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Landmark Hotel depletes 1st year funding New owner saves hotel from demolishment

BY JANELLE O’DEA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

KELLY HICKEY THE DAILY ILLINI

University workers stand on the corner of Kirby and Oak Street on Wednesday to protest their contracts and pensions with the University. Together they chanted, “No contracts, no peace!” The union has been negotiating with the University since May and a strike authorization vote will take place on Jan. 24-25.

Possible strike looms for SEIU

Union plans to hold a strike authorization vote Jan. 24-25

BY CARINA LEE STAFF WRITER

The Service Employees International Union Local 73 gathered at Oak Street and Kirby Avenue on Wednesday to protest for fair contracts.

The union, also known as SEIU, has been negotiating with the University to create a fair contract since May of last year.

Ricky Baldwin, senior field organizer for SEIU, said the picket session was held to voice the group’s concerns.

At the picket sessions held at 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., employees held up signs with phrases such as “honk if you want clean toilets” and “work with justice.”

Thomas Haley, a building service worker for five and a half years, said he feels like he is helping change the working conditions for him and his colleagues.

“I think it’s great that we have the platform to be able to come out and make our voices heard to the University,” he said. “If we didn’t have a union, we would just be at

their mercy.”

Haley said he is hoping to see some increases in the campus wages to support his cost of living.

“I would like to get all of our bargaining unit fair and decent wages,” he said. “We can’t go another year or more without a raise. With the cost of living and everything just going through the roof, our membership over the past few years has received only one raise.”

Depending on the progress of the negotiation, there is a chance for the union to go on strike. A vote to authorize a strike will take place Jan. 24-25.

“We’ve been negotiating for eight months and we just haven’t seen any satisfactory progress from the University,” Baldwin said. “All of the big (and) real important issues with the University isn’t merging at all.”

Campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said the University is putting a lot of effort into fi nding a mid-point with the union.

“The University has been nego-

See SEIU, Page 3A

KELLY HICKEY THE DAILY ILLINI

Thomas Haley, a building service worker with the University, chants during a protest held to propose change in University workers’ contracts. The protest was held at the corner of Kirby and Oak Street in Champaign on Wednesday.

State grant to reinvigorate natural history museum The Museum of the Grand Prairie in Mahomet was one of more than 50 in the state to receive part of $15 million in funding from the public museum capital grants program.

The $57,571 reimbursement grant for the Mahomet museum was announced Jan. 10, and construction will be supported by the Illinois Jobs Now! grant program.

The Museum of the Grand Prairie focuses its exhibits on the history of Champaign County and east central Illinois. With the grant money, Barb Garvey, assistant direc-

tor of the museum, said exhibits will undergo renovation to include more nature-related themes.

“We expanded our mission,” Garvey said. “In order to bring our exhibits in line with (that mission) we will be now interpreting human history in the context of natural history.”

The Museum of the Grand Prairie was previously named The Early American Museum and is a part of the Champaign County Forest Preserve. The museum’s new mission, which focuses on natural history, will blend with the forest preserve setting, Garvey said.

The renovations will include

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After the city of Urbana saved the Urbana Landmark Hotel via an agreement made in November 2012, hotel owner Xiao Jin Yuan ran out of money in one year.

In June 2012, he received an additional $400,000, which was originally scheduled to be sent by November 2012.

In the original agreement between Yuan and the city, $1.45 million was promised to Yuan over the course of five years. This tax increment financing, or TIF, money comes from two of Urbana’s TIF districts. The city of Urbana allocated $650,000 to Yuan for the first year of renovations for the hotel and $200,000 for the following four years.

Cities sometimes use TIF money to invest in redevelopment and other building projects.

This money comes from expected future revenues from taxes on the development.

Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing said criminal activities, injuries and fi re were all possible problems that could have occurred in the vacant hotel.

Yuan said the hotel was not in working order and was in fact a public safety hazard when he purchased XIAO JIN YUAN, it. And although owner of Urbana Landmark he had a chance Hotel to look at the hotel before purchasing it, he was unable to test certain aspects of the hotel, such as the plumbing system.

“Everybody was saying when the bank took over it was a working hotel,” Yuan said.

“But the defi nition of a working hotel is very subjective.”

The $650,000 reimbursement in the form of TIF money from this work “is not permanent, it will become permanent (money in Yuan’s account) if and only if the hotel stays open for two years of continuous operation,” Prussing said.

The two-year clock on the loan started when Yuan opened the fi rst 45 rooms in December 2012. Renovations have not progressed as quickly as Yuan and the city had hoped, due to unanticipated factors.

For example, Yuan said the roof work was delayed due to weather and safety concerns for workers. He signed the agreement with the city in November 2010 but had to wait until March or April of 2011 to begin work on the roof.

An addendum was added to the agreement in June 2012 to extend more of the TIF money to Yuan earlier than the city had planned.

However, Yuan has not been given any additional money by the addendum; it simply sped up the ability of the city to reimburse him for necessary renovations.

The $650,000 set aside for the fi rst year

“Everybody was saying when the bank took over it was a working hotel, but the definition of a working hotel is very subjective.”

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JSM, Champaign plan new Campus Center DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

HANNAH MEISEL THE DAILY ILLINI

The Museum of the Grand Prairie, in Mahomet, is one among several other museums across Illinois that has been chosen to receive a government grant. interactive areas, multimedia displays, large-scale photos and new artifacts. “(Multimedia) is something that we didn’t do 10 to 12 years ago because it just wasn’t as available or inexpensive,” Garvey said.

Garvey said the some older areas of the museums are

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in serious need of renovation.

In addition to updating the museum, the grant money will also go toward creating jobs in areas such as carpentry, display printing and video production.

Chris McCloud, spokesper-

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The City of Champaign is working with JSM Development to bring a new building complex to campustown.

The new Campus Center will be built on Lot J, the space near the intersection of Sixth and Green Streets. The center will include a hotel, multi-family residential units and retail space.

Pending the fi nalization of plans by the Champaign City Council, JSM will begin construction of the Campus Center. The center will be composed of two mixeduse buildings connected by a glass bridge and also include a five-story parking garage. Four stories of hotel rooms will extend outward over the building that currently houses Penn Station, 605 S. Sixth St. and Flat Top Grill, 607 S. Sixth St.

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Because the plans have not yet been fi nalized, Lorrie Pearson, land development manager for Champaign, said it may be a few months until the construction begins because there are a few more steps in the process, including the transfer of land from the city to JSM. Once the plan is fi nalized, JSM is expected to pay approximately $3.9 million for the land the center will be built on.

In addition, Healey Street, between Sixth and Fourth Streets, will be reconstructed to accommodate the building.

“Because a hotel is part of the project, it will introduce a new group of customers,” Pearson said. “There has been some concern that the redevelopment of Lot J will result in a loss of public parking.”

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A 33-year-old male was arrested on multiple charges in the 900 block of West Green Street around 1 a.m. Saturday.

According to the report, the suspect was arrested on the charges of illegal transportation of liquor, driving under the influence of alcohol and other moving violations. Police officers filed a report for an accident involving the a suspect driving under the influence of alcohol. ! Burglary from motor vehicle was reported in the 500 block of South First Street around 10 a.m.

Tuesday.

According to the report, an unknown offender entered the victim’s car and rifled through it but did not take anything. ! Theft was reported in the 1900 block of Southwood Drive around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, a male offender entered the victim’s residence and stole six pieces of jewelry.

Burglary and battery were reported at Wal-Mart, 100 S. High Cross Road, around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, a male offender entered the business with previously used shopping bags from the business. He walked around the store and selected 25 items off the shelves and placed them into the bags, making it seem as if he had already purchased the items. When the offender attempted to leave the store, he was stopped by security. When he learned that the police were being called, he pushed an employee and fled. ! A 48-year-old male was arrested on the charge of battery and domestic battery in the 200 block of South Lynn Street around 9 p.m. Tuesday.

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Career advancement gets easier for the first half of 2013, keeping you extra busy. Revise and review for anywhere to simplify and delegate.

Devote special time for yourself. New players enter early in the summer, including teachers and friends as well as new partnerships. Love grows through changes.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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Today is a 9 — Confirm travel arrangements to avoid delays. Push ahead to the next level, and expand your network. A commitment made now will last. Discover unexpected treasure in the process.

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Today is a 6 — You may discover unusual social responsibilities, and change views around group membership. Keep finances private, even as you pay an old debt and resist a temptation. It’s positive.

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You’re pretty cute, too. Enjoy a social diversion. Barter with favors, trades and coupons ... save the cash.

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Today is an 8 — A dream captures your imagination. Make a list of necessary improvements and handle obligations. A thrifty decision surprises even you. Old can be better than new. Love grows luck.

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Convince others to participate. A startling development or educational breakthrough develops. Save pennies and pool resources.

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gument, the suspect grabbed his girlfriend by the neck and bit her ear. A third person attempted to intervene and the suspect punched him in the face.

University ! A 21-year-old female was arrested on the charge of retail theft at the Illini Union Bookstore, 809 S. Wright St., around 3 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, the store’s loss-prevention officer reported that he saw the suspect place textbooks into a backpack. ! Theft was reported at Madigan Laboratory, 1201 W. Gregory Drive, around 10 a.m.

Monday.

According to the report, a University employee reported that an unknown offender stole a laptop computer from the laboratory.

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Freshmen Seminar Interns are accomplished juniors and seniors who are willing to share their college experiences with first-year students by serving as student mentors. Each Intern meets once a week, in one-hour sessions with a class of 20– 25 students in a course which is designed to assist first-term students in making the transition from high school to university both academically and socially. In the classes, Interns will familiarize their students with the university resources, facilitate dialogue and discussion, and will promote collaborative learning. An LAS 101 Internship offers our best and brightest students the opportunity to help others while enhancing their own skills and preparing for their chosen professions or advanced scholarship. Those chosen for this opportunity will be enrolled in LAS 399H Leadership and Professional Development. The LAS 399 class will meet one hour a week (on Mondays) for interns to plan for each week’s classes and participate in seminars designed to further their own leadership and professional skills.

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Police arrest 2 on drug, gun charges DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

The Champaign Police Investigation Unit seized two handguns, drug equipment, packaging and two grams of a substance thought to be heroin in the 1500 block of Holy Hill Drive after serving a search warrant Tuesday afternoon.

Offi cers arrested two men involved in the investigation prior to serving the search warrant. The two men were in a vehicle in the 1000 block of West Beardsley Avenue. Allen Williams, 21, was arrested on the charge of aggravated battery. His arrest stemmed from an unrelated investigation.

Tyren Scott, 23, was arrested

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Outside of the Landmark Hotel in downtown Urbana, located at 210 S. Race St. Rooms began reopening in December and so far 45 of 128 spaces are available. Owner Xiao Jin will not be reimbursed by the city of Urbana until the hotel has been open and running for two years.

HOTEL FROM PAGE 1A of remodeling was already spent on renovations such as the roof, gas pipes and updating the emergency lights.

Yuan said the addendum for the agreement was necessary to allow Yuan to continue the renovations.

MUSEUM FROM PAGE 1A son for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, which administers the public museum capital grants program, said the creation of jobs is a priority for the state.

“These Illinois Jobs Now! grants will not only help preserve and enhance some of Illinois’ greatest treasures, but also boost the economy by creating jobs and bringing more visitors to our state and its outstanding museums,” said Gov. Pat Quinn in a press release.

Other museums receiving funding include National Hellenic Museum and National Public Housing Museum in Chicago and the Lincoln Park Zoo’s state-of-the-art Japanese

All of the permanent and semi permanent changes so far are covered by TIF money. Yuan has no intention to sell the building, but even if he did, the city would still benefit, according to Mike Monson, Urbana chief of staff.

“These improvements can survive a change in ownership. We saved that building,” he said.

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“Museums have a very unique and singular way that they can educate not only adults but also children on very important topics in a very hands on and fun way,” McCloud said. “They have a form to be able to do that that is very unique and unlike many other educational opportunities.”

Garvey, who also heads the museum’s education department, said their museum sees about 5,000 school children a year.

“We’re just really grateful the people of Illinois keep showing confidence in us to serve a mission for them, to help preserve their natural land and their forests and also to educate children,” she said.

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Democrats push ahead for tighter gun control in Chicago

BY JOHN O’CONNOR ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Democrats said Wednesday they won’t wait for Congress to act on gun-control legislation and planned to press ahead with a statewide ban on assault weapons and tighter firearms restrictions in Chicago in the wake of the Connecticut school massacre.

Legislation already has been fi led in the state Senate that would restrict semiautomatic assault rifles and rapid ammunition feeders, despite failed attempts at such measures in the fi nal days of the last General Assembly’s session earlier this month.

They know they’re in for a struggle. Hundreds of people sought to testify against the restrictions, which were approved by a committee but never reached the Senate floor during the recently concluded lame-duck session.

“We have a responsibility to push ahead without waiting to see if maybe the feds will do something before the next millennium,” said House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie.

The Chicago Democrat was the chief co-sponsor of a proposed

House ban that was abandoned last week without a vote.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to propose an ordinance Thursday to stiffen penalties for violating the city’s assault-weapons ban and for failing to report a lost or stolen gun to authorities.

On Monday, Emanuel ordered a review of the city’s employeeretirement funds to determine whether they include investments in gun manufacturers; if they do, he wants that money pulled out.

Pension funds covering public school teachers have come under extra scrutiny since a gunman killed 26 people — including 20 young children — last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

The Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund board will vote Thursday on whether to end investments with two gun-makers, according to investments director Carmen Heredia-Lopez. California’s teacher-retirement system took similar action last week.

The Chicago fund’s $9.5 billion portfolio includes investments of $146,000 in manufacturers Sturm Ruger & Co. and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., HerediaLopez said.

vacant for another winter, it wouldn’t have been salvageable.

We would have had to demolish it.”

Yuan and Prussing both made clear the amount of money spent

by Yuan and the city separately.

Prussing said Yuan is spending almost $2 million, and the city of Urbana is committing almost $1.5 million.

“Most of the money is his. Ours is an investment into downtown.

We’ll get property taxes, stimulation for other businesses and the hotel/motel tax,” Prussing said.

“That’s the purpose of a TIF is to invest so that you can build up the value of the TIF.”

Janelle can be reached at jnodea2@ dailyillini.com.

tiating in good faith with the union in an effort to understand and fully address any concerns or proposals that the union has raised regarding working conditions,” Kaler said in an email Wednesday.

However, Baldwin said the important issues include asking employees to work on short notice.

“We made some progress on some relatively minor adjustments in the contract,” he said.

“But someone just walked in from human resources and

on the charge of armed violence and unlawful use of weapons by a felon. Scott’s arrest was based on the result of the search warrant, according to a news release.

The Champaign Police S.W.A.T. team assisted in searching the residence due to weapons being presented and did not encounter any issues while serving the warrant.

Anyone with information regarding this crime or any other gun related crime is urged to call the Champaign Police Department at (217) 351-4545.

Callers wishing to remain annonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (217) 373-8477. informed them shortly before Thanksgiving ‘by the way, you don’t get Thanksgiving holiday this year and Christmas holiday’ and so on.”

Baldwin also said union workers deserve more campus wage increases than they are currently receiving.

“It is true that the state has given the University less money every year,” he said. “However, the University has found other sources of income...the overall budget of the University has been increasing every year right through the worst years of the recession.”

Carina can be reached at lee713@ dailyillini.com.

Two killed, 13 injured in helicopter crash Helicopter hits crane on top of London building

BY CASSANDRA VINOGRAD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — A helicopter crashed into a crane and fell on a crowded street in central London during rush hour Wednesday, sending fl ames and black plumes of smoke into the air.

The pilot and one person on the ground were killed and 13 others injured, officials said.

The helicopter crashed in misty weather just south of the River Thames near the Underground and mainline train station at Vauxhall, and close to the headquarters of spy agency MI6.

Police said one person had critical injuries. Six were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries and seven were treated at the scene, ambulance offi cials said.

“It was something of a miracle that this was not many, many times worse,” police Cmdr. Neil Basu said.

The pilot, who was killed, had requested to divert and land at the nearby London Heliport because of bad weather, the heliport said in a statement.

“The London Heliport never gained contact with the helicopter,” the statement said.

The aircraft, an AgustaWestland 109, was on a commercial fl ight, said Philip Amadeus, managing director of RotorMotion, an executive helicopter charter business.

The company identifi ed the pilot as Peter Barnes, 50, whose career included flying in fi lms including “Saving Private Ryan” and the James Bond movie “Die Another Day.” “He was a very highly skilled pilot, one of the most experienced in the U.K., with over 12,000 flying hours,” Amadeus said. “We are devastated by the loss of a highly valued colleague and very dear friend.”

Police identifi ed the other fatality as 39-year-old Matthew Wood, from south London.

The crash unfolded at the height of the morning commute when thousands of pedestrians in the area were trying to get to work. The weather at the time

LEFTERIS PITARAKIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Remnants of a helicopter that crashed into a construction crane are seen on the ground by a burnt out car in London on Wednesday. The helicopter hit the crane and fell on a crowded street in central London during rush hour Wednesday. The pilot and one person on the ground were killed and 13 others were injured, officials said. was overcast and misty with fog and poor visibility, according to the Met Office weather forecasting service.

Video from the scene showed wreckage burning in a street, and black smoke in the area, with a line of fl aming fuel and debris marking the area where the helicopter smashed down.

Witnesses said the disaster unfolded when the helicopter hit a crane atop a 50-story resi-

dential building, the St. George Wharf Tower.

Mayor Boris Johnson said the crane had been secured and was not in danger of collapsing.

Basu said one of the dead was the pilot of the commercial helicopter, which had been flying from Redhill, south of London.

No one else was thought to be aboard, Basu said; the other fatality was a person on the ground.

British aviation authorities

had issued a “notice to airmen” warning pilots about the crane, which extended to 770 feet (235 meters) above ground. The crane is lit at night, and police said investigators would look at whether the light was faulty.

Associated Press writers Robert Barr, Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Gregory Katz and Paisley Dodds contributed to this report.

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New cheating policy unfair to students

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n ext fall a professor believes that you have cheated, don’t expect a presumption of innocence.

In the new revised cheating policy, all the professor has to do is conclude that “it is probably more true than not true” that you’re in the wrong.

Before, professors needed to feel much more sure that there was cheating before there could be any kind of punishment.

This subjective method completely tips the scale in favor of the professor.

And while professors can get away with only being more certain than not that a student cheated — that being all they need to make a claim — once a student needs to appeal a decision, they are held to a much higher standard.

A students’ options at that point are: a) prove the professor did not follow reporting protocol, b) make the case that there was insufficient evidence, c) argue for a lighter sanction or d) provide new evidence proving his or her innocence.

The original standard, however arbitrary it may be, still shares a similar problem with the new revision: Administrators still need to find a way to define what would satisfy as sufficient evidence. In that sense, you should hope you have the support of the newly required student representative on your hearing panel.

Still, the new code doesn’t account much for an increase in technology used with assignments. Undeniably, technology makes it easier to cheat because an exam or a full homework assignment is simply an email away.

Whether the number of students who receive punishment for cheating will change with the new policy remains to be seen. About one quarter of students accused during the last fiscal year under the old policy were given either a reduced or failing grade. Only nine of 425 violations did not result in a penalty.

The impetus of this revision initiative was the rise in violations from 100 in 2006 to 325 last year and 455 the year before. Yet there still seems to be a lack of a uniform standard among colleges. For example, last year, 66 percent of violations came from the College of Engineering — known fairly widely by students for its rampant cheating — while some colleges didn’t even hit violations in the double digits.

Professor opinion varies greatly. By giving professors the freedom to make snap decisions based on what they feel is more true than not, we are muffling the students’ voices and putting a stranglehold on their ability to defend themselves. Appealing these kinds of cases can be difficult, especially when they are casually dismissed because of the belief that professors have the final say.

Clarifying our university’s stance on academic integrity is extremely necessary at a large public institution such as ours, especially given its rocky history with ethics on the top level.

If it’s easier for students to be accused of cheating, the number of reported cheaters could increase, making our university seem like it has less integrity, when it really may be just an increase in falsely accused cheaters. But giving professors the ability to make it easier to accuse students of cheating will not help with academic integrity issues — it will only make it easier for a student to get the short end of the stick if accused of cheating.

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arts students based on the wellroundedness nature of the degree, just in case you were wondering or getting depressed. Or maybe I just needed to remind myself that there are fewer than four — albeit, very short — months until graduation, after all.

And better yet for those out there who are underclassmen; there is reason to think the unemployment rate will continue to decline if the current trend continues. The economy is growing stronger, and more graduates are leaving school with jobs matching their education levels then in the last few years.

Also, the University has great ways to help if you are stuck in a rut. If it seems that graduation is coming near and there are no prospects for you, which is what seemed to start happening for me last semester, the Career Center offers its help finding a job, or an internship, or a co-op. They are one of the best resources available to us on campus. We’re paying for the service, so we might as well use it.

And lastly, my fellow soon-to-be grads — do not let this semester force you to stress out over the job hunt. It is important to enjoy it as well. Join a new club, continue to make friends in your classes, run a half, or even full, marathon just for the heck of it. Why? Because if you are anything like me, the real world will be coming soon enough.

the Illinois Medical District, they come by the dozens.

They come in with soaring temperatures, aching stomachs, uncontrollable shivering, blocked nasal passages, extreme fatigue.

At best, they feel miserable.

Welcome to Winter 2012-13’s flu season, one of the worst we’ve seen in years. It’s been particularly difficult for Illinoisans, especially those in the Chicagoland area. According to a report released last week by the Chicago Department of Public Health, there have been a reported 121 influenza-associated admissions into the intensive-care unit — about double the total number of cases reported last year — and 27 adults have died so far. It’s been so severe that eight hospitals had to turn away ambulances earlier this week because of a surge of patients with flu-like symptoms.

Numbers like these are sending the media and general public into a hectic frenzy over the “epidemic” — and rightly so. It’s hard to stay quiet when it seems that everyone’s coming down with something. And there’s reason to worry when the cities of Boston and New York City declare a “health emergency.” Even with the immensity of the hullabaloo, however, people should not be so bold as to rule out the effectiveness of the flu vaccine.

It has become a social phenomenon that seems to resurface in the routine conversations with friends and family annually around this time of the year. How often have you heard: “The vaccine will only make you get sick,” “Nah, the vaccine is only 50 percent effective, so it’s not even worth it” or “I’ve never had a flu shot in my life, and I have never been sick. Definitely don’t get the shot”?

For starters, the vaccination is a null version of the current strain of influenza circulating the public, generating antibodies specific to it and building your body’s immune system against the functional virus, should you come in contact with it. In the modern day and age of technology and medicine, the flu vaccine, first introduced annually in 1945, is still our best defense against contracting the virus.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been surprised time and time again by how people try to disqualify the benefits of receiving the flu shot. Some of these folks are the ones that observe (sometimes somewhat misguidedly) the founding notions of homeopathic and alternative medicine.

Others had their belief in the flu shot derailed because they fell ill shortly after receiving it. And then there is a handful that simply won’t because, you know, the jury’s still out on science.

Choosing not to know about the way in which the flu vaccine works leads people to these kinds of conclusions. It can be easy to assume the flu shot was responsible for the flu you succumbed to three days after if you don’t know that it takes two weeks for your immune system to build the proper response to the vaccine. It’s also easy to say, “I’ve never been sick with the flu; I don’t need the flu shot,” just like it’s easy to say, “I’ve never been pregnant before; I don’t need to use a condom.” The logic doesn’t add up.

Now, to address a particular factoid released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week: This year’s vaccine is indeed 62 percent effective. That means you are 62 percent less likely to contract the flu if vaccinated, not that only 62 percent of people will be protected by the flu. Much criticism is surrounding this year’s vaccine because of its percent effectiveness, but the matter of the fact is that it does not significantly differ from years past. Actually, the vaccine for the 2011-12 season had an even lower percent effectiveness at 52 percent.

Perhaps the traumatic encounters between our childhood selves and needles have stunted our ability to acknowledge the benefits of defending our immune systems, but we should put aside such logical fallacies and embrace maturity.

Joanna is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at rothenb2@dailyillini.com.

Nora is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at ibrahim7@dailyillini.com.

We need to answer gun question, but the NRA would rather not ask ANDREW HORTON Opinion columnist

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all the special interests clogging our political system, there is no worse offender than the National Rifle Association. The NRA has a budget of $300 million, which it uses to lobby and support its desired candidates. Even more significantly, the organization boasts 4 million members, which it can effectively organize to influence elections.

This influence was especially noticeable during the Republican debates, where candidates pandered to gun supporters by reiterating their devotion to Second Amendment rights. In the RNC Chairman debate, Ann Wagner bragged about how her family got a new gun safe for Christmas, including “everything from pistols and a Glock to shotguns, rifles and ... an all-out assault rifle.” Surprisingly, she was defeated by Reince Priebus who only touted owning five guns.

The point is — politicians are often forced to either speak the NRA’s language or forget about holding office.

As Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s former chief of staff Chris Kofinis explained in an interview with the Huffington Post: “The idea is that if you come out for any type of gun control, any type of common-sense reform, they are going to come after you, especially if you are a red-state Democrat. And they will paint you with a broad brush as being anti-gun.” Thus, there are many politicians striving for a perfect score on the NRA’s report card instead of passing laws

that are in the best interest of the country.

The facts are clear. The United States has some of the loosest gun laws and continues to see annual gun homicide numbers exceeding 11,000. In contrast, countries with stricter gun laws such as Australia and Japan never see figures over 100. With an average of 87 firearm related deaths per day, it’s clear that our nation needs to at least be having a discussion about guns.

With the recent tragedies in Aurora and Newtown, a large portion of America is finally voicing support for gun reform. Unfortunately, the NRA has tried to turn the discussion away from guns, instead pointing blame at violent video games and our broken mental health system. While it’s true that those factors should be considered, we cannot simply leave guns out of a discussion about gun violence. It’s pretty intuitive that if you take the semiautomatic weapon out of the hand of a lunatic, he becomes much less dangerous.

The NRA’s primary objective is to make it as easy as possible for people to purchase firearms of any kind. While the NRA bases this objective on the functional causes of self defense and recreational shooting and hunting, I don’t think that anyone buys the idea that a military-grade weapon is necessary to take out a deer. I also don’t think anyone can believe that the Second Amendment, which was written in the time of muskets, was intended to preserve people’s right to own the mass killing machines that are widely available today.

The real root of the NRA’s position is the irrational fear that waiving our right to own assault weapons is the first step toward

government tyranny. Thus, no matter how many people die — be it by mass assassination, gang violence, you name it — the NRA will always justify its position under the idea that guns are the only things standing between a free America and World War II Germany.

President Obama has taken wellmeasured steps in recent weeks, appointing Vice President Joe Biden to meet with many different groups, including the NRA, to help reach a common understanding. However, the resulting proposal may all be for nothing as the Republican congressional leaders, still under NRA’s firm grasp, are trying to delay the discussion about guns to a later date — a time when all the outrage from the Sandy Hook massacre will have worn off and Congress will be less willing to act.

This is why now is the time for our democracy to shed the radical influence of the NRA and pass the common sense reform that Americans deserve. The only way this can happen is if mainstream America voices enough support to render the group irrelevant. While there are important debates over the debt ceiling and spending to come, the emotion of learning that 20 children were murdered needs to stay fresh in our minds.

As Obama said Wednesday in announcing his proposal, “I will put everything I’ve got into this ... but I tell you, the only way we can change is if the American people demand it.”

If not, rest assured, the NRA will do all it can to prevent any reasonable compromise from occurring.

Andrew is a sophomore in Engineering. He can be reached at ajhorto2@dailyillini.com.

Don’t fret: Graduating seniors’ job prospects growing steadily JOANNA ROTHENBERG Opinions columnist

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his week I came to a horrifying realization: This is my last syllabus week ever. Never again will I enter a classroom such as the ones here on our beautiful campus. Never again will I be able to say I am a student. And never again will I be able to celebrate the luxury that is syllabus week. It has finally started to hit me. The end is near, and getting closer every day.

But with this realization, another problem arises — one that I have sort of successfully pushed to the back of my mind for the better part of 3 ½ years. I need a job. For such a small word, it has reached pro-status at striking fear into the hearts of grown-ups and students alike.

With Obama’s second term beginning next week, it leads me to question, and worry, about how the job prospects will be this upcoming spring. In 2012, his campaign ran under the motto FORWARD. Such a simple idea — to move forward.

Moving forward is inevitable as is change.

Although the economy was at the brink of collapse before Obama took office, unemployment rates reached a height of 10 percent in October 2009. Not even a full year into his presidency and the economy seemed like it was nearing rates equivalent to depression lev-

els. That percent does not even include those who stopped actively looking for employment or those who were in jobs they were overqualified for. Few things are more discouraging then spending tens of thousands of dollars on education when jobs are being cut left and right.

Will Obama and his administration be able to move the country “forward”? I think it might very possibly be safe to say maybe, er, probably.

Since October 2009, unemployment rates, on average, have been decreasing. There is even a brighter outlook for students. Employment for students graduating this spring might be up as employers look to hire 13 percent more than they hired from last year’s spring graduating class.

For the first time in years, unemployment is under 8 percent — specifically 7.8 percent for December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While that may not seem like much of a change, 2 percent in the workforce equates to millions of jobs.

The top 10 degrees for employability almost always seem to be in the engineering and business fields. Business and engineering degrees will most likely find more job opportunities arising within the upcoming spring.

However, there is still hope for those of us in colleges like Liberal Arts and Sciences — the typical “butt of jokes” college when it comes to finding a job. More and more, people are hiring liberal

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RSO highlights C-U fashion scene

BY JULIA MARBACH STAFF WRITER

Just as the newsroom is the epicenter for information on current events and Wall Street the goto for financial reports, the RSO College Fashion Connect seeks to inform students about fashionrelated events and opportunities in Champaign-Urbana and serves as the bridge between various fashion organizations. “We’re more of the business side,� said Jade Williams, president of the RSO. “Our goal is to just connect everyone within the fashion community on campus so they know what’s going on, but also to prepare you more for the online world and the professional aspects of fashion to get you to that next level.�

Originally called I-Style, the organization recently changed its name and took a new direction in order to increase membership and have more of a distinct presence. “We didn’t host many things on our own, and that was something I was really wanting us to do by switching over just have things that have our own name on them rather than working in the background,� Williams said.

Although this will be the first semester College Fashion Connect is active under its new name and focus, Williams said they already have a number of plans.

Each month, they plan to hold a short meeting in which representatives from other fashion organizations, such as College Fashioni-

sta, College Fashion Week and The Fashion School, come and “just have kind of a big ‘call all fashion’ meeting and let everyone know what’s going on,� Williams said.

Along with each meeting will be a workshop in which members will learn different aspects of working in the fashion industry, such as how to get a fashion internship, how to build an online portfolio and blog, how to use social media and how to write a fashion-specific resume. “All of the exec members have fashion blogs,� said Elizabeth Deuel, vice president of operations. “So we teach members how to create your own brand from that and your own voice.�

The focus is on getting hired in the fashion world, Williams said.

All of the exec members work with fashion companies, including College Fashionista, Akira Chicago and Vince Camuto, Deuel said. “We offer networking and internships and we offer that all through the club, and just kind of notify them of opportunities that are coming up and meetings on campus and applications, stuff like that,� Deuel said.

The organization also hopes to bring back Fashion Night Out and host craft nights — such as a DIY studding party — and a philanthropy event for the Crisis Nursery and a women’s shelter, Williams said.

Not only will the club inform members about what is going on

in the Champaign-Urbana fashion world, but they also hope to extend to Chicago by taking weekend trips, she said.

Williams said the club hopes to show students that, despite what they may think, there is a lot going on in Champaign-Urbana concerning fashion. “We know there are students on campus who really do have a passion for fashion,� Deuel said. “And (we want to help them) just kind of branch out and take initiative so that people see Illinois as a fashion center.�

The club will hold its first meeting at the end of January.

Although many of the members are studying journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising and business, anyone can join, Williams said. “If you’re just trying to get yourself out there and make connections with other people that have the same interests as you, then this is for you,� Williams said.

Those interested can contact the club at collegefashionconnect@ gmail.com. “I just hope that people can find their niche in the fashion industry,� said Adriana Garst, vice president of marketing, “and maybe find out different things about different aspects of the fashion industry, whether it’s modeling, design, anything, and find what they really love.�

Julia can be reached at marbach2@ dailyillini.com.

PERSON TO KNOW FROM PAGE 6A in general,� said Al-Hazza, junior in Media and former Illini Media employee. “He wants to know about your life, he wants to help you and he’ll take time out of his day for you.�

In addition, many students said Ledford was able to teach in a way they’d never experienced before. “As a transfer student, I had taken a course on visual communication before,� said Alyssa Ullrich, senior in Media. “Stretch takes a completely different approach to teaching multimedia reporting — a hands-on, innovative approach. It was amazing the amount I learned in a semester’s time, and it’s all thanks to Stretch.�

During this past semester, Ledford gave his students an assignment that he felt would benefit both the students and the Champaign-Urbana community. The leveling and rebuilding of Bristol Place, a neighborhood in Champaign, has been a controversial topic in the area in recent months.

The neighborhood is known for its impoverished state and high crime rate. After Andrew Greenlee, an assistant professor in the department of Urban and Regional Planning, introduced the idea to him, Ledford knew that this would be a worthy story opportunity. “When you have a power structure that’s coming in to allegedly help a community and the logic is that we have to tear it down in order to save it, it raises red flags for me,� Ledford said.

Ledford saw this neighborhood as an opportunity for students to get outside of their comfort zone.

He paired each student with a Bristol Place community member, with whom they created a multimedia package that pro-

EXCHANGE FROM PAGE 6A Starbucks or a nice coffee shop.

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ChĂŠng peppers his speech with profanity and U.S. slang. He learned English from his mother, an elementary school English teacher in China, and it was not until he began college in the U.S. that ChĂŠng acquired a colorful array of informalities. “If I hear something I don’t understand — let’s say when I first heard people use the phrase ‘get it in’ — I would just stop the conversation and ask my friends, and then my friends would explain.

Sometimes it takes me very quickly to get, sometimes it takes me a long time.�

Sometimes, he also learns by making mistakes.

He had, for instance, heard his U.S. friends use the phrase “get it inâ€? in a variety of circumstances – from food consumption to sexual intercourse. While working at the Undergraduate Library, ChĂŠng referred to “getting it inâ€? when inserting a DVD. He and his boss had a long, serious talk. “Ohhh, sorry! I didn’t realize it,â€?

ChĂŠng said to his boss.

Occasionally, ChÊng will educate himself on American culture by experiencing common social practices himself. When it came to student party culture, ChÊng’s only knowledge prior to coming to the U.S. was from watching the film American Pie – a raunchy teen party comedy.

Once on campus, ChĂŠng decided to experience it for himself.

At first, he sat on the sidelines at parties as those around him became inebriated and danced salaciously. He even witnessed one partygoer vomit on the floor – a shocking experience, he admits.

On one occasion, ChĂŠng saw an American girl drink paint at a par-

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Charles “Stretch� Ledford shoots video in the Agelogo neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria, March 2010. filed the community member.

He used the project to teach students to tell stories with social significance and give voice to the voiceless - the ultimate duty of a journalist, he said.

From helping students produce stories in Bristol Place to completing his capstone project on Overtown, a poverty stricken area of Miami, Ledford is able to shine a light onto communities that are in need of help and make their voices heard.

Ledford also continues to work as a multimedia journalist while teaching. Recently, his multimedia story about GunsSaveLife. com, an Illinois nonprofit, was published online by The Atlantic . An edited version of his story was also published on BBC, and has received more than 1,100 shares in the week since it was published.

Currently, Ledford and his wife are enjoying spending time with their newly adopted daugh-

ter, Grace. After being on a waiting list for a child for six and a half years, the couple travelled to China over winter break to adopt their daughter. “We just feel really blessed to have Grace in our lives,� Ledford said.

The stories Ledford tells about Grace illustrate that this new dad is loving every new step of the way and looking forward to what this new chapter of his life will bring. “I don’t remember laughing as hard as I have today to where my stomach is hurting and there’s tears coming from my eyes maybe since I was a kid,� Ledford said. “It’s been really cool.�

More of Charles “Stretch� Ledford’s photography can be found at StretchPhotography.com and his recent work “Overtown:Inside/ Out� at Overtowner.com.

ty. She was rushed to the hospital, he says.

Before coming to the U.S., ChĂŠng had never been to a bar or nightclub. Such places existed in Shanghai, but children from families like ChĂŠng’s – conservative, upper-middle class – never went. This activity was regarded as dĂŠclassĂŠ. This social stigma of bars and nightclubs dissolved for Chinese college students once in America. “I was interested because it seems like something very normal over here,â€? ChĂŠng says. “If people keep doing this, there’s a reason. I want to find out why.â€?

He began dancing. Then drinking. On one occasion, he decided to get blacked out – consume alcohol to the point of memory loss, something he had observed many times at campus bars and parties. “Just for the sake of experimenting what it feels like,� he explains.

ChĂŠng woke up by himself in the bathroom several hours later as a member of the cleaning staff banged on the door, asking if he was okay. “It kind of felt like I’m floating in the air,â€? ChĂŠng recalls, laughing at the memory.

Although ChĂŠng finds humor in his first alcohol binge, he has decided he will not be a frequent participant of the American college student ritual. “When it comes to drinking, it’s not because I hate it,â€? ChĂŠng says. “It’s more because I want to live until I am at least 80 years old.

Liquors might be harmful in stomachs, so I’m just planning things in the long term.�

ChĂŠng also sees several similarities between U.S. and Chinese culture, particularly in their governments.

As an adolescent, ChĂŠng had a keen interest in the Chinese government. He read unorthodox literature frowned upon by his teachers, who he says regarded him as rebellious.

Once in the U.S., he took an interest in the U.S. government.

In 2012, he spent the entire summer in Washington, D.C., interning for the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researched the World Bank’s activities on carbon trading.

After working under scholars who specialize in modern social movements, ChĂŠng decided the Chinese and American governments aren’t so different after all. “A lot of the rituals might seem different,â€? he says of the U.S. “But how people set up the bureaucracy, this whole untransparent process of making decisions ... It’s very similar in the end.â€?

Still, some differences emerged.

For instance, ChĂŠng was surprised to learn that many women work in the U.S. government. “Here you have more women in politics,â€? ChĂŠng says. “There is more of a gender balance — especially in very high-up positions.â€?

He also did not expect to learn that most Americans adhere to the laws set out by the government. In China, he says, people have become resistant to the restrictions placed on them by a long succession of authoritarian governments. They find ways around strict regulations, such as using software to access restricted Internet pages and traveling abroad to give birth to circumnavigate the One-Child Policy.

As an exchange student, ChĂŠng is often asked to choose between opposites: China or America; international friends or American friends; Communism or Democracy; urban life or rural life. “I think that’s a very typical U.S. thinking,â€? he says. “You like it or not. You vote for Democrats or Republicans. The U.S. culture is a very ‘dichotomy’ culture – either/ or, both/and, either/nor kind of thinking. One thing I learned is it’s not just black and white. It’s always shades of gray ... I see it as what it is, not what I wish it to be.â€?

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From

Ouagadougou to CHAMPAIGN Charles Ledford, a traveled multimedia journalist, teaches students to comfort the afflicted

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BY TAYLOR ELLIS STAFF WRITER

For Charles Ledford, or “Stretch” Ledford as he’s better known, becoming a multimedia journalism professor at the University of Illinois wasn’t necessarily the dream he always thought he wanted. However, after receiving an Olympus DSLR 35 mm camera for Christmas in high school, the life Ledford was meant to lead formed before his eyes.

“Doors just seemed to open and people were in the right places and things just happened at the right time,” he said of his career path.

Ledford earned his undergraduate degree in journalism at the University of North Carolina; he travelled the world in pursuit of cre-

ating stories through visuals.

He was able to land several opportunities as a photojournalist, such as a job with National Geographic.

“I’ve worked in 51 countries and I’ve gone to places I’d never heard of and never dreamed of. Like the capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou! Growing up in Asheville, NC. you never heard of Ouagadougou,” he said with a laugh.

Once on a flight from Abidjan to Ouagadougou, Ledford gave up his seat because the man next to him was using his tray table as a perch for his pet falcon.

Although traveling the world provided an array of experience, and after also doing some work in freelance advertising, he decid-

ed it was time to hit the books once more.

Ledford saw things moving into the digital world as advertising jobs dried up and print revenue began to fall. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Miami in spring 2011. Ledford began teaching journalism students at the University of Illinois in fall 2011 and said he hasn’t had an ounce of regret since.

“Being in multimedia journalism at a research university that has computer science and engineering on the level that Illinois has is an incredible opportunity and isn’t something that a sensible person would turn down,” Ledford said.

Multimedia journalism includes the use of still photos, audio recording and video to

make a story that’s both visually appealing and interesting to the viewer — skills that are not only hard to learn but also difficult to teach at times.

“One-on-one time is crucial and invaluable and there’s really never enough of it,” Ledford said. “It’s been a real challenge for me to find how to give students the time I think they need and to encourage students to make time to come to me for help.”

In Latifah Al-Hazza’s opinion, Ledford is a professor who is extremely devoted to his students and their general well being.

“Not only does he have a passion for teaching but he also has a passion for his students

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College, U.S. culture through the eyes of an international student

BY MEGAN DAWSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Chéng Yú is listening. Ears cocked, head tilted, eyes wide, as if they have just met the world for the first time. Rhythmic nods fall in sync as Chéng listens. And he listens to everybody, people he knows and people he doesn’t. The 23-year-old Chinese international student listens attentively to better understand a U.S. culture far different from his own.

Chéng’s mind buzzes from question to question – Why do students drink alcohol in excess? Why do they have sex casually? Why do so many enlist in fraternities and sororities? Chéng wants to know. He believes this quality separates him from most other Chinese students at the University of Illinois. He estimates that 80

percent of them don’t have a desire to educate themselves outside of the classroom.

“I see that there’s a lot more diversity towards this country,” he says. “I shouldn’t just put a lot of value judgment very quickly on things I have seen. I think it just keeps my mind open to think that there’s an alternative way to living.”

Many of his international peers don’t have a need to understand the U.S., he says, because they are part of the 1 percent in their home countries — the sons and daughters of high-level government officials, CEOs and presidents of global corporations. He sees them smoking cigarettes together in packs outside of the campustown Starbucks, driving the latest model Audis, Mercedes and BMWs. He says they usually do not make

friends with people who don’t speak their language. They will earn a degree and take a position at the family business in China, completing the plan that had been drawn out for them by their parents.

“A lot of time, we are more similar than we are different,” Chéng says about his fellow Chinese exchange students. “It’s just that I’m super motivated to learn about people and culture and everything here.”

So far, Chéng has learned that Christmas in the U.S. is a holiday spent with family. That four shots of alcohol is just enough. That college students in the U.S. are open to having sex – and talking about it. That male students often wear hoodies.

That female students like to wear very short skirts.

He also has realized that some of what he learned from movies and the media about the U.S. isn’t true. First, American students are actually very smart and hardworking, not lazy as the movies often portray them.

“Everybody has something they’re really good at,” he says of University students.

Chéng also has learned that Americans aren’t as unhealthy as he expected them to be.

“Americans eat pretty healthy, contrary to the stereotype,” he says. “I know a lot of people who are vegetarian or vegan.

Even if they’re not, when they eat, they eat a lot of salad.”

In the four years he has attended the University, Chéng’s curiosity has taken

him to New York City, Providence, Boston, Washington, D.C., Detroit, El Paso, Virginia, Tennessee and California. Every place Chéng visited, he read up on the history. In the streets, he talked to people and asked questions. He visited rich neighborhoods and poor.

“I wanted to get out of China to see a different perspective,” he says.

Whether talking to strangers or friends at a night club or campus event, Chéng asks questions about business, politics, money, sex. He’ll ask about anything. It’s how Chéng learned that courtship is more simple in America than in China.

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OF THE WEEK Adrienne GodBold

Senior averages 24 points in win against Northwestern, ‘Pack the Hall’ loss

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER

Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down Sunday nights and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the Week. Student-athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success.

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he Illinois women’s basketball team started off the season with a new head coach. The team, which went 11-19 last season, had to adjust to new systems and a lack of depth. The Illini limped to a 6-5 record against unranked, nonconference opponents.

Illinois struggled on both ends of the court, especially in losses to Missouri Valley opponents Bradley and Illinois State. But the team showed promise in games against solid opponents such as Colorado and Iowa State, both of whom are now ranked.

Senior Karisma Penn was one of the nation’s top forwards.

Junior Amber Moore was a consistent deep threat with AllBig Ten potential. Sophomore Ivory Crawford developed into a scoring threat. Sophomore Alexis Smith made a huge jump from bench warmer to a solid starting point guard, leading the Big Ten in assists.

Illinois was confident it could be better.

Illinois knew it had another weapon in its arsenal.

Honorable mentions Scott Barrera (hockey) — The

senior forward scored the only two Illinois goals in a 2-1 overtime win against rival Lindenwood on Saturday.

Joey Peters (men’s gymnastics) — In his first collegiate meet,

the freshman took the allaround and parallel bars title.

The weapon could be seen on the sidelines — the most animated member of the bench, in dreads and dress clothes constantly chattering, encouraging teammates and providing another set of eyes off the bench.

The weapon could be seen on the practice court. She shut down her otherwise offensively productive teammates, grabbed steals and attacked the basket.

In the team’s fi rst scrimmage, the weapon scored 25 points, second only to Penn’s 29. The next closest was 10 or eight points, head coach Matt Bollant estimated.

The only question was: When could the Illini ignite Adrienne GodBold?

--GodBold — known around the program as NuNu — had played in 89 games in her career, averaging eight points per game.

The 5-foot-11 guard was named Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year and Illinois MVP in 2012.

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Illinois’ Adrienne GodBold boxes out her opponent during the Illini’s 79-75 loss to Michigan State at Assembly Hall on Sunday.

But, as well as she could play, But GodBold, with the help GodBold wasn’t able to take care from her coaches, was determined of life off the court. She had been that she was not going to miss the suspended for the first five games second half. of her sophomore season and the “Going through the last three first game of her junior season. years, my academics wasn’t the Her senior year was the biggest greatest, but I didn’t have a chance slipup yet. She to really focus on was academically academics. With ineligible for the that being said, this semester, (my fall semester.

“I knew I coaches) were letting me do any had messed up and everything I finishing up in possibly needed May,” GodBold said. “I’ve been in to do to get my a situation close academics up,” to it before.”

GodBold said.

ADRIENNE GODBOLD, G o d B o l d “ T hey s a id , guard petitioned her ‘Whatever you need to do, if you eligibility. She attempted to take online classes need to sit out any practice, any over the summer to raise her workout, let us know and we will GPA, but funding did not go do anything.’ They had my back through. She finally accepted that 100 percent.” she would miss the first 11 games Illinois began its season on a of her fi nal season at Illinois. rough note with a loss to Bradley

“There is no ceiling (for this team).

We can be a great NCAA team.”

in its second game and losing three games in a four-game stretch against BCS opponents.

After back-to-back wins against Memphis and Oregon, Bollant said Illinois was “headed in the right direction.”

But in the fi nal game before winter break on Dec. 21, Illinois blew an eight-point lead late in the second half and was significantly outrebounded in a 69-68 loss to Illinois State. The loss was Illinois’ fifth of the season.

GodBold went home after that game hopeful that she wouldn’t have to watch her team lose without being able to do anything about it ever again.

She spent the next few days on her mother’s iPad, furiously checking and rechecking to see if her fi nal grades had been posted. Bollant would call every day to see if GodBold had heard anything, but for three days nothing appeared.

On Christmas Eve, GodBold received a call from one of her classmates saying that grades were up in one of her classes. She rushed to her mom’s iPad, where a B was waiting for her.

GodBold celebrated Christmas by checking her grades and saw that she had passed everything.

She fi nished the semester with a 2.9 GPA, more than enough to become eligible for her fi nal semester of basketball. She needed to fi nish the semester with a 2.0 overall GPA, the graduation requirement for the Communications major.

“Everything was fi nally in, I was just parading through the house,” GodBold said. “This was probably the best Christmas ever.”

Bollant was the fi rst person GodBold called to alert that she was back. Her eligibility

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Rebounding key to Illini women’s basketball’s future

BY MICHAEL WONSOVER STAFF WRITER

In Illinois women’s basketball team’s last three losses, which have come by a combined six points, one area has consistently hurt the Illini: rebounding.

In the fi rst of the three losses, against Illinois State, the Illini were outrebounded 41-34. In the next two losses, against Purdue and Michigan State, Illinois was outrebounded by an average of 23.5 boards per game. Through 16 games played, the Illini have only outrebounded their opponent five times. They are 5-0 in those games.

Rebounding won’t get any easier when Illinois (9-7, 2-2 Big Ten) faces Nebraska (12-5, 2-2) on Thursday in Lincoln, Neb. The Cornhuskers have outrebounded their opponents by 5.5 boards per game, ranking second in the Big Ten. They are led by junior forward Jordan Hooper, who averages 9.1 rebounds per game. Illinois, on the other hand, is last in the conference as a team, being out-

rebounded by 4.1 boards per game.

“When you play hard, as athletic as we are, we ought to be able to rebound with teams,” Illini head coach Matt Bollant said.

“We’ve got to fight, and we’ve got to battle.”

Bollant has consistently stressed rebounding and defense to his team, even dedicating two hours to those areas during Tuesday’s practice. The reason for the Illini’s rebounding troubles has also come from a lack of size.

With junior forward Kersten Magrum sidelined with a concussion, Illinois has had to play with four- and five-guard lineups. Illinois’ foul trouble has also held it back.

Seniors Karisma Penn and Adrienne GodBold lead the Illini in rebounding, averaging 10.2 and 7.0 boards per game, respectively.

The pair also commits fouls most frequently, with Penn tied for the team lead in personal fouls with 59 and GodBold leading the team with 4.6 fouls per game in five con-

tests. GodBold fouled out against 4.6 fouls and 5.4 turnovers per Georgia, Purdue, Ohio State and game, her style of play has also Michigan State. ignited the team in other areas.

“We have got to be able to keep GodBold’s four steals per Adrienne and KP out of foul trou- game during conference play ble,” Bollant said. “They’re our ranks fourth in the Big Ten. Her two best rebounders. We can’t tenacity has been contagious, as have them sitthe Illini averting on the age 15.2 steals bench at the per game with same time. her back, compared with We’ve got to just 10.6 when be physically a little bit betshe was servIllinois Nebraska ter and a liting her aca(12-5, 2-2) demic suspentle bit smart- (9-7, 2-2 Big Ten) sion, including er about how Thursday, 7 p.m. we defend and a 24-steal outLincoln, Neb. what we do and burst against just be physiRebounding has plagued the Illini in Northwestern, cally up for the the most in a their last three losses, which have challenge.”

Big Ten game come by a combined six points.

“I play with in school hisa lot of energy tory. GodBold and a lot of effort, I play really has also helped Illinois force hard,” GodBold said after foul- 27.4 turnovers per game, up from ing out against Georgia on Dec. 22.0 without her. Against Nebras28. “With that mentality, I have ka, forcing turnovers will be easier said than done. to learn to control myself.”

Although GodBold’s aggresNebraska leads the Big Ten siveness has led to her averaging and is ranked 33rd in the nation

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Cubit ready to install new Illini offense

Cubit’s resume 2005-12

New offensive coordinator stresses downhill running, quicker passing

Western Michigan Head coach (51-47)

Michigan team lost to Illinois STAFF WRITER 24-7 in 2012. “I had no idea but I When new Illinois offensive just love these kind of stadiums, coordinator Bill Cubit walked into I love this kind of tradition and I Memorial Stadium, he was unable love this conference. When (head to describe the feeling that came coach) Tim (Beckman) called me, it was a no-brainer. This is where over him.

He felt it last year when he I wanted to be.” was standing on the sideline as Cubit described himself as old the Western Michigan head coach, school. The 59-year-old got to see and that same feeling returned to the coaches box that he will likely be stationed during games, and him on Wednesday.

As Cubit entered the West Great spoke to the media for the first Hall of the stadium, wearing a time. He described himself as black Nike zipan honest man up with small who would “tell it exactly the way orange Illinois logo on his upper it is.” left chest, he “I may not took a moment always be right, but I’ll never not and observed tell you the truth the banners of out there.” former Illinois He was honest players Kevin with himself Hardy, Bart about an offense Macomber, J that finished Leman, Perry Graves, Whitney next to last in the BILL CUBIT, Mercilus and NCAA in total and offensive coordinator scoring offense.

Ralph Chapman When he officially before making his way up to the started the job Monday, he started watching film top floor of Memorial Stadium.

“I had a funny feeling when from the 2012 offense.

Cubit said he saw some talent I came into this stadium last year,” said Cubit, whose Western at quarterback, especially at

Stanford Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach

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“It’s to devise a scheme to utilize the talents of your best players, and putting them in spots that they can be successful in.”

running back and even on the much-criticized offense line.

He wants to put the receivers in different positions to succeed.

“I think it will be (drastically different); I think it will be a change,” Cubit said about the offense he plans to install.

“Downhill runs, I think getting in a little bit of a quicker passing game, get rid of the football. We have a philosophy that the QB gets rid of the ball in 2.2 seconds.”

He even stressed the importance of a tight end, basically compiling a list of things Illinois failed to do last year.

“It’s to devise a scheme to utilize the talents of your best players, and putting them in spots that they can be successful in,” he added.

Beckman’s new hire brings a lot of credentials.

Cubit’s Western Michigan teams set records for points, touchdowns, passing yards, total yards and first downs. He has developed receivers such as Greg Jennings, who now plays for the Green Bay Packers; Jordan White, who was an All-American; and quarterback Tim Lester, who finished fifth in NCAA career passing yards.

Cubit had other job offers and could’ve been a head coach

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Missouri Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 2001

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Western Michigan Offensive coordinator somewhere next season.

“If I didn’t get exactly what I needed, I don’t want to do it.” Cubit said. “Everywhere I’ve been it’s been a reclamation project, I kind of like that. I enjoy going out there, seeing kids that are out there and maybe have not been successful and giving them a plan and work the plan and all of a sudden you’re successful.”

There was no ego with Cubit. He acknowledged that Beckman was the coach and that he would follow Beckman’s ultimate plan, even

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in assist-to-turnover ratio. The Cornhuskers only turn the ball over 14.8 times per game, the third fewest in the conference. Senior guard Lindsey Moore leads the Big Ten and is 19th in the country in assistto-turnover ratio, dishing out 2.35 assists for every cough up.

Perhaps Illini assistant coach LaKale Malone can help Illinois solve Nebraska.

Malone served as an assistant coach under current Nebraska head coach Connie Yori for the Cornhuskers from 2003-07.

After five seasons working the same position at Texas, Malone joined the Illinois staff this season under Bollant.

“Obviously, she’s got an insight into what they’re doing,” Bollant said. “She’ll be able to share some things.”

Illinois will head to Nebraska for the fi rst time since 1992 and only the third time in school history. Although Nebraska leads the all-time series 4-2 against Illinois, last season’s contest was the fi rst time the programs

played since 1992. The Cornhuskers dominated Illinois in last year’s meeting, winning 67-47 in Champaign. Seven current Illini played in that game, combining to shoot only 10-for-44 from the field. Guards Amber Moore and Ivory Crawford especially struggled, combining to shooting only 3-for-26 in last year’s contest.

One of the most effective Illini in that game, Magrum, will be out for Thursday’s matchup.

After a heartbreaking 79-75 defeat against Michigan State in its last outing, the Illini will try to add to its 5-1 record after losses this season.

“It will be interesting to see (how they respond from Michigan State),” Bollant said. “You have to keep fighting. They gave great effort and it didn’t lead to the result they wanted. Can they come back and do the same thing? Can they come back and fight and have a warrior mentality and get after it?”

Michael can be reached at wonsovr2@ dailyillini.com and @The_MDubb.

Illini look to avenge last year’s home loss against Northwestern and how hard they cut, how well they screen, how well they When Northwestern steps move the basketball. There’s onto the Assembly Hall floor some possessions where I just Thursday, its elements will look rewinded to watch it because I markedly different from the liked watching it.” team last season that notched John Shurna, who averaged a 74-70 victory on the same 20 points per game last season, floor over the Illinois men’s graduated, and JerShon Cobb, basketball team. who came on late last season for Three of Northwestern, is serving a the Wildcats’ season-long top five suspension scorers from fo r poor last season grades . The will not be biggest blow, playing from Northwestern Illinois circumstances (10-7, 1-3 Big Ten) however, was (16-3, 4-2) that include losing senior graduation, guard Drew Thursday, 7:15 p.m. suspension and Crawford for Assembly Hall injury. But the the season Northwestern The Illini are 39-5 all time against after shoulder offense, which Northwestern in Champaign, but fell surgery in draws from to the Wildcats 74-70 last season. D e c e m b e r . the legendary Crawford led Princeton the team in offense and relies on exact scoring prior to the injury. passing and back cuts toward “I was talking to (Crawford) the basket, remains at the earlier, just seeing what time center of the Wildcats attack. they get in and what not,” “We’re looking forward to the Illinois guard Brandon Paul challenge of really competing said. “(He’s) one of my good against a precise offense,” friends. It’s obviously going Illinois head coach John Groce said. “You watch them on film See MBBALL, Page 4B

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Armstrong no longer a hero, but others have beaten the odds KEVIN DOLLEAR Copy chief

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hen Lance Armstrong finished his last Tour de France, a cyst was growing in my motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uterus.

The ball of pus swelled to the size of a grapefruit, pushing against her stomach, wreaking havoc on her hormones.

When the cycling world was reeling from the U.S. AntiDoping Agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1,000-page report condemning Armstrong, my mother was recovering from her hysterectomy. My mother, who in her early 40s now gets hot flashes and takes hormone therapy drugs, rarely talks about the cyst or the surgery.

When I found out that Armstrong confessed his doping to Oprah Winfrey, I was angry.

My mom never really struggled during all of this, but I did. My family doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sit down and talk about stuff like this; we make inappropriate jokes about pre-cancer, but actual conversations are verboten. So the closest I got to hope was Lance Armstrong.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never much followed

sports, let alone cycling, but Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story was different. A brash, young cyclist, physically gifted but mentally undisciplined, beats the odds, survives testicular cancer and returns better than ever. He was a reminder of what men and women can accomplish.

I chose to ignore the dark side. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only one.

A 2005 profile in The New Yorker: â&#x20AC;&#x153;After I watched Armstrong train and spent time with his coaches, the only way I could be convinced that he uses illegal drugs would be to see him inject them.â&#x20AC;?

A Frenchman in a 2009 Bicycling magazine article: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course we like Lance Armstrong. How can you not after he came back from cancer and all. All those people that are sick like him can now dream of a better life.â&#x20AC;?

Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now-infamous Nike commercial: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody wants to know what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on.

What am I on? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on my bike, busting my ass six hours a day.â&#x20AC;?

Others didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give the seventime Tour winner an easy pass.

Armstrong has been dogged by doping accusations for more than a decade. In 2005, the French sports daily Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Equipe reported that six of

Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urine samples from 1999 contained EPO, or erythropoietin, which boosts production of red blood cells.

The official governing body of cycling didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin EPO testing until 2001. Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Equipe ran the story with the headline â&#x20AC;&#x153;Le Mensonge Armstrong,â&#x20AC;? which translates to â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lie of Armstrong.â&#x20AC;?

Until now, Armstrong has denied all charges and I willfully ignored the obvious.

But now Armstrong has confessed and shattered my illusions.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the steroids that bother me. Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cycling victories are still impressive, especially considering that so many of his competitors were also doping.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the real Armstrong, who has been revealed throughout this ordeal, that makes this fairy tale lose its charm.

Armstrong isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just a cyclist, cancer survivor and philanthropist to me anymore.

Now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a two-wheeled sociopath, infused with human growth hormone and testosterone, who lied and cheated, destroyed careers and ended friendships, and used his cancer and charity as a shield against criticism and

investigation.

You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Google his name without getting stories of lawsuits and libel accusations used to shut people up.

Armstrong sued former employee and friend Mike Anderson, who says he found evidence of Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drug use but did not come forward. By the time the suit and countersuit were settled, Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation in Austin, Texas, had been so badly maligned that he moved to New Zealand.

Armstrong has abused the legal system as much as he has steroids, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruined lives along the way.

I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see a man like that as a hero.

Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s road to redemption begins on Oprahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s couch. It will be a long road.

Unfortunately, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the Oprah Winfrey Network, so I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be watching the interview, the first part of which airs Thursday at 9 p.m.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure why Armstrong is confessing. Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the weight of a guilty conscience.

Maybe he wants to keep racing in triathlons or get some endorsements back.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep an eye on Armstrong.

I hope he can recover from

PETER MORRISON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lance Armstrong speaks at the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland on Aug. 24, 2009. He apologized to the staff at his Livestrong foundation before confessing to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. this and his Livestrong charity continues to help fight cancer.

But for now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to find other heroes, people who have beaten the odds and come back better than ever. Like the family friend who underwent a double mastectomy last week after her third bout with cancer. Like the many people Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve interviewed

for the DI who have climbed their way out of poverty, addiction and homelessness.

Like my mom, who moved forward with her life as if nothing ever happened.

Kevin can be reached at dollear1@ dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @ kevin_dollear.

Bears hire offensive-minded coach Marc Trestman to replace Smith

BY ANDREW SELIGMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Chicago Bears hired Montreal Alouettes coach Marc Trestman on Wednesday to replace the fired Lovie Smith and gave him two basic tasks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fix the offense and lead the team to the playoffs on a consistent basis.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first head coaching job in the NFL for Trestman, a longtime assistant in the league who spent the past five seasons coaching the CFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alouettes and led them to two Grey Cup titles.

Trestman was an offensive coordinator with Cleveland, San Francisco, Arizona and Oakland.

Chicago general manager Phil Emery cast a wide net in his search, meeting with at least 13 candidates. Besides Trestman, he also brought back Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and the Indianapolis Coltsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bruce Arians for second interviews.

Trestman wasted little time starting to assemble his staff.

A person familiar with the sit-

uation said the Bears hired New Orleans Saints offensive line coach Aaron Kromer as their offensive coordinator, hoping to revive a unit that often sputtered with Mike Tice calling the plays.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the move had not been announced.

Kromer served as the Saintsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; head coach for six games this season while interim coach Joe Vitt was suspended for his role in the bounty scandal.

The Dallas Cowboys, meanwhile, reported on their website that special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was leaving to become Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assistant head coach/special teams coordinator.

For Chicago, the moves come after a 10-win season in which the Bears fell apart after winning seven of their first eight games.

Smith was let go after nine years, ending a run that included a trip to the Super Bowl but also saw Chicago miss the playoffs five of the past six seasons. That move did not sit well with some players at the time, but Cutler and

star receiver Brandon Marshall are looking forward to working with Trestman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been successful wherever heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been,â&#x20AC;? Cutler told the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from the West Coast coaching tree, which Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m familiar with. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I came into the league with, with (Mike) Shanahan (with the Denver Broncos in 2006), so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He understands quarterbacks.

He understands their thought process and the minds of quarterbacks and what we have to go through. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a quarterback-friendly system and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to get started with him.â&#x20AC;?

On Twitter, Marshall made his feelings clear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heard so many GREAT things about Coach Trestman canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to follow his lead,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reading his book now.â&#x20AC;?

Trestman wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perseverance: Life Lessons on Leadership and Teamwork,â&#x20AC;? a motivational biography released in 2010.

The Bears, who have scheduled a news conference for Thurs-

day morning, are turning to the 57-year-old Trestman in part because of his background with quarterbacks.

He worked with Bernie Kosar as an assistant at the University of Miami and again when he was on the Brownsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; staff in the 1980s. Trestman helped the Raiders reach the Super Bowl at the end of the 2002 season with an offense he geared for Rich Gannon, the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MVP that year.

In recent years, Trestman has worked as a consultant in the NFL and in the offseason helped quarterbacks entering the league â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including Cutler for a few days.

His biggest task will be maximizing the man behind center and getting the offense to click.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that never really happened under Smith, who oversaw a top defense with stars such as Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs but could not solve the issues on the other side of the ball. The Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense never ranked higher than 15th under Smith, and the problems in that area along with the post-

season misses ultimately led to his dismissal.

The Bears have big holes on the offensive line and at tight end, but the No. 1 task is connecting with Cutler. As gifted as he is, questions remain about his makeup and demeanor. He has one year left on his contract, and the Bears have to figure out if he can lead them to the top. In Chicago, the deck at times has been stacked against him.

His relationship with former offensive coordinator Ron Turner seemed icy, and he took a beating in Mike Martzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s system. Cutler will now be working in his fourth system since the Bears acquired him from Denver in 2009.

Besides the issues on the line, Cutler also lacked a go-to receiver his first three years in Chicago, but that changed in a big way before this season. The Bears hired Emery to replace the fired Jerry Angelo as GM after a late collapse last year, and although he was given a mandate to work with Smith for at least a year, he was able to retool the roster.

The biggest move? That was the trade with Miami for Marshall, Cutlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite target in Denver.

Marshall set club records for catches and yards, but the Bears still ranked 28th on offense.

It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help that receivers Alshon Jeffery and Earl Bennett missed time with injuries or that running back Matt Forte was banged up and uninvolved at times, whether it was in the running or passing game.

More than anything, Cutler would like to see some continuity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard,â&#x20AC;? he told the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You start back at zero every year with the entire offense, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely challenging. I think if you look across the league at elite and very good quarterbacks, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all been in systems for numerous years.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what our goal is here, for coach Trestman to come in and install his system and us win games and keep him around for a long time to be able to grow year in and year out in this system and get everyone better.â&#x20AC;?

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Illini hockey adopts Baker, Crook to fill the holes

BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

The wait is over.

Not the end of the NHL lockout â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which was announced last Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but rather the wait that Josh Baker and Matt Crook endured to join the Illinois hockey team.

With the graduation of Jonathon Sakellaropoulos and injuries along the lines, the Illini brought Crook up from the Division II hockey team, while Baker transferred from Parkland College.

The duo experienced their first taste of ACHA hockey this past weekend against No. 9 Lindenwood, although disaster struck in the beginning of the second period in Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 7-4 loss.

Baker was lining up a shot on the power play near the blue line when a Lindenwood player rocked him from the side. His left ankle, exposed and away from his body while in a shooting position, rolled under his leg the wrong way, giving a resounding â&#x20AC;&#x153;popâ&#x20AC;? noise. Baker said he immediately knew the prognosis would not be good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I heard it pop,â&#x20AC;? Baker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I had (a Lindenwood player) tell me afterward they could hear it pop from their bench.â&#x20AC;?

The broken ankle will leave Baker out 4-6 weeks. He said he wants to return for either the

IOTW FROM PAGE 1B immediately turned out to be a Christmas present to the fi rst-year head coach and his struggling team.

Bollant immediately thrust the senior into the starting lineup in place of junior Kersten Magrum against then-No. 6 Georgia.

GodBold scored a layup just 11 seconds into the game and the crowd and bench erupted.

NuNu was back.

She finished with 11 points and three rebounds after fouling out in 22 minutes. Still, GodBold played a role in her teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 70-59 victory, the first over a ranked opponent this season.

She has gotten better in each game since returning.

After beating Georgia, GodBold recorded 20 points, 11 rebounds and five steals, but she still fouled out and committed eight turnovers in an overtime loss to Purdue.

She then scored 14 points, grabbed five rebounds and was better able to limit her turnovers in a win at Ohio State, but she still fouled out.

The Northwestern game on Jan. 10 marked the first and only

CSCHL Tournament â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on Feb. 15-17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or for the home fi nale against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 22-23.

While Baker is on the mend, Crook is looking to fi ll a role on both ends of the ice from the forward position. A Fenwick High School native, Crook was coached by current Illinois head man Nick Fabbrini, who then pitched the idea of Crook coming to Champaign. Crook spent his freshman year and first semester this year on the Division II team and only had three days to practice with his new teammates before the weekend games against Lindenwood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was something I thought about more last year,â&#x20AC;? Crook said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fi rst team is really something I wanted to do last year, but this year I kind of didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I would make it. So I figured I would be on second team and be happy with that.â&#x20AC;?

While Crook was a reserve player in Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss to the Lions, he earned a spot on the line with Matt Welch and Austin Bostock in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game.

After his fi rst dip into Division I hockey, Crook already could tell a difference in the skill level of his past and present opponents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a lot different, guys are a lot faster,â&#x20AC;? Crook said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m maybe one step behind right now. ... But hopefully those diftime GodBold did not foul out this season. She registered 20 points, eight rebounds and five steals in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first back-to-back road Big Ten win since 2004.

In her most recent game, GodBold had her best game yet.

She scored a career-high 28 points, grabbed eight rebounds and notched four steals, while recording three blocks in a 79-75 loss to Michigan State. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is capable of playing like that all the time,â&#x20AC;? Bollant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not every game she is going to score 28, but she can make plays, get to the rim, make (the opponents) have to double and help.â&#x20AC;?

--Since returning, GodBold has averaged 18.6 points and seven rebounds â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both good for second on the team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a team-leading 3.8 steals per game.

Teammates knew GodBold would fit right into the new offense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just so versatile. She can attack the basket,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She can shoot and get rebounds.

She just takes our offense to another level.â&#x20AC;?

GodBoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent production has her team on pace for a winning record for the first time since her freshman season. She

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ferences will go away fast.â&#x20AC;?

While Crook is adjusting to the game, Baker didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have enough ice time to get acclimated for his fi rst game in almost 10 months.

Baker had played junior hockey for four years with the Chicago Hitmen before deciding on enrolling at Illinois. Baker was good friends with starting goaltender Nick Clarke and forward Jacob Matysiak and came to Illi-

nois for the hockey and education, as he aspires to become a chiropractor.

Baker was set to attend Bethel University in St. Paul, Minn., to play Division III hockey but backed out at the last minute and decided to come to Illinois. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small school, only like 3,000 kids,â&#x20AC;? Baker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go to high school again.â&#x20AC;?

He missed the deadlines to enroll for the fall semester, so

he attended Parkland while practicing with the team on a fulltime basis.

Baker has been a member of the hockey team in all aspects but the games, as he is living with Bostock, John Scully and Dan Kerr. Baker sent an email to Matysiak last spring to set up the living arrangements for the year.

Matysiak then sent out Bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request to the team, and Bostock responded to fi nalize the deal.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice because (Bostock) has the inside scoop on everything,â&#x20AC;? Baker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love living with all those guys.â&#x20AC;?

While Baker aims to return â&#x20AC;&#x153;closer to four than six weeksâ&#x20AC;? from now, he is already wellversed in the waiting game. He has to wait just a little bit longer.

is also on pace to graduate with a communications degree in May. After graduation, GodBold hopes to be selected in the WNBA Draft. If that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out, GodBold plans on playing overseas.

But for now, GodBoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is leading her team to the NCAA tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no ceiling (for this team). We can be a great NCAA team.â&#x20AC;?

Illinois is 3-2 since GodBold has returned, but it has faced significantly tougher competition in its last five games than in the 11 games without GodBold. The victory against Georgia provides a signature win for Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tournament resume. The Illini have plenty opportunities to prove themselves with statement wins as the season goes on, including games at No. 8 Penn State and No. 12 Purdue.

The Illini also have a new weapon committed to winning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want to win right now because after this Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m done,â&#x20AC;?

GodBold said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone by so fast, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scary.â&#x20AC;?

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a score after guarding for 35 seconds.â&#x20AC;?

On one particular defensive possession on Saturday, which was highlighted in film sessions

by Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coaches this week, Illinois played defense for a minute and 40 seconds straight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never fun,â&#x20AC;? Paul added.

As for offense, Illinois swingman Joseph Bertrand said the team has strayed away from the scoring opportunities that were abundant on fast breaks earlier in the season. Bertrand said practices this week stressed a more transition-oriented approach.

Mike Shaw, the seldom-used Illini forward who was the only player to draw a compliment from Groce in the Wisconsin postgame, may take on a larger role Thursday against Northwestern.

Groce said that Shaw led the team in rebounding in practice Monday, and Shaw is prepared to get the call from his head coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just have to stay ready the whole season. I have to be ready at all times,â&#x20AC;? Shaw said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever I get the opportunity, I have to take advantage of it.â&#x20AC;?

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FROM PAGE 1B to be tough not playing against him. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both seniors. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfortunate what happened to him.â&#x20AC;?

Groce pegged two Northwestern players â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Reggie Hearn and Tre Demps â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as scorers picking up the offensive load for the team.

Hearn has eclipsed Crawford as Northwesternâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading scorer, and Demps comes off the bench to invigorate its offense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can do it within their offense, from what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen on film, and they can do it outside the offense,â&#x20AC;? Groce said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what makes them, in my mind, good scorers.â&#x20AC;?

Illinois had its own set of problems to iron out in practice after the drubbing it received at Wisconsin on Saturday. Some of the practice emphasis, Paul said, was committing to defense for the entire length of the shot clock, which is a quirk Northwestern shares with Wisconsin on the offensive end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to hold the ball for the whole shot clock,â&#x20AC;? Paul said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If one person gets lazy or break down, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be

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FROM PAGE 1B as the team searches for a new offensive line coach. Beckman was able to corral Cubit in largely because of the relationship the two developed coaching against each other in the Mid-American Conference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The MAC is probably about as close as head coaches out there because we all have to figure out a lot more with a lot less,â&#x20AC;? Cubit said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in the MAC youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d better talk to other coaches to find out whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on because we all got limitations and some more than others.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to watching game film, Cubitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been out recruiting and met with some players on offense, including quarterbacks Nathan Scheelhaase and Reilly Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Toole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was encouraged,â&#x20AC;? Cubit said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m kind of that guy that thinks we can go against anybody that can go against anybody, score against anybody and move the ball against anybody. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re never intimated. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at.â&#x20AC;?

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