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Dr. Linda Hostalek, right, a practicing shaman, performs an earth healing ceremony with assistance from apprentice Christopher Michaels, a sophomore from Anna studying psychology, at Bucky’s Haven

Wednesday at Campus Lake. The ceremony was part of the Fuller Dome Transformation Initiative, which recognizes the work of R. Buckminster Fuller. For more on Fuller, SEE PAGE 6.

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David Yepsen has seen countless polls in his more than 35 years in poli-tics, but he had never seen one like the results in a recent report from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.

“I have never seen a number that high,” said Yepsen of the 85.3 percent of southern Illinoisans who think the state is headed in the wrong direction, according to the inaugural Southern Il-linois Poll.

Yepsen, director of the institute, re-leased the results of the � rst Southern

Illinois Poll Wednesday during a news conference at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute along with professors John Jackson and Charles Leonard.

Yepsen said the poll was a � rst of its kinds as it focused on only regis-tered voters in the 18 southern most counties in Illinois. � e results were signi� cantly di� erent from statewide opinion re� ected in the institute’s fall poll, he said.

In the institute’s statewide fall poll, 42 percent of respondents said the na-tion was headed in the right direction, compared to the 23 percent who be-lieved the same in the Southern Illinois

Poll. Only 6.5 percent of respondents in the Southern Illinois Poll believed the state was headed in the right direc-tion, compared to 21.8 percent state-wide in the fall.

Jackson said the results con� rmed the gradual changes the region has gone through over the past 40 years, from a Democratic area to a “red state.”

“We are more rural, we are more ‘red state’ and we are older than the rest of the state,” Jackson said. “Southern Il-linois has continued to re� ect its sort of southern heritage and culture in terms of the outcome of this particular poll.”

� e poll also provided a sneak peek

into the state elections that will start to heat up in the summer. Results show southern Illinoisans support Republi-can candidates signi� cantly more than Democrats.

Republican gubernatorial candi-date Bill Brady enjoys a 23 percent ad-vantage in southern Illinois over Gov. Pat Quinn, with 48.6 percent of the preliminary vote. U.S. Senate hopeful Mark Kirk boasts an 18 percent advan-tage over Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, at 42 percent of the preliminary vote.

Poll shows southern Illinoisans unhappy with state’s directionJEFF ENGELHARDTDaily Egyptian

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Brian Chapman said students have shown the ability to a� ect state-wide public policy in the past and could do it again today.

Chapman, SIU director of special projects, said students from SIUC — along with students from every other public university in Illinois — will gather in Spring� eld to lobby legislators about the state’s budget

for higher education today.Chapman said the three messages

he wants students to get across to legislators are to stop cuts to public higher education, fund the Monetary Award Program and pass Senate Bill 642 — without amendments. � e bill would give universities the authority to borrow money to pay outstanding state payments.

Barbara Brown, a lecturer in the political science department, said this event is all about the students.

“No one matters to the legislators more than the students,” she said. “� ey think faculty and administra-tors are looking out for their own paychecks, but they know it’s the fu-ture of the students which is really at stake.”

Priciliano Fabian, president of the Undergraduate Student Govern-ment, said the students are looking to get funding that the state has already promised the university.

“We’re making sure the budget

that we request gets funded,” he said.Chapman, who helped organize

the trip with Fabian, said the day is “democracy at work.”

It’s an opportunity for constitu-ents to meet their elected o¢ cials and express their opinions on funding is-sues, the priorities of the state budget what they need the government to do for them, he said.

Students prepare to make pleas at Lobby DayRYAN VOYLESDaily Egyptian

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Out-of-order signs were on computers across campus Wednesday. An automated message from Information Technology Support Center states, “The campus network is experiencing some sort of malicious infiltration that is being seen nationwide and at this time seems to be affecting only XP machines.”

PAT SUTPHIN | DAILY EGYPTIAN

It sounds like the beginning of a Mac commercial with Justin Long:

PC: � ere’s this major new PC virus on the loose.

Mac: Yeah, I heard about that. It’s scary.

PC: PC viruses and malware have tripled in the past year. Some estimates put it at 20,000 discovered every day. You’re lucky you don’t have to deal with this stu� , Mac.

PC computers running McAfee Antivirus, a program installed on computers across campus, were stuck in a reboot-ing cycle Wednesday a¤ ernoon a¤ er a patch for the program caused it to misidentify a � le as a virus, said Frank Scobby, director of SIUC Information Technology.

Scobby said there was little he or his department could do but wait for McAfee to release a patch to � x the error: the mis-identi� cation of a � le used in Windows XP Service Pack 3. He said he did not know how many computers on campus were af-fected by the error.

McAfee’s community forum on its website was down because of heavy tra¢ c Wednesday af-ternoon, but the company did release a statement acknowledg-ing the problem.

SIUC hit with McAfee ‘virus’

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“Students are very good at meet-ing with legislators face to face and telling them about their personal stories about what SIU has a� orded them,” Brown said. “I’ve seen stu-dents talk very emotionally about what their degrees mean to them.”

� e student Lobby Day comes one day a� er an estimated 15,000 people attended the “Save Our State” rally, which was put on by the Respon-sible Budget Coalition and aimed to pressure lawmakers to approve a tax increase and avoid major budget cuts this spring. Philip Howze, SIUC Faculty Senate president, and other SIUC faculty were among the 15,000 who went to Spring� eld.

Chapman said students would only take one bus up to Spring� eld since most of the department’s trip

money was used on going to the MAP grant rally on Lobby Day in October. He said about 50 students were expected to attend today.

Fabian said just because less people from SIUC would go to Spring� eld does not mean it is any less important.

“We had some of the groups who went last year and were very proac-tive in getting out there and meeting face to face with the legislators, and we really want that to happen again,” he said.

Fabian said he could not say whether they could allow more people on the bus if they are not on the roster.

Buses will leave at 7:30 a.m. today outside the Student Center.

Brown said the students who go need to let the legislature know all that is at risk.

“� ey need to be consistent, keep the pressure on the legislators,” she

said. “’When you make that fund-ing decision, it’s me you’re a� ecting. I want you to think of me when you’re making decisions. � at’s what they need to be emphasizing.”

Brown said putting a human face on the issues is the most important aspect for Lobby Day.

“It’s the same as it always is … these decisions the legislators make — with all these big numbers and � g-ures — it makes their eyes glaze over when talking about the issues,” she said. “What we have to do is put a face to the numbers, a body to what’s go-ing on. When (Representative) Mike Bost goes to sign that bill, I want him to see that student’s face there.”

Je� Engelhardt contributed to this report.

Ryan Voyles can be reached at rvoyles@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 259.

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Jackson said he expects the gap to close and a competitive race to occur once the campaigning picks up.

� e poll also showed while south-ern Illinoisans were not happy with Congress, they supported their lo-cal lawmakers. Both U.S. Reps. John Shimkus and Jerry Costello had ap-proval ratings higher than 40 percent.

Yepsen said while the poll’s purpose was to present southern Illinoisans’ political stances, he also wants it to be

used as an educational tool. He said if the institute continues to do this poll on a yearly basis, the university would be able to archive the data and southern Il-linois would � nally have a historic per-spective on its public opinion.

“It would have been nice … to have some data from 30 years ago to show how public opinion has changed,” Yepsen said. “It’s an academic function; it’s a research function. How is the region chang-ing? How is it evolving?”

Leonard said Wednesday’s report was just the � rst of a series of results

that will be released. Southern Il-linoisans’ opinions on budget issues and other political topics will be re-leased in the coming week, he said.

� e poll was taken from April 5 to April 13 and surveyed 401 regis-tered voters in the 18 southernmost counties of Illinois. � e poll has a margin error of 4.9 percent and was conducted by Customer Research In-ternational.

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

536-3311 ext. 254.

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year, with an average daily circulation of 20,000. Fall and spring semester editions run Monday through Friday. Summer editions run Tuesday through � ursday. All intersession editions will run on Wednesdays. Spring break and � anksgiving editions are distributed on Mondays of the pertaining weeks. Free copies are distributed in the Carbondale, Murphysboro and Carterville communities. � e Daily Egyptian online publication can be found at www.dailyegyptian.com.

“McAfee is aware that a number of corporate customers may have incurred a false positive error due to incorrect malware alerts,” the release said. “McAfee is working to address the problem with continuous cus-tomer communication and a new sig-nature update. McAfee apologizes for any inconvenience to our customers.”

McAfee, which placed a patch on its website later in the a� ernoon, told � e Associated Press it was unaware of how many people were a� ected. � e AP story said it’s possible more than 100,000 computers were af-fected.

� e error began Wednesday

morning when McAfee Antivirus launched its latest virus de� nition patch, 5958, to its users, according to computer website Ars Technica. � e patch mistakenly recognized the � le svchost.exe, which is vital to the op-eration of Windows, as a virus. � e deletion of the � le causes Windows to crash and automatically reboot.

Michael Gregory, a computer in-formation specialist in athletics, said his department went through every computer to block updates from McAfee a� er learning the cause of the problem. He said there was constant communication with the IT depart-ment to determine what to do.

Gregory said that besides down-loading the repair update, he and the other specialists had to manually � x

the damage done by the initial patch — a job he said took up his entire day.

“We’ve been running around to any computer with XP that may need to be � xed,” he said. “I’m thinking I worked on 75 computers today, a hip shot.”

Mickey Johnson, a graduate stu-dent in history from Murphysboro, said the computer problems prevent-ed him from getting help with his lap-top at Morris Library.

“It’s taking away the sta� to help with other issues,” he said. “I’m trying to hook my computer up to the VPN and there’s no one here.”

Ryan Voyles can be reached at rvoyles@dailyegyptian.com or

536-3311 ext. 259.

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Christina Hopson said she had a personal reason for joining a group she found via Facebook.

“Almost everyone in my family has cancer,” said Hopson, a senior from Equity studying in mathematics. “I wanted to help in any way I could.”

Hopson is the advocacy chairperson for the group Up ‘til Dawn, which was founded as a Registered Student Orga-nization two years ago. It is a localized version of a national RSO, which strives to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. � e main event Up ‘til Dawn puts on is in the fall. Students come together and spend a night send-ing out letters to friends and family ask-ing for donations for St. Jude’s.

Jessica Stout, a sophomore from Taylorville studying physiology, is presi-dent of the SIU chapter. She said the group raised more than $45,000 for St. Jude’s research last year. Up ‘til Dawn has recently introduced its � rst semi-formal

Spring Fling dance. � e dance took place Saturday at the Recreation Center. Up ‘til Dawn teamed up with Alpha Lambda Delta, a national freshman honors soci-ety, to put on the event, which charged $5 for entry. � e amount raised is not yet known, but Hopson said the group sold about 60 tickets for the dance.

Alpha Lambda Delta President Brittney Hosey, a sophomore from Joliet studying radio-television, said it was great to work with Up ‘til Dawn.

“� ey are an amazing organization, and I am glad that we were able to work with them,” Hosey said.

While the dance was a success, Hosey said it could have been more.

“We only had about 16 days to plan the event,” said Hosey. “We decided we wanted to try something di� erent to raise money, but if we had more time, more people would have been able to come out.”

Stout said a representative from Up ‘til Dawn visited the school during her freshman year. � e visit made her in-terested in starting up an SIUC branch

for the program. She said she founded the branch because she felt it was for an important cause.

“It’s extremely rewarding,” Stout said. “It’s a shame there is a need to raise the money in the � rst place, but I am very happy to be a part of this.”

Hopson said being in the group is an honor to her.

“It means the world to me because a dollar can change anybody’s life,” Hopson said.

Stout said she was happy to be sur-rounded by a group like Up ‘til Dawn.

“It shows a lot that they would donate so much of their time,” Stout said. “I think it’s wonderful that I have a group of people to work with that is certainly willing and happy to help in any way they can.”

For more information on Up ‘til Dawn, e-mail Stout at jesstout@siu.edu.

Derek Robbins can be reached at 536-3311 ext. 273 or

drobbins@dailyegyptian.com.

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Austin Black, left, a sophomore from Carterville studying graphic design, and Ragan Capps, a sophomore from Makanda studying music, dance Saturday during the Spring Fling at the Recreation Center. Up Til’ Dawn, a registered student organization, organized the dance to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s cancer research. The group was founded two years ago by Jessica Stout, a sophomore from Taylorville studying physiology.

ISAAC SMITH | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Up ’til Dawn dances for St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDEREK ROBBINSDaily Egyptian

Marcus King, center, breaks into tears while Jarvis Freeman, left, and Khali Smith, right, celebrate after King won the USG presidential elections Wednesday in the Student Center. Bill

Ryan came in second by 38 votes. King and Jarvis will take over as the new Undergraduate Student Government president and vicepresident at the completion of this semester.

PAT SUTPHIN | DAILY EGYPTIAN

� ere was a heavy silence Wednesday as the election commission counted votes for the next Undergraduate Student Government president Wednesday at the USG office in the Student Center.

Twenty people, including candidates Pricilia-no Fabian, Bill Ryan and Marcus King, gathered in the USG o ̈ ce a© er two hours of intense an-ticipation. � e silence was broken when Marcus King was announced as USG president for the 2010-2011 school year.

King, a junior from Daytona Beach, Fla., studying journalism, said his main focus for the 2010-2011 academic year is to distribute the Student Activities Fee so that more students will be able to use it.

“I’m excited. I have a lot of plans and ideas. Hopefully, working with Bill Ryan in the fu-ture,” King said.

Of the three polling places — Lentz Hall, Trueblood Hall and the Student Center — it was the Student Center that proved to provide the make-or-break location, accounting for 67 percent of the total votes.

Student Center votes resulted as follows:

King 279 votes, Ryan 268 votes and Fabian 125.Fabian quietly le© the room and did not

return for the remaining count. King won the election with 477 votes, de-

feating Ryan by 38 votes. Ryan, a junior from Olive Branch studying

political science, said he was proud of his campaign team’s effort.

“We had a great agenda and hopefully King will push similar policies. I look forward to work-ing with him,” he said. “Congratulations to King, and I hope USG gets started on a good path.”

It will take time for USG to improve some internal issues and address issues in student life such as expenses, said Ti� aney Burnett, a se-nior from Chicago Heights studying business management.

“I want them to get better funding for RSOs by funding events that students can bene� t from. I do not think one person can do it alone,” Burnett said.

King will take o ̈ ce at the completion of the semester.

Michara Canty can be reached at mcanty@dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3311 ext. 255.

A new King crowned in USG MICHARA CANTYDaily Egyptian

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Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Sheila Simon isn’t the only Carbondale candidate in the thick of the 2010 Illinois gubernatorial race.

She is also not the only candidate in the race who graduated from the SIU School of Law and practiced in the city, and she’s not even the only one who met her spouse at a political outing.

All of the above apply to Rich Whitney, the 2010 Green Party candi-date for governor.

But Whitney said that might be where the similarities between him and the Democratic ticket stop.

With the state’s past two governors — one from each the Democrat and Republican parties — in legal limbo, and voter frustration level increasing throughout the state, Whitney said Il-linois is ripe for the Green Party’s pick-ing in 2010.

Whitney said his campaign plat-form includes not only a 2 percent increase in the state income tax, but tax reform that would protect middle- and lower-income families from being unfairly taxed.

Neither Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn nor Republican candidate Bill Brady outlined a speci� c plan to ad-dress the state’s $13 billion budget de� -cit, he said. Whitney’s tax plan would cut the de� cit in half, he said. But coupled with some of his other ideas, such as a citizen review board for bud-get expenditures with the power to subpoena witnesses, it would help the

state eventually climb into a surplus, Whitney said.

Whitney said he also favors pro-gressive economic development ideas such as a publicly owned state bank and the legalization and taxation of marijuana.

Campus political scientists said there’s just no means for a strong third party to develop in American politics.

“� e history of third parties in American politics is not good,” said David Yepsen, director of SIUC’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.

“Typically what happens is they come forward and advance ideas, and those ideas get co-opted by one of the two major parties and the third party starts to fade.”

Charles Leonard, a political sci-ence professor at SIUC, said Whitney’s policy on marijuana is particularly damning in an o� -year election, be-cause the turnout is expected to be

mostly older, more conservative voters for both mainstream parties.

Whitney said his party has seen in-creasing poll numbers every election cycle. In his most recent campaign for governor in 2006, Whitney received 10.5 percent of the vote. His unusually high total for a third party guaranteed a spot for Green Party candidates on every future state ballot without going through the petition process, Leonard said.

However, Leonard said the best any third party can do is supplant one of the two major parties, something that hasn’t happened since 1860, when the Republican Party was formed from the remnants of the Whig Party.

“We’re not a prisoner of our own history,” Whitney said.

“Clearly under certain circumstanc-es, we’re not locked under this pattern of Democrats and Republicans.”

But Whitney said he didn’t always believe that. He was in the political mold of his parents, Eisenhower-era Republicans, during his childhood in Bridgeport, Conn., and his high school years in Randolph, N.J.

Whitney then le¦ the East Coast for Michigan State University to study politics as an undergraduate. In learn-ing more about American politics, he discovered his disdain for the two mainstream political parties.

“� ey didn’t seem to have a seri-ous focus on basic things like how (to) solve fundamental social problems like unemployment,” Whitney said.

At MSU, Whitney learned it was because of capitalism’s pro� t incentives that problems like un-

employment and pollution remain a constant, he said.

It was then, in 1975, that Whitney joined the Socialist Labor Party of America, eventually becoming the ed-itor of the party magazine � e People, he said.

Whitney le¦ the party in 1993, he said.

“A¦ er years of beating my head against the wall trying to build a so-cialist movement in the U.S., I realized that was just never going to happen,” Whitney said.

A¦ er graduating from the SIU School of Law in the mid-90’s, Whit-ney switched to the Green Party, founding the local branch in 1996, he said.

“It occurred to me that in the search for building a healthy society, we can’t rely on any one formula,” Whitney said.

Andriana Bicanin, a senior at SIUC studying English and Whitney’s chief campaign fundraiser, said she previously worked with Democratic candidates such as Rod Blagojevich and Attorney General Lisa Madigan on their campaigns.

“� e one thing that’s di� erent is that he actually cares,” Bicanin said of Whitney. “He answers your questions. He’s not going to sugarcoat things.”

Most people in third-party move-ments are involved because they’re just incredibly motivated by an issue, Yepsen said.

“� ey’re not driven by egos of in-dividuals so much,” he said.

Media exposure has been tough over the years, but at his last press

conference in Spring� eld, he spoke to a packed house, Whitney said.

Being the traditional political out-lier in 2010 is nothing new for the 55-year-old Whitney, nor his wife of 31 years, who Whitney said shares his political vision and fully supports him any way she can.

His whole adult life has been wrapped around getting his ideas out, Whitney said.

“It’s a challenge, but I’ve known that going in,” he said. “I knew it’s a long haul.”

Nick Johnson can be reached at njohnson@dailyegyptian.com

or 536-3311 ext. 263.

Whitney pushes tax reform in IllinoisNICK JOHNSONDaily Egyptian

RICH WHITNEY

-Expand the earned income credits and family income credits to protect the bottom 60 percent of wage earners from unfair taxation.

-Raise the income tax from 3 to 5 percent.

-Raise the corporate income tax from 7.3 to 8 percent.

Rich Whitney’s tax reform plan

Source: Rich Whitney

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With spring comes Undergraduate Student

Government elections, where students have the opportunity to elect the people who will be representing them next year.

� e Daily Egyptian can only hope the newly elected will strive to do better than his predecessor — a benchmark not hard to pass — and he should start with the election process.

� e student government’s consis-tent inability to meet quorum led to a late appointment of Fabian’s choice for election commissioner — which happened just three weeks before the election. In addition, Fabian’s pick, Sean � omas, was absent from the

April 13 meeting to decide election speci� cs, leaving USG to not approve polling places for the elections until Friday — just four days before the elections were scheduled to begin.

Presidential candidates had less than a week to campaign.

In previous years, the election process has happened in a timely manner, candidates had the chance to talk with prospective voters. And, more o� en than not, voters base their vote on how well they know the candidate on the assumption that the known are less of a threat than the unknown — even if who they know has performed poorly.

Despite Fabian’s advantage, Marcus King won the election

Wednesday.� e Daily Egyptian would like

to o� er some suggestions for a suc-cessful USG presidency.

Instead of trying to take on a large issue where USG has no author-ity, focus on what can be changed. Be there to represent students and take a stand representing students’ concerns, but don’t waste the time of several meetings discussing it. Be decisive, take action and learn when to move on.

� e USG is responsible for Student Activity Fee revenue, which is allocated to a number of organizations and functions at its discretion. � is large sum — made up of money paid by students — has been abused in

the past, such as raising the wages USG executives at a time when the state and the university are struggling with alarming budget crises — and their own past performance deems it unwarranted.

� e newly elected president will be paid $4,000 a semester instead of $1,800.

However, there has been some productivity from USG this past year.

Senator Dave Lo� us initiated a change in Saluki Express’ Route 8, with the route scheduled to travel down U.S. Highway 51 to � e Re-serve at Saluki Pointe this fall, provid-ing a safe ride home for bar patrons.

Route 8’s normal schedule is from 9:30 p.m. to 2:25 a.m. Fridays and

Saturdays only around campus and the Strip.

� is fall, Fabian, with the help of SIU President Glenn Poshard, organized a trip to Spring� eld to lobby for MAP grant funds, which eventually led to success — the funds were reinstated, and students relying on the money for spring could still attend school.

In arranging an event that came out positive for many students, Fabian has shown responsibility and good organizational skills. So it is disappointing to see he could not organize his senate to meet to appoint an election commissioner in a timely manner.

Let’s hope King will do better.

Vote maturity for USG

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T he R. Buckminster Fuller Dome has a historical im-pact on Carbondale. Soon,

it could also have a monetary impact.� e R. Buckminster Fuller Dome

on Cherry Street and Forest Avenue in Carbondale turned 50 years old Mon-day — and the R. Buckminster Fuller Dome not-for-pro� t group is throwing a week-long celebration to honor this event.

RBF Dome group President Brent Ritzel said the dome turning 50 would allow it to easily attain national land-mark status. Ritzel said if the dome could get status, it could generate up to $200 million for the city of Carbondale over the next 20 years.

“It could raise that money just from tourists being here. Local hotels, shops, everything can bene� t,” Ritzel said. “People may not have that kind of fore-sight and may not understand that this is a very real possibility.”

Before the dome can earn national landmark status, it must be restored to meet the standards required for a

place to become a national landmark. � is includes using the original mate-rials required to rebuild the dome, and if those aren’t available, repairing any damage caused, Ritzel said.

He added the cost for this is about $300,000. He said the investment is not too much when considering the pay-o� .

“We’re talking a $300,000 investment and getting $200 million for local busi-nesses and restaurants,” Ritzel said. “� at seems like a pretty nice payo� to me.”

William Perk, who is the owner of the dome, said it is signi� cantly less costly to construct a new dome, but doing so would lose the historical val-ue associated with the RBF dome.

“It would be about 10 times more expensive to repair it than to create a new one,” Perk said. “But a new one would not have the historic value, so you’re caught.”

What might attract visitors to the dome is that it is unique, Perk said. � e reason Fuller made his home into a dome was because he invented the geodesic dome — a type of dome that

conforms to nature, Perk said.Perk said what makes the dome

unique is its ability to survive natural disasters.

“� ese buildings can survive most any type of natural disaster,” Perk said. “� ey conform to nature in a way nor-mal buildings do not.”

Ritzel said Fuller invented a dif-ferent type of geometry that did not conform with the traditional idea of an x-, y- and z-axis. Instead, Fuller’s geography was four-dimensional and designed to conform around the ideas of the natural world.

“� e dome is built on triangles. � e triangle is the smallest perfect shape; it is unbreakable,” Ritzel said. “� ese buildings can survive because it is built the way nature is.”

� e dome structure was originally intended as a shelter for soldiers in the military, Perk said. � e reason for this is these domes are easy and quick to construct.

Perk said the shell for the RBF Dome in Carbondale went up quickly.

importantME WD

DAN DWYER | DAILY EGYPTIAN

Story by Derek Robbins

(Top) Gillian Harrison, of Carbondale, points out numerous Middle Eastern and North African geographical locations on a giant illuminated globe after the “Buckminster Fuller Live!” show Monday outside of Parkinson. Bucky envisioned harmony between nature and technology. “I’m trying to change people’s perceptions about the Earth through Bucky,” said Todd Ulrich, builder of the world’s largest 3D domes. (Above) Noel Murphy portrays R. Buckminster Fuller as part of a one-man play, titled “Buckminster Fuller Live!” Monday at Browne Auditorium in the Parkinson Building. Murphy has interviewed multiple people who have encountered “Bucky” throughout his life, such as his daughter, Allegra Fuller Snyder, and Jay Leno, to best match his mannerisms.

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“� e shell for the dome went up in one day,” Perk said. “� e � oors and stu� still had to be done, but how many people get their whole enclosure done in seven hours?”

� e reason the domes were not used is because cuts were made to the aviation Marine Corps, the group that was funding the project, he said.

One of the reasons for the week of celebration is to raise awareness of the dome and to help raise money to make the dome a national landmark, Perk said.

Judie Ashby, a member of the R. Buckminster Fuller group, said a lot of the preparation for the week of cele-bration went toward making the dome look presentable.

“We want to get it organized, re-paired enough so it can attract visitors, but still show it is in a state of disrepair to let visitors know how much we need their support,” Ashby said.

Even with the setback, domes are still being used today. � e ability to get the dome structures up quickly has

made it an attractive temporary solu-tion following the earthquake in Haiti. � ere is currently a movement to bring domes to Haiti called “Domes for Hai-ti,” Ritzel said.

“Basically, there are people living under four sticks and a blanket and us-ing that for shelter,” Ritzel said. “Even a dome tent or a cardboard dome would make for a much better shelter.”

� e importance of these dome structures is what makes Fuller’s home, the RBF Dome, so important, Ritzel said.

Ashby said she hopes the week of events help not only raise awareness for how important the dome is to Car-bondale, but also to how important Fuller was as a person.

“As they say, a prophet is not recog-nized in his own country,” Ashby said. “� e rest of the world has realized it, this area has not, and it is about time this area starts to recognize it.”

Derek Robbins can be reached at536-3311 ext. 273.

t to city’s futureWEEK

Fuller Dome turns 50For more information on Fuller or the RBF Dome, visit http://www.buckysdome.org. � e closing ceremonies for this week’s celebration will take place at 6:30 p.m. today at 700 W. Elm St.

in the Arbor District.

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From left to right, Nicole Bohr, Nic Zaunbrecher and Elena Esquibel, members of the improv comedy group Cult of the Stage Monkey, perform a Bucky-inspired show Tuesday at the Varsity Center for the Arts. Zaunbrecher, center, portrays an eccentric boyfriend in one of the skits where they are contestants in a “reality Bucky Dome” show.

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(Left) Brenden Gallegly, 3, of Carbondale, climbs on top of a small replica of a Fuller Dome as a full-scale model is built with a crane Monday in Carbondale’s town square. The domes were erected in this week’s celebration of R. Buckminster Fuller and his work. Fuller’s only daughter, Allegra Fuller Snyder, was in town as a special guest for the week’s events. (Above) Lester Segelhorst, left, a volunteer from Addieville, assists Larry Weatherford, the R. Buckminster Fuller Dome board vice president, with tightening bolts on a geodesic dome Monday at the corner of South Illinois Avenue and West Main Street.

Daily Egyptian News � ursday, April 22, 20108With the � rst

pick in the 2010 NFL Dra  , the St. Louis Rams select …

If the next words that come out of

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s mouth tonight are Sam Bradford, the Rams will continue to toil in obscurity.

Bradford has a good arm and is accurate with his passes, but he was rarely hit in college. In nearly 1,000 career drop backs at Oklahoma, he was sacked just 25 times.

And two of the hits Bradford took resulted in major shoulder injuries, so there are obviously questions about his durability.

It is yet to be seen how Bradford will respond to the pass rush. At Okla-homa, he usually had time to hang out in the pocket, scan the � eld, pat the ball a couple times, head up to the stands for a hot dog and some nachos, come back and � nd the open receiver. He won’t have that luxury in the NFL.

It’s also yet to be seen how Brad-ford performs in big games. Most of his time at Oklahoma was spent run-ning up the score on lesser teams, but

Bradford went 0-3 in bowl games, los-ing two Fiesta Bowls and the BCS Na-tional Championship against Florida in 2009.

Bradford’s two shoulder injuries, his lack of NFL o� ensive knowledge and his poor track record in big games point to him as the biggest risk for the Rams at the No. 1 spot.

So what should the Rams do?With the � rst pick in the dra  , St.

Louis should take Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.

Suh was a beast in his senior sea-son as a Husker, recording 82 tackles and 12 sacks.

In the Big 12 Championship, he nearly led Nebraska to an upset of Texas, as he harassed Longhorn quar-terback Colt McCoy all game, sacking him four times in the contest.

But then the Rams quarterback situation is still in £ ux, right?

Wrong.� is allows St. Louis to pick up

McCoy— a quarterback with a prov-en track record— with the � rst pick in

the second round.In three seasons with the Long-

horns, McCoy completed 1,157 passes for 13,253 yards and 112 touchdowns to just 45 interceptions.

In 2009 alone, McCoy went 332-470, 70.6 percent, with 27 touch-downs and 12 picks.

He is a threat to run the ball as well, rushing for 1,589 and 20 touch-downs as a four-year starter.

McCoy was injured in the BCS National Championship game against Alabama this season, but that was the only injury he faced during his time at Texas, and he took his fair share of hits.

So now it’s the Rams’ decision: Take a Quarterback who could be great, but also comes as a risk (Brad-ford), or take the best player in the dra  (Suh) and a guy who has proven for four years he can play the quarter-back position (McCoy).

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

536-3311 ext. 256.

St. Louis Rams: Step away from Sam Bradford

B radford’s two shoulder injuries, his lack of NFL offensive knowledge and his poor track record in big games point to

him as the biggest risk for the Rams at the No. 1 spot.

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Across1 Tsp. and tbsp.5 Old orchard spray9 Abu __14 Separate by color, say15 Angle function16 Barely flowed17 Hairy “pet”18 Father of Sam and Charlie20 South Pacific site of large stone statues22 Casual evenings23 Dull27 One might be snappy30 Anti vote31 __ Kan: Alpo rival32 Some game enders34 They come and go35 Continuously39 Enter41 Search stealthily42 Abate43 Rosemary’s portrayer

46 Hides50 Mind53 Clinton Labor secretary Robert54 Asian draft animal57 “All of Me” actress whose first name is a hint to this puzzle’s theme60 __ on the shoulder61 Author __ Rogers St. Johns62 __ sci63 Pointed end64 Feature of Oregon sales65 Singles66 Latin I word

Down1 Go up2 Angora fabric3 Sad, to Sarkozy4 Churchill or Roosevelt, e.g.

5 Star sci.6 10% of DXXX7 Apprehension8 Catch from a pier9 “The Soloist” co-star10 Robbery accessories11 Nitrogen-based dye12 Something that goes with breakfast?13 Psyche parts19 Avis lead-in21 Samuel Johnson work24 “You bet”25 Alfred E. Neuman is its mascot26 Overhead transports28 LAX posting29 Court decision maker33 Indy 500 advertiser34 Mask35 Ownership call36 Speech hesitations37 Malarkey

38 Happy, for one39 Hair stiffener40 Geisha’s sash43 Spareribs separator44 Keen on45 Musical direction after ritardando, perhaps47 Gap48 Mercedes sedan cat-

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Today’s birthday — Get creative in your management of family and household this year. Use ideas and inspiration from distant locales to renovate the use of space to suit your inner muse. Feather your nest with comfortable, harmonious elements to create a rejuvenating home base.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — As you accept your powerful role, you also accept your greater good. Enthusiasm goes a long way as you challenge your own endurance. Test your limits.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Challenge yourself to accomplish more than you think you need today. A demand from a distant tyrant requires you to adjust your schedule.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Save your demands for a private consultation. You get the changes you want more easily when you avoid embarrassing others.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 5 — Plan on giving in to the demands of others. The challenge is to hold out for the one thing you can’t live without. Let everything else go.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Love grows today. An older person shares stories that tug at your heartstrings. The morale of the tale can be applied to your work. Take it all in.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Younger people apply pressure for better toys. The group decision can account for their desires without excessively increasing the budget.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — You get grumpy if you don’t get your way at home. You might warrn everyone so they know it’s not personal. Healing energy comes from sand and sun.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — You probably can’t ignore a power player today. Adapt to their demands in order to get on with the fun of working with compatible associates.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Be conservative with money now. That doesn’t mean you can’t do something fun and creative. Put extra time into the planning.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Boost your energy level by eating more protein and less fats. Go ahead and splurge on carbs. Diet later, if you must.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — You feel like a yo-yo in action. Stop and smell the roses. Ask your significant other to pace you. It’s an endurance race, not a sprint.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Deadlines have been moved forward. There’s plenty to do, but you bring organization and determination to the situation. It all works out.

HoroscopesBy Nancy Black and Stephanie Clement

Daily Egyptian Study Break � ursday, April 22, 201010

In what head coach Dan Callahan deemed a “must-win game,” Southern (17-21) defeated Murray State (19-18) 8-7 Wednesday at Abe Martin Field.

Sophomore-transfer catcher Bri-an Bajer helped make Tuesday’s 13-1 loss, and a � ve-game losing streak, a mere memory for the Salukis with one swing.

With the score knotted up at seven in the bottom of the eighth, Bajer lined an RBI single to le� � eld, driving in freshman le� � elder Nick Johnson for what would be the game-winning run.

One day a� er being held without a run until the eighth inning, SIU scored four runs in the � rst two innings — a two-run homer from sophomore � rst baseman Chris Serritella and two runs via Murray State wild pitches.

“Hitting is contagious,” Bajer said. “When you start o� hot early, it tends to continue throughout the game.”

Only one Saluki starter � nished without a hit, and for the � rst time in the last 15 games, the team did not commit a � elding error.

Senior right-hander Bryant George (4-1) stepped back into his “closer shoes” a� er making his � rst collegiate start Friday at Illinois State. George was given a one-run advan-tage to handle in the top of the ninth and gave up back-to-back singles to

the � rst two batters he faced.� e school’s all-time saves leader,

however, retired the next three batters for his second save this year.

“I never doubted anything that I had out there, even a� er those � rst two,” George said. “It just felt good to be out there in that role; that’s what I do. I feel like that’s what I was born to do.”

� e team will have today o� before hosting Indiana State (24-11, 5-4 Mis-souri Valley Conference) in a three-game weekend series, beginning at 3 p.m. Friday at Abe Martin Field.

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

536-3311 ext. 269.

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Second baseman Blake Pinnon, a junior from Wolf Lake, scoops a ground ball in Wednesday’s game against Murray State. The Salukis won 8-7, putting their season record at 17-21.

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� e SIU so� ball team’s o� ense picked up just two hits against the University of Illinois Wednesday, as the Salukis dropped a 9-1, six-inning decision to the Fighting Illini.

Head coach Kerri Blaylock said Il-linois was simply the better team in the contest.

“� ey jumped on us early, and they

took advantage of a walk and a hit by pitch,” Blaylock said.

� e Illini scored twice in every inning except the third, when they scored one run, and the � � h, the only inning they didn’t score a run.

Junior pitcher Danielle Glosson (17-11) picked up the loss, as she pitched just 1.1 innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on four hits.

Freshman pitcher Pepper Gay (12-1) picked up the victory for Illinois, as

she went a complete game, six innings, while allowing no runs on two hits and two walks while striking out six batters.

Junior right � elder Hollie Pinch-back led the Illini in the o� ensive col-umn, as she went 2-3 with a double, a single and four RBIs.

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

536-3311 ext. 256.

SIU falls to No. 18 Illinois

Resilient Salukis get back into the win column

BASEBALL

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Daily Egyptian Sports � ursday, April 22, 201012

� e SIU men’s basketball team announced the signing of two players for the 2010-11 sea-son Wednesday.

Mykel Cleveland, a point guard from Southwestern Illinois College, and Ernest “Stretch” Watson, a forward from Trinity Valley Community College in Texas, signed letters of intent to play for SIU next season.

Cleveland led SWIC to 57 wins during his two seasons and lost in the semi� nals of the NJCAA Region 24 Tournament last month. He averaged 11 points and four as-sists and was named to the All-Great Rivers

Athletic Conference First Team last season.Watson, meanwhile, averaged 10.3

points and 7.7 rebounds per game for TVCC, leading the team to a 24-9 � nish and a spot in the semi� nals of the Region XIV Tournament.

The duo joins former Southeastern Illinois guard Troy Long as the second and third JUCO players to sign with the Salukis.

Salukis add a JUCO SIU, U of I to meet in fall

� e SIU men’s basketball team will travel to Champaign next season to play the University of Illinois in a non-conference game, Tom Weber, director of media services, con� rmed Wednesday.

Weber said the coaching sta¤ s of SIU and Illi-nois spoke about playing during the Final Four in Indianapolis, and, as of right now, it will be a one-game deal.

“� ey just � nally agreed that now is the time,” Weber said. “Obviously, we would like to have a home-and-home, and this is maybe the � rst step towards that. � e idea would be then to hopefully have them come back the following year to play in

Carbondale.”Illinois head coach Bruce Weber, who coached

at SIU from 1998-2003, said he would attempt to schedule a game with the Salukis when he took the job with the Illini.

SIU head coach Chris Lowery was an assistant under Bruce Weber at SIU and for one season at Illinois before taking the head coaching job with the Salukis.

Tom Weber said the game would be played Nov. 14.

“� ere’s no o§ cial contract at this time,” Tom Weber said. “It’s more or less a verbal agreement. It’s just a matter of getting that completed.”

Lowery did not immediately return a voice mail le ̈ on his cell phone.

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STILE T. SMITHDaily Egyptian

STILE T. SMITHDaily Egyptian T he duo joins former Southeastern

Illinois guard Troy Long as the second and third JUCO players to sign with the Salukis.