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ILLINI OF THE WEEK: TONY DALLAGO

Alpha Kappa Alpha celebrates 100 years on campus

Senior wrestler came out of the weekend with 2 Big Ten victories and a career record.

Feb. 12 will now be marked as Gamma Day in the state of Illinois.

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UC Senate discusses faculty rights pus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said. At the Urbana-Champaign Senate meeting Monday, Associate Provost Katherine Galvin presented the Provost Communication, which redefi nes the guidelines for hiring, promoting and evaluating nontenured, specialized faculty. “The reason for this initiative was a convergence of sev-

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Through the newly developed Provost’s Communication for Specialized Faculty, the University hopes to create more stability and employment predictability in the lives of nontenure-track faculty members. “Part of what we are trying to accomplish with this effort is to create career paths,� cam-

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eral things going on,� Galvin said. “But more fundamentally, (there was) the desire to do something more — recognizing the contributions of these employees and taking steps so we can maintain the very best non-tenure-system faculty.� Nontenured faculty members may teach classes, hold office hours, help plan curricula, grade essays, conduct research

and perform any duties that tenured faculty do. The distinguishing feature between tenured and specialized faculty is that tenured faculty members were hired to support all three of the University missions: teaching, discovery and public engagement; while specialized faculty were hired to fulfi ll only one of those three missions, Kaler said.

These specialized faculty members are hired on a semester-tosemester or year-to-year basis, which may cause them feelings of insecurity, Galvin said. Now, departments may extend contracts to up to three years and may promote lecturers and instructors to senior lecturers and senior instructors when that department determines that the faculty member deserves a promotion.

The drafting of the Provost Communication follows two years of discussion with faculty across the University, Kaler said. “All of the initiatives in this document are the result of a lot of communications with people across campus,� she said. “It is a direct response to what

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Icy sidewalks cause issues for C-U, campus prevent more student injuries. Lack said the Public Works Department, which is responsible for snow and ice cleanup on roads, was already busy handling the streets but was trying to send someone to help with the sidewalks. It would take a while. “Knowing that something needed to be done right away, I told them I would get my guys down there right away,� Lack said. He piled 600 pounds of salt into his car and headed for “the slickest spots,� including Green, Fifth and Sixth streets for the next hour. “They saw that there was a defi nite need for it,� said Champaign Lt. Jim Clark. “Quite often, we do stuff that’s above and beyond what our typical job description is in order to protect people, and that’s exactly what the officers did that night.�

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Within 20 minutes, one student had been knocked unconscious, two students had head injuries and another student had what appeared to be a broken arm. Upon arriving on Green Street to respond to the cause of the injuries, Sgt. Aaron Lack, of the Champaign Police Department, said he saw students falling left and right because of the slick sidewalks. “We’ve had an unusual winter with an extreme amount of snow,� Lack said. “It was unusually cold and right (at) about 1 a.m., it became very slick on the sidewalks. If there was snow on the sidewalks, I think people would have been more careful.� During the early morning hours of Feb. 1, Lack and offi cers Christopher Chambers, William Killin, Jeff Pickett and John McAllister personally spread salt on sidewalks to

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Mitch Altman, career hacker and inventor, leads students in a popular hands-on workshop at Allen Hall.

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At 20 years old, Mitch Altman couldn’t remember life without television. But finally something clicked, and he was fed up. He gathered all of his TVs — even those that he had found on the street, lugged home and meticulously coaxed back into working condition — and got rid of them. Forever. Since he started school at five years old, he would come home every day to his family’s apartment, turn on the TV and sit for hours. He spent time with his friends Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart and Oliver Wendell Douglas — stand-ins for the friends he couldn’t seem to make at school. Bullies and bruises didn’t exist in the world that Altman escaped to — where every problem could be solved in 30 minutes with breaks for commercials.

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But as time went on, the problems weren’t always solved at the end of the show. The cops caught some bad guys, but there were always more. The reporters on news programs never failed to have some terrible event to report on. “The more I watched TV the more the world seemed like a worse place, and of course it’s a place I get beat up by bullies because that’s the way the world is,� Altman said. “Why do I watch this?� five-year-old Altman would ask himself, but he could never seem to come up with an answer, so he continued to tune in day after day, week after week, month after month for 15 years. When he turned 20, the question still lingered in his mind. This time he had an answer: he didn’t have to.

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Diagram of a TV-B-Gone

This device, a composite of software and hardware, turns TVs on and off from a distance up to 50 meters. The whole process takes about one minute. 1. On/off switch 2. Red blinking light tells you if the device is working 3. Ultraviolet bulb sends out light patterns that correspond with different TV companies’ on/off patterns 4. Computer connector where the software for the device is loaded on 5. Battery pack 6. Waffle board 7. Arduino compatible board

Former Illini Media building to offer new student options BY DECLAN HARTY

Two restaurants and one retailer are expected to move into the first floor. Business are planning to open in summer 2014. ELEVATOR

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Joining the many construction projects on Green Street, the Illini Media Building will add three new businesses and campus housing over the next year. The building, located at 512 E. Green St. in Champaign, will soon host five new student apartments, two restaurants and one retailer, said Doug Larson, owner of the building and president of the Larson Company. With inside construction and remodeling scheduled to finish at the end of the spring, Larson said the first-floor businesses should be ready to open this summer. Additionally, the student apartments that will take up the second floor will likely be available for rent starting in the fall semester. Larson is currently negotiating contracts to sign the two restaurants to the building’s first-floor spaces along Green Street. The

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third space on the first floor will host either a cell phone store or an additional restaurant, he said. Although he declined to comment on which businesses were interested in occupying the space, he said he thinks “the college market works a lot for some franchisetype operations.� Roland Realty will manage the apartments on the second-floor space. There will be four apart-

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY A healthy body and mind propels peak performance this year. Align diet, exercise and meditation practices to support this. Give up old habits that no longer serve. Break from travel over spring, favoring home renovations. A new level in romance and partnership opens around the eclipse (6/10). You can have both adventure and domestic bliss. Play like a child. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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Illini Union Bookstore, 809 S. Wright St., around 5 p.m. Monday. According to the report, a security guard saw the suspect attempt to take five textbooks valued at $1,830. Q Indecent exposure was reported at the Illini Union, 1401 E. Green St., around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, an unknown offender exposed himself to the victim while she was studying in the President’s Lounge.

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CORRECTIONS In the Feb. 11, 2014, edition of The Daily Illini, the article “Another chance for Freeway� incorrectly stated Paige Lundberg was the oncology resident who saw Freeway at the University Veterinarian Teaching Hospital. Alycen is her first name. In the Feb. 10, 2014, edition of The Daily Illini, the article “A taste of tradition: homemade pizza passed throughout the ages� incorrectly stated that Paul Jarosz and his roommates made pizza to break the monotony of eating microwaveable meals and fast food. They did not own a microwave, and the article should have said they had Hamburger Helper meals. In the Feb. 11, 2014, edition of The Daily Illini, the article “Face behind the arctic apology to Chancellor Wise� incorrectly stated that the picture of Dobrovits’ public apology amassed more than 70 likes on the University of Illinois’ Memes Facebook page. It should have said 700 likes. In the Feb. 11, 2014, edition of The Daily Illini, the photograph accompanying the article “Rodrigues returns to wrestling lineup� incorrectly stated Illinois wrestling faced Wisconsin on Feb. 7. The photo referenced the meet against Nebraska on Feb. 1. The Daily Illini regrets these errors. When we make a mistake, we will correct it in this place. We strive for accuracy, so if you see an error in the paper, please contact Editor-in-Chief Darshan Patel at (217) 337-8365.

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SENATE they have said is important to them.” However, the communication, which is a year and a half in the making, has not yet been enacted. At Monday’s meeting, the academic senate discussed the communication and voted largely in favor of the draft. The vote was discounted though, after Mary Mallory, head of the Documents Library, pointed out that the senate had not reached quorum and was therefore unable to vote on the matter at that time. The Urbana-Champaign Senate’s consideration of the Provost Communication led to much discussion regarding the diction used in the document. “I wish to say, first of all, that this is a step in the right direction,” said nontenured faculty member Sara Benson, of the College of Law. “I have been on the nontenure track for eight years, so it is quite a long time to be in no-man’s land, not knowing if there are any steps for promotion.”

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ALTMAN He quit cold turkey that day and hasn’t watched TV since. “Time does go away, never to come back ever again,” Altman said. “For everything, though, that I am missing on TV that would be good to see, I am doing something in my life that is better for me.” Altman decided to invent TVB-Gone, a gadget that turns off TVs in public places where he believes they only add negativity to the atmosphere by distracting people from each other. He said he hopes his invention will inspire people to think about why they watch TV and decide to turn it off to spend the time doing something fulfilling. “Why not make conscious choices and choose what we think is the coolest?” Altman said. “Then our lives get better.” Now, he said he only watches TV “for the amount of time it takes the TV-B-Gone to turn it off.” Altman can’t believe he makes a living selling TV-BGones, adding that he has sold 500,000 in 10 years. Similarly, he wants students to know how important it is to make money in a way that makes them happy. “It is worth choosing well what you do with your time because it’s really one of the few things we have control over in our life,” he said. Now, he loves his job and the opportunities it gives him, and he is glad that he followed his passion. For him, there never really was another option. For Allen Hall’s guest-in-residence, hacking people’s mindset is a lifelong goal and something he hopes to accomplish during his stay at the University. Altman, a University alumnus, has returned to campus to share his experiences as a hacker and inventor. His two-week stay at Allen Hall has encompassed many subjects, from making blinking name tags to discussions of depression and suicide.

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Benson encouraged the Office of the Provost to hold an open forum for all faculty, after seeing that few nontenured faculty are members of the senate. She also called for some changes to be made to the language of the draft in order to ensure more clarity regarding non-tenuredfaculty rights. Some senators were also some concerned about a lack of nontenure-track faculty representation within the senate, but Galvin clarified that a lack of representation did not have to do with this document and that representatives were selected in a separate process. Another disagreement that was addressed by multiple senators was use of the term “specialized” to describe non-tenure-track faculty. Vice Provost Barbara Wilson said this term was not decided entirely by the Office of the Provost, but instead through conversations with non-tenuretrack faculty. “The general consensus was that they needed a new phrase,” Wilson said. “It was in many peoples’ minds, a step

in the right direction. It is not perfect.” Wilson made clear that the document was not in its final stage and that she and Galvin were open to suggestions. “We are happy to continue meeting,” Wilson said. “This is a draft document at this point, but I just want to reiterate that this isn’t coming out of nowhere, and we have really consulted as widely as we can.” The Office of the Provost will continue to work on the communication in hopes of creating a plan that will allow the most stability to non-tenure-track faculty. “I think that on this campus, people value the work of specialized faculty and there seems to be pretty common consensus to do what we can to predict employment and give more opportunities for career advancement opportunities for these faculty,” Kaler said. “This will help individuals in these positions feel more connected and want to stay with the University.”

To Altman, “hacking” is taking anything and using it for something other than its original purpose and sharing it with other people. He said the media has gotten carried away with the term and now it holds a negative connotation; however, he said he hacks to make the world a better place. His halo of white hair curls down to his shoulders with red and blue streaks on the left side. He smiled as he talked about the impact his TV-B-Gones have had as, in his eyes, deactivated TVs make the world a better place. He said when the TVs go off, “people can make new choices — hopefully better choices.” Eric Myers, sophomore in ACES and Allen Hall resident, said he comes to as many guestin-residence workshops as he can and Altman has been one of his favorites. He said he went to a few of Altman’s events and really enjoyed all of the projects he made and the information he learned. “It is new experiences because (the residents are) people we normally wouldn’t communicate with and (they present) also just new ideas and projects to think about,” Myers said. He said he loves to do handson activities and make usable projects, so he is very glad they invited Altman. “I don’t really do a whole lot of work with computers or with circuit boards or anything so this is all kind of new to me,” Myers said. Myers said he is excited to use his TV-B-Gone to irritate his friends and to see if they will notice their TVs turning off. Altman travels the country and the world, educating people on how to enhance products for their own personal use. At one of his workshops, Altman told participants that now that they have made their own TV-BGone, participants can use it for their own purposes. He encouraged them to take the software, hack it and make it their own.

During his time at the University, Altman has visited grade schools, University classes and hacker spaces, spreading his ideas and hoping to create communities for “geeks” like himself. Altman said he has been teaching people his whole life, even teaching children in his mother’s classroom about technology when he was a child himself. Laura Haber, Unit One programs director, said that Altman was a guest-in-residence two years ago, and students really enjoyed his program. After a survey last spring, she decided to ask him to return and stay for longer. “Students seem to be really enthusiastic. All of the ones that I’ve talked to are really enjoying the workshops and many students have been to more than one — some students have been to all of them,” Haber said. Haber said Altman includes all types of students from different backgrounds in his workshops and makes it so everyone can learn and be part of the community he creates. Altman hopes he can make people’s lives better through his work. He said he knows firsthand what it’s like to live life pegged as a “geek” and he wants others who live the same way to find communities where they are accepted. This is his motivation to travel the world, creating hacker spaces, maker spaces and even temporary communities, even if just for a little while. He said he wants to give hope and encouragement to kids who are in situations similar to his. Now, at 58 years old, watching TV is far removed from his memory. As he spoke, the TV in the room flickered with motion until the crowd was ready to see a demonstration of his invention. Click. “It’s much better that way.”

MaryCate can be reached at most2@dailyillini.com.

Claire can be reached at hettngr2@dailyillini.com.

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ILLINI MEDIA ments with four bedrooms and two bathrooms, and one apartment with two bedrooms and one bathroom. The Larson Company also owns the locations of Wingin’ Out, Pizza Hut and the yet-to-be-completed five-story 112 E. Green St. apartment building. The Illini Media Company, which owns The Daily Illini, has long been an institution of constant change. According to Lilyan Levant, publisher and general manager of Illini Media, the building has been located at 512 E. Green St. for seven years, but struggled financially and was sold to Larson in May of 2013. Despite the new additions to the interior of the building, Levant said the Illini Media Company plans to continue to produce and perform in the building’s third floor. “Mainly, our mission, as a nonprofit, is to provide an educational and experimental setting for all types of media, marketing and etc. ... We wanted to be responsible to our mission; we didn’t want to

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have any (financial) distractions,” she said. Larson said both the building’s exterior and location contributed to his decision to buy it. “I love the location, I like how the building looks,” Larson said. “I think it is a very pretty building, and it is nicely built. So those are probably the three main factors (for why we purchased it).” For businesses, the former Illini Media building’s location offers potential suitors a market that, according to Larson, is competitive but historically has been worthwhile. Green Street is a widely advantageous area for businesses and retailers due to the large student population, said Jill Guth, director of commercial leasing at JSM. The construction on the building is part of one of the largest chain of construction projects on campus since the Campustown 2000 project, which was spearheaded by the city of Champaign and the University. The project caught the attention of national retailers, which now make up a large portion of the businesses on Green Street between First and

Wright streets. Like other developers in the area, Larson said he recognizes the potential of a continually changing area of campus. A variety of businesses and buildings are also currently in a state of construction and remodeling, including JSM Development’s Lot J Project (at the corners of Healey and Sixth streets), and the two high-rise apartment buildings being built to businesses at Fourth and Green streets and Sixth and Green streets, respectively. “Campustown is going up right now. It isn’t going out anymore: It is rising up. Everyone is wanting newer, (and) they want the latest technology, and you just have to go with time and just keep up with everybody,” said Ashley Matheny, a leasing agent for Bankier Apartments, which owns more than 30 properties on Green Street and the highrise under construction at the corner of Sixth and Green streets. “Green Street is the center; it is the hub of the University community,” Levant said.

Declan can be reached at dharty2@dailyillini.com.

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University pride goes statewide with signs BY BRYAN BOCCELLI STAFF WRITER

University pride is about to go state-wide with the new “Paint the Highway Orange” initiative introduced by the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. The initiative aims to generate excitement surrounding Illinois athletics, according to a press release. “We are looking for Illinois residents who share our enthusiasm for this great university and own farmland or other property along Illinois’ interstates or major highways,” said Mike Thomas, director of Athletics, in the press release. There are five different sign options ranging from “Hail to the Orange” to “Hail Alma Mater.” The signs will be placed along already specified highways and interstates delineated on a map created by the program developers. “It’s really a pride campaign — we’re trying to get more exposure for Illinois athletics as well as the University of Illinois,” said Jennifer Larson, assistant athletic director. The first signs went up a cou-

ple weeks ago and are located on I-57 southbound at the 247mile marker between Rantoul and Thomasboro. Larson said they will monitor the interest in the program with the hopes of posting more signs this spring. Less than 48 hours after the program’s announcement, more than 50 donors expressed interest in placing these signs on their property. “Our goal is to get these signs up and cover as much of the state as we can,” Larson said. The Division of Intercollegiate Athletic is covering part of the costs, but they will not be able to accommodate everyone, Larson said. Larson added that the signs will be placed where the University will get “the most bang for its buck.” Following this initial phase the University will “then work with those landowners who have expressed interest and if they would like we can coordinate them purchasing the signs and then we can coordinate (installation),” Larson said. The signs cost around $250,

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but the University will cover the additional installation costs. The signs are required to be spaced out around 200 feet from one another, according to state highway and interstate regulations. Initially, the program called for signs on billboards; however, it eventually evolved into these roadside signs once the University contacted state officials about their placement. “We are always excited to hear about the Fighting Illini fan base uniting to support the Orange and Blue,” said Grace Conard, president of Illini Pride.

Bryan can be reached at boccell2@dailyillini.com.

Professors set to attend annual science meeting BY MIRANDA HOLLOWAY STAFF WRITER

Scientists from across the country and the world will converge on Chicago this weekend for the annual meeting for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. The meeting, which starts Wednesday and ends Monday, will cover topics from across fields of science with the theme of the event centering on global challenges. A number of University researchers will be attending the meeting. The AAAS is an international, non-profit organization that aims at advancing science and technology, according to the group’s website. “I really think it represents the collective voice of science here in the United States and probably around the world as well,” said Stephen Boppart, bioengineering professor. The topics that will be covered at sessions at the meeting range from climate change to evolutionary biology. “Every year they tend to have more topical discussions at these meetings ... Things such as global warming, or just generalized health and healthcare, global health, energy, those types of very active scientific topics,” Boppart said. “So being able to hear the general state of these different areas is going to be really interesting as well.” This contrasts the more technical meetings or talks that researchers attend where everything is centered around a certain area of study. “I think an AAAS meeting can cross a wider range of topics so it’s a good chance to see top researchers and thought leaders in a number of different fields that might be kind of adjacent to your own area of expertise, but at the same time, could be

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SALT The officers began salting at about 1 a.m. on Saturday. To wait for businesses to open on Monday and clear their sidewalks would have been too dangerous, Clark said. Champaign Public Works Director Dennis Schmidt declared the Sidewalk Snow Removal Ordinance in effect on Feb. 6 at 12 p.m., according to a press release. The ordinance requires that businesses clear their sidewalks within 48 hours of the declaration. If they do not comply, the city sends its people out to clear them and the business owners are billed. Property owners were granted an extension until noon on Monday due to the intensity of the storm. Makenzie Weishaar, junior in LAS, fell twice on the ice. She said she bruised her tailbone the first time and injured her hip the second time after slipping on a sloped sidewalk on Green Street. “I think it definitely could have been better,” Weishaar said. “There were areas where the sidewalks were completely cleared, but then there were other areas where I had to watch my footing because even in the snow, it’s still pretty slick.” Weishaar noticed that even when sidewalks are maintained, they aren’t always completely cleared. The ordinance states that “sidewalks must maintain a path

enlightening in terms of opening up new ideas or new opportunities for cooperation,” said John Rogers, material sciences and engineering professor. Among other topics, anthropology professor Kathryn Clancy is speaking in a symposium called “Building Babies: Development, Evolution and Human Health.” “I think it’s going to be a really fun way of bringing some more evolutionary ways of thinking to AAAS,” Clancy said. Clancy, who is also a science writer, is looking forward to seeing some her friends in that business. “It certainly covers a whole lot of scientific disciplines, and so I think a lot of big people tend to go, so you tend to hear some hot new research or hear from really established big name folks,” Clancy said. “It’s a really good networking opportunity for science writers for that reason as well.” Christine Herman, a graduate student studying journalism and a former Illini Media employee, will be attending for networking purposes as she prepares to graduate in May. Herman, who holds a doctorate in chemistry, is hoping to network with different science magazines for internships and jobs in the future. “There is all kinds of interesting science that is going to be presented, but the big reason for me at this point is that I’m getting ready to graduate and launch my career, so it’s a really important time for me to start meeting other people in my field,” Herman said. Networking and getting to know other people in various fields is not limited simply to journalists. Getting to know other scientists in other fields and from across the globe is something Boppart is looking forward the width of the sidewalk or 48 inches, whichever is less.” For corner properties, ramps must also be cleared so people can travel from block to block. “I don’t necessarily know whose job it is (to clear snow) for what areas,” Weishaar said. “If I need to cross the street, I’m still having to walk through piles of snow, and it’s not the worst, but it’s still their responsibility.” Lack said many people blame the police department when a storm hits and roads and sidewalks are not immediately taken care of. “The city does not have the resources, the money or the personnel to clear all sidewalks, so that’s why the city enacted the ordinance that requires property owners to do that,” said Champaign Public Information Officer Kris Koester. “I guess it’d be nice if everyone did their part; when it snowed if everyone took the time to shovel no matter where you live.” The procedure in Urbana is similar. After two or more inches of snow accumulate and snow operations for the city are completed, Public Works Director Bill Gray will declare the snow ordinance in effect, said Jason Arrasmith, Urbana environmental control officer. Following the declaration, businesses then have 24 hours to clear their sidewalks. Arrasmith inspects Urbana businesses to see if they have complied. If they haven’t, it is taken care of by the city and the business is billed.

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The American Association for the Advancement of Sciences meeting this weekend in Chicago will draw a number University faculty. Presenters include: • Anthropology professor Kathryn Clancy • Material sciences and engineering professor John Rogers • Mechanical engineering professor Taher Saif • Atmospheric sciences professor Donald Wuebbles. • In addition, four University faculty members were named AAAS fellows in November and will be recognized at a ceremony at the meeting. Honorees include: • Bioengineering professor Stephen Boppart • Electrical and computer engineering professor Kanti Jain • Mechanical science and engineering professor William Paul King • Chemistry professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer SOURCE: AAAS WEBSITE

to at his first AAAS meeting. “Obviously here in the US, we have some idea of the status and thinking of science and engineering, but I don’t always know how other people feel about that, so I think that’s going to be really interesting,” Boppart said.

Miranda can be reached at mwhollo2@dailyillini.com. Mylene Haus, freshman in Engineering, has fallen three times because of the conditions. The first time, she fell down the stairs of an apartment building on Chalmers Street and her most recent slips occurred outside Illinois Street Residence Hall and Wohlers Hall, she said. “I feel like a lot of the major areas that should be salted have not been very attended to,” Haus said. “Outside of the dorms and on the Main Quad, there is a lot of ice that a lot of people have been falling and getting hurt on.” The Neighborhood Services Department of Champaign is in charge of monitoring compliance of the ordinance. “We respond to complaints when a citizen calls in and complains they’re having trouble navigating the sidewalk,” said David Oliver, Champaign code compliance manager. “It has gotten much better through each year. (Businesses) have come to realize the earlier they address the situation, the easier it is to remove the snow from the sidewalk.” For the next blizzard, Clark has advice for students. “Just common sense stuff — slow down, pay attention to what you’re doing,” he said. “A lot of it is personal responsibility. Be careful when you walk on the sidewalks, and put your phones away so you can concentrate on what you’re doing. And ride the bus as much as possible.”

Brittney can be reached at banadle2@dailyillini.com.

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ED I TO R IAL Alcohol Poisoning Immunity Bill could save Illinois students’ lives

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a campus where underage drinking is both prevalent and arguably a norm, there is always a chance that someone who is underage may suffer from alcohol poisoning. There’s also a chance that another underage drinker may be hesitant to call 911 for help in an alcohol-related incident at the risk of being charged with underage drinking. That’s where House Bill 2341, the Alcohol Poisoning Immunity Bill, comes in. The bill was created in collaboration between State Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-103, and former student body president Brock Gebhardt. If passed, it would protect underage drinkers who seek medical assistance for someone who has alcohol poisoning or who needs assistance for an alcohol-related emergency. The bill has been approved by the House Committee on Rules for final consideration in the House. Since the bill can potentially save lives and directly affects students on our campus, we hope the House will recognize its importance to other state campuses and eventually pass the bill. It is also important to note that students from this University made the effort to lobby for this bill. In November of last year, members from the Illinois Student Senate headed to Springfield to ask representatives and state senators to vote in favor of the bill. We applaud the ISS senators that traveled to Springfield, because without their effort, it’s possible the bill would not have made it this far in the House. We also commend Jakobsson for proposing the bill and considering the needs of University students — one demographic of Jakobsson’s constituents — and bringing this important issue to light to the state. With this bill, she has acknowledged the incongruence between the number of underage students who drink and the policies on campus that may inhibit them from seeking help for alcohol-related incidents because they are drinking illegally. We appreciate that she is willing to collaborate with University students to bring something muchneeded into law. But as much as we like to think students should be responsible and held accountable for their actions, the University also has a responsibility to keep its students safe, something that clearly resonates with both Rep. Jakobsson and ISS. What this particular bill would do is set standards for alcohol immunity on the state level, as well as strengthen and reinforce the unwritten (yet widely understood) alcohol immunity code at the University level. It’s not so much presenting anything new, but it’s strengthening the alcohol immunity policies we already have. When Cornell University implemented its alcohol amnesty policy, the percentage of students seeking intervention following an alcohol-related incident more than doubled from 22 to 52 percent. The alcohol immunity policy is equally about keeping students safe as it is encouraging students to seek assistance following an alcohol-related emergency. If we have a campus climate that discourages students to report incidences of alcohol poisoning in the first place, how can we expect them to pursue medical and mental health interventions following an incident? Perhaps the greatest accomplishment is that our student senators identified a policy we need desperately on campus and truly fought and lobbied for it. And by collaborating with state legislators, our student senators were able to take a policy on campus and manifest it into a statewide initiative. The Alcohol Poisoning Immunity Bill is a prime example of the successes that can be achieved when our student government collaborates with state legislators to create change, as well as the ability we have to take campus issues and address them on the state level.

Trustworthy sites, transparency keys in subleasing REBECCA JACOBS Opinions columnist

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helsea Lee did not find a student to sublease her apartment until just a few weeks before leaving to study abroad in Spain last month. In crunch mode, Lee, senior in LAS, was desperate to find a sublease to alleviate the expenses of studying abroad while also paying for an apartment in Illinois. Subleasing online can lead to a lot of scams. However, certain strategies on social media and learning what sites to use can help apartment hunters avoid scams and find people to sublease. To sublease her apartment, Lee used Facebook and Craigslist. On Facebook there is an open group specifically for University students looking to sublease. On Monday alone, there were 21 postings from people looking to sublease apartments. The postings vary in descriptions about the apartments. The most successful postings, including Lee’s, should list information such as location, nearby bus stops, utilities included in rent, parking and the furniture that comes with the apartment. Lee even included pictures. By reposting listings many times on Facebook and Craigslist, the listing will appear day-to-day so that new people searching for subleases can view them. Lee followed a similar pattern, and her persistence resulted in a lot of responses. However, not all of the responses were reliable or as persistent as Lee was. At one point, Lee had a man say he was interested in her apartment. On the day they

were supposed to sign the lease together, he did not show up. Lee tried calling and emailing him, but she never got a response. Lee then contacted a woman who had expressed interest in her apartment but wanted to negotiate the price. Negotiations led to Lee subleasing her apartment, but it also resulted in Lee paying for a month’s rent when she would be in Spain. Also, the person did not want to sublease for the summer months. “We negotiated and, honestly, I thought it was kind of unfair at my end, but my leasing office found someone to sublease my apartment for the summer,� Lee said. Not many students are as lucky as Lee in finding someone to cover her summer rent, too. The campus Tenant Union says that subleasing for the summer “will be most difficult as many students are looking for someone to sublet from them in the summer with very few students left to do so. Consider making your rent price negotiable.� While the Tenant Union does not list subleases on its website, it does provide resources where students can list and find subleases available, such as Craigslist, the UIUC study abroad housing board and The Daily Illini classified section. While The Daily Illini charges for sublease ads, Craigslist and the study abroad housing board are free. Of course, the study abroad housing board is targeted toward university students. One of the goals of the study abroad housing board is to help alleviate the stress of finding a sublease when going abroad and to help students avoid scams. Cristina Valdez, junior in LAS, is a peer advisor at the Study Abroad Office. She has met lots of students who want to find ways to make their subleases available to international students. Many of the students who come to talk to Valdez express the same fears

as Lee, saying they will not be able to study abroad if they do not find a sublease. To ease their worries, Valdez shows these students the study abroad housing board online. “The board is accessible to incoming exchange students and people studying abroad,� Valdez said. “A lot of time that’s where international students find their housing because they know we’re a trusted source.� The housing board aims to help students escape scams, especially if they are from a foreign country and are not familiar with housing systems on campus. “Sometimes we’ve had people come into the office where they pre-sign leases without knowing what they’re getting,� Valdez said. “There have been students who have been scammed before, not from our housing board, but from their own searches.� Even Lee encountered scams on Craigslist when looking for people to sublease her apartment. The Federal Trade Commission has some tips on how to spot a scam. Signs include posters asking you to wire money, wanting a security deposit before you have seen the apartment and the poster saying they are out of town and unable to meet before signing the sublease. Knowing how to look for scams and using trustworthy sources like the housing board helps to make subleasing easier. Being transparent in listings is a big part in not coming across as a scam. Lee figured out these tricks to subleasing. Now, she is studying abroad in Spain and planning to go to Paris for Valentine’s Day, free of subleasing worries.

Rebecca is a junior in Media. She can be reached at rrjacob2@dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @ruthyjacobs.

Career fairs advantageous for freshman job-seekers SIMRAN DEVIDASANI Opinions columnist

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ome of the biggest tools that the University offers are the countless number of career fairs where various companies come to campus to hire students. However, because of a common misconception that career fairs aren’t beneficial for freshmen, many of those students might not take advantage of them. While it’s true that most jobs go to the upperclassmen, the freshmen get good practice, exposure and experience from going to these fairs, so they shouldn’t miss attending based on the fear that they won’t get hired. And that’s true for all majors, from engineering to advertising. According to the Northeastern University Career Development website, students can learn a lot about companies they’re interested in by attending these fairs during freshman year. Furthermore, by putting your resume out there, you could set yourself up for a good position in later years. Attending these fairs as freshmen will enable one to practice dressing up, writing and presenting resumes, and practice speaking skills. The earlier one starts practicing these skills, the more comfortable they will be in the future. I used to think that career fairs were a waste of time, because as a freshman, I had so much to get accustomed to at school that these fairs would just be hours of me walking around trying to talk to companies who were only interested in older students. Moreover, I used to believe that gaining an internship or job freshman year with a serious

company was not viable, because most of my older peers hadn’t yet accomplished that — most of them didn’t even have a polished resume. After attending the business career fair on Feb. 5 though, I realized that businesses were interested in people who truly seemed passionate and knowledgeable about the field, regardless of their year in school. I was even told by one representative, “We love freshmen because we get to build them over the years.� He explained how he has taken a few freshmen into his business firm and trained them over the years, and now they are seniors at the University who know the company well. The company representative also mentioned how they see so much potential in freshmen — which shows how companies do not have a negative perception of freshmen in their mind. These same freshmen with potential will come back in later years with even more knowledge about the company, and potentially land the job. It’s true that many freshmen do attend career fairs already, but many feel as if they are going because they are obliged to and that nothing will really come out of it. Those who attend are daunted by the fact that they feel unprepared and insignificant as such young job-seekers. I’ve spoken to my peers who were attending career fairs who started off by saying, “I’m a freshman. I have no experience.� And while it’s true that we do not have exposure, we have to start somewhere. It’s important for students of all grades to look up career fairs early on to get a head start building up their resumes and developing speeches for employers. This way students will be prepared when the time comes, and will sound polished too, making companies believe they are confident. Attending career fairs during freshman

year gives you the advantage of having this experience, thus pushing you to be more confident and experienced as a sophomore or junior — giving you the upper hand against your peers who did not attend. Career fairs are also a great place to develop inspiration and interest by walking around and learning about different companies. At the same time, students are exposed to real-world work. They can then narrow down what they want to do simply by gauging their interests. To make things easier on us, the University even offers a Career Center that reads resumes, corrects resumes and even provides mock interviews for students. The time varies each day for when these services are available, but you can view the times and even set up appointments on the Career Center website. Starting in October, freshmen in the College of Media are urged to submit resumes to the Career Center to perfect them and attend the fairs. The fact that our teachers and counselors were telling us to do so pushed many of us to attend. Thus, I believe it would be beneficial for all teachers at the University to encourage students to attend. While each career fair in each department is different, the basis of the system is all the same: dress up in formal clothes, have a clean resume and a one-minute speech ready, stand in lines and talk to companies you are interested in. If they reciprocate their interest, they will take your resume and contact you. With the Engineering career fair coming up on February 18 and 19, and the all-school career fair on March 18, students, including freshmen, have a chance to expose themselves to the labor force.

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

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Piano Commission concert to showcase student music VICTORIA PAI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Each year, several pianist-composer teams from the School of Music create original compositions and compete to win the 21st Century Piano Commission Award. The winners are awarded $2,000, but arguably the most valuable aspect of the award is the opportunity to showcase one’s own piece to an audience in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts’s Foellinger Great Hall. This year’s winners of the prestigious award are pianist Ya-Wen Wang and composer Ashley FuTsun Wang, who are fourth- and fifth-year graduate students in the School of Music. On Wednesday night, they will be performing their piece “From Afar,” which was composed for piano and percussion and has a contemporary twist. They will also perform several other pieces, including works by composers Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev. Both women said the concert is a great opportunity for composers and pianists alike. Ashley said the pair is happy to showcase classical music as a more contemporary genre, different from the Beethoven or Mozart that comes to mind when the word “classical” is generally used. Ashley added that it was exciting to create a piece for a specific pianist in mind, and that it will be showcased at Krannert. Ashley said she approached YaWen late in the applicant period, which ended April 19, to collaborate with her. The materials they submitted included numerous compositions and recorded performances as well as their original piece “From Afar.” The applicants also submitted a commissioned piece proposal and a tentative program to be handed out to audience members at the concert. Ashley and Ya-Wen found out they won the competition, in which around 10 other graduate teams were competing, during early May 2013. Faculty judges chose the winning team based on the quality of the composer’s compositions and the pianist’s performances,

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Composer Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang, left, and pianist Ya-Wen Wang, recipients of the 15th Annual 21st Century Piano Award, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Krannert’s Foellinger Great Hall. as well as the team’s overall musical excellence, according to Erik Lund, the competition’s faculty overseer and a School of Music professor. Lund said the annual Piano Commission Award concert is always a very strong event, and he said he is expecting an outstanding display of Ashley’s composition and Ya-Wen’s piano skills. Ashley said on top of the “normal” contemporary pieces that will be performed, the audience will also listen to the sounds of a “prepared piano,” which is made by putting different objects inside a piano to produce unique sounds that pianos do not traditionally make. According to Ashley, this year the piano is prepared with bolts, plastic and rubber, among other items. The result is a piano that makes very percussive sounds rather than melodic. The audience will be treated to “a very non-traditional program, with elements that show possible connection between historic and modern music.” The structure of music to be played is slightly different as well, including some jazzier sounds and different usage of percussion. As audience members listen to her performance Wednesday, YaWen says she “never wants to set a specific atmosphere” and she hopes the “music will speak for itself.”

After the concert, Ashley says they both hope to continue to collaborate with each other. She says she hopes “other opportunities to work with other musicians will come” as well. “(I am) hoping (Ya-Wen will) showcase a range of things that I do, and hopefully some more collaboration will spring from that,” she said. Lund said 21st Century Piano Commission “is not the only commissioning program for our Music School,” but is the only one with a cash prize. He said the award is “one of our most prestigious inhouse prizes.” “It’s the nicest one from the standpoint of guaranteeing a performance and cash prize,” he said. Ashley said she will be spending her winnings on transportation for a few of the musicians who will also be playing in Wednesday’s concert. Ya-Wen said she is planning a trip to New York, and her cash prize will go toward that stay. Other commissions the School of Music holds include the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra Composition Commission Award and the Illinois modern ensemble commission, Lund said.

Victoria can be reached at vpai2@dailyillini.com.

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For hundreds of years, storytelling has been key to the cultural landscape of civilizations. Before there was written word, oral storytelling was how history was recorded, and the way a story was told was key to its remembrance. Today, storytelling is just as much a part of culture as ever, and the graduate students in the creative writing program recognize this. For more than 10 years, The VOICE reading series, currently held at the Krannert Art Museum, has given graduate students in the creative writing department an opportunity to share their work with the community and to see how people react to what they have written. “For me, VOICE is actually really important because we are artists and writers, and we don’t write for ourselves, we write to share our work,” said Kristin Walters, graduate student in LAS. “Particularly at the University, I think it’s really important for there to be a space and a time where people can hear our work.” The readings are held three times per semester, and Thursday’s will be the spring’s first event, starting at 7:30 p.m. It will be held in the Gelvin Noel Gallery at Krannert. The series always features three readers, either of poetry or short fiction, and they are students in the graduate creative writing program who sign up to do so. Occasionally, outside readers will come. “Its really great for them to get the experience of reading their work in public, which is something as professional writers we have to do quite a bit of,” said Jodee Stanley, director of

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the creative writing program. “For some of them, it’s the first time they’ve had the opportunity to do that. So, it’s nice that they can do it in front of an audience of their peers and of the community that they’re working in right now.” Each participant reads for about 15 minutes, and it is a classroom-like setting, where they are in front but not on a stage, Stanley said. On Thursday, Sara Fan, Ceridwen Hall and Kristin Walters — all creative writing graduate students — will read. Fan and Hall will read poetry, and Walters will read short stories. “The University community is what supports us and inspires us, so I don’t think people realize actually how important they are in our creative process,” Walters said. “We’re writing for them, and we’re inspired by them.” While Fan and Hall, second year graduate students, have read before, this will be Walters’ first time. Fan is also newly in charge of coordinating the series, and she said a main difference between reading and coordinating is figuring out who is going to introduce whom. “I’ve never had to introduce someone in a reading,” Fan said. “It’s serious but also a little bit lighthearted. We’re a small program, so we’re very close, and that’s a lot of fun and something that I didn’t get to do last year that I get to do now. “ Fan said, typically, second or third year students introduce the first years. Fiction writers typically introduce fellow fiction writers, and poets introduce fellow poets, since they are familiar with each other’s work. “But, since a lot of us get along outside of school and the

program, sometimes we’ll have a fiction writer introduce a poet, and that’s also fun,” Fan said. For Fan, reading always makes her nervous. “Reading is always an interesting experience for me,” she said. “It feels sort of like out of body. It’s really bizarre.” The series is completely organized and run by the graduate students, but professors in the department, graduate students, undergraduate students and anyone interested in creative writing can attend the event. Typically, about 30 people attend the readings, Stanley said, and there is no charge for attending. “We’ve been really lucky to always have motivated graduate students in the creative writing program who are willing to come in and keep the series going,” Stanley said. Walters said her fiction is “pretty realistic,” and she is “very concerned with pace and language.” “I typically write about young adults,” she said. “So kind of college age to mid-20s, which hopefully will be relatable to most of the University community.” Fan said her poetry often focuses on “exploring memory in different ways,” while Hall said her poetry is “pretty eclectic.” “I try to read a variety of things so that people can get a little bit of everything,” Hall said. While reading can be “nerve wracking,” Walters said the environment is fun. “I just want people to understand that it’s casual and fun, and that it’s very welcoming,” Walters said.

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Courtney Gilbert, a junior in AHS in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, leads the stroll at the AKA 100th Anniversary Stroll Competition at the Illini Union Courtyard Cafe on Monday. Alpha Kappa Alpha returned to campus in 2013 after being away for nine years. BY SAMANTHA ROTHMAN

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eb. 12 marks the 100th anniversary of the University’s Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. To honor Alpha Kappa Alpha’s centennial, Feb. 12 will now be marked as “Gamma Day� in the state of Illinois by Gov. Pat Quinn, in the city of Champaign by Mayor Don Gerard, and in the city of Chicago by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Following “Gamma Day,� the weekend of Feb. 14 - 16 will be dedicated to the legacy this organization has left on the University’s campus and beyond. Beginning Friday, the campus will be filled with alumnae and the 33 active members of the sorority, sporting Alpha Kappa Alpha’s signature pink and green. Jolynn Caroline, a graduate adviser to the Gamma Chapter, former “Gamma Girl,� and Director of Career Planning and Professional Development in the College of Law, said alumnae will be coming from as far as California and Florida to celebrate this historic event. The weekend will be packed with different events, all paying tribute to the

chapter’s current members and alumnae. Saturday will begin with The Centennial Marker Dedication Ceremony. Bousfield Hall, the campus’s newest residence hall, will be dedicated to a former Alpha Kappa Alpha internal president. A lounge in the residence hall will also be specifically named after the Gamma Chapter Centennial. Caroline noted that this dedication means a lot to the chapter itself, but it also is important for the University as a whole. “It’s a dormitory on campus first named after a woman, second named after a woman of color, and third, a woman who is one of my sorority sisters. That’s huge,� she said. Later that evening, State Senator Toi Hutchinson (Gamma ‘92) will be the keynote speaker at The Centennial Anniversary Gala, where a $100,000 scholarship will be awarded to one of the chapter’s current members. Sunday will include a group photo of the attendees and a sendoff brunch with Gisele M. Casanova, Central Regional Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha, as the keynote speaker.

According to active members, Alpha Kappa Alpha has been dedicated to sisterhood, service work and campus involvement since the beginning of its charter. Most recently, members volunteered at a variety of charity and philanthropy events around the area, including the Martin Luther King Day Unity Breakfast and the Books to Prisoners service project, and working with the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club in Champaign. Samantha Chatman, Alpha Kappa Alpha member and senior in Media, said the women of the sorority embodied what she wanted to be, and she knew they were the right group of women to surround herself with. “My mentor, she is a former member of (the) Gamma Chapter, and she pretty much exemplifies the woman that I’ve always wanted to become ... She told me so much about (the chapter’s) history and what the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha stand for. Since that day, I always knew it was something I wanted to be a part of.� The Gamma Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha was the first chapter to be char-

tered at a predominantly white university. When the sorority was first chartered at the University in 1914, African-American students were not allowed to live on campus. About 15 years later, the Gamma House was established, providing housing for members while they attended school. After taking a nine-year hiatus, the most recent class of Gamma girls were initiated Nov. 17, 2013. Chatman said that the return of the chapter was perfect timing, and she was happy it returned before she will graduate. Nichole Wright, active member and sophomore in LAS, shares a similar sentiment. “I’m a fourth generation member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. I’ve always been raised around women that were a part of the sorority, so they’ve always been role models to me,� Wright said. “When I found out (the) Gamma Chapter was coming back to campus I was just ecstatic. It was a dream come true.�

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Felix Cartal headlines Thursday night concert at The Canopy Club BY CHRISTINE OLIVO STAFF WRITER

Students now have a reason to rave this week: Electronic dance music producer and DJ Taelor Deitcher, better known by his stage name Felix Cartal, will be stopping by to drop the bass on campus. On Thursday night, Felix Cartal will perform at The Canopy Club, along with Love & Light, Spankalicious and Disflow, as a part of his 2014 tour. The concert starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are being sold for $10. As a Vancouver native, Cartal has gained an immense inter-

national following through his distinctive hard-hitting music. Cartal has been noticed by established producers such as Steve Aoki and MSTRKRFT, helping his music gain more popularity and support in the music world. Students planning to attend the concert believe Cartal will be a great fit to the list of performers to hit The Canopy Club’s stage. “Cartal has an interesting perspective on the current state of electronic music, and I think that freshness is pretty sweet in a time where a lot of artists are producing similar sound-

ing tracks,� said Auffy Birjandi, graduate student and intern at The Canopy Club. Birjandi also noted how Cartal’s support from EDM stars Steve Aoki, Benny Benassi, Diplo and Laidback Luke will influence his performance on Thursday. “I think that support along with his unique style will definitely bring out a high-energy crowd for his show,� Birjandi said. David Khalameyzer, junior in AHS, agreed that Cartal’s distinctive sense of music will draw in a good crowd for the concert. “He’s a versatile DJ and can

be intense,� Khalameyzer said. “He gets the people going. ... There is a lot of love in the (EDM) community.� Performer Disflow, also known as Alex Rymarz, junior in LAS, has been in the music industry for about one year and is excited to share the stage with Cartal. “I expect (the crowd) to have a good time,� Rymarz said. “I really think the lineup has potential to put on a great overall production for its audience.� Rymarz said each performing artist caters to a different demographic of listeners, making the

audience a “full spectrum of electronic dance music enthusiasts� for this show. Rymarz is no stranger to The Canopy Club stage. He has opened up for the heavy bass, electro band Midnight Conspiracy, which took place in October. He said it was a great experience for him as a performer. “I love performing at The Canopy Club, primarily because of the layout of the venue,� Rymarz said. “The capacity size and wide stage setup are both appealing to me as an artist and spectator. I also have always had a good time

in the Green Room (backstage artist and media area), which is something that is not always provided to artists by venues.� Although Rymarz enjoys performing, he said being a full-time student and DJ can be draining both emotionally and physically. Academics are his top priority, but having multiple shows in a week can take its toll on the DJ. Rymarz said he finds being a student on campus can help with his networking. “The great part about being

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Dallago, in his fifth and final year in the wrestling program, tied a school-record of 38 pins with Illinois’ victory over Northwestern. BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER

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he sound of the referee’s hand slapping the mat is a familiar one to senior Tony Dallago. The slap signals a pin, the most desirable outcome in a wrestling match. In his five-year career, Dallago has heard that sound 38 times, tying the record for most in Illinois history. The most recent slap of the mat came on the afternoon Dallago was being honored. It was Senior Day. Honored with three other graduating teammates, Dallago was thanked by fans and coaches for his four years in the lineup, a rare feat in college wrestling. After flowers were given out and pictures were taken, it was time for action. Against Northwestern, a

struggling Illinois wrestling team was looking to reach consecutive Big Ten dual wins for the first time this season. Dallago had his final opportunity to wrestle at Huff Hall, and he took advantage of it. “He is fearless,� head coach Jim Heffernan said. “If there is an opportunity to pin somebody, he is going to try it. That’s not really the mind set that most wrestlers have. From that perspective, I enjoy his style of wrestling. It drives me nuts sometimes, but I enjoy it because he is never out of it. If nothing else, he is exciting.� Dallago controlled the entire match against Northwestern’s David Helmer, a replacement to usual starter Lee Munster. After taking his opponent down several times, Dallago turned him to secure the pin and a place in the Illinois record books. Originally, Dallago was thought to have seized sole possession of the record, but B.J. Futrell, the previous record holder, pointed out that a pin of his had gone uncounted. Dallago now stands in a tie with Futrell. “The program has been around for 100 years, or something crazy like

that,� Dallago said. “To think out of anybody, I’m the guy who’s come in throughout the history of the program to get the most pins, it’s exciting. It’s definitely an accomplishment that I hold highly.� His success in pinning opponents dates back to his time as a high school wrestler in Harrisburg, Pa. In his senior season alone, Dallago had 31 pins en route to an individual and state title. When deciding where he wanted to spend his college years, Illinois was a perfect fit for his goal of succeeding at the next level. He joined the team in 2009 as a backup to John Dergo, a two-time NCAA qualifier. Dallago spent the year as a redshirt freshman. Regardless, the transition was tough for Dallago after having so much success in high school. “Coming into college wrestling, I don’t think that many people in high school realize how hard it is,� Dallago said. “I had John Dergo in front of me, who was the No. 2 seed at nationals that year. I used to get pounded pretty good (in practice), so it was tough transitioning for me. It just wasn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be.�

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Top starters return for Illini in 2014 BY J.J. WILSON ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

As junior John Kravetz fields questions from reporters Monday afternoon, the theme is much different than past seasons: Illinois baseball’s strongest aspect is pitching. This is the first time in the righthanded pitcher’s three years with the Illini that offense hasn’t been the main focus of the season. But after losing five position players in the offseason, including both Jordan and Justin Parr, the pressure has shifted toward the young pitching staff that returns all three starters from the 2013 postseason. And Kravetz loves every second of it. “We might be overconfident,� he said, grinning. In the postseason, the starting rotation dropped its ERA from 4.77 to 3.76, which would be the lowest average since 1976 (3.43 ERA). On the year, it boasted a strikeout-to-walk ratio of almost two-to-one (316 strikeouts, 162 walks). But it isn’t last year’s statistics that make 2014 so inspiring; it’s how much talent returns to do it again. The Illini will return all but two

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Malcolm Hill gets nervous before each basketball game. He always has. But rarely has he ever felt nervous on the court. That is, until this year. Early in his first season at Illinois, he felt nervous about making plays and making mistakes. State Farm Center and its 16,000 fans can do that to a freshman. Those on-court nerves are gone. Sunday head coach John Groce gave Hill and fellow freshman Kendrick Nunn their first career starts. It was a road game at Penn State that ended in a 60-55 Illinois win, its first in more than a month. Hill played 23 minutes and scored 11 points, both career highs. “I wasn’t nervous at all like I was before,� Hill said. “I was more confident on the floor.� Nunn scored a game-high 19 points on 31 minutes of play, also career highs. If he was nervous, he didn’t admit it. “That was big for me,� Nunn said. “The expectation I always have for myself is to get things done when I’m on the court.� Groce made the decision to start Nunn and Hill in the place of seniors Joseph Bertrand and Jon Ekey on Friday, two days before the game. Ekey said Groce had come to him a few weeks prior to that and told him that he was kicking around the idea in his head. Groce wasn’t worried about nerves from his freshmen. He was worried about defense. He said he liked Nunn and Hill’s offensive aggression for about the past month, he was waiting for the defense to catch up. “Early on in the season they were kind of out there trying to survive,� Groce said. “Now they’re helping us defensively. I think they have an understanding of what we expect them to do.� Groce worried about changing rotations, mixing veterans with youth. He and his staff talked about it often in the days leading up to the decision. Before practice Friday, Groce approached Bertrand and Ekey and told them he was making the switch. In the midst of an eight-game losing streak, something needed to change. “I explained to Joe and Jon that it’s a great luxury when you have guys — seniors — (coming off the bench) who have seen things and been through things before,� Groce said. “I basically asked those two to make a sacrifice.� He was asking a double-digit scorer and his best 3-point threat — not to mention his only two seniors — to come off the bench behind a pair of freshmen. Bertrand and Ekey were on board. “I wasn’t putting my head down or anything,� Ekey said. “I just want to win.� Groce also approached Nunn and Hill that Friday afternoon before practice and before the flight to State College, Pa. “You’re starting,� he told Nunn. “Be ready.� That was all Nunn needed to hear. Nunn and Hill were ready. Nunn knocked down four 3-pointers, none bigger than a long ball from the corner to put the Illini up four with 20 seconds to play. Hill scored his 11 on 4-of-9 shooting, also adding three points from the charity stripe. From the bench, Ekey scored nine points. Bertrand did not score and played just 13 minutes, his lowest total since Dec. 19, 2011, when he played six minutes against Cornell. Three days later he had his breakout performance against Missouri in the Braggin’ Rights game, scoring 19 on a perfect 9-for-9 shooting. For the next year and a half Bertrand excelled as Illinois’ sixth man. He’s back in a familiar situation. His teammates say his confidence hasn’t taken a hit. “He’s a vet, he understands,� Tracy Abrams said. “He’s gonna work it out, he’s gonna be fine.� “Those guys have played well,� Groce said of Bertrand and Ekey. “We just needed those other two, and hopefully even more guys, to start catching up.� Bertrand had scored 11 the previous game against Wisconsin and 20 before that against Iowa. But Sunday was Hill’s, and especially Nunn’s, breakout game. The benched veterans told the youngsters to be aggressive and stay confident. Hill said the start showed that Groce had confidence in him, which in turn gave Hill the confidence to just go out and play. He has learned to turn his nerves into positive energy, into adrenaline. That adrenaline will have to carry over into Illinois’ next matchup. Groce and the staff are leaning toward starting the same lineup Wednesday at Nebraska. The Cornhuskers (12-10, 4-6 Big Ten) have lost only one Big Ten home game in their new arena, while Illinois (14-10, 3-8) is looking to pull itself out of the Big Ten’s cellar. Nunn doesn’t have lofty expectations for Wednesday. “Just to win. That’s all I’m looking for,� he said. And like always, Hill will probably be nervous. But not when he steps onto the court.

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Watch the Winter Olympics, not ‘The Walking Dead’ PETER BAILEY-WELLS Sports columnist

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aybe it’s just the cold weather getting everyone down, but the Sochi Winter Olympics are getting zero love. In 2012, the London Summer Olympics were among the mostwatched events in television history. They had superstars like Michael Phelps, Lebron James and Usain Bolt. They brought the world together without complaint and criticism. In contrast, the Sochi Olympics have garnerd a massive

collection of farcical tweets and lost out in television ratings to the midseason premiere of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.� The Games have been subject to criticism from everyone from journalists to my grandmother. Lots of the criticism has been warranted, but I submit this plea to you, dear reader: Don’t give up on Sochi. The Olympics are supposed to bring the eyes of the world to a beautiful place where the invincibility of the human spirit shines through. It has been well documented how poor some of the conditions are in Sochi, and it’s been well documented (even by yours truly) that the political conditions of the host country

are not ideal for the cultivation of the human spirit. The Winter Olympics bring fewer superstars than the summer games, and host fewer athletes who are household-faces year round, but switching off the games to watch a show about zombies is an insult to those athletes. Take Alexandre Bilodeau, the gold medalist in the men’s moguls in Sochi. I did an impromptu poll of some of my friends who are native to the unfortunately flat state of Illinois, and only about half of them even knew what moguls were! Bilodeau’s name only comes up once every four years, but in Sochi he became the first man ever to repeat as

the gold medalist in a freestyle skiing event. His inspiration is his 28-year-old brother who has cerebral palsy, and he was the person Bilodeau referenced most in his emotional post-race interview. And you skipped watching this because you had to watch a show about zombies? It might not be easy to watch the biathlon, cross-country skiing or even long track speed skating, all of which are mundane sports, but listen to the commentary, and watch for the nuances of the event, and if you are a sports fan, you will slowly get drawn in. Why are the Dutch so good at speed skating? Because they skate to school in the winter sometimes! Did you

know that before? No, I bet you didn’t. Take some time to appreciate the effort it takes to participate in the non-traditional sports like ski jumping, and marvel at the sheer adrenaline it requires to go flying down an ice-covered hill at 80 miles per hour. Isn’t that impressive? Now, we haven’t even covered curling, everyone’s favorite winter sport. The best thing about watching curling is the intense competitive face of people at the top of their profession who look just as average as you and me. Why can’t we celebrate them too? Look, the Olympics get plenty of attention, but athletes at the Winter Games often fade out of

our public view faster than the athletes that play their sports in the summer. There may not be bathing suit bodies to look at, or the fastest man on earth, but the Winter Olympics are just as special, and the athletes involved deserve to compete on the largest stage of all with as large an audience as possible. Turn on the TiVo, record “The Walking Dead� or “The Bachelor� or “How I Met Your Mother,� and instead watch the most talented athletes in the world do what they do best.

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DALLAGO who also redshirted. The two are now best friends and act as senior leaders on a team of mostly underclassmen. “Five years ago, I didn’t think that we would be as good of friends as we are now,� Gonzalez said. “Honestly, he is one of my best friends now. I’ve only

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PITCHERS pitchers, losing both four-year starter Kevin Johnson and closer Bryan Roberts to graduation. They also gain depth of freshman Cody Sedlock, a right-handed long relief pitcher. For the most part, the postseason rotation remains intact. Kevin Duchene, who played the last month of 2013 as the Friday night starter, reprises his role at No. 1 after leading the staff last season in ERA (2.79), strikeouts (68) and wins (9) — a mark that broke the school record (previously held by Kravetz) for most wins as a

known him for five years, but it seems like a lot longer than that.� Along with Gonzalez, Dallago has also developed a close relationship with his coach, as one of Heffernan’s longest-tenured wrestlers. Despite all his development as a wrestler, Heffernan said he was most impressed with how Dallago has grown up as a person. He said Dallago has matured from a wild freshman

to a mature team leader who is helping the underclassman avoid the wrestling mistakes he made when he was younger. Dallago attributed most of his success to how hard his coaches pushed him, often not realizing the benefits of their tough-love methods. “As much as you hate them sometimes, you’ve got to love them for sticking to you and believing in you,� Dallago said.

“They helped me mature as a person, not that I realized it then. I realize it now, but I was thinking ‘screw you’ sometimes when they got mad at me. They’ve always been there for me and led me in the right direction.� After five years, Dallago is a three-time NCAA qualifier and looking to make a fourth trip in March. This season, however, he is doing it against lighter competition, as he dropped from 184 to

174 for the first time in his college career. Before the season, Dallago decided he was undersized in his weight class. Heffernan supported the decision, which has led to Dallago fi nishing with a 16-6 regular season record. With the goal of championships in mind, Heffernan is confident Dallago can compete with the best. “More than anything, I want to see him wrestle his best at

the Big Ten Tournament and wrestle his best at the national tournament,� Heffernan said. “If he does that, he won’t have any regrets, and I won’t have any regrets in his training and coaching. I think if Tony is at his best, he has an opportunity to do something great.�

freshman. He also tallied a quality win in his last start against Georgia Tech in the NCAA Nashville Regional. “I was put in big situations last year, which I felt like I got enough experience from to really thrive in pressure situations this year,� Duchene said. Sliding back into his role at No. 2 is Kravetz, who pitched a teamhigh 90.2 innings last season. As a Saturday night starter last year, he posted a 4-3 record with a 4.27 ERA and 52 strikeouts in the regular season. He chalked a fifth win over Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament, in which he threw a career-high seven strikeouts. This year, however, redshirt

junior Drasen Johnson will assume the role of No. 3 instead sophomore Ryan Castellanos after pitching 19 games in relief last season. Johnson, who had a team-leading 20 appearances last season, allowed the fewest hits on the team (30) and posted the team’s second-best ERA (3.07). Without Roberts this year, the Illini will look to senior Ronnie Muck to move into the position of closer with second baseman Reid Roper as a secondary option. Muck has six career saves and posted the second-best ERA in the bullpen last season at 2.70. “We feel like we can play with anyone in the nation,� Duchene said.

Illinois’ pitchers aren’t limiting themselves to just competing against other teams, though. Kravetz said with such depth on the team, pitchers are likely to be competing for spots in the rotations all season long. “Everyone has something to prove each time they’re on the mound,� he said. “You’ve got to perform or someone else will.� But while power and depth on the mound aren’t in shortage this season, the Illini pitchers will face new challenges this season as the talk of the team. “The biggest difference is just going to be our leadership role,� Duchene said. “We lost a lot of seniors, a lot of everyday start-

ers, a lot of power in the middle of the lineup, so probably from an offensive perspective, scoring runs this year is going to be a little bit tougher.� While head coach Dan Hartleb said he feels his pitching staff is as good as it’s ever been, he hasn’t altered much of his strategy approaching this season. “The way I approach it with our guys is if we pitch well, score enough runs to win. If we have a bad day on the mound, score enough runs to win,� Hartleb said. “So you may have a strength, but I don’t think you throw all your eggs in one basket. I always want to be a complete team.�

The pitching depth gives Hartleb more freedom, though. He said having so many pitchers gives him the opportunity try rotations based on matchups. It also allows a starter to step back for a day or two if he struggles on the mound. Even with so many arms, though, Hartleb doesn’t see any of them as extras. “We do have pitching depth, we do have a lot of pitchers,� Hartleb said. “But I think all of those pitchers have the ability to help us, and I hope every one of them is a factor.�

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Bollant looking for defensive energy with lineup change fi rst half on 51.7 percent shooting. Two days before the next game against Michigan State, Bollant made the switch. Bollant subbed out senior Amber Moore along with guards Alexis Smith and Sarah Hartwell and brought on freshmen Taylor Gleason, Ashley McConnell and Sarah Livingston. In addition, usual starting center Jacqui Grant has missed the past two games with mono and has been replaced by Nia Oden in the starting five. “I think the way that we practice, our coaches always put us in a position so that we’re ready to go in whenever,� Livingston said. “So I think we were all ready and prepared in advance.� Though the last two games are

BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

Over the past two games, the Illinois women’s basketball team has sported almost an entirely new starting lineup. In conference matches against Michigan State and Minnesota, the Illini had usual starter Ivory Crawford alongside reserve Nia Oden and three freshmen making their first collegiate starts. In the two games since the change, Illinois (9-15, 2-9 Big Ten) is 0-2 and the statistics say the change hasn’t been for the better. Head coach Matt Bollant decided to make the switch after he was disappointed in the team’s defensive effort in the fi rst half of a loss against Indiana. The Illini gave up 43 points in the

a small sample size against two teams in the upper half of the Big Ten standings, Illinois’ offense has been below par with its new lineup. The offense is scoring 7.8 fewer points per game in the past two contests (57 points per game as opposed to 64.8 in the other nine conference games). The four new starters average a combined 9.7 points per game in conference play, as opposed to the 37.8 points per contest from the old four. Leading scorer Ivory Crawford is still on the floor, but McConnell thinks it could be a team effort that picks up the offense. “I think we all could,� McConnell said when asked who could step up on offense. “Taylor does a really good job of attacking

the basket and getting her inbetween shot and that’s really good. Also, Nia does a really good job of o-boarding and getting to the rim for layups.� While Bollant is sacrificing offense with his new lineup, he wanted to see energy on the defensive end and it has been there for Illinois. Against middle of the pack offensive teams in Michigan State and Minnesota — fi fth and sixth in the conference in scoring offense, respectively — Illinois has allowed 67.5 points per game, 7.4 points fewer than the other nine conference games. “I think our energy overall at practice has been tenfold,� Livingston said. “Even with our energy in the game, our energy

was really good.� Despite an uptick in energy, with the 6-foot-3 Grant out of the lineup, the Illini are usually outmatched in size in the low post. Livingston stands 6-foot-2 but no one else on the team taller than 5-foot-11 has played in Grant’s absence. The opposition has noticed and constantly attacks the paint. The Gophers’ Amanda Zahue took advantage with 23 points and 12 rebounds while Michigan State center Becca Mills put up 22 points on 8-of-10 shooting. “We have to make sure we get double teams inside. Quick, aggressive double teams inside,� Bollant said. “We’re young and not very big, so we just have to battle and fight.�

On the perimeter, Gleason plays off the ball at just 5-foot-8 and is normally forced to guard players bigger than her. How does she hold her own? “Some swag,� Gleason said with a laugh. “That’s what the coaches keep saying, don’t leave your swag anywhere and keep bringing the swag. Just that tough-nosed energy because I know I’m undersized.� While the new starting five doesn’t have the production on the stat sheet as other players on the team, Bollant is hoping they bring enough of the little things to snap a five-game losing streak.

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Illinois baseball has abundance of capable leaders year and provided the team with veteran leadership. In their place, though, is a large group of experienced Illini who are hungry to make their mark on the program and lead the rest of the team. “I don’t think we have one or two leaders,� head coach Dan Hartleb said. “I think we have a group of upperclassmen and/or experienced players that at given times, depending on the situation, have done a good job for us, and I like that.� With a large portion of the team gone from last year, a varied group of players on this year’s roster, including sophomore pitcher Kevin Duchene, have

BY NICHOLAS FORTIN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

In most sports, at most schools, each season ends the same. Players graduate, some go on to play professionally, and just like that the team loses not only production, but leadership as well. This past season was no exception for the Illinois baseball team. The Illini lost veteran team leaders in a number of players, most notably the four Illini who were drafted and signed with MLB teams last summer. Gone are Justin and Jordan Parr as well as Kevin Johnson and Thomas Lindauer, all of whom helped make up an upperclassmen-heavy lineup last

stepped into leadership roles for the Illini. “I was kind of the new guy last year,� Duchene said. “So I’ll be taking these freshmen in and pushing my teammates harder than I would have last year, especially with all the seniors gone.� When asked who he thought were some of the leaders of this year’s Illini, Duchene said that juniors infielder Reid Roper and outfielder Will Krug had stepped into those roles. Krug, who played in 25 games last season before breaking his left arm, said he had to adapt his style of leadership after the injury.

“Going from being able to play and then having to try to lead without being able to do the physical things that a player should be able to do was hard,� Krug said. “I had to become a bit more vocal. It was a hard time to watch the team play, but I learned a lot from it.� Krug and Roper, who are two of the older players on an Illinois team with only two seniors, both said they will help each other lead the younger players throughout the season. “If someone needs someone to look up to or follow in their steps, I’d like to be that person,� Krug said. “I’ll say things when it needs to be said now and I’ll continue to

lead by example.� Junior pitcher John Kravetz will also provide vocal leadership for the Illini and likes the idea of the team having a number of new leaders instead of just a few. “A bunch of guys have stepped up into leadership roles,� Kravetz said. “In the past it’s been kind of that the seniors are leaders, but we have two seniors on this team. So it’s different from teams I’ve been on in the past with a bunch of older guys. We probably have 15 leaders on this team, guys who tell guys what to do and guys who believe in each other and stuff. That’s what makes this team fun to be around. There’s no, ‘Oh, we’re in trouble, look to whoever.’

We’re looking at each other.� Hartleb agreed with Kravetz in the fact that having multiple leaders will be a good thing for Illinois this season. “I like that fact that we’re not relying on one person,� Hartleb said. “If you’re relying on one person and all of a sudden they’re injured, they’re not a part of the mix for one reason or the other, you start wandering around and looking for leadership. We’ve got a group of strong upperclassmen that I think will give us great leadership.�

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