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Restore Music Ministry sings “I Will Call Upon the Lord” at the Fifth Annual Gospel Explosion put on by the Ma’at Black Student Union on Sunday evening. The event is part of Black History Month celebrations across campus.
UI community discusses digital hate Campus responds to negative tweets toward chancellor BY BRYAN BOCCELLI STAFF WRITER
University students, faculty and staff gathered at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday night to foster a more inclusive campus community. The event, #OneCampus: Moving Beyond Digital Hate, focused on the impact social media has on the way people interact. #OneCampus was prompted by a social media outburst aimed at Chancellor Phyllis Wise after she decided against canceling classes due to extreme temperatures on Jan. 27. Following the announcement of Wise’s decision, some students sent out negative, crude and even some racist tweets using the hashtag #fuckphyllis, which garnered over 700 tweets, according to Keyhole, a Twitter data tracking site. Though unable to attend the event because of a prior commitment, Wise left the crowd with a pre-recorded speech to initiate the conversation about diversity in the campus community. “Establishing a kind of VICTORIA PAI THE DAILY ILLINI inclusive and respectful environment requires constant Professor Yoon Pak, one of two faculty panelists, speaks at the #OneCampus: Moving Beyond Digital Hate attention,” she said, receiving event at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday. The panel also consisted of Student Body cheers from the crowd. President Damani Bolden and three other students. Forum mediators Yoon with negative Pak, associate professor of Another raised the question, “We posted a negative tweet aimed at identity educational policy studies, and are Fighting Illini; what are you Wise. She wrote the chancellor commentary is never acceptable. Christopher Benson, associate willing to fight for?” an apology letter and was able Bolden said the negative professor of journalism, began Followi ng to read it to her comments aimed at the the discussion surrounding race, comments from chancellor were only the tip of the in person. culture and gender diversity with the audience, a “I genuinely iceberg, and the conversations words of advice for the campus panel, which felt really bad surrounding these issues are community. included Pak, about what I long overdue. “We have to create an Benson, student “Other individuals’ incidents of did,” Arquines atmosphere where we do have body president said. “I wanted racism or misogynistic comments a respect for differences,” Pak Damani Bolden to apologize to are just as important as the said. and three other the chancellor comments that were directed During the event, audience students, spoke not just for my at the chancellor,” Bolden said. tweet, but for “The more conversations like members were also given the about what they opportunity to speak about their believe should everyone else’s this that happen — it is my hope own experiences surrounding be done about tweets.” — the more tolerant we will identity and stereotypes at the hate speech. Tianjun Sun, become as a community.” University. Panelist PHYLLIS WISE another panelist As the event came to a close, CHANCELLOR a nd ju n ior The Beatles’ “All You Need Is One student recalled how she K i m b e r l y thought the social media posts A r q u i n e s , in LAS, said Love,” played throughout the about Wise were initially funny senior in LAS, releasing anger room. but quickly turned mean-spirited. was one of the individuals who by attacking an individual’s
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The default rate for student loans at the University has been increasing lately. 3.0 percent default rate
For several student borrowers wishing to attend college, taking out student loans may be the biggest financial transaction they have encountered at 18 years old. Tony Fiorentino, Illinois student senator and graduate student, fears that these students might not have the financial literacy to know what they are getting themselves into. “We really hope that the administration wants to work with students because we understand that there are limitations with how cheap tuition can get, and there is one thing that we have total control over, which is telling students the truth about student loans,” Fiorentino said. “The more transparent we can be, the better informed students are.” He hopes to urge the University’s Office of Student Financial Aid to send, by mail, a printed financial disclosure statement to all students applying for loans through the University for each separate loan they take. The student would then need to sign the disclosure statement and initial all important terms and conditions that apply to their loan before returning it to the office. “At this point, we don’t do that,” said Dan Mann, director of Financial Aid. “We are not required to do that, and I’m not sure about the legality of doing that. It would obviously change the financial aid delivery process and add additional steps that are not needed at this point.” Originally, the resolution said a student would not receive a loan until he or she signed the disclosure statement; however, the Illinois Student Senate’s Student Debt Awareness Committee, which is backing the resolution, realized the legality issues regarding keeping federal money from students
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Get the numbers: Amount of awarded financial aid Loan amount given from private lenders, the University of Illinois and Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
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TOTAL $252,604,820 UNDERGRADUATE $178,676,453 GRADUATE $73,928,367 Loan amount awarded just from University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
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TOTAL $1,609,245 UNDERGRADUATE $1,261,964 GRADUATE $347,281 EUNIE KIM THE DAILY ILLINI SOURCE: Dan Mann, director of financial aid
New audio studio opens up in the UGL Media Commons staff provides audio equipment and help BY BRITTNEY NADLER STAFF WRITER
University students and staff now have access to a new audio recording studio equipped with high quality, professional equipment, said Eric Kurt, Media Commons coordinator. Kurt said the project first began in January 2013 after staff of the Media Commons, located in the Undergraduate Library, began to look at ways for professors to make simple audio recordings of lectures. Prior to the studio’s instal-
lation, the Media Commons offered video production and digital media, but audio production was not yet available for those who wished to work on higher level projects. Retrofitting classrooms into audio studios by adding sound insulation and microphones was an option, but after Kurt discovered the Beckman Institute was looking for a new home for their audio studio to reclaim space, he immediately took action. As long as the UGL could move the studio over, it was theirs, Kurt said. “Each of the components weighs anywhere from two to 600 pounds, so you can’t just
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DISCLOSURE until the statement is signed. Mitch Dickey, ISS member and sophomore in LAS, said the Committee on Community and Governmental Affairs, which the resolution was referred to at the Illinois Student Senate’s Jan. 29 meeting, changed the provision to place a student hold on student accounts if they do not sign the disclosure statement. The hold would not allow students to register for classes, similar to action taken if a student had an overdue library book. “What this resolution does is it merely requires us to tell students the truth. No more, no less,” Fiorentino said. “I can’t imagine anyone would be opposed to telling students the truth about student loans.” Fiorentino said many students do not realize conditions buried in the back pages of the master promissory note, such as that their Social Security benefits can be garnished to repay a federal student loan or that their tax refunds can be seized by the Internal Revenue Service to pay back their student loans if they default. “No one really puts a piece of paper in front of them and asks them to sign their signature. There’s not a lot of formality to it like other major transactions,” Fiorentino said. “Instead, they type their full name into a blank text box, and I don’t think students realize the long-term financial implications because it doesn’t look like most contracts, and there is not a high level of formality.” The master promissory note, a legal contract signed electronically, is provided when a student takes out his or her first loan and applies to all other loans within a 10-year period. “So, if they didn’t read the full contract at that time, anytime they take out a loan in the next ten years, they’ll never get that statement again,” Fiorentino said. “If they didn’t save it on their computer or read it, they’ll never get another warning.” However, Mann said all students are required to complete entrance loan counseling after accepting a loan, which helps students gain more knowledge in regards to the process. Even if they are 18 years old, “the loan is in that student’s name and they are responsible for repaying that loan, so it is important that they are provided the information and understand what they are receiving,” he said. At the student senate’s Jan. 29 meeting and during committee meetings, senators have raised questions regarding the cost of implementation at the University. Fiorentino said it would cost one piece of paper, one stamp and some administrative cost, but he “can’t imagine that the cost is more than a few dollars per student, which is worth it when you are considering they are taking on tens of thousands of dollars of debt.” “If we say that each new student has to sign this, it would probably be around 10,000 students, so yes that would add another task and would probably take some programming to the system,” Dickey said. “However, the current opinion is that it’s more than likely worth it.” Jonathan Lackland, deputy director for advancement, external and governmental relations at the Illinois Board of Higher Education, said it is difficult for him to say whether the resolution would be worth it financially. “I just think that the more information you can give the students, the better,” he said. “It’s critical, and it puts everyone on the same page potentially.” Mann believes all processes are electronic these days, and the information is being distributed to the students whether they read it online or it is presented via mail. “I think we (not just the University, but the entire student financial aid process) have developed and are trying to provide a streamlined electronic and efficient way for students and families to have their financial aid processed,” Mann said. “Most
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Student loan debt still on the rise
Average student loan debt: $24,301 Percent of students who borrow annually: 60 percent Approximate number of students with loans today: 37,000,000 Total amount of student debt in the United States: $1,074,875,400,000 SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, COLLEGE BOARD, STATISTICBRAIN.COM/ STUDENT-LOAN-DEBT-STATISTICS/
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Unlike consumer debt, student loans cannot be discharged through bankruptcy. By defaulting on a loan, collection costs, including attorney fees, court costs and other fees may apply. Additional fees and additional interest will increase the amount owed on a defaulted loan. No statutes of limitation apply to the collection of student loan debt. It can be collected at any point during one’s life. Future tax refunds may be seized to repay student loans. Future wages, Social Security benefits and disability benefits may be garnished to repay student loans. By defaulting on a loan, professional licenses may be revoked, such as a license to practice medicine, law, etc.
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students and families appreciate the ease with how that process works and how we are able to get money to them quicker through these electronic processes.” Fiorentino warns that if a student borrows $20,000, it could easily grow to $100,000 if payments including servicing fees, collection costs and compounding interest rates are not maintained. “It’s very common for people to owe three to four times what they originally borrowed,” Fiorentino said. “Many students just don’t know these sorts of things, so we want to make sure that universities and colleges are properly educating students and warning them frankly about these kinds of risks that are associated with significant amounts of debt.” After Fiorentino gains the backing of the student senate, he hopes to sit down and work handin-hand with the administration. He also submitted the resolution to the Illinois Board of Higher Education Student Advisory Committee, which comprises a group of students from universities and colleges across the state. He urged committee members to take the resolution to their own respective student governments and propose the same policy at their own schools. “Right now, it’s really just a first draft, but it will be improved by democratic processes at different campuses so large bodies of students can arrive at the kind of disclosure statement that we all agreed would work best for the interest of our students,” Fiorentino said. Dickey submitted a resolution to add a referendum question, which asks the students whether they think the University should provide the disclosure statement as part of the loan package. If approved, the question will appear among the Spring 2014 referenda.
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UGL carry it up and down the stairs,” Kurt said. “We’re underground, so what ended up happening is they ended up dropping it with a crane into the courtyard, which was really cool to watch. Then they just took it into the doors and built it in place.” The audio studio has two rooms — one is roughly 6-by-6 feet and the other is 12-by-12 — that are connected through soundproof glass so that patrons can look between both rooms, said Jake Metz, Media Commons tech support specialist. Metz is in charge of planning what type of technology is needed to support the Media Commons’ mission of helping patrons create media, he said. “We’re helping them create higher quality media,” he said. “A lot of times when you hear a podcast, someone’s just recorded it on their computer or their phone, the audio quality’s not that great. You might have a lot of background noise going on, ... so really what this will offer is a chance for people to do very high-quality professional audio recordings.”
The audio studio could eventually compensate for music recordings, although Media Commons staff are not yet sure how that would work in a small booth as opposed to a larger recording studio, Metz said. “If you could possibly bring instruments in there, that’d be pretty cool,” said Zack Zlevor, freshman in FAA. “I know for a lot of the art and design majors, people who are going into filmmaking, it’s really important that they have perfect sound because it can make or break a project.” Zlevor said the Media Commons has more equipment than the School of Art and Design, which could allow he and his peers to create higher quality projects. He also thinks the studio is an important tool for professors. “Recording the lectures is a really great idea because the professors can record all of their lectures, which I know most of them probably wouldn’t, but if you missed a class, that’d be really nice,” Zlevor said. While the glass is not certified soundproof, it reduces the volume level significantly. Both rooms will be outfitted with two broadcast microphones as well as a four-channel recording inter-
face, a four-channel headphone monitoring system, headphones and a recording computer. “We’re also going to try to make kind of a kiosk-style recording booth using an iPad so that you’ll be able to record directly onto the iPad, mix your whole project and then email it or Dropbox it to yourself,” Metz said. Patrons can also bring their own microphones, recording interfaces, headphones and even computers, Metz said. “We will be fully outfitted to do two channel at first — audio podcasting or audio interviews, (when) you have two people at once,” he said. “That might expand eventually, but this will be kind of the initial offering.” To use the studio, Kurt said they are looking into implementing an automatic form, but for now, staff will ask potential patrons questions about their project pertaining to what the project is, how many people are involved, what kind of interview will be conducted and when. “The reason we ask these questions is just so that we can provide some advice in how you set up the recording or the equipment that you use,” Kurt said. The Media Commons is expect-
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Poverty may affect adolescent gun violence Study shows black youth more likely to be affected by gun violence BY DANIELLE BANKS STAFF WRITER
A study released Jan. 27 found that in 2009, about 20 adolescents a day were hospitalized for gun violence. Black males accounted for the majority of these hospitalizations, with about 10 black adolescents hospitalized a day. The total number of assaults was 4,559: 2,455, or 53.8%, were black. Jessicia Morris, a 22-year-old gang member turned Violence Interrupter at CeaseFire Roseland said this adolescent group represents a generation of “no tomorrow.” “Our whole generation has been labeled as the generation of ‘no tomorrow,’ just based on what’s going on right now in this society,” she said. “At first it was people from the ages of 14-21 dying, but now you’ve got babies getting shot, gun violence is taking over, babies are being shot because of a mistake that our generation is making.” Morris said the price of being in a gang proved too high, and relayed the experience that brought this realization. “I was sitting on top of a Red Eye box and some man came down the street in a car, and he was like ‘when I come back around here, y’all better be off this corner,’” she said. She and her friends didn’t think anything of it.
“About 20, 30 minutes later, he came back ... shooting,” she said. “Instead of me ducking, I tried to run, and as soon as I got-up off of the Red Eye box, I got shot in the knee. It went right through. I had to get a whole new kneecap. I was angry and scared at the same time. I thought about retaliating, but I couldn’t retaliate because I was scared to go outside after that.” Executive Director of CeaseFire Roseland Bob Jackson said education makes situations like Morris’ preventable. “In other cultures, especially in the Caucasian cultures, they teach their kids that guns are weapons — not play toys,” he said. “They learn how to respect guns as being used for hunting and sport. In our community, our kids are not taught the value of a gun ... I think the lack of education about guns plays a major role.” Toussaint Losier, a chancellor’s post doctoral fellow in African American Studies at the University, said education is not the only cultural difference driving the racial divide in the statistics — poverty also plays a major role. “One of the most significant distinctions between the circumstances facing children in poverty is that black children face a significantly higher rate of chronic poverty,” he said. Losier defines chronic poverty as living in poverty for longer than three years. In his research, he found that black children are more likely than white children to fall victim to it. While all impoverished com-
munities are disadvantaged, Losier said the effect is more crippling on those who experience it chronically. “Chronic, inter-generational poverty that offers families few opportunities to improve their circumstances plays a direct role in the rate of gun violence among black youth,” he said. “Poverty plays a direct role in shaping not only how few opportunities families have, but also the way in which impoverished children understand themselves as being destined to die at an early age.” Morris testifies to this issue, as she feels her “generation of no tomorrow” was taught their misbehavior. “It’s not really on us, though because we are only doing what we see our parents do, or what our parents allow us to do,” she said. She added that innocent people aren’t safe because there are so many unskilled shooters, and innocents can be trapped in the crossfire. This feeling of being trapped is one Losier said has been plaguing the black community for generations now. “Through chattel slavery, black families were treated as property, a mechanism for creating wealth,” he said. “Even though slavery was abolished nearly 150 years ago, black families have consistently been locked out of opportunities and mechanisms for creating wealth and locked into poverty traps.” In these poverty traps, Jackson said the media glorifies violent culture. “Violence in our community is
being romanticized by records and the rap industry. It’s giving (black adolescents) the idea that it’s cool to have a gun,” he said. “These images do not reflect love, peace, family, saving the community — it’s about destruction ... Look at what they’re doing (through media): guns, money and drugs. Does that really depict the black community? No.” Working with CeaseFire, Jackson said he sees the teen gun violence rates played out in real life. He finds that the only way to lower them will be through education. “(We) expose them to what gun violence really is. We’re trying to change their mindset,” he said. “What happened to ‘I’m black and I’m proud’? What happened to black power? I think it’s over their heads to remind them what King (and) Malcolm ... died for.” Losier finds statistics like these to be an oversimplified reflection of black youth, instead of reflecting the nation’s poor regard for issues that affect black youths, such as unequal education, hunger, illiteracy, poor health, inadequate housing and other issues. “The statistics only scratch the surface in terms of giving us a sense of the vulnerabilities facing black children, particularly for those with few opportunities to pull themselves out of poverty,” he said. “Rather than simply focusing on gun control as the solution to the problem of gun violence, national efforts need to be centered around ending poverty, particularly amongst children.”
Danielle can be reached at dmbanks2@dailyillini.com.
US upset with Russia for witholding information Olympic hosts not releasing information about security, threats BY BRIAN BENNETT MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials are frustrated that the Russian government is withholding information about threats to Olympic venues coming from inside Russia, several lawmakers said on talk shows Sunday. “We aren’t getting the kind of cooperation that we’d like from the Russians in terms of their internal threats,” Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on “Fox News Sunday.” “It means that we’re less effective in protecting our people, and that’s a frustration,” Schiff said. More than 70,000 Russian security officers have been deployed to protect the Olympic venues in Sochi. Russian President Vladimir Putin describes
the layers of security around Sochi as the “ring of steel.” The United States has set up a command center in Sochi with about 150 security personnel from the FBI, the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security. The American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, said the U.S. is “quite satisfied” with the cooperation coming from Russian security officials. “We always want to know more and if you work in the intelligence business you always want more information from any interlocutor, from any partner country,” McFaul said. “That said, we do not have an interest in embarrassing the Russians. We have exactly the same interests with them when it comes to the security of everyone here in Sochi,” he said, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Last week, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration banned passengers flying from the U.S. to Russia from bring-
ing liquids in their carry-on baggage. The alert was based on intelligence that terrorists might try to smuggle explosives onto airplanes inside toothpaste tubes. Some of that information came from Russian officials, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” But King, who sits on both the House Intelligence and Homeland Security committees, said the Russians aren’t cooperating to the same extent as the Chinese, British and Greeks did during previous Olympic games. “They are still reluctant to give intelligence that they feel would allow us to determine their sources and methods, and also there’s still a certain amount of pride, I believe, that they feel they can handle a lot of this on their own,” King said. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said on “Fox News Sunday” that the Russians, so far, have been cooperative when it comes to sharing
information about potential terrorist operations planned outside of Russia. “When it comes to internal operations, I think less so. That’s where we’d like to work more closely with them,” McCaul said. Along with the possibility of bombs being planted on aircraft flying into Sochi International Airport, another major threat comes from suicide bombers at train and bus terminals around the region, McCaul said. McCaul toured the security installations in Sochi last month and said the Olympic Village in Sochi appeared to be well fortified. But McCaul said he thinks there is a “high degree of probability” that a bomb will detonate in the surrounding region, where Russia has been fighting an Islamist separatist movement in Chechnya, Dagestan and elsewhere. “I hope I’m wrong in this assessment, but you’re talking about an area of the world where suicide bombers go off all the time,” McCaul said.
‘Hash oil’ growth shows in recent butane explosions BY JOE MOZINGO MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — The “chef” hunkered over a batch of hash oil he was making in a kitchen in Redondo Beach, Calif., using a common but extremely dangerous method known as “open blasting.” The 26-year-old meticulously stirred and heated the marijuana extract into the highest clarity, slowly producing “butane honey oil” that would be as clear and pure as amber. This potent type of hash, also called “wax,” has taken off in the marijuana market with the rise of electronic cigarettes and other vaporizing devices. Dabs of it can be vaporized and inhaled without the smoke and pungent odor of weed, an act called “dabbing.” And they bring on a soaring high even among longtime cannabis smokers who have a strong tolerance for the drug. But the butane used to extract
the essential oil of the marijuana plant frequently blows up in the faces of the people making the wax. In the last 14 months, at least 17 cooks and bystanders have landed in Southern California burn centers with catastrophic injuries, a toll far worse than from meth lab explosions. The Redondo chef, who asked to withhold his name because making this type of hash is a felony, started by packing a glass pipe with discarded marijuana trimmings. He put vinyl mesh over one end and sprayed a high-pressure canister of liquid butane in the other end. The butane — better known as lighter fluid — bonded with the resin glands in the marijuana, and the solution poured into a Pyrex baking dish placed in a larger dish of nearly boiling water. He stirred and heated it for hours, while butane slowly evaporated out of the solution to leave
the purified, non-explosive wax. All that time, the butane gas was spilling into the air. “When butane is expelled into a room, it is odorless and colorless,” said Ashley Rosen, a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney in the major narcotics division. “It builds up in the room until it’s basically a bomb.” Rosen first heard of a butane hash explosion in January 2013, and since then has prosecuted 26 people under a law originally designed to stop PCP and meth manufacturing. The explosions are a growing side effect of California’s unregulated medical marijuana industry. The act of manufacturing butane hash is a criminal offense, but pot supply stores can legally sell the butane canisters, dispensaries can sell the hash and anyone with a doctor’s recommendation can buy marijuana and “vape” it. Safer forms of production exist where it is sanctioned and reg-
ulated under state law. In Colorado’s highly controlled market, state officials this month set forth rules requiring hash oil producers to follow the same procedures that manufacturers use to extract oils from plants to make canola oil, fragrances, food additives, pharmaceuticals and shampoo. Dr. Peter Grossman, co-director of the Grossman Burn Centers, has treated 12 butane hash makers for catastrophic burns since late 2012. The deep flash burns covered 25 percent to 95 percent of their bodies. All of the patients required skin grafts and weeks in the hospital. Many will need years of reconstructive surgery and will never look the same again. “We’ve seen complications that have led to lower-leg amputations,” Grossman said. “We’ve seen significant disfigurement to the face. The cost of getting a high is a lot more expensive than these people think.”
GENARO MOLINA MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
An unidentified man shows a small container of butane hash in an apartment in Redondo Beach, Calif., on Jan. 17.
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ore than a week after the University garnered national attention for some of its students making racist and sexist comments about Chancellor Phyllis Wise over Twitter, the community signaled it was ready to start a discussion. In a town-hall meeting last week, some apologized for their or their peers’ actions, while others offered suggestions to improve inclusivity on what one student called a segregated campus. But these attacks are part of the bigger cultural problem here on college campuses and elsewhere. Wise, in her Inside Higher Ed article, said she “shudders to think what might happen ‘if that type of vitriol were directed at a vulnerable member of the University of Illinois’ student body or University community.’” So, when will we move beyond just a discussion? Thursday night was a start. The meeting, which Wise was not in attendance for because of a prior commitment, featured discussions from panelists that included respected professors and Student Body President Damani Bolden. Following that, students were offered an opportunity to voice their opinions either on the events that arose after the University didn’t cancel class Jan. 27, or other instances of discrimination or hate they have encountered or witnessed elsewhere. Perhaps, Bolden hit it on the head, saying the attack on Wise was just the tip of the iceberg and that these conversations were long overdue. Many of these incidents happen on a day-to-day basis — whether the attackers hide behind the anonymity of the Internet, or choose to do so in person — yet are often unreported because of the perception that it’s an isolated or insignificant incident. Add those up, and it can become a plague. Sure, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is not the only campus, or place for that matter, where racist or sexist attacks occur. But it needed to be addressed here — regardless of whether national outlets picked up the story. “Diversity and inclusion are very important issues and it’s not me being over sensitive about it — (reacting is) the human thing to do,” said panelist Tianjun Sun, junior in LAS. She is correct; reacting is the human thing to do. That’s why there’s potential for positives to come from the incident, even from those who tweeted some of the darkest things in Wise’s direction. There’s potential for students, faculty and staff to learn to become better, more-informed, citizens and members of the University community — many reached out to Wise with outpouring support and heartfelt apologies in the wake of the incident. Even after the campus was pounded by a snowstorm, a student took to the Quad on Wednesday to leave Wise a message: “Sorry, Phyllis.” But anyone can offer an apology, and anyone can admit regret. It’s the awareness and proactivity that will hopefully arise from these discussions that will heal and educate this campus — not just talking about these issues, and not just saying “I’m sorry.” The next day at the meeting, a speaker told the audience, “actions speak louder than words.” Indeed — last week was a start, but by no means an end.
Aja Evans, Jonathan Kuck, Aaron Pike, Tatyana McFadden — yep, just a few exceptional athletes representing the University at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. While we’re complaining about snow and ice, they’re winning Olympic medals in the snow and ice. While we’re pushing through our classes trying to graduate, they’re trying to win the gold. Feel unimportant yet? Good luck to all of our University of Illinois athletes!
U.S. athletes apparently aren’t getting their recommended servings of dairy this week as Russia halted a shipment of Chobani yogurt because it supposedly had not met food safety standards. Chobani had recently released a pro-LGBT ad and has made clear that they are against the anti-gay laws of Russia. All politics aside, we truly feel for all the athletes in Sochi that are not currently getting their daily dose of peach non-fat Greek yogurt.
Professional standardized exams not reflective of ability SEHAR SIDDIQUI Opinions columnist
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he ACT, SAT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT, OAT, and DAT are all terms we’ve heard at different levels of our schooling. As a junior in college, these post-high school standardized tests are coming up as a topic of conversation more often than not. As one of many students planning on going straight into professional school, these tests are becoming more relevant. Graduate schools vary in how much emphasis they place on standardized tests. With some schools, it’s just a formality, some may just look at one section and others might consider it an extremely important factor for admission. One of these tests, the Graduate Record Examination, or GRE, tests analytical writing, verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning on its General Test. The Subject Tests examine more
narrow fields, such as for biology, chemistry or psychology. But there is hardly anything in those testing fields that would gauge or reveal students’creativity, perseverance, hard work, team work or leadership abilities, which are equally essential skill sets to have in graduate school. Although the critical thinking skills measured on the test are important, an individual’s success in life and in his or her career relies on so much more. It should be more important to base someone’s potential for success on his or her aptitude to perform real world applications, such as leadership opportunities, internships or volunteering experiences, too. Since graduate school is more specialized, if admissions must use some kind of test to decide who is accepted, it would make more sense to cater the exams to concepts and applications that are field-specific, such as what the Subject Tests aim to do. They test specific skills required in specific fields, perhaps creating a more accurate
gauge of students’true possible success in their field of interest. But there are only seven Subject Tests, which isn’t a significant amount considering how many paths an individual may pursue. And although the MCAT, OAT and DAT are still standardized tests that overlook many skills that contribute to success, at least to some extent they test a person’s abilities in their related field. These tests only serve to rank students against each other on a very narrow category of test items. So, if an individual’s score on the GRE is supposed to predict their level of success in various fields, then it doesn’t make sense for the results of one test to be applied to the potential of success in multiple areas. Such a narrow skill set cannot be applied to the wide range of experiences a student will have and face in graduate school. Standardized testing’s results are skewed in that they don’t show qualities that really contribute to a student doing well in college: endurance, hard work, perseverance, etc. They also
aren’t always a great predictor of success, as people’s achievement in graduate school isn’t always reflected by a low or high score. Even if somebody is great at verbal reasoning, the timed version of it on a test could stress them out and prevent them from performing well on the test. The same logic can be applied to the other topics presented in standardized tests as well. It is understandable that some kind of test must be used to ease the admission process, however the subject tests of the GRE could be expanded more topics that cover more fields. Additionally, these kinds of tests should include sections to test creativity and even a section that gives a hypothetical situation and asks the student to design a research method to solve it. If these tests can be altered to test abilities more meaningful than just basic skills, they should be able to better predict success in graduate school.
Sehar is a junior in LAS. She can be reached at shsiddi2@ dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @Nimatod.
Communication major provides students skills for success MATT PASQUINI Opinions columnist
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have something I need to share. I’ve decided that the time has come for me to accept who I am and not be concerned about what other people think of me. I’m a communication major, and I’m proud. For me, answering the question, “What are you majoring in?” has always brought me a slight amount of shame because I’ve always felt that people used their misguided perception of communication majors to assume I’m a lazy student who’s just looking to take the easy way out. But after taking a good part of first semester and reflecting on whether I’m truly satisfied with my majors, political science and communication, I’ve determined that I have nothing to hide. Choosing your major is a major decision. In the college environment, it’s a part of your identity and one of the first things people use to determine what type of person you are. Business majors, although sometimes characterized as arrogant, are often stereotyped by fellow students as unapologetically ambitious and determined to suc-
ceed. Many students around campus envy their ability to schedule classes Monday through Thursday, and everyone knows that their post-graduation career prospects are not bleak. Engineering majors are often pinned for struggling socially, but the weekend spent doing the extra practice problems and the technical skills they gain through vigorous coursework compensates. And like business majors, most are confident that there are few engineering majors who are concerned with landing a job after graduation. And then you have communication majors. Most assume that they haven’t put much thought into choosing their majors or that they’ve exhausted all their options so they just decided to settle. On top of that, they’re often belittled because of the “easy” classes and the minimal requirements the major demands. I used to think that of communication majors, but by taking a few courses and obtaining the skills I’ve gained through them, I have come to resent that perception. I learned that most people don’t fully understand the potential of the interdisciplinary skill set that comes with the major. It’s also important to note that our communication department has ranked top 10 nationally for the past 20 years, which demonstrates its prestige.
Compared to the molecular and cellular biology major, which requires 67-71 hours of coursework, or actuarial science, which requires 57-59 hours of coursework in addition to 29-30 hours of math beyond calculus, the communication major only requires 37 credit hours of completed coursework (although many students find a second major) . But that offers an incredible and unique set of advantages. Because I’m majoring in communication and political science, I have the opportunity to get more involved than most students and it’s evidenced by me writing weekly columns, being involved in Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity, and being an RA, all while excelling in my school work. All of this is possible because even though core communication courses tend to be easier than core courses in some other majors, the interdisciplinary and practical nature of the coursework allows you to immediately transfer your skills to an array of fields, not just the field you’re specializing in. For example, last semester I took the course CMN 321, Strategies of Persuasion. In that class, we learned about the elements of writing that create persuasive rhetoric and I’ve been able to take a few of those methods and use them in my columns when attempting to create persuasive arguments.
I asked a good friend of mine, Louis Blanc, a senior in mechanical engineering and the president of Alpha Phi Omega, whether he has used the material he’s learning in CMN 411, Organizational Comm Assessment. He emphatically said, “ABSOLUTELY!!” He went on to explain, “I pretty much directly applied everything I learned to a large decision we had to make as an exec board ... By exercising the strategies I learned in class, as well as pulling on my own facilitation experience, we were able to forge a decision that was a happy compromise.” One of the most important, yet simple, takeaways of this major is that proper communication skills are necessary to be successful in the workplace. A person can be filled with great ideas, but if he doesn’t know how to present them to their co-workers in an organized and coherent manner, the ideas are useless. With all that being said, your degree isn’t what carries all the weight on your resume. If a potential employer sees that you did an internship that’s related to what you’re being hired for and that you’re able to communicate your take aways, then you’re positioned well for the job.
Matt is a sophomore in LAS. He can be reached at mpasqui2@dailyillini.com.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Inclusive Illinois fails to wholly address cultural insensitivity on campus No — Student Body President — I will not stand and recite the campus’ Inclusive Illinois statement, because I refuse to — even falsely — support an empty initiative that is essentially a mockery of something that this campus desperately needs. I refuse to take the “Kumbaya” stance that two students spoke about Thursday night, and I refuse to be placated by calm voices and a Beatles cover! At first, I wasn’t too concerned with the social justice frenzy surrounding last week’s events, but after tonight’s
responses: It’s clear that the intolerant, apartheid-esque, “We don’t need anymore negative national attention” culture that my University — MY University — fosters needs to change. We can’t keep sitting around, only focused on getting our degrees, while we still see the Chief heavily represented on this campus! While the residence halls are still disproportionately racially segregated and it’s a running joke to everyone. While our students with alter-
native sexualities are still subject to heterosexism on a daily basis. While “Companion Animals in Society” still counts as an expletive credit toward our Cultural Studies general education requirement in lieu of classes that examine more critical issues of areas of diversity & identity. It’s crazy! I’m not even going to sit here typing and try to make it seem as if I’m fighting as hard as I could be on this campus, but as students on this campus, we have a voice,
and we need to let administrators know that we expect — deserve — better! I wonder what’s going to be the next culturally insensitive event that’s going to make our University aware that the campus climate has an all too bright dark side to it. But you know, don’t listen to me. I’m just a student with too many subordinate identities that’s always crying for change, right?
LADARIUS DUPREE, senior in LAS
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GAMELAN “Once you understand that and how it fits with the dance, it’s much easier to understand.” Asnawa’s wife teaches a Balinese dancing class at the Univer-
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NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD sity as well, and together, their groups put on cultural performances for the C-U area. “The gamelan music is almost always accompanied by dancing. It’s really meant to tell a story together,” Asnawa said. The community gamelan class is open to all members and stu-
dents in Champaign and Urbana. Rehearsal is held on Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Music Building, and the ensemble’s first performance will be on May 4 in the building’s auditorium.
Jolie can be reached at jhung51@dailyillini.com.
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I Ketut Gede Asnawa, professor in the School of Music, leads a gamelan ensemble Feb. 3 in the Music Building. The ensemble meets every Monday and welcomes community members to participate.
DISH OF THE WEEK
A taste of tradition: homemade pizza passed throughout the ages
BY STEPHANIE KIM STAFF WRITER
Last November, after reading my Dish of the Week article about Antonio’s Pesto Tortellini Pizza, alumnus Paul Jarosz emailed me with one request: to find a deepdish pizza recipe that he had lost, but that had been printed in the Daily Illini during the early ‘70s. Thanks to technology, I was able to locate that recipe in the digital archives for his benefit and mine. The pizza recipe was printed in the Oct. 30, 1971, issue of the Daily Illini, in an article titled “Homemade pizza not just a flash in the pan” and written by Daily Illini Staff Writer Judy Hevrdejs.
A tasty reunion Two months later, Jarosz emailed me pictures of the pizza he had made for his wife and daughter, using this 43-year-old recipe. He also sent accompanying text that expressed his excitement in finally making the pizza that he and his roommates had enjoyed during their undergraduate years to break the monotony of eating microwavable meals and fast food. Jarosz’s love for the recipe piqued the curiosity of my taste buds. I wondered what could cause someone to be so driven to find a lost pizza recipe. There was only one way to find out: to make the pizza and taste it for myself. Before any eyebrows are raised at the idea of making pizza from scratch, just know that if I can make it, anyone can. For a girl who holds the reputation of burning anything, it’s a miracle that this pizza turned out edible and, surprisingly, quite tasty. But all credit is due to the simplicity and straightforwardness of the recipe.
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Homemade dough Ingredients: 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon margarine 1 teaspoon salt 1 package of yeast 1/4 cup lukewarm water 3 to 4 cups flour 1. Heat milk, sugar, margarine and salt in a pan. As this is heating (toward scalding), combine yeast and lukewarm water — the “most intimidating” part of the recipe, according to Jarosz. The water has to be exactly lukewarm so that the yeast isn’t killed. If the yeast doesn’t increase or become bubbly after sitting for 10 minutes, you may have killed it and will have to use another package of yeast. 2. After the scalded milk mixture cools to lukewarm, combine it with the yeast and add the flour. Mix well and knead the dough several times onto a floured board or surface. The more you knead it, the lighter it will be. 3. Then, take a cookie sheet or pan and grease it with butter. Flatten the dough into it and create the crust by rolling the dough up the sides of the pan. Set aside to prepare the tomato sauce and toppings.
Special tomato sauce Ingredients: 2 cups of tomato sauce 1/2 cup chopped onion salt pepper 1 tablespoon of oregano (optional) 1. Mix tomato sauce, chopped onion, salt, pepper and oregano, if desired. In this case, I replaced the oregano with chili pepper flakes to give the pizza a spicy kick.
Seasoned toppings This section imparts the freedom to choose any toppings you desire. I picked pepperoni, green peppers and mushrooms. For fresh vegetable or meat toppings, fry them in a pan before they’re put on the pizza. I also added a bit of salt and pepper to enhance the flavors of the toppings.
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Final masterpiece Spread the sauce over the pizza evenly and place the toppings on afterward. Finally, add grated mozzarella cheese onto the entire pizza. Lastly, bake your creation in the oven at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes, or until the crust becomes golden brown.
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Newfound tradition While the recipe is simple, making this pizza is a bit timeconsuming. However, this recipe will only exceed an hour in cooking time in rare cases. But of course, I fell into that exception. It took about two hours for me to make the pizza because I made the amateur mistake of setting the oven to 200 degrees instead of 400. But the time and effort I invested in this pizza was well worth it in the end. Knowing that I made this pizza with my own two hands left me satisfied and content. Plus, the special tomato sauce and homemade dough won over my taste buds. Just like Jarosz, I look forward to sharing and enjoying this recipe with my friends and family members for years to come.
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Stephanie is a senior in Media. She can be reached at skim108@dailyillini.com.
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Pictured is a completed homemade pizza made with the recipe. Writer Stephanie Kim chose green peppers, pepperoni and mushrooms as toppings to complete this traditional recipe
2014 New York Fashion Week experience available via streaming and social media BY SARA BAUKNECHT MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
While athletes from across the globe gather in Sochi, Russia, for the opening of the Winter Olympics, fashionistas descend upon New York City for New York Fashion Week, which kicked off Thursday with eight days of runway shows and presentations across the city spotlighting looks for next fall and winter. Not on the guest list? Not to worry. Thanks to social media and video streams, anyone can take part in the fashionable fun from home. Here’s how: Watch it online in real time: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the group of shows largely concentrated at tents outside Lincoln Center on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, livestreams shows at www.mbfashionweek. com/live. Watch the who’s who of the fashion world fi lter into their seats (maybe you’ll spot some celebrities in the audience).
When the lights dim, you’ll have a front-row view of the action. See it unfold on social media: Thanks to social platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Vine, trends travel almost instantaneously from the runway to the rest of the world. Many fashion and beauty accounts post photos and video clips from shows, backstage and the always colorful street style scene. A few good ones to check out on Twitter and Instagram include Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (@ MBFashionWeek), the trend experts at WGSN (@WGSN), the popular fashion show venue Milk Studios (@MilkStudios and@madefw) and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (@CFDA). Or search for the hashtag #NYFW or #MBFW across social media sites to see what people are saying about the shows. Surf the Web for style: Fashion photos aren’t hard to fi nd on the
Internet, but quality ones that capture designers’ collections in interesting, comprehensive ways can be tougher to track down. The fashion and style section at www.nytimes.com boasts several designer slideshows from past and present, plus videos surveying street style. Fashionista.com and www. FashionWeekDaily.com also boast an abundance of photos for the day’s shows. FashionTV. com is another go-to resource for behind-the-scenes access to events on your computer. Tune in on TV: National TV news broadcasts and morning shows often show clips of collections from time to time. For a more in-depth look, check out “Fashion Police” on the E! network (check local listings). Joan Rivers, Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana Rancic and George Kotsiopoulos dish on what’s hot on the runway and often fi lm segments at the tents.
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Pickin’ Illini pluck tunes
New campus RSO gathers to play and appreciate folk music BY ANNABETH CARLSON
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ast Wednesday night at the Urbana Community Center for the Arts, the sound of bluegrass music wafted out of one of the rooms. A voice could be heard singing: “I hear the train a comin’. It’s rolling round the bend, and I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when. I’m stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin’ on. But that train keeps a rollin’ on down to San Antone...� Inside, a group of students sat in a circle, playing a multitude of instruments, including fiddles, mandolins, banjos and a harmonica. The voice belonged to David Fulton, senior in ACES. He sang “Folsom Prison Blues� by Johnny Cash, while strumming a guitar. This was a typical meeting of the Pickin’ Illini, also known as the Folk and Roots Club. Started in late November by Fulton and his twin Daniel Fulton, senior in ACES, the mission of the registered student organization is to appreciate and play folk and bluegrass music. Fulton, also known as “Boots,� is clad in a plaid shirt, blue jeans and, of course, a pair of cowboy boots on his feet. When he sings, his eyes squint happily, and his head bops up and down to the beat of the music. Daniel sits close by, also wearing plaid and a set of brown overalls. After follow-
ing along with the rhythm, he joins in, playing a sharp, happy tune on his harmonica. The Fulton’s grew up listening and playing bluegrass and folk music. Before college, Fulton was in a band called the Possum Holler Pickers with musicians from his hometown, Lincoln, Ill. “They were great musicians, and they always inspired me to push further and further,� Fulton said. Fulton explained that it was always his and his brother’s dream to form a bluegrass club at the University, and with the help of fellow members and twins Grady and Kelly Ryan, both sophomores in ACES, they were able to make it happen. At the weekly meetings, the most popular part among current members is the jam sessions. In addition to “Folsom Prison Blues,� the members covered “Wagon Wheel� by Darius Rucker and “Tell It To Me� by Old Crow Medicine Show. “We teach each other new stuff, maybe learn some new music that we’ve never heard before,� Fulton said. Mandolin and fiddle player Grady Ryan also enjoys jamming. He said it was something he could not do on a regular basis until the club was formed. Another aspect of the meetings is help for those who want to learn to play folk and bluegrass music. Fulton said they accept any skill level. “We just ask that they some-
what have a passion for bluegrass, and that’s it. We don’t require anyone to play an instrument or be good by any means, we just want them to appreciate the music,� Fulton said. This was the case for Amy Liu, sophomore in FAA. “I have a passion for this kind of music, and I previously had not known anyone else who wanted to play this kind of stuff... It was really exciting fi nding a bunch of people who like the same music and who are excellent at playing it,� Liu said. At the meeting, Liu played the banjo, which she started practicing consistently a few months ago. “I’m learning among people who are not judgmental and who have so much advice to give,� Liu said. Because the Pickin’ Illini is a new RSO, Fulton said they are working to get on the performance track soon. The club is getting closer to achieving this goal as they recently received a sponsorship from the committee of the Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival, a twoday bluegrass and folk event in downtown Urbana. Interested students are welcome to attend the meetings, which occur on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. at the Community Center for Arts, better known as C4A. “First of all, you make friends here,� Liu said. “That is very important on such a big campus and moreover you are learning something, disciplining yourself, but also just having an awesome time.�
Annabeth can be reached at aecarls2@dailyillini.com.
Gamelan music inspires campus students and community BY JOLIE HUANG STAFF WRITER
Tucked away in the basement of the Music Building, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling wooden lockers and covered with oriental rugs, is room 1188. Inside this Aladdinesque room is a treasure trove of percussive, gold-leafed instruments, cluttered seat cushions and two chalkboards with scribblings of numerical diagrams and words in an exotic language. This is the gamelan music room, and Professor I Ketut Gede Asnawa is the master. “Gamelan music originated in the early eighth century on the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali,� Asnawa said. “The two islands approached gamelan music differently. Javanese gamelan music focuses on calmer religious pieces while Balinese
gamelan music is meant to be festive and loud. However, both styles use the same instruments and are accompanied by dancers.� Asnawa’s primary focus during his classes is Balinese gamelan music, an art form he has been practicing since the age of 7. “We didn’t have TV when I was growing up, but having access to music was easy. That’s how I got started,� he said. He passes on his gamelan wisdom in his University-sponsored class, as well as a community class he opens on Monday nights to all students and adults in the area. “The community class began in 2006 as part of an outreach program for the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music. It’s meant to allow a community of players of all levels to participate in mak-
ing music together through a wonderful mix of easy, medium and advanced interlocking parts,� said Jason Finkelman, director of the global arts performance initiatives for the Robert E. Brown Center. Students, mostly of Indonesian descent as well as a few music majors, attend the community class. Because the classes are optional, many students will come and go throughout the months, with most players rotating through the different gamelan instruments. Asnawa gauges the students’ abilities and caters each rehearsal to the abilities of the ensemble. Approximately 20 students regularly attend every class, which is enough, as a typical ensemble can range from four to 60 members. Asnawa teaches these stu-
dents according to his own theory known as the 5 W’s. The 5 W’s stand for: wiraga, wirama, wirasa, wicaksana and wibawa. The terms mean instrument mastery, rhythm, emotion, wisdom and expression, respectively. “You must master each W before you move on to the next one. Only then can you be a true gamelan musician. It is very difficult and takes much practice,� Asnawa said. Gamelan music is difficult primarily because there is not any sheet music to refer to. Instead, musicians must learn the music by rote and use aural skills to keep in time with other members of the ensemble. However, Asnawa uses numerical diagrams to help his players learn the difficult harmonies and patterns of the music. To make this even more chal-
lenging, each instrument has a counterpart it must match with, “like male and female,� Asnawa said. One part is meant to be the melody while the counterpart plays the harmony. The melodic instrument’s pitch is a little higher than the harmonic instrument’s pitch so that, ultimately, a harmonic dissonance can be created. This is especially complicated as there are many different instruments with these conflicting phrases in the ensemble. A typical setup includes gongs, flutes, drums, cymbals, kenogs, rebabs, sarons and many other exotic, percussive contraptions. The instruments come straight from Indonesia and cost thousands of dollars. “This price is primarily because of the detailing on the faces of some of the instruments. Each one is covered with gold foiling
and intricately carved with patterns of religious scenes and legends from Indonesian history,� Asnawa said. Although some students come to learn about the history and music of their ancestors, some come to enhance other skills beyond musicianship. “Gamelan music and Balinese dancing go hand in hand,� said Monica Santos, an experienced Balinese dancer, gamelan musician and graduate student in anthropology. “It’s good to have knowledge of both if you want to do well in either.� Santos has been attending the community gamelan class for years. “The trickiest part about the music is the rhythm,� she added.
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Illinois’ Kendrick Nunn attempts to stay in front of Penn State’s Graham Woodword (3) during the Illini’s 60-55 win at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Nunn’s 19 points help Illini snap 8-game losing streak BY SEAN HAMMOND SENIOR WRITER
After Illinois’ loss to Wisconsin last week, John Groce said his staff was trying anything and everything to get out of an eight-game rut. Groce proved it by changing up his starting lineup Sunday for the first time all season. The decision paid off. Freshmen Kendrick Nunn and Malcolm Hill were inserted into the starting lineup in place of seniors Joseph Bertrand and Jon Ekey, and it was Nunn and Hill who led the way in a 60-55 win over Penn State in State College, Pa. It was the Illini’s first win since they last saw the Nittany Lions on Jan. 4 in Champaign. The vic-
tory snapped the program’s longest losing streak since the 197374 season. Nunn played the best game of his young collegiate career, scoring 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting. He hit four 3-pointers in his 31 minutes of playing time, none bigger than a triple from the corner with 20 seconds left and a onepoint Illinois lead. Hill finished with 11 points, also a career-high. The game was back and forth from the opening tip. Penn State jumped out to a 16-7 lead, but Illinois didn’t let its foe extend the lead any further. The Illini rallied back to grab the lead, and the two teams went into halftime even at 31-31. In the two teams’ first meeting, D.J. Newbill scored only
seven points and was ejected for shoving Nunn. This time around, Penn State’s top scorer led his team with 19 points in the losing effort. Running mate Tim Frazier added 11. “When Frazier and Newbill put big numbers up, they’re very difficult to defend and ultimately beat,” Groce said prior to Sunday’s game. “We won (on Jan. 4) because we defended. The drum we’re going to beat is getting that (defense) back.” Newbill and Frazier pestered Illinois’ defense all game long Sunday, but the Illini definitely replicated the defense Groce has been searching for. Illinois held Penn State to just 38.2 percent shooting from the field. The Nittany Lions didn’t score
for more than eight minutes after the 9:44 mark of the second half. Illinois ended the game on an 11-3 run. Bertrand played a season-low 13 minutes and did not score. Ekey, despite not getting the start, hit two 3-pointers and added another three free throws for a total of nine points. It was the Illini’s first win in State College since the 2009-10 season. The teams are now even in the Big Ten cellar at 3-8 in conference play. Illinois will try to carry the momentum from the win into a trip to Nebraska on Wednesday.
Sean can be reached at sphammo2@dailyillini.com and @sean_hammond.
Softball opens season with 5 consecutive wins BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER
The Illinois softball team found different ways to win, opening its season this past weekend with five wins in the Rosemont Rumble in Rosemont, Ill. Through the weekend, the team focused on each pitch, using what it calls pitch-bypitch concentration to secure victories in a variety of forms. “I felt like on Friday we showed our teeth and on Saturday we showed our will,” Illinois head softball coach Terri Sullivan said. The Illini defeated UIC 12-2 on Friday before beating Loyola with a fi nal score of 11-1. The team had 23 runs on 26 hits for both games combined. Saturday saw closer matchups and the fi rst real test of the team’s preparation for tough situations. First up was Eastern Illinois, a game that went to extra innings. Tied at two for five innings, the Illini secured a
walk-off victory in the eighth after senior catcher Jenna Mychko hit a ground-rule double with the bases loaded for a fi nal score of 4-2. “I was just looking for a good pitch to send to the outfi eld,” Mychko said. “Because I knew once the ball got in the outfield, we were going to score.” A shifting score battle came later Saturday when Illinois defeated IUPUI, 5-3 . Seeing four lead changes before fi nally coming out on top, the Illini were backed by strong relief pitching from junior Shelese Arnold , who allowed just one hit in the fi nal five innings. Closing out the tournament Sunday, Illinois won its fi nal game with 4-1 victory over Central Michigan, who were the 2013 MAC Tournament champions. A strong presence throughout the weekend both offensively and defensively, the team’s freshmen contributed a large part to all the victories.
“It doesn’t surprise us,” Sullivan said. “We feel really good about our entire fi rst-year class, and we’re really proud. It can be hard, but they learn from the games, and they know they have a long way to go still. But they certainly were a big part of what we did this weekend and their teammates are very excited as well.” Nerves nonexistent, freshman shortstop Ruby Rivera went 5-for-5 in both Friday games. Freshman outfi elder Nicole Evans hit two home runs during the weekend, as well. Freshman pitcher Brandi Needham earned three victories this weekend after starting against Loyola and Central Michigan while coming into the third inning for the win against Eastern. Facing a different pitching climate, Needham felt the nerves during warmups but put them aside after some words from catcher Mychko. “Usually in, say, high school
or travel-team softball, you can go at a batter right off the bat,” Needham said. “You can mess up and throw balls down the middle of the plate, but here you really can’t do that. Even keeping the ball in the corner, they can jack it over the fence. So you really got to make sure you’re hitting every single spot and doing what you got to do.” Ultimately, though, the effort of the entire team is what helped the Illini carry through with their sound game plan. “You need to know your team can win with pitching, with defense, with timely hitting and with executing an offensive strategy,” Sullivan said. “It’s the little things that help a team win and allow you to play consistent and get a lot of trust in the teammates. We stayed focused and a coach couldn’t ask for more than to be put in different scenarios.”
Charlotte can be reached at cmcarro2@dailyillini.com
llinois men’s basketball head coach John Groce isn’t scared to shake things up. His team ended its longest losing streak since 1973-74 because of it. Illinois eked past Penn State 60-55 on Sunday in a game where Groce threw out everything but the kitchen sink to get the victory. Groce sent a message to his team from the outset of the game by starting freshmen Kendrick Nunn and Malcolm Hill over seniors Joseph Bertrand and Jon Ekey. The decision paid off, to say the least. The freshmen duo combined for 30 points on an efficient 11-for-22 shooting from the field, combining for half of Illinois’ point total. Nunn’s performance was especially terrific, giving Illinois fans a glimpse of what can be a bright future for Illini basketball. The lefty guard simply took over this game. Nunn topped off his career-high 19 points with a game-sealing 3-pointer to put the Illini up four with 22 seconds left. Nunn’s previous career-high was eight points, proving how much of a breakout game this was for the athletic freshman. It’s not like this performance came completely out of a nowhere — Nunn has upped his play throughout the Big Ten slate. Nunn has scored at least seven points in five Big Ten games after doing it once in the nonconference season. I’ve been itching to see Nunn get more playing time, and he showed what he could do when given the chance. Nunn might be the most dynamic offensive player on the Illini. He’s deadly when given space behind the arc, where he had four 3-pointers Sunday, and aggressive toward the rim. He’s especially crafty finishing with his left hand, often catching defenders off-guard. He’s more than capable to run pickand-rolls, spot up in the corner or even handle in isolation sets. He’s fearless, versatile and
exactly what this stagnant Illinois offense needs. Hill didn’t explode to the extent of Nunn, but Groce’s confidence in the Belleville, Ill., product paid off. Hill scored a career-high 11 points thanks to his aggressive and heady play. He’s not a polished offensive player, but his confidence is through the roof. Hill wasn’t afraid to knock down midrange jumpers or drive to the basket into the bodies of Penn State defenders when necessary. Freshmen Maverick Morgan and Austin Colbert did an effective job of solidifying the middle. The pair combined for eight points and five rebounds on 3-for-3 shooting from the field while Nnanna Egwu finished with just two points and four rebounds. It was surprising to see Colbert in the rotation playing 11 minutes after he had six DNPs in his last seven games. Groce was willing to try anything to end this skid. Forget the Illini as you knew them for the first 23 games of this season. Forget about seniority and forget about stability. Groce is going to play the hot hand and mix and match lineups frequently. If three of four freshmen sets are what this team needs, Groce isn’t going to be afraid to pull the trigger. Penn State is a struggling team — there’s no denying it. The Nittany Lions are tied for last place in the Big Ten with Illinois and have lost five of their last eight games. It’s easy to say this losing streak ended because of Penn State’s ineptitude, but that’s just foolish thinking. Illinois found something to be optimistic about on Sunday. In a game where Rice, Egwu, Joseph Bertrand and Tracy Abrams combined for 13 points, Illinois still won. Those four entered this game accounting for 69 percent of Illinois’s scoring. It’s about time Groce gave the 31 percent its chance to shine.
Michael is a senior in Media. He can be reached at wonsovr2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @The_ MDubb.
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Illinois’ Kendrick Nunn (25) takes a contested layup during the game against Wisconsin at State Farm Center on Tuesday. The Illini lost 75-63.
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No. 22 Illini clinch 3 weekend victories BY J.J. WILSON
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
In its opening homestand, the No. 22 Illinois men’s tennis team challenged its own ranking when it seized wins over No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 8 Texas A&M and No. 10 Texas. Following their first two losses on the road against Duke and North Carolina last weekend, the Illini fell three spots in the national rankings heading into the match against the Irish on Wednesday. While the Illini dropped the doubles points, they responded by taking five of six courts in singles to win 5-2. Sophomore Jared Hiltzik, ranked No. 4 nationally in singles, got the ball rolling when he downed No. 22 Greg Andrews in straight sets, 6-5(1), 6-2. Straight-set victories by juniors No. 46 Tim Kopinski, No. 106 Farris Gosea and Ross Guignon added another three points for the Illini while junior Blake Bazarnik’s win in a threeset tiebreaker rounded out their
score at five. Two nights later, the Illini welcomed a much greater challenge in an undefeated Texas A&M team. The Illini, again, lost the doubles points when the No. 6 Aggies duo of Junior Ore and Jackson Withrow topped No. 4 Guignon and Kopinski in a deciding match on court one. It wouldn’t matter for the Aggies, though, as singles play would see all three of the Illini’s ranked players — Hiltzik, Kopinski and Gosea — win in straight sets over their respective ranked opponents. A win by Bazarnik, this time in straight sets, would seal the deal and win Illinois the match, 4-1. Sunday afternoon would be the closest of three matches for Illinois when they narrowly escaped with a victory over Texas, 4-3. For the sixth match in a row, the Illini surrendered an early lead by dropping two of three courts in doubles. While Guignon and Kopinski rebounded strong from
their last match, winning 6-1, pairs Hilzik and Gosea and Alex Jesse and Brian Page couldn’t hang on against the Longhorns. In singles, Gosea and Hiltzik knocked off ranked opponents to give the Illini a 2-1 lead, but losses by freshman Julian Childers and Page gave the advantage back to the Longhorns. Not long after, Kopinski evened the match score at 3-3 with a three-set win over No. 24 Gold Goldhoff, 5-6, 6-2, 6-5. In the end, it was Guignon who saved the day by scoring Illinois its final point and finishing strong with a three-set victory, 6-5, 5-6, 6-3. The Illini, who are now at 5-2, will have a monthlong break before their next dual match, taking time off for the National Indoor Championships next weekend.
J.J. can be reached at jjwilso2@dailyillini.com and @Wilsonable07.
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Illinois’ Jared Hiltzik hits the ball during the match against No. 8 Texas at Atkins Tennis Center on Feb. 9. The Illini won 4-3.
Women’s tennis falls to Wichita State and Oklahoma BY THOMAS DONLEY STAFF WRITER
Only Montse B. Fernandez of Wichita State stood between Julia Jamieson and a weekend split for the Illinois women’s tennis team. Jamieson came up short, though, falling in two sets, and the Illini ended their weekend road trip to Oklahoma and Wichita State winless, while battling sickness and injuries. Illinois lost its fi rst match of the weekend at Oklahoma on Saturday by a fi nal score of 5-2. Louise Kwong
and Alexis Casati each won their respective singles matches Saturday, but it was not enough to take down an athletic Sooners squad. Oklahoma swept doubles, with Illinois winning just four games out of the three sets. “Oklahoma’s a very good program,” head coach Michelle Dasso said. “I think they’ll be in the top 20 by the end of the year. They’re the most athletic team that we’ve played. I don’t think they’ll lose many doubles points this year, but they just crushed us.” Illinois was closer to a win in
Sunday’s match but fell 4-3 at the hands of Wichita State. Kwong, Casati and Allison Falkin all won their respective singles matches. Falkin won her match in a hard-fought 13-11 third set over Wichita State’s Rebecca Pedrazzi. In doubles, the Illini only won one court with Casati and Melissa Kopinski, who won 6-3. “Doubles was huge, actually Saturday and Sunday,” Dasso said. “I would say it’s the common denominator there because if you look at our losses, we’re losing the doubles points.”
Melissa Kopinski and Jerricka Boone both played through injuries over the weekend, while Misia Kedzierski fought through an illness to play Sunday. Dasso highlighted the efforts of Kwong and Casati, both freshmen, as well as those of senior Falkin as the bright spots of the weekend. Kwong and Casati were the only Illini with wins in each match. After the pair of losses over the weekend, Illinois’ record fell to 4-3. Illinois will try to turn its focus
from its disappointing showing this past weekend to preparing for its upcoming match against Wake Forest on Saturday. Dasso plans to focus on doubles in practice this week, perhaps switching up the pairings for the fi rst time this season, if necessary, and on getting injured players back to full health. “We’ve just got to get back for next weekend,” Kopinski said.
Thomas can be reached at donley2@dailyillini.com.
Illini wrestle away victories from Purdue and Northwestern BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER
Illinois’ Tony Dallago wrestles Michigan’s Collin Zeerip at Huff Hall on Jan. 18.
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The Illinois wrestling team stepped onto its home mat for the fi nal time of the season Sunday and walked away victorious over rival Northwestern 24-12. The Illini started its two-meet weekend with a narrow 18-16 victory at Purdue, which was only the second Big Ten win the team has had this season. The wrestlers had been on the losing end of close duals for most of the season, with losses to Cornell, Wisconsin and Ohio State by three points or fewer. And after a tough loss against Nebraska the previous weekend, Illinois coaches were looking to get the team back on track. “ We went in (against Nebraska), and we weren’t excited or fi red up,” redshirt freshman Zac Brunson said. “After that match, the coaches let us know that we are the best team in the country, but if we are going to wrestle that way, we have to be excited.” Head coach Jim Heffernan was much happier with the excitement the team displayed this weekend against both of its opponents. He said the team wrestled much harder and with a lot more energy, which gave the team a boost over its opponents. One member of the team that Heffernan believes has wrestled
with energy his whole career is senior Tony Dallago. That energy paid off for him in his fi nal home dual as he broke the Illinois career pins record, putting him ahead of alumnus B.J. Futrell. While he was hesitant to admit it, Dallago was thinking about his chances at getting his 38th pin heading into the match. “It was in my head, and it was senior night.” Dallago said. “It was a great way to go out. ... It’s not like I really ever go for the pin, but if it’s there, I’ll take it.” Dallago’s win put Illinois up 9-6 against Northwestern, and the team didn’t fall behind the rest of the dual. Although after a win from hobbled 184-pound Niko Reyes, the Illini suffered consecutive losses from upper weight classes. Sophomore Jeff Koepke fi lled in for the injured Mario Gonzalez at 197, and almost came away with a win against No. 15 Alez Polizzi. After being down late in the match, Koepke was able to come back and tie the match at the end of the third period but lost because Polizzi was awarded an extra point for recording over a minute of riding time. Despite the loss, Hefferenan said Koepke did a “hell of a job” against a tough opponent. After another loss from heavyweight Chris Lopez, which tied the match, 125-pound Jesse Delgado put the dual
away with a technical fall over Northwestern’s Dominick Malone. This was Delgado’s second technical fall of the weekend, and Heffernan believes it put him back on track after he struggled to get wins in his recent matches. “The guy’s a national champion and an All-American as a freshman,” Heffernan said. “I think he knows what’s important. He changed some things and scoring some different ways. When Jesse is scoring like that, you can hardly watch him because he is so fast. ... He is making progress and doing the right things. He is starting to look like himself again.” Redshirt freshman Zane Richards and sophomore Steven Rodrigues finished Illinois’ last home dual meet with two more convincing wins. With the postseason about to begin, Brunson believes the team is starting to wrestle at its best, and these last two wins should give the Illini confidence heading into the postseason. “The best time to win dual meets is right here at the end,” Brunson said. “This is what is going to get kids excited. Coming off these two big wins, I think we are going to be on fi re.”
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Crawford’s 18 points not enough for Illini BY BLAKE PON STAFF WRITER
The same problems continued to plague the Illinois women’s basketball team Sunday, despite the perpetuation of a couple of fresh new faces in the starting lineup, Generating offense was once again an obstacle the Illini could not overcome, as they lost a late lead to Minnesota and, in turn, the game 66-61. Junior guard Ivory Crawford, the team’s central source of offense, was limited to 25 minutes because of foul trouble. Despite the limited playing time, Crawford finished the game with 18 points on 5-of-8 shooting to go along with six rebounds and four blocks. Freshman forward Jacqui Grant also missed her second consecutive game after contracting mono. “We really fought for 38 minutes
and did a lot of good things and just felt like we got caught up a bit in the outcome going down the stretch,” head coach Matt Bollant said. “Give Minnesota credit, (Rachel) Banham hit some big shots and (Amanda) Zahui inside, those two were a little too much for us down the stretch.” Both teams remained within striking distance for the majority of the game, until Illinois was able to attain a seven-point lead with four minutes to go. The lead didn’t last much longer, as the Gophers became more aggressive offensively, driving to the basket at will and drawing a series of fouls to eventually take the lead. Of Minnesota’s 12 made free throws, eight of them came in the final four minutes of the game. The lack of Grant’s presence in the post forced the Illini to become a jump shooting team. Illinois fell in love with
the 3-point shot but couldn’t get it to fall at an efficient rate, shooting 29.6 percent on 8-of-27 shots. Freshman forward Sarah Livingston, who filled in for Grant, simply could not match the effectiveness of Grant on either end of the court. In 37 minutes, Livingston was efficient from the field, hitting 4-of-7 shots for 10 points but managed to grab three rebounds despite being the tallest Illini on the floor at 6-foot-2. Livingston’s opposition in the post, Zahui, fought off constant Illini double teams to the tune of 23 points, 12 rebounds, three blocks and three steals. The 6-foot-5 freshman was pivotal as well down the stretch, as she scored 10 points in the final five minutes of the game. Zahui also generated the gameending steal with five seconds left and Illinois down three. “I thought we did a good job in the
first half getting double teams on (Zahui) and making it tough after a poor start guarding her,” Bollant said. “It really was the start and the finish by her that we didn’t do a really great job on.” Freshman Taylor Gleason made a case for steady playing time. The guard had a solid all-around game, finishing with 11 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals in 32 minutes. The loss marks the sixth in a row for the Illini and the 11th of the last 13. “We need to continue to learn how to fight,” Bollant said. “We played for 38 minutes today, and 40 would have got us the W. The scoreboard will take care of itself if we continue to learn how to fight.”
“We played for 38 minutes today, and 40 would have got us the W. The scoreboard will take care of itself if we continue to learn how to fight.” MATT BOLLANT
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No. 19 Illinois hockey swept at No. 9 Iowa State BY JOEY FIGUEROA STAFF WRITER
It was a rough weekend in Ames, Iowa, for the No. 19 Illinois hockey team, as they were swept by the No. 9 Iowa State Cyclones. Despite a good opening period, the Illini were outplayed for the majority of Friday night’s 5-2 defeat, and even though it was more tightly contested, Saturday night’s rematch ended with the Illini packing their bags and heading home with nothing to show for their trip to Iowa. “It was a pretty heartbreaking loss, so the whole bus ride back was pretty quiet,” senior captain Austin Bostock said. “I know a lot of guys were really upset and kind of taking it pretty hard, especially with only
a couple weeks left here before they first goal as an Illini. announce nationals.” Illinois had a decent amount of Illinois’ best chance good looks on offense to grab a much-needed in the third period road win was Saturday but wasn’t able to night in a game that capitalize. was tied until midway Iowa St ate d id through the final capitalize, however, period. bre a k i ng t he t ie After a scoreless halfway through the first, both teams period and locking down Illinois on its traded goals in the second period until it way to a 4-2 victory was 2-2 heading into over the Illini. the third. AUSTIN BOSTOCK “It was a great SENIOR CAPTAIN The Illini responded hockey game, we just to each of the Cyclones’ came up a little bit second period goals short,” head coach within minutes, and that included Nick Fabbrini said. “That’s what sophomore forward Yoshi Shibata’s happens when you play a team that
“I think we let up a little bit when we got a two-goal lead and I think we got a little too comfortable.”
plays as tight defensively as Iowa State.” Fabbrini thought the Illini played with the same level of energy and desperation Saturday that they have been the past few weekends, but that was not the case for the entire game on Friday. After a great opening period in which Illinois outshot Iowa State 19-10 and generated a 2-0 lead, the Cyclones scored three goals in a four-minute span in the second period to take the lead and would never look back. “We stopped playing with speed, which is how we beat them in the first (period),” Bostock said. “I think we let up a little bit when we got a twogoal lead and I think we got a little too comfortable. They scored three quick
goals and took the wind right out of our sails.” After an emotional weekend split at home, going on the road proved to be tough for the Illini; however, they don’t accept that as an excuse for the weekend sweep. “Playing on the road is a lot tougher than playing at home, especially when they score and the horns and music go off and the fans are yelling and screaming at you,” Bostock said. “But I think the biggest part in the loss on Saturday was that they had a lot of good chances and they capitalized on it, and we didn’t score as many (goals) as we needed to.”
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Men’s gymnastics rebounds with victory over Iowa BY KIERAN HAMPL STAFF WRITER
C.J. Maestas performs the rings routine against Ohio State at Huff Hall on Jan. 26.
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The No. 5 Illinois men’s gymnastics team was able to rebound from a difficult defeat to No. 7 Minnesota by beating No. 9 Iowa 433.350-420.300 on Friday. As a team, Illinois won the pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bar and high bar. “The energy was great, and we were hitting routines when we needed to,” head coach Justin Spring said in a press release. The Illini were able to get the much-needed record-setting style. Redshirt sophomore C.J. Maestas made history breaking NCAA and school records on still rings with a score of 16.450. Maestas also added a second place finish on floor with a 14.850. “As I said when he broke the school record last week, he couldn’t be more deserving,” Spring said in a press release. “Rings has always been his best, and he really showed that tonight.” Standout freshman Chandler Eggleston added another solid performance tying for third on floor with a 14.800. Eggleston also placed second on vault with a 14.950 and was third on high bar with a 14.400. Senior Jordan Valdez who has been a consistent contributor for the Illini all season dominat-
ed on high bar, taking first with a score of 15.550, which was a career high. It was consistency that haunted Illinois against Minnesota. Maestas, Eggleston and Valdez despite top performances were unable to get the job done. Consistency was no problem against Iowa with standout performances from many of the Illinois gymnasts. Senior Alex Varga contributed one of those performances, tying for third with on floor a score of 14.800. Senior Chad Mason took the pommel horse title with a personal best of 15.350 and was followed closely behind by freshman Matt Foster, who finished in second with a 14.650. Junior Mike Wilner placed second on rings with a 15.500, a season best. Sophomore Fred Hartville achieved his season best of 15.150 to take the vault title. Maestas’ consistent performance earned him the all-around title with a score of 89.200. The Illini’s strategy of resting some athletes in an attempt to keep them healthy for the end of year tournaments paid off this weekend as Illinois competed with a much more consistent lineup.
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Women’s gymnastics loses to rival Michigan by 0.225 points BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO STAFF WRITER
Twenty-three years and counting. A mere difference of 0.225 separated the Illinois women’s gymnastics team from achieving a win over Big Ten rival Michigan this weekend, which extended the Illini’s losing streak against the Wolverines to 39 meets. “It’s really hard when you lose by that little,” head coach Kim Landrus said. “And I have to say that our girls are in it till the end. “Although we’re disappointed that we didn’t come out with a W, we went out and did really great routines — hit 23 for 24 routines. And I’m very, very proud of the girls and how they handled the situation tonight.” The Illini began the meet on vault while the Wolverines started on the uneven bars, their best event statistically; however, bars proved to be a problem as Michigan posted a season low of 48.725. This allowed Illinois to take the lead early on with a 48.950 on vault, but it was the only lead it held. After losing the lead on the uneven bars, the Illini bounced back, as the balance beam continued one of their strongest events. Their 48.950 beam score tied their vault score for their best of the night. Sophomore Giana O’Connor, seniors Amber See and Elizabeth McNabb and junior Sunny Kato all stuck their beam dismounts. Coming into the final rotation, Illinois was down 146.950-146.675, which meant a strong finish on the floor routine could seal the victory. Junior Jordan Naleway began floor with a 9.700 followed by junior Kelsi Eberly’s 9.775. Senior Sarah Fiedler topped both
juniors’ scores with a 9.800. Next up was O’Connor, who took an 8.725 due to an incomplete tumbling pass and out-ofbounds deduction. The mishap, though, didn’t affect freshman Erin Buchanan, the next gymnast in the lineup. “Just to do everything we’ve practiced is what I was told,” Buchanan said. “Stay focused and don’t change anything just because someone else did something differently. That’s what we work for.” Buchanan scored a team-high score of 9.825, and See earned a 9.800 to complete the event. This wasn’t enough to overcome Michigan’s prowess, even with the Illini’s 48.850 finish on the balance beam. Illinois took a 195.800-195.575 loss for its second defeat of the season. This was also the first meet in which no Illini won individual event titles, but an Illini did place in each one. O’Connor took second on vault with a 9.850. Kato was third on bars and tied for second on beam with scores of 9.800 and 9.825, respectively. McNabb was also second on beam. On floor, Buchanan placed third with a 9.825. The Illini place major emphasis on ironing out details, but nonetheless lost by a narrow margin. Landrus feels their emphasis is in the right place, and that they just have to keep working. “We just have to keep on doing what we’re doing, and I feel like the recipe that we’re doing is working,” Landrus said. “We had so many good routines, it’s hard to even pick out one, so I think we have to stay on our track and know that our focus is towards the end of the season. We have to continue to build.”
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Erin Buchanan preforms her floor exercise routine during the meet against Michigan at Huff Hall on Friday. The Illini lost 195.800-195.575.
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Men’s track thrives in Nebraska er,” head coach Mike Turk said in a press release. “We still have a way to go, and we’re not quite where we want to be, but we had some breakthrough performances this weekend. We’re slowly coming together as a team and the performances are getting better.” The Illini distances runners lead the team throughout the weekend with sophomore Joe McAsey and graduate student Jannis Toepher winning the 600-meter run and 3,000 meters, respectively. Senior Zebo Zebe also contrib-
BY NICHOLAS FORTIN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The Illinois men’s track and field team fi nished the Frank Sevinge Husker Invitational with three event wins and 22 top-10 finishes, its second impressive showing in as many weeks. The Illini were able to build off a strong overall performance from last weekend at the Indiana Relays, where they recorded 17 top-10 finishes, to perform well from start to finish of the two-day meet in Lincoln, Neb. “We’re starting to come togeth-
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uted an event win for the Illini with a first-place finish in the unseeded 800 meters. Seniors Davis Fraker and Cody Klein contributed to Illinois’ strong showing in the field events on the weekend as both finished in second place their respective events. Fraker took second in the weight throw and Klein garnered a second-place finish in the pole vault.
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Six top-3 finishes for women’s track great meet for us. We had a lot of personal bests and season-best marks. Jesica Ejesieme had a season best in the 60-meter hurdles. Of course, Alyssa Schneider ran very well in the 5,000-meter run with a personal best and a top-10 time. The 4x400 relay team had a great race and ran the fastest time this season.” Schneider was Illinois’ lone fi rst-place fi nisher on the weekend as she won the 5,000 meters with a time of 16 minutes, 35.96 seconds. Ejesieme was one of four Illini who fi nished in the top three
BY NICHOLAS FORTIN ASSISTANT SPORTS WRITER
After a two-week break the Illinois women’s track team was able to continue its success with six top-three finishes at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational this past weekend. The Illini recorded three personal bests over the course of the two-day meet in South Bend, Ind., against tough competition that included three nationally ranked teams and five Big Ten teams. “This weekend went well,” assistant coach Tim Vaught said in a press release. “This was a
of their respective running events as she came in third in the 60 hurdles. Ahlivia Spencer took third in the 800 meters and Colette Falsey rounded out the third place fi nishes for the Illini by placing third in the unseeded 3,00 meters.
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