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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 2011
Page
1
Embroidery Station in Carbondale reports strong demand for major league apparel. While many shoppers root for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cubs fans buying opposing-team hats are rising. Brewers and Rangers hats also see notable sales amid postseason watch.
Bryan L. Rives, director of SIU Event Services, is on paid leave as SIU Carbondale investigates his office over student time sheets. The campus official would not comment on details, and Rives’ attorney said he is cooperating in the inquiry.
The SIU Carbondale Faculty Association and the tenure and tenure-track division of the Departmental Representatives Council voted 29 to 1 to set November 3 as a strike date if no tentative agreement is reached with SIUC administration. The group seeks a fair settlement to preserve quality education.
Illinois schools face delayed state funds with many districts awaiting categorical grant payments for services like special education and transportation. As of late September, some districts still lag behind in the new fiscal year, including Frankfort Community Unit School District 168 which is short by about $270,000. Frustration is voiced by district leaders as payments remain unsettled.
Illinois schools face a tight budget as the state remains hundreds of millions behind on education funding. The budget scuffle means smaller payments this year and long waits to receive what is due, threatening school year finances.
SIU economics doctoral candidate Hussein Elkamel expressed relief at Gadhafi's death. He argued that even if Gadhafi had survived, he would likely have been captured, tried, and possibly executed. Elkamel noted reports placed the dictator in a drainage pipe beneath a Sirte street after NATO forces chased him from Tripoli.
Elkamel, a Libyan resident from a small city near Tripoli, describes his wife and daughter returning home a month ago. He notes most upheaval centered in Sirte where Gaddafi was born, as rebel forces press forward with uncertain future for Libya and its people.
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