DAILY EGYPTIAN MARCH 25, 2013 DAILYEGYPTIAN.COM SINCE 1916 VOLUME 98, ISSUE 113 MONDAY Veterans to receive tuition assistance again Veterans enrolled in higher education remain eligible for nancial aid because of a congressional resolution. Congress voted ursday to reinstate military tuition subsidies, a move that reversed the March 8 military ocial decision to cut tuition assistance because of mandatory sequestration cuts. e tuition assistance was part of the Senate Continuing Resolution, which provides government funding for the next six months and seeks to avert what would be a government shutdown. e resolution instructs the Pentagon to nd money outside of cutting tuition assistance, which cannot be fully cut. All armed-services branches, except the Coast Guard, are aected by this amendment, according to a Hungton Post article. Although Congress reversed the cuts, University President Glenn Poshard said it wasn’t a surprise that tuition assistance was initially dropped. “It’s been cut steadily over the last three years,“ he said. “I think we anticipated that it probably would be cut again.” However, Poshard said the university had been exploring areas to help veterans. He said the university would attempt to provide veterans a college education and would not shortchange them if the original amendment had remained in eect. “We have been designated by Military Times as one of the top two, three schools in the country that are military-friendly,” he said. “We have no intentions of cutting back in any way of trying to aord our veterans’ education.” Campus veterans are excited by the return of the tuition assistance for themselves and their fellow brothers-in-arms. Nicholas Kaiser, a senior from Normal studying speech communication, said the government holds up its end of the bargain through the resolution. “When I signed the contract for active service, what was implied in the contract was when my years of service were up, I would get educational benets,” he said. Kaiser said he thinks Congress reinstated the tuition assistance because both Democrats and Republicans support the armed services. He said both political parties have a better presence when they support the troops. Overall, Kaiser said the university has strongly supported veterans. “I feel that SIU has done more than its part in helping me as a veteran,” he said. “I feel, honestly, a lot of veterans chose SIUC because military magazines rank it very high in regards to care to veterans.” Nate Grunert, a junior from West Frankfort studying foreign language and international trade, participates in an ROTC field training exercise Saturday at the SIU Department of Public Safety Firearms Range. Grunert said it has been rough but an excellent learning environment. “We’re training to be future leaders of the United States Army.,” he said. As of Thursday, tuition assistance from the government will continue to be provided for veterans after being cut in early March. NICOLE HESTER | DAILY EGYPTIAN Survey reports student professionalism slump A recent analysis suggests many upper-level college students may not be ready for the workplace. e study, which was conducted by the Center for Professional Excellence at York College of Pennsylvania, was distributed to more than 330 two- and four- year higher-education institutions across the country. Of the polled professors, 38.3 percent said nearly 50 percent of their upper-level students did not exhibit workplace professionalism because of actions such reading social media while in the classroom. Likewise, the study shows 22.2 percent said college students felt entitled to future careers even though they were underqualied for the workplace. Royce Burnett, associate professor of accountancy, said he has noticed a change in how students work since he began teaching in 1981, but not in their professionalism. Burnett attributes the change to students’ increased access to technology. “Professionalism is about doing the work, and I think that students are far more focused in doing their work now than ever before,” he said. According the study, 75.6 percent of college professors agreed technology was a major problem for student focus, and the problem is not getting better. Digital forms of communication such as cellphone use and text messaging were said to distract students from the classroom, but Burnett said the university has adapted to the times and students use technology to focus more on improving schoolwork. “When I started working here, technology for us was using a new hand calculator, and all it did was add, subtract and multiply, and that was new technology,” he said. “I think that today, students are far brighter than that. ey are exposed to technology since they are born, and it is a great tool for students to bring to the classroom.” :RPHQ GHYRWH DZDUGV WR ÀQDQFH UHVHDUFK PLVVLRQV Twenty-six women were recently honored for their service across the country and around the world. As part of Women’s History Month, three SIU organizations — University Women’s Professional Advancement, the Carbondale branch of the American Association of University Women and the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program — held the 17th annual Celebrate Women Honoring Inclusive Excellence award ceremony March 7. e recipients will use their award money to fund projects, which range from teaching to healthy living. During the ceremony, the University Women’s Professional Advancement presented mentoring awards, a new award given to eight faculty members. e mentoring awards can be presented to men or women, but all other awards given are only oered to women, said Melinda Yeomans, event coordinator. is award is granted to anyone who has held doors open to women and minorities, she said. 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Veterans enrolled in higher education remain eligible for !nancial aid because of a congressional resolution.
Congress voted "ursday to reinstate military tuition subsidies, a move that reversed the March 8 military o#cial decision to cut tuition assistance because of mandatory sequestration cuts. "e tuition assistance was part of the Senate Continuing Resolution, which provides government funding for the next six months and seeks to avert what would be a government shutdown. "e resolution instructs the Pentagon to !nd money outside of cutting tuition assistance, which cannot be fully cut.
All armed-services branches, except the Coast Guard, are a$ected by this amendment, according to a Hu#ngton Post article.
Although Congress reversed the cuts, University President Glenn Poshard said it wasn’t a surprise that tuition assistance was initially dropped.
“It’s been cut steadily over the last three years,“ he said. “I think we anticipated that it probably would be cut again.”
However, Poshard said the university had been exploring areas to help veterans. He said the university would attempt to provide veterans a college education and would not shortchange them if the original amendment had remained in e$ect.
“We have been designated by Military Times as one of the top two, three schools in the country that are military-friendly,” he said. “We have no intentions of cutting back in any way of trying to a$ord our veterans’ education.”
Campus veterans are excited by the return of the tuition assistance for themselves and their fellow brothers-in-arms.
Nicholas Kaiser, a senior from Normal studying speech communication, said the government holds up its end of the bargain through the resolution.
“When I signed the contract for active service,
what was implied in the contract was when my years of service were up, I would get educational bene!ts,” he said.
Kaiser said he thinks Congress reinstated the tuition assistance because both Democrats and Republicans support the
armed services. He said both political parties have a better presence when they support the troops.
Overall, Kaiser said the university has strongly supported veterans.
“I feel that SIU has done more than its
part in helping me as a veteran,” he said. “I feel, honestly, a lot of veterans chose SIUC because military magazines rank it very high in regards to care to veterans.”
Nate Grunert, a junior from West Frankfort studying foreign language and international trade, participates in an ROTC field training exercise Saturday at the SIU Department of Public Safety Firearms Range. Grunert said it has been rough but an excellent learning environment. “We’re training to be future leaders of the United States Army.,” he said. As of Thursday, tuition assistance from the government will continue to be provided for veterans after being cut in early March.
NICOLE HESTER | DAILY EGYPTIAN
Survey reports student professionalism slumpA recent analysis suggests many
upper-level college students may not be ready for the workplace.
"e study, which was conducted by the Center for Professional Excellence at York College of Pennsylvania, was distributed to more than 330 two- and four-year higher-education institutions
across the country. Of the polled professors, 38.3 percent said nearly 50 percent of their upper-level students did not exhibit workplace professionalism because of actions such reading social media while in the classroom. Likewise, the study shows 22.2 percent said college students felt entitled to future careers even though they were underquali!ed for the workplace.
Royce Burnett, associate
professor of accountancy, said he has noticed a change in how students work since he began teaching in 1981, but not in their professionalism. Burnett attributes the change to students’ increased access to technology.
“Professionalism is about doing the work, and I think that students are far more focused in doing their work now than ever before,” he said.
According the study, 75.6
percent of college professors agreed technology was a major problem for student focus, and the problem is not getting better. Digital forms of communication such as cellphone use and text messaging were said to distract students from the classroom, but Burnett said the university has adapted to the times and students use technology to focus more on improving schoolwork.
“When I started working here,
technology for us was using a new hand calculator, and all it did was add, subtract and multiply, and that was new technology,” he said. “I think that today, students are far brighter than that. "ey are exposed to technology since they are born, and it is a great tool for students to bring to the classroom.”
Twenty-six women were recently honored for their service across the country and around the world.
As part of Women’s History
Month, three SIU organizations — University Women’s Professional Advancement, the Carbondale branch of the American Association of University Women and the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program — held the
17th annual Celebrate Women Honoring Inclusive Excellence award ceremony March 7. "e recipients will use their award money to fund projects, which range from teaching to healthy living.
During the ceremony, the University Women’s Professional Advancement presented mentoring awards, a new award given to eight faculty members. "e mentoring awards can be presented to men or women, but all other awards
given are only o$ered to women, said Melinda Yeomans, event coordinator. "is award is granted to anyone who has held doors open to women and minorities, she said.
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Technology developments have increased rapidly, and SIU alumnus Paul Sullins said many technological aspects of college have drastically changed since he graduated in 2001.
“Technology has totally changed the way I work; I can multitask working on my tablet while at the same time researching a topic on my smartphone,” he said.
Sullins said technology has created major changes at the university, especially since computers were becoming mainstream as he was
entering college.“All the kids at SIU now have
grown up with computers on campus, and I was just introduced to it in high school,” he said. “Enrolling in SIU, I learned more about technology than I ever did before coming here, but I think if I grew up with it, I would not be distracted at all. I would have just learned to live with it.”
Beyond using technology correctly, outward appearance is also a critical factor in professionalism, said Keri Burns, career services director. Maintaining a professional dress code would help potential
employers take applicants more seriously as potential hires, she said.
“How you are dressed is very important, even if you’re applying for a campus position,” she said. “Do not go into an interview in sandals and cargo shorts; you want to leave a positive impression based on how you dress. If there is someone else out there who is better dressed and just as determined to get the job, they tend to have the upper hand.”
Kaiser said while the university provides an abundance of veteran resources, several areas could still use work. !e Veterans Center is understa"ed, and workers sometimes take on multiple jobs, he said.
Alan Karas, a junior from Villa Park studying aviation technology, said he is glad Congress asked to reinstate the assistance.
“I think it’s fantastic for the military that’s still on active duty,” he said. “I don’t think it should have been on the chopping block in the
#rst place.”Karas said the university has
o"ered veterans many opportunities and has provided him with excellent student support. While it’s great to have the tuition back, he said he thinks Congress was pressured to bring it back.
“I’m sure they got a lot of $ak from the military and people a%liated with the military,” he said. “!ey’re trying to appease the American people by reinstating it.”
Recipient and psychology professor Lisabeth DiLalla said her students united together to nominate her.
DiLalla said her focus extends beyond academics and profession; she concentrates on mentoring her students for life decisions and barriers they may reach. Women are often told they can’t have a family and a career, which isn’t true, she said. Everything is about compromise, and a person can always do and have what they want if they want it bad enough, she said.
DiLalla said she believes a professor who doesn’t reach beyond the academic world to connect with his or her students is missing out.
“It’s what makes the job fun,” she said. “I am so grateful for my students.”
!e next award, $1,000 Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Awards, went to seven female faculty members.
Rehabilitation Institute Assistant Professor Valerie Boyer said her research award will fund equipment to analyze data from a pilot project that promotes language and literacy with children who are learning English in Head Start programs.
!is project is in its second year, Boyer said. Graduate and undergraduate students in the department of communication disorders and sciences spend time with 4-year-olds teaching aspects such as vocabulary and the alphabet.
“We just felt like this was an area where we could be helpful,” she said.
Boyer said the program has had four undergraduate students and one graduate assistant work with 40 children since its beginning. Previously, everyone used Boyer’s
university o%ce. !e program will now host its own o%ce because of the grant, which she said will help her balance duties as a professor and program director.
WGSS presented seven scholarships, and one recipient said she applied for it not for traditional #nancial needs, but to help others in another country.
Lindsay Strieker, a junior from Cape Girardeau studying dental hygiene, said she has participated in Give Kids a Smile Day and Give Adults a Smile Day, which provide free annual cleanings and #llings, she said. With this experience, Strieker said she seeks to take this idea a giant leap forward.
Strieker said she will use the her award funds for a May mission trip to Mexico. Participants will provide dental cleanings for both faculty and sta", at a Puebla, Mexico, orphanage, she said. !is location does not o"er very many
dental bene#ts regularly, she said, so volunteer work is vastly needed.
!is mission trip is sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Cobden, Strieker said.
“!e orphanage is connected to an organization in Wisconsin where they’ve had dentists go down (to Mexico),” she said. “But the dentists keep saying that they need dental hygentists, because the dentists don’t do cleanings.”
Strieker said she is happy to help because the dentists emphasized that children and sta" needed cleanings to prevent dental hygiene issues.
“I love doing mission trips,” she said, “I love going down and helping other people.”
Jessica Wettig Miles can be reached at [email protected] or 618-536-3311 ext 259.
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As people entered the Marion Kleinau !eater Friday night, a stern movie usher gave them a long list of strict warnings.
David Whit"eld, the play’s usher and graduate student in speech communication from Cairo, said he would rid the audience of a chance of laughing at sexual or religious jokes, no loud smacking, no balloons and no talking back to the screen during the premiere of “Nacht Der TextLichen Leiche: A Movie Ri#er’s Performative Guide to Reanimating Bodies in the Dark.”
After Whit"eld’s warning, the lights suddenly began to $icker and six “intruders” dressed like the Grim Reaper hopped on stage and harassed him. While Whit"eld promised the audience would watch“Transformers 4,” a movie which doesn’t exist, the intruders instead presented the audience with an ‘80s movie titled “MegaForce.” Much like the show “Mystery Science !eater 3000” the group entertained the audience through the night by ri%ng through “MegaForce” and o#ering hilarious commentary.
!e show is comical and encourages audiences to change the way they think about movies they watch by making fun of a "lm that is plagued with sexist material and false depictions of war. Whit"eld said many people in today’s culture take in media messages but aren’t really thinking about those messages critically.
Whitfield said his character is designed to be a barrier between the play’s attendees and movie riffers by playing police to the audiences’ laughing responses to them. He tries to create a divide in the audience side with the loud, obnoxious riffers’ behavior and the quiet, uptight standards typical of any movie theater, he said. Whitfield said he also challenges the audience to examine whether the movie commentators’ jokes are done in good taste.
“I act as the moral compass of what is public or private (behavior),” he said.
Performance director Matt Foy, a graduate student in speech communication from Manly, Iowa, said the show criticizes “MegaForce” in an entertaining and enjoyable way. He said the movie shows many false war depictions Foy wanted to expose in a way that
encouraged the audience to reflect on what war is in modern culture.
Foy said “MegaForce” depicted war to be all fun and games — nobody dies and the effects of war are watered down.
“For its sake, it was a kid’s movie,” he said.
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Riffers critique media messages
Performers crowd the stage Friday at the Kleinau Theater for the “Nacht Der Textlichen Leiche: The Movie Riffers’ Performative Guide to Reanimating Bodies in the Dark” performance. The comedic production exaggerates the tragedy of war, which is parodied in movies and downplayed on the news.
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Peter Macchiaroli, left, a junior from Chicago studying political science, delivers an attack to fencing club president Joe Wilson, a junior from Millstadt studying history, Thursday at the Recreation Center. Macchiaroli, who began fencing in high school, said he joined the club to develop his skill and stay fit. “You get to learn a skill most people don’t know,” he said. “You feel like a character from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’.” The club is open to students of any skill level.
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Saluki swordplayJuniors Korey Love and Anita Lee
continued the Salukis’ success in doubles play with their 8-1 victory over Katie McCall and Johanie Van Zyl of UT-Martin, and sophomores Gisela and Ariadna Cairo Baza capped o! the Salukis’ Skyhawks sweep with their 8-2 doubles victory over their counterparts Anna Winkelmann and Jessica Silva.
“Our doubles play was really solid today,” coach Audra Nothwehr said. “I like the pressure we are applying to our opponents.”
SIU continued its dominance against UT-Martin in singles competition as the Salukis won every match at all six positions.
Delsart won in the No. 1 spot (7-6, 6-3) against Simic, bringing her record to 7-3 on the season. Delsart struggled to "nd a consistency in the "rst set as the match was tied 6-6 going into the tiebreaker. Delsart then edged Simic in the tiebreaker to win the set and used her momentum to pick up the victory.
Delsart said she found di#culty early on in her match, but in the end, she found a rhythm and put her opponent away.
“I had a little trouble in the beginning with her (Simic’s) serves,” Delsart said. “She had really strong serves, but I ended up getting used to it a little more, then I was good.”
Delsart said the transition from playing outdoor to coming back indoor was another reason she struggled.
“We just came from spring break playing outside, and inside is faster, so I didn’t realize I had to be extra intense and extra fast,” she said.
Sophomore Natasha Tomishima continued her hot streak, besting her opponent (6-3, 6-4) at the No. 2 spot for her ninth-straight win and senior Jennifer Dien extended her singles streak to 12 matches with her (6-2, 6-0) win over Winkelmann at the four spot.
Next up for the Salukis was a Saturday match against the University of Memphis and Nothwehr said she anticipated the challenge.
“Memphis is a tough team. $ey’re a nationally ranked team and that could really help us,” Nothwehr said. “We have nothing to lose.”
$e Salukis fell to the hands of the 31st-ranked Tigers 7-0 to end the team’s 10-match winning streak.
Although the Salukis lost, Nothwehr said she thought the team showed a strong performance.
“Although the team score didn’t re%ect it, we really gave them some great matches,” Nothwehr said in a Saluki Athletics release. “I saw some of the best tennis I’ve seen all season and we had matches that could have gone either way.”
In doubles competition, Delsart and Simons were defeated 8-1 in the No. 1 spot by Memphis’ Ti!any Welcher and Alyssa Hibberd.
In the two spot, Dien and Tomishima lost to Memphis’ 63rd-ranked doubles team, made up of Stefanie Mikesz and Caroline Wegner 8-2.
Memphis (12-4) also took every singles match against the Salukis to cap o! the victory.
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Delsart fell at the No. 1 %ight (6-2, 6-4) to No. 39 Courtney Collins of Memphis, while Tomishima fell short at the No. 2 spot (7-6, 6-4) to end her nine-match winning streak.
SIU concluded their weekend matches Sunday
against Arkansas State, where the Salukis fell to the hands of the Red Wolves 4-3.
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Taurus — Today is an 8 — Explore new boundaries in places where you didn’t think to look before. Take the time to get your ideas across. What you’re learning clashes with your old routine. Find quiet.
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Capricorn — Today is an 8 —Ride out the storm, and calm another’s fears. Take a moment to catch your breath. Then conjure ideas for an additional income stream, now and for the long run.
Aquarius — Today is an 8 — Work out your differences so that you can move forward with ease. You can really handle it. It’s worth taking the time. Postpone parties and committee meetings.
Pisces — Today is a 9 — State your position firmly, and be willing to be flexible, up to a point. An objective perspective helps. Enough talking about it; now’s the time to get active.
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Pitching errors and blown saves contributed to the SIU baseball team’s three consecutive-game loss to Indiana State University during a weekend series to push the season’s longest losing streak to seven games.
!e Salukis started the series with a 9-11 record against ISU’s 8-7, and the series was both teams’ "rst in Missouri Valley Conference matches.
In a post-game interview, coach Ken Henderson said conference games are always di#cult matchups.
“Conference games are going to be close games,” he said. “!ere’s going to be pressure situations, and if we can’t handle the pressure, then we’re not going to have success.”
Sophomore pitcher Sam Coonrod started Friday’s game and struck out nine batters while allowing seven runs in six innings. Coonrod received the 8-1 loss, which moved his record to 1-2 on the season.
!e Sycamores’ runs started to $ood in the bottom of the seventh inning, when ISU scored "ve unanswered runs to settle
the score for the rest of game. !e Salukis’ only run came in the eighth inning, when junior in"elder Jake Welch hit a home run to right "eld.
Despite the loss, Henderson said he was pleased with Coonrod’s performance.
“As a matter of fact, that’s the best he’s been all year,” Henderson said. “He did his part. !at’s two very good college pitchers going at it.”
!e Salukis’ next two games took place during Saturday’s doubleheader. Senior pitcher Cody Forsythe started the "rst inning and pitched a no-decision loss. He struck out seven batters and allowed no runs o% two hits in eight innings. ISU’s pitcher Devin Moore pitched nine innings, struck out three batters and allowed no runs.
Pitching was the highlight of Saturday’s game, which was also the closest of the series. !e ace-level pitching lasted until the score broke 0 in the bottom of the 11th inning, when SIU junior pitcher Aaron Snyder threw a wild pitch and allowed ISU’s Landon Curry to score the game-winning run.
Although the Salukis couldn’t grab the
win, Henderson said Forsythe deserved it.“He was awfully good,” he said. “He
and Coonrod threw as well as they’ve thrown all year, and they have nothing to show for it. I feel bad for Cody because all we had to do was give him one run, and we couldn’t do that. He deserved better.”
Indiana State displayed its o%ensive "repower during the series’ last game, when the Sycamores unleashed eight runs o% of six hits. SIU junior pitcher Derek Fogel started and exited the game with a 4-2 lead at the top of the eighth inning. !e Sycamores then scored six unanswered runs in the bottom of the eighth inning against junior relief pitchers Lee Weld and Todd Eaton to take the game 8-4.
Henderson said his team missed out on too many opportunities against ISU.
“To win on the weekends, you have to score when you have opportunities, and you have to make teams earn what they get,” he said.
!e Salukis will face the Belmont University Bears at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Abe Martin Field.
The SIU women’s tennis team saw its match-streak record extend to double digits before seeing the it come to an end over the weekend against a nationally ranked opponent.
The Salukis swept the University of
Tennessee-Martin 7-0 at the Sports Blast Thursday to extend its winning streak to 10 matches, the team’s longest streak in school history.
The victory also extended the Salukis’ record to 10-1, the team’s best start in school history.
The Salukis had little trouble with the visiting Skyhawks (2-9) as they took every point in doubles
competition and won all three doubles matches.
Seniors Melanie Delsart and Anastacia Simons won their 10th-straight doubles match against UT-Martin’s Ivon Simic and Anna Marie Herbold, 8-2. !e win improved the duo’s record to 22-2 on the season.
A rock-solid year
Climbers warm up to boulder Saturday at the Climb So iLL gym in St. Louis. David Chancellor and Daniel Chancellor, who began making climbing holds in their parents’ De Soto basement nine years ago, created the gym in 2012 to give back to the climbing community. The gym celebrated its first year of operation Saturday.
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Salukis start
outdoor with
The SIU’s track and field teams began their outdoor season Friday and Saturday where it left off during the indoor season: winning titles and setting records.
The Salukis traveled to Nashville, Tenn., to compete in the Vanderbilt Black and Gold meet and came away with five event wins.
During the event’s track portion, senior sprinter Tess Shubert claimed her first outdoor 400-meter-dash title of the 2013 season with a time of 59.92 seconds.Her time of was the only under-one-minute place in the women’s 400 meter.
The men’s 4x100 meter relay team also saw a strong outing as senior Eric Reeves, juniors Dominic Williams and Matthew Benes and freshman Nikolai Gall claimed the title at 41.66 seconds.
SIU nearly swept the 4x100 races, but the women fell just short of claiming another title. The team, composed of Shubert and sophomores Lauren Cheadle, Amiris Warren and Desiree White, fell four-tenths short of a victory clocked at 46.72 seconds.
In the "rst outdoor meet of the year, J.C. Lambert set a new Missouri Valley Conference record in the hammer throw.He won the men’s hammer throw with a 67.09-meter "nal toss in his "rst action since the 2012 indoor season.
Lambert’s 67.09-meter heave bested his personal record by nearly eight feet, broke former Saluki thrower Mark Millevelle’s SIU record by nearly four feet and took over the 2000 MVC all-time top throw set by Tom Berrett of Illinois State.
Sophomore Curtis Wideman and senior Bradley Sauer also competed in the hammer competition. Wideman threw 58.43 meters in the finals and placed fifth, and Sauer placed seventh with a 57.36-meter final throw.
Wideman threw 49.41 meters during the discus competition and placed second behind University of Miami at Ohio junior Robert Stein, who won with a 50.52-meter final toss. SIU freshman Josh Freeman also made it into the top five with a fifth-place finish after he threw the discus 47.30 meters in the finals.
Freeman also made the men’s shot-put top five. In the finals, he posted a 17.13-meter final throw and placed third to start his collegiate outdoor career.
The women’s field team also saw a good weekend after it landed nine top-five finishes.
Senior Kim Fortney took the women’s first weekend win in the hammer-throw competition with 61.28-meter final toss. Fortney also placed second in the shot put when she posted a 15.99-meter throw. She was followed by SIU sophomore DeAnna Price, who threw the hammer 60.99 meters in the finals.
SIU junior Kenya Culmer led jumpers after she took second in both the triple jump and high jump. Culmer leapt 1.75 meters in the high jump to finish just .05 meters behind the winner, Middle Tennessee State University senior Ann Dudley.
MVC triple-jump champion Dougie Palacious also came out victorious with a 14.95-meter leap in the triple jump, which was two feet better than second place.
!e Salukis’ next meet takes place at home Friday and Saturday, when athletes will christen the new Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex at the Bill Cornell Classic.
