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As union organizers from the Campus Faculty Association travel from office to office, asking faculty members whether they would support faculty unionization, three University professors have taken it upon themselves to present the other side of the unionization argument. “There are hundreds of faculty that don’t want a union, and up until now there has been no outlet to express that,” said Nick Burbules, co-author of the statement opposing unionization and professor in Education. “That is why we created a forum for people to speak out.” Burbules, along with LAS professor Joyce Tolliver and Business professor Jeffrey Brown, created a statement on Jan. 24, opposing the formation of a campus-bargaining unit, or union. In just four days, more than 100 faculty members had signed the statement, Burbules said. This statement was prompted by the Campus Faculty Association urging faculty to sign union cards, Brown said. However, according to Campus Faculty Association President Harriet Murav, the organization has not been asking people to sign union cards but to sign a mission statement that supports collective bargaining. “We’ve been asking people to give their opinion,” Murav said. “It has no power — these signatures are in no way a commitment for anybody to do anything.” Murav and Campus Faculty Association colleagues see a number of advantages in unionization. “Faculty came here thinking this was a great university, and we’ve seen a shift where tuition gets higher and higher, where tuition gets bigger and bigger, many, many courses are taught by people who are underpaid,” Murav said. Unionization would put a floor on the wages paid to

The Campus Faculty Association has been advocating for faculty unionization, while professors Nick Burbules, Joyce Tolliver and Jeff Brown have written a statement opposing the movement. How would a union actually form on the Urbana campus? Here is how this process would occur. 1. CFA asks faculty what their opinion on unionization is, analyzing what percentage of the campus might be interested in joining a union. 2. CFA organizes a card drive in which faculty members would submit a card which signifies their vote on whether to unionize or not. 3. Then, there would be a grace period in which the CFA would have to gather the votes. “If they feel they have enough interest to do a card

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Criminal Identification Act revised More felonies can be expunged or sealed with the new change BY BRITTNEY NADLER STAFF WRITER

Having a criminal record serves as a constant roadblock for those seeking professional pursuits, such as employment or applying to college. But as of Jan. 1, some of those convictions may be eligible to be sealed or expunged, said John Roska, a lawyer with Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation. Five new Class 3 felonies and five new Class 4 felonies can now be hidden or removed from a person’s criminal record after a revision to the Criminal Identification Act. These felonies include a Class 4 conviction for possession of burglary tools, a Class 3 felony conviction for possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled

drive, they only have a small six-month period to do it,” McCarthy said. 4. If more than 50 percent of the faculty voted in favor of unionizing, the entire faculty would be unionized legally. SOURCE: RANDY MCCARTHY, HARRIET MURAV

employees, would require each union member to pay dues and could potentially unite the faculty’s voice. The Campus Fac-

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Imprisonment for felony classes Certain Class 3 and Class 4 felonies, which encompass less severe crimes, such as retail theft, are now eligible to be sealed or expunged.

substance, theft, retail theft, deceptive practices and forgery, Roska said. Expunging a record is the most extreme form of clearing a conviction because the eligible felony is physically destroyed, Roska said. Expunged records can’t be seen by anybody, including local police, state police and state’s attorneys. Sealing a record will hide it from the general public, but the record is still in the police database and can be viewed by law enforcement and some government agencies, Roska said. Private employers can’t see sealed records, and that information doesn’t have to be revealed. “Expunging and sealing are statutory procedures,” he said. “If you fit into the categories, you qualify for expungement or

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sealing. It’s not up to somebody to say yes or no — if you fit into the category, you get it.” To qualify, the crime has to fit certain criteria as outlined on the Illinois State Appellate Defender’s website, such as when it occurred and what the offender’s probation status is. “It’s hard to make sense of,” Roska said. “Figuring out if someone qualifies for expunging, or in particular, sealing, can be really exasperating to

figure out if it was this particular offense and if it was this particular sentence in that particular offense. And all of these have to match up precisely to qualify for it.” To file a petition for sealing or expunging, it must be filed in the criminal case after an allotted amount of time specific to the offense and time period in the county the arrest took

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Vitoux carries on legacy of varsity fencing with club team BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER

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But the fencing program’s history evoked much emotion as it drew out its final days. “They had successful programs, and some of the great people that had been involved in fencing were here at Illinois,” Brown said. “It was very difficult to do. And usually that (cutting teams) is the last decision you want to make. It was really unfortunate that the program was cut. It was very emotional, especially for the alumni.” With a sense of humor and an ability to relate each situation comically to his students, Michael Vitoux has no trouble relaying the lunges and positions of fencing to both his beginner and veteran students. Sometimes it’s a hypothetical knife fight at 2 a.m., which he uses to teach the first fencing position called “en garde.” Other times he teaches fencers to reach up to a shelf for food — to practice extending the arms full length. The class is kept laughing throughout. It‘s the first and last rule on

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department was operating on a budget deficit,” Associate Athletic Director of Athletic Communications Kent Brown said. “And I know they were looking for ways to save money.” In struggling economies, cutting sports teams has become a way to tighten an overextended budget. In the past four years, California, Maryland and most recently Temple have all been schools who planned to or cut at least five of their Division I programs. Though some were saved by donations, Brown added that universities are more likely to cut teams than add them. With a limited number of participants and diminishing growth potential at both the high school and NCAA level, the decision was made to cut Illinois fencing. Brown also said Title IX’s requirements to keep the money spent on athletics proportionate to the student body may have played a role in the final verdict as well. Just a few years later, women’s Division I soccer and softball were added.

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UNIONIZATION ulty Association also sees unionization as a way faculty members can have a stronger influence on University issues such as tuition increases and pay raises, Murav said. “When you raise tuition, you are closing the door to a lot of students,” Murav said. “Maybe we could live without a pay raise. We want as many students from the state of Illinois from all backgrounds to be able to attend this University, and it is very disturbing that tuition just went up again.” Randy McCarthy, LAS professor, worked with the Campus Faculty Association in an effort to promote more faculty impact on administrative and fi nancial issues. After working with Burbules to present a plan that compromised unionization while still dealing with the union organizer’s concerns, he was asked to leave. McCarthy believes the union organizer’s concerns are legitimate but could be solved without forming a union itself. “Primarily I think that it would give more balance to the administration in the sense that it would give more cohesion to faculty voice,” McCarthy said. “The biggest danger is that we are a research institution, and many of our biggest faculty might not want to put time into the union, and the union would not represent the leading faculty on campus.” If the unionization process was to legally take place, it could take place in one of two ways:

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FELONY place. For example, someone who was placed on First Offender drug probation and completed it must wait five years after that time to file, according to the Appellate Defender website. A filing fee plus a $60 fee for the Illinois State Police is required. In addition, some local law enforcement agencies may charge a processing fee, according to the Appellate Defender website. Fee waivers are available for those who can’t afford to pay the fee. After it is filed, the petition is reviewed by four agencies: the agency that arrested the offender, a lawyer, the state’s attorney who prosecuted the offender and the state police that have the record, Roska said. The agencies have 60 days to object. If no one does, the record is sealed or expunged. If

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either through an open faculty vote or through the use of union cards, a method in which the Campus Faculty Association would ask individual faculty members for their vote on a card. Once the Campus Faculty Association has the support of more than 50 percent of the faculty, the faculty would be unionized, Burbules said. “If they (the Campus Faculty Association) feel they have enough interest to do a card drive, they only have a small sixmonth period to do it,” McCarthy said. “They have been organizing and gathering information for years, but once the card drive happens, it will happen rather quickly.” McCarthy said historically, untrustworthy administration may also be affecting the push for unionization at this time. Following scandals surrounding the last two University presidents, who later resigned, some faculty have felt they are at the mercy of the administration, he said. “We’ve now become painfully aware that we are at their good will,” McCarthy said. “Now you have a group of people that suddenly feel very vulnerable and more importantly, that is shifting back — the chancellor and the president are repairing some of the damage that has been caused.” Burbules believes that staff members who are indifferent about unionization may put the views of those who oppose it in danger. “People (will) agree to the union, saying, ‘You can establish a union if you want to, I just don’t want to deal with it,’” Bur-

bules said. “This isn’t a sort of trial or experiment that can be tried out and then if we don’t like it we can undo it. It is very hard to disestablish. This is crossing the Rubicon — crossing a line — that once established will not be very easy to undo.” After unionization, the faculty would be represented by the union and pay dues to the union. However, having to pay union dues is not the main concern of the professors and others who supported the statement. “My concern is that the union will value process over outcomes and that they will serve as a barrier to the University’s ability to attract or retain superstar faculty,” Brown said. The recent faculty unionization on the Chicago campus has also drawn concerns from faculty, he said. “I think anyone who looks at the facts ought to be greatly concerned by what has happened at UIC,” Brown said. “For almost two years, the faculty has not received a raise. The union environment has become combative and divisive.” The underlying problem is that no group is certain what impact unionization might have in the long run, McCarthy said. “Even in a union, there would have to be fairly delicate negotiations,” he said. “On our campus historically, unions have not had a easy time negotiating (with administrators.)” Currently, there is not an indication of when the legal unionization process will take place.

an objection is made, the petition is sent to a judge to decide. “They basically get a chance to review it and to say, ‘Yes, we agree it fits the category’ or, ‘No, we disagree, and we don’t think it fits the category,’” Roska said. “The reason why they do that is because some of these people file for anything. You could file to seal a murder conviction, which clearly doesn’t fit into the category.” Objections can be withdrawn in certain circumstances. In one instance, Roska’s client hadn’t paid a fine they thought they had, which led to the state’s attorney objecting. After the balance was paid, the objection was withdrawn, he said. After sealing or expunging a record, that information is not legally required to be revealed, which can make it difficult for potential employers or law enforcement to gain insight on someone’s past. “I don’t agree with this law because I feel like if someone

does something wrong in the community, it’s only fair that employers and people around them know what their past is like,” said Jamie Elekman, freshman in ACES. Obtaining a clean record can deter police investigations, said Urbana Lt. Bryant Seraphin, commander of the Criminal Investigations Division. “The more conviction information we have to paint a better historical picture of a particular person, the better,” Seraphin said. “And sometimes in police investigations, information can determine if a person is a good suspect or not. Sometimes more information is helpful because hey, historically they’ve done this, they said the same thing happened before or back three years ago this happened, so we can draw a parallel and make an inference based on that information.”

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Virginia judge hears landmark marriage case BY PETER DUJARDIN MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

NORFOLK, Va. — Federal court in Norfolk was at the center of the nation’s battleground over gay marriage on Tuesday, with one gay couple and one lesbian couple challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s centuries-old gay marriage ban. While supporters of the two sides sparred on Granby Street outside — gay marriage supporters on one side of the street and supporters of the traditional definition of marriage on the other — teams of lawyers argued the case in the dark-paneled courtroom before U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen. Wright Allen did not make a ruling Tuesday on the question of the case: whether Virginia’s gay marriage ban, as enshrined in Virginia law and a 2004 state constitutional amendment, is a violation of federal constitutional protections on equal protection and due process. But though Wright Allen predicted a ruling “soon,” both sides predict a protracted battle ahead over the issue. Lawyers on both sides of the argument saying that the case, Bostic v. Rainey, will end

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Spencer Geiger stands with Roger Roman, both of Virginia Beach, Va., with those in support of gay marriage. Virginia federal courts have been hearing testimony regarding state ban on gay marriage. up at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals — and very likely before the U.S. Supreme Court. “Virginia erects a wall around its gay and lesbian citizens, excluding them from the most important relationship in life,” said Ted Olson, the former U.S. solicitor general who’s representing the plaintiffs with The American Foundation for Equal Rights. “It makes them second-rate, infe-

rior, unequal, unworthy and void.” Olson called marriage a fundamental right that should be available to all citizens. “It’s the right of the individual, not the right of the state,” Olson said. “Rights of the individual should not be taken away ... (But) the Commonwealth of Virginia has taken away a fundamental right from a group of citizens because of who they are.”

Farm bill ends direct payment BY CHRIS ADAMS MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

WASHINGTON — The massive farm bill that emerged from the U.S. Senate on Tuesday and is on its way to President Barack Obama will substantially change farmers’ lives nationwide and make a step toward altering the way they’ve done business for decades. While the bill didn’t go as far as some would have liked in changing the nation’s farm payments system, and while it was ensnarled for months in the politics of food stamps, it nevertheless will cause farmers to restructure their operations — and their expectations. “The biggest drawback was the time it took to get passed,” said Blake Hurst, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau. “We have farmers planting at the end of March, and we’ll still be waiting for the rule changes that come with the bill. So we have five years of certainty; we still

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don’t know what the rules will be as we pull into the fields.” The bill sailed through the House last week, and cleared the Senate, 68-32, Tuesday afternoon. The White House has indicated its support for the legislation. Among Senate Republicans, the vote was 22 in favor, 23, opposed; among Democrats, the tally was 44-9. Both independent senators supported the bill. In a statement after the vote, Obama said, “As with any compromise, the farm bill isn’t perfect — but on the whole, it will make a positive difference not only for the rural economies that grow America’s food, but for our nation.” The farm bill is the massive piece of legislation that is customarily revamped and passed every five years to lay out the structure of agriculture spending. It directs the activities of the Department of Agriculture, but doesn’t deal solely with traditional farm programs. Among other

things, it runs the government’s food stamp, school lunch and school breakfast operations, as well as rural housing assistance. One of the biggest changes will be ending the farm program’s direct payment system in which farmers were paid regardless of need. According to data from the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization that collects and analyzes farm subsidy information, such payments were worth nearly $159 million to Missouri’s corn, soybean, wheat, rice, cotton, sorghum and other farmers in 2012. In Kansas, they were worth nearly $301 million in 2012, to wheat, sorghum, corn, soybean, barley, sunflower and other farmers. The change represents a landmark shift in federal agriculture policy, according to Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

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$/0$ $33529(' Feb. 4 marked a day when people came together to support a notable and worthy cause in honor of World Cancer Day. Many countries and organizations acknowledged this day, including the European Union who had a press release naming 10 facts about the ways in which the EU is fighting cancer. Even social media buzzed with support as people changed their profile pictures to purple as a way to recognize this day in a campaign led by Chevrolet. These were only two among many gestures to acknowledge an important, ongoing issue that many people face.

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he date to return textbooks to campus bookstores has passed. You paid a pretty penny or sold a kidney on the black market to get the so-called “required� texts for your courses. (We hope you didn’t sell your kidney.) For better or worse, you’re committed to them, unless you opt for a sell-back price that will make you weep quietly to yourself. The cost-estimated $1,400 spent on textbooks and supplies is a semi-annual problem, and it only gets worse each year. According to a Daily Illini report Wednesday, textbook costs rose by 82 percent between 2002 and 2012. The moaning and grumbling that accompanies shelling out for the books is also a semi-annual problem. You have every right to moan and groan. Too often, the professor of a general education course will assign an expensive textbook, and the student won’t even open it, while it sits on a shelf collecting enough dust to make a Swiffer jealous. The complaints have been heard, and both the Illinois Student Senate and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., have begun their pushback. ISS’ initiative led by Matt Hill has begun lobbying for more open-source course materials in general education courses. Durbin is co-sponsoring a bill to create a national grant for programs to develop those opensource materials — a Wikipedia of textbooks, if you will. But the phrase “open source,� especially when Wikipedia enters the conversation, causes some to shudder. It shouldn’t, though, because the campus already uses publicly available and free information in place of textbooks, as is. We take the greatest issue with over-priced general education books because we and many students have found news sites and, yes, Wikipedia to be as useful or more useful than the textbook. They’re easier to understand, more condensed and are a click away. Open source can be trusted. If educators monitor the work they put in such a program often, the integrity of it can be maintained. If the class is also encouraged to participate in the site’s maintenance, then the classroom experience has been augmented. Students are then not just passive learners; they are active participants in their education. It’s not a stretch to ask professors to contribute to a site that’s free because in their daily work they are producing every journal article for free. Those 30-page papers your professors assign? They do those for free. Open-source material is the backbone of some of the most complex codes of our time. Over the summer, Vanity Fair reported that a large portion of Goldman Sachs software was developed from code available to anyone with an Internet connection. College is expensive, and tuition rises nationally each year. We need to cut something somewhere, and the opportunity to put a thousand dollars back into students’ pockets is there. We can achieve this, so let’s waste no more time — or money.

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Here are some highlights from the week’s most creative headlines: “Kim Kardashian Doesn’t Look Like This Anymore� Well, yeah. A 72-day marriage, baby and having Kanye West as your boyfriend might do that to you. “Taylor Swift Shares Some Interesting Dating Advice� Update: Those who listened still single. “Zac Efron and Miles Teller Talk Viagra On ‘Conan’� We always thought Zac Efron was the generic name for Viagra?

It’s the battle of the century — well, it’s technically the battle of many centuries. But it’s the Bible versus science, science versus creationism, and perhaps our favorite, Bill Nye versus Ken Ham. We’re biased toward creationism — obviously humans have always looked this good.

Coat checks are logical, feasible solution to winter nightlife REBECCA JACOBS Opinions columnist

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here is a reason why coats are not included in the phrase, “No shirt, no shoes, no service�: Coats are not required to go to a restaurant or bar, even in winter months. Of the 11 bars on campus in Champaign, not including downtown, seven do not have coat checks where there is an attendant who keeps your coat for your stay at the bar. (Four bars could not be reached for comment.) Some bars like Legends have hooks around its bar, which is suitable for its sit-down atmosphere. However, this doesn’t work for all the bars on campus. Whereas you stay near your coat all night at your table in Legends, you might not do the same in a bar like The Clybourne, which has a dance floor. The worry of where to put your coat at a bar would be solved if all bars had coat checks. In winter months, many students rarely bring coats when they head out to the bars. That means students shiver while walking to the bar, waiting for a bus or standing in line in front of a bar. According to the National Weather Service, it takes 30 minutes to get frostbite if it is zero degrees Fahrenheit outside with 15 mile per hour winds. This scenario is not uncommon in Illinois during winter. Plus, it probably takes you more than 30 minutes to get home from the bars considering the amount of times you

stop to use the restroom and get a late night snack. For those who don’t want to brave the cold while on the way to the bar, there are a couple of options. One way for ladies to cope is to bring an oversized purse and stash a light jacket or warm sweater in the bag. Men can even stash their sweaters in their friends’ purses. Another way is to find a dark corner in the back of a bar where not many people are and stash a pile of coats behind a sign, a large television or a speaker. Hopefully, the coats will still be there by the end of the night. If you don’t want to take a risk with your coat, you could befriend a bartender and beg the bartender to stash your coat behind the counter. Of course, you will probably be reminded that employees are not legally obligated to ensure the safety of your personal belongings. These three options are mediocre at best. No girl wants to wear an oversized bag full of their friends’ coats while trying to maneuver through a crowded bar. There is a lot of risk in leaving your coat hidden in a bar. And bartenders are not there to be your friend, unless it involves tips. That leaves only one practical option: All campus bars should have coat checks. The idea seems silly when imagining it being the formality in a college town, but having a coat check is feasible and logical. Coat checks would be more efficient than a wall of hooks open to everyone because it would ensure that you got your coat back at the end of the night, not someone else’s coat that looks like yours.

Coat checks won’t put a dent in a bar’s budget. Actually, a bar benefits from having a coat check by charging a small fee per coat. A cheap price like one dollar could result in a couple hundred additional bucks for the night. Before anyone complains about paying a dollar to check your coat, remember that many people are probably spending a ridiculous amount of money on alcohol at the bars anyway. How many times have you asked the bartender how much each individual shot is so you could make the most economically sensible choice? Coat checks are also logical. Wintertime in the Midwest is very cold. It is a common sight on Green Street to see students with their arms wrapped around themselves to keep warm while speed walking to a bar. These same students are in shorts, button up shirts and tank tops. This is not proper winter attire. To be properly dressed, people should wear a coat, hat, scarf, mittens and boots when going outside. Just being able to bring a coat to a bar will make a significant change in how you feel during the walk home. Hint: You’ll feel warm. Having a coat check would prevent frostbite problems. Plus, it isn’t that tough to keep a card in your pocket that tells the person working a coat check which coat is yours. Most bar-goers are able to keep track of their wallet all night. Just slip it in there. Coat checks will make life easier — and warmer — when going out in the winter.

Rebecca is a junior in Media. She can be reached at rrjacob2@dailyillini.com.

Coca-Cola Super Bowl commercial deserves praise, not criticism SIMRAN DEVIDASANI Opinions columnist

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hile watching the Super Bowl this past Sunday, I came across a commercial that I knew instantly was going to receive a lot of criticism — the Coca-Cola commercial. This one-minute commercial featured different scenes of Americans doing everyday things like dancing, swimming and eating, with the classic American song, “America the Beautiful,� being sung in the background. The only catch is that it was sung in many different languages, not just English. As an advertising major and an Indian immigrant to this country, the commercial intrigued me. I personally had never seen any ad commercial utilize the tactics of appealing to people of all colors in such an American way — and as a non-white person with an Indian background, this appealed to me. The fact that “America the Beautiful� was being sung in many different languages perfectly portrayed the multi-cultural melting pot that this country represents. But quite frankly, after the outbreak of the Miss America incident — where a South Asian won the title of Miss America and many people revolted, mostly through the Internet — I wasn’t surprised at the harsh

criticisms and insults that were tweeted and messaged about Coca-Cola being “un-Americanâ€? — those messages felt like dĂŠjĂ vu. In fact, many people were referring to the song as our national anthem when in actuality our national anthem is “The Star-Spangled Bannerâ€? and not “America the Beautiful.â€? So it is ultimately ironic that people were referring to others as “un-Americanâ€? without knowing this country’s actual national anthem. I don’t know when we, as a country, will learn to fully accept, embrace and adapt to our diversity. The roots of nearly all of the people who live in the United States come from an array of other countries around the world, who each have their own languages and customs. This country was founded on the basis of freedom and the ability to express different cultural values. We have gone through many battles for the inclusion of other races and, as a result, have been able to extend our boundaries of acceptance. The Coca-Cola commercial simply exemplified the diverse and multi-cultural ways of America. Those people who tweeted about the commercial using various racial slurs do not seem to really understand the importance of diversity. This country has been built by people of all different backgrounds and all of these people pay the taxes and provide in some way for this country — which is what makes them an equal part of this country, and

equally American. As for the English language, I agree that the song being sung in different languages was different, because we usually only hear it in English. But the last time I checked, the United States is not a strictly English-speaking country — there isn’t even a national official language in the U.S. — so the fact that Coca-Cola presented this song in different languages only further promoted the idea of diversity. People who speak different languages and who move to this country may still feel the same patriotism within that song, but have simply used their own languages to sing it. After all, the same words are still being sung. And as an advertisement major, I know the importance of inclusion. Coca-Cola was reaching out to all of their consumers through this one song. By playing this patriotic song using several different languages, Coca-Cola was allowing an “American� tradition to be truly American by reaching out to people of all races and allowing them to experience the country’s patriotism. As for the tweeters, I understand that social media is a place to vent and express your opinion, but please think a few minutes before posting. I know that I, for one, am still going to be loyal to Coca-Cola — the company that includes.

Simran is a freshman in Media. She can be reached at devidas2@dailyillini.com.

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recorded over 13 years ago. The album went on to hit 64 on the Billboard 200 chart. Throughout her career, Griffin’s music and song writing has been notably inspired by a variety of historic works, such as the final speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” which she hopes will affect the audience after a performance. “I guess anybody that is bothering to do any kind of creative expression is hoping that the emotion that thought of that gets translated or gets moved into other people with the work that they do,” Griffin said. Mitchell, who has been described by many as the “Queen of modern day folk music,” will open for Griffin on Wednesday night, which Mitchell said is “an honor.” Mitchell typically plays with a folk style to her music, but her most recent album, “Child Ballads,” was a collaboration of seven children ballads with fellow artist Jefferson Hamer. Mitchell said that her inspiration to become a songwriter and eventually a musician was strongly rooted in her family. “I always wanted to be a writer of some kind,” Mitchell wrote in an email. “My dad was and is a writer, and books and words were always important in our house. Being a songwriter was my way of doing that.” Mitchell said she has been a long-time fan of Griffin, and that her husband, Noah, and their sixmonth-old baby, Ramona, both love Griffin’s music. Griffin said that Mitchell is “a unique voice, she is a story teller sort of songwriter, which is a really old tradition, but she has her own voice within that tradition.” Jaik Willis, a performer who frequents The Canopy Club, will be in attendance for the show and said he is in awe that the two artists are featured on the same bill. Willis said in an email that the two previous shows of theirs are in the top dozen best shows he has ever seen.

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“I saw Patty Griffin at the Chicago Theater with some friends — they had better seats than I did, so I sat on the floor between seats for the whole show — and was so mesmerized that I never even noticed I was kneeling on concrete for two hours,” Willis wrote in the email. “I spent two years traveling alone in my car around the U.S., and not a day passed where I did not listen to one of Patty’s records. Her music really has a special place in my heart.” After having known of Mitchell’s talents, Willis said he was finally able to see her perform a couple of years ago and described the experience as “so powerful that I found myself paralyzed, unable to even clap or move. Real-

ly, it was that heavy.” Though both Griffin and Mitchell will bring a folk music approach to the show at The Canopy Club, it is their storytelling that will really continue to provide an experience for the audience. The show will feature an acoustic duo as compared to a full band, Griffin said. “She is a folk musician; I would call her a troubadour,” Armintrout said of Griffi n’s style of music. “Certainly a lot of people would classify that genre as basically musical storytellers; people who are telling the tales of Americana through song.”

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Wearing a black pant suit in the lobby of the ARC at around 3 p.m., Katie Donnelly sat at a table, painting her nails bright red in preparation for the Spring Business Career Fair. The senior in Media and majoring in advertising was one of the many students with a non-business major attending the fair. “Some businesses here offer positions in marketing or merchandise buying, and since I will be graduating in May, I hope to find a job offer here,” Donnelly said. Each fall and spring semester, Business Career Services hosts a career fair on campus that is open to all majors. The Business Career Fair is a two-day event that kicked off Tuesday at the ARC, and it will continue on Wednesday from noon to 4 p.m. The fair is a networking opportunity for students to meet with business professionals in the hopes of finding a job. “This fair offers opportunities for students to get to know future employers and look for possible internships and jobs in the future,” said Evan Blanchette, student volunteer at the fair and freshman in Business. Blanchette helps direct

other volunteers with their duties, guides students checking in and out of the fair and answers the questions of attendees. Kevin Kim, student volunteer at the fair and sophomore in Business, said the career fair is the first step for students who are getting to know recruiters. “This is important because networking is everything in business,” he said. Each day at the Business Career Fair, around 100 companies work to recruit new students who want to present themselves to potential employers. The I-Link website for Business Career Services provides a list of companies that will attend the business fair, the types of majors they are looking to hire and the position types they are offering. The companies provide an overview of their business as well, so students have the opportunity to discover a variety of career paths before attending the fair. Recruiters at this semester’s fair included Capital One, PepsiCo, Verizon Wireless, among others. Aditya Sundar is a graduate student in a one-year technology management program at the University. As an international student, he hopes to use the fair as a means to find a career in the United States.

“I hope to find a job in consulting or technology-based project management at the fair,” Sundar said. Business Career Services, a part of the Ernst & Young Center for Career Advancement, offers numerous programs for students looking for a business-related career after college. It advises students on how to perfect their resume for recruiters. The service also provides students with a staff of professional career advisers to assist students with job preparation, including preparing for interviews, reviewing job offers and helping find career paths that fit a student’s specific major. Danielle Pullano, freshman in Media, said she will be attending the fair Wednesday. After college, Pullano said she hopes to have a job at an advertising agency, specifically working with social media. “I’m looking forward to meeting employers and the chance to learn about internships and networking.” Pullano said. “I’m lucky to have this opportunity as a freshman to focus on my future career.”

Christina can be reached at oehler2@dailyillini.com.

New Microsoft CEO brings vision, opportunity to company BY JANET I. TU MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corporation’s board has chosen longtime company executive Satya Nadella to guide the company into the future after the oncedominant software giant faltered in recent years amid the rise of mobile computing and as competitors Google, Amazon.com and Apple increasingly threaten its relevance. Nadella will assume the role of chief executive officer and join Microsoft’s board immediately. The company also announced that Bill Gates, formerly board chairman, will assume the title of founder and technology adviser, which Microsoft said will allow him to devote more time to the company and to support Nadella in shaping technology and product direction. Gates remains a board member. John Thompson, lead independent director, will become board chairman. Nadella becomes only the third CEO in Microsoft’s 39-year history, following in the footsteps of co-founder Gates and current CEO Steve Ballmer, who announced in August that he would be retiring within 12 months. “During this time of transformation, there is no better person to lead Microsoft than Satya Nadella,” Gates said in a news release. “Satya is a proven leader with hard-core engineering skills, business vision and the ability to bring people together. His vision for how technology will be used and experienced around the world is exactly what Microsoft needs as the company enters its next chapter of expanded product innovation and growth.” Nadella called Microsoft “one of those rare companies to have truly revolutionized the world through technology, and I couldn’t be more honored to have been chosen to lead the company.” “The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster and continue to transform,” he said in the news release. “A big part of my job is to accelerate our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly.”

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Business Career Fair provides job, networking opportunities BY CHRISTINA OEHLER

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Satya Nadella will assume the role of chief executive officer and join Microsoft’s board immediately. Stockholders hope his leadership will bring new ideas into the company.

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or over 20 years, Grammy-winning artist Patty Griffin has been an active member of the folk music industry. Despite the constant change of the field, she has continued to produce and perform her own original music. “I have just been making my way through the world,” Griffin said. “I have been lucky enough to make my living making music and writing songs. There have definitely been changes, but you adapt; we are animals, so we adapt to our circumstances.” On Wednesday night, Griffin — along with opening act and fellow folk artist, Anais Mitchell — will perform at The Canopy Club for a stop on their recent college tour. Mitchell and Griffin will perform at 7:30 p.m. bringing their tour to the venue’s theater, which has a capacity of 800 people, according to Mike Armintrout, the senior talent buyer at The Canopy Club. Armintrout said Griffin’s style of music resembles the likes of Emmylou Harris and Bob Dylan, and therefore it is expected to bring a variety of guests and listeners to the performance on Wednesday. “We love doing shows that are geared toward the students,” Armintrout said. “We love bringing something for the community at large as well, and so being able to combine those two together, and present an artist who is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, is a no-brainer for us.” Griffin and Mitchell’s 2014 college tour has so far visited campuses across the nation, such as University of Kansas, Uni-

versity of Michigan and University of Iowa, often selling student discounted tickets for certain venues. Tickets will cost $16 for students and $20 for the general public for Griffin’s performance on Wednesday. Armintrout said that while there will be “a large contingency of folks from the community,” he believes that Griffin’s tour is “to entice and encourage students to get out and see what she does well,” an idea that, according to Armintrout, the club “fully supports.” While Griffin admitted to not having played on a college campus for a number of years before the beginning of her tour in January, she said she loves playing for a college crowd, despite all of the snow and cold they have encountered on the tour so far. “It has been a really long time since I have done a tour of these places,” Griffin said. “I really love playing for a younger audience. I think they are different and respond differently to music and a little more recipient and are a little bit more fun to play to sometimes. I like the smaller venues; they are just easier to do a close-up show in for obvious reasons.” Despite Griffin’s love for smaller crowds and venues at a performance, she is no stranger to fame in the music industry. In 2007, she won the Americana Music Association’s Artist of the Year award, with her album “Children Running Through” also winning for best album in the same year. Just a few years later, Griffin would go on to win a Grammy for her album “Downtown Church” for best traditional gospel album. Griffin has had two albums released in the past calendar year. “American Kid,” which was released last May, hit 36 on the US Billboard 200. Her second album “Silver Bell,” was released in October, but the majority of songs on the album had been

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Trombone professor to lead annual faculty Krannert performance BY CHRISTEN MCGLYNN STAFF WRITER

This Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Professor Elliot Chasanov will lead the annual School of Music faculty performance at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Foellinger Great Hall. Bridget Lee-Calfas, director of advertising and publicity at the Krannert Center, said they collaborate with the School of Music every year to put on the faculty performance. It has been a yearly tradition at Krannert, and students are often welcomed to perform as well. Chasanov, professor of trom-

bone, said the program will center on two major pieces: Eric Ewazen’s “A Summer’s Journey” for soprano voice, trombone and piano, and Vincent Persichetti’s “Serenade No. 6” for trombone, viola and cello. He will also perform his arrangement of Mendelssohn’s “The Poet’s Harp” from his “Songs without Words” (for piano) on alto trombone. According to Chasanov, the music that will be played will highlight the vocal quality of the trombone as well as its instrumental vigor. Both composers have a familiar connection to Chasanov. “The composer Eric Ewazen is

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a good friend of mine. In 1997, when I hosted the International Trombone Festival at UIUC, he served as my composer in residence,” Chasanov said. “He has written beautiful, highly enjoyable music for brass and winds.” Additionally, Persichetti was a dear friend of his maternal grandfather, would share schnapps and hardboiled eggs (a German tradition) while engaging in loud laughter together. Chasanov said his grandfather was the most influential person in regard to his musical career, and he strives to live up to his memory. “During WWII, he saved

countless musicians from Nazi death camps by sending money to bribe guards,” Chasanov said. “Notably, among them, Otto Paepcke, one of the founders of the Aspen Music Festival; Wolfgang Granat, violist with the Philadelphia Orchestra; and Guillermo Perich, later viola professor at UIUC.” Chasanov said he encourages his students to attend his performances. He believes listening to music, especially live performances, imprints musical nuance and can shape the subconscious. His teacher at the Chicago Symphony, Edward Kleinhammer, said “for every

hour you play, you must listen for two” and has lived by his quote. Anna Umholtz, junior in Media, will be attending this performance at the Krannert Center for her Jazz Dance II class that encourages students to explore other forms of the performing arts. She said she is looking forward to the combination of student and faculty performances and is intrigued to see what will conspire. Chasanov will also be performing with other University faculty, such as Yvonne Redman from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. While the second half

features two virtuoso players from the University’s string faculty, Rudolf Haken and Russian cello virtuoso Dmitry Kouzov. All of the musical pieces have been chosen specifically to enhance each musician’s talents. “It is an honor and an absolute joy to work with these fantastic musicians,” Chasanov said. Tickets for the performance will be $10 for regular attendees, $7 for senior citizens and $4 for University students. The show will last approximately 1 hour and 8 minutes.

Christen can be reached at cmcglyn2@dailyillini.com.

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Illinois made history on Tuesday night — just not the kind of history you want to make. The Illini lost their eighth consecutive game — the longest streak since an 11-game losing streak in 1973-74, which is also the longest in program history — as they fell to the Badgers 75-63 at State Farm Center. For the fourth game in a row, Illinois was close but couldn’t get over the hump. In a much better showing than a 95-70 drubbing at Wisconsin in the team’s fi rst meeting on Jan. 8, the Illini stayed in contention for much of the game, but a barrage of 3-pointers lifted the Badgers above the Illini. “They just kicked our tail,�

Illinois head coach John Groce said. “They won. They played better.� The Badgers came into the game with a two-game losing streak of their own, and Illinois and Wisconsin traded blows for much of the fi rst half. Tied at 24 with 4:04 remaining in the fi rst half, Wisconsin went on a 9-0 run to grab a 33-24 lead with 1:42 left and never relinquished it. The Badgers led 36-30 at the break, with a slight advantage in each major statistical category. They outrebounded the Illini 15-13, outshot the Illini 47.8 percent to 44.0 percent, turned the ball over six times to the Illini’s seven and fouled nine times to the Illini’s 10. The Badgers came out strong

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The Illinois hockey goaltender is making the most of his final games as an Illini by playing some of the best hockey of his life. BY JOEY FIGUEROA

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ou wouldn’t know the No. 7 Minot State hockey team is the defending ACHA national champion the way senior goaltender Nick Clarke handled it this weekend. The Illinois hockey team played the best it has all season against Minot State under the leadership of Clarke, who shut out the Beavers on Friday night and carried the Illini in a narrow shootout defeat on Saturday. Clarke stopped all 24 of the Beaver’s shots on goal in Friday night’s 2-0 victory and said he used the fact he was playing against the defending national champions as more incentive to win. “That was huge,� he said of the shutout. “It was defi nitely in the back of my mind that it was going to be a great team and it defi nitely is good to use that as motivation.� Clarke now has three shutouts this season, but with the Illini fighting for a spot in the ACHA tournament, none was more important than Friday’s.

Having given up just eight goals in regulation the last two weekends against two top-10 teams, Clarke has been at the top of his game, and head coach Nick Fabbrini thinks his play is trickling down to the rest of the team. “When he’s on his game, he’s the best goalie in the country, in my opinion,� Fabbrini said. “I think when your goalie’s playing as well as he is, you’ve got a lot more confidence in being able to go and make plays in front of him. You’re not so worried about giving up a chance going the other way because you know you’ve got the best goalie in the country back there to make a save for you.� After allowing three early goals in Saturday night’s contest, Clarke battened down the hatches and took over the game with some amazing saves that not only ignited the home crowd, but his teammates as well. Clarke had five straight showstopping saves during the shootout Saturday night, but his teammates just couldn’t get one in the net for him, and the Illini

0RUH RQOLQH For an lost 4-3. exclusive interview with Just as they have all season, the rest of the team noticed No. 4 singles player Clarke’s big-time plays and Jared Hiltzik, visit DailyIllini.com. wanted to win for him. “He played a great game,� senior forward Eddie Quagliata said after Saturday’s loss. Honorable mentions “He kept us in it, he made great saves. We’ve got to pull through Mario Gonzalez wrestling) for him. He knows that he’s — In his first match back from going to keep us in games, and injury the senior was able to I expect him to play like this for hold onto a 3-2 win against the rest of the way.� Nebraska’s Caleb Kolb. Clarke’s leadership, like his play, has been a major spark in Gonzalez injured his knee the Illini’s recent resurgence. mid-match but was able to After Illinois lost 7-1 to Linden- finish the match. wood in the beginning of Jan- Brandon Stryganek men’s uary, the seniors got together track and field) — The junior and decided to change the culture and motivate the team to was able to hold off the reigning Big Ten champion be better. “We changed the environ- Timothy Faust of Ohio State ment in the locker room before to win his second 200-meter games,� Clarke said. “Before dash in as many weeks. it was a lot more loose, there was music being played, so we changed it up so in the locker it’s a lot quieter and guys are get- and the captains — speaking ting more mentally prepared. If up and telling the guys to keep we start to get away from that, it’s the leaders — the seniors SEE CLARKE | 2B

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Illinois’ Rayvonte Rice is called for a charge after attempting a shot during the game against Wisconsin at State Farm Center, on Tuesday. The Illini lost 75-63.

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Encourages UI crowd: ‘Just be true to yourself ’ BY ELIOT SILL SPORTS EDITOR

Olympian Shawn Johnson shared stories with a jam-packed crowd at the Illini Union with candor and sincerity about the pressures of the Olympic stage and the three most defining moments of her life. The last of these was brief and fairly placid at that, but it changed Johnson’s life forever. It was at practice in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Johnson was practicing on the balance beam, the event in which she had won a gold medal in 2008. Just before she went into her routine, she realized she was done. Johnson had worked her way back from a devastating knee injury to reach an Olympic level again. But, with the Olympic Trials right around the corner, Johnson realized she needed to retire from competitive gymnastics for good. She left practice early and, that night, called her eight Fortune 500 sponsors personally to break the news. “I’ve never cried so much in my life,� Johnson told the crowd that had braved the winter storm to come hear her speak. The injury wasn’t defining, the

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A student mock-proposes to Shawn Johnson during a Q-and-A session following the Olympian’s lecture at the Illini Union. He promised his mother he would “propose� to Johnson if he saw her in person. comeback wasn’t defining, the decision to retire wasn’t even the defining moment. It was having to call her sponsors that got to her the most because she was disappointing people — again. The moment for which the world remembers Johnson is the 2008 Olympics, in which she placed second in the women’s gymnastics all-around competition after being billed as the best gymnast in the world. Johnson’s American teammate Nastia Liukin took the gold. This was Johnson’s second “defining moment.� After training her whole life to win the Olympic all-around title, Johnson had just 30 seconds to accept the fact that Liukin, whose final routine directly preceded hers, would win the gold and the best she could hope for was silver. At the same time Liukin’s score flashed, she was greenlit to begin. Once given the go-ahead, Johnson had 30 seconds to begin her routine. Had she waited longer than 30 seconds, she would be disqualified.

“I knew in my heart that I had disappointed 50 million people,� Johnson said. But she collected herself and, with a lifetime of pressure off her shoulders, gave a performance in which she felt “lighter, stronger and happier� than she ever had. Despite this, the official at the medal ceremony put the silver around her neck offering, not congratulations, but apologies. The first question asked of Johnson after the happiest performance of her life was how it felt “to lose.� Johnson’s message was simple: Take pride in doing your best and be your own person. The event, put on by the Illini Union Board with sponsorship from the Illinois Leadership Center and Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, featured Johnson’s lecture, a Q-and-A session in which one member of the audience fulfilled a promise to his mother to propose to Johnson (he did not probe her for an answer), and a book signing.

Johnson’s book, “Winning Balance: What I’ve Learned So Far About Love, Faith and Living Your Dreams,� came out in June 2012. She was on the verge of competing on a team as a 20-year-old, older than most female Olympic gymnasts, due to pressure applied by sponsors and the same 50 million people that watched her four years prior. But Johnson realized that, as someone whose life decisions had been made for her for so long, being her own person was more important to her than another shot at the Olympics. “Everyone wants to be the same these days,� Johnson said in an interview. “They want to be a stereotypical image, and we’re meant to be different. We’re meant to have talents all over the place and not just all be walking a red carpet.�

Eliot can be reached at sill2@dailyillini.com and @EliotTweet.

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he Illinois men’s basketball team should be 15-8 with consecutive wins against some of the top teams in the conference. Instead, the team is sitting at 13-10 amid an eight-game losing streak with only themselves to blame. I predicted Illinois to pull off the upset against Wisconsin on Tuesday. Despite the 75-63 loss, the Illini nearly did. The fi nal score doesn’t look pretty, but Illinois had this game in its hands. The Illini trailed by just two points with 7:21 left in the game after Joseph Bertrand hit a shot-clock beating 3-pointer. The crowd erupted, Illinois’ intensity noticeably picked up, but the team still faltered down the stretch. Bertrand, after helping Illinois comeback from down double digits, didn’t score the rest of the way. Wisconsin ended the game on a 24-14 run, but this time the defense, not the offense, is to blame. Wisconsin scored on 10 of their next 11 possessions after Bertrand’s longball. The Badgers killed Illinois from behind the arc, draining three 3-pointers down the stretch. Sam Dekker, who had been struggling with his shot in Big Ten play, made four of Wisconsin’s 10 3-pointers. “The difference of the game was the 3-point shot,� John Groce said. “We need to defend better than that.� Illinois was slow closing

out on Wisconsin’s shooters all night, which killed the Illini down the stretch. Illinois’ poor defense in the late stages of the game put too much pressure on its inconsistent offense. The Illini just haven’t executed down the stretch in close games during this eight-game losing streak. Iowa outscored Illinois 20-8 to end the game on Saturday. Illinois also faltered late against Indiana Jan. 26, getting outscored 14-7 to end the game. Illinois just can’t make plays when it matters most. The energy is there. The toughness is there, too, but sometimes talent wins out. “The execution piece is what we could try to get

The Illini just haven’t executed down the stretch in close games during this eight-game losing streak. better at,� Groce said. “Attitude’s good, effort’s good, tonight we weren’t good enough, they were better�. The important line in that quote is when Groce admitted “we weren’t good enough.� That’s really what it’s come down to this season. Illinois will battle with any team they face, they’ve proved that, but this roster is lacking playmakers.

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Comparing LeBron’s and Durant’s skills PETER BAILEY-WELLS Sports columnist

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n the last month, Kevin Durant has played in 19 games, and in 15 of those games, he scored more than 30 points. His team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, have the best record in the NBA. So what do you think? After the month Kevin Durant just had, is LeBron James still the greatest active basketball player? Is he deserving of the MVP award that he currently holds? My answer is actually yes and no. No, I don’t think Durant has overtaken LeBron as the greatest active basketball player. Yes, I think that if the MVP were given out right now, it would go to Durant. Let’s start with the MVP award and move up to the big picture question of best player alive afterwards. Also, keep in mind we aren’t even twothirds of the way through the season and there is a LOT of basketball left to be played; therefore, these predictions are to be treated with a large chunk of salt (just leaving myself an escape route if I end up being super wrong). To start with the MVP talk, one basically has to make a case AGAINST James before making a case for anyone else. Right now, LeBron’s scoring average is the worst it has been since his rookie season and his rebounding average hasn’t been this bad since 2007. He has blocked 13 shots on the season (67 last season)

and has recorded just seven double-doubles to go with ZERO triple-doubles. So there’s the case against LeBron. In contrast, Durant has his highest scoring average and assist average ever, and is shooting a career-high 51 percent from the field. He’s doing all of this on fewer minutes than he’s played since his rookie season, and he has put up most of these numbers in the absence of Russell Westbrook, who has not played since Christmas. So I’d give the MVP to Durant. His numbers are flat out better than LeBron’s, even though both have been missing their best sidekick. The Thunder’s record is better than the Heat’s, who are 0-2 against Brooklyn and have dropped games against the likes of Boston, Philadelphia, Sacramento and Detroit. Not to mention that in their only head-to-head meeting, the Thunder beat the Heat by 18, throttling them on Miami’s home court. So Durant gets the MVP (for now), but that only just starts the conversation about best current player. Unfortunately for fans from Boston, Chicago, Indiana, Oklahoma, etc., there really is no conversation. Until someone else in the conversation wins a title, LeBron safely holds that title. There are a few tests that can be used to make this distinction. First, there’s the oneon-one test. I think it would be close, but in a one-on-one game against each other, I would take LeBron. Official weight puts the difference between LeBron and Durant at 10 pounds, but it’s more

Sochi debuts Olympic sports BY FRANK FITZPATRICK MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

It’s more than their unusual Black Sea locale that, for American TV viewers at least, will lend an exotic flavor to these 2014 Winter Olympics. Ninety years after 304 mostly aristocratic, mostly male amateurs gathered for the first Winter Games, Sochi’s schedule will showcase several new daredevil sports, more team events, and a superstar roster dominated by females. With diminished women’s figure-skating hopes and a men’s hockey team so far absent from the gold-medal conversation, the U.S. will rely on much-improved bobsled and Alpine skiing teams as it seeks a second straight medal-count victory. In the Olympic movement’s nod to the popularity of

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The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant shoots in the third quarter against the Miami Heat’s LeBron James in Miami on Jan. 29. likely to be a difference of closer to 20 or even 25. Combine that with freakish speed and athleticism and LeBron wins that matchup. Durant is a superior longrange shooter to LeBron, but maybe not by as much as you think. LeBron actually shot 40 percent from behind the arc last season, just behind Durant’s 41 percent. Conventional wisdom says LeBron is a better defender, but Durant is certainly not so far behind. Durant is totaling more blocks than LeBron over the last five years and is currently recording 2.3 stocks (steals and blocks) to LeBron’s 1.7.

So it’s pretty close, right? Wrong. LeBron’s two rings put him squarely in the drivers seat; although Durant’s car is on the same lap, and is gaining. The difference is the postseason, where LeBron actually shot better than Durant last season, and where he has recorded 11 career triple-doubles to Durant’s none. James’ best performances are in May and June. There is still a King in the South, and summer is coming.

Peter is a freshman in Media. He can be reached at baileyw2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @pbaileywells22.

Olympic designer excited to see Sochi BY SAM MCDOWELL MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

When David Ficklin flies to Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter Olympics, he will hope for a window seat. A few minutes before his plane is scheduled to land, its route will provide the passengers with an overhead view of Sochi Olympic Park. In other words, Ficklin’s creation. Nearly a decade ago, Ficklin served as director of the venue development team for Sochi’s bid for the Olympics. He made eight trips to Russia in 2005 and 2006 while designing plans for every venue. Ficklin has since taken over as vice president of development for Sporting Club, the parent company of soccer club Sporting Kansas City, meaning this week’s trip will offer his first glimpse of the completed project that sits near the Black Sea in Sochi. “I’m going to look down and get goosebumps,� Ficklin said. “I can’t wait to see it because in the pictures I’ve seen, it looks so similar to what we designed and planned. They actually built it. It’s going to be an amazing moment.� And one he readily admits he didn’t see coming. Ficklin took his first trip to Sochi in August 2005 — two years before the city was awarded the games — and quickly noticed something unique about the venues. There weren’t any. “Halfway through the day, I sort of looked at everyone in terror, realizing they didn’t have a single thing built,� Ficklin said. “How can you secure an Olympic bid with nothing built?� It was a burdensome project, but also somewhat of a designer’s dream. The site offered a blank canvas with endless possibilities. Once Sochi secured the bid in July 2007, Ficklin’s team of 20 planners became responsible for designing venues for every event. Beyond that, the venues needed resources built for water, sewage and power — not to mention transportation for the athletes and fans. Ficklin attended the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, hoping to find a few pointers. To find the location for ski jump-

ing, he and a team of designers drove a jeep into the mountains until the road came to a dead end. From there, they hiked by foot until they found the proper slope for the launching and landing points. “As we’re climbing up the side of the mountain, trying to find that right place, all sorts of things start going through your mind,� Ficklin said. “Most specifically, ‘How do we get a road up here?’ “ Those kinds of questions are what added to the cost of this

ceremony is one of the greatest events in the world,� Ficklin said. “All these countries come together for peace and respect. It’s so important for me to have my kids see that event.� Ficklin, of course, will be watching through a different lens. “It’s going to be chilling,� Ficklin said. “Creating a bid is about weaving a compelling story and getting people to buy into that story. When you see that come true, it’s humbling and kind of magical, too.�

Michael is a senior in Media. He can be reached at wonsovr2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @The_MDubb.

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month’s games. A report in Business Week estimates the total bill for Russia was $51 billion — a number that includes several regional developments as well — which easily makes it the most expensive Olympics ever. The previous mark was $40 billion, set by China for the 2008 Summer Olympics, according to the report. Ficklin will make the trip to Sochi with his family and plans to stay 10 days. His first stop? The opening ceremonies on Friday. “I truly believe the opening

Rice is consistently the only player to step up, as he displayed by his 24 points on Tuesday, but he can’t carry this team on his own. We keep waiting for other players to step up, but it just doesn’t look like Illinois will ever be “hitting on all cylinders� as Groce has asked for. Togetherness and toughness can only go so far. Maybe Illinois just isn’t good enough.

their heads in it and don’t get too loose.� When asked if he has tried to mentor the other goalies on the roster, Clarke said he just tries to lead by example. “I feel like my best strengths are that I’m a gamer,� Clarke said. “When it comes game time, that’s when I shine and that’s when I do my best, especially in those big games. So I just want to leave that on them. When it comes to games, play your game, make the saves you can make and just do whatever you can to get your team the win. That’s what I bring the most, my competitiveness.� Clarke has had plenty of examples to take from growing up, as his father and grandfather both avidly played hockey. Clarke’s grandfather played for the Toronto Marlboros, a junior hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, and Clarke’s father played goalie for youth league teams in Canada for 15 years. Clarke credits his father for getting him into hockey and wanting to be a goalie. “He got me skating at about 5 years old, and right when I learned how to skate and stand on my feet, I actually strapped

extreme sports, half-pipe and slopestyle skiing, slopestyle snowboard and snowboard parallel slalom will debut. In addition, women ski-jumpers will compete for the first time and there will be new team events — a mixed biathlon relay, a luge relay and a team figure-skating competition. Youthful, edgy and able to arouse national interest, these additions were meant to attract a younger TV audience, a demographic that often views Olympic staples like figure-skating as too formal and staid. Now familiar snowboarders like Louis Vito, Kelly Clark and Shaun White are back on the free-spirited U.S. team. White, the sport’s superstar, has been training on a private half-pipe in Australia. “In our sports,� said Clark, “there’s more room for selfexpression and creativity.�

It just doesn’t look like Illinois will ever be “hitting on all cylinders� as Groce has asked for. 3-pointer after 3-pointer to put the game out of reach. Wisconsin forward Sam Dekker was 4-for-7 from distance, while Josh Gasser and Ben Brust both hit two from deep. Overall, the Badgers shot 10-for-23 from three on the night. Bertrand said the effort against Wisconsin wasn’t as good as it was Saturday against Iowa, and Illinois still hasn’t put in a solid effort on both ends of the court. “I think we just need to put both our offense and defense together,� Bertrand said. Despite a sellout of 16,618, only 4,185 fans were in attendance Tuesday night amid the blizzard. Early in the first half, the PA announcer declared that all fans could move down to the “A� and “B� sections, though they didn’t quite fill either section. Attendance was still strong among students, as some Orange Krush members were unable to sit on the floor.

Johnathan can be reached at hetting2@dailyillini.com and @jhett93. on the goalie pads and wanted to be a goalie,� he said. “So that’s what got me going.� Clarke never actually saw his father play goaltender, but he has been taking his tips and pointers from when he was a child until now. “Growing up, he was always tougher on me,� Clarke said of his father. “I didn’t really like it at a young age, but I’m definitely thankful for it now. I‘d always listen to what he’d have to say. Even now, I still talk to him after all the games. So I definitely listen to his word and try to use that to help me.� Going into his final stretch of games playing for the Illini, Clarke will look to maintain his recent level play and give the rest of the team the spark it needs to make a run in the ACHA national tournament. “He’s our best competitor,� Fabbrini said. “Both during games and in practice, he competes harder than anybody. It’s great to see him play with confidence, and I think it spills over to the rest of the guys.As long as he’s on top of his game like that and we continue to pay the price in front of him, we’re going to be in every game here going forward.�

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With just under three minutes remaining in the game against Michigan State on Jan. 23, Illinois forward Jacqui Grant had a chance to make the biggest shot of her young college career, and give the Illini their biggest win of the year. The score was 48-46 in favor of Illinois when the freshman received a pass on the wing from guard Amber Moore. Before the Spartans’ defense could successfully close out, Grant swished a 3-pointer to give the Illini a commanding five-point lead and swing the

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FENCING the list that greets students as they walk into The Point, a fencing venue in downtown Champaign: “Have fun fencing.� Simple and direct, it’s repeated so its message hits home. Vitoux, the co-founder of The Point, based this important concept off the principles he learned during his years competing for the men’s Division I fencing team back in 1964-68 as an undergraduate at Illinois and as an assistant coach for 10 years later. Like most of teammates, Vitoux had never fenced before coming to college, but went on to win three Big Ten titles with his team. Under the leadership of head coach and fencing legend Maxwell Garret, the program was in the middle of its glory days during Vitoux’s four years of college. Garret won two NCAA

momentum for the remainder of the game. Illinois took the game 61-51 on the road, in what has been the team’s biggest win of the year so far. Now, the Illini (9-13, 2-7 Big Ten) will have a chance to repeat that performance in front of a home crowd. “It was a huge win for us,� Grant said. “Michigan State, I think, has some of the best talent in the Big Ten. ... It proved that any team can beat any other Big Ten team. All of us are pretty good. It was definitely a quality win for us, and we hope we can do it again.�

Unfortunately, Illinois’ biggest win was also its most recent. Since then, the team has dropped three games, two at State Farm Center. The Illini are currently on a five-game home losing streak. “After last game (against Indiana) we were shaken up a bit,� Grant said when asked about the team’s confidence. “We’re definitely coming up from that, and that’s always a positive. We’re all starting to get it back, slowly but surely. Especially after our last loss, we definitely know what we have to do to win, and we’re going to get it done.�

Grant described the No. 24 Spartans (15-7, 7-2) as a team with quick, fast guards complemented by lengthy bigs. Michigan State is led by senior forward Annalise Pickrel and freshmen guards Aerial Powers and Tori Jankoska. Pickrel and Jankoska are threats from beyond the arc, as they account for 56.5 percent (82of-145) of the Spartans’ 3-pointers on the season. Powers’ ability to penetrate the lane makes her a threat to put the Illini in foul trouble. Powers has attempted 103 free throws on the year, 34 more than the next best figure on the team.

Championships and 17 Big Ten titles throughout his years as the fencing coach at Illinois from 1941-1972. He coached 28 All-Americans and finished lower than second in the Big Ten only once during his 28 years. Garret died in April 2013. A coaching legend that defined Illinois fencing, Garret’s style is revered by fencers to this day. “He was certainly a luminaire in the fencing world in a lot of different ways,� Brown said. It is Garret’s principles that Vitoux uses in his classes. “There was never any doubt of his knowledge of the sport,� Vitoux said. “He was a true gentleman of the sport. There was nothing that would get you benched faster than to be inappropriate on the (fencing) strip or around a competition. If you threw a mask or trash-talked, you were sitting down. One of his things was to instill in all of us that even though you’re competing at your top level, you’re

still a gentleman in control.� Though not a coach of the Illini, Vitoux’s presence is important. It’s his USA Fencing-sanctioned facility in which the club team practices. It’s his classes that beginners like Katie Bora take to gain their first love for fencing. It is here, after multiple bus rides, that team members build a camaraderie that may seem averse to the individual sport that fencing is. It is here where students learn more lessons applicable for later life than for use on the fencing strip. “You gain the confidence of being able to move on your feet either offensively or defensively, whatever direction is necessary,� Vitoux said. “It’s a game of problems and solutions.� Though the raw and devastating feelings that arose for Vitoux when Illinois fencing was cut still remain, the desire to compete is stronger than ever

for the approximately 15 undergraduate and graduate students that make up the team. “Club fencing allows people to be balanced academically and try something that they would not have had the opportunity to do in high school,� club president Alex Rwamashongye said. Team members pay a membership fee to take classes at The Point and practice with the team after these classes. The club participated in Ohio State’s Duals tournament and is currently prepping for the Midwest Conference Championships to be played at Notre Dame the first weekend of March. The mentalities of team members such as those of freshman Haley Lornec represent the values that Vitoux passes on from Garret. “In one of the tournaments, I went for legs instead of the usual chest area and it worked,� Lornec said. “The other girl almost applauded the move. I was so proud of that moment.�

The last time these two teams met, the Illini shut down the perimeter, holding the Spartans to 3-of-20 shooting from 3-point land and a season low in total points for the game. Illinois also attacked the basket at will, going to the foul line 25 times to Michigan State’s 15. Grant said the Illini will have to take pride in their defense to win their third consecutive game against the Spartans. Some fresh faces may get some playing time for the Illini, head coach Matt Bollant said. After Illinois’ 58-77 loss to Indiana on Sunday, Bollant said he

During Maxwell Garret’s time as the Illinois fencing coach, he has led the Illini to ‌ • Two NCAA championships • Seventeen Big Ten titles • Coached 28 All-Americans and • Ranked lower than second in the Big Ten only once during his 28 years Playing a physiological and physical game, Illinois club fencing hints largely to its prolific past as it looks toward future tournaments. Though unlikely to ever return as a varsity sport, the fluidity of the fencing itself represents, in a way, the history of all the past Illinois fencing teams. “I’ve seen a bumper sticker that says ‘fencing is therapy,’â€? Vitoux said. “Because when you are fencing you cannot be

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