/LNH XV RQ )DFHERRN DQG OHW WKH QHZV FRPH WR \RX )ULGD\ 0DUFK 9ROXPH ,VVXH SDJHV CITY 3$*( 6WDWH FRQVLGHUV WDQQLQJ EHG EDQ IRU PLQRUV Enrollment, bargaining stall budget x Jacob Hinchey and Doug Palmer adjust their protective armor in preparation for Kendo practice Tuesday. Kendo is based on traditional samurai swordsmanship, said Chris Lamprecht, a member of the organization. In preparation for practice, participants wrap their heads in cloth and put on helmets to protect their faces against strikes. FOR A FULL FEATURE STORY ON KENDO, PLEASE SEE PAGE 4. GEORGE LAMBOLEY DAILY EGYPTIAN JULIE SWENSON Daily Egyptian BRANDON COLEMAN Daily Egyptian Please see FOREST | 4 Please see BUDGET | 4 Chancellor Rita Cheng said a decline in enrollment, reduction in federal stimulus money and lack of state support are all factors that created a $13 million budget decit. Cheng said $5.7 million of the decit remains aer the implementa- tion of a permanent 4 percent budget cut for academic units and a 5 percent budget cut for non-academic units. She said those cuts permanently re- duced the university's state-funded budget by $7.3 million. Cheng said the university still needs to reach an agreement with the bargaining teams from the Faculty Association, Non-Tenure- Track Faculty Association and civil service labor unions about the four closure days. e closure days were implemented to make up the $2.6 million the furlough days were intended to save SIUC, she said. e bargaining units that don't yet have an agreement still must nd a way to save $1.5 million, which is their share of the closure day savings. Cheng said the university gener- ated $4.4 million as a result of the truth-in-tuition law, but the decline in enrollment oset $1.3 million of mon- ey generated by it. e truth-in-tuition law guarantees the same tuition rate for in-state undergrads for four years who have enrolled at SIUC aer fall 2004. Tuition is subject to increase aer a student has spent four years at SIUC, and each incoming class of freshmen pays more than the previous one, she said. Duane Stucky, senior vice president of nancial and administrative aairs, said the SIU campuses are independent of each other and SIUC currently faces challenges that Edwardsville does not. He said SIU's budget issues are restricted to the Carbondale campus only because the School of Medicine in Springeld and SIU-Edwardsville have been stable nancially. “e nature of major stress is caused in Carbondale by enrollment problems of previous years and this current year,” Stucky said. “e Edwardsville campus has ... experienced enrollment growth.” Both campuses were aected by the lack of state appropriations, but the enrollment shortfall is a more serious concern that directly aects the Carbondale campus, he said. SPORTS 0HQ·V EDVNHWEDOO EHDWV ,OOLQRLV 6WDWH DGYDQFHV LQ WRXUQDPHQW 3$*( ¶¶ T he nature of major stress is caused in Carbondale by enrollment problems of previous years and this current year. — Duane Stucky senior vice president of financial and administrative affairs Aer the May 2009 storm, SIUC students, sta and faculty have worked together to clear ompson Woods and prepare the forest for future growth, Phil Gatton said. “To see the forest destroyed as much as it was, this was an opportunity for people to put the storm behind them,” said Gatton, director of plant and service operations. “I think by the sheer number of people we have had participate over time and be actively involved with it, I think that shows how many people really love our campus.” Gatton said woods cleanup was grouped into three phases based on priority. Shortly a er the storm, immediate hazards and paths blocked by trees were cleared, which was the rst phase. e second phase involved clearing debris from the wooded area near the paths, and the third phase, which involves clearing debris from the rest of ompson Woods and the woods around Campus Lake and Douglas Drive, is continuing, he said. He said 10 percent of trees across campus were damaged by the storm, which knocked out power for days and caused chaos throughout the city. Plant and service sta worked with faculty from the department of forestry to determine what should be saved or removed to preserve the natural area, which was a condition in the ompson family's donation of the lands to SIU, he said. Gatton said the process is long term and isn't just about cleaning up the woods, but also planting new native trees to replace those downed during the storm. Karen Midden, a plant and soil sci- ence teacher, participated in planting trees last fall with two students. While some people are shocked at how the forest looks, Midden said clearing the debris is benecial overall. “e trees are going to grow back, and many of the trees were in poor health prior to the May storm due to some ice storms,” she said. “Even though it's devastating looking, I think in the long-term plan it will rejuvenate better and healthier to the way people would like it to be.” Midden said a lot of the plants that lled in the forest before the clearing of debris were shrubs and invasive honey- suckle, which aren't natural to forests and don't help the overall growth. Regarding public concerns about wildlife being driven out into the open, Midden said there are other wooded areas nearby that animals can live in. She said the only down- side to clearing the woods of debris is soil compression caused by large equipment. Students, sta ‘rejuvenate’ forest with clearing '( 'DLO\ (J\SWLDQ 6LQFH ZZZGDLO\HJ\SWLDQFRP
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Enrollment, bargaining stall budget ! x
Jacob Hinchey and Doug Palmer adjust their protective armor in preparation for Kendo practice Tuesday. Kendo is based on traditional samurai swordsmanship, said Chris Lamprecht, a member of the organization. In preparation for practice, participants wrap their heads in cloth and put on helmets to protect their faces against strikes. FOR A FULL FEATURE STORY ON KENDO, PLEASE SEE PAGE 4.GEORGE LAMBOLEYDAILY EGYPTIAN
JULIE SWENSONDaily Egyptian
BRANDON COLEMANDaily Egyptian
Please see FOREST | 4
Please see BUDGET | 4
Chancellor Rita Cheng said a decline in enrollment, reduction in federal stimulus money and lack of state support are all factors that created a $13 million budget de! cit.
Cheng said $5.7 million of the de! cit remains a" er the implementa-tion of a permanent 4 percent budget cut for academic units and a 5 percent budget cut for non-academic units. She said those cuts permanently re-duced the university's state-funded budget by $7.3 million.
Cheng said the university still needs to reach an agreement with
the bargaining teams from the Faculty Association, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Association and civil service labor unions about the four closure days. # e closure days were implemented to make up the $2.6 million the furlough days were intended to save SIUC, she said.
# e bargaining units that don't yet have an agreement still must ! nd a way to save $1.5 million, which is
their share of the closure day savings.Cheng said the university gener-
ated $4.4 million as a result of the truth-in-tuition law, but the decline in enrollment o$ set $1.3 million of mon-ey generated by it. # e truth-in-tuition law guarantees the same tuition rate for in-state undergrads for four years who have enrolled at SIUC a" er fall 2004. Tuition is subject to increase a" er a student has spent four years
at SIUC, and each incoming class of freshmen pays more than the previous one, she said.
Duane Stucky, senior vice president of ! nancial and administrative a$ airs, said the SIU campuses are independent of each other and SIUC currently faces challenges that Edwardsville does not. He said SIU's budget issues are restricted to the Carbondale campus only because
the School of Medicine in Spring! eld and SIU-Edwardsville have been stable ! nancially.
“# e nature of major stress is caused in Carbondale by enrollment problems of previous years and this current year,” Stucky said. “# e Edwardsville campus has ... experienced enrollment growth.”
Both campuses were a$ ected by the lack of state appropriations, but the enrollment shortfall is a more serious concern that directly a$ ects the Carbondale campus, he said.
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T he nature of major stress is caused in Carbondale by enrollment problems of previous years and this current year.
— Duane Stuckysenior vice president of financial and administrative affairs
A" er the May 2009 storm, SIUC students, sta$ and faculty have worked together to clear # ompson Woods and prepare the forest for future growth, Phil Gatton said.
“To see the forest destroyed as much as it was, this was an opportunity for people to put the storm behind them,” said Gatton, director of plant and service operations. “I think by the sheer number of people we have had participate over time and be actively
involved with it, I think that shows how many people really love our campus.”
Gatton said woods cleanup was grouped into three phases based on priority. Shortly a" er the storm, immediate hazards and paths blocked by trees were cleared, which was the ! rst phase. # e second phase involved clearing debris from the wooded area near the paths, and the third phase, which involves clearing debris from the rest of # ompson Woods and the woods around Campus Lake and Douglas Drive, is continuing, he said.
He said 10 percent of trees across
campus were damaged by the storm, which knocked out power for days and caused chaos throughout the city. Plant and service sta$ worked with faculty from the department of forestry to determine what should be saved or removed to preserve the natural area, which was a condition in the # ompson family's donation of the lands to SIU, he said.
Gatton said the process is long term and isn't just about cleaning up the woods, but also planting new native trees to replace those downed during the storm.
Karen Midden, a plant and soil sci-ence teacher, participated in planting trees last fall with two students. While some people are shocked at how the forest looks, Midden said clearing the debris is bene! cial overall.
“# e trees are going to grow back, and many of the trees were in poor health prior to the May storm due to some ice storms,” she said. “Even though it's devastating looking, I think in the long-term plan it will rejuvenate better and healthier to the way people would like it to be.”
Midden said a lot of the plants that
! lled in the forest before the clearing of debris were shrubs and invasive honey-suckle, which aren't natural to forests and don't help the overall growth.
Regarding public concerns about wildlife being driven out into the open, Midden said there are other wooded areas nearby that animals can live in. She said the only down-side to clearing the woods of debris is soil compression caused by large equipment.
Students, sta$ ‘rejuvenate’ forest with clearing
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would completely ban minors from tanning.
! e bill, House Bill 1666, says tanning facilities may not permit any person under the age of 18 to use tanning beds, regardless of parental consent. ! e state tanning law currently allows those ages 14-17 to tan with parental consent.
Hilary Patton, a senior from Carbondale studying marketing, said she started tanning at age 16 to get color for events such as prom.
Despite what she heard about the dangers of tanning beds, Patton said she wasn't cautious until her mother was diagnosed with skin cancer near her eye.
Patton said she was shocked when she found out and took a break from tanning.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, making up nearly half of all cases. As the use of tanning beds has become more popular, rates of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, have risen among young women, the article said.
Charles Clemens, chief of medical sta" at the Student Health Center, said the risks behind the use of tanning beds depend on the frequency of use. For those who spend several hours exposed to ultraviolet light, the risk of skin cancer development is higher compared to those who don't.
Amanda Holthaus, owner of Paradise Island Tanning Salon in Carbondale, said the weeks before spring break tend to be the busiest for the tanning industry.
“! ey don’t like to be so ghostly pale, I guess, is the nice way of
putting it,” Holthaus said.Holthaus said young girls
frequently visit her tanning salon and she doesn't # nd the behavior risky unless it is abused.
“I grew up with girls years ago who would tan at one business and then go down to the next business and tan again,” Holthaus said. “Even though there's a questionnaire that asks if you've tanned in the past 24 hours, there's no certainty that people are honest.”
Clemens said risks are lower for those who start tanning later in life because cancer takes years to develop. For those who are severely sunburnt at a younger age, he said the e" ects will take at least twenty years to evolve into a disease.
“When I was young, you would see little kids running around the neighborhood brown as little berries,” Clemens said. “You would see their hair get bleached white and their skin turn brown at age three and four. Parents thought it looked cute. Now we know that those people probably had terrible looking skin by the time they were in their 20s and 30s.”
A majority of the tanners who come to the salon choose to tan because it makes them feel more self-con# dent, Holthaus said. She said the interest in tanning doesn't always stem from the fact that it darkens the skin, but because the experience is relaxing and pleasurable.
During the winter months, Holthaus said some people chose tanning as an alternative to sunlight to boost their vitamin D intake. ! ose with Seasonal A" ective Disorder tan because it makes them happier, she said.
Clemens said other alternative supplements for vitamin D that aren't harmful exist, including multivitamins.
Clemens said some results of
tanning can be less dangerous than cancer. He said it's common for active tanners to get brown blotches and moles on their body that could o" set the attractiveness of the tan itself.
Holthaus said moisturizing with lotion and drinking water can help people avoid harming their skin. She said most harm comes from the fact that people don't take care of their skin beforehand and don't expect to have unpleasant tanning results. She said it’s important for tanners to know their limits so they don't burn. For those who haven’t spent time in a tanning bed before, she said it’s crucial for them to not go full force.
Clemens said the best action is to avoid tanning beds completely.
“I think that everyone should try and protect themselves from the sun whenever possible,” he said. “Wear a good sunblock because there are going to be times when you have no control, and you get burned. When you have a choice, you want to try and protect yourself.”
Holthaus said the entire tanning industry will su" er if the bill is passed. She said many young girls come and tan before prom or vacations, and her business will drastically change if it loses that clientele.
Patton said she has quit arti# cial tanning almost entirely, a decision that was sparked by her mother’s experience. In reaction to her own experiences and those of her friends, Patton said the ban on tanning beds would be bene# cial. She said she doesn't think minors are mature enough to compare the bene# ts and the risks.
“Most teens are only concerned with the present and not concerned with where their actions could take them,” Patton said. “I believe you should find beauty in your natural skin.”
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! e " rst African-American women Olympians broke American and world records while crossing the colored line and should be known for doing so, Kiera Mallett says.
! e forum 'Trailblazers: African-American Women in Track and Field' on ! ursday was sponsored by the Student Health Center, athletic department and the Progressive Masculinities Mentors.
Mallett, a sophomore from Oak Park studying exercise science and keynote speaker at the event, said the forum was held to recognize African-American women and their accomplishments in track and field.
“Looking up these women was very inspiring,” Mallett said. “Some of these women had multiple diseases and they were still able to succeed in their event.”
Mallet, who also served as mediator, is also an athlete on the SIU track and " eld team and participates in the high jump.
During the forum, Mallett chronicled African-American women from the " rst women athletes in track and " eld to compete in the Olympics to women athletes who compete now.
Mallet said she decided to discuss the women that she appreciated the most and what they have done to pave the way for athletes such as herself.
“! ese women motivated me to run and jump track,” she said. “! ey are great women who have done a lot of great things.”
Derrick Williams, violence
prevention coordinator for SIUC and coordinator of the event, said the first African-American women in sports need to be made more visible to the public. The history, legacy and journey of African-American women in track and field especially needed to be told because the women had immense difficulties along the way, he said.
“It’s not only looking at individuals overcoming racism, but it is also looking at individuals overcoming sexism, as well,” he said. “Women had to overcome two obstacles, their gender and also being black.”
Williams said the women paved the way for progress for women through the era of Jim Crow segregation and the Civil Rights Movement.
“For women like Wilma Rudolph to compete from an Olympic scale was a phenomenon,” he said. “! ese women laid the groundwork for the current women in track in " eld to compete in the Olympics.”
Vernon Johnson, a graduate student in public health and community health education from Flossmoor, said the women Mallett discussed shaped the social landscape for not only African-American women in athletics but for all athletes.
“! is event showed unsung heroes we normally don’t hear about in the history of track and " eld, and to see the many accomplishments they achieved is important,” Johnson said.
He said this topic was very important for Women’s History Month.
“When we explore the adventure of the African-American women
in the history of the United States, it’s a very intriguing journey those women took,” he said.
Mary Andoh, a sophomore from Chicago studying psychology, said as an African-American woman,
she especially enjoyed the event.“I came in here not really
knowing what to expect, and a# er the slideshow about women and their history in track and " eld, it opened my eyes to the fact there
been a lot of women who paved the way in sports,” Andoh said.
Junior jumpers Malaikah Love, right, and Nina Okafor pose for a portrait Thursday at the Communications Building. To kick off Women’s History Month, the SIU Health Center presented an event titled “Trailblazers: African-American Women in Track and Field,” which discussed the achievements of black women athletes.EDYTA B!ASZCZYK DAILY EGYPTIAN
Forum teaches history of women in track and " eldTERRANCE PEACOCKDaily Egyptian
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Not only will students get more bang for their buck with the newly launched Zulander.com, Jordan Han-sen said, but they can also make $10 for every friend they recruit who makes a purchase.
Hansen, an SIUC alumnus who is CEO and founder of Zulander, said his buy-in-bulk marketing strategy is comparable to Groupon, a website that o) ers better deals based on how many people use its coupons.
* e + rst deal Zulander will o) er customers is $7 for $14 worth of Quiz-nos subs, soups, salads and sandwiches, Hansen said, and upcoming deals will include food, drink, tanning and activi-ties. He said there will be a bonus deal that will o) er something as simple as an oil change or something more extreme, such as skydiving.
Mike Phillip, SIUC alumnus and CEO of Rover Enterprises, LLC, a mobile marketing company in Car-bondale, said he doesn’t see Hansen's site as a threat because Rover’s selling platform is di) erent.
RoverDawg o) ers a buy one, get one free deal at Quiznos, as well as free cover at Stix and free appetizers at * e Blue Martin before 8 p.m. today, Phillip said.
On Zulander, customers can re-ceive 50 to 90 percent in discounts from participating businesses, Han-sen said. He said by logging on to the website, students, faculty, sta) and residents can purchase the deal online, print it out within one week and have 90 days to redeem it.
“Businesses can a) ord to o) er better deals because we’re able to sell anywhere from 20 or 40 or 50, up to thousands of these deals a week,” he said. “By selling so many more quantities, they can also
look at their inventory, know what to have on hand, know what to expect and order those things in bulk, so it kind of creates economies of scale.”
Phillip said print coupons are out of date for today's generation of students and are not economically friendly.
Since 2009, RoverDawg has sold students “RoverCards,” which stu-dents brought into local businesses to redeem discounts.
But Phillip said students weren’t purchasing or using the cards as much as Rover expected, so the com-pany took a new angle that makes RoverDawg function more like a social networking site. Students can get deals sent to their cellphones to download at their convenience and bring them to any of RoverDawg's 70 participating local businesses, which will be able to track coupon deals by barcode, he said.
“We couldn’t really provide a good service to the people, and we couldn’t provide a good enough service to the businesses because we were restricting ourselves so much,” Phillip said. “We want to give every-one the ability to take advantage of these services.”
RoverDawg is one of 11 companies selected for the Cluster Acceleration Program's Cap 20 mentoring pro-gram for the Chicago Chamber of Commerce. Cap 20 helps companies advance by o) ering networking op-portunities, event planning and spots at conferences with other members to teach them strategies for success.
Even though RoverDawg targets students, it is designed to help busi-nesses in Carbondale succeed and help customers save money, Phillip said.
Hansen said Zulander would pro-vide participating businesses with free newspaper advertisement, event
marketing and on-campus promotion by students. Hansen will send partici-pating businesses a check a, er each week's deal, but if Zulander does not bring customers in, businesses don't pay, he said.
Hansen said the extensive network-ing he and his team have done will contribute to the successful launching of Zulander in eight colleges and uni-versities across the country by the end of the month.
Matthew Purdy, associate director for career services and placement, said both companies o) er great marketing opportunities, and one isn’t necessarily better than the other. Competition helps drive business and he is glad to see the companies have taken advantage of online and mobile advertising, he said.
“It’s not what you know; it’s who you know,” Purdy said.
Dream jobs don’t just happen, he said. When dealing with small busi-nesses, it is crucial to be able to network and form relationships that help you get into markets and be able to promote elsewhere, Purdy said.
Phillip said the purpose of the Rover company is to o) er solutions to businesses that want to market their company. RoverDawg is one solution the company uses to build up its brand name, but it must prove that its selling model works before it can expand elsewhere, he said.
Both companies are currently working on applications for mobile devices, Hansen and Phillip said. RoverDawg has already used text-messaging services to market its “deal of the day,” and Hansen said Zulander will have the option available by the end of the month.
Competition for online local business deals heats up
* e university's budget is a planned outline of what is expected to be spent, but the administration changes the plan on the assumption it will spend more than the previ-ous + scal year, said Randy Hughes, president of the Faculty Associa-tion. He said the university saved
more than it expected to in + scal year 2010, and those savings should have carried over to use in FY11.
SIUC's $173,335,900 in rev-enue was $2,954,200 more than its total expenses of $170,381,700, according to SIU's FY10 Financial Report.
Hughes said he doesn't under-stand why the university needs $2.6 million for the budget short-
fall because the surplus from FY10 could make up for the shortfall.
In January, Cheng said the bud-get was overstated to include $15.3 million in state funding, but an adjustment was necessary because the university didn't receive ap-propriations from the state or get Illinois Veterans Grant money, and enrollment brought in $4.8 million less than in FY 2010.
Alex Eade, a graduate student in forestry from Okawville and one of the students who planted the trees, said the idea of a natural area and how to maintain it is relative. * e land * ompson Woods is on used to be more of a grassland, Eade said, whereas most forests in southern
Illinois have more nut-producing trees than grasses and shrubs.
Trees and debris removed from the forest were ground into mulch to be used throughout campus, Eade said. He said mulching not only recycled the trees, but the money the university saved was put back into buying new trees to be planted.
Gatton said he has gotten mostly
positive reactions from people re-garding the cleanup, though one person was concerned about taking away habitat for nesting birds.
“* e biggest comment I have gotten is people feel safer,” he said. “* e forest is more open, and you can see things. It will go back to something di) erent over time, but at least in the short term, it's a completely di) erent appearance.”
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People of the United States, you may have heard of this guy, Charlie Sheen. It was hard not to miss him this week. Comparing himself to a “warlock,” bragging about “banging seven-gram rocks” and claiming his body ran on “tiger’s blood,” this troubled Hollywood star sought out serial interviews with three TV networks and a celebrity gossip website, reinforcing the stereotype that California is a giant loony bin.
We want to set the record straight. While Charlie lives in California, we share little in common with him and cannot be held accountable for his actions.
True, Sheen grew up in Malibu and attended Santa Monica High School. But he was born in New York City. And even if you were to de, ne him as a Californian, it should be noted that Sheen has spent most of his life south of the Tehachapis. ! at makes him a Southern Californian, a special breed indeed.
Numerous Hollywood celebrities have engaged in spectacular public
meltdowns. ! ink Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, Colin Farrell, Britney Spears and Robert Downey Jr., to name a few.
But Sheen seems intent on setting a new standard in the genre.
His antics may have ended “Two and a Half Men,” the top-rated CBS comedy where he
played a sanitized version of himself. He demanded, and then later retracted the demand, that he get $3 million an episode to return.
Sheen is like a burning car wreck by the side of the road. We know we should avert our eyes from the wreckage, but
we can’t help but look, even when Sheen himself urges us to steer clear.
“I am on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available because if you try it, you will die,” he said, guaranteeing his place in the narcissism hall of fame. “Your face will melt off, and your children will weep over your exploded body.”
Sheen is further evidence that drugs are not meant to be shared. So television networks, please, no more doses of Charlie Sheen. California has enough problems already.
I am on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available because if you try it, you will die. Your face will melt off,
and your children will weep over your exploded body.
— Charlie Sheen
Kendo Club isn’t just a self-defense class; it's something much stronger and deeper, Christopher Lamprecht said.
Lamprecht, a junior from Peoria studying industrial technology, is a ! rst-year member of the Kendo Club.
" ough he’s new to the club, Lamprecht, a recent blackbelt, said he’s well-versed in the ancient Japanese martial art, which he called the country's take on fencing. Kendo started out as a combat training method on the battle! elds, he said. Soldiers used hardwood swords called bokken, which led to a number of serious injuries.
A set of armor called bogu, and bamboo swords known as shinai were developed as a less harsh method of combat practice, he said. " ese are the key features associated with Kendo today.
“One day I just wandered into my local dojo, saw Kendo and have been
practicing it ever since,” Lamprecht said. “I always had an interest in sportsmanship as far as Japanese culture goes. I grew up watching all the old samurai movies, which grew
into my interest in Kendo.”Lamprecht said he's participated
in many competitions, including tournaments for the Midwestern Kendo Federation.
“" is year in Detroit I took fourth out of ! # y-! ve in a tournament,” he said.
Alex Fishel, a junior from Morton studying information systems technology, serves as the club's secretary. He said he looked for something new and di$ erent when he came to SIUC and heard about Kendo Club through a friend. He said the proposed hobby would turn out to be a part of his lifestyle for the next three years.
Like fencing, Fishel said Kendo uses a set of strike points on the body to score participants. However, Kendo implements Japanese traditions that go back hundreds of years.
“Like traditional martial arts, Kendo is as much about the mind as it is the body,” Fishel said. “Kendo requires a high amount of concentration and discipline, including two-hour practices three times a week.”
Kendo Club President Christopher Borges, a junior from Plains! eld studying architecture, said at its core the group is as much about culture and tradition as kinesthetics and combat.
Although he’s president, Borges said group members typically take turns leading practices. He said this
gives members a chance to learn something new each meeting and distributes power equally.
Borges said he’s a lifelong martial arts fan, but he did not know the club would be for him until he saw its uniqueness and energy.
“It was something I hadn’t done before and something I’ve never seen done,” he said. “I wondered how the techniques were and the discipline was. It’s a very disciplined and extremely fun organization.”
As president, Borges said he has a lot of plans for the club in the coming months, such as the group's ! rst trip to a competition. " ey plan to go to the University of Illinois at the end of April.
Lamprecht said Kendo is a great physical and social outlet for him.
“Kendo is this really huge way of improving my character,” he said. “Before I started Kendo, I used to be really shy and didn’t talk to a lot of people, but a# er getting into it, I’ve built up a lot of con! dence. I’ve made hundreds of friends from all over the world, and it’s been a really good way for me to get out there and enjoy the social side of life.”
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L ike traditional martial arts, Kendo is as
much about the mind as it is the body. Kendo requires a high amount of concentration and discipline, including two-hour practices three times a week.
— Alex Fishel a junior from Morton studying information
systems technology
Jacob Hinchey, a senior studying history from Glen Ellyn, grips his swords while watching Chris Lambrecht, a junior from Peoria studying industrial technology, demonstrate a Kendo fighting technique Tuesday at Pulliam
Gymnasium. The bamboo swords require regular maintenance to ensure safe use. “Worst case scenario, the swords can break or splinter and come through the spaces in the facemask,” Lamprecht said.
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Today’s Birthday — This is it, the moment you’ve been waiting for. This year you’ll discover your own power to manifest. This is also a year of business transition. Enjoy your precious, finite moments. Regardless of circumstances, you can have happiness.Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Find a quiet place to work for the greatest productivity. You may have a tendency to focus on your limitations today. Don’t worry. They’re not as real as they seem.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Imagine the project already completed. Gather up your courage, take a deep breath and charge forward. You’re afraid of the unknown. It’s only human.Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 9 — There’s a sense of urgency. Thinking outside the box is useful, especially when it comes to your career goals. Be courageous, and just go for it.Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Someone else’s emergency can be your windfall (and help them out in the process). Take that trip you were planning. It may open up amazing new possibilities.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Act quickly, but don’t spend recklessly. Embrace questions: who, what, when, where and why. What if the answers, rather than concrete, are relative to the questioner?
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Caring for others gives concrete results and satisfaction. All you need is love today, for your neighbor, yourself and for simple things like clean water.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Work is on your mind today. You have the capacity for great business transactions. Remember to be fair and balanced. Simplify, for best results.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You’re on fire. If you had the opportunity, you could paint the Sistine Chapel today. That’s the kind of artistic productivity you’re capable of.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Go ahead, rearrange the furniture if you have to. Just make sure that you plan ahead where everything goes. Plot the perfect backdrop for new beginnings.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Pay attention to your dreams (daydreams count). Write everything down. It’s important, even if seemingly senseless. It will come together logically later.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Resist temptation. Money is on your mind today. Being stubborn could damage a friendship. Consider bringing some balance to the equation.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Life is good. Enjoy every single minute today. You never know when it’s going to end. Take creative risks, but don’t gamble with money or love.
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Sophomore guard Teri Oliver played the best o! ensive game of her career with 26 points, but it was not enough to win, which is what Oliver said she really wants for her team.
“I was trying to do stu! for the team, coach told me to look score more and be more o! ensively minded and just trying to keep the team in the game,” Oliver said.
" e Salukis fell to the Wichita State Shockers 69-46, which was SIU’s 18th consecutive loss.
Tiber said she was impressed with Oliver’s play, and she is not sure most of the guards on the team are up to Oliver's level.
“I think you could put her on most teams in the (Missouri Valley Conference), and she’s a great Valley guard,” Tiber said.
Oliver’s 26 points beat her previous best of 25 against Indiana State on Feb. 24.
Coming into the game, Tiber said she was worried about the athletic ability of the Shockers.
“My major concern would be, ‘Can we handle their athleticism?’ and the answer was no,” she said.
Freshman center CiCi Shannon said the speed of the Shockers didn't hurt them as bad as their
own lack of drive in the game.“It was a minor set back, we
could have gotten back a lot more, a lot of times, we just didn't run back,” Shannon said.
Wichita State went on a seven point run early in the game that was stopped by Oliver who made a 3-pointer and brought the score to 11-4.
SIU ran into trouble as the Shockers drove the ball to the hoop scoring a majority of their points that way in the # rst half.
With 12 minutes le$ on the clock in the # rst half, the Salukis trailed 17-6. Oliver was the only player with points on the board and the only starter who remained on the % oor for the # rst eight minutes of the game.
Wichita State showed its athleticism when it employed a full-court press on the Salukis, which resulted in many turnovers throughout the # rst half.
At the # ve-minute mark, the Salukis were down by a double-digit margin, 30-14.
With 1:45 le$ on the clock in the # rst, the tenacious defense of the Shockers gave way to more than 10 fouls. " ese fouls resulted in six points for the Salukis as the team shot 46.2 percent from the free-throw line.
At hal$ ime, the Salukis trailed
the Shockers 36-21 and gave up 13 turnovers compared to # ve from Wichita State. " e Schockers also had more assists and steals than SIU, with seven and nine, respectively, the Salukis only having four and three. " e Salukis also only put up half as much shots from within the paint that gave the Shockers a 16-point advantage in that respects.
Oliver put up an impressive # rst half scoring 13 points, stealing the ball twice and had one assist.
Only two minutes into the second
half, the Salukis would commit three fouls, two of them being from freshman center CiCi Shannon, which got her switched out for junior forward Charnise Mitchell.
" e Salukis defense lacked halfway through the second half and allowed the Shockers to score 15 points in the # rst 10 minutes of the half, while the Salukis scored six points in that time span.
As the second half progressed, SIU couldn’t get close to the basket and had to resort to shooting 3-pointers, but the team only shot
18.8 percent from behind the arc for the game.
Senior forward Katrina Swingler fouled out of the game with six and a half minutes le$ on the clock, Shannon took her place on the court.
" e Salukis will play their # nal game of the regular season at 2:05 Saturday against Missouri State at the SIU Arena.
A$ er a week of losses that included three straight to No. 7 South Carolina, the SIU baseball team has a chance to earn some wins this weekend.
SIU will play in the three-game Memphis Baseball Classic. " e Salukis (2-6) will play Eastern Kentucky (3-5), coach Ken Henderson’s old team, Oral Roberts (3-4) and Memphis (5-2) Friday through Sunday. Henderson coached Oral Roberts from 1987-89.
" e Salukis’ current losing streak matches the longest the Salukis endured last season.
" ree of those # ve losses were against defending national champions South Carolina. Junior right-handed pitcher Cameron Maldonado gave
up seven hits and nine runs in one-plus inning in Friday’s game. Despite his performance, Henderson said he thinks he will still become a good player a$ er some things are worked out.
Sophomore le$ -handed pitcher Cody Forsythe said he’s not worried.
“I think some of our guys are just trying to # nd their own game,” Forsythe said.
" e Gamecocks shut out the Salukis during the Saturday game 4-0, which was the # rst time the Salukis had been shut out since May 12, 2009, when SIU fell to Saint Louis 4-0.
However, there were still positives for the Salukis last weekend. Forsythe threw SIU’s # rst complete game since the 2009 season Saturday at South Carolina. Also, junior out# elder Jordan Sivertsen led the Salukis with a .400 batting average. He contributed four hits, including a double and his
# rst home run of the season, against South Carolina.
Henderson said the two main things the team is working to improve going in to this weekend are being more consistent on o! ense and cleaning up mistakes on defense.
“We hit some good balls, but we have stretches where … we give too many (at bats) away,” Henderson said. “We may miss a % y ball here, or we miss a cut-o! man there. " ose things add up.”
" e Salukis’ roster is made up of mostly underclassmen. Nineteen of the 28 players are freshmen or sophomores.
SIU’s # rst opponent Eastern Kentucky’s # ve losses have been by an average of 4.2 points this season. Its last game was a 5-0 shutout against Western Carolina.
Sunday will be just the second
time in Saluki history the team has faced Memphis. " e Tigers swept another Missouri Valley Conference team, the Evansville Purple Aces, on Feb. 18-20.
Henderson said the questions about who would be on the mound this season are starting to be answered. Although, Henderson said he hasn’t fully made up his mind. He said Forsythe is making progress and Maldonado has potential.
“I feel good about what I’ve seen,” Henderson said. “I have a lot of con# dence in those guys.”
Assistant coach Ryan Strain said the pitchers and the younger players are a work in progress but he is also con# dent about what he’s seen.
“" ey’re taking the challenge of pitching against some pretty good teams,” Strain said.
Senior center # elder Chris
Murphy has a chance to pass a milestone this weekend. He is two hits away from 200 hits for his career. Last season Murphy was a second team All-MVC player.
" e three-game weekend will end SIU’s 11-game road trip to start the season. " e team’s # rst home game is Tuesday against Le Moyne, but Henderson said being on the road more o$ en has its advantages.
“" ey’re spending a lot of time with each other,” he said. “" ey’re a really tight group. I’ve spent more time with them than my real family lately, actually.”
SIU starts the tournament against Eastern Kentucky at 1 p.m. today at FedEx Park in Memphis.
Salukis head to Memphis on # ve-game losing streakJUSTIN KABBESDaily Egyptian
TOURNEYCONTINUED FROM 12
" e Salukis had four steals and forced seven turnovers in all in the # rst half while only having two turnovers of their own in the # rst 20 minutes of play. " e Salukis allowed the Redbirds (12-19, 4-14 MVC) to get back in the game because of poor shooting. " e Salukis shot 39 percent from the # eld throughout the game, going 22-56 from the # eld.
" e Salukis highlighted their # rst half with consistency in the paint. " ey had 17 rebounds in the # rst half,
as well as 12 points from down low.Sixteen of SIU's 26 points came
from the bench in the # rst half.SIU came out in the second half
picking up where they le$ o! at the end of the # rst. Quick baskets quickly gave the team a 10-point lead with 15 minutes le$ in the second half.
A$ er leading by 12 early in the half, the Salukis let Illinois State slowly climb back into it, but they were able to keep them down when the # nal buzzer went o! .
Tied at 46 with 5:49 le$ in the game, senior guard Justin Bocot
drained a 3-pointer to put the Salukis up 49-46.
With SIU up 55-52 and 12 seconds le$ on the clock, Illinois State guard Austin Hill made a jump shot with his feet on the line to close the Redbirds to within one point.
On the next play, senior guard John Freeman made a slam dunk with six seconds to go and the Salukis held on to win by three.
Overall, the Salukis played fundamental basketball, Lowery said. He said they moved the ball well, penetrated the defense and created quality shooting opportunities.
Despite the Salukis getting quality looks at the basket, their shooting percentage was below average.
Lowery said the Salukis put themselves in a position to win because they played as a team and worked as one entity.
“" e key was just staying together and really locking down in the defensive end,” Bocot said.
Although he didn't shoot well in the game and had just seven points, senior forward Carlton Fay resorted to consistent play on the other end of the court.
“I wasn’t shooting the ball very
well, so I had to rebound and do my part of defensive” Fay said.
Lowery said the team understands a loss will end its season but it looks forward to today's game at noon against No. 1 seed Missouri State.
“Everybody has a chance for it to be their last game," he said. "It’s a neutral court setting, and it’s the most important time of the year,” Lowery said.
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The Carbondale Middle School boys’ basketball team celebrated their state championship over some good old-fashioned barbecue Thursday at Southern Que restaurant.
This was the first time the Cougars have won the state championship.
Laughter and high spirits filled the restaurant when the team came in to relish in their victory.
Joyner Deamer, one of the
team’s three captains, said not only does the win mean a lot to him, but the city of Carbondale as well.
“As a community, and for us as Carbondale Middle School, we have never won, and it’s cool to be the first to represent our school like this,” he said.
Fellow captain Denzel McCauley said he remembers the turning point of the championship game and how it gave the team the victory.
“We got a double block to seal the victory at 2.9 (seconds remaining),” McCauley said. “(Deamer) nipped it, and then I blocked it.”
Many congratulations went around the restaurant. Owner Sidney Logwood commended the boys for their hard work and perseverance.
Logwood said the boys have a bright future ahead of them, and there should be people looking out for the players in the future.
“You know, you’ll all have to forgive me; I was at the high school today and my intent was to invite the basketball coach over … because he needs to take a peep at you guys,” Logwood told the team.
Allen Billinger, another team
captain, said he looks forward to playing high school basketball because the coaches know what to expect from them now that the team has won the state championship.
“We’re all excited; we know what to expect, and there’s a lot
of seniors leaving, and we hope to play varsity,” Billinger said. “I’m glad just because the coach there knows what we accomplished.”
Junior SIU forward Mamadou Seck blocks a shot by Illinois State guard Austin Hill during the first half of the Salukis’ first game in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Thursday at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The Salukis beat the Redbirds 57-54 and will play conference champion Missouri State at noon today. JAMES DURBINDAILY EGYPTIAN
A s a community, and for us as Carbondale Middle School, we have never won, and it’s cool to be the first to
represent our school like this.
— Joyner Deamerteam captain
The SIU men’s basketball team had fewer rebounds, a lower shooting percentage and fewer points in the paint, but it was able to steal the victory over Illinois State 57-54 Thursday in the play-
in round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
SIU (13-18, 5-13 MVC) had nine steals and made 15 turnovers in the game, which opened up the court and created a faster pace. SIU proved holding on to the ball and fundamental basketball will give any team a chance to win,
coach Chris Lowery said.Lowery said every team in the
tournament knows every game is a must-win and he was pleased with the attitude and performance of his team.
“There’s always pressure,” he said. “They responded and showed they wanted to play more.”
The Salukis controlled the pace of the game with their defensive play and quick counterattacks. SIU took advantage of the opportunities generated by scoring 10 fast break points throughout the game and scoring 14 points from the Redbirds’ 15 turnovers.
At the end of the first half, the Salukis were on top 26-21. The Salukis played sound defense, but their shooting was the main weakness to their overall production.
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