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SIU President Glenn Poshard said Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed budget has put the university one step closer to possible furloughs and layo� s.

Poshard said the university is preparing a budget that re� ects the bleak outlook the governor gave in his budget address Wednesday. Gov. Pat Quinn proposed $2.2 billion in cuts for next � scal year, $1.3 billion of which comes from education.

On top of the $100 million cut

from federal stimulus money and the more than $20 million cut from state support outlined in Quinn’s address, Poshard said the univer-sity continues to battle delayed pay-ments and threats of more cuts.

� e state still owes the univer-sity $150 million for this year and a proposal in the Legislature could cost the university 10 percent of its � scal year 2010 budget, which would result in layo� s of 15 percent of SIU system personnel for the rest of the � scal year, Poshard said.

� e uncertainty of when the out-

standing payments could come in and the proposed cuts for next year has led the university to prepare for furloughs and layo� s, Poshard said.

“It really puts us under the gun because we can’t sustain our op-erations with the cuts that we are

expecting,” Poshard said. “We are developing budgets with all the de-creases factored in and no tuition or income tax increases because we can only go with what we know for sure is going to happen.”

Poshard said the university must

present its budget and request fund-ing from a Senate committee by the end of March for approval. SIU spokesman Dave Gross said the ini-tial request is usually much higher than what is appropriated and said funding from the state could be down to as low as � scal year 2000 levels. � e operating budget for this year is $235 million and could fall to $219 million for � scal year 2011, Gross said.

� is week, awutomotive technol-ogy professor Dr. David Gilbert said he plans to visit Exponent, the California-based research � rm that helped Toyota criticize his research on the carmaker’s sudden unintended acceleration prob-lem in a March 8 webcast and news conference.

“I am pleased that further exami-nation of these safety and accelera-tion issues is taking place and I look forward to participating in this pro-

cess,” Gilbert said in a statement af-ter the webcast aired.

Gilbert used “careful and deliberate manipulation,” to obtain “unnatural” sudden unintended acceleration in his experiment with a Toyota vehicle, representatives from Toyota and Expo-nent Research, Inc. said in the webcast.

Relying on testimony from the independent research � rm, Toyota attempted to prove through several demonstrations in front of reporters at its national headquarters in Tor-rance, Calif., that its electronics sys-tems were not at fault for instances of

SUA in its vehicles.Since it was founded more than

40 years ago by � ve Stanford Univer-sity researchers, Exponent has been called to defend large corporations such as Boeing Co., Suzuki, General Electric Co. and Ford Motor Co.

Exponent was hired by Exxon in 1989 to orchestrate its defense of the Valdez oil spill and by Swiss Re, an insurer of the World Trade Center, in 2001 to attempt to cut the amount of money owed by the insurer after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a Feb. 18 article in

the Los Angeles Times.Toyota, which has donated vehi-

cles and funds to SIUC’s automotive technology department during a 25-year partnership, has recalled more than 8 million vehicles since October because of SUA-related incidents in more than a dozen models.

� e March 8 demonstrations mimicked the one done by Gilbert in his research on SUA in Toyota ve-hicles, which began Feb. 11. In a Feb. 23 broadcast, Gilbert showed ABC News’ Brian Ross he could introduce a “fault,” an instance of SUA, to a Toyota

vehicle without the computer report-ing it as an error. � e day a� er the broadcast aired, Gilbert testi� ed in the � rst of three congressional hearings in Washington, D.C., in which members of Congress criticized Toyota’s han-dling of the SUA problem.

Gilbert “re-engineered and re-wired” the accelerator pedal circuit on the Toyota Avalon used in the ABC broadcast, Exponent electronics expert Shukri Souri said.

SIUC prepares for worst-case scenarioJEFF ENGELHARDTDaily Egyptian

SPRING BREAK ON THE ROCKSDavid Quinney, a sophomore from Crystal Lake studying geology, works on a bouldering problem at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch near Jasper, Ark., as other climbers watch. Quinney was one of seven members of the SIU climbing club who spent spring break on the ranch. He said he enjoys the sport because of its adrenaline rush and ability to challenge him mentally and physically. “I like pushing myself, and it’s exciting,” he said. “It gets the heart going. I wouldn’t be doing it if it didn’t.”

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Toyota � res back, Gilbert to visit research � rm this weekNICK JOHNSONDaily Egyptian

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W e have done everything short of personnel cuts, but we are going to continue to take this a day at a time

and develop the best budget we can.— Glenn Poshard

SIU president

• Read Genna Ord’s blog at www.dailyegyptian.com to learn more about climbing and the club’s trip.

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With a complete alteration of the pedal circuit, including the addition of a resistor, an instance of SUA could go undetected by Toyota’s computer, but Gilbert failed to provide evidence that such an alteration could occur natural-ly, Souri and other Exponent research-ers said at the news conference.

Toyota spokesman Mike Michels said in a separate interview March 8 that Gilbert “may have been taken ad-vantage of by ABC.”

“We have no issues with the uni-versity. I think our position is that Dr. Gilbert meant well but didn’t dive deep enough into it,” Michels said.

“He may have not the proper point of view to interpret what he did in a real scenario.”

In a Feb. 25 interview, Gilbert told the Daily Egyptian he applied the same tests to a Buick during his re-search and the GM computer system caught the arti� cial “fault” every time.

In the March 8 demonstrations, Exponent researchers applied Gil-bert’s test to several other vehicles, including a Ford Fusion, Chevy Mal-ibu, Chrysler Cross� re and a Subaru Outback.

Each of the cars reacted the same way the Avalon did in Gilbert’s Feb. 23 demonstration: � e vehicle accel-erated instantly upon application of the fault, with no error reported by

the onboard computer.Stanford automotive technology

professor Chris Gerdes also testi� ed that he spoke with Toyota and Gil-bert. Based on his individual research, Gerdes said Gilbert’s � ndings warrant further investigation but do not pro-vide a reason to doubt the fault-� nding ability of Toyota’s computers.

Gilbert’s demonstration did not ac-knowledge it was a simulation, Gerdes said at the conference.

Toyota will continue to support SI-UC’s automotive technology program as it has in the past, Michels said.

Nick Johnson can be reached at njohnson@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 263.

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Of the potential $16 million de-crease, $11 million would be cut from the Carbondale campus, Gross said.

� e severity of the cuts could de-pend on whether Gov. Quinn is able to convince members of his party a temporary 1 percent income tax in-crease is necessary to o¤ set the cuts to education.

“� e governor’s leadership is go-ing to be tested here to see if he can

convince members of his own party the tax increase is necessary,” Gross said. “It’s hard to see a Republican signing on to a tax increase during elections, so it will be interesting to see if this can be done.”

If a temporary income tax is not passed, the university will turn to its last resort in the borrowing authority, Poshard said. � e bill is in the House and is scheduled to be heard in a com-mittee session Wednesday, Gross said.

Poshard said there has been no signs of support for the income tax and

without the borrowing authority, the university is running out of options to cover the de� cit le² by the state.

“Our � rst goal is to keep our peo-ple working and not raise tuition,” Poshard said. “We have done every-thing short of personnel cuts, but we are going to continue to take this a day at a time and develop the best budget we can.”

Je� Engelhardt can be reached at jengelhardt@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 254.

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Undergraduate Student Govern-ment will discuss the proposed stu-dent fees for � scal year 2011 Tuesday and President Priciliano Fabian said he hopes conversation includes one group o� en overlooked — students.

� e senate will discuss the proposed fees to determine whether it wants to suggest any revisions to Chancellor Sam Goldman, SIU President Glenn Poshard or the Board of Trustees, Fabian said.

He said revisions would be made based on feedback from students.

Every student is required to pay student fees, which include the Stu-dent Health Center, Mass Transit

and Green fees.� e trustees will make the ulti-

mate decision on the proposed fees at their meeting in April.

� e student government has been plagued by student apathy in past semesters and Chief of Sta� Krystin McDermott said this is the most important student govern-ment meeting of the semester.

“We try to reach everyone, but we can’t,” McDermott said. “We’re there for them to voice their opin-ions. It’s really important that they give us feedback.”

Even though the student govern-ment cannot change the fees, it has the power of strong suggestion, Ex-ecutive Assistant John Kiwala said.

Most of the proposed fees for

� scal year 2011 have the lowest in-crease in the past couple of years.

� e Primary Care fee for the Stu-dent Health Center increased more than 16 percent for � scal year 2010, from $181 to $211 per semester. � e proposed increase for � scal year 2011 is just more than 4 percent, which would bring the cost to $220.

� e Student Recreation fee in-creased more than 5 percent in � s-cal year 2010 from $120 to $126.73, and is proposed to increase only about 1.8 percent for � scal year 2011. Students would pay less than $3 more for the fee if it passes.

Fabian said many students do not understand the speci� cs of student fees and what services they provide.

He said the senate would give them a better understanding of where their money is going if they attend the next meeting.

“I want to make sure our students on campus are getting what they want,” Fabian said. “You have to have an un-derstanding and get a voice out there.”

Fabian said he understands the students’ lack of interest in question-ing the student fees because he used to think the trustees would not listen to him.

He said when he joined the stu-dent government, he realized that school oª cials wanted to listen to students and it was up to the stu-dents to voice their opinions.

“Nothing’s going to get done

without student input and letting us as student leaders know what they want,” Fabian said.

Kiwala said students must under-stand the student government exists for them and will do everything in its power to recognize their suggestions.

“It would be very important for these students to show up to this meeting and voice their concerns be-cause we want to hear what they have to say,” Kiwala said.

� e next student government meeting will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Student Health Center Auditorium.

Erin Holcomb can be reached at eholcomb@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 255.

USG to discuss proposed student feesStudents asked to attend Tuesday meeting, voice opinionsERIN HOLCOMBDaily Egyptian

I t would be very important for these students to show up to this meeting and voice their concerns because we want

to hear what they have to say.

— John KiwalaUSG Executive Assistant

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It’s up to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep health care reform alive.

President Barack Obama is tak-ing care of the outside game. Show-ing a passion that has been missing for too long, he’s out on the stump urging Americans to demand an up-or-down vote from Congress.

Pelosi is in charge of the inside game — to make sure that vote is a yes. The San Francisco Demo-crat will need to call on all her vaunted vote-corralling skills and to dip into the goodwill she has built over the years. Her legacy as speaker hangs in the balance.

In November, Pelosi and other Democratic leaders herded the House to approve a health care bill 220-215, with only two votes to spare and the support of a lone Republican.

Her task now might be even tougher. She must persuade her rank-and-£ le to swallow the Sen-ate version of the health care bill — and take it on faith that any ob-jections will be molli£ ed in a sub-sequent “reconciliation” bill they haven’t yet seen.

And her caucus is antsy. Some don’t trust the Senate. Anti-abor-tion Democrats are angry that the Senate bill includes less-re-strictive abortion language than the House bill. Liberals are upset that the Senate measure doesn’t include a stronger government-overseen health plan to compete with private insurers.

� ose issues, however, are side-lights compared with the essentials of extending coverage to millions of Americans, reining in insur-ance companies and starting to get

health care costs under control. Every House seat is on the No-

vember ballot, so many who are seeking re-election are hypersensi-tive to any vote that could hurt their prospects. � ey heard the public outrage over the “Cornhusker Kick-back,” “Louisiana Purchase” and other special goodies in the Senate bill. � ey are only too aware that the health care bill is unpopular with a majority of the public — (a 10-percentage point gap in the Re-alClearPolitics average of nine polls conducted last month).

� e typical inside-the-Beltway speculation about whether Pelosi

can pull o� the vote is reaching a fever pitch. “Pelosi’s grip on House slips” Politico headlined a report Tuesday about the speaker being re-bu� ed more o§ en in recent weeks.

Elsewhere, anonymous rank-and-£ le members are griping about Pelosi’s inner circle of “California liberals” who are in safe, gerryman-dered seats and who expect vulner-able Democrats to fall in line.

In a speech Tuesday to the Na-tional Association of Counties, Pelosi correctly focused her health care remarks on the bigger picture — how the bill will help the vast majority of Americans.

“We stand at the doorstep of history, ready to realize a centu-ries-old dream ...” she said. “We must have the courage, though, to get the job done.”

She’s right. Instead of worrying about

how a health care vote might play in their campaigns, Democrats should get a backbone. � is is a once-in-a-generation opportunity, and it is worth losing an election over.

If Democrats can’t produce a health care bill, many of their sup-porters will ask with ample justi£ -cation: “Why does it matter which party is in charge?”

Pelosi needs to seize this mo-ment and show that it does.

� is editorial appeared in the Sacramento Bee Wednesday.

Pelosi must do heavy li§ ing for health careI nstead of worrying about how a health care vote might play

in their campaigns, Democrats should get a backbone. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity, and it is worth losing an election over.

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When leaving a martini bar in St. Louis on New Year’s Eve, Benjamin Quoss got down on one knee and asked Jenna Rongstad to marry him.

“It was freezing cold out, so I would have rather had it happen inside,” Rongstad said. “But whatever � oats his boat.”

Rongstad, a junior from Bolingbrook studying management, is one of many students who chose to get engaged while in college. But, she said her education puts a hold on any mar-riage plans until a� er graduation.

Rongstad said she receives mixed reactions when she tells people she is an engaged col-lege student. She said while some support her, many people have said she has her whole life ahead of her and should not be getting married at such a young age.

“I went and got my tattoo covered up over the weekend and I told (the tatoo artist) I was engaged,” Rongstad said. “He looked at me like I was crazy.”

According to a study by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2005, couples are waiting longer to get married. � e average male gets married around age 27, while the average female ties the knot at 25.

While Rongstad, 20, faces many people who believe she is too young for marriage, Te-resa Hubbs, owner of Mr. Tuxedo and Bridal, located at 600 N. Giant City Road, said many students are well prepared when they come to her store.

“I guess they’ve been through the high school experience and that’s educated them a little bit…with proms and all that,” Hubbs said.

When not in classes, Rongstad works at the Saluki Team Store at University Mall, while Quoss, 23, works full time at Marion Ford. Rongstad said she has not started browsing for bridal wear because of her ̈nancial situation, another big reason she said contributes to col-lege students’ struggles with marriage.

“Financially, things are di© erent because we’re starting to save for it,” Rongstad said. “We made out a plan of how much we should start saving every month, but we haven’t started it be-cause we’ve had so much stu© going on.”

SIUC o© ers certain bene ̈ts to married col-lege students. Scholarships are available for married students such as the John M. Fohr Memorial Scholarship, which o© ers $1,000 to married graduate students in the College of Business.

� e Wellness Center o© ers counseling for

married couples in college, which includes advice for dealing with stress and ̈nancial situations.

While Rongstad and Quoss will not be married for over a year, Angela Parkinson will be married in two weeks to her ̈ ancé Jake My-ers, a graduate student in art, at Victory Fel-lowship Church, located at 414 N. 2nd St. in Murphysboro.

Parkinson, a part-time employee of Mr. Tuxedo and Bridal, said while Myers has been

preoccupied with studying and has had little time to help plan the wedding, it is post-wed-ding plans that will be di° cult to balance with school.

“We can’t go on our honeymoon right a� er we get married because he’s in school,” Parkin-son said. “It’s not going to be traditional or anything like that. So I look at that as a huge problem.”

Parkinson said money is a big problem for them as well. Because neither of them has a

large income, she said their wedding would have a low budget.

According to the Association for Wedding Professionals International Web site, the aver-age cost of a wedding is between $21,000 and $24,000. Parkinson said her wedding budget is about $1,200.

Besides their troubled ̈nancial situation, Parkinson said she and Myers are ready to tie the knot a� er dating for four years and living together. But, she said her new name bothers her.

“I’m really proud of my signature,” Parkin-son said. “I’ve tried practicing and I just can’t get a cool signature.”

Travis Bean can be reached attbean@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 274.

Jenna Rongstad, a junior from Bolingbrook studying management, laughs with her fiancé, Benjamin Quoss, as the couple watches the History channel Sunday. Rongstad, who

got engaged on New Year’s Eve, said the planning process is more work than she had initially thought because of the difficulty of balancing the cost of school and a wedding.

GENNA ORD | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Students attempt to balance education, marriageTRAVIS BEANDaily Egyptian

F inancially, things are different because we’re starting to save for it. We made out a plan of how much we should start saving every month, but

we haven’t started it because we’ve had so much stuff going on.

— Jenna Rongstadjunior from Bolingbrook studying management

Daily Egyptian World & Nation Monday, March 15, 20106

FORT WORTH, Texas — � e anti-government sentiment that sparked the tea party movement is brewing a backlash of sorts against the coming census by people who say it asks too many questions and in-trudes on their privacy.

Such census resisters say the Constitution only empowers the Census Bureau to count the num-ber of people in a household. � ey say that’s the only inquiry they’ll re-spond to when the 10-question cen-sus forms are mailed to 130 million households in mid-March.

Gabriel Sanchez, the Dallas-based regional census director, says the claim is wrong.

“� e truth is, when the Found-ing Fathers wrote the Constitution, they gave Congress the power to determine how the census is con-ducted. � e U.S. Supreme Court has again and again upheld how the Census Bureau conducts the cen-sus,” Sanchez said.

� e 2010 form is the shortest in modern history, he said, and asks only simple questions such as age, gender, ethnicity and whether a dwelling is owned or rented.

But a household head count is all the census will get from Robyn Leann Burwell, 30, of Hawley, Texas.

“My position, at this point, is that the only constitutional part of it is for them to do a head count,” she said. “� e bottom line is, I feel like the government has been trying

to � nd ways to get information they don’t necessarily need.”

Burwell, an English professor at Abilene Christian University and a Libertarian candidate for state House District 85, and her hus-band, John, a Libertarian candidate for U.S. House District 13 in West Texas, helped start an Abilene chap-ter of the 912 Project, a grassroots conservative organization.

“I think it’s just really important

to look at it as more than a random questionnaire. We should be asking if they really need to ask the ques-tions,” Burwell said. Renee Higgins, a 51-year-old housewife from Merkel, Texas, and a member of the Abilene 912 Project, agrees with that stance.

“I think the only thing we need to answer is our name and how many people. Beyond that, it’s none of their business,” said Higgins, who says she has grown increasing-

ly leery of all government entities. “� e overreaching things going on with our government lead people to question things. I question every-thing they do,” Higgins said. “I’m not some nut job. I’m a realist, and I’ve looked into a lot of things and I question a lot of things.”

Higgins says that she � lled out the 2000 Census forms but that “I was stupid then, I thought you had to do it. But when they start invad-

ing your privacy, you have to draw the line. I was ignorant, but I’ve learned.” State Demographer Karl Eschbach says that such “indepen-dent streaks” have come and gone over the years but that the current fears seem misplaced.

“It’s kind of a peculiar concern in an age in which so much is be-ing collected about us by folks oth-er than the government. � ese are fairly benign questions,” said Es-chbach, a professor and health re-searcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, not-ing that the � rst census, in 1790, asked six questions.

“Clearly, everyone’s ability to monitor us has gone way up,” he said. “Private industry can track the keystrokes on your computer. You’ve got people making data-banks of your every consumer pur-chase, and you are worried about the government knowing how you classify yourself by race and eth-nicity for purposes of allocation of funds?”

Many of the concerns appear linked to the American Commu-nity Survey, a much more extensive census questionnaire sent to 75,000 households nationwide each month.

� e survey, Sanchez said, is an important tool for local planners, who need to know detailed infor-mation like how many toilets are in a home to determine the need for sewage facilities. Questions on commute times help communities identify transportation needs, he said.

Mistrust of census process is misplaced, o� cials saySTEVE CAMPBELLThe Associated Press

Students are handed packets of information and toys after listening to a presentation Jan. 5 at Bellaire Elementary School in Hurst, Texas, to encourage participation in the upcoming census. The travelling Take 10 program will work across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi through mid-April.

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WASHINGTON D.C.Guns in Pentagon, Las Vegas court shootings came from Memphis

WASHINGTON — Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.

Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that both guns were once seized in criminal cases in Memphis. The officials described how the weapons made their separate ways from an evi-dence vault to gun dealers and to the shooters.

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CALIFORNIAProbe raises questions about driver’s description of runaway Prius

S A N D I E G O — Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, according to a draft memorandum obtained Saturday by The Associated Press that casts doubt on the driver’s story.

James Sikes, 61, called 911 Monday to report los-ing control of his Prius as the hybrid reached speeds of 94 mph. A California Highway Patrol officer helped Sikes bring the vehicle to a safe stop on Interstate 8.

AFGHANISTANGovernor demands more Afghan forces, NATO help after explosions

K ANDAHAR — The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan’s largest southern city Sunday after a series of explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland.

The blasts, which occurred one after another for 25 minutes across Kandahar city Saturday night, indicate that the insurgents remain a potent force in the area where NATO plans an assault later this year industry should carry significant.

NEW JERSEYStorm leaves more than 500,000 without power at its peak

AT L A N T I C C I T Y — Utility crews pushed through fallen trees and windblown debris to reach downed power lines Sunday, working to restore electricity to more than a half-million homes and businesses after strong winds and heavy rain wreaked havoc in parts of the Northeast.

The storm, which battered parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut Saturday with gusts of up to 70 mph, struck about two weeks after heavy snow and hurricane-force winds.

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Daily Egyptian Sports Monday, March 15, 20108

For the second consecutive year, the SIU men’s basketball team’s season ended without a bid to a postseason tournament.

Southern’s 63-61 loss to Drake March 4 gave the team its � rst � ursday loss in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament since 1997.

� e Salukis, who began the season 9-2, lost 13 of their last 19 games to � nish the season 15-15 and 6-12 in the MVC, marking the second consecutive year SIU � nished without a winning record.

Junior forward Carlton Fay said the Salukis, who � nished the season 3-9 in conference games decided by � ve points or less, would need to learn how to win close games in order to have a successful season next year.

“Looking forward to next year, we know that it’s going to come down to finishing off games for us to be suc-cessful,” Fay said.

Southern is losing only Tony Free-man to graduation and could return as many as four starters and four key re-serves to the team.

But Freeman will not be an easy player to replace. The University of Iowa transfer averaged 11.8 points and

shot 41 percent from 3-point range.Junior forward John Freeman, who

could be one of five seniors on the team next year, said he expects every member of the team to come back next year ready to play.

“We have a lot of players coming back next year and I think everyone’s going to be hungry,” John Freeman said. “We don’t want the same thing to happen again next year.”

The two straight seasons without a postseason appearance reverses a trend that included six straight NCAA Tournament appearances for SIU from 2002-2007 and a berth in the NIT in 2008.

Head coach Chris Lowery said he fully expects the team he has returning next season to help bring the program back to postseason play.

“The guys are committed to win-ning and they’re committed to doing things right,” Lowery said. “We just gotta make sure, the staff, we push them in the right direction.

“That’s kind of part of why we’ve been good. We’ve been able to coach kids above their level. We couldn’t get these guys above their level. That’s why we’re 15-15. It’s a challenge for me and it’s a challenge for our staff to get these guys above their level and to get these

guys to play harder than they did this year.”

Stile T. Smith canbe reached at

ssmith@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 256.

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No postseason play for Dawgs

Junior forward Carlton Fay walks off the court March 4 after the Salukis’ 63-61 loss in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis. Fay could be one of five seniors returning to the team next season.EDYTA BŁASZCZYKDAILY EGYPTIAN

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Check recaps and photo galleries of each game of the MVC Tournament online at www.dailyegyptian.com.

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By Nancy Black and Stephanie Clement

Across1 Month with showers6 Auctioned auto, briefly10 Journalist Nellie13 Egypt’s capital14 Ancient Greek district15 Corned beef bread16 Kids’ game with an “it”18 Nest egg item, for short19 Bridge supports20 Curving pitch22 Garment bottom23 Suffix with meth- or prop-24 Alley competitor28 Backyard play apparatus33 Like some college walls34 Employed35 Caesar’s 1,05136 Author André37 Fall apple drink38 Pass’s opposite39 Single40 City on the Ruhr

41 Group of lions42 Nuclear treaty subjects44 9-Down footballer45 Corn discard46 The Atty. General is head of it47 Low-level clouds50 Icy formation at either extremity of the Earth’s axis55 Peeper56 Today, to Caesar—and a hint to the hidden word appearing in this puzzle 15 times (including the one in this answer)58 Classic Jaguar model59 Jeans material60 “What’s in __?”: Juliet61 Japanese money62 Has a sandwich63 Brawn

Down1 Eight, in Berlin

2 Twosome3 Bike outing4 Enrages5 Despised6 Perot of politics7 Denver-to-Chicago dir.8 Crusty desserts9 San Francisco Bay city10 Wedding party member11 Old Greek stringed instrument12 365 days14 As above, in footnotes17 Met, Nat or Card21 Beethoven’s “Minuet __”24 Archie Bunker type25 Like lambs and rams26 Like most modern TVs, picturewise27 Reb general28 Square’s four29 Birdhouse songbird30 Suffix with bombard

31 Drop in pronunciation32 Flooring specialist34 Yokel’s possessive37 27-Down’s org.38 End of most work wks.40 Oceanic reflux41 Dr. Denton’s, e.g.43 Ode title starter44 Massage deeply46 Dire fate

47 Like a sheer negligee48 Small child49 What’s on your mind50 Trident-shaped letters51 Hindu princess52 Prefix with apple53 Summit54 Relieved cry57 Tolkien tree creature

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Today’s birthday — Chaotic events this year challenge you to manage willful behavior and assert your practical side. Love relationships grow as you pursue your desire for increased harmony in relationships. Stress signals the need to back off a bit.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Although harmony is in the ear of the beholder, you choose to power your way to gratification. They put a soft pedal on the piano for a reason. Use it to tone it down.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Prepare for the drill sergeant to run everyone ragged. Extra effort is needed to please a powerful female. Don’t try to get creative today.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Share your weekend experiences with the female who set you on the right path. Notice how much more relaxed you are?

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Your partner puts everything into perspective. The new view includes more harmonious furnishings in a room the two of you will share.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Break out of a dull pattern at work and bring in some new data to shake things up. It won’t take long for people to get the picture.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Clear the decks in order to do all your work as quickly as possible. Order in your work environment goes a long way.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — You may not have a PowerPoint presentation, but you have a powerful message to deliver. Add sugar to make the medicine go down.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — The office despot arrives early and stays late. Create a diversion with a female associate or friend. Chatter abounds. Distract with chocolate.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Redirecting your mind to the task at hand takes some doing today. Get practical, and get going on necessary changes. It’ll be worth it.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Add feminine touches to your home (even if it’s a home full of guys). Water the plants and check supplies. Everyone benefits today from a softer touch.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — To love your neighbor, you must take care of yourself first. Work out a win-win agreement, then fulfill your end of the bargain.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Your associates believe they have the final say, yet an older person has reserved veto power. Focus your persuasion on that person.

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STILE T. SMITH

With Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, Ohio State and Temple winning their conference tournaments Sunday, the field of 65 for the NCAA Tournament has been set. Who is your pick to run the table?

Saluki Insider

Even with injury problems, I will not stray from my preseason pick of Syracuse. Wesley Johnson is one of the best players in the nation and Jim Boeheim is one of the best coaches. “One Shining Moment” will be played with Johnson and Boeheim hoisting the national championship trophy.

It comes down to Kansas and Kentucky. In the end, I think the youth of the Wildcats will lead to their downfall and Bill Self will lead Kansas to another national championship. There could be challenges from Syracuse, Kansas State and Texas along the way.

The only team that really flexed any muscle in the conference tourneys was Kansas, but I, too, refuse to abandon my preseason pick: Calipari’s Wildcats. Mississippi State executed the perfect game plan to beat Kentucky, yet UK still managed to come out on top. It’s hard to beat a team that has taken everybody’s best shot.

SIU continued its hot play Friday against New Orleans with a convinc-ing 6-1 victory.

� ree Privateers were forced to retire due to injury during their matches, resulting in wins for Del-sart, sophomore Emily Whitney and

freshman Anastacia Simons.A� er she dropped the � rst set

of her match (3-6) in No. 4 singles, freshman Jennifer Dien came back with 6-0 and 10-6 set victories against Ceara Howey to pick up the match win.

� e Salukis will return to the court with a home showdown at 1 p.m. Sat-urday against Northern Illinois.

Much like its male counterpart, the SIU women’s basketball team had its season end in an opening-round defeat in the Missouri Val-ley Conference Tournament.

� e Salukis (5-24, 4-15 MVC) fell to the Sycamores of Indiana State, 73-57, in the � rst game of the tournament � ursday night at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo.

The contest was knotted up at 31 heading into the intermission, but Indiana State (17-13, 8-11 MVC) embarked on a 14-5 run in the first 10 minutes of the second half, holding SIU to only two field goals during the stretch.

Sycamore senior guard Kelsey Luna had a game-high 20 points and went 12-12 at the charity stripe. Luna leads the nation in free throw percentage, shooting 92.5 percent from the line.

Aside from Luna, the Syca-mores had four players finish with

double-digit point totals. Sopho-more center Shannon Thomas re-corded her fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

A� er shooting 41 percent in the � rst half, the Salukis struggled to hit their shots down the stretch, shooting only 17 percent in the lat-ter half, or six of 35 from the � eld.

“In the � rst half we played with a lot of energy and a lot of heart,” senior guard/forward Stephany Neptune said. “We just couldn’t get over the hump in the second half.”

Three Salukis achieved dou-ble-digit point totals, led by se-nior guard Christine Presswood, who finished with 15 points in her final game as a Saluki.

Neptune — who finished the regular season as the MVC’s lone player averaging a double-double — recorded 14 points, 11 boards, eight assists and five steals for her

13th double-double of the year. In her only season at SIU, Neptune came within eight rebounds of Amy Rakers’ single-season school record of 325.

� ough the Salukis ended the night in disappointment, not ev-erybody went away empty-handed.

A� er being named Newcomer of the Week � ve times throughout the year, Neptune was the MVC’s Newcomer of the Year recipient, an-nounced at the conference’s annual award ceremony � ursday night.

Head coach Missy Tiber said the effort put forth by this year’s team should lay the groundwork for a successful program in years to come.

“I think all year long we battled through taking over a program for the first time,” she said. “I have to give our kids credit, especially the seniors that have battled through it. We have multiple kids that any

given night can play 40 minutes. … They give so much and I just credit them so much for the effort that they’ve given.”

Neptune led the conference with an overall average of 36 min-utes on the hardwood per contest, while freshman guard Teri Oliver and Presswood each ranked in the top 10 in minutes per game — 34.4 and 33.7, respectively.

“We’re looking forward to the future of our program,” Tiber said. “� at doesn’t come without saying that these three seniors, especially, have helped lay the foundation.”

Looking toward next season, the team will lose three faces from this year’s roster in Presswood, Neptune and former so� ball star Katie Wag-ner. Wasting little time, the � rst-year head coach has already been at work on the recruiting trail.

Tiber inked seven recruits in the early signing period in No-

vember, including a system-spe-cific point guard from Canyon County, Calif., (Brooke LeMar), and some much needed size with a 6-foot 3-inch center from Home-wood Flossmoor (Cici Shannon).

Although her final year as a Saluki will be associated with a losing record in Tiber’s inaugural season, Presswood said she en-joyed her time spent playing for the Salukis.

Presswood led the team in scoring this season with 15.9 points per game, Neptune led all Salukis with 10.9 boards per con-test and Oliver’s 74 3-pointers are good for third all-time for a fresh-man in MVC history.

� e Salukis end this season as the ninth-place squad in a 10-team conference and, for the eighth time since the 1999-00 season, � nished with 20 or more defeats.

Ray McGillis can be reached at rmcgillis@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 269.

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Women bounced in tourney’s � rst round

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Neptune named Newcomer of the Year

Junior le� -handed starter Randy Hoelscher entered Sunday’s contest with an ERA slightly above 19 a� er two appearances, but � ve earned runs through � ve innings brought his aver-age down � ve points and resulted in a no-decision.

Hoelscher said the pitching sta± has settled in a bit a� er they started the season as the team’s weakest link.

“We’ve improved in location of our

pitches,” Hoelscher said. “Con� dence is a big thing, too. Guys get more con-� dent on the mound when they know their stu± is good … they just have to go out there and throw like they can.”

� e team will return to action at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Kentucky against Murray State before it returns home for a three-game series Friday with Northern Illinois.

Ray McGillis can be reached at rmcgillis@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 269.

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While many Salukis � ed south for Spring Break, the SIU baseball team traveled to Santa Clara, Calif., for the second annual Jack Gi� ord Memorial Tournament.

Southern (5-10) played � ve games against three teams over a � ve-day span, � nishing its only trip of the season west of Kansas with a record of 1-4.

Head coach Dan Callahan said the team’s struggles on the mound could a� ect where the team � nishes this season.

“I saw some things I liked and I saw some things that concerned me,” Callahan said. “When your team ERA is right around 10 and none of your starters below six (ERA), it’s going to be di� cult to win ball games.”

SIU lost the � rst game of its road trip to San Jose State Wednesday, 18-6, bounced back the next day for a 6-5 victory against Santa Clara University, fell Friday in its only game against University of Califor-nia-Davis 5-3 and was defeated Sat-urday for the second time by SJSU, 10-1.

A� er trailing SCU for the � rst eight innings Sunday, it appeared as if the Salukis would leave California quietly.

However, SIU hit for the cycle in the bottom half of the eighth inning, pushing six runs across the plate and taking an 8-6 lead into the ninth.

Southern’s all-time leader in ca-reer saves, senior Bryant George, en-tered only needing three putouts to seal the victory, but the Saluki closer accounted for only one out against six batters faced, allowing � ve earned runs o� four hits and a walk.

Before the � nal two frames of the game, SIU had not pushed more than one run across the plate in an inning Sunday. But the Salukis fol-lowed their eighth-inning rally with a three-run ninth.

� e comeback fell short as the team stranded the tying run on � rst when junior center � elder Chris Murphy grounded out to shortstop, ending the game with a 12-11 defeat.

Freshman reliever Rhett Nel-son (1-0) picked up the win for

the Broncos and George (3-1) was credited with the loss.

SCU sent Chris Mendoza to the bump Sunday and the right-handed freshman struck out three batters, allowed two runs and scattered six hits through 6.1 innings of work in his � rst collegiate start.

Seven di� erent Salukis had at least two of the team’s 16 hits Sun-day, while senior right � elder Aaron Roberts had a game-high three hits with a team-high three RBIs and

two runs scored.Roberts, who leads the team

with 21 hits on the season, said the team’s hitters need to stay aggres-sive because its pitching is begin-ning to show signs of improvement.

“We have a good lineup,” Rob-erts said. “We’re capable of putting up a crooked number anytime we’re up at the dish. Our pitching made some great strides this weekend, so one of these days we’ll put it all together and that should make for

some pretty good baseball.”Heading into the road trip, Salu-

ki pitchers had allowed 10 or more runs in seven of the team’s previous eight games.

Despite giving up double-digit runs in two of the � ve contests, SIU had three of its � ve starting pitchers contribute � ve or more innings of work while on the West Coast.

After watching the rain wash away two Friday games, the SIU softball team fell in two close games Saturday before picking up a convincing win Sunday at the South Florida Tournament in Clearwater, Fla.

The Salukis (14-9) opened the tournament with a loss to Maine in extra innings. After the two teams battled back and forth, car-rying a 1-1 game into the ninth inning, junior pitcher Alex Peters gave up a grand slam in the ninth to Chelsea Soule to give the Black Bears the 5-1 win.

Head coach Kerri Blaylock said

the o� ense must be able to come up with more than one run to win games.

“We’ve gotta be better than that o� ensively,” Blaylock said. “We have to be able to hit the ball better.”

Peters went a complete game, 8.2 innings, and tied her season high with nine strikeouts in a losing e� ort.

Peters said it was tough to pitch such a good game and come out on the losing end.

“That was really upsetting and

really frustrating to go that long and make one mistake and it’s over,” Peters said.

� e Salukis continued play Sat-urday with a 1-0 loss to Penn State. Junior pitcher Danielle Glosson tied her season high with 10 strike-outs, including the � rst six Penn State batters, in a losing e� ort.

The Nittany Lions scored in the top of the third inning, jump-ing in front of the Salukis 1-0. That would prove to be the differ-ence in the contest.

Glosson (6-6) pitched a com-plete game, seven innings, in the loss, allowing just one run on four hits and two walks.

The Salukis picked up just nine hits and one run, none earned, in

their two Saturday losses.But the SIU bats woke up Sun-

day, as the Salukis were able to beat Fair� eld in a 13-0, run-ruled win.

� e Salukis connected for 11 hits and 13 runs in � ve innings, as senior out� elder Katie Wilson went 3-for-3 with three runs and � ve RBIs.

Wilson said she felt comfort-able at the plate against Fairfield.

“I just went up there and was just relaxed and hit the ball,” Wil-son said. “That’s all I was thinking was see the ball, hit the ball.”

Freshman pitcher Brittney Lang got the start, but Peters en-tered in relief in the bottom of the first with just one out and the bases loaded.

Peters proceeded to strike out

the next two batters to get the Sa-lukis out of the early jam.

“I did whatever it took to get out of it,” Peters said. “They were swinging at everything.”

Peters (6-3) pitched 4.2 in-nings in the contest, giving up no runs on just two hits and one walk while striking out a season-high 10 batters.

The Salukis will return to the diamond at 3 p.m. Wednesday for their first Missouri Valley Con-ference game of the season when they take on Evansville at Char-lotte West Stadium.

Stile T. Smith can be reached at ssmith@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 256.

� e SIU women’s tennis team picked up wins � ursday and Friday, taking down Nicholls State University and the University of New Orleans.

� e Salukis started o� their hot play with a 4-3 � ursday win against Nicholls State.

Freshman Melanie Delsart picked up a big third set victory, allowing SIU to take down the Lady Colonels. Del-sart took down Florina Nosca with a 6-3, 6-7 (7-5), 6-2 victory.

Senior Michela Cruise picked up her � rst win since her injury, defeating

Melissa Harrison 6-1, 6-1.Delsart and senior Martina Vianna

Ce picked up the lone doubles win for the Salukis, as they beat Nosca and Ta-tiana Denezhkina 8-6 in No. 1 doubles.

Salukis snag a pair of wins against Nicholls State, New Orleans

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Dawgs drop two of three in South Florida

Freshman infielder Wes Neece takes a cut at a Middle Tennessee State pitch March 3 at Abe Martin Field. The Salukis finished the Jack Gifford Memorial Baseball Tournament with a record of 1-3 in Santa Clara, Calif.

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SOFTBALL

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I did whatever it took to get out of it.

— Alex Petersjunior pitcher