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Abraham Rivera, right, of Oak Park, lines up a shot while Chad Lerman, a senior from Skokie studying electrical
engineering, watches Monday during a game of billiards in the Student Center. Rivera, an SIU alumnus in architecture,
visited Carbondale during the weekend to hang out with Lerman. “We both love billiards so we thought we’d play
while I’m down here,” Rivera said. “Usually I’m playing at the ones at the bars in town,” Lerman said.
Quinn makes stop at SIUE
Gov. Pat Quinn stressed the importance of investing in higher education at an appearance at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Friday, as officials celebrated beginning the last construction phase of the science complex project.
The $81.3 million project involved constructing a new science building, then renovating the older building to allow SIUE’s fast-growing science departments more space and technology. The project was funded from the $31 billion state capital bill passed in 2009.
The 80,000-square-foot old building will get offices, classrooms and laboratories, with upgraded infrastructure and energy-efficient design and windows. This phase of the project will cost $23.5 million. Work on the project should be complete by spring 2016.
Quinn also proposed doubling the $373 million currently budgeted for the Monetary Assistance Program grants, which currently provide each qualifying student with amounts up to $4,900 a year depending on need.
“You never go wrong investing in human minds,” he said.
Quinn, a Democrat, faces Republican Bruce Rauner in Tuesday’s election
U.S. Rep. Bill Enyart, D-Belleville, who is running for re-election to represent the Illinois 12th District, was again joined by retired congressman Jerry Costello on Friday at campaign events.
Enyart and Costello started the day in Marion to present a $3.2 million grant to the Williamson County Regional Airport for the construction of a new terminal.
Enyart and Costello also met with coal miners on Friday afternoon in Sesser.
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Trick-or-treaters and Americans alike have another sugar-oriented day to look forward to: National Candy Day. However, sugary treats can be addictive, often leading to disease.
Sugar and cocaine addiction are very similar, activating the same areas of the brain, according to a May article posted by The Huffington Post.
Chad Drake, an assistant professor in psychology, said this is a logical conclusion.
“It doesn’t really surprise me that sugar lights up areas of the brain that are similar to that for other drugs,” said Drake, who has been published in the Addiction Research and Theory journal. “Those are reward, pleasure centers of the brain. I don’t know why anyone would have expected them to be different.”
Drake said people become addicted for different reasons.
“There’s two pretty good reasons why people get trapped in some kind of addiction, whether its cocaine or food or whatever,” he said. “It can be an escape from bad things and an approach toward good things. It can be both and they’re not necessarily the same thing.”
Drake said addiction is difficult to resolve, and explanations for addiction can vary.
“Generally speaking, some people don’t have a whole lot to look for in life and this is the one thing that is reliably good to them,” he said. “I think everyone struggles and has ways of coping with those things,
and some people get sort of locked into coping with consumption.”
Though it may be addictive, sugar is not entirely bad.
Brenda Green, instructor in animal science, food and nutrition, said sugar is good if eaten sparingly.
“Our body fuels itself on sugar, that’s where we get our energy,” she said. “Sugar is not bad for you if it is consumed in moderation, as with everything. It’s all about how we consume it.”
Green, a licensed dietician, said processed foods contain more sugar, sodium and fat levels than whole foods. She said whole foods provide long-term energy while processed foods provide a jolt of short-term energy.
“If we would eat more whole foods to satisfy the sweetness that we crave versus a Snickers everyday at 2 p.m., we’d be better off,” she said.
Green said National Candy Day is unnecessary.
“I think it’s obvious that we are getting our candy,” she said. “Most people are getting their candy or their sweet every day.”
Green said obesity and diabetes are on the rise, especially in children.
“Our kids are having adult onset diseases like Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension,” she said. “If we would not necessarily eliminate but reduce the amount of those highly processed, sweetened foods we could reduce some of those risks.
The number of Americans with diabetes
has increased more than 400 percent since 1980, from 5.6 million to 29.1 million Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The American Heart Association recommends a maximum of 37.5 grams of added sugar per day for men, and 25 grams of sugar for women. Eating one candy bar a day could account for nearly all the recommended sugar for both men and women.
A regular sized Hershey’s chocolate bar contains 24 grams of sugar and a Snickers bar contains 27 grams. One 3 Musketeer’s bar contains 36 grams of sugar.
Students have varying habits when it comes to eating candy.
Liam Gascoin, a sophomore from New Lennox studying elementary education, said he does not eat candy regularly.
“I’m really into fitness and health and I try to watch what I eat more,” he said. “I like candy, it’s good, but I don’t eat it often.”
Micah Gray, a senior from Chicago studying radio-television, said he is not surprised that sugar and cocaine are similarly addictive.
“It’s definitely addictive, especially if you get too much of it,” he said. “It can be highly addictive. Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. … So I have no reason to believe it can’t be as harmful as cocaine.”
Gray said he enjoys candy, but eats it rarely.“I heard candy isn’t good for you, but it
tastes really good so I’m kind of stuck in the middle. I don’t know what to believe,” he said.
Marissa Novel@MarissaNovelDE | Daily Egyptian
2 Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Former FAMU band member guilty of manslaughter The manslaughter verdict in
the fatal hazing of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion should send a message as loud and clear as the famous Marching 100 band, State Attorney Jeff Ashton said Friday.
“I hope this scares people enough to stop it and to realize it’s not worth it and just to find better ways to show you belong than hitting people or hurting people or endangering their lives,” Ashton said outside the courtroom where FAMU percussionist Dante Martin was found guilty of manslaughter and three counts of hazing.
Martin, who faces up to 22 years in prison, showed no emotion and Champion’s parents clasped each other’s hands as Circuit Judge Renee Roche read the verdicts, which followed less than two hours of jury deliberations. Sentencing is set for Jan. 9.
Martin’s family sobbed outside the courtroom but declined to discuss the verdicts, shooing away reporters. Defense lawyers Richard Escobar and Dino Michaels said they plan to appeal on behalf of the 27-year-old Martin, accused of organizing the fatal ritual aboard a bus parked outside the Rosen Plaza hotel in Orlando.
Martin, 27, was led from court by Orange County deputy sheriffs. He was denied an appeal bond.
The late drum major’s father, also named Robert Champion, said he and his wife would pray for
Martin and Martin’s family. Pamela Champion said the verdict would be nothing to celebrate unless it leads to the end of hazing on the nation’s college campuses, in high schools and among athletic teams, bands and other youth groups.
“We hope that people will get the message that hazing is cruel ... and it needs to stop now,” Champion said.
The panel of four women and two men listened to three days of testimony and nearly four hours of arguments Friday from Ashton and
Martin’s defense team.Ashton told jurors that hazing
may have been a deeply rooted tradition in the celebrated marching band, which has performed at presidential inaugurations, the Super Bowl and the Grammys, but that should not excuse those who beat Champion to death while hazing him on the percussion bus.
“Tradition didn’t kill Robert Champion. Tradition isn’t to blame for Robert Champion’s death,” the prosecutor said. “You
don’t get to break the law because those who came before you did it. That may work when you’re 10, but it doesn’t work when you’re an adult _ an adult who has the ability to say, ‘No ... I won’t be part of this barbarous ritual anymore.’ “
Defense attorney Richard Escobar countered that Champion, a talented musician who had been a FAMU student for seven years, already held leadership positions in the high-energy Marching 100 when he voluntarily participated in
the ritual known as “crossing bus C” that led to his death Nov. 19, 2011.
Champion was struck more than 100 times as he tried to bulldoze his way from the front of the bus to the back through fellow band members.
Escobar argued said the crossing on the bus was not a hazing but more akin to a toughness competition. He argued the ritual was an exercise that had been in place for generations, created by those who helped make the band great.
“Brutal as it was, senseless as it was ... it was a competition,” he said.
Martin did not testify during the trial. In addition to manslaughter Champion’s death, Martin was charged with misdemeanors in the alleged hazings of Keon Hollis and Lissette Sanchez of Orlando, who were not injured during their hazings on the bus.
Champion collapsed after the ritual, which occurred inside a bus parked at the Rosen Plaza hotel in Orlando hotel following the Florida Classic game between FAMU and Bethune-Cookman University. An assistant medical examiner testified that he died of “hemorrhagic shock” as a result of the beating.
Nine other former band members have received probation and community service sentences for their roles in Champion’s hazing. Another, Jessie Baskin, is serving a year in jail. Three others are awaiting trial. Though Martin faces potentially the longest prison sentence, Ashton said he didn’t view him as a “bad person.”
Stephen HudakOrlando Sentinel
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Six things you should know about the ACA
A poster advertising an event to extensively explain the implications of the Affordable Care Act caught my attention.
Taking place the day before election day on a college campus full of precocious young adults, one would expect this event to pique others’ interest as well. I planned to walk into Lawson 231 for the Affordable Care Act lecture and see many other students who wished to be enlightened on America’s healthcare reformation.
Instead, two others greeted me: the event organizer and the speaker. Needless to say, I was appalled by the turn out—or lack thereof—but things got worse when I was handed an outline for the changes the ACA would implement.
It was an 11-page packet full of political jargon, all of which severely confused me. Luckily, I was able to have an intimate conversation with healthcare management professor Leslie Lloyd about what it all meant.
Still, I found myself wondering ‘How will other students figure out the meaning of all this if they don’t attend events like these?’ It would be nearly impossible for them to gain true insight on the important changes to their laws
and governance.There’s a saying that if a contact with
the devil was written away in Terms of Conditions, millions of young adults would be soulless. I never understood how true that is. Being educated on issues and doing something about them is our right and responsibility as citizens. If a people see things being done they do not like, they have to understand what is problematic and take it upon themselves to fix it.
Sitting around blaming other people for your ignorance, or complaining about everything that is wrong will always be more convienient. For this reason, many Americans, especially young adults generally have no sense of internal political understanding, and rely on the government to educate them.
Maybe this carelessness in young adults stems from a distorted sense of reality of their futures and responsibilities. They believe they are invincible and the question, ‘Why worry about this now, when I can worry about this later?’ plagues them on a daily basis. But what happens when you find yourself in the emergency room after a car accident? Who is going to pay that bill? And where is the money going to come from?
The fact is the resources for students to find the answers to all of these questions are right here. At SIU—a research facility—there are lectures, books and databases to learn about the Affordable Care Act and other similar laws.
Unfortunately, students just don’t care, and here are six reasons they should.
Six things you should know about the ACA:1. If you don’t have essential benefit
packages that are ACA compliant, you have to make a Share Responsibility Payment. This payment increases yearly. In 2014, the federal government will charge citizens $95 per adult in the household, in 2015, $325 and in 2016, $695.
2. Thirty-two million Americans are uninsured and will be affected by the mandate.
3. For insurance to be qualified as an essential benefit package it must offer certain benefits, including: preventative services, wellness checks for children and annual checkups for seniors.
4. Medicaid has expanded in Illinois for citizens younger than 65.
5. Some states are permitted to prohibit plans that provide coverage for abortions.
6. The ACA is the biggest healthcare mandate since Medicaid was established in 1965.
Muriel Berry@Muriel_Berry_DE | Daily Egyptian
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Q: After Apple recently up-graded the iOS operating soft-ware for its mobile devices, my iPad 2 began having trouble con-necting to my favorite websites via Wi-Fi. What can I do?
Tom Enda, Lakeland, Fla.A: You are one of many iPad
and iPhone users to report Wi-Fi connectivity problems and other glitches in the wake of the recent iOS operating system upgrades. Because the problems appear to be caused by the software, there’s little you can do until Apple re-leases a fix.
Although Apple has issued three updates to iOS 8 since mid-September (most recently iOS 8.1), there have been con-tinued reports of Wi-Fi connec-tivity problems, rapid battery discharge, screen freezing and repetitive rebooting. For details,
see tinyurl.com/njv6rwg and ti-nyurl.com/nf2m6ca. For a sample of user complaints, see tinyurl.com/qd8yddg.
Apple is being closely watched by its customers to see how quickly it resolves the issue. But while we wait, you can try a simple remedy that has worked for a few users: resetting your iPad or iPhone network settings. Before you do this, write down your Wi-Fi password if you have one, because the reset will erase it. Then, go to Settings, then General, then Reset, then Reset Network Settings. This will cause your iPad to reboot.
Q: When I try to respond to an email address on a website, Microsoft’s Windows Live Mail always opens on my Windows 7 PC. Since I use Gmail, how can I make that my default email?
Bruce Snyder, Mendota
Heights, Minn.A: See “How to set Gmail as
your browser’s default email cli-ent” at tinyurl.com/nba5bca. It explains how to adjust the brows-er settings in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Inter-net Explorer and Apple Safari.
Q: Somehow I lost the “MSConfig” feature on my Win-dows 98 PC, and now I can’t shut the computer off using the nor-mal keyboard commands. I have to shut it off by holding down the power button. What can I do?
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intentional changes by using “MSConfig,” a Windows 98 fea-ture that automates troubleshoot-ing but can also modify the op-erating system settings. You can try an alternate way to shut down the PC by clicking the Start but-ton and then click “Shut down.”
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There are films that seem to come out of nowhere. For some reason, they are not promoted and are put into theaters with no build up.
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“23 Blast” (Rated PG-13; 98 min) is a perfect example of the second option.
“Blast” is a sports drama directed by Dylan Baker and stars Stephen Lang, Mark Hapka, Bram Hoover and Max Adler.
Since childhood, everyone has told Travis Freeman how great he was going to be. Freeman and his best friend Jerry Baker were destined to
be the saviors of their high school football team and lead them to the state championship game. There was no other option.
Freeman is suddenly hit with incurable blindness. It devastates him and brings his high school football career to a screeching halt. Soon he realizes that he has a choice to make. He can either continue doing what he loves or try to lead a normal life without football.
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both of their character moments.This movie decides to rarely focus on either
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‘23 Blasts’ misses wide right
Some consider hands-on learning the best way to learn a craft. The Association for Experiential Education and Touch of Nature have created an event for that purpose.
The AEE and Touch of Nature will be holding their fourth-annual Regional Student Summit Friday through Sunday. The summit is run by students with the purpose of giving environmental students a chance for hands-on learning along with meeting members of their industry.
Evan Coulson, a doctorate candidate in forestry from Ozark, helped found the summit in 2011 with six other graduate and undergraduate students.
Coulson said the summit is experiential. Everything is done by and for the students and there are
opportunities for students to even run workshops, he said. These workshops consist of anything from wilderness medicine to environmental education.
There will also be guest speakers in the field of outdoor education, the Shawnee National Forest Group, in addition to live music and food cooked by the students.
Coulson said students from several schools will also be attending the summit and it is a great networking opportunity. They will be meeting future colleagues, he said.
The event is $125 and covers registration, food and lodging at Touch of Nature’s cabins.
For more information, visit http://www.aee .o rg /nov-2014-hea r t l and -student-summit.
Organic, natural food has become an important issue in recent years. One local Carbondale store will be celebrating its eighth anniversary of promoting natural produced food this Saturday.
Town Square Market is holding an open house entitled “Happy is Healthy.” This open house celebrates the store’s eight-year anniversary. The store sells food and household items that are deemed environmentally friendly and also includes locally-made crafts.
Jennifer Pellow, the co-owner and manager, said the store was created to show the current rate of buying groceries was not sustainable. She estimates the business works with about a dozen local farmers and about 20 local artisans.
The open house will begin at 10 a.m. with a workshop entitled “Women’s Health.”
The day will continue with a food sampling from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Customers can sample products in the store, including the daily soups.
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There will also be cooking demonstrations and live music at the open house. Pellow said she expects anywhere from 100 to 200 people to come in. They are hoping to gain somewhere around 100 new customers, she said.
The Town Square Market is located at 106 E. Jackson St. in Carbondale. The workshop is $15 and the open house is free.
For more information, visit http://www.townsquaremarket.com.
Fourth-annual Student Summit promotes hands-on learning
Town Square Market holding 8th anniversary open house
Entertainment Briefs through the weekend
Jacob Pierce@JacobPierce1_DE | Daily Egyptian
In a barren Georgia warehouse on a cold January day, Jennifer Lawrence was doing something unusual for the young Oscar winner. She was acting very, very badly.
Lawrence was filming a scene for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay _ Part 1," in which her strident archer Katniss Everdeen was attempting to summon righteous indignation for a propaganda piece designed to stoke a nascent uprising.
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"She was very good at it," director Francis Lawrence recalled of his star's ability to turn in an intentionally lousy performance. "We had a bunch of variations, but we didn't want to go too far. Some were really broad and funny but not quite tonally right for the movie.... It was a nice couple of days of laughter on set."
If the scene stands out in the film, which arrives in theaters Nov. 21, it's largely because comedy is in short supply in "The Hunger Games." Lionsgate's franchise adapted from the bestselling young adult novels by Suzanne Collins deals principally with mature, timely
themes, such as the consequences of violence and the devastating toll of war.
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"Katniss represents to me a movement and an awareness for our younger generation _ she possesses strength, compassion and the bravery to do what's right even when it's not easy," Jennifer Lawrence wrote in an email to The Times.
"She is a lightning rod in the movies, she is a lightning rod in real life as a character," added "Hunger Games" producer Nina Jacobson. "People relate to her.... I'm moved by the degree to which Katniss embodies the ability of one SHUVRQ�QR�PDWWHU�KRZ�ÁDZHG��KRZ�FRPSOLFDWHG��WR��PDNH�an enormous impact just by doing the right thing when given the choice."
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topple President Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland).She agrees to an alliance with military strategist Alma
Coin (franchise newcomer Julianne Moore) in exchange for Coin's promise to rescue her longtime ally Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and other former combatants from their Capitol captors.
"She's gone through a lot, and she's very alone," director Lawrence said.
‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ director says Katniss is ‘very alone’Gina McintyreLos Angeles Timees
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Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger
Games: Mockingjay Part 1.”
6 Tuesday, November 4, 2014
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Today’s Birthday (11/04/14). Personal power and confidence come with high-octane results this year. Your influence
grows with your professional stature. Work gets especially fun after 3/20, with creativity and romantic diversions. After 4/4, peace and quiet take on new importance. Meditation, spiritual inquiry and planning take priority. Tune your actions to your heart’s pitch for satisfaction and happiness.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 9 — You’re in charge.
Don’t be afraid. Be obsessed with details. Review an intended action to avoid unpleasant surprises. Your list of things to do grows. Clean as you go. Postpone a shopping trip. Listen to your heart.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)Today is a 6 — A surprising
development in a group setting inspires action. Stifle your aggression (or channel it into art or music). A distant power figure enters the game. The pressure on you eases soon. Keep a low, inexpensive profile.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)Today is an 7 —Breakdowns keep
your focus on immediate necessities. Hold your temper. Start with a plan. Keep cool,
even if someone does crazy things. Keep costs down. Compromise and tact are required. Encourage creative thinking and find the comedy.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 7 — Things could get
chaotic and expensive. Cut entertainment spending. Don’t fall for a sob story. Heed cautionary warnings. Don’t try a new method yet. A fascinating discovery arises from a brilliant suggestion or idea. Practice leads to perfection.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is a 8 — Get your
homework done before going to play. An unexpected windfall comes from handling details early. Shipping and travels discover delays or deviations... stick close to home and handle fundamental priorities. Clean something. Make choices and declare them.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Today is a 7 — Postpone travel.
Breakdowns require attention. Actions could seem to backfire. Take it slow. Let
circumstances dictate the time. Don’t jump the gun. Listen to your heart. Make requests, and someone else solves the problem. Communicate with your team.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Today is an 8 — Be prepared
to apply some elbow grease, and accept a profitable challenge. If at first you don’t succeed, back to the drawing board. It could get explosive. Patience and persistence reach to breakthrough. Collaborate. Take detailed notes.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Today is a 7 — Things may not
follow the plan. Aim for thoughtful rather than impulsive choices. Accidents or mistakes could get costly... slow down and review options. Delegate what you can, and recharge batteries. Allow extra time for distant matters.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is a 7 — Have fun close
to home. Work interferes with travel. All is not as you’d like. It’s not a good time to gamble. Keep everybody honest with
open transparency as a policy. Remember that it’s just a game.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is a 6 — Finish your work,
and postpone a trip. Revelations could alter the destination. Barriers or obstacles at home slow the action. Take it easy. Think it over. Make your choices, and let others decide for themselves. Get organized.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Today is a 7 — Words get farther
than actions. Make bold declarations. There’s still work to do. Remain cautious with your money. Pad your schedule to leave time for the unexpected. Don’t travel yet. Find peace on a walk in nature.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is a 9 —Respectfully navigate
the chaos. Unexpected breakdowns at work require attention. Handle immediate concerns, and put the rest on hold. Don’t throw good money after bad. Merge a financial opportunity into vacation plans. Work out a consensus. Choose your direction.
SOLUTION TO MONDAY’S PUZZLE
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Cross-country advances to NCAA Midwest RegionalBoth the men’s and women’s
teams had good enough finishes at the cross-country Missouri Valley Conference Championship to extended their seasons.
They will advance to NCAA Midwest Regionals, which is familiar territory. The Salukis have qualified every year since 2000.
Both teams had successful regionals last season with the women finishing fourth and the men 11th.
The women’s team will return with the same team as last season.
“I think we are actually better than last year,” junior Kristen Levi said. “The results might not show it, but we’ve improved overall and I think we will have success at regionals again. The rest of the conference got stronger as well. So I don’t think it’s anything we did wrong.”
Levi had success at last year’s regional where she was the top Saluki runner at the event, finishing 21st.
Junior Kelley Gallagher has been the Salukis’ top runner all year, finishing first on the team in all but one event. She finished 22nd at least year’s NCAA regional, second best of the Salukis.
Gallagher and Levi earned honorable mentions for this year’s women’s Missouri Valley All-Conference team with 12th and 15th place finishes.
Until the MVC Championship race, junior Krista Menghini had not led any events this year, but with her 10th place finish she earned herself an All-Conference honor.
“We worked our butts off at the MVC Championships,” Menghini said. “I think I can keep running well to help the team, but we’re going to work hard and be ready to compete for regionals. I’m excited for it.”
Senior Sadie Darnell will return after finishing third-best on the team last season.
She was named to the All-Conference team last year but finished 17th in this year’s MVC
Championship. This was the first event of the year that Darnell was not among the top-three runners for the Salukis.
Seniors Mobola Rotibi, Tori Parry and Lacey Gibson, who all contributed to last season’s success will all return to the team as well.
The women’s team will face MVC opponents Bradley and Illinois State at regionals.
Bradley is led by 2014 Women’s Coach of the Year Willy Wood, who started coaching at Bradley this season. He previous held the head coach position at Columbia for 20 years. There, he produced two Olympians, coached 29 All-Americans and led the team to eight Ivy League titles.
The team will return to regionals with six of the seven members of last year’s seventh-place team.
The Braves won the MVC Championship behind the efforts of race winner junior Caitlin Busch, senior Emily Delvo and junior Kristen Busch who were all named All-Conference.
Illinois State will have three runners back from last season’s 11th place team at NCAA Regionals.
Senior Kim Christensen, junior Haley Goers and junior Kelley McShea finished 37th, 68th and 103rd at regionals last year.
The Redbirds finished second at the MVC Championships behind All-Conference runners McShea, Christensen and sophomore Ariel Michalek who finished 3rd, 8th and 9th respectively.
The SIU men’s cross-country team reached the NCAA regional by finishing second at the MVC Championship.
“Second place is a little disappointing, but we’re moving on,” junior Juan Carrera said. “We wanted to come out strong and win the event, but we didn’t. We’ll be ok though.”
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Senior Michael Castel, left, junior Oscar Medina, center, and junior Juan Carrera compete in the Men’s 8K Saturday during
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country team took third place. The Salukis will travel Nov. 14 to Peoria for the NCAA Midwest Regional.
Divers at rival schools pull for each otherTwo lifelong friends moved halfway
around the world to compete against each other, but do not consider each other rivals.
Saluki junior diver Sherry Zhang and Illinois State Redbird senior diver Wenting Zhang both are both from China. The two were roommates growing up in school, and both qualified for the NCAA tournament last season.
Sherry said she approaches diving against Wenting the same as anyone else.
“I really don’t think that much,” Sherry said. “I just focus on my dive, and I’m really happy to say she’s my friend.”
In the national tournament, Wenting finished 15th in the one-meter dive and sixth in the three-meter dive. Sherry finished 11th in the one-meter dive and third in the three-meter dive.
“[Sherry] was nervous,” SIU diving coach Joy Zhao said. “It was the first time for her [at nationals]. It was the first time for me too, I was nervous also. I’m so proud of her and she dove
very well in the prelims. The finals, she got really nervous. She’ll be better than last year.”
The two competed against each other Saturday for the first time since the 2014 NCAA tournament. Sherry won both events.
“In my opinion the way that [Sherry’s] been diving, there’s no doubt in my mind she’s a frontrunner to possibly win a national title at the end of the year,” Illinois State diving coach Phil Hoffmann said.
Wenting said she practiced every day, but is focused more on the tournaments coming up season.
“Our season really ramps up after the new year,” Hoffmann said. “I think we all point to conference and then zones and hopefully nationals again. It’s a long road.”
Sherry said it is definitely possible the two both make the NCAA tournament again, but there is no guarantee.
“Diving is hard to tell the results,” Sherry said. “You have to finish the meet before you know it.”
Wenting said diving at the NCAA
tournament was a great experience for her last season, and it helped her learn for her final year as a Redbird.
“I want to do great at the conference and also make the NCAA’s again,” Wenting said.
Hoffmann said he never thought SIU and ISU would compete at the national level, but it became a reality and a turning point for his coaching career with all the talent surrounding them.
“Right before the girls dove in the three-meter event, Missy Franklin from Cal Berkley, the darling of the Olympics broke the American record right as the girls were warming up,” Hoffmann said. “It was like, ‘Okay, this is real.’”
The two next compete against each other in the Missouri Valley Conference championships Feb. 18-24 in Carbondale.
“I wouldn’t even call it a rivalry,” Hoffmann said. “It’s a lot of mutual respect. I know [Zhao] and I have great respect for each other. We want the best for the athletes.”
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Ryan West named starting QB for Missouri State game
The Salukis will have a different starter under center this week.SIU football coach Dale Lennon announced Ryan West will
be the starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against Missouri State.
This will be the first game West has started this season and he is looking forward to the opportunity, he said.
“I don’t know if this is a one-time thing or a full season thing,” he said. “I’m going to start this game and hopefully do a good job and we’ll go with what the coaches decide from there.”
West has played in three games this season going 28-44 with 3 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and 276 yards passing.
“Right now, his skill set is what we need,” Lennon said. “Iannotti will be available. We’re fortunate that Ryan has some starting experience. This isn’t his first game and he knows how to prepare.”
His most recent performance came in the Salukis’ 41-26 loss to Indiana State on Oct. 25. He replaced starting quarterback Mark Iannotti before halftime.
West completed 10 of his 17 passes with a touchdown, interception and 96 yards in the game.
The Salukis have struggled in the last three games, falling to 5-4. The team must win each of its last three games this season to make the playoffs.
The Salukis will face Missouri State at 2 p.m. on Nov. 8.
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