 Indiana

hoopster30 Military division31 Up to the time

that

35 Valley38 Early evening39 Soda cracker41 Mine car load42 Orange peel44 Office where a

temp applies

48 Fall asleep49 Enthusiastic50 Take care of52 Anchor a bo53 Immaculate54 Teller’s cry55 Stare

Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved

(c) 2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.All Rights Reserved.

Aries – Today is an 8 – It’s easy to just bluster through financially. You’ve got confidence, ambition and power. Keep it inside a plan, and don’t spend wildly. Make an emotional appeal.

Taurus – Today is a 9 – Learn how to be prepared from another’s emergency. Friends are ready to lend a hand, and a strong back or two, if you need them. Better safe than sorry.

Gemini – Today is a 6 – Slow down and contemplate. Procrastination is knocking on your door. Indulge it productively by cleaning house, but only if you can keep your deadlines.

Cancer – Today is an 8 – Begin a new project. Stumble upon your creative self and make things happen. Accept a generous offer for your work. You can see farther. Focus on abundance.

Leo – Today is a 7 – Follow your intuition when it comes to career now. Dare for bold and audacious dreams, and go for them. Pay back a debt. The money’s available. Plan your actions.

Virgo – Today is a 9 – This could be a lucky break for you. Remember that love’s the bottom line. Material abundance is nice and could just flow easily. Say “thank you.”

Libra – Today is a 9 – What you’ve learned is being tested now. Don’t worry about the final score, just enjoy the process. Finances flow for the next few days.

Scorpio – Today is an 8 – Your relationships are becoming stronger. Take care of others like you would like them to take care of you. Join forces with a master of surprises.

Sagittarius – Today is a 9 – Make sure that you get plenty of rest as the action gets more hectic. Don’t take it (or yourself ) too seriously, or you may burn out. Pace yourself. You can do it.

Capricorn – Today is a 7 – You’re lucky in love for the next few days, although there may be some competition. Finish a contract or document, and get into a new project. Your connections open doors.

Aquarius – Today is an 8 – You have a lot that is hidden from view. Find change by cleaning at home. When everything’s in order, new possibilities arise. Clean finances, too (and earn gold stars.)

Pisces – Today is an 8 – Dive into a research project. Shut yourself away in a quiet place, and the solutions reveal themselves. You retain the information with ease.

: 1 2 3 4

THAPC

NEYDE

SOLISF

ORRWUB

©2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.All Rights Reserved.

Find

us

on F

aceb

ook

http

://w

ww.

face

book

.com

/jum

ble

D!"#$ E%$&'"!( S!"#$ B%&'( Wednesday, November 9, 201110

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(S!"#$% 11Wednesday, November 9, 2011

COLUMN

Despite another runner-up ) nish, four Salukis placed in the top 10 for the men with sophomore Zach Dahleen, who ) nished ) rst for SIU and third overall with an 8K time of 25:18.8.

Dahleen said those on the team

are upset because they didn’t win conference but look to improve next week.

“We are a young team with a lot of potential for next year,” Dahleen said. “We are con) dent in our training, so we will race well this weekend.”

Other Salukis who contributed to the second-place ) nish were

senior Neal Anderson in ) * h place with a time of 25:20.7; sophomore Brian Dixon in ninth with a time of 25:30.6; and freshman Cole Allison with a 10th place ) nish coming in a mere second behind Dixon.

+ e women ) nished seventh overall in the 5K championship event with senior Jamie P) ster being the top dog for the Saluki

women, as she ) nished 15th overall with a time of 18:29.2.

Sparks said the women’s team has su, ered some illnesses and injuries this season, which caused two top Salukis to be out for the season.

“We have been trying to put things back together losing our two top performers, but we begin to

rebuild again from there,” Sparks said.

Freshman Lacey Gibson ) nished 16th with a time of 18:32.7, along with Eileen Schweiss who placed 35th with a time of 19:06.9 and Tori Parry who ) nished 44th.

Sadie Darnell, Sarah McIntosh, and Mobola Rotibi all had close ) nishes, placing 57, 59 and 60th.

CROSS-COUNTRYCONTINUED FROM 12

Redshirt freshman MyCole Pruitt has emerged as the go-to guy for the Salukis in his ) rst full season, grabbing a team-high 36 receptions.

Murray State, Northern Iowa and Missouri State all sought Pruitt’s services coming out of Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Mo. If it wasn’t for travel issues, Pruitt might have lined up against the Salukis in Northern Iowa’s purple and gold.

“I was getting ready to take a visit (to Northern Iowa), but then a couple things got messed up and I couldn‘t visit,” Pruitt said. “+ en they told me they gave out all their scholarships, so I was like, ‘Forget you, then.’”

Pruitt said he could never ) nd someone willing to travel the 340 miles between his high school and Cedar Falls, Iowa, so his college decision eventually came down to SIU and Missouri State. He said he took a few engineering classes in high school, which attracted him to the SIU engineering program.

“I started liking it, and I just wanted to continue with it and also try to make a lot of money,” Pruitt said with a laugh. “(+ e money) was a big part of it, but I also like to be hands-on, creating stu, .”

Pruitt’s creativity on the ) eld has made him a favorite target for redshirt sophomore quarterback Kory Faulkner, who said Pruitt’s ability to make catches is only part of what he brings to the ) eld.

“He’s working hard to get open, and he’s de) nitely made

some play for us the past couple weeks, ” Faulkner said. “He’s got a big body. He’s a great athlete and catches everything you throw in his direction.”

Pruitt stands at 6-feet-3-inches and 241 pounds, but he gained 20 of those pounds during his redshirt season.

“+ ey had us in the weight room a lot, but that Trueblood food didn’t hurt either,” Pruitt said.

If the food at Trueblood has slowed Pruitt down, o, ensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer hasn’t noticed. In Monday’s press conference, DeBoer said Pruitt’s role with the team has expanded and he’s now involved in every single o, ensive snap for the Salukis.

For the rest of the story, please seewww.dailyegyptian.com.

Pruitt shines in ! rst full season with SalukisJOE RAGUSADaily Egyptian

Freshman tight end MyCole Pruitt runs a blocking drill Tuesday during SIU football practice. Pruitt, an engineering major from St. Louis, has been the team’s top receiver for the past five games. The Saluki football team will face the Eastern Illinois University Panthers at 2 p.m. Saturday at Saluki Stadium.

SARAH GARDNER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

+ e St. Louis Cardinals have a vast majority of their lineup returning for next season, however, the combination of changes the team will, and might, make could have a lot to do with the amount of success in 2012.

While most agree that the contract with Albert Pujols will

have the single biggest impact in 2012, it’s perhaps the mix of players and coaching sta, that could control the fate of another potential World Series contender.

+ e incoming manager stands as another determining factor. With the abrupt retirement of long-time manager Tony La Russa, the new hiree will have an ideal lineup to walk in to, but a lot of pressure will come with the managerial duties.

+ e previous three Cardinals managers are La Russa, Joe Torre and Whitey Herzog — three managers likely to end up in Cooperstown.

A week and a half into the interviewing process, the Cardinals have talked to, or will talk to, at least six individuals by Friday for the vacant position. However, only one of the potential suitors has any previous MLB coaching experience.

Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona is the most recent name added to the list, as he met or will meet with the Cardinals’ organization. + e team has not yet commented on where they are in the process.

With more than 12 years of experience, Francona is likely to be resting on the top of the team’s list of realistic inquirers.

Other applicants include Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo and former Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg, both of whom are rumored to be interviewed today.

Former Cardinals catcher Mike Matheny, Memphis Redbirds manager Chris Maloney and 2011 White Sox triple-A a- liate manager Joe McEwing have also reportedly interviewed for the job.

Whoever does receive the new

position should have plenty of talent and depth to ) eld a team.

+ e starting rotation should be pretty well set with the re-signing of the team’s ace Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright coming back from Tommy John surgery and the return of Kyle Lohse and Jaime Garcia.

+ e bullpen shouldn’t be too di, erent either with Jason Motte, Lance Lynn, Eduardo Sanchez and Fernando Salas.

+ e team should also be set with some depth on the bench, with the exception of the release of shortstop Rafael Furcal, and the possibility of parting ways with Pujols.

+ is is a team that ) nished on top of the National League in RBIs, runs, hits and batting average.

+ e Cardinals ) nished with a .273 team batting average, ahead of the second-place New York Mets

with their .264 average.Even if you eliminate the 579

at-bats and 173 hits Pujols had, St. Louis still would have ) nished on top with an average of .270.

+ ough most Cardinals fans would elect to keep Pujols in St. Louis, assuming the price is right, it appears the team could still have plenty of success without him.

+ e door is open and all are well aware that he could be wearing a di, erent jersey come April, and even possibly committing a Cardinal sin of becoming a Chicago Cub.

Even if that happens, at least he’ll still be in St. Louis come the home opener, which could make for one eerie Friday the 13th.

Cory Downer can be reached at cdowner@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 256.

The process has started for another year in St. Louis

CORY DOWNERDaily Egyptian

Redshirt sophomore leads team in receptions

The regular season came to an end for the SIU cross-country team with the conference championship, as the women claimed seventh place and the men their third consecutive second-place finish.

The men’s team came up short in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship in Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 30 to Indiana State. Despite another second-place finish for the Salukis, the team is set for the 33rd NCAA Midwest Regional Cross-country Championship in DeKalb Saturday, which includes schools from 10 conferences.

Coach Matt Sparks said the championship went well but the team has expressed some frustrations of coming close to ! rst-place ! nishes each year.

“It’s a little bit bittersweet to be that close,” Sparks said with a chuckle. “It’s always great to ! nish in the upper half, but at this point, we’re kind of tired of getting the

smaller trophies. Every year there’s always a discussion that we are going for the big trophy, and we’ve come up short.”

Sophomore T.J. He" ernan said the runners were discouraged a# er they lost the meet to the Sycamores at the MVC Championship.

“Going into the conference meet, we thought we had a good chance of taking first place, but the race went out in favor of Indiana State,” Heffernan said. “We let them dictate how they wanted to race it.”

He said the Salukis are overwhelmed with mediocre ! nishes, but they hope to redeem themselves at the NCAA Midwest Regional.

“We are sick of getting second place to Indiana State year a# er year,” He" ernan said. “$ is performance made us realize that we need to work harder and race harder in order to prove to ourselves and the people in our conference that we are the better team. $ is starts at regionals on Saturday and for future years to come.”

Salukis tune up for Regional TournamentBRANDON WILLINGHAMDaily Egyptian

The SIU women’s cross-country team stretches Tuesday at the cross-country trail outside Abe Martin Field. Both the men and

women’s teams travel to DeKalb Saturday to compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional Cross-Country Championship.

STEVE MATZKER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

COLUMN FOOTBALL

Please see CROSS!COUNTRY | 11