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A LONG EIGHT SECONDS Tyler “The Rockstar” Harr, from Stuttgart, Ark., hangs on to his bull for the full eight seconds Sunday at the Du Quoin State Fair, racking up a score of 83.3 points for his first ride of the night. The D Bar D Rodeo Company bull riding event is only one of the many happenings on the fair’s schedule, which continues through Labor Day. A full schedule of events can be found at http://www.agr.state.il.us/dq.GENNA ORDDAILY EGYPTIAN

� e College of Liberal Arts has proposed to cut almost $1.2 million from its budget for � scal year 2011, which is equivalent to 20-25 faculty positions, said Alan Vaux, dean of the college.

With the university likely to face an $11.5 million shortfall for 2011, Chancellor Rita Cheng said in an email to university personnel Aug. 2 that she asked each department on campus to submit plans for an average 4 percent reduction in its budget for the � scal year.

Vaux said the proposed 4 per-cent cuts, along with several small-er cuts in past years, caused the college to look at new ways to deal with circumstances.

“While we lost funds for 20-25 faculty in the 4 percent cut, what actually happened was that we par-tially replaced many more than 25 tenured or tenure-track losses with non-tenure-track faculty,” Vaux

said in an email.Vaux said the college lost about

40 tenure or tenure-track positions in the last three years — with 13 po-sitions lost in the last year because of retirements or resignations. He said some positions have been � lled with non-tenure-track faculty.

However, the college did not have to lay o� any faculty members or civil service workers, Vaux said.

While the college had to replace tenure and tenure-track faculty posi-tions with non-tenure-track faculty, Vaux said the college also had to make cuts to its existing non-tenure-track faculty.

Overall, those cuts were the equivalent of losing � ve positions, although the reductions a� ected 20 to 30 non-tenure-track faculty mem-bers, he said.

“Even though we didn’t lay any-one o� , these are huge losses,” Vaux said.

Along with the faculty reduc-tions, the college took large hits to its operating funds budget for money not used to pay salaries, he said.

He said each department’s operat-ing budget was cut by an average of 8 percent. For several years, if a posi-tion was not � lled because of a failed search or if the salary for the new po-sition came in less than expected, the college has been able to take money

that would have been used in those salaries and move it to the operating funds budget, Vaux said.

“All of that money disappeared this year,” he said.

� e operating budget money is used to pay for expenses such as travel money for faculty members to attend a conference and present a paper and equipment purchases such as new computers, Vaux said.

Nathan Stucky, chair of the de-partment of speech communication, said the debate team will probably travel to fewer tournaments because of the cuts to travel expenses.

Vaux said the departments with-in the college that had resignations or retirements by tenure or tenure-track faculty were hit the hardest by

the 4 percent budget cuts.During the past two years, the de-

partment of speech communication has had to leave two tenure-track po-sitions un� lled because two professors retired, Stucky said.

“We have some hope that we’ll someday be able to search for and hire in those positions, but right now we’re not able to,” he said.

Stucky said the department has fewer sections for some courses this semester for undergraduates. How-ever, he said the loss of the faculty members a� ects the graduate levels because of their expertise in certain areas. � e loss of faculty members for a department has largely been because a faculty member retired or resigned, Stucky said.

If more cuts come in the near fu-ture, Stucky said the department will have to continue to make adjustments.

“We’re trying to maintain what we can and what we absolutely need,” he said.

Susan Ford, chair of the depart-ment of anthropology, said her depart-ment didn’t have as many positions to cut as other departments. She said the one non-tenure-track faculty member in the department, Michelle Croissier, is teaching two classes instead of three this semester. Also, Jane Adams, a tenured professor, retired in May, and her position has been le� vacant, Ford said.

Liberal Arts proposes almost $1.2M in cuts

JACOB MAYERDaily Egyptian

Please see BUDGET | 2

Source: Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Alan Vaux

Strategy for

Achieving Reduction

Impact of

Reduction

Partial replacement of approximately 23 tenured/tenure track faculty who retired or resigned in FY09, FY08, or FY07 with non-tenure-track faculty

Partial replacement of approximately 13 tenured/tenure track faculty who retired or resigned in FY10 with non-tenure-track faculty.

Change in FY11 (relative to FY10) contracts for one year term non-tenure-track faculty, equal to about 5 full-time employee positions.

Losses in art & design, criminology, English, foreign languages, geography, history, music, political science, psychology, sociology, speech communication.

Substantial loss of teaching, even greater loss of research, curricular holes, inadequate graduate graduate supervision. Losses in anthropology, art & design, criminology, English, music, political science, psychology, sociology.

Loss of classes in anthropology, art & design, foreign languages, geography, history, political science, music, and speech communication.

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“We are struggling to cover classes and � gure out how we’re going to make sure we are going to do all the things we need to do without that po-sition � lled,” she said.

She said the department of an-thropology has approximately 80 graduate students, which is more than half of the students in the pro-gram. Because of the large graduate student population, Ford said the cuts to the travel budget have had the larg-est impact.

“Faculty participation in profes-sional meetings is one of our primary recruitment tools,” she said. “It makes us more visible to students; it gives us opportunities to meet with prospec-tive students while we’re at professional meetings.”

Ford said the department encour-ages graduate students to accompany faculty and present papers at confer-ences. However, many professors in the department are canceling plans to attend conferences, she said.

� e cuts in the equipment budget have been di� cult for the department

of anthropology because of its rela-tively large need compared to other departments in the college, she said.

“So far, because the budget crisis has only been going for a year and a half at this level, we haven’t reached a crisis situation with our equipment,” Ford said. “But, if this were to con-tinue, it won’t take long.”

In the School of Music, Jeanine Wagner, director of the school, said it lost two tenure-track faculty mem-bers and those positions were partial-ly replaced by non-tenure-track fac-ulty. In addition, she said the school’s travel budget has been hit hard and last year two ensembles were unable to travel so they could save up for one trip this year.

George Schedler, chair of the department of philosophy, said his department was one of the least im-pacted because it doesn’t have any non-tenure-track faculty and no ten-ure or tenure-track faculty retired or resigned.

However, the department has had to struggle to � nd funding for its grad-uate assistants, Schedler said. With the reductions, the department will have to possibly make cutbacks in the

spring semester, he said.For example, Schedler, who teach-

es a logic course, has eight sections of 25 students. He will o¡ er only two sections of 25 students next semester, he said.

Schedler also said the college may have to look in new directions if the � -nancial situation continues to get worse.

“You could do something drastic like pull the phones and save on phones ... but then there’s repercussions,” he said. “Students can’t reach the faculty, or they have to do it by email, but it wouldn’t save a signi� cant amount.”

Overall, Vaux said it is di� cult to deal with a large cut in one year, but the college can handle the situation and continue to progress. Despite cutbacks, he said the college has developed a number of new programs during the past � ve years.

“We have to adapt to our budgetary situation,” he said. “It’s important to re-alize you can have an amazing univer-sity and an amazing college regardless of its size, regardless of its budget.”

Jacob Mayer can be reached at jmayer@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 255.

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In the Monday edition of the Daily Egyptian, the story “Dean criticizes chairman for faculty hire” should have quoted Jay Means as saying, “We made a conscious e¡ ort in the budget cuts to avoid closing out sections of courses that would inadvertently a¡ ect the quality of education for our students.” � e Daily Egyptian regrets the error.

A story in the Monday edition of the Daily Egyptian could be inter-preted as saying a person arrested on child pornography charges might have been an SIU student. � e person arrest-ed was not an SIU student. � e Daily Egyption regrets this implication.

Marcus King said he has spent his summer planting seeds.

King, Undergraduate Student Government president, said constant communication with students is his main goal in his � rst semester as president.

“I kept in contact with a lot of people over the summer,” he said. “I planted all the seeds I needed, and some of these will grow. But I know it’s a possibility some won’t.”

King said he wants USG to be well-known on campus for what it can accomplish rather than for what it cannot do.

“I think it’s a natural thing for people to judge a tree by its fruit,” he said.

Natasha Aldrich, a graduate student in educational psychology from Robinson, said she contacted King during the summer requesting assistance in getting a separate nook for children of students in Morris Library.

She said he initially asked her to see if she could accomplish the task on her own, but followed up throughout the summer to make sure the project moved forward.

“He really wanted to make sure this project succeeded,” she said. “Marcus has shown he has an initiative to help make the campus more family-friendly.”

Now located in Morris Library, the children’s library nook is designed for the children of students to study at the

same time as their parents, Aldrich said.King said � lling as many USG

senate seats as possible was another priority for him during the summer because he wanted the right people representing all aspects of the university.

“It was rough getting seats � lled with the right people — but I got it done,” he said. “Every single matter on this campus, whether win or lose, I can say people will have a role.”

Jarvis Freeman, USG vice president, said the remaining senate seats would hopefully be � lled at USG’s � rst senate meeting today.

King said he wants to focus on funding Registered Student Organizations that would continue to make positive impacts on campus.

“Traditionally, you have 20 to 30 RSOs requesting money, but there’s roughly 450 groups on campus who are working on many di� erent things,” he said. “I want to go to the grassroots organizations and make them aware there is funding out there for them.”

Freeman said � scal transparency will be USG’s major change from its past.

“Students need to know exactly what is in the budget,” he said.

Freeman said he would also post meeting minutes online and have them available to students who request information about USG. Such steps could improve student’s trust in the government, he said.

A representative from the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale will present its collaborative e� ort with

King called Saluki Angels at the � rst meeting of the semester. Saluki Angels is a new mentoring and recruitment program geared toward high school students, King said.

“� is is for students who have the potential to go to college but probably don’t have the support system at home,” he said.

� e mentoring program would link high school students in the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale with

USG senators and SIUC student volunteers, he said. High school students would follow students to class as well as join them in university-related activities, King said.

Freeman said the younger students would build relationships with their mentor throughout the semester.

“� ey’ll get to eat lunch with them and talk about what they want to do in life,” he said. “If school isn’t an option in their mind, we want to talk

to them about it.”King said improving the university

is more than increasing enrollment numbers.

“We also want to make sure the university is the best it can be when the students get here,” he said. “Recruiting is just half the battle.”

Lauren Leone can be reached at lleone@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 255.

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LAUREN LEONEDaily Egyptian

Marcus King, president of Undergraduate Student Government, speaks with Dan Seidl, a sophomore studying photojournalism, about a vacancy in the USG

senate Tuesday in the Communications Building. The first USG senate meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday in rooms 111 and 112 of the Student Health Center.

DAN DWYER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

USG president seeks to improve university, RSO funding

Daily Egyptian News Tuesday, August 31, 20104

Charles Durran Kelly was tested in more than one way when he visited Ja-pan for 11 months to prepare for a pro-ficiency exam to be certified in Japanese.

Kelly, a senior from Sparta studying computer science, said he learned much about himself and American culture participating the SIU Study Abroad Pro-gram.

“A fish doesn’t know it’s in water until you take it out of the water,” Kelly said.

He said the trip to Japan helped him understand the similarities and differ-ences between the U.S. and other coun-tries. Kelly said he is able to relate to inter-national students more than ever before.

Thomas A. Saville, associate direc-tor of the Study Abroad Program, said about 300 students take courses in other countries each year. He said the univer-sity partners with schools in more than 40 countries and the most popular study abroad programs among SIU students are in countries where Spanish, German and Russian are spoken.

Saville said students can use financial aid and scholarships, and since students receive class credit, tuition is billed to a student’s bursar account. The expense varies by program but Saville said some options cost the same or less than study-ing at home.

Saville said international study is im-portant for students and for the univer-

sity.“It is part of our larger mission,” Sav-

ille said. “We are here to prepare people for the rest of their lives.”

Kelly said being proficient in Japanese will help him in his future careers.

Students can study abroad for as long as a year but for as little as ten days, Saville said. He said the three-week program in Grenoble, France is very popular among students because of the marketing cours-es offered.

Christopher Hooks, a junior from St. Elmo studying business economics, said he went to Grenoble to earn a minor in marketing. After the trip he not only made marketing a second major but also expanded his goals to international busi-ness.

Elisabeth Reichert, a social work pro-fessor at SIU, said she has attended many study abroad trips with students since 1995. In her program, students venture to Munich to visit the sites of former con-

centration camps and learn the end result after human rights have been violated.

Reichert said most of the students who attend her trip believe the experi-ence helps them understand others’ background. She said traveling to a dif-ferent country puts students outside of their comfort zone, which can help them relate to people who may be dealing with similar insecurities.

“One student said she had never been out of Texas and this prompted her

to apply and work in the UK for a year,” Reichert said. “She had no idea there was this whole world out there.”

For more information contact Saville at 453-7670 or visit Study Abroad Pro-grams online at www.ips.siu.edu/SA/index.html.

Rebecca Dull can be reached at rdull@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 274.

REBECCA DULLDaily Egyptian

Voyages teach students volumesStudents learn more than academics when studying abroad

Rex Duncan said his baby has been incubated long enough and is ready to run on its own across southern Il-linois.

Duncan, SIUC director of com-munity development and outreach, has overseen the Connect SI project — which looks to increase broadband Internet across the southern Illinois region — since 2005 with the support of SIUC administrators. But now the project is ready to stand on its own, Duncan said.

“It’s gotten to the point now where it can stand on its own, just as if we were incubating a business here,” he said. “¦ ey’ve grown and matured and it’s ready to step out of the incubator. And that is what has happened with the broadband in Illinois project, it is

ready now to stand on its own.”Connect SI is just part of a state-

wide initiative to increase the broad-band Internet across 20 counties in southern Illinois, which Duncan said could help everybody from health centers to colleges around the area. He said the project began as a three county project before interest rose and SIU President Glenn Poshard became involved in the project.

“With that it expanded to 17 coun-ties, and then with Dr. Poshard’s lead-ership it went under the leadership of his o§ ce, and since (then) it has really grown with the university’s involve-ment,” Duncan said.

But now the project is about to ex-pand statewide, as the Partnership for a Connected Illinois — which looks to create Internet connection throughout the state — stated the Connect SI pro-gram as the model for potential use of

the program, Poshard said.“¦ e model that we developed

here at SIU took the leadership role in helping put together the state organi-zation,” he said. “¦ is university has taken the lead role in the entire state in getting this done, which is a huge outreach service here for southern Il-linois.”

Poshard said the university oª en looks into local businesses to invest in, and the idea to improve broadband In-ternet was a simple choice. While the university, private sectors and Marion-based Man-Tra-Con Corporation — which “support(s) the economic health of southern Illinois by provid-ing services designed to build a quality workforce,” according to its website — were key to the launch of the program, Poshard said the university would begin to phase itself out of the process and instead let the program run itself.

But several university departments will still play a hand in connecting Il-linois through broadband.

Guangxing Wang, an assistant pro-fessor in the department of geography and environmental resources, said he and members of his department would map areas of the region to help ¬ nd where broadband is most acces-sible and which areas are in need of some reform. Students are allowed to be a part of the research, Wang said.

Kathy Lively, chief executive o§ cer of Man-Tra-Con and executive direc-tor for Connect SI, said the plan is for higher speed Internet to help business-es stay connected to the entire region and state, including health care centers and colleges.

“We try to provide the tools to as-sist in the economic development of our partners in the region,” she said.

¦ e project has mostly been paid

for through state grants from the Il-linois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and dona-tions from local city o§ cials and busi-nesses in the private sector, Duncan said. As the group becomes more in-volved with the Partnership for a Con-nected Illinois, Duncan said the proj-ect can expect more federal money.

¦ e ultimate goal for the project is to make fast Internet access available and a ̄ordable for everyone in the re-gion, Duncan said.

Lively said as long as people get connected, she’ll be happy.

“It’s not about who takes the credit, it’s about celebrating partnership, and collaborations, and getting whatever it is done,” she said.

Ryan Voyles can be reached at rvoyles@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 254.

RYAN VOYLESDaily Egyptian

Program goes independent to connect southern Illinois Connect SI prepares massive broadband

expansion of region

Charles Kelly, a senior from Sparta studying computer science, poses for a portrait Monday. Kelly studied in Japan for almost a year in 2008, and said he learned much more than what was taught in his classes.

GENNA ORD | DAILY EGYPTIAN

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Facebook should ‘Just Say Now’ to marijuana ad campaign

Facebook, the social networking tool favored by everyone who thinks their night out and disdain for so-briety belong in a public forum, de-serves a thank you from its millions of users. ­ ank you, Facebook, for saving us from the a-pot-calypse.

Facebook banned the use of graphics featuring a marijuana leaf in an ad campaign created by the Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, in conjunction with http://� redo-glake.com and myriad other indi-viduals and organizations that sup-port the cause, because the leaf is considered “illegal content.”

Facebook informed SSDP and others that their cause is acceptable content, as long as they use an al-ternate image. In a statement to the Libertarian Party, which had a logo featuring the leaf as well, Facebook administrators reminded users that it retains the right to determine ac-ceptable ad content on its website.

However, featuring sexy singles that look like they are still in middle school is acceptable. Per ostensible Facebook policy, ads with 12-year-old-looking girls or pink Farmville calves are indeed encouraged, as any cursory glance at your pro� le page sidebar would tell you.

SSDP’s “Just Say Now” initiative encourages President Barack Obama to support states’ rights to legalize

marijuana, an initiative Facebook, apparently, just can’t go far enough to stop.

­ e campaign’s clever play on words makes a mockery of the fa-mous “Just Say No” mantra, and it must be stopped. Pro-pot people — a 54 percent majority of those under age 30 support legalization, accord-ing to an Associated Press/CNBC poll — should be (wrongfully) im-prisoned. ­ at is assuming there is room in our prisons, which are woe-fully overcrowded due, in large part, to an iniquitous war on poor people (drugs) that has helped the U.S. achieve the highest incarceration rate in the world. ­ is incarceration rate can be blamed largely on gems like discriminatory and inane drug

laws responsible for putting an inor-dinate number of nonviolent o¦ end-ers behind bars.

­ e site’s mere censorship of the not-so-controversial image will not su§ ce if we truly want to avoid this a-pot-calypse. I can’t personally de-termine what other totalitarian mea-sures be taken, but maybe Facebook could ask the violent drug cartels who continue to bene� t from inef-fectual marijuana prohibition poli-cies. ­ ose folks really know how to manhandle people with dissenting views.

Of course, Facebook could go so ̈ — aka democratically receptive and sensible — reverse its position and decide to allow the picture of the pot leaf to appear in ads on its site.

Sure, the rest of society is slowly rec-ognizing the inherent © aws in drug policy and taking steps to redress the issue, such as reducing the disparity in federal mandatory minimum that used to equate possession of � ve grams of crack with 500 grams of co-caine, legalizing marijuana for me-dicinal purposes in some states and decriminalizing possession of small amounts of pot with city ordinances.

But Facebook, a social network-ing site catering primarily to those age groups that support marijuana legalization, chooses instead to stay strong and continue to censor be-nign images.

Facebook should just admit de-feat on this one, change its policy and “Just Say Now.”

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Congress should override Obama on global AIDS support

During his 2008 presidential cam-paign, Barack Obama vowed to add $1 billion annually to the U.S. fund that George W. Bush and Congress created to � ght AIDS in Africa and other developing nations.

However, as president, Obama proposed only a $366 million increase

for the coming � scal year — which comes on top of another broken promise from last year. In 2009, he proposed spending only $165 million for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

Obama also wants to decrease America’s commitment to a global fund run by Western industrialized nations to � ght AIDS, malaria and

tuberculosis in Africa and other de-veloping nations. He would lower the U.S. contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria by $50 million.

Congress, upon its return to work in September, should rebu¦ the presi-dent and make good on U.S. commit-ments to both funds. Some lawmak-ers seem willing to stand up, so we

hope they succeed.Money spent on foreign aid is

a tiny fraction of federal spending, about $37 billion in a $3.5 trillion budget.

Some in the administration pre-fer to shi ̈ the focus from � ghting AIDS globally to battling other health problems, including those that af-© ict young mothers. Both are worthy

goals, but why cut short AIDS fund-ing when AIDS remains the leading worldwide killer of women in their reproductive years?

­ is is not a � ght on which the U.S. can relent, not with 2 million people dying from this disease each year.

� is editorial appeared in the Dal-las Morning News on � ursday.

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Daily Egyptian World & Nation Tuesday, August 31, 20106

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WASHINGTONObama declaring ‘promise kept’ in ending Iraq war, then plunges into tough Mideast peace try

WASHINGTON — A Firmly and finally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama will have but a moment before trying to has-ten peace nearby between Israelis and Palestinians. Left unclear is whether winding down the war that inflamed Arab passions will do anything to help long-shot Mideast talks.

From the Oval Office, a setting designed to command gravity and atten-tion, Obama will declare Tuesday night that Iraqis are now the ones in charge of a war he had opposed. Within hours on Wednesday, he will be immersed in talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, underscoring the hopeful but precarious U.S. role as a middleman.

The White House is framing the two events as commitments kept by the president. But there is little excitement buzz and certainly no bold prom-ises that capping the combat mission in Iraq will prod broader peace in the Middle East.

Tuesday night, Obama’s emphasis will be to thank the troops and explain why the fight goes on in Afghanistan and beyond — and not so much about the potential for Iraq to be “a beacon of liberty in the Middle East” as President George W. Bush put it.

PUERTO RIC OHurricane Earl batters tiny Caribbean islands, gains strength on course toward US East Coast

SAN JUAN — Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the north-eastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path projected to menace the United States.

Already dangerous with sustained winds of 135 mph (215 kph), Earl is expected to gain more strength before potentially brushing the U.S. East Coast this week and bringing deadly rip currents.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami warned coastal residents from North Carolina to Maine to watch the storm closely.

“Any small shift in the track could dramatically alter whether it makes landfall or whether it remains over the open ocean,” said Wallace Hogsett, a meteorologist at the center. “I can’t urge enough to just stay tuned.”

In the Caribbean, Earl caused flooding in low-lying areas and dam-aged homes on islands including Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla and St. Maarten. Several countries and territories reported power outages. Cruise ships were diverted and flights canceled across the region.

IR AQVice President Joe Biden seeks to reassure Iraq that US will not abandon it

BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden sought Monday to reassure Iraq that America is not abandoning it as the U.S. military steps back and a stalemate over who will run the war-battered nation’s next government approaches its sixth month.

Biden flew into Baghdad a few days before a military ceremony formally marking the end of U.S. combat operations seven years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. He will also try to spur the nation’s leaders to forge a power-sharing agreement to bring some much-needed political stability to Iraq after March parliamentary elections failed to produce a clear winner.

Biden tried to reassure Iraqis that America’s transition to more of a diplo-matic mission in Iraq than a military one would be smooth.

“We’re going to be just fine. They’re going to be just fine,” he said during a brief photo opportunity at the U.S. Embassy, sitting next to Ambassador Jim Jeffrey and surrounded by top U.S. generals overseeing Iraq and the rest of the Middle East.

The Sept. 1 ceremony marks the start of the so-called “Operation New Dawn” — symbolizing the beginning of the end of the American military’s mission in Iraq.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and � y-by-night exterminators.

� e problem has gotten so bad that the Environmental Protection Agency warned this month against the indoor use of chemicals meant for the outside. � e agency also warned of an increase in pest control companies and others making “unrealistic promises of e� ectiveness or low cost.”

Bedbugs, infesting U.S. households on a scale unseen in more than a half-century, have become largely resistant to common pesticides. As a result, some homeowners and exterminators are turning to more hazardous chemicals that can harm the central nervous system, irritate the skin and eyes or even cause cancer.

Ohio authorities, struggling against widespread infestations in Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and other cities, are pleading with EPA to approve the indoor use of the pesticide propoxur, which the agency conswiders a probable carcinogen and banned for in-home use in 2007. About 25 other states are supporting Ohio’s request for an emergency exemption.

EPA rejected the request in June. An agency spokesman, Dale Kemery, said the EPA has pledged to � nd new, potent chemicals to kill bedbugs, which can cause itchy, red bites that can become infected if scratched.

In the meantime, authorities around the country have blamed house � res on people misusing all sorts of highly � ammable garden and lawn chemicals to � ght bedbugs. Experts also warn that some hardware products — bug bombs, cedar oil and other natural oils — claim to be lethal but merely cause the bugs to scatter out of sight and hide in cracks in walls and � oors.

A pest control company in Newark, N.J., was accused in July of applying chemicals not approved for indoor use throughout 70 homes and apartments units, even spraying mattresses and children’s toys. No illnesses were reported.

In Cincinnati, an unlicensed applicator saturated an apartment complex in June with an agricultural pesticide typically used on golf courses. Seven tenants got sick and were treated at the hospital. � e property was quarantined, and all tenants were forced to move. Authorities are pursuing criminal charges.

“When you see the anguish that bedbugs cause these people, it’s understandable why they might take things into their own hands, and some of it is very dangerous,” said Michael Potter, an entomologist at the University of Kentucky and one of the country’s leading bedbug experts.

Bedbugs, a common household pest for centuries, all but vanished in the 1940s and ’50s with the

widespread use of DDT. But DDT was banned in 1972 as too toxic to wildlife, especially birds. Since then, the bugs have developed resistance to chemicals that replaced DDT.

Also, exterminators have fewer weapons in their arsenal than they did just a few years ago because of a 1996 Clinton-era law that requires older pesticides to be re-evaluated based on more stringent health standards. � e re-evaluations led to the restrictions on propoxur and other pesticides.

� ough propoxur is still used in pet collars, it is banned for use in homes because of the risk of nausea, dizziness and blurred vision in children. Steven Bradbury, director of the EPA’s pesticide program, said the problem is that children crawl on the � oor and put their � ngers in their mouths.

Critics in the pest control industry say that the federal government is overreacting and that professional applicators can work with families to prevent children from being exposed

to harmful levels of the chemical, which is more commonly used outside against roaches and crickets.

“It’s a knockout pesticide, vastly superior to anything else for bedbugs,” said Andrew Christman, president of Ohio Exterminating Co., which is on pace to treat about 3,000 bedbug infestations in 2010, up from an average of two in 2006.

Christman said other in-home pesticides aren’t as lethal as propoxur, requiring several treatments that can push extermination costs to $500 or $1,500, depending on the size of a home.

Marion Ehrich, a toxicologist at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, said the EPA is showing appropriate caution. She said other scientists who have studied the bedbug problem are not eager to see propoxur released in homes.

“Propoxur is not a silver bullet, and given time, bedbugs would likely become resistant to it, too,” said Lyn Garling, an entomologist at Penn State University.

Bedbug conundrum plagues U.S.The Associated Press

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WIRE REPORTS

WASHINGTONObama declaring ‘promise kept’ in ending Iraq war, then plunges into tough Mideast peace try

WASHINGTON — A Firmly and finally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama will have but a moment before trying to has-ten peace nearby between Israelis and Palestinians. Left unclear is whether winding down the war that inflamed Arab passions will do anything to help long-shot Mideast talks.

From the Oval Office, a setting designed to command gravity and atten-tion, Obama will declare Tuesday night that Iraqis are now the ones in charge of a war he had opposed. Within hours on Wednesday, he will be immersed in talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, underscoring the hopeful but precarious U.S. role as a middleman.

The White House is framing the two events as commitments kept by the president. But there is little excitement buzz and certainly no bold prom-ises that capping the combat mission in Iraq will prod broader peace in the Middle East.

Tuesday night, Obama’s emphasis will be to thank the troops and explain why the fight goes on in Afghanistan and beyond — and not so much about the potential for Iraq to be “a beacon of liberty in the Middle East” as President George W. Bush put it.

PUERTO RIC OHurricane Earl batters tiny Caribbean islands, gains strength on course toward US East Coast

SAN JUAN — Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the north-eastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path projected to menace the United States.

Already dangerous with sustained winds of 135 mph (215 kph), Earl is expected to gain more strength before potentially brushing the U.S. East Coast this week and bringing deadly rip currents.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami warned coastal residents from North Carolina to Maine to watch the storm closely.

“Any small shift in the track could dramatically alter whether it makes landfall or whether it remains over the open ocean,” said Wallace Hogsett, a meteorologist at the center. “I can’t urge enough to just stay tuned.”

In the Caribbean, Earl caused flooding in low-lying areas and dam-aged homes on islands including Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla and St. Maarten. Several countries and territories reported power outages. Cruise ships were diverted and flights canceled across the region.

IR AQVice President Joe Biden seeks to reassure Iraq that US will not abandon it

BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden sought Monday to reassure Iraq that America is not abandoning it as the U.S. military steps back and a stalemate over who will run the war-battered nation’s next government approaches its sixth month.

Biden flew into Baghdad a few days before a military ceremony formally marking the end of U.S. combat operations seven years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. He will also try to spur the nation’s leaders to forge a power-sharing agreement to bring some much-needed political stability to Iraq after March parliamentary elections failed to produce a clear winner.

Biden tried to reassure Iraqis that America’s transition to more of a diplo-matic mission in Iraq than a military one would be smooth.

“We’re going to be just fine. They’re going to be just fine,” he said during a brief photo opportunity at the U.S. Embassy, sitting next to Ambassador Jim Jeffrey and surrounded by top U.S. generals overseeing Iraq and the rest of the Middle East.

The Sept. 1 ceremony marks the start of the so-called “Operation New Dawn” — symbolizing the beginning of the end of the American military’s mission in Iraq.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and � y-by-night exterminators.

� e problem has gotten so bad that the Environmental Protection Agency warned this month against the indoor use of chemicals meant for the outside. � e agency also warned of an increase in pest control companies and others making “unrealistic promises of e� ectiveness or low cost.”

Bedbugs, infesting U.S. households on a scale unseen in more than a half-century, have become largely resistant to common pesticides. As a result, some homeowners and exterminators are turning to more hazardous chemicals that can harm the central nervous system, irritate the skin and eyes or even cause cancer.

Ohio authorities, struggling against widespread infestations in Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and other cities, are pleading with EPA to approve the indoor use of the pesticide propoxur, which the agency conswiders a probable carcinogen and banned for in-home use in 2007. About 25 other states are supporting Ohio’s request for an emergency exemption.

EPA rejected the request in June. An agency spokesman, Dale Kemery, said the EPA has pledged to � nd new, potent chemicals to kill bedbugs, which can cause itchy, red bites that can become infected if scratched.

In the meantime, authorities around the country have blamed house � res on people misusing all sorts of highly � ammable garden and lawn chemicals to � ght bedbugs. Experts also warn that some hardware products — bug bombs, cedar oil and other natural oils — claim to be lethal but merely cause the bugs to scatter out of sight and hide in cracks in walls and � oors.

A pest control company in Newark, N.J., was accused in July of applying chemicals not approved for indoor use throughout 70 homes and apartments units, even spraying mattresses and children’s toys. No illnesses were reported.

In Cincinnati, an unlicensed applicator saturated an apartment complex in June with an agricultural pesticide typically used on golf courses. Seven tenants got sick and were treated at the hospital. � e property was quarantined, and all tenants were forced to move. Authorities are pursuing criminal charges.

“When you see the anguish that bedbugs cause these people, it’s understandable why they might take things into their own hands, and some of it is very dangerous,” said Michael Potter, an entomologist at the University of Kentucky and one of the country’s leading bedbug experts.

Bedbugs, a common household pest for centuries, all but vanished in the 1940s and ’50s with the

widespread use of DDT. But DDT was banned in 1972 as too toxic to wildlife, especially birds. Since then, the bugs have developed resistance to chemicals that replaced DDT.

Also, exterminators have fewer weapons in their arsenal than they did just a few years ago because of a 1996 Clinton-era law that requires older pesticides to be re-evaluated based on more stringent health standards. � e re-evaluations led to the restrictions on propoxur and other pesticides.

� ough propoxur is still used in pet collars, it is banned for use in homes because of the risk of nausea, dizziness and blurred vision in children. Steven Bradbury, director of the EPA’s pesticide program, said the problem is that children crawl on the � oor and put their � ngers in their mouths.

Critics in the pest control industry say that the federal government is overreacting and that professional applicators can work with families to prevent children from being exposed

to harmful levels of the chemical, which is more commonly used outside against roaches and crickets.

“It’s a knockout pesticide, vastly superior to anything else for bedbugs,” said Andrew Christman, president of Ohio Exterminating Co., which is on pace to treat about 3,000 bedbug infestations in 2010, up from an average of two in 2006.

Christman said other in-home pesticides aren’t as lethal as propoxur, requiring several treatments that can push extermination costs to $500 or $1,500, depending on the size of a home.

Marion Ehrich, a toxicologist at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, said the EPA is showing appropriate caution. She said other scientists who have studied the bedbug problem are not eager to see propoxur released in homes.

“Propoxur is not a silver bullet, and given time, bedbugs would likely become resistant to it, too,” said Lyn Garling, an entomologist at Penn State University.

Bedbug conundrum plagues U.S.The Associated Press

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Daily Egyptian Sports Tuesday, August 31, 20108

Emmanuel Ochenje poses for a portrait Monday outside of the Brehm Prep gym in Carbondale. Ochenje, a high school junior at Brehm Prep, is currently ranked the 15th best center in the country after helping the Titans win the AAU national title last season. Ochenje is deciding between some of the biggest colleges in the country including the University of Illinois, Boston College, Arizona, and SIU.

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BRANDON COLEMANDaily Egyptian

Daniels, a native of Wentzville, Mo., said he wanted his school to be close to home, but not too close. SIU was the only o� cial visit he made to the � ve schools o� ering him scholarships, he said. Trips to Virginia Commonwealth University, Oral Roberts University, Western Kentucky University and Colorado State University will not happen because of his desire to play for Lowery, he said.

Holt High’s head basketball coach Charles Williams said Daniels has the body frame, athletic ability and the mentality to be a solid Division I player. Daniels plays with a similar style to former Saluki Randal Falker and should � t in well with Lowery’s program, he said. Last year as a junior, Daniels averaged 17.5 points and 10.3 rebounds a game, helping the Holt Indians to the quarter� nals of the Missouri postseason tournament and a 22-8 record.

Williams said Daniels is coachable and will listen to anything Lowery tells him to work on.

“Sometimes players get to a certain level and think they don’t have to work anymore. Daniels is the complete opposite,” Williams said.

Frank Gentile, activity director at Holt High School, has seen two other Indians play Division I basketball during his seven-year career. He said the addition of Daniels is signi� cant for the Salukis because of his attitude and talent.

“He is a good character; (a) kid who knows what he wants to do in the classroom and on the court,” Gentile said.

Daniels said he is going to try to lead the Indians to a state championship this year to show SIU that it made the right decision in o� ering him a spot on the team.

Brandon LaChance can be reached at blachance@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 282.

DANIELSCONTINUED FROM 12

Basketball players at Brehm Preparatory School returned to Carbondale on Monday to overcome their learning disabilities in the classroom and prepare for their opponents in the gym.

Brehm head coach Aaron Lee leads a top tier program that features No. 1 basketball recruit for the class of 2012 Emmanuel Ochenje, a junior from Abuja, Nigeria. Brehm Preparatory School fosters students with complex learning disabilities such as attention de� cit disorder, dyslexia, Tourette’s syndrome and non-verbal disorders such as auditory processing disorder and anxiety.

Ochenje said he faced more trouble than other students because he is from a country where people speak English di� erently. He said through one-on-one instruction, Brehm helped him with his auditory learning, math and social skills.

“(Brehm) cares about your well-being, they want you to succeed; they will prepare you (for) college which I believe (is) what all kids want,” Ochenje said.

When not siª ing through recruitment letters from universities

such as Illinois, DePaul, Iowa, Boston College, Arizona and southern Illinois, Ochenje said he spends his time reading novels and newspapers in order to improve his English.

“Basketball is not me. It’s what I do,” Ochenje said.

Lee coached the Amateur Athletic Union’s Titans, which consists of Brehm players, to an AAU national title in the summer of 2009. During tournaments the team played against junior colleges such as Southeastern Illinois and John A. Logan College.

Lee said athletes learn better through hands-on experience, no matter where he or she is from or for whom he or she plays.

“It’s just a matter of repetition. Something you would do with an average ball player at any other high school 10 times we may do 20 to 25 times,” Lee said.

In order to compete on the hardwood, Brehm athletes must maintain a 3.0 grade point average. Lee said he stresses academics because he wants his players to be able to succeed in other endeavors outside of basketball.

Lee said students at Brehm attend study hall � ve days a week for two hours each day. He and assistant coach Tommy Holder, former walk-

on for the 2007 Salukis, help players with their studies throughout the school year.

“As a coach, you have to be a mentor as well,” Holder said.

Holder said the men’s basketball team bonds closer together because they have a family environment and do not have players with huge egos.

Lee said his players do overcome mental barriers, but the reward they receive from achieving their goals in the gym and in the classroom is more exceptional to them.

Brandon Coleman can be reached at bcoleman@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 269.

Prep students push past learning disabilities

(B rehm) cares about your well-being; they want you to succeed, they will prepare you (for) college which

I believe (is) what all kids want. — Emmanuel Ochenje

a high school junior at Brehm Prep from Abuja, Nigera

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Daily Egyptian Study Break Tuesday, August 31, 201010

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

Today's birthday — If you experience moments of doubt or sadness this year, take each one as an indication that your creative flow is about to experience an upswing. To keep ideas flowing, make little notes to yourself so you can come back to an inspiration later and run with it.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — Romantic thoughts must adapt to practical considerations. Use that delightful fantasy to inspire everyone to move in the right direction.

Taurus (April 20--May 20) — Today is a 7 — It’s a good thing you’re not seeking precision. Your mission is to create a bridge between diverse elements of your situation.

Gemini (May 21--June 21) — Today is a 6 — Passion creates problems for you now. Take care of even the smallest injury immediately. That way, you reduce difficulties later on.

Cancer (June 22--July 22) — Today is a 5 — Reading a romance novel will not achieve the relaxation you’d like. It requires action to bring imaginative possibilities into reality.

Leo (July 23--Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — While you seek comfort, an associate seems to be grasping for power. Don’t let laziness prevent you from protecting your position. Inject humor.

Virgo (Aug. 23--Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — You perceive a problem with accomplishing your task with available resources. Figure out a way around this problem today. Consult a professional.

Libra (Sept. 23--Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — The last thing you want is for someone to interfere with fulfilling your desires. Laugh at requests that take you off track.

Scorpio (Oct. 23--Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Unless you make your partner comfortable, your energy gets drained unnecessarily. Serve favorite food and drink, and relax.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22--Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Emotions flare when group members disagree. You need to get the practical issues on the table quickly, and allow each person to suggest solutions.

Capricorn (Dec. 22--Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Planning a party at your house takes more effort than you thought. Take care of practical matters (like grocery shopping), while others clean up.

Aquarius (Jan. 20--Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Take care of practical details for someone far from home. Reschedule an appointment, or refill a prescription and send it by overnight mail.

Pisces (Feb. 19--March 20) — Today is a 5 — Emotional purchases fail to satisfy later. Extending limits helps everyone today. Think about big expenditures for 24 hours before buying.

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Across1 __ d’état5 Winger of “Shadowlands”10 Shouts from Emeril14 Guesstimate phrase15 Fiat16 From the top17 Have significant influence19 Sight from the Sicilian village of Taormina20 Ali trainer Dundee21 Sunroom23 Doctrinal suffix25 Rent26 “Enough on this subject”33 Starbucks order34 Charm

36 Show worry, in a way37 Former California fort39 Disease cause40 Makes amends43 Puts in a new pot, say46 Persevere48 Ample shoe width49 According to50 Belgian capital55 Aleve alternative60 Superboy’s girlfriend Lang61 Respond at the front63 “Round” thing suggested by the first words of 17-, 26-, 46- and 61 -Across64 Mushrooms used in Asian cuisine65 Elemental unit

66 Places for props67 Coolidge’s vice president68 City NNE of Lake Tahoe

Down1 Historic NYC club, with “The”2 Algerian seaport3 SOS responder, often4 Creep (along)5 Kicks out of office6 Coll. dot follower7 Storage containers8 Pepsi competitor9 Wheaties box picture10 Boxer Max11 Hostile to12 Computer list13 Showed off one’s

butterfly?18 Kicking partner22 Business letter abbr.24 Sushi bar soup26 Exams for future attys.27 Florida theme park acronym28 Place to play29 Dodgers manager Joe30 Viking in the comics31 Chorus from the pews32 Flourless cake33 Ecol. watchdog35 Apt. parts38 Ten: Pref.41 Looks over warily42 Took the wheel44 North Star45 Greg Evans comic strip47 Treasure State capital

50 Popular diner orders, for short51 Prime rib order52 Part of ICU53 Easy marks54 Put away56 A long way off57 Name as a source58 Boxing’s “__ Mike” Tyson59 Nautilus captain62 Tiny Tim played one

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njohnson@dailyegyptian.comBRANDON COLEMANbcoleman@dailyegyptian.com

BRANDON LACHANCEblachance@dailyegyptian.com

NICK JOHNSON

At the age of 38, Manny Ramirez has come off waivers and signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox. The Sox were once on top of the American Central Division, but are now four and a half games behind the Minnesota Twins. Will Ramirez help the Sox reclaim the division lead?

Saluki InsiderThe Sox needed a bat and Ramirez is

probably the best one available, but it’s too late. The Twins are notorious for coming on strong at the end of the season and stay-ing that way until they reach the playoffs. Ramirez will help Chicago score runs, but unfortunately, the Sox with Ramirez will be watching the playoffs from their La-Z-Boys.

The Sox have a shot at catching the Twins with Ramirez adding firepower to the lineup. However, if they can’t win two of three against weaker division oppo-nents Detroit, Kansas City and Cleveland, Ramirez’s addition does nothing for the team.

Manny will give the Sox a bat boost in the final leg of the season, but I agree with LaChance on this one. The Sox will need some help in the form of losses from the Twins down the stretch, and this Minnesota team just doesn’t lose this time of year.

I also expect veteran receiver Laurent Robinson — who played well until he broke his leg early last season — to get his share of catches as well. � e preseason play of the tight ends, who shined again � ursday, has also been very encouraging. I think there will be more at Bradford’s disposal than many believe.

� at said, the Rams’ front seven on defense remain absolutely dreadful. � ey still haven’t proved they can stop the run and the heat is truly on third year player Chris Long to prove he can actually be an impact player at defensive end. He’s had a quiet preseason so far and didn’t

record a tackle against the Patriots. If St. Louis can’t show some improvement in their next-to-last ranked defense, even a far-fetched o� ensive revival won’t mean anything.

So there are my observations for this week. � ere’s still one more agonizing week of preseason games to be played, but fall, I am ready for you. My fantasy lineup is set, my predictions are in and my press passes are on the way. I just need a crisp breeze to cover this steaming summer grass with crinkled leaves and I’ll be set.

Again, feel free to tell me how much I suck. E-mail me at njohnson@dailyegyptian.com or call me at 536-3311 ext. 256.

COLUMNCONTINUED FROM 12

Associate Athletic Director Jason King said while baseball isn’t part of the � rst phase of Saluki Way, it may be part of a future phase two.

� e clubhouse had its locker room and players’ lounge re-carpeted last o� season and a new scoreboard was added four or � ve years ago, King said.

Hoscheidt, who played from 1973 to 1976, said if the � eld had lights and better seating, the Salukis could be aired on ESPN or host the MVC tournament.

Athletic director Mario Moccia

said Abe Martin Field will need to be designed and receive a signi� cant donation from the baseball alumni group before it can be renovated. � ough King said there wasn’t a timetable on the renovation, Moccia said lights, new stands and dugouts will be the main objectives when the renovations do happen.

Richard Jones said current coach Dan Callahan has done a great job of recruiting despite the facilities he has to work with.

“It’s almost impossible with what they have to sell,” he said.

Brandon LaChance can be reachedat blachance@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 282.

ALUMNICONTINUED FROM 12 T he football (stadium) needed to be revamped, but

when raising that much money, no one would notice a million more to be put into the baseball facility.

— Richard Jonesformer SIU baseball coach from 1968-90

BASEBALL

STAFF COLUMN

BRANDON LACHANCEDaily Egyptian

Head coach Dan Callahan is seen watching freshman outfielder Kollin Dowdy take batting practice through a hole in the right field wall Tuesday

at Abe Martin Field. According to former SIU baseball coach Richard Jones, the last major renovation of Abe Martin field happened in 1988.

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Alumni upset Abe Martin Fieldneglected in Saluki Way Project

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BRANDON LACHANCEDaily Egyptian

Bears, Rams yet to show defensive improvement

Southern receives verbal commitment

You know that feeling you get when you � rst have a crush on s o m e o n e ? � at feel-ing of but-ter� ies in

your stomach, the anticipation, the promise of vigorous, new love? � at’s how I feel now. Fresh o  a fantasy dra­ , with the kicko  of Saluki football � ursday night and the start of the NFL season less than two weeks away, I can aptly describe my level of pigskin anticipation as

“giddy as a school boy.” So I won’t hesitate to talk football with Carbondale, and I’ve got good reasons. Both of the town’s most popular professional franchises played very interesting third games of the preseason.

Here’s what I mean by “interesting:”Cardinals 14, Bears 9I know it’s going to be hard, but

please don’t worry about Jay Cutler, Bears fans. Yes, the guy threw two

abysmal interceptions on two plays where he couldn’t have asked for better protection. Yes, he looked way more uncomfortable in and out of the pocket than last week. But Jay continued his blossoming relationship with receiver Johnny Knox — Cutler found him thrice for 57 yards — and still has one more preseason game to work out the kinks. Plus, o  the top of your head, can you name a player in

the starting secondary for Detroit, the Bears’ � rst regular season opponent? No? Neither can I.

If I was a Bears fan, I’d be more concerned about the defense. It was gashed in the run game — Tim Hightower carried eight times for 62 yards —, and any defense that gets shredded by Matt Leinart should probably just commit mass suicide.

Rams 36, Patriots 35Speaking of mass suicide,

killing themselves may not be the only solace for Rams fans this season a­ er their team recorded an encouraging performance in Foxboro, Mass., on � ursday. I

know that’s a little optimistic, but hang with me. St. Louis did lose its best receiver, Donnie Avery (torn knee ligament), for the season, but they did pick up the 6-foot 5, 215-pound Danario Alexander, a rookie free agent receiver out of Missouri. If he can learn the system quickly enough, Alexander has the frame and athletic ability to become a playmaker for rookie quarterback Sam Bradford. Bradford, by the way, lit up the starting Patriot secondary for 189 yards and two touchdowns.

� e 2011-12 Saluki basketball team has one more dog joining the pound.

Dantiel Daniels, a senior at Holt

High School near St. Louis, verbally committed to Saluki basketball Sunday. � e 6-foot-5-inch, 222-pound forward chose SIU because of the location and a relationship he built with head coach Chris Lowery, he said.

“He’s going to push me to be a better player,” Daniels said. “He was honest and said he couldn’t guarantee anything except I would graduate.”

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I can aptly describe my level of pigskin anticipation as “giddy as a school boy.” So I won’t hesitate to talk football with

Carbondale, and I’ve got good reasons.

Baseball alumni say Abe Martin Field should have received some of the $83 million allocated for phase one of the Saluki Way construction project, which funded a new football stadium and a renovated basketball arena.

� e � eld, which has been home to the Salukis since 1964, is the only � eld in the Missouri Valley Conference without lights, said former SIU baseball coach Richard Jones.

Jones, along with former players Robert Jones and John Hoscheidt, said if that kind of money can be put together to help the other sports, a little extra cash for the baseball team would not hurt anyone’s wallet.

“If I have three kids who are hun-gry, I’m going to make sure they all eat,” Robert Jones said. “Maybe they won’t get the same portions, but ev-eryone has to eat.”

Jones said no one knew what SIU was until the baseball team went to the NCAA Men’s College World Series. � e Salukis placed second in the nation in 1968 and 1971 and made series appearances in 1969, 1974 and 1977.

“� e football (stadium) needed to be revamped, but when raising that much money, no one would notice a million more to be put into the baseball facility,” said Richard Jones, who coached SIU baseball from 1968-90.

Robert Jones, a 1986 graduate in the SIU Hall of Fame as a baseball player, said he knew Abe Martin Field wasn’t in the initial plans but expects

it to be included in the near future.He said he is just one name on an

email list of about 150 to 200 other former SIU baseball players who have similar feelings.

Richard Jones said the last big renovation of Abe Martin Field was done primarily by himself in 1988. He said SIU allocated $35,000 to-

ward a new clubhouse and univer-sity o ̈ cials told him not to ask the school’s contributors, such as Pepsi or season ticket holders, to donate money. Jones said he raised $65,000 by selling nameplates on lockers and rooms to former players.

Jones said he was lucky to know a trade union head who put together

a group of labor workers to build the clubhouse and the press box for free. A­ er the labor was con� rmed, Jones said he asked SIU o ̈ cials if they would donate more.

“� ey said $35,000 was all I was going to get,” Jones said.

� e free labor included the help of the baseball team, who carried

pieces of the press box to the carpenter, he said.

“We made it one of the best (facilities) in the Missouri Valley Conference, but now it’s one of the worst,” Jones said.