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University Housing has several structural repairs planned for the Brush Towers, starting with the roof damage caused by the May 8 storm.

Glenn Stine, deputy director of University Housing, said more than 25 roofs on campus were damaged. He said Schneider, Mae Smith and Neely will be the first buildings to receive roof repairs this fall.

Stine said each high-rise will cost $240,000. He said repairs at Grinnell will be $210,000 while the buildings at Thompson Point will cost approximately $150,000 each. He said next summer the roofs of Lentz, Pierce, Brown and Abbott would be replaced.

Stine said all roof repairs should be paid for by the univer-sity’s insurance plan.

“The end result is to make sure the roofs get replaced by using (insurance) funds wisely,” said Ju-lie Payne Kirchmeier, director of

University Housing.Kirchmeier said the Triads —

Allen, Boomer and Wright — as well as Greek Row and parts of Thompson Point will not be re-paired. She said it would be more expensive for renovations than to redesign and rebuild them.

Kirchmeier said University Housing would release a plan for new, small-group housing,

which will replace the Triads and Greek Row. She said they are also evaluating replacement plans for Southern Hills.

“Southern Hills has served us well for a very long period of time,” Kirchmeier said.

Larry Dietz, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, said campus housing is the university’s top pri-ority for repairs and renovations.

He said the Schneider Hall lobby is next in line and will be upgraded this summer.

Kirchmeier said the renova-tions in Schneider would be fund-ed through the school’s repair and replacement reserves, so students will not cover the costs.

University Housing to repair roofs, upgrade buildingsProjects funded through insurance, fundraisers

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Gov. Pat Quinn will be on cam-pus Wednesday as part of his state-wide campaign to urge legislators to fully fund the Monetary Award Program in 2010.

University spokesman Rod Sievers said Quinn would be on campus at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Center Auditorium. The tentative plan, he said, is to have students from the university, John A. Logan and other area com-munity colleges tell their stories on how the loss of the grant affects them after Quinn speaks. Sievers said he hopes to get as many stu-dents to attend as possible.

Student Trustee Nate Brown said he has received e-mails from students with compelling stories saying they would be willing to speak publically about how they have been affected.

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Oral arguments are set to end this week in arbitration between the university and former chancellor Fer-nando Treviño.

A decision is expected within 60 days.

SIU spokesman Dave Gross said oral presentations on whether the university was justified in terminating Treviño’s contract would end within the week, and a decision depends on whether the three-person panel re-quests additional written arguments.

“If that’s the case, then you could see a decision in up to two months,” Gross said. “If they do not ask for additional written arguments, you could see a decision within the next 30 days.”

Treviño, who was chosen as SIUC chancellor in summer 2007, was placed on paid administrative leave in March 2008.

Quinn to speak with students about MAP

Treviñoarbitration to end this week

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Bruce Perschbacher re-lights his pipe in between customers Monday at his shop, Yesteryear Tobacconists. Perschbacher has been in the tobacco business since 1971 and has been smoking since he was 16 years old. “I’m a firm believer in moderation,” he said in reference to smoking. Perschbacher

can smoke in his shop because of a grand-father clause in the recent public smoking ban. All of the tobaccos in the shop are pure tobacco. Perschbacher does not deal in com-mercial tobacco; instead, he said he special orders from smaller growers and blends all of his bulk tobaccos. While tobacco is one

passion, Perschbacher said he is also an avid rugby fan, having played the sport on and off since college. His store displays much of his and SIUC’s rugby memorabilia includ-ing trophies, framed photos and newspaper articles. He often has former players come just to see the display in the store.

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Dave Gross, a junior from Bloomington studying business, and Mike Hattemer, a junior from Manhattan studying psychology, use the computer lab in the basement of Trueblood Hall Monday. The computer lab is one of the many areas around Brush Towers to be renovated.

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Brown said there is no better way to promote awareness of the need for the grant than to have Quinn on campus and speaking directly to students.

“I think any way that we can show that this is a priority for our students, for our region … will help further (the cause),” Brown said.

Kelly Kraft, spokeswoman for Quinn, said the rally is part of Quinn’s campaign to speak at all state universities and help strength-en grassroots efforts to restore the funding.

“On Wednesday, I will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with college

students, teachers, administrators, lawmakers and everyday people and challenge the General Assembly to fully fund MAP grants,” Quinn said in a press release. “When it comes to this important educa-tional funding issue, the people of Illinois will not accept a grade of ‘incomplete’ from the Legislature.”

While students are still receiv-ing full MAP benefits during the fall, more than 5,000 students on the Carbondale campus will receive either none of the grant money or just half of what they are eligible to receive in the spring.

The grant only received half of the funding originally budgeted, re-sulting in the loss of the program for the spring.

Kraft said Quinn hopes to urge more students to attend Lobby Day, scheduled for Oct. 15, through his rallies on college campuses.

The Illinois General Assem-bly will address the funding of the grant during its veto session Oct. 14 through Oct. 16 and Oct. 18 through Oct. 30.

“The state is really, really in a crisis,” Brown said. “It’s these events in conjunction with our trip to Springfield (Oct. 15) that really kind of show how important the MAP grant is to the students and how much the university and our students want to be proactive.”

Madeleine Leroux can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 254.

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SIU President Glenn Poshard cited failure to perform basic job du-ties outlined in Treviño’s contract and reassigned him to a tenured faculty position. Former Board of Trustees

member Sam Goldman was appoint-ed interim chancellor in April 2008 and in January 2009, the ‘interim’ was dropped from Goldman’s title.

Gross said the arbitration would decide if Treviño is entitled to the remainder of his contract’s payout, which is about $680,000 including

salary, housing and other benefits.Treviño now serves as the dean of

the Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work at Florida International University.

Madeleine Leroux can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 254.

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Kirchmeier said University Housing tried to fundraise and ap-ply for grants as a way to pay for additional projects, such as a new tutoring center in the lower level of Trueblood Hall.

Trueblood Hall’s lower level will be expanded into a larger, more us-able study area with classrooms.

Kirchmeier said the project de-pends on fundraising — something the housing department has never done before.

“The plan there is to actually turn it into a casual study area,” Kirch-meier said. “The whole place will be wireless with new computer labs, glass walls around a checkout area for students to use and check out lap-tops, and tutoring will be happening in a number of different areas.”

She said there would be addition-al space for an outdoor study area.

Kathie Lorentz, assistant director for University Housing, said the new tutoring center will accommodate more than 100 students.

“It’s the perfect location for stu-dents, particularly those living on the east side of campus,” Lorentz said.

Christina Spakousky can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 258.

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Stile T. SmithDAILY EGYPTIANSTS34@SIU.EDU

The fishing was good for Saluki Bassers Friday and Saturday as they took second place in the Lake of the Ozarks Central Division College Bass Tournament.

The second-place finish earned Richard Dunham and Travis Gould a spot in the regional championship at Kentucky Lake. The duo was able to catch five fish weighing in at 11 pounds.

The finish also resulted in a $5,000 cash prize; $2,500 of which went to Saluki Bassers club and $2,500 to the university.

Dunham, a senior from Carbon-dale studying business, said it was a great feeling to finish second.

“We went into the tournament

knowing that we really had to push hard,” Dunham said. “We really want-ed to get to Kentucky Lake, because we’re fairly confident on it.”

The team struggled in the first few legs of the series, called “College Fish-ing,” but was able to come back in the final phase of competition and earn a spot in regionals.

The series, which has no entry fee, allows college students to fish in free tournaments across the country. Stu-dents are provided with a boat and a professional fisherman to drive them to their fishing spots for the day.

The duo had the fortune to draw Dion Hibdon, who is one of the sport’s top competitors. Hibdon has won both the Bassmaster Classic and the Forest L. Wood Cup.

Stile Smith can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 259.

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Community activists said they believe the city manager’s pro-posed elimination of the com-munity relations officer position is a step backwards and submit-ted proposed budget cuts of more than $540,000 to City Council members Monday at the Eurma C. Hayes Center.

The Rev. Sidney Logwood, the Rev. Lawrence James, Margaret Nesbitt and other members of the Concerned Citizens of Carbon-dale told City Council members Joel Fritzler and Mary Pohlmann they believe the city is not com-mitted to affirmative action.

The group said major cutbacks in travel expenses for city officials, subscriptions and memberships and personnel are better options than the proposal to combine the duties of the community relations officer into the human resourc-es department.

Fritzler said in almost all commu-nities, the affirma-tive action duties are assigned to the human resources department.

Pohlmann said the human resourc-es department con-ducts interviews, but the city man-ager hires city employees.

“I think it’s a misconception

that the human resources does the hiring,” Pohlmann told activists. “They don’t do the hiring or firing.”

Nesbitt said she is shocked the af-firmative action plan submitted by the Concerned Citizens of Carbondale, and agreed to by the city manager and City Council, may be abandoned.

“We would like to see the council embrace issues that affect human beings’ lives,” she said. “There wasn’t just one person’s salary in that plan; there were many pro-grams to help young people grow in a positive manner.”

Pohlmann said she is firmly committed to affirmative action, but the current plan could be re-vised to be more concise.

N e s b i t t agreed, but said she was under the impression that this plan would be con-stantly worked on and im-proved.

“The citi-zens were be-lieving that we were in a working rela-

tionship with the council and the city manager,” she said.

James said to eliminate a posi-

tion held by a minority when it’s hard to hire qualified minorities to

begin with is counterpro-ductive.

F r i t z l e r said it’s hard for Carbon-dale to attract any qualified e m p l oye e s , m i n o r i t i e s included, be-cause larger cities can pay them more.

The city’s massive pension ob-ligations and decrease in revenues have not helped either, he said.

James said the human resourc-es department had affirmative ac-tion responsibilities for 20 years and there was no progress. Com-munity Relations Officer Marilyn James tried to make sure affirma-tive action was carried out the way it should be, but it was obvious city officials didn’t want that, he said.

The Rev. Lawrence James said the city manager’s proposals would not be as efficient as a real affirma-tive action enforcer.

“I think the budget is just a smokescreen,” he said. “I think it’s more of a retaliation thing because they’re not really sincere about af-firmative action … it was almost as if (Marilyn James) was hired to be a token coin, and they found out she was a real coin.”

Nick Johnson can be reached at 536-3311 ext 263

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When asked about the family motto, Jamie Blevens just laughs. Jamie’s son Dustin, 29, coined the phrase “Blevens, Enough Said” when he was in

high school. Dustin said he started it when he had the phrase written on the back of his letterman jacket. His sisters Jessica, 21, and Nichole, 19, kept up the tradition by putting the motto on the backs of their jackets. His sisters Katelyn and Kimberly, both 17, want to get it on their jackets as well.

When Jamie and Dean Blevens were married eight years ago, they had five children between them. After wanting one more baby, the couple decided to try fostering to see if they were ready to handle the joys of parenthood and newborn babies, diapers and late-night feedings.

Their first foster child was DJ, 7. He was five months old when they got him. Jamie and Dean said they instantly feel in love with him and knew he was the baby they wanted.

In California, it takes two years for adoption from the foster-care system to be pos-sible. The Blevenses had to wait. During those two years, they fostered more children.

“We would have 18 kids in the house at one time,” Jamie said. “We’ve probably fostered close to 200 children.”

Shortly after DJ arrived, three brothers named Joseph, 10, Devon, 8, and Nathan, 7, arrived. They remained at the Blevens’ home, never being taken back to their biological family.

When two years had passed, the Blevenses were given the choice to adopt DJ or have social services find him a home. They chose to adopt him and the three brothers. Jamie said she could not see them living anywhere else but with her. They were family.

The Blevens then adopted Austin, 5, and Alexis, 3. Dean adopted Jamie’s four girls from her previous marriage, and by 2006 they all took the Blevens last name.“That’s my daughter in there,” Jamie said, referring to Alexis.

Jamie said the six adopted children all know they were adopted, even if they do not fully grasp what it means. Their past is not kept secret; Jamie hung up pictures from the days when she and Dean were officially given custody of the children.

To the Blevenses, it does not matter if a child is adopted or biologically related; every one of the children is loved the same. They are family, enough said.

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Aubrey Matthewsa food service manager who lives near Chicago,

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Tim GiagoMCCLATCHY TRIBUNE

Most Americans, and I am sure the chief executive officers of the major tobacco manufacturing plants, knew that smoking was not good for your health more than 50 years ago.

I can remember hearing the comment, “Here’s another nail in your coffin,” as someone handed you a cigarette, many years ago. In 1947, 62 years ago, Merle Travis wrote a song that was adopted by Tex Williams.

Here are some of the lyrics: “Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette; puff, puff, puff until you smoke yourself to death; tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate, that you hate to make him wait; but you just gotta have another cigarette.” Williams followed in the trail of the famous Marlboro Man: he also died of lung cancer.

Williams was a two-pack-a-day man. But even a horrifying anti-smoking commercial by the late Yul Brynner, televised after he died of lung cancer, could not and did not, slow down the rush to buy another pack of cigarettes.

In the commercial Brynner, still looking some-what healthy, says, “Now that I’m gone, I’ll tell you: Don’t smoke, whatever you do, just don’t smoke.” The commercial by the American Cancer Society was aired in 1986, soon after Brynner’s death.

No one in a position of authority, not doctors or the tobacco industry, told us that smoking could cause lung cancer and other deadly illnesses, 50-60 years ago.

There were television shows totally sponsored by cigarette companies. There was “Your Hit Parade” with Snooky Lanson and Gisele McKenzie. And the show was filled with com-

mercials featuring Lucky Strike Cigarettes. The Camel News Caravan was anchored by John Cameron Swayze and ran from 1949 to 1956. One of the favorite bits of commercial advice on the show was, “More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.” I started smoking at the Catholic Indian mission boarding school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the 1940s. Back then it was a rite of passage.

You were allowed to smoke once you started high school, which was the ninth grade. You became a “big guy” when you reached that grade.

The cigarettes of choice were those rolled on cigarette paper and filled with Bull Durham tobacco. The cigarettes Americans dubbed “tailor made,” didn’t come along until a few years later. Of course “tailor made” simply meant that the cigarettes had filters or were machine rolled.

We thought we were real cool with the tag and string from a Bull Durham pack hanging from our shirt pocket. Tobacco was a crop cultivated by American Indians centuries before the arrival of the white man.

It was used primarily in spiritual gathering and was smoked in a ceremonial pipe, a pipe that was misnamed “peace pipe” because, as a spiritual offering, it was used at important

ceremonies including at talks of peace. In the Indian way, the act of smoking the pipe at the end of

a meeting was an indication that the deal had been sealed and the pipe was the spiritual conclusion. Millions of Americans got hooked on smoking when they joined the armed forces. When I served, I could buy a pack of cigarettes at the PX for 10 cents. A carton cost $1.

When we shipped overseas we were often given two or three

free cartons. And taking a “smoke break” was a significant part of the day in the military. When a soldier was sitting in a foxhole with death just over the next ridge, a long drag on a cigarette did a whole lot to ease the tension.

No one told that soldier he was endangering his life with that cigarette.

And, of course, the movies did much to romanticize cigarette smoking. There was a scene in one movie where the hero takes two cigarettes from the pack, places both of them in his mouth and lights them simultaneously. He then removes one from his mouth and places it between the lips of his girlfriend.

When we were teenagers, I think most of us tried to dupli-cate this little trick, too often discovering that the cigarettes had a tendency to stick to your lips. Romance flew out of the window when the cigarette tore your lip and it started to bleed.

I give my employees a smoke break in the morning and one in the afternoon. They have to smoke outside because it is not allowed in the office.

And since I have been a non-smoker for a very long time, as I see them heading out for their smoke break, I cannot help but wonder if they realize the danger they are courting, or I wonder what pleasure they can get from something that may eventually kill them. It’s a curious thing. But they won’t quit. Many states now have anti-smoking laws and we seem to be moving, as a nation, in that direction.

But we are facing the same situation confronting the gun lobby: “When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.” Can the same be said in defense of cigarettes? Here’s another nail in your coffin!

Giago, an Oglala Lakota, is the founder and f irst president of the Native American Journalists Association and is now the

publisher of the Native Sun News.

Millions of Americans got

hooked on smoking when they joined the armed forces. When I served, I could buy a pack of cigarettes at the PX for 10 cents. A carton cost $1.

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Charles BabingtonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — On the cusp of a key legislative push, Presi-dent Obama filled the Rose Garden Monday with doctors supportive of his health care overhaul, saying “no-body has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do.”

Obama’s White House event gave him another chance to frame the de-bate on his terms as his top domestic priority enters its most critical phase with legislation moving toward floor debates in the Senate and the House.

The Senate Finance Committee is expected to clear its long-debated, intensely scrutinized bill this week. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said a vote originally expected by Tuesday has been pushed back, be-cause the Congressional Budget Of-fice is still crunching cost and cover-age numbers.

The latest version of the Finance bill will cover fewer people, after sen-ators last week softened penalties for not carrying health insurance. Sta-benow said she expects it will cover 92 percent or 93 percent of Ameri-cans, down from about 95 percent in earlier versions. The penalties were

reduced because there’s not enough money in the $900-billion, 10-year bill to provide subsidies for all mid-dle-class households.

White House budget director Pe-ter Orszag acknowledged the tension between keeping down costs and the goal of providing coverage for all.

“There’s no doubt there’s a trade-off,” he said Monday.

After the Finance Committee finishes its work, Senate Democrat-ic leaders will meld it with a more liberal-leaning version passed by the Health, Education, Labor and Pen-sions Committee. The House also must combine differing versions of its

own bills before opening floor debate.Republican opposition to the

Democratic-crafted bills has been almost unanimous thus far in Con-gress, but two former national-level GOP officials are saying kinder things.

Tommy Thompson, a 2008 presi-dential candidate who headed the Health and Human Services De-partment under President George W. Bush, said Monday the Finance Committee bill “is another impor-tant step toward achieving the goal of health care reform this year.”

Bill Frist, a heart surgeon and for-mer Senate Republican leader, told

Time magazine he would vote for the Finance bill if he were still in Con-gress. Both Frist and Thompson said the bill could be improved by amend-ments, however.

They were joined by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a political independent first elected as a Republican. In a statement Mon-day, Bloomberg said the health care legislation advancing in Congress deserves support across the political spectrum. He noted that some of the bills have incorporated Republican ideas, even though no GOP lawmak-ers have come forward to support the effort.

Ishtiaq MahsudTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SARAROGHA, Pakistan — Flanked by heavily armed fighters, the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban sat on a blue blanket, amiable and re-laxed as he cracked jokes and mixed in threats of vengeance for deadly U.S. airstrikes.

One day later, a suicide bomber at-tacked a U.N. office in Islamabad.

Hakimullah Mehsud met with re-porters Sunday for the first time since winning control of the militant group, quashing speculation that he had been slain in a succession struggle following the killing of his predecessor in a U.S. drone attack.

He also described his group’s re-lationship to al-Qaida as one of “love and affection.” Osama bin Laden and other top al-Qaida leaders are believed to be hiding out in the remote border region with Afghanistan, possibly in territory controlled by Hakimullah.

The militant vowed to retali-ate against the U.S. and Pakistan for deadly attacks on his allies and said his fighters will repel an anticipated Paki-stani offensive into his stronghold.

Hakimullah made his threat of vengeance hours before a suicide bomber disguised as a security officer killed five people at a U.N. office in Islamabad on Monday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but authorities blamed Islamic militants.

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehm-an Malik has said several times that officials believed Hakimullah — and possibly his deputy, Waliur Rehman — had been killed in fighting over who would replace Baitullah Mehsud

after his Aug. 5 death in a missile strike. Malik said that Hakimullah was being impersonated by his brother, in-cluding in calls to media organizations.

Western diplomats in Islamabad had also said their intelligence indi-cated he may have been killed, while Western media reports over the week-end quoted American officials as say-ing they believed he may be dead.

Hakimullah was very much alive, speaking calmly as he sat under a tree on a blanket surrounded by top Tal-iban commanders, including Waliur Rehman, in a show of unity in South Waziristan, where the Pakistani state and security forces have little or no presence. Also present were Qari Hus-sain, the head of the Taliban’s suicide bomb faction, and Azam Tariq, a Tal-iban spokesman.

He said the group’s leadership re-mained intact and unified.

“We all are sitting before you, which proves all the news about my-self ... was totally baseless and false,” he said.

Pakistani security authorities were not immediately available for com-ment.

Pakistan has largely beaten back a Taliban insurgency in the northwest-ern Swat Valley in recent months and intelligence officials say the country is preparing a major offensive against al-Qaida and the Taliban in South Waziristan. The military has been blockading the region and seeking to encourage other tribes to rise up against Hakimullah.

Hakimullah said his forces were ready for such an attack, which would likely be far tougher than the Swat campaign. The army has been beaten

back there three times since 2004. Analysts say some 10,000 well-armed militants, including foreign fighters, are in the mountainous region and well dug in.

“We are fully prepared for that op-eration and we will give full proof of those preparations once the offensive is launched,” he said.

On the drive to and from the inter-view, the AP reporter could see fight-ers taking up positions at key vantage points. Residents said the militants were digging trenches along routes the army was expected to travel.

Fearing the coming offensive, civil-ians were fleeing the area via backroads and traveling at night because the

military had already sealed most of the main routes out.

While Baitullah avoided the glare of media and was only photographed once — from a side angle — Ha-kimullah showed no such modesty.

He did not appear to be a nervous fugitive in hiding from Pakistan sol-diers and U.S. drones.

Pakistan Taliban head cracks jokes, vows vengeance

Surrounded by doctors, Obama pitches overhaul

SAEED SHAH | MCCLATCHY TRIBUNEQari Zainuddin, Pakistani militia commander, shown with some of his men June 11 near South Waziristan, Pakistan, is being secretly backed by the Pakistan state to fight warlord Baitullah Mehsud in Waziristan in a gamble that will see the Pakistani troops confront the fountainhead of Taliban and al-Qaida extremism.

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Freshmen Dante Marks and Mason Smiedendorf practice marching and formations Monday with the ROTC for the homecoming parade. The parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and will proceed through downtown Carbondale on South Illinois Avenue. Captain Eric Diehl, the Commandant of Cadets for Air Force ROTC Detachment 205, said the group is starting to improve. The cadets are students at SIUC, with a few from Southeast Missouri State University.

USG not concerned with limited budget Erin Holcomb

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The Undergraduate Student Government started with signifi-cantly less money to allocate this semester compared to past admin-istrations, and representatives said they hope to correct the problem for the next senate.

President Priciliano Fabian said at the beginning of each fall semes-ter, the group usually starts with $70,000 to $100,000 to distribute to Registered Student Organizations.

The group started with $6,000 this semester, Fabian said.

“Last year the (senators) over-spent their money,” he said. “So what they had overspent had to be taken out of our accounts this year.”

Fabian said the previous group overspent by more than $36,000 last year because it was disorganized.

In order to cushion the loss of money, an extra $10,000 was taken out of the group’s reserve account to increase the amount of funding to $16,000 for this academic year — $8,000 per semester, Fabian said. He said $81,000 remains in the re-serve account.

The senators approved $3,610 to contribute to organizations

Wednesday, leaving $4,390 left for the rest of the fall semester.

Fabian said the group isn’t going to make the same mistake as last year’s senate.

“We’ve been doing good so far, keeping a close eye on the account and making sure were not going to overspend,” he said. “We’re just trying to keep everything efficient and organized so we can keep track of it.”

Vice President Ashley Epps said it wasn’t just the overspending that affected the group’s budget this year, but the university’s declining enrollment. USG receives money

from the Student Activities Fee.“If enrollment trickles down then

we’ll probably be left with a low amount of money,” Epps said. “I just don’t want people to be upset with us because we’re doing all we can.”

However, Epps said the minimal amount of money is turning into a positive.

“I don’t know where the money went wrong in the past,” she said. “But we have bigger issues on the forefront, and that’s the MAP grant.”

The Monetary Award Pro-gram grant is awarded by the state through the Illinois Student Assis-tance Commission to undergradu-

ate students. It covers mandatory tuition and fees and does not have to be repaid. The grant was can-celed for the spring semester.

“Undergraduate Student Gov-ernment is here for the students, and we need to get that money back from the MAP grant,” Epps said.

Rhonda Daugherty, chairwom-an of the Finance Committee, said even though the senators are stick-ing close to the funding guidelines, she agrees the group should focus on the grant initiative.

Erin Holcomb can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 255.

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Today’s Birthday — You have plenty of energy for creative activities. Be sure you have on hand all the supplies you need. Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, keep your audience in mind as you work.Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — Circumstances are beyond your control. Yet somehow everything turns out just fine. What luck!Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — As luck would have it, you are in the right place at the right time, with the right stuff. Go for the gold.Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — You feel like you’re on the wrong side of a discussion or argument. Try to consider the other person’s point of view.Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Today could be the day you transform into an independent entity. If that’s not what you want, keep your head down.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — You discover that your partner knows far more than you ever imagined. This is a good thing. Enjoy your good fortune.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — You feel like putting your energy into work now. There’s plenty of time to spend with friends tomorrow.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Decorate (or redecorate) now. Add what seems like a wild touch. You’ll like it later.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Now is a good time to discuss core values. Sounds serious? It probably is. Do it anyway.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Yes, yes, yes! You can do it today, and you can take a friend with you.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — You stand to gain more by listening first and taking action later. That shouldn’t limit the scope of your actions.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — You want to eat everything on the menu. You could do that, but it’s better to choose one exquisite thing.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — All systems are go for Pisces today. Any private thoughts you have become part of your plan for the future.

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Jon KrawczynskiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins seem to think that 162 regular-season games aren’t enough.

The Twins will host the Detroit Tigers today in a tiebreaker for the American League Central title and a trip the playoffs. It is the second straight season that the Twins have needed a 163rd game to finish the season, a first in league history.

One year after losing a 1-0 heart-breaker in Chicago to the White Sox in a one-game playoff, the Twins will get the homefield advantage this time around as they look to cap their re-markable September rally.

“It’s like deja vu,” second baseman Nick Punto said. “Last year, same thing. A lot of these guys have been through this, though. I think that’s the best part about it. That breeds confidence just knowing you’ve been in a position like

this before. It’s fun. We’re having fun.”Why wouldn’t they be?A month ago, the Twins were seven

games behind Detroit in the division. Three weeks ago, they lost All-Star slugger Justin Morneau to a season-ending back injury. Last week, they were three games down with four to play.

Yet here they are again, thanks to 16 victories in 20 games and four straight to close the season.

“Everybody wrote off the Twins, it seems like, a long time ago, especially when Morneau went down,” said out-fielder Johnny Damon, whose Yankees are awaiting Tuesday’s winner. “A team needs to keep fighting and they’ve been one of those special teams for a long time. It seems like they don’t give up. That’s the great thing about base-ball. You never know.”

The Tigers, who went 11-15 in their final 26 games to let the Twins back into the race, aren’t putting too much stock in the experience factor.

Manager Jim Leyland is putting 20-year-old rookie Rick Porcello (14-9) on the mound for the start in front of more than 50,000 fans who will make it deafening inside the Metrodome.

“It’s going to be the loudest environment any of these guys have ever been in, and I can tell you that firsthand because I was up there for the ‘87 World Series when they called it ‘The Hankie Dome’ and my wife couldn’t even hear each other talk,” Leyland said. “But that’s OK. Sometimes that works for you, and sometimes that works against you.”

Young pitchers, and even veterans, have been known to get rattled in the din of the Metrodome, which was supposed to hold its final regular season baseball game on Sunday when the Twins played the Royals. The Twins are hoping there is still plenty of more baseball to be played under the roof before the move outside to Target Field next year.

Game No. 163 (again): Twins host Tigers for title

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Detroit Tigers Ramon Santiago turns a double play after getting out Minnesota Twins Delmon Young during first inning action Sept. 30 at Comerica Park in Detroit.

Orhan Spahic, a freshman from Bosnia, practices Monday at the University Courts. Spahic advanced to the semifinals in Flight B1 consolation play Sunday in Chattanooga, Tenn., and lost to Jacksonville State’s Felipe Watanabe 6-3, 6-0.EDYTA B!ASZCZYKDAILY EGYPTIAN

Derek RobbinsDAILY EGYPTIAN

DROBBINS@SIU.EDU

With the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championships two weeks away, the SIU men’s tennis team failed to build momentum in its final warm-up.

Freshmen Chikara Kidera and Brandon Florez were the only Salukis to advance beyond the first round at the Steve Baras Fall Classic over the weekend in Chattanooga, Tenn.

“I don’t think we played up to our potential in Chattanooga,” head coach Dann Nelson said. “We need to do a better job of taking the things we learn in practice and put them into the match.”

Florez defeated Lee University sophomore Michael Yokosuk (7-5, 6-2) in the opening round of Flight A1, where a team’s ace plays.

Kidera beat Mercer Univer-sity junior Fernando Armendaris in Flight A2 play (6-1, 2-6, 1-0(8)).

“I don’t feel like I played at 100 percent,” Florez said. “It was really the same thing for everyone. Nobody played as well as they could have; it was just a really unfocused tournament.”

Both Florez and Kidera lost in the quarterfinals to Middle Tennessee State University. Florez lost to sophomore Matthew Langley (7-6 (2), 6-0) and Kidera lost to senior Alex McCann (6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (7)).

“It felt good to go out there and win my first match. I have been working my butt off to get better,” Florez said. “To go there and have everything that can go wrong go wrong makes everything worse. It makes me feel terrible; I could have done better.”

A third Middle Tennessee State player knocked off a Saluki, as junior Kyle Wishing defeated SIU’s freshman Orhan Spahic (6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (8)).

Spahic went to the consolation bracket where he defeated Chattanooga freshman Jackson

Tresnan because of injury withdrawal.Freshman Jordan Snyder fell to

junior Felipe Lima of Belmont (6-0, 6-1) and sophomore Pavlo Buryi lost to sophomore Ryan Boutell of Kennesaw State (6-0, 6-4).

“I need to close my matches; that’s pretty much it,” Buryi said. “I didn’t play that bad, but I need to learn how to finish out my matches. I was close to winning some of them.”

Buryi said he needs to win more matches in practice so he will have more confidence in tournaments.

“Hopefully we will improve enough to win some matches and do better,” Buryi said.

Buryi advanced to the semifinals in the consolation bracket for Flight C1, but lost to Memphis junior John Taylor (6-1, 6-3).

Spahic also fell in the semifinals in the consolation bracket. Spahic played in Flight B1 and lost to Jacksonville State’s Felipe Watanabe (6-3, 6-0).

The next tournament for the men

will be the ITA Regional. Florez said the competition at the tournament would force the team to play its best.

“It’s a whole new level of tourna-ment, competition is higher. Hope-fully nobody gets nervous and we play

as well as we can,” Florez said. “That’s exactly why I came to college. It is what I am looking for, what I need.”

Derek Robbins can be reachedat 536-3311 ext. 256.

SIU stumbles in final tune-up tournament

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The Yankees seem like the no-brainer here. There is a reason they won the most games this year; it’s because they are crazy good. That offense can overpower any team, and the team’s rotation and bullpen can shut down almost team. When they are down they don’t stay there, as they have about as many comeback wins this season as the Washington Nationals had regular-season wins. Yankees should roll through the league.

As much as I would like to see Red Sox nation regain the glory, it would be one of the most epic disappointments in mankind’s history if the Yankees don’t cash out on their $420 million offseason shopping spree. This postseason will finally answer the age-old question: Can you buy a championship?

I’m going to go out on a limb here and choose the Yankees to represent the American League. “Madness!” you may scream. I mean, what, the last time they went to the World Series was in 2003. That was forever ago! Well, when you have an offense that borders on legendary and a pitching staff anchored by C.C. Sabathia, World Series appearances naturally follow. They have the best record in baseball for a reason. They are just monsters, simple as that.

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For the first two tournaments, the Salukis played without their No. 1 player Melanie Delsart. The freshman has been unable to play because her freshman registration papers are not complete.

Nothwehr said Delsart should compete with the team Friday.

“When we were at the tournament, she played matches against (student assistant coach) Fadzai (Mawisire) here,” Nothwehr said. “If she can beat Fadzai, she can beat anyone that plays in our conference.”

Derek Robbins can be reachedat 536-3311 ext. 256.

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association ranked SIU No. 18 in its All-Academic poll for the 2009 season. SIU’s 3.38 cumulative GPA led to a top-25 ranking for the ninth straight season. The Salukis have been in the top-10 seven of the last nine years, and in the top-five in five of the last nine seasons.

Gonzalez said all the wins and titles the Salu-kis have won in the fall would only make the team hungrier for championships.

“With everything that has happened over the fall, it’s hard not to get excited about the season,” Gonzalez said. “We’re going to keep building off this and make spring our own.”

Ryan Voyles can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 256.

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NORTHERN IOWA ! 2-0 4-1

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 2-0!! 3-1!

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2-0 3-1

MISSOURI STATE ! 1-1 3-2

YOUNGSTOWN STATE ! 1-1 3-2

ILLINOIS STATE ! 1-1 2-3

WESTERN ILLINOIS ! 0-1 1-3

NORTH DAKOTA STATE 0-2 1-4

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Missouri Valley Football Conference Standings

David MercerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHAMPAIGN — Quarterback Juice Williams will be on the bench when Illinois takes on Michigan State on Saturday, a week after he became the all-time leader in offensive production for the Illini.

Illini coach Ron Zook told WDWS Radio in Champaign on Monday that backup quarterback Ed-die McGee will start over Williams. Zook said he hopes McGee will give the 1-3 Illini (0-2 Big Ten) a spark.

Team officials said Williams, a senior who has been a starter since his freshman year, was not available to take ques-tions Monday during a players’ teleconference with reporters or after practice.

Zook said he considered pulling Williams during Il-linois’ 35-17 loss to Penn State on Saturday, but Zook decided to let the senior work through a game in which he initially struggled. During the game, Williams sur-passed former Illini quarterback Kurt Kittner to become the all-time offensive yards leader at Illinois.

“This is not pointing the finger at Juice at all,” Zook told WDWS. “This poor guy, if anything, I think it takes the pressure off of him a little bit.”

McGee has played extensively in his time at Illi-nois, most recently taking the snaps through most of last month’s win over Illinois State after Williams left with an injury.

The redshirt junior from Washington, D.C., is 52-94 in his career in Champaign, with five interceptions and three touchdowns. He’s also run for four TDs and occasionally lines up at receiver.

Illini receiver Arrelious Benn, one of Williams’ closer friends on the team, said McGee may be a little better runner than Williams, who led Illinois in rushing last season.

Benn said he talked to both players after learning of the switch Monday and believes Williams is handling his benching well.

“Juice told me that he and Eddie got together last night and talked about things,” Benn said. “I know it’s not going to divide the locker room.”

Benn said he told McGee the team isn’t expecting perfection.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Ryan VoylesDAILY EGYPTIAN

RVOYLES@SIU.EDU

With Western Illinois’ loss to the Salukis Saturday, every Missouri Valley Football Conference team has a con-ference game under its belt. Most of the matchups were close this weekend, which also included two upsets.

Illinois State Redbirds (2-3, 1-1 MVFC) 27

North Dakota State Bison (1-4, 0-2 MVFC) 24

The Redbirds stunned the crowd of 18,608 at the Fargodome Saturday as Illinois State’s Geno Blow scored on a two-yard touchdown run with 1:24 remaining. The touchdown lifted the Redbirds over the Bison on their homecoming game. The Redbirds clinched the first conference victory for head coach Brock Spack and the Bison have started the season 1-4 for the first time since 2002.

Northern Iowa Panthers (4-1, 2-0 MVFC) 62

Indiana State Sycamores (0-6, 0-3 MVFC) 7

What looked to be the most lop-sided matchup on paper became reality as the No. 3 Panthers dismantled the Sycamores Saturday. Northern Iowa quarterback Pat Grace had only nine pass attempts, but finished the game with 157 yards and three touchdowns. Northern Iowa scored 42 unanswered points in the first half to hand the Syca-mores their 32nd straight loss.

Missouri State Bears (3-2, 1-1 MVFC) 17

Youngstown State Penguins (3-2, 1-1 MVFC) 7

Missouri State quarterback Cody Kirby threw for 252 yards and a touchdown as the Bears upset the Penguins at Youngstown, Ohio. Youngstown State turned the ball over four times, including three in-terceptions from quarterback Bran-don Summers. The loss snaps the Penguins three-game winning streak.

Cal Poly Mustangs (2-2, 2-0 Great West Conference) 21

South Dakota State Jackrab-bits (3-1, 2-0 MVFC) 14

Cal Poly’s Marty Mohamed sacked Thomas O’Brien late in the fourth quarter and Carlton Gillespie recovered the South Dakota State quarterback’s fumble in the end zone with 2:09 left in the game to score the winning touchdown Saturday in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The score was the second for the Mustangs’ defense. The game was the lone non-conference game for any MVFC school and the Jackrabbits’ first loss of the season.

Ryan Voyles can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 256.

Conference roundup

EDYTA B!ASZCZYK | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Martina Vianna Ce, a senior from Brazil, practices serving Monday at the University Courts. Ce lost in the semifinals of the North Shore flight to University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Annie Green 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Sunday in Chattanooga, Tenn.

EDYTA B!ASZCZYK| DAILY EGYPTIAN

Freshman pitcher Brittney Lang throws a pitch against Southeast Missouri State at Charlotte West Stadium Sept. 27. The Salukis wrapped up their fall exhibition Sunday in Normal with wins over Western Illinois and Eastern Illinois.

Salukis shine in Baras Fall Classic Derek Robbins

DAILY EGYPTIANDROBBINS@SIU.EDU

Sophomore Vishaka Sheoran had a golden touch as she won her flight in the Salukis’ final compe-tition before the Missouri Valley Conference Individual Tourna-ment.

Sheoran won the gold flight at the Steve Baras Fall Classic in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sunday. The gold flight is the equivalent of the fourth flight, where a team’s fourth-best player competes.

Head coach Audra Nothwehr said Sheoran’s performance could have won her the first flight cham-pionship.

“Vishaka was in control the whole time; it wasn’t a nail biter. None of her matches were,” Noth-wehr said. “It was great seeing her on top of her game; she’s playing much better than she did last year.”

Sheoran was the flight’s top seed and received a bye, so she au-tomatically qualified for the quar-terfinals. Sheoran did not disap-point, defeating Eastern Kentucky senior Anais Hamel (6-0, 6-3)

In the semifinals, Sheoran de-feated University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore Jen-nemieke van der Veek (6-2, 6-1).

Sheoran captured the champion-ship against Kennesaw State fresh-man Therese Lagerkvist (6-3, 6-1).

“It felt good to win my flight,” Sheoran said. “I was more aggres-sive, and I worked hard for it. We

were here last year too, and as a team we did much better. Everyone just tried their hardest.”

One other Saluki advanced to the finals in singles play. Senior Jessica Flannery made it to the finals in the Lookout Mountain flight, but lost it to University of Tennessee-Martin Jodie Tiley (6-4, 6-0).

On the doubles side, one team advanced to the finals. Senior Michela Cruise and sophomore Emily Whitney made it to the finals of the blue flight, but fell to University of Tennessee-Martin’s Anna Marie Herbold and Anna Winkelmann.

Nothwehr said the team fo-cused on doubles in practice, and it showed in the tournament.

“We were happy with Michela and Emily,” Nothwehr said. “The tournament was one-and-done with doubles. There were no con-solation brackets. They played bet-ter than their last tournament.”

Whitney and Cruise lost both of their opening matches in their previous tournament, the Blue and Gray Classic, but won one on the final day to get seventh place in the No. 2 flight.

The Steve Baras Fall Classic was the final tournament for the women before the MVC Indi-vidual Tournament, which starts Friday.

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RVOYLES@SIU.EDU

The games did not count on its re-cord, but the Saluki softball team domi-nated the fall exhibition season as if it was playing for a championship.

The Salukis wrapped up their fall ex-hibition season this Sunday at the Illinois Collegiate Softball Tournament with a 2-1 victory over Eastern Illinois and a 5-0 victory over Western Illinois. The Salukis finished 6-0 in the fall season, outscoring their opponents 29-1.

Head coach Kerri Blaylock said the team’s success is fueled by its desire to get better.

“I thought not only this past weekend, but the whole fall we played well. We just threw the ball really well,” Blaylock said. “They are very much listening and are a very good team in trying to learn and are trying to improve.”

The first regular-season game for the Salukis will not be until Feb. 12. Though the tournaments do not count on the team’s record, junior first baseman Corin-na Gonzalez said the Salukis took the ex-hibition season seriously.

“These games are a good note to head

off into the spring season,” Gonzalez said. “We didn’t treat these games like they weren’t important. We came out with the idea that we were going to go out there and try to win.”

The Salukis started the fall season Sept. 20 with two weeks of tournaments at Charlotte West Stadium in Carbon-dale. The Salukis won all four of their games, outscoring their opponents 22-0. The Salukis gave up their first, and only, run of the fall against Eastern Illinois.

Blaylock said her starting pitchers, which includes new transfer Alex Peters and freshman Brittany Lang, have played better than she expected them to this early in the season.

“I think (junior) Danielle (Glosson), our veteran, has come back, and now she’s throwing really well. And then our two newcomers have come in and kind of ex-ceeded my expectations as far as working batters over, the things that we ask them to do,” Blaylock said. “We ask them to re-ally compete out there on the mound and they have really done that out there.”

The Salukis also earned some national honor in the fall as well.

Salukis end fall exhibition undefeated, 6-0

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