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Kaitlyn Hankey, a freshman from Steger studying math and physical education, bowls during league night at the Student Center’s

Bowling and Billiards. Hankey is one of four members of Victorious Secrets, one of the six bowling league teams on campus.

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BRANDON COLEMANDaily Egyptian

BOWLING LEAGUES

The oft-dreaded 7-10 split doesn’t phase Franklin Frazier.

After participating in league bowling since he was five years old, Frazier, a junior from Mount Carmel studying electronic systems, said he’s been able to become proficient in trick shots such as knocking down the 7-10 split or curving the ball to pick up other difficult spares.

“Bowling all year round, it becomes easier as time goes on,” Frazier said.

Frazier, who bowls with his teammates on the Sandbaggers in the Student Center’s mixed bowling league, said he put together a team this fall because he enjoyed the league in the spring. He said it was difficult to find bowlers to fill in for his friends who left his last team; some people turned him down initially.

“Once I started telling them about it, they seemed like they wanted to join,” Frazier said.

Good times roll for student bowlers

No need to panic about Southern football

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STAFF COLUMN

Lobos outwork Salukis in second halfBASKETBALL

We’ve all heard the saying, “all good things must come to an end,” and in sports this happens more of-ten than not, un-less we’re talking

about the New York Yankees.But, this isn’t about a team with

more money than the rest of the MLB

put together, this is about the always-changing college sports world and how one dominating season could turn into a woeful memory the next year.

In NCAA Division I history, there are plenty of examples of how a once-dominant program can stumble for a season, 10 seasons, or never become dominant again. Saluki football has never won a Football Championship

Series title, but for a mid-major school battling against the unthinkable odds of that ever happening, winning the Missouri Valley Football Conference is comparable.

A! er a less-than-desirable season for the football team, which was ranked second in the FCS going into the season, SIU is going through a transitional year.

Before the panic of a losing season

begins, it’s important to realize this happens to every college program.

For instance, hype always surrounds every season Notre Dame and what the team could do that year because of its new coach or star player. " e Fighting Irish haven’t been a team worth remembering since 1993, when it was the No. 2-ranked team in the country and won the Cotton Bowl, and they haven’t won a national

championship since 1988.Notre Dame has had plenty of star

players, with most of them in the NFL, and hired Brian Kelly a! er he coached University of Cincinnati to the No. 3 team in the country, but it’s still going through a period in which things aren’t clicking.

Please see COLUMN | 11

BRANDON LACHANCEDaily Egyptian

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FOOTBALL

A! er a # rst half in which neither SIU nor the University of New Mexico could take over the game, the Lobos proved supreme in the second half, outworking the Salukis on the boards and hitting clutch 3-point baskets to win the game 74-59.

“We guarded them well early in the shot clock, (but) late, we had too many breakdowns,” coach Chris Lowery said. “We missed a lot of

wide-open shots. We did a good job of getting what we wanted. We have to get our big (players) going, both of them, because they were open a lot and didn’t # nish. When we have point blanks that both of them can make. We have to make them pay to set up our defense because those guys are pretty good.”

" e Lobos (5-1) had to # ght for a 33-30 hal! ime lead, as they traded baskets with the Salukis (3-4), but the second half was a di$ erent game as the Lobos jumped out to a 9-2 run that started with

a 3-point basket made by senior guard Dairese Gary.

New Mexico out-rebounded the Salukis 37-32 and found ways to break down the SIU defense, while the Salukis couldn’t # nd the hoop.

" e Salukis shot 20-of-54 for a percentage of 37 while the Lobos had a percentage of 46 with 25-of-54 shooting from the # eld. Junior guard Troy Long led the Salukis with 13 points, while senior forward Carlton Fay, junior forward Mamadou Seck and sophomore guard Kendal Brown-

Surles # nished with 10 points.Brown-Surles, who led the

game with eight assists, said getting outplayed in the # rst several minutes in the second half is what hurt the team.

“That first five minutes of the second half is always critical, because whoever wins that first five minutes is most likely going to win the game,” Brown-Surles said. “We didn’t come out with any energy. It came down to energy like Coach said: we just have to find ways to win and come

out with more energy.”" e referee’s whistles were

rarely silent during the game as both teams were called for fouls o! en. " e Salukis were called for four fouls in the # rst four minutes of the # rst half, while the Lobos were called for four fouls in the # rst four minutes of the second half. Junior Saluki guard Mykel Cleveland played only one minute because of four fouls.

Members of the Southern Illinois Dance Company practice a dance during their tech rehearsal Tuesday at Furr Auditorium. The company, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary, will hold its fall concert Friday and Saturday at Furr Auditorium in Pulliam Hall. “There is a lot of variety in the show, and really something for everyone,” said Donna Wilson, the company’s faculty adviser. FOR THE FULL STORY, PLEASE SEE PAGE 6.STEVE BERCZYNSKIDAILY EGYPTIAN

The offer of in-state tuition to out-of-state residents brings in students the university would otherwise not have, and John Nicklow says the recruitment effort in bordering states must increase.

“Discounting is a strategy used by a lot of public and private universities to position them-selves within the market,” said Nicklow, interim associate pro-vost for enrollment management. “Obviously it’s a balancing act. At some level, discounting doesn’t pay for itself.”

The number of new out-of-state freshmen, transfer and grad-uate students enrolled at SIUC

increased 30 percent from 203 in fall 2009 to 264 in fall 2010, but Nicklow said those numbers are still low.

“When I look at Carbondale, we really are the regional institu-tion,” he said. “If you draw a big radius around us, we cover those states. So we should be pulling a significant population from that radius.”

The university began to of-fer discounted tuition in 2008 to residents of Indiana, Missouri and Kentucky, as well as adding

Arkansas and Tennessee in the following year, Nicklow said. An out-of-state resident from Arkan-sas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri or Tennessee pays roughly half of the full-time out-of-state tuition rate of $21,403.

Chancellor Rita Cheng said SIUC remains competitive with universities from the five border-ing states that may offer similar discounted tuition rates.

“It's something schools all over the country are doing,” she said. “When (the university) does the

same, high achieving students considering this university aren't turned away because of the higher costs of education.”

Nicklow said although num-bers are lower than he would like to see, revenue is not lost by of-fering discounted tuition to the bordering states.

“You can’t mark things down to the point where you don’t make any profit,” he said. “But that often times gets more folks in the door. In that sense, yes, we're profiting.”

Nicklow said more aggressive recruitment is being done in the ! ve bordering states, particularly in western Kentucky and southern Indiana.

To increase productivity, the university purchased roughly 330,000 names of seniors through the ACT and SAT during the summer and fall semesters, Nick-low said. He said the university also purchased a list of names of prospective students from the five bordering states, which he said wasn’t done last year.

Nicklow said he did not have a total cost estimate, though each name purchased from the ACT cost roughly 30 cents.

LAUREN LEONE Daily Egyptian D iscounting is a strategy used by a lot of public and private universities to position

themselves within the market. Obviously it’s a balancing act. At some level, discounting doesn’t pay for itself.

— John Nicklowinterim associate provost for enrollment management

Out-of-state numbers see rise in enrollment, recruitment

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CITY PULSECAMPUS

Pension reform may pass Illinois Senate, a" ect public safety o# cials

A bill passed by the Illinois House of Representatives could bring extensive changes to police and ! re pension systems if it re-ceives 36 votes by the Senate today.

Senate Bill 3538 passed the House 95-18 Tuesday, and if passed by the Senate, it would

raise the retirement age from 50 to 55 for police and fire employees hired after Jan. 1.

Carbondale Mayor Brad Cole, who has led the Illinois Municipal League, said he hopes the bill will

pass because it’s something the state desperately needs.

“We’ve been working for over a year on this in negotiations and crafting the language. This is something we desperately need,” Cole said.

Some cities that can’t increase revenue to make up for increas-ing pension costs could soon face bankruptcy, he said.

Carbondale’s 2012 budget shows an increase of 29.6 percent and 29.3 percent for police and fire pensions, respectively. Public safety pension expenditures alone would hit $810,729.

Cole said his concern has been to make sure the bill passes.

“My primary concern is to make sure the legislation is ap-proved tomorrow,” he said.

CHRISTINA SPAKOUSKYDaily Egyptian

W e’ve been working for over a year on this in negotiations and crafting the language. This is

something we desperately need.!— Brad Cole

Carbondale mayor

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For $7 a week, students can participate in mixed bowling leagues each spring and fall semester at the Student Center, said Paul Deering, equipment service supervisor at the Student Center’s Bowling and Billiards. Bowling is inexpensive entertainment and a team needs only four players to compete, he said.

) e student mixed league goes back more than 20 years, Deering said. Students come back to participate in the annual fall and spring leagues because they form bonds with one another, he said.

“All my friends are on a team and they asked me to play,” said Kristofer Day, a junior from Mount Carmel studying criminal justice.

Day said he’s still learning new bowling skills, but enjoys it because he likes to switch up the kind of sport he plays, whether it is basketball or bowling.

Frazier said he gives his teammates pointers when they ask.

Josh Martin, a freshman from Libertyville studying biology education, and Frazier’s teammate, said the reason he joined the mixed bowling league was because he bowled throughout high school and wanted to continue competing in college.

Martin bowled a 275 this fall, which was the highest scratch score in league play. He said competing in high school helped him develop into a bowler capable of rolling consistently high scores in league play.

Junior Andre Cottrell, an administrative justice major from Homewood, said the repetitive swinging motion in bowling can be tiring for people new to the sport.

“When you * rst start or (if) you go up a weight in a di+ erent ball, it can tire your arm out,” said Cottrell, who bowls for team IDK in the fall league.

Cottrell said a person’s muscles adjust to the repetitive back swing and

following through his or her release.“I can bowl * ve or six games

without any fatigue,” he said.) ough participants in the mixed

student bowling league play mainly for fun, it gets competitive to the point where one team narrowly wins against another by a pin or two, Frazier said.

“I get pretty angry about it at times when you lose by few pins, but that’s in any sport though, if you lose by a couple (points),” Frazier said. “We’re competitive, but it’s also fun in the end.”

) e number of teams that compete in the league has gone down during recent years due to the enrollment drop, Deering said. Six teams compete in mixed league this fall, he said.

“Four years ago, we had all 16 lanes * lled. Now it’s about half,” Deering said.

Brandon Coleman can be reached at [email protected]

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) e University of Miami went to a bowl game each year from 1998 to 2006 and won a national championship in 2001, but then it fell on hard times as the team stopped winning, players were involved in bench-clearing brawls and the sta+ and recruits began to bail out. ) e university kept the transition period rolling Saturday when it * red coach Randy Shannon, who was hired in 2006 a, er the * ring of Larry Coker. Shannon’s Hurricanes lost two bowl games, and the highest ranking they received during his tenure was 19th.

A, er winning the MVFC * ve times in the last seven years, SIU football * nished in a six-way tie for sixth place with a 4-4 conference record in 2010. SIU’s gridiron downfall

this season was because of injuries and starting too many players who have never started before.

Senior safety Mike McElroy, a nominee for the Buck Buchanan Award, had his season end abruptly because of an ankle injury sustained in Week 3. But it wasn’t just McElroy; the defensive secondary was napalmed with injuries to players such as junior cornerback Nick King and freshman safety Boo Rodgers. Running backs Lucien Walker and Shari+ Harris both dealt with ailing injuries that either kept them out of games or limited what they could do on the * eld.

Injuries forced many backup players to improve, but so did the annual tradition of graduation. ) e linebacker corps of All-American Brandin Jordan, Chauncey Mixon, Ryan Patton and Kyle Walker graduated, leaving senior Stephen

Franklin as the only linebacker who had more than a few games of starting experience.

) rough their seven-year run of MVFC dominance, the Salukis were remarkably healthy, with very few hampering injuries and a rotating cycle of experienced players at almost every position.

Although they were banged up, the Salukis still won games at the end of the season to prove they can still battle with anyone. ) is show of character, and the fact that young players received playing time to make them more experienced, will be a main factor in SIU bouncing back to turn the 2010 transition season into a 2011 statement.

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or 536-3311 ext. 282.

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COLUMNCONTINUED FROM 12

BASKETBALLCONTINUED FROM 12

Junior forward Mamadou Seck shoots for a basket Wednesday during the Salukis 74-59 loss to the University of New Mexico at the SIU Arena.

DAN DWYER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

New Mexico coach Steve Alford said his team was worried about the defensive pressure SIU usually asserts, but the Lobos broke through it. He said he felt his team handled the pressure well and worked on some issues it had in its loss against the University of California.

“We have a young basketball team and we didn’t handle things on the road in California, especially in the second half playing in a Pac-10 environment and a very good basketball team, we kind of fell apart,” Alford said. “I thought tonight we wanted to see improvement in a lot of areas and we saw that. We did a very good job on the backboard. We handled the ball, (and with) 13 turnovers against that pressure, we’ll take that.”

) e Salukis’ next game will be against Chicago State University at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Chicago.


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W e have to get our big (players) going,

both of them, because they were open a lot and didn’t finish.

— Chris LowerySIU head coach

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Brewing a beer is not an especially hard task, but rather one that requires a patience for experimentation, says Shawn Connelly, writer for ) e Beer Connoisseur Magazine and local home brewer of 12 years.

National and local interest in homebrewing and cra* beer has rap-idly increased; the number of home-brewers went up from eight in 1980 to more than 1,500 in 2008, accord-ing to the Brewers Association.

Homebrewing produces cra* beer, which is less than 2 million bar-rels of beer brewed per year, indepen-dent of alcoholic beverage industry members and with traditional ingre-dients of water, barley, yeast and hops, according to the association.

) e di+ erence between cra* beer — such as homebrewed beer, Fat Tire or Samuel Adams — and com-mercial, or “big,” beers — such as Bud Light or Budweiser — is distinct, Connelly said.

“Many big beers use adjuncts be-cause they’re cheap and make the beer lighter to cater to the American public. So cra* beer is going to be more full-, avored, because they’re using four (main)ingredients,” Con-nelly said of commercial brewiera.

Another reason to homebrew beer is pure enjoyment, said James McCoy, a senior from Homewood studying psychology.

“Some people play music, some people read books,” he said. “I like to brew my own beer.”

McCoy said he received a home-brewing kit, called Mr. Beer, and was hooked a* er completing his - rst batch. Simple kits cost from $100 to $150 and are simple ways to learn how to homebrew, he said.

) e process of brewing your own beer takes anywhere from four to six weeks, McCoy said.

) e - rst batches aren’t always ide-al, so experimentation is key, said Phil Embree, a former math teacher from Alton and homebrewer.

“) e - rst time I made it, it was pretty good,” he said. “) e second time ... it didn’t taste very good. ) e third time, it was good. It’s pretty much up and down. Eventually you just learn.”

Several local outlets hope to help spread knowledge on the topic: Kin-dling Spirits Food and Florals hosts weekly beer tasting at 6:30 p.m. on Mondays and the Big Muddy Mon-ster Brew Fest was recently held in Murphysboro, where Big Muddy Brewing opened in 2009.

Matt McCarroll, an associate chemistry professor at SIUC, and his wife Jen started Windy Hills Hops and Farm, an organic commercial hops farm in southern Illinois, in April. ) e duo also plans to open a shop on the farm to sell hops and other brewing supplies, Matt McCarroll said.

Much to his excitement, McCoy said the future of homebrewing and cra* beer looks bright.

“In southern Illinois ... there are a lot people here who have a passion for beer,” he said.

) at passion has been shown at SIUC, where an Introduction to the Chemistry of Beer and Brewing was added to the course book, McCarroll said.

“) e class should appeal to those interested in homebrewing and those simply interested in learn-ing more about the wide variety beers and the methods of produc-ing them,” he said. “We may also introduce an additional course or seminar speci- cally focused on homebrewing based on the demand. We plan to arrange the courses to be available for credit for registered stu-dents as well as a non-credit basis for non-students in the community.”

McCoy said he would like to enroll in the course.

KATHLEEN HECTORDaily Egyptian

Cra* beer brewing in southern IllinoisHomebrewing becoming morepopular

Eric Robinson, a graduate student in cinema from Carbondale, samples beer Monday during the weekly beer tasting at Kindling Spirits Florals and Food in Carterville. Shawn Connelly, local beer writer and brew expert, led the event and said the tastings at Kindling are a gateway to brewing culture. “Here, people can come in if they don’t know the first thing about it and it’s not threatening. It’s not formal; you don’t have to memorize anything, you don’t have to know beers,” he said.

ISAAC SMITH | DAILY EGYPTIAN

S ome people play music, some people read books. I like to brew my own beer.

— James McCoya senior from Homewood studying psychology

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Instead of letting nature take its course, Phil Gatton says planting trees in ) ompson Woods will ad-vance the restoration process.

Gatton, director of plant and service operations, said the 150 trees planted today by volunteers in the area between the Student Center and Agriculture Building will help replace those lost in the May 8, 2009, storm.

Dave Tippy, assistant superin-tendent of grounds, said the chan-cellor's o* ce covered the cost of the project.

“) e university is in some + s-cally tough times, so this process has been a little bit slower to come about then what we would have liked to see, but we understand and I think the administration has come to terms that these areas are impor-tant to the campus community and need to be addressed,” he said.

Tippy said the integrity of the natural beauty of the campus needs to be kept in mind because it is what makes the campus unique

and is a reason many students choose to attend SIUC. He also said it is important to alumni who are responsible for signi+ cant do-nations to the university.

) e clearing e, orts in the woods will help promote faster growth of the trees, but more ef-forts will need to continue, he said.

“It was inaccessible until we did a lot of the clearing, because there were a lot of fallen trees and logs and a lot of overgrown brush that kind of invaded us in the last year because of the openings in the can-opy,” Tippy said. “We will have to do some maintenance for a while, but we need to do that clearing both to bene+ t the trees and allow for the planting.”

Finding 25 species native to the region to replace those lost was a challenge, but Tippy said it was done with the help of the forestry and agriculture departments.

Karen Midden, a professor of agriculture, said she and two of her students helped locate which trees would be planted and where.

“We are using di, erent trees like hickory, oaks, canopy trees

and we selected some understory trees,” she said.

Midden said the project has given her students some hands-on experience they can use in their careers, and the native species will help when classes have to identify them.

“It teaches them planning on a large scale and how to organize it,” she said. “Every time I do this I learn from my students.”

Tippy said he thinks the tree planting is a positive community outreach.

“I hope we can all have some fun while doing it and get to know each other a little bit,” he said. “I think it is a good opportunity to be involved in, and hopefully the peo-ple that help will feel that they are doing something positive for both themselves and the university.”

Gatton said more plantings in the spring and next fall will be needed to fully restore the woods and campus.

Sarah Schneider can be reached at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 259.

Volunteers help give nature a jump-startSARAH SCHNEIDERDaily Egyptian

In the past, individual colleges would purchase names of prospective students on a much smaller scale, but Katharine Suski, interim director for undergraduate admissions, said the new process is more e* cient.

In theory, she said recruiters wouldn’t know where to start without those names.

“Everything with enrollment works in a funnel,” Suski said. “Pro-spective students are everyone who are potential students. ... ) en you have those who have shown interest, those who apply and those who are admitted, and ultimately those who

enroll. ) e more people you have at the top of the funnel, the more you’ll have come out at the bottom.”

Nicklow said bringing in a larger out-of-state population would e, ec-tively increase the number of in-state students.

“You always want the best return on your investment,” he said. “If you

discount and bring that new popu-lation in while raising the academic quality of the institution, you’re going to have more people - owing in from Illinois.”

Lauren Leone can be reached at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 255.

OUT-OF-STATECONTINUED FROM 1 Y ou always want the best return on your investment. If

you discount and bring that new population in while raising the academic quality of the institution, you’re going to have more people flowing in from Illinois.

— John Nicklowinterim associate provost for enrollment management

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EDITORIAL CARTOON

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

D,"- E.#(/-:Several people have expressed

dismay at what is perceived to be unfair treatment of the burden of “furloughs” on those at di* erent ends of the pay scale.

! e recent book, “! e Spirit Level” by Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate Pickett examines a vari-ety of social and health problems as a function of income inequality, and provides compelling evidence that the greater the income in-equality, the worse the condition of the social problem for everyone in the society, regardless of position on the income scale.

! us those who are expressing concern about the perceived un-

fairness of “equal sharing” of pay cuts are acting in accord with the evidence presented in this recent study. Alas, the various graphs show the United States to be con-sistently at the high end of the “in-come inequality” axis and thus at the “worse” condition of whatever social problem is being examined. So those who have expressed such concerns are to be commended.

Surely a non-pro0 t institu-tion of higher learning should set an example for all others in such matters. Visit http://www.equality-trust.org.uk for more information.

Bill Perkprofessor emeritus

Furlough concerns well-groundedD,"- E.#(/-:

As a patient who su* ers with chronic, debilitating pain from a brain malformation, I can attest to the damage long-term use of pre-scription medications can do to the human mind and body. ! ey can also do harm in the short term. Just last year I lost my brother due to an accidental overdose of legally prescribed hydrocodone prior to back surgery.

SB 1381, a law that would le-galize medical marijuana, would make a safer alternative available. No one has ever died from an over-dose of marijuana. It also doesn’t impair one’s ability to function for long periods of time, cause nausea

or shut down the bowels like pre-scription pain medications can.

Medical professionals agree. ! e American Public Health As-sociation, American Nurses Asso-ciation, Academy of HIV Medicine and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, among others, have all endorsed state-level medical mari-juana laws. For more than a year, the American Medical Association has urged the federal government to reconsider its stance on mari-juana in order to facilitate more research.

Marijuana relieves the pain, takes my mind o* my poor health, gives me an appetite and helps me to get out enjoy the life I have le1

without the hangovers and side ef-fects of man-made medications. May the powers that be hear our voices and bring relief to the suf-fering citizens of Illinois. No pa-tient should be denied the right to his or her medication.

! e fact of the matter is, pa-tients who need medicinal mari-juana have done and will continue to do whatever they have to, to ob-tain the medicine they need. ! e prohibition of medicinal mari-juana only punishes us further for being sick at a time when we need love and compassion the most.

Carol KerrVandalia resident

Fight for medicinal marijuana not yet finished

! is editorial appeared Monday in the Seattle Times.

Obama administration rules promise to strengthen federal stu-dent-aid programs as well as pro-tect students from the aggressive and deceptive recruiting practices that are the norm at many career colleges.

A version of the truth in adver-tising ethos will require schools to disclose the e* ectiveness of their career college and training pro-grams and their graduation and job-placement rates.

For-pro0 t education institu-tions have been loath to put out that kind of information.

Here’s why: For an education sector that has grown tenfold in the last decade, lax oversight has fostered a system of high tuition costs and low graduation rates.

A scathing report by the in+ u-ential think tank Education Trust o* ers a damning list of examples. Only 22 percent of students in for-pro0 t colleges’ four-year programs earn degrees within six years. Con-trast that with a 55 percent six-year

graduation rate at public colleges and a 65 percent rate at private non-pro0 t schools.

! e most egregious example is a 9 percent graduation rate at the University of Phoenix, the nation’s largest for-pro0 t postsecondary education provider as well as the recipient of more than $1 billion in federal Pell Grant aid last year.

While some career colleges have achieved a level of credibility, the business model at far too many appears to be one based on student failure, not success.

Schools must also do a better job ensuring that only students that qualify receive 0 nancial aid. ! e U.S. Government Account-ability O2 ce, ordered by Congress to conduct a sting, found students at for-pro0 t colleges being encour-aged to falsify their 0 nancial aid forms.

! e Ed Trust report found that many students maxed out on their federal aid and were steered to private loans, which they later de-faulted on.

Regulations will address some

of the abuses but federal scru-tiny should continue. As more students pursue postsecondary education, a strong and fair edu-cational structure is critical.

Career colleges play an impor-tant role as nimble providers of professional and career training. ! ey help broaden educational ac-cess to underserved communities.

But if they’re going to be in the business of education, they must do it well. Regulatory scrutiny applies the pressure necessary to ensure ethical conduct.

THEIR WORD

Lax oversight led to education shortfalls

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(P!"#$) ursday, December 2, 2010 7

Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Release Date: Nov. 19Directed By: David YatesStarring: Daniel Radcli% e,

Emma Watson, Rupert GrintRating: 7 out of 10A* er years of anticipation, this

show was the best movie of the series to date.

) e movie shows the highest level of acting I have seen from Daniel

Radcli+ e, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who have literally grown up together on screen. From the second the opening credits began to roll, the audience was swept into the darkest and most twisted predicament the wizardry world has seen in the return of the powerful dark wizard Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).

It is the closest interpretation of the books out of all the movies, taking the audience chapter by chapter through the monumental book. ) e Harry Potter (Radcli+ e) and

Hermione (Watson) plot line of are-they-friends-or-is-there-something-more-and-would-it-change-if-Ron-wasn't-around seemed unnecessary.

But the conversion of the novel into a screenplay was done exceptionally well. Given the amount of information divulged in part one, and the wild success this series has had in the box o, ce, it is no surprise that the last book is being split into two - lms.

Part 1 is two-and-a-half hours long, which felt too long to me, the less-than-avid fan. But I certainly

didn’t feel I wasted an evening watching it. If the writers had cut about an hour's worth of extraneous material, the movie still would have been great. ) e fans at the theater would have gladly sat there for six hours to watch the second installment of the movie.

My biggest issue was the unclear narrative, which makes it di, cult for new fans to follow. ) e - lm dri* s a bit in the third act, and I wondered what preparation the trio had at Hogwarts that prepared

them to camp out in tents in a forest. I thought they were playing Quidditch and learning fun magic tricks. Now they’re on the verge of being killed, drowned in icy water and removing all traces of memory from family members.

If you haven't kept up with the - lms, you probably shouldn’t start here.

Kayla Kearns can be reached at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 273.

‘Deathly Hallows’ casts a dark shadow over HogwartsKAYLA KEARNSDaily Egyptian

TodayNelly Furtado

Lucy Liu Anthony Criss George Seurat

Friday Brendan Fraser

Julianne MooreOzzy Osbourne

Anna Chlumsky

Saturday Claude Renoir

Jay-ZMarisa Tomei

Tyra Banks

SundayMargaret ChoWalt Disney

Morgan Freeman Shalom Harlow

After a successful sold-out February concert in Carbondale, Saliva returns Sunday to dish out another dose of its heavy rock ‘n’ roll sound.

James Karayiannis, general manager of Copper Dragon, said the Memphis-born band is scheduled to perform Sunday at Copper Dragon along with

opening bands Star City Meltdown and Seven Day Sonnet, who are touring with Saliva.

Saliva, an American rock band formed in 1996, has put together six albums, the sixth being a greatest hits album titled “Moving Forward in Reverse” which was released earlier this year. The band is most known for songs such as “Click, Click Boom,” “Always” and most recently “Ladies and Gentlemen,” which topped the

Mainstream Rock Chart at No. 2. According to the band's website, it is currently working on a new album with Grammy Award-nominated producer Howard Benson.

Karayiannis said he is pleased to welcome Saliva back to the area and is looking forward to working with all three of the bands.

“Any time you have high expec-tations at sold-out shows, people say that it was really, really good,

or sometimes it’s a letdown. Saliva was not a letdown,” Karayiannis said.

Karayiannis said he worked with a promotion company out of Champaign in which both parties agreed to bring Saliva back to Carbondale. Getting big national acts to come to Carbondale on Friday and Saturday is difficult, but many times groups stop and perform in between traveling to other markets, he said.

“It is just difficult because you get outbid by bigger cities who can do higher ticket prices and who have larger populations,” Karayiannis said.

The doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are available in advance at Pinch Penny Liquors for $15.

Ryan Simonin can be reached at [email protected]

or 536-3311 ext. 274.

Saliva returns to rock the set Sunday in CarbondaleRYAN SIMONINDaily Egyptian

KAYLA KEARNSDaily Egyptian

Dancers from the Southern Illinois Dance Company will light up the stage for their 35th anniversary show Friday by performing dance routines to hit songs by Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera and other artists.

Donna Wilson, the company's faculty adviser, said this year's selection dances are modern, ballet, jazz and hip-hop, and the show is designed to entertain a variety of people. She said all but two of the pieces were choreographed by students in the company. Guest choreographers Susan Barnes from the Susan Barnes Dance Studio in Carbondale and Daniel Baine helped students learn the dances for the upcoming show.

“We teach each other the steps, which is a challenge because we aren't professionally trained,” said Eric Oleson, a senior from Plano studying architecture and a danc-er in the company. “We don't get the opportunity to have six hours of class with each other. We only have one hour in our practice ses-sions to figure it out.”

The company, formed in 1975, is a performance organization open to anyone 16 or older. Wil-son said 16 year olds can tryout, and in the past, faculty members from SIUC with no dance experi-ence have joined. The company

welcomes artistic diversity among its members and works to train hard, dance well and share its pas-sion with others.

Oleson said during a perfor-mance in the summer, lighting fell and could have hit a dancer at the beginning of the show, which made dancers wary of performing for the rest of the evening.

“Something almost fell on a dancer at our last show. We were really concerned about going on,” he said.

Wilson said she is relieved to know the company's dancers will be safe this year.

“We just got our rigging upgraded. This is something I've been working on for 25 years,” Wilson said. “It was really unsafe, so we are extremely excited to be under safety code now.”

Cristina Enea, a senior from Des Plaines studying public relations and a dancer in the company, said the group's main focus this semester has been to raise money for Furr Auditorium. The company raises money by teaching dance classes through

the university, and with bake sales and donations. Though it's a Registered Student Organization, it operates as a regular dance company.

Oleson said the company tries to make each show a big produc-tion by making the dances as ex-citing and as fast-paced as pos-sible.

“We don't have boring dances to songs you've never heard of.

All of our dances are energetic and to the point,” Enea said. “We don't want people leaving at intermission because they think we are boring.”

SIU does not offer a dance major, so dancers are many different majors and come from many schools and kinds of backgrounds, Wilson said.

“We are also self-sustaining.We generate all of our profits

from fundraising, advertising and ticket sales,” she said.

The SIDC fall 2010 show is at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Satur-day in Furr Auditorium, Pulliam Hall Room 42. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students and $4 for children.


or 536-3311 ext. 274.

Dance company celebrates 35th anniversary

Ashley Sheehan, of Crystal Lake, and a member of the Southern Illinois Dance Company, practices Tuesday at Furr Auditorium. Tickets for the

company’s fall show, which plays Friday and Saturday, are available at the Student Center box office or through members of the company.

STEVE BERCZYNSKI | DAILY EGYPTIAN

W e teach each other the steps, which

is a challenge because we aren’t professionally trained.

— Eric OlesonSIDC dancer

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(P!"#$) ursday, December 2, 2010 7

Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Release Date: Nov. 19Directed By: David YatesStarring: Daniel Radcli% e,

Emma Watson, Rupert GrintRating: 7 out of 10A* er years of anticipation, this

show was the best movie of the series to date.

) e movie shows the highest level of acting I have seen from Daniel

Radcli+ e, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who have literally grown up together on screen. From the second the opening credits began to roll, the audience was swept into the darkest and most twisted predicament the wizardry world has seen in the return of the powerful dark wizard Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).

It is the closest interpretation of the books out of all the movies, taking the audience chapter by chapter through the monumental book. ) e Harry Potter (Radcli+ e) and

Hermione (Watson) plot line of are-they-friends-or-is-there-something-more-and-would-it-change-if-Ron-wasn't-around seemed unnecessary.

But the conversion of the novel into a screenplay was done exceptionally well. Given the amount of information divulged in part one, and the wild success this series has had in the box o, ce, it is no surprise that the last book is being split into two - lms.

Part 1 is two-and-a-half hours long, which felt too long to me, the less-than-avid fan. But I certainly

didn’t feel I wasted an evening watching it. If the writers had cut about an hour's worth of extraneous material, the movie still would have been great. ) e fans at the theater would have gladly sat there for six hours to watch the second installment of the movie.

My biggest issue was the unclear narrative, which makes it di, cult for new fans to follow. ) e - lm dri* s a bit in the third act, and I wondered what preparation the trio had at Hogwarts that prepared

them to camp out in tents in a forest. I thought they were playing Quidditch and learning fun magic tricks. Now they’re on the verge of being killed, drowned in icy water and removing all traces of memory from family members.

If you haven't kept up with the - lms, you probably shouldn’t start here.


or 536-3311 ext. 273.

‘Deathly Hallows’ casts a dark shadow over HogwartsKAYLA KEARNSDaily Egyptian

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EDITORIAL CARTOON

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

D,"- E.#(/-:Several people have expressed

dismay at what is perceived to be unfair treatment of the burden of “furloughs” on those at di* erent ends of the pay scale.

! e recent book, “! e Spirit Level” by Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate Pickett examines a vari-ety of social and health problems as a function of income inequality, and provides compelling evidence that the greater the income in-equality, the worse the condition of the social problem for everyone in the society, regardless of position on the income scale.

! us those who are expressing concern about the perceived un-

fairness of “equal sharing” of pay cuts are acting in accord with the evidence presented in this recent study. Alas, the various graphs show the United States to be con-sistently at the high end of the “in-come inequality” axis and thus at the “worse” condition of whatever social problem is being examined. So those who have expressed such concerns are to be commended.

Surely a non-pro0 t institu-tion of higher learning should set an example for all others in such matters. Visit http://www.equality-trust.org.uk for more information.

Bill Perkprofessor emeritus

Furlough concerns well-groundedD,"- E.#(/-:

As a patient who su* ers with chronic, debilitating pain from a brain malformation, I can attest to the damage long-term use of pre-scription medications can do to the human mind and body. ! ey can also do harm in the short term. Just last year I lost my brother due to an accidental overdose of legally prescribed hydrocodone prior to back surgery.

SB 1381, a law that would le-galize medical marijuana, would make a safer alternative available. No one has ever died from an over-dose of marijuana. It also doesn’t impair one’s ability to function for long periods of time, cause nausea

or shut down the bowels like pre-scription pain medications can.

Medical professionals agree. ! e American Public Health As-sociation, American Nurses Asso-ciation, Academy of HIV Medicine and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, among others, have all endorsed state-level medical mari-juana laws. For more than a year, the American Medical Association has urged the federal government to reconsider its stance on mari-juana in order to facilitate more research.

Marijuana relieves the pain, takes my mind o* my poor health, gives me an appetite and helps me to get out enjoy the life I have le1

without the hangovers and side ef-fects of man-made medications. May the powers that be hear our voices and bring relief to the suf-fering citizens of Illinois. No pa-tient should be denied the right to his or her medication.

! e fact of the matter is, pa-tients who need medicinal mari-juana have done and will continue to do whatever they have to, to ob-tain the medicine they need. ! e prohibition of medicinal mari-juana only punishes us further for being sick at a time when we need love and compassion the most.

Carol KerrVandalia resident

Fight for medicinal marijuana not yet finished

! is editorial appeared Monday in the Seattle Times.

Obama administration rules promise to strengthen federal stu-dent-aid programs as well as pro-tect students from the aggressive and deceptive recruiting practices that are the norm at many career colleges.

A version of the truth in adver-tising ethos will require schools to disclose the e* ectiveness of their career college and training pro-grams and their graduation and job-placement rates.

For-pro0 t education institu-tions have been loath to put out that kind of information.

Here’s why: For an education sector that has grown tenfold in the last decade, lax oversight has fostered a system of high tuition costs and low graduation rates.

A scathing report by the in+ u-ential think tank Education Trust o* ers a damning list of examples. Only 22 percent of students in for-pro0 t colleges’ four-year programs earn degrees within six years. Con-trast that with a 55 percent six-year

graduation rate at public colleges and a 65 percent rate at private non-pro0 t schools.

! e most egregious example is a 9 percent graduation rate at the University of Phoenix, the nation’s largest for-pro0 t postsecondary education provider as well as the recipient of more than $1 billion in federal Pell Grant aid last year.

While some career colleges have achieved a level of credibility, the business model at far too many appears to be one based on student failure, not success.

Schools must also do a better job ensuring that only students that qualify receive 0 nancial aid. ! e U.S. Government Account-ability O2 ce, ordered by Congress to conduct a sting, found students at for-pro0 t colleges being encour-aged to falsify their 0 nancial aid forms.

! e Ed Trust report found that many students maxed out on their federal aid and were steered to private loans, which they later de-faulted on.

Regulations will address some

of the abuses but federal scru-tiny should continue. As more students pursue postsecondary education, a strong and fair edu-cational structure is critical.

Career colleges play an impor-tant role as nimble providers of professional and career training. ! ey help broaden educational ac-cess to underserved communities.

But if they’re going to be in the business of education, they must do it well. Regulatory scrutiny applies the pressure necessary to ensure ethical conduct.

THEIR WORD

Lax oversight led to education shortfalls

D!"#$ E%$&'"!( S!"#$% ) ursday, December 2, 20108

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Lennon: Dawgs disappointed but headed in right directionNICK JOHNSONDaily Egyptian

After an undefeated conference season in 2009, a 5-6 overall and 4-4 conference record for Saluki football in 2010 may not have been what many expected, but coach Dale Lennon said he’s encour-aged by the team’s resilience during an up-and-down season. SIU also managed to beat eventual

conference champion Northern Iowa on Oct. 9 and earn back-to-back victories over second-place Western Illinois and resurgent Indiana State to ! n-ish the season strong. Lennon ! nished his one-on-one meetings with players earlier this week to o" -cially bring the 2010 season to a close.

Daily Egyptian : What are some of your initial re! ections on this season?

Dale Lennon : It was a frustrating year for us. Natu-rally, coming in with high expectations, we felt we were capable of living up to those expectations and we didn’t, so that’s the bottom line right there. Naturally, you can look back and look at situations that occurred that limited some of our success, but at the same time, we still had op-portunities to achieve a more successful season than what we did. We felt that by the end of the year, we were playing the type of football we were capable of and we needed to be at that level a little sooner. That’s the thing we can build o" of, but at the same time, hopefully our players are hungry enough where we realize that we let a few things slip away that were in our control.

DE : What’s next in the immediate future?

DL : For the coaches, we’re full-scale into recruiting right now. But it’s always important at the end of the year to have these year-end meetings to make sure that every player has had a chance to visit with the head coach and their position coach to have closure on the season. And then from there they know what the expectations are for the next year.

DE : What is entailed with that full process of recruiting? What are you guys doing now in that process?

DL : Right now, we can have seven coaches on the road at a time, so those seven coaches are out on the road right now. We’ll have o# cial visits on the weekends, so this upcoming weekend we’ll have a group of recruits on campus, the fol-lowing weekend a group on campus and the weekend after that, so right now, we’re trying to $ nd the guys that ... we’re interested in and ... they’re interested in us, which sometimes is a process because you have the big schools that will come in on guys that we’re in on.

DE : What are you most excited about next season, personnel-wise?

DL : Right now, I’m just excited to get to next season ... But I think we’re going to be a pretty balanced football team. We’ve got good returners o" ensively, defensively. We’re go-ing to have a question mark at the quarterback position of-fensively, there’ll be a ‘Who’s going to step in’ at the receiver roles. So there’ll be question marks, but not a lot of question marks. ... You’re just looking at one or two question marks on the defensive side, too. Probably our biggest question mark is who’s going to be our kicker, that’s a pretty important role, and that may be a guy we’ve got to go out and $ nd yet, so that’s part of the challenge.

DE : Did all the injuries this season kind of give you more con$ dence in the guys that will be stepping up to $ ll those roles next season?

DL : Coming in last year, we knew we didn’t have the ex-perience we had in the past, and that was the concern: how would the young players adapt with the veteran players? ... But the one thing I know is that those young players get bet-ter as the season progressed. And that’s something we can build on going into next year, where we will have good qual-ity depth through the program where you’re sitting at a good number one and number two on the depth chart, and I think that’s encouraging.

DE : Any closing remarks about this season and the transition to next?

DL : Like I’ve said, I was very proud how we ended. We played some pretty good football down the stretch. We’re disappointed that we’re not still playing. We’re disappointed in our overall record, but at that same time I’m proud of the fact that we hung together and didn’t give up, and found a way to stay positive through it all, and that’s something you can build upon.

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(C!"##$%$&'#) ursday, December 2, 2010 9

D!"#$ E%$&'"!( S!"#$ B%&'( ) ursday, December 2, 201010

HoroscopesBy Nancy Black and Stephanie Clement

Today’s birthday— Romance on the home front requires some adjustments. This year you ! nd yourself creating new and exciting ways to express your feelings, possibly through writing. Healing occurs as you reveal your intuitive understanding to help others mend.Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — As romance increases, you discover that changes are possible with very little strain. Everyone is on the same page and looking forward to the possibilities.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Adapting plans to suit the desires of group members requires listening to their feelings and consulting a partner. Allow change for greater results.Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — Public speeches raise questions about how to proceed at work. Huddle early to assess possibilities and choose the direction. Act with passion.Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Enthusiasm matters at work. You sense a powerful emotional undercurrent. Some anxiety could prevail, but can be resolved with practical tactics.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — You desire imaginative, idealistic projects. By enlisting the help of an associate, you make greater progress than you would alone. Their enthusiasm moves it forward.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — An outsider poses a problem concerning their feelings. Ask questions that get to the heart, rather than dwelling on surface issues. Then try several options.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Someone at work has emotional drama. Instead of pushing them away, draw them in and encourage them to tell the story. This moves things forward.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Take every opportunity to listen carefully to someone special. Then research details to ! nd the perfect gift, based on what they say. Spend wisely.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — You’re on ! re and creative, but the words don’t always come to express it. Don’t worry about that. Just dive into the project with gusto. Talk about it later.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Although you’ve focused energies on your own interests, you’re thinking of others at the same time. In the process you discover multiple ethical alternatives.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Imagine independence and it’s yours. You have the chance today to move into a stronger social position, as you express compassion both at work and at play.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — You get lucky today when you ask the perfect question. Others leap at the chance to provide the answer. Team enthusiasm generates the best ideas! Now they own it.

Across 1 “How __ love thee? Let me count the ways...” 4 __ suits; attire for astronauts 9 Floating board 13 Miscalculates 15 Aviator 16 Italy’s currency 17 Orderly

18 Playful action 19 Let fall 20 Go back to __; start over 22 Machine wheels 23 Member fees 24 __ la la 26 Displease; insult 29 Most inexpensive 34 Intended

35 Home for milk cows 36 Major conflict 37 Correct text 38 __-cotta; clay vase material 39 Soccer great 40 Pistol 41 Use a razor 42 Early insect stage 43 Natural ability 45 __ around; gave orders to 46 Building for acrobats 47 Back talk 48 Prayer ending 51 Behind-the-scenes 56 Mr. Strauss 57 Pig’s nose 58 Objective 60 Give off, as rays 61 Useful 62 __ up; relax 63 Shoe bottom 64 Aspirins, e.g. 65 Recolor

Down 1 Scouting group 2 Raw metals 3 Baghdad’s nation 4 Had mercy on 5 Longs 6 Singing voice 7 Penny or dime 8 And so forth

9 Baggage porter 10 Luminous radiation 11 “...__ sea to shining sea.” 12 Blouses 14 Scholar 21 Uncle’s wife 25 TV’s Rachael 26 Last Greek letter 27 Disgusted 28 Keel over29 Sculpt30 Give a job to 31 Pitchers 32 Soothing ointment 33 “Don’t __ on me”; words on an old U.S. flag 35 No longer alive 38 Gesture of approval 39 Corridor 41 Pigpen 42 Misplaced 44 Enkindle 45 Sews loosely 47 Cranium 48 Tavern orders 49 Short note 50 Malicious 52 “Nay” voter 53 Spiral 54 Spur on 55 Not difficult 59 Marvin or Iacocca

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(N!"#) ursday, December 2, 2010 3

Brewing a beer is not an especially hard task, but rather one that requires a patience for experimentation, says Shawn Connelly, writer for ) e Beer Connoisseur Magazine and local home brewer of 12 years.

National and local interest in homebrewing and cra* beer has rap-idly increased; the number of home-brewers went up from eight in 1980 to more than 1,500 in 2008, accord-ing to the Brewers Association.

Homebrewing produces cra* beer, which is less than 2 million bar-rels of beer brewed per year, indepen-dent of alcoholic beverage industry members and with traditional ingre-dients of water, barley, yeast and hops, according to the association.

) e di+ erence between cra* beer — such as homebrewed beer, Fat Tire or Samuel Adams — and com-mercial, or “big,” beers — such as Bud Light or Budweiser — is distinct, Connelly said.

“Many big beers use adjuncts be-cause they’re cheap and make the beer lighter to cater to the American public. So cra* beer is going to be more full-, avored, because they’re using four (main)ingredients,” Con-nelly said of commercial brewiera.

Another reason to homebrew beer is pure enjoyment, said James McCoy, a senior from Homewood studying psychology.

“Some people play music, some people read books,” he said. “I like to brew my own beer.”

McCoy said he received a home-brewing kit, called Mr. Beer, and was hooked a* er completing his - rst batch. Simple kits cost from $100 to $150 and are simple ways to learn how to homebrew, he said.

) e process of brewing your own beer takes anywhere from four to six weeks, McCoy said.

) e - rst batches aren’t always ide-al, so experimentation is key, said Phil Embree, a former math teacher from Alton and homebrewer.

“) e - rst time I made it, it was pretty good,” he said. “) e second time ... it didn’t taste very good. ) e third time, it was good. It’s pretty much up and down. Eventually you just learn.”

Several local outlets hope to help spread knowledge on the topic: Kin-dling Spirits Food and Florals hosts weekly beer tasting at 6:30 p.m. on Mondays and the Big Muddy Mon-ster Brew Fest was recently held in Murphysboro, where Big Muddy Brewing opened in 2009.

Matt McCarroll, an associate chemistry professor at SIUC, and his wife Jen started Windy Hills Hops and Farm, an organic commercial hops farm in southern Illinois, in April. ) e duo also plans to open a shop on the farm to sell hops and other brewing supplies, Matt McCarroll said.

Much to his excitement, McCoy said the future of homebrewing and cra* beer looks bright.

“In southern Illinois ... there are a lot people here who have a passion for beer,” he said.

) at passion has been shown at SIUC, where an Introduction to the Chemistry of Beer and Brewing was added to the course book, McCarroll said.

“) e class should appeal to those interested in homebrewing and those simply interested in learn-ing more about the wide variety beers and the methods of produc-ing them,” he said. “We may also introduce an additional course or seminar speci- cally focused on homebrewing based on the demand. We plan to arrange the courses to be available for credit for registered stu-dents as well as a non-credit basis for non-students in the community.”

McCoy said he would like to enroll in the course.

KATHLEEN HECTORDaily Egyptian

Cra* beer brewing in southern IllinoisHomebrewing becoming morepopular

Eric Robinson, a graduate student in cinema from Carbondale, samples beer Monday during the weekly beer tasting at Kindling Spirits Florals and Food in Carterville. Shawn Connelly, local beer writer and brew expert, led the event and said the tastings at Kindling are a gateway to brewing culture. “Here, people can come in if they don’t know the first thing about it and it’s not threatening. It’s not formal; you don’t have to memorize anything, you don’t have to know beers,” he said.

ISAAC SMITH | DAILY EGYPTIAN

S ome people play music, some people read books. I like to brew my own beer.

— James McCoya senior from Homewood studying psychology

D!"#$ E%$&'"!(S!"#$%) ursday, December 2, 2010 11

For $7 a week, students can participate in mixed bowling leagues each spring and fall semester at the Student Center, said Paul Deering, equipment service supervisor at the Student Center’s Bowling and Billiards. Bowling is inexpensive entertainment and a team needs only four players to compete, he said.

) e student mixed league goes back more than 20 years, Deering said. Students come back to participate in the annual fall and spring leagues because they form bonds with one another, he said.

“All my friends are on a team and they asked me to play,” said Kristofer Day, a junior from Mount Carmel studying criminal justice.

Day said he’s still learning new bowling skills, but enjoys it because he likes to switch up the kind of sport he plays, whether it is basketball or bowling.

Frazier said he gives his teammates pointers when they ask.

Josh Martin, a freshman from Libertyville studying biology education, and Frazier’s teammate, said the reason he joined the mixed bowling league was because he bowled throughout high school and wanted to continue competing in college.

Martin bowled a 275 this fall, which was the highest scratch score in league play. He said competing in high school helped him develop into a bowler capable of rolling consistently high scores in league play.

Junior Andre Cottrell, an administrative justice major from Homewood, said the repetitive swinging motion in bowling can be tiring for people new to the sport.

“When you * rst start or (if) you go up a weight in a di+ erent ball, it can tire your arm out,” said Cottrell, who bowls for team IDK in the fall league.

Cottrell said a person’s muscles adjust to the repetitive back swing and

following through his or her release.“I can bowl * ve or six games

without any fatigue,” he said.) ough participants in the mixed

student bowling league play mainly for fun, it gets competitive to the point where one team narrowly wins against another by a pin or two, Frazier said.

“I get pretty angry about it at times when you lose by few pins, but that’s in any sport though, if you lose by a couple (points),” Frazier said. “We’re competitive, but it’s also fun in the end.”

) e number of teams that compete in the league has gone down during recent years due to the enrollment drop, Deering said. Six teams compete in mixed league this fall, he said.

“Four years ago, we had all 16 lanes * lled. Now it’s about half,” Deering said.

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) e University of Miami went to a bowl game each year from 1998 to 2006 and won a national championship in 2001, but then it fell on hard times as the team stopped winning, players were involved in bench-clearing brawls and the sta+ and recruits began to bail out. ) e university kept the transition period rolling Saturday when it * red coach Randy Shannon, who was hired in 2006 a, er the * ring of Larry Coker. Shannon’s Hurricanes lost two bowl games, and the highest ranking they received during his tenure was 19th.

A, er winning the MVFC * ve times in the last seven years, SIU football * nished in a six-way tie for sixth place with a 4-4 conference record in 2010. SIU’s gridiron downfall

this season was because of injuries and starting too many players who have never started before.

Senior safety Mike McElroy, a nominee for the Buck Buchanan Award, had his season end abruptly because of an ankle injury sustained in Week 3. But it wasn’t just McElroy; the defensive secondary was napalmed with injuries to players such as junior cornerback Nick King and freshman safety Boo Rodgers. Running backs Lucien Walker and Shari+ Harris both dealt with ailing injuries that either kept them out of games or limited what they could do on the * eld.

Injuries forced many backup players to improve, but so did the annual tradition of graduation. ) e linebacker corps of All-American Brandin Jordan, Chauncey Mixon, Ryan Patton and Kyle Walker graduated, leaving senior Stephen

Franklin as the only linebacker who had more than a few games of starting experience.

) rough their seven-year run of MVFC dominance, the Salukis were remarkably healthy, with very few hampering injuries and a rotating cycle of experienced players at almost every position.

Although they were banged up, the Salukis still won games at the end of the season to prove they can still battle with anyone. ) is show of character, and the fact that young players received playing time to make them more experienced, will be a main factor in SIU bouncing back to turn the 2010 transition season into a 2011 statement.


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Junior forward Mamadou Seck shoots for a basket Wednesday during the Salukis 74-59 loss to the University of New Mexico at the SIU Arena.

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New Mexico coach Steve Alford said his team was worried about the defensive pressure SIU usually asserts, but the Lobos broke through it. He said he felt his team handled the pressure well and worked on some issues it had in its loss against the University of California.

“We have a young basketball team and we didn’t handle things on the road in California, especially in the second half playing in a Pac-10 environment and a very good basketball team, we kind of fell apart,” Alford said. “I thought tonight we wanted to see improvement in a lot of areas and we saw that. We did a very good job on the backboard. We handled the ball, (and with) 13 turnovers against that pressure, we’ll take that.”

) e Salukis’ next game will be against Chicago State University at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Chicago.


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W e have to get our big (players) going,

both of them, because they were open a lot and didn’t finish.

— Chris LowerySIU head coach

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Kaitlyn Hankey, a freshman from Steger studying math and physical education, bowls during league night at the Student Center’s

Bowling and Billiards. Hankey is one of four members of Victorious Secrets, one of the six bowling league teams on campus.

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BOWLING LEAGUES

The oft-dreaded 7-10 split doesn’t phase Franklin Frazier.

After participating in league bowling since he was five years old, Frazier, a junior from Mount Carmel studying electronic systems, said he’s been able to become proficient in trick shots such as knocking down the 7-10 split or curving the ball to pick up other difficult spares.

“Bowling all year round, it becomes easier as time goes on,” Frazier said.

Frazier, who bowls with his teammates on the Sandbaggers in the Student Center’s mixed bowling league, said he put together a team this fall because he enjoyed the league in the spring. He said it was difficult to find bowlers to fill in for his friends who left his last team; some people turned him down initially.

“Once I started telling them about it, they seemed like they wanted to join,” Frazier said.

Good times roll for student bowlers

No need to panic about Southern football

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Lobos outwork Salukis in second halfBASKETBALL

We’ve all heard the saying, “all good things must come to an end,” and in sports this happens more of-ten than not, un-less we’re talking

about the New York Yankees.But, this isn’t about a team with

more money than the rest of the MLB

put together, this is about the always-changing college sports world and how one dominating season could turn into a woeful memory the next year.

In NCAA Division I history, there are plenty of examples of how a once-dominant program can stumble for a season, 10 seasons, or never become dominant again. Saluki football has never won a Football Championship

Series title, but for a mid-major school battling against the unthinkable odds of that ever happening, winning the Missouri Valley Football Conference is comparable.

A! er a less-than-desirable season for the football team, which was ranked second in the FCS going into the season, SIU is going through a transitional year.

Before the panic of a losing season

begins, it’s important to realize this happens to every college program.

For instance, hype always surrounds every season Notre Dame and what the team could do that year because of its new coach or star player. " e Fighting Irish haven’t been a team worth remembering since 1993, when it was the No. 2-ranked team in the country and won the Cotton Bowl, and they haven’t won a national

championship since 1988.Notre Dame has had plenty of star

players, with most of them in the NFL, and hired Brian Kelly a! er he coached University of Cincinnati to the No. 3 team in the country, but it’s still going through a period in which things aren’t clicking.

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FOOTBALL

A! er a # rst half in which neither SIU nor the University of New Mexico could take over the game, the Lobos proved supreme in the second half, outworking the Salukis on the boards and hitting clutch 3-point baskets to win the game 74-59.

“We guarded them well early in the shot clock, (but) late, we had too many breakdowns,” coach Chris Lowery said. “We missed a lot of

wide-open shots. We did a good job of getting what we wanted. We have to get our big (players) going, both of them, because they were open a lot and didn’t # nish. When we have point blanks that both of them can make. We have to make them pay to set up our defense because those guys are pretty good.”

" e Lobos (5-1) had to # ght for a 33-30 hal! ime lead, as they traded baskets with the Salukis (3-4), but the second half was a di$ erent game as the Lobos jumped out to a 9-2 run that started with

a 3-point basket made by senior guard Dairese Gary.

New Mexico out-rebounded the Salukis 37-32 and found ways to break down the SIU defense, while the Salukis couldn’t # nd the hoop.

" e Salukis shot 20-of-54 for a percentage of 37 while the Lobos had a percentage of 46 with 25-of-54 shooting from the # eld. Junior guard Troy Long led the Salukis with 13 points, while senior forward Carlton Fay, junior forward Mamadou Seck and sophomore guard Kendal Brown-

Surles # nished with 10 points.Brown-Surles, who led the

game with eight assists, said getting outplayed in the # rst several minutes in the second half is what hurt the team.

“That first five minutes of the second half is always critical, because whoever wins that first five minutes is most likely going to win the game,” Brown-Surles said. “We didn’t come out with any energy. It came down to energy like Coach said: we just have to find ways to win and come

out with more energy.”" e referee’s whistles were

rarely silent during the game as both teams were called for fouls o! en. " e Salukis were called for four fouls in the # rst four minutes of the # rst half, while the Lobos were called for four fouls in the # rst four minutes of the second half. Junior Saluki guard Mykel Cleveland played only one minute because of four fouls.

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