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♦ Tuesday, N ovember 18, 2003 So uthern Illinois U niversity Edwardsville Vol. 56, No. 25 +

A u b r e y W i l l i a m s M l e s t l e

Dancers fill the stage of Dunham Hall Theater during the weekend’s Dance in Concert. The concert lasted two hours and contained nine pieces.

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Dance in Concert ran this w eekend at D unham Hall Theater.

The concert was two hours and contained nine pieces: “We T hree,” “M usical M aneuvers,” “The U nveiling Void,” “Expectation: M ovem entA ctiv ities,” “Passage Beyond Time: A W hisper of Forever and A lw ays,” “F lashpoint,” “Tae Kwon Leap,” “Inner D issidence”

and “Joint Venture.”“The night overall was a

good experience,” freshm an M elissa Blair said. “Som e o f the pieces weren’t as energetic as others, but still good. The whole night went by really fast.”

“We Three,” choreographed by SIUE alumna Janet Strzelec, was a lighthearted, playful piece, reminiscent o f an Irish dance.

“M usical M aneuvers,” choreographed by theater and dance professor Kerry J. Shaul, was a heavier piece perform ed to

m usical selections from the com puter gam e “A ge o f Empires.”

“The Unveiling Void” was a poignant piece, beginning with a poem titled “R em em bering ,” w hich concerned a m other dealing with mourning the death of her child.

Senior H eather M. Koerkenm eier choreographed the piece.

“Expectations: M ovem ent Activities,” choreographed by

see DANCE CONCERT, page 2

Make a wish for a cute dateB r u c f . K i .o s t e r m a n n

N e w s S t r in g e r

The resident assistan ts of Prairie Hall will be holding a date auction to benefit the Make-A- W ish Foundation at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, in W oodland H all’s M ultifunction Room.

Residents from all campus housing facilities can sign up to be auctioned off to the highest bidder as a date.

Auction attendance is free

and open to all SIUE students, and all proceeds from the event will go to benefit the M ake-A- Wish Foundation.

Assistant Director o f Prairie Hall M archae M iller is organizing the auction. M iller has worked as a volunteer for the M ake-A-W ish Foundation.

M iller said she saw how much time and money went into making a child’s wish com e true and thought that having events atSIUE to benefit the charity would m am ille@ siue.edu.

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W ith T hanksgiving break just days away, many students are anticipating a delicious Thanksgiving meal.

Yet many families struggling to make ends meet are in need of assistance with holiday festivities.

The East St. Louis C enter for

the Performing Arts is providing approximately 100 M etro East fam ilies with baskets full of Thanksgiving food. This is twice as many families as were assisted last year.

The C enter is accepting donations for the food drive through Wednesday.

“(The donation) bins can be found at the east entrance and the w est entrance (o f the M orris

Faculty members want benefits for same-sex partners

be a fun idea.The Make-A-Wish Foundation,

founded in 1980, raises money to grant the wishes o f children with life-threatening or term inal illnesses.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted the wishes o f more than 110,000 children worldwide during its 23-year existence.

Residents interested in being auctioned can contact M iller at 650-4653 or by e-m ail at

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Crim inal Justice professor Kevin Cannon has begun seeking faculty m em bers interested in organizing a new com m ittee with a broad, activist agenda for gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender issues on campus.

Cannon said about six members had responded Monday to an e-mail requesting interested faculty.

Cannon contacted members who attended a dom estic partnership workshop Friday in Lovejoy Library.

The workshop was a project o f the Safe Zone Com mittee.

If the new com m ittee forms, Cannon said, it w ould seek official recognition from the

University Center and C ougar’s Den),” said Jack W illiams, who is co-chairman of the food drive with E.L. W ilkes. “ (Also) we have (the bins) in the entrances of buildings A, B and C (of the East St. Louis H igher Education Cam pus). T h ey ’re (also) throughout the St. Claire County

university adm inistra tion . The com m ittee’s first project would be to extend em ployee benefits to same-sex domestic partners.

Around 40 SIU E faculty members attended the w orkshop Friday.

Professor C urt W inkle, University of Illinois at Chicago, presented a detailed report o f the extension process, which lasted 10 years at UIC.

Winkle was instrum ental in obtaining benefits like health insurance and retirem ent annuities for dom estic partners at the university’s three campuses.

“For many o f us, I think, it’s important to think o f this as a social movement,” W inkle said at the workshop. “I don’t want us to forget that this is a very important part in a page of history.”

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Preparation for the spring semester opera productions has already begun.

An opera workshop will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Lovejoy Library Auditorium.

The workshop com es five days after a 50-m inute open dress rehearsal in Dunham Hall that allowed students interested in the

opera to work together.To be a part o f the workshop,

music students m ust sign up ahead of time.

The workshop works as an introduction for standard opera and warms up students for school operas in the spring semester.

The w orkshop offers benefits for both beginning and advanced opera students.

In the workshop, students interact with other students and

either learn or perfect their craft.Two o f the m ajor areas of

work focus on how to move on stage and how to sing.

S tudents w ill learn better ways o f facing the audience and at what style, form at and level they should sing.

“It gives a better idea o f what the students are capable of and what direction to take for the spring p roductions,” music professor Brian Pfaltzgraff said.

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An SIUE student has been arrested for firing a weapon on campus.

James Harrison was arrested at 5 a.m. Sunday after shots were heard near Bluff Road and South U niversity D rive. H arrison allegedly fired five shots from a Star Super 9 mm semiautomatic pistol.

“He was just pointing the weapon out o f a m oving vehicle and firing it,” Capt. G ina Hays said.

Police w ere called and stopped a M issouri-reg istered vehicle and found the weapon on Harrison.

Harrison did not resist arrest and was charged with unlawful use of a weapon.

Hays said additional charges may be brought after a meeting M onday w ith the M adison County state’s attorney.

DANCE CONCERT-from page 1theater and dance instructor Michael Thom as, was a comical piece perform ed partially to m usic and partially to a spoken text.

“My favorite part was ‘Expectations,’” B lair said. “The costum es were really fun and vibrant, and it was com edic and organized chaos at the sam e time. It was ju st really cool to look at.”

A fter in term ission , the concert continued with “Passage Beyond Time: A W hisper o f Forever and A lw ays,”

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“We take m onetary funds to purchase turkey and ham and cannned goods,” W illiam s said.“The money should be turned in to Lekeishi M oseley.”

For a decade, the SIUE East St. Louis C en ter for the Perform ing A rts has provided Thanksgiving baskets to area

S H A R A R E Y N O L D S M i.E S 7 X £Acting Director of Academic Counseling and Advising Bill Hendey and Director of Disability Support Center Jane Floyd-Hendey carve a turkey Friday at the 28th Annual Turkey Feast in the Art and Design Building.

choreographed by theater and dance professor J. Calvin Jarrell, in memory of his late mother. The piece held a very spiritual connotation and was very light overall but serious.

“Flashpoint,” with original chorography by Tim othy O ’Slynne and production choreography by Stacy West, was a heavier piece but less serious than “Passage Beyond Time: A W hisper o f F orever and Always.”

C horeographer H eather Reynolds H arris’ piece, “Tae

Kwon Leap,” was a lighthearted hum orous dance that told the story of a m artial arts class attem pting to figh t the instructor.

“Inner D issidence,”choreographed by senior Carolyn Gaffke, was a dark and sensual piece.

The evening ended with a dance called “Jo in t Venture,” choreographed by Carol-Lynne Moore.

It was perform ed to a song mix o f traditional Irish music and jazz.

families in need.The Red Cross also assisted

by providing the nam es of families in need.

The baskets will be distributed Friday at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus and will also be delivered to homes by the artists.

“The SIUE East St. Center for the Perform ing Arts has been operating in East St. Louis for

more than 30 years, and we value the M etro E ast com m unity,” Williams said in a press release for the event.

“O ur T hanksgiving basket giveaway has been in existence for 10 years and is ju st one small way that we assist the people who’ve supported us for all these years. The drive also teaches our youth the im p o rtan ce o f giv ing.”

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What Thanksgiving Day should really be all about

Gratefulness - Be grateful for everything. This day, your family and friends and just being out of school for a week are things enough to be grateful for.

Irreplaceable - Your life is irreplaceable. Every day is irreplaceable. Live each day like it is your last and let those important in your life know how much they mean to you.

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V a lu e - the ones you forever and neither will you.

Everything - in life has a purpose. If you don’t get the dessert you wanted for Thanksgiving this year, maybe it’s because you really don’t need it. Thanksgiving comes around once a year for a few reasons. One reason is to give us an excuse to eat a lot and be lazy, but another reason is to spend time with family and friends and be thankful for everything we have.

Tell - someone what they mean to you. Someone may not know you think they are inspiring or just a fun person to be with. Take this day to tell them how you feel. It will brighten both their day and yours.

love. They won’t be around

appiness - is achoice. You make the choice to be happy. Will you be a grouch on Thanksgiving because your cousin ate the rest o f the mashed potatoes? You decide how you want the holiday, and every day, to go.

Appreciation - Show people that you appreciate them today. Did grandma slave away at making dinner for the whole family? Tell her how great everything is and let her know her hard work wasn’t a waste, of time.

iV/Otice - the little things others do for you.Did someone go out of the way for you this

week? It’s the little things that count and we shouldn’t let them go unnoticed.

K e„eep - in mind what this day is all about. Thanksgiving is a day to do just that - give thanks. What are you thankful for this year? Nothing? I bet there is at least one thing you can find to be thankful for.

k ja y - "Thank you.’ little things that count.

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Nicole R. Gaudreault Editor in Chief

The true meaning of being ‘American ’

In an attempt to define what it m eans to be “A m erican ,” perhaps it is time to explore some o f the basic traits o f Americanism, such as freedom, patriotism and unity.

Is it American to toe the line? Is it patriotic to keep one’s mouth shut because it would spew out words of disagreem ent with an American leader? Not in

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the eyes of our nation’s founders.I like the gall of Benjamin

F ranklin who proposed the words, “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to G od,” for the American seal. I cannot think o f a more fitting phrase to describe this country in its infancy.

Let’s also consider the noble w ords o f P resident T hom as Jefferson. No one would argue

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that this man was a great American.However, Jefferson was not

afraid o f the voice of dissent. C oncerning S hays’ R ebellion, Jefferson wrote, “God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion ... the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”

Does unity com e at the sacrifice of personal convictions? Should a true American shelve inward morality and decency to stand unified with an action contrary to w hat he or she believes to be right and just? In Jefferson’s words, God forbid! There is nothing American about such behavior.

On the contrary, this country was founded on the very nature o f rebellion. Early A m ericans refused to be chained to the tyranny of a foreign ruler. They would not toe the line.

In that same spirit, I choose to oppose the war in Iraq. I would gladly support any military action by the United States that would defend its people, their freedom or the principles on which the country was founded. In fact, given the opportunity, I would

take up arms and fight to the death to defend it m yself. However, I vehemently refuse to support an unprovoked act o f aggression against another nation.

Instead, I choose to take up my pen and exercise my freedom o f speech w ith d issent. W hat good are these freedoms if never put to any use?

No, I do not support what the troops are doing there. However, I do not blame the soldiers nor wish them ill will. I sim ply feel they should be brought back home and taken out o f harm ’s way. In fact, my heart goes out to them and the ir fam ilies each tim e an accident o f any kind happens.

see OPPOSITION, page 7

Diamond Rio draws country music fans to SIDEO ther students said the

concert was one o f the best they have seen and were glad they didn’t miss it.

“ I’ve been to tons of concerts and the Diam ond Rio one had to be the best. They thrived from the audience and were truly aw esom e people,” freshman M elissa Vaughn said.

“I thought the concert was great. This w as defin itely a concert that no one should have missed,” freshm an Darren Price said.

Before tak ing the stage, Diam ond Rio m em bers had a m eet-and-greet, answering questions, getting pictures taken and meeting eager fans.

M arty Roe, lead singer and guitarist for D iam ond Rio, said the band enjoys playing at smaller places like SIUE.

“We like to play at small venues because they have a more personal feel. W hen you play to large crowds, you get less of an opportunity to actually interact with the crowd. But with smaller concerts, you can see the people you’re singing to,” Roe said.

Tenor singer and mandolin player Gene Johnson said when it comes to the songs they sing, they make sure it’s nothing but the best for their fans.

“We don’t always write our own songs, so w hen we are choosing other songs, we do our hom ework. We choose them wisely to m ake sure they are of the highest quality that our fans will enjoy,” Johnson said.

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M ost art students dream of working with an accom plished artist, and most ceram ic students would love to have anagam a kilns.

So what happens when these two dream s com bine? Ceramics guru and artist S im on Levin put in a bid to SIUE when he found out the A rt and D esign D epartm ent w as looking for som eone to help build an anagama kiln.

A nagam a k ilns are large wood-firing ovens able to fire several hundred pieces of ceramic at once.

Levin won his bid and was asked to design the massive kiln, which is now located outside the Art and Design Building.

The money for the kiln came from Student G overnm ent and also an E xcellence in Undergraduate Education grant that art professor M atthew Wilt

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Students put the final touches on the anagama kiln they built in the side of a hill by the Art & Design building. Artist Simon Levin designed the kiln and assisted students in the construction. An Excellence in Undergraduate Education grant funded the materials for the kiln.

obtained. W ilt said he wanted to design the k iln as both a recruitm ent device and also a teaching tool.

“Building this kiln is a great teaching tool,” Wilt said. “Both undergraduate and graduate students are gain ing practical experience in learning how to m ake the ir ow n kiln. For graduate students, they will go on to make their own kiln some day."

Aside from the learning part, W ilt said he hopes to attract future students to the department with the kiln.

“This is a great recruitment device for undergraduates and graduates,” W ilt said. “When they com e to look at our departm ent, they will be impressed to find this kiln, which many other schools do not have.'

In th is project, whether it was m ixing cem ent, digging dirt o r lay ing bricks, Wilt m anaged to include every type of ceramic student who wanted to help.

see ART, page 5

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Diamond Rio’s drummer Brian Prout takes time to sign autographs for excited fans before their performance Thursday. The country group performed before a crowd of nearly 2,500.

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Country band D iam ond Rio rocked the V adalabene C enter Thursday night, perform ing for nearly 2,500 fans.

Doors opened at 7 p.m., and the St. Louis band River Saints perform ed as the opening act at 8 p.m.

As the crow d piled in, cow boy hats seem ed to be floating by as country fans waited in anticipation for D iam ond Rio to take the stage.

SIUE freshm an W alker Gusewelle sported his cowboy hat and said he w as looking forward to seeing D iam ond Rio.

“I really like D iam ond Rio. I grew up in the country and they’re a great band,” Gusewelle said.

. SIUE students w eren’t the only ones in the crowd that night. Two students from Triad High School, Jack ie Pow ers and Samantha Eggem eyer, said they think very highly o f Diamond Rio.

“We just love them ,” Powers and Eggem eyer said. “They’re ju st awesom e.”

S enior Em ily Riney, assistant d irec to r fo r Cam pus Activities Board, said the concert went better than expected, and the help from volunteers was enormous.

“ It went w onderfully,” Riney said. “I was so excited that it was D iam ond Rio. I have been

listening to them forever. We had a ton of volunteers, and they were just amazing.”

A ssistant D irector for Cam pus Life A m anda Rainey agrees the show was a great success.

“Everything went extremely well. We had lots o f fabulous volunteers and, overall, it was just a great show,” Rainey said.

Riney said setting up the stage for the band took about 13 to 14 hours, but because o f the help from all the volunteers, tearing everything dow n only took a little m ore than three hours.

Volunteers consisted o f

SIUE students, faculty and staff.Also, about 15 members o f

the A lpha K appa Lam bda fraternity vo lun teered for the concert and helped set up and tear down the stage, sound and lights.

AKL m em ber and student senator Adam Sum m ers said he was glad to be able to help with the event.

“We enjoy m aking cam pus life better because by making it better, we m ake the G reek community stronger,” Summers said.

The com bined help o f volunteers and the perform ance by Diam ond Rio paid off for

students who had plenty of good things to say about the concert.

“Diam ond Rio was fabulous. They played as if they were performing at Riverport or some other large venue,” freshm an Tracy Ross said. “They used all their effects and were wonderful.”

G raduate student M archae M iller also had a good time and got to meet the band.

“I thought Diam ond Rio had a very good perform ance. I have been to m any country m usic concerts and that was one of the best I ’ve seen. But the best part o f the concert was getting to meet the band,” M iller said.

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W hat do Cougar Den and Com edy Central have in com m on? Both were hosts to com edian Tom McCree.

M cC ree’s perform ance in the basem ent of the MUC at C ougar Den Tuesday night was interesting, to say the least.

M cCree’s brand of offbeat humor was less than politically correct with the occasional bashing of blacks, M exicans and Caucasians.

The elderly were not excluded either. And when all else failed M cCree made fun of Casa Ortega.

M c C re e said he thought his p e r fo rm a n c e at SIUE went well, provided one did not have a sensitive ear.

“I think the show went OK,” M cCree said. “I wish that the crowd could have been alittle larger, but it was as fun as

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Left, comedian Tom McCree makes a funny face during his stand-up routine Wednesday in Cougar Den. Top, McCree pulls a few good laughs from the small crowd at his show.

a cafeteria show can be.”

M cCree does not ju s t perform the college circuit, but also does com edy clubs,

corporate events and concerts.He said he thinks the college

circu it is very d ifferen t from other events.

“The kids in the co llege

circu it are m ore idealistic ,” M cC ree said. “They hav en ’t becom e as jaded as adults, and they haven’t been exposed to as much racism, so they take

my jokes m uch m ore lightheartedly.”

As for his im pression o f SIUE, McCree said he liked the students.

“The kids here at SIU E are polite and w ell-behaved ,” McCree said. “Even when they d idn’t like a joke , they ju s t groaned politely. The school was also very hospitable.”

Som e students w ho saw M cCree said they were humored but less than impressed.

“ It was not laugh out loud, but it was entertaining,” freshman Brittany M arron said.

W hile som e m ight have been offended by M cC ree’s humor, Marron said she w asn’t.

“The minute we lose our sense of hum or about our diversity, we take for granted what is automatically given to us in our society,” M arron said.

O ther students said they were fam iliar w ith som e o f M cC ree’s perform ances on television and enjoyed him more.

“I love MAD TV, so I was excited to see that som eone from the TV show cam e to SIU E,” freshm an A shley W illiams said.

The perform ance left most with at least a sm ile on their face.

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“Anyone who was interested could come help. There was a job for everyone, no matter what skill level,” Wilt said.

A nagam a kilns w ere designed in Korea and refined by the Japanese. Holes in the side are created fo r w ood pieces to be inserted to stoke the fire.

The color and texture o f the piece is created based on where the piece of pottery is placed in the kiln, front or back.

Levin explained the true art o f the kiln.

“I t’s the interaction of natural clays with fire,” Levin said. “The longer it’s in the kiln, the more glaze is created by the ash.”

Students from undergraduate and graduate levels have been working for as long as 10-hour days to com plete the kiln. Work started Nov. 3 and was com pleted Friday.

Although weather was not extremely kind to the students, they have still been enjoying a less-than-conventional class.

“This is obviously not a normal part of our class,” senior Susanne Harmon said.

Many students have been neglecting other classes to help finish the kiln.

“Our group has really come together,” senior Renee H eyer said. “If something needs to be done on the kiln, everyone drops what they are doing to help.”

Besides getting credit hours for their ceram ics classes, students working on the kiln are also gaining a few interpersonal com munication skills.

“W e’re learning so m uch about each other,” Harmon said. “You don’t really know someone until you work with them .”

H arm on’s classm ate Heyer agreed.

“This project has brought us closer,” Heyer said. “ It’s a very intim ate project to w ork with someone on.”

Levin said he felt the students gained valuable skills for the future in working on the kiln.

“Anagama kilns are one of the most difficult kilns to m ake,” Levin said. “Students are learning advanced bricklaying skills.”

Aside from the technical skills being learned, Levin also said the students were gaining life skills.

“ Students are w orking collectively to build the kiln,” Levin said. “This is kind o f the theme in the original kilns, a unison.”

Students can also save m oney as artists som eday by knowing how to build their own kiln.

“Artists are not the highest paid of any professions,” Levin said. “E lectric kilns can be very expensive and fire in different ways. Learning how to build your ow n kiln is an important part o f graduate work. It can save artists lots o f money in the future.”

Although they had to brave w inter-like w eather, get their hands and clothes dirty and work for numerous hours and days, students gained valuable experience in kiln making.

Turkey Palooza gets students ready for the upcoming holiday

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Get your gobble on! With Thanksgiving a w eek away, the C am pus A ctivities Board treated onlookers to a gobbling good tim e W ednesday at Turkey Palooza in the Goshen L ounge o f the MUC..

T u r k e y Palooza events included a pum pkin pie- eating contest.Forks were not furnished.

Participants w ithout an appetite for pie could stick their hand in half­frozen turkeys stuffed with spaghetti and stuffing. Those lucky enough to pull out toys from the squishy bird were awarded T-shirts, stuffed turkeys, notepads and pencils.

And for those not interested in getting their hands m essy, CAB offered turkey bowling and pin the hat on the turkey.

H alfw ay through the T hanksgiving festiv ities, a punctured soda bottle threatened to spray the Goshen Lounge, but quick-reacting CAB m em bers dove to the rescue.

Everyone who attended the event said they enjoyed

A u b r e y W i l l i a m s / A l e s t l e

Top, members of Campus Activities Board stuff turkeys in preparation for Turkey Palooza. Left, a pumpkin pie- eating contest gets students’ faces in the action.

themselves, especially those who had free pie and participated in turkey bowling.

Sophom ore D iana G ravatt said she hopes to see Turkey Palooza return next year.

“I think the appeal o f Turkey Palooza is that it is a one-of-a- kind event,” G ravatt said. “W here else can you go bowling with a turkey? It’s a great idea, and I hope to see it again next year.”

Freshm an Jenny Russell did not take part in the activities but said she enjoyed w atching others attem pt to bowl with 10-pound frozen turkeys.

“ I watched this one guy

try and bow l,” R ussell said. “He kept getting it in o ther people’s lanes. It was hilarious. I had a lot o f fun ju s t watching.”

E ntertainm ent com m ittee chair sophomore Lise Suliman said she was pleased with the turnout o f the event.

“ I think T urkey Palooza went as well as we expected,” Sulim an said. “ H opefully next year it will be a little m ore fam iliar w ith students and we will get better attendance.”

With w ell-planned activities and com m ittee m em ber help, Turkey Palooza proved to be anything but foul.

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went into a best-of-five penalty kick shootout.

In the shootout, freshm an midfielder Victor Pacheco, junior m idfie lder A ddae R ique and senior forward Cal Thom as made their shots to keep pace with Rockhurst.

Then Richardson was able to save the third shot by Rockhurst, setting up sophombre back Tim Velten for a po ten tia l gam e- winner.

Velten’s connection set up a gam e-w inning shot by ju n io r back M ichael Burgund, giving the Cougars the gam e after winning 5-3 in penalty kicks.

“ It was a hard-fought battle, ju st like we anticipated,” head coach Ed Huneke said. “They knew what to expect. Between

The SIUE m en’s soccer team had its season abruptly end Sunday after a 5-2 loss to the Bulldogs from T rum an State University.

In order to play fo r the regional cham pionsh ip , the Cougars had to defeat Rockhurst University in the first round of the National Collegiate A thletic Association National D ivision II M en’s Soccer Tournament.

Early in the season , the Cougars defeated Rockhurst 4-0 and the team was looking for a repeat perform ance T hursday afternoon in Kirksville, Mo.

In the first half, both teams played evenly, but it was the Cougars who were able to get on the board early w hen ju n io r Addae Rique was able to score from 18 yards out in the 15 th minute.

The first half set the pace for a physical gam e, w ith the Cougars com m itting 17 first-half fouls and Rockhurst com m itting nine.

In the second half, Rockhurst was able to pressure the Cougar defense and tie the score at 1-1 in the 52nd minute.

Rockhurst player Joe Burns was able to come up with the ball after a shot was saved by SIUE sen ior goalkeeper Bret Richardson, and shot the ball past Richardson off a rebound in front o f the goal.

Both teams were unable to score for the rest o f the gam e and went into overtim e tied at one. The Cougars got tw o shots off in both overtime periods, but were unable to score.

After both overtim es ended with the score still tied, the game

Men’s basketball travels to Bradley UniversityLoses exhibition game to NCAA Division I team 48-70

H e a t h e r K l o t z

S p o r t s E d i t o r

The 2003-2004 season is underway for the SIU E m en’s basketball team.

The C ougars trave lled to Peoria, 111. Thursday night for an exhibition gam e against the Bradley U niversity Braves, falling 48-70.

“I w as p leased w ith the effort our guys put in, but we certainly are capable o f playing

better. We only shot 26% and we are a better offensive team than that. We also gave them too many easy transition baskets. O ur transition defense has to im prove,” head coach M arty Simmons said.

Junior Joel Jaye, a transfer from Rend L ake C om m unity C ollege, led the C ougars in scoring with nine points.

Senior guard Ron Jones and Sophom ore forward Justin Ward both pitched in eight points.

O ther top scorers for the Cougars included jun ior guard Andre Thomas with eight points, and senior center Dan Lytle with six points.

Junior guard Calvin Sykes led all the C ougars w ith six assists and jun io r forw ard Joel Jaye led the team w ith 10 rebounds.

“Jaye did a great jo b for us,” head coach M arty Sim m ons said. “He brought energy o ff the bench and did a nice jo b on the boards.”

A u b r e y W i l l i a m s / A l e s t l e

Above, a Southern Indiana University defender tries to stop junior Addae Rique in a game earlier this season. Left, freshman midfielder Victor Pacheco keeps the ball in play.

both team s there w ere som e really good matchups. We were fortunate to win.”

The win set up a rematch with the Truman State Bulldogs Saturday.

The Bulldogs cam e into the game with a perfect record o f 19- 0-0 and a No. 2 ranking in NCAA Division II.

“We played a good gam e and they are an excellen t team ,” Huneke said. “I would not be surprised if they end up winning the cham pionship,” Huneke said.

The game saw a total o f 45 fouls com mitted and a total o f eight yellow cards given out between the two teams.

“It was a tough gam e, our crow d really helped us, but Truman is a tough place to play,” Pacheco said.

In the first half, the Cougars

were able to get the upper hand early. In the seventh m inute Pacheco was able to take a pass from Rique and score on a breakaway.

The Bulldogs were then able to equalize gam e in the 38th minute when Lars Pottgiesser’s shot from 15 yards out curled inside and into the upper 90 degrees of the goalpost.

The Bulldogs went ahead in the game in the 43rd minute, when Paul L ink’s shot from five yards out hit the left post and was ju s t out o f the reach o f Richardson.

T he second half had an increase in the rough play, as the referees called 11 fouls on the C ougars and 12 against the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs went ahead 3- see M E N ’S SOCCER , page 7

Women’s basketball starts season, takes out Illinois-Springfield 88-76

H e a t h e r K l o t z

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A balanced scoring attack lifted the S IU E w om en’s basketball team over the University o f Illinois-Springfield Saturday.

Five p layers scored in double figures.

Sophomore Tanya Guell led all scorers w ith 21 points. Sophom ore A m ber W isdom turned in a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists. She also collected 8 rebounds.

A lso scoring in double figures for the C ougars was

freshm an Ju lianne M cM illen. She was a perfect 5 for 5 from the field.

Strong rebounding and inside play also helped the Cougars to the w in, as the Cougars ou trebounded the Prairie Stars 47-36 and had 17 offensive rebounds.

SIUE will be back out on the courts Friday and Saturday at the Candlewood Suites Classic in Emporia, Kan.

The C ougars will take on West Texas A&M University at 5:30 p.m . Friday and Southeastern O klahom a State University Saturday.

♦ Tuesday, N ovem ber 18, 2003 f l I « S t I « P a g e

OPPOSITION —from page 3

I see these soldiers as pawns in President George W. Bush’s big chess game of life. They are ju st doing their jobs. It’s not their fault they have an over-ambitious capitalist boss with dollar signs in his eyes.

Patriotism can be subjective because each individual can interpret it differently. W ebster’s Dictionary defines a patriot as someone “who loves his o r her country and supports its authority and in terests .” I like that defin ition because it includes som eone like me who doesn’t agree w ith the actions o f a leader but strongly supports the country’s authority and interests.

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The im m ediate problem created by this definition is that the U nited States does not have authority to be in Iraq right now. Nor should its interests be in a third world country on the other side of the world. However, I suppose black gold can be quite interesting.

Therefore, 1 suppose my patriotism is as strong as any A m erican’s, perhaps stronger since my support is in what this country’s authority and interests should be as opposed to what it actually is at the present time.

Considering one more piece o f advice from Jefferson in a letter to a Virginia physician, he

said, “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited w ithout being lost.”

I ’d say these statem ents show Jefferson had a firm grip on what it meant to be American. Therefore, by voicing my dissent on Bush’s occupation o f Iraq, I becom e the em bodim ent o f what it truly means to be American.

Long live America!Note the om ission o f a

leader’s name in that statement. This country is not about a single person, but about the people as a whole.

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MEN’S SOCCERfrom page 61 in the 53rd minute, when Sean Birrell was able to stop a goal kick, break away from the defense and score the goal.

With the Cougars down two goals with 37 minutes rem aining in the game, the team started to play more physical and started taking more chances.

Those chances paid off in the 60th m inute when a C ougar player was fouled, setting up Pacheco to score h is second goal o f the game off o f the ensuing free kick.

A t the 65:55 mark in the game a skirmish almost broke out after Rique slid in to get the ball after Bulldogs goalkeeper Nate Gibson miss-handled a shot.

Rique was issued a yellow card for the tackle, less than three minutes after receiving his first yellow card.

Since the call resulted in R ique’s second yellow card, he was shown a red card and ejected from the game.

“Overall, 1 think the calls were OK, but the second yellow card on Addae was undeserving,” Pacheco said.

“The gam e should be determined by the players and not the refs,” Huneke said. “They had too much o f an impact on such an important play.”

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until the play when Addae got sent off, that was a major turning point in the game,” Pacheco said.

“We had a lot o f m om entum and that play was a major turning point. Psychologically the players know that he is the best player on the field and having him sent off creates a difficult situation for the p layers to recover from,” Huneke said.

The Bulldogs scored on the play right after the foul to make the score 4-2.

The Bulldogs added an insurance goal with a penalty kick conversion by Pottigiesser, making the final score 5-2.

With the loss, the Cougars end their season with a record of 16-4-1. Truman State University advances to the final eight o f the NCAA Tournament.

The Cougars will be losing four key contributors due to graduation this year. A void will be left in every major position on the field.

R ichardson, Thom as, m idfielder Sean H uneke and back Brian Horan all will be leaving.

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