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BY DECLAN HARTY MANAGING EDITOR

Bob Sinclair doesn’t keep his eyes on the gas meter as he fills up his Lexus RX350. In seconds, a click signals that the retired dentist’s SUV is filled back up; the pump reads $10.14.

“It’s just nice to have to pay a little less,” Sinclair said. In the recent past, he paid, “$200 to $300 a month, now it’s running under $100.”

D r ivers ac r oss America, like Sinclair, have been feeling their wallets expand because of gas prices’ continued fall, a result of crude oil’s plummet on world markets. Crude oil has been trading at the lowest since The Great Recession of 2008.

With the extra money, consumers are spending more on clothing, cars and online goods, according to Bloomberg. For the third straight month, Americans continued to spend more, and with an expected increase in airline ticket sales this summer, they continue to splurge.

While consumers are enjoying the low gas

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Blue Waters supercomputer is located at the National Petascale Computing Facility in Champaign.

Supercomputing center turns 30

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is for application: The most important letter that Dr. Edward Seidel thinks makes up the acronym for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, or NCSA. The NCSA hones in on this application process by analyzing the data they collect from supercomputing and learning how to apply it to the real world.

“I think those applications and how we’re going to change people’s lives and paradigms, how they work and how they live, (are) the things we have to look forward to and that’s what the center is going to be doing in (the next) thirty years,” said Scott Wilkin, associate director of economic and societal impact for NCSA. But for now, the NCSA is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

Since 1986, the NCSA has widely contributed to many scientific advancements including the invention of the Mosaic web browser, the first popular web browser created by University stu-

dents with the help of the NCSA, in 1993.

“The applications will drive what the center really does, what kinds of technologies it deploys (and) how it integrates,” said Seidel, director of NCSA. Today, these technologies have greatly advanced.

On March 28, 2013, the Blue Waters supercomputer officially opened at NCSA. Blue Waters is one of the world’s most powerful and fastest-running supercomputers. According to the website, Blue Waters has the capability to perform about 1 quadrillion calculations per second and runs about 3 million times faster than the average laptop.

Blue Waters has contributed to major scientific advancements and discoveries including one involving the volcanic formation at Yellowstone National Park.

Until recently, the previous thought process, or the mantle plume hypothesis, defined Yellowstone’s geothermal activity.

“We are basically trying to address an outstanding debate on the origin of the Yellowstone volcanic

and much more efficiently than other supercomputers across the globe. Wilkin said that when researchers first started working on Blue Waters, they were able to advance their science by 10 years.

“We’re working with the companies that are working on your personal health. Two years ago, it took three to four weeks to run a genome; we’re able to do it on Blue Waters right now in a day. That’s going to change the way our lives are run because we’re going to have health information immediately,” Wilkin said.

Over the years, NCSA has changed research not only around the world, but on campus as well.

Seidel said that the NCSA utilizes just as many faculty from the arts and humanities as they do in engineering and sciences. He also said that they strive to continue to be a diverse hub for research so that knowledge can be acquired in all fields of expertise.

“It has supported a large number of staff and has

system,” said Lijun Liu, associate professor in Geology, who originally questioned the mantle plume hypothesis.

Liu said that by using the technology of Blue Waters, he was able to construct a series of sophisticated models that allowed researchers to test many different hypotheses. Collectively, the model simulated over 40 million years of geological activity. Researchers discovered that the activity is not powered by a single mantle plume but rather by many moving plates.

“We are using Blue Waters now to try to find another solution for the formation of Yellowstone. We believe that Yellowstone is a good example to study super volcanoes. We hope that with this research we can find the universal mechanism that can explain the formation of super volcanoes global wide and that should be very important,” Liu said.

Because Blue Waters is one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, it is able to provide researchers with information much faster

prices, the ramifications of the decline in crude oil is somewhat of a perfect storm, according to University Professor Scott Irwin, who specializes in agricultural and consumer economics.

Newer technologies, such as fracking, or the practice of highpressure drilling to retrieve natural gas, have led to oil supplies growing. But when the economy in China, the world’s largest energy consumer, began to dramatically cool off, oil began to fall. In response to the fall of oil, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and Qatar made the first international oil agreement in 15 years when the countries elected to freeze their oil outputs at January levels.

Now various industries and markets in the U.S. are hurting, including companies and regions related to energy production, according to Irwin. But the U.S. economy’s labor force has yet to take a direct hit from oil’s fall. January’s unemployment hit 4.9

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Gas prices across the nation have hit recent lows as a result of the fall of crude oil. The drop in gas prices leads consumers across the U.S. and in ChampaignUrbana to spend more on other goods.

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University purchases Rosetta Stone for student use

BY SAMANTHA JONES TOAL STAFF WRITER

Mareesa Nosalik, sophomore in FAA, is required to study Italian, French and German as a vocal performance major.

When she found out the University offers free use of the language software program Rosetta Stone, she said she was thrilled.

“I’m very excited to use this software because it’s

difficult to find people with whom to practice with such a crazy, hectic schedule,” she said. “This will help me practice whenever I have free time and it will supplement my learning.”

The University purchased the software a few weeks ago after beginning negotiations with the company in August.

Students can access the program through the library

webpage by logging in with their netID and then selecting the language they wish to learn.

“The Library recognizes that the campus is international,” said Paula Carns, head of the Literatures and Languages Library. “We not only have international students and faculty but also our students and faculty go abroad. Thus, having strong language learning materi-

als is extremely important to prepare them for academic work and research on campus and abroad.”

Several libraries, such as the Communications Library and the History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library, combined their funding to purchase the program.

“As with many large purchases, we signed a nondisclosure agreement to not

publicize the cost, which was negotiated,” Carns said.

While the program is too new to assess its use, the library will gauge its popularity over the next couple of months.

Carns said the benefit of the program is that it is multimedia, an online system and can aid faculty and students in their pursuit of a language.

Still, Silvina Montrul, lin-

guistics professor, said the program can never replace actual language classes.

“Rosetta Stone tries to teach languages to a lot of people and they use a set algorithm that they use for every single language. This presents numerous problems,” Montrul said.

She said different languages have numerous

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UIPD trains officers on sexual assault protocol

BY JOE LONGO STAFF WRITER

A new blueprint released by the University of Texas-Austin’s school of social work offered a holistic review of how college law enforcement should handle sexual assault cases. But for the University of Illinois Police Department, this report supplied old information. “I didn’t see anything in there that no one doesn’t already know,� said Pat Wade UIPD spokesman. “The report did a good job of putting research to the stuff we knew anecdotally, but it’s stuff we’ve known for years.�

Part of a $1.7 million study of sexual assault on all University of Texas campuses, the 174-page blueprint primarily served the UT system. However, it was also released publicly to aid campus law enforcement nationwide.

Wade believes the University is ahead of the curve in combatting sexual assault on campus.

In the ‘90s, UIPD implemented a sexual assault response team. They formed working relationships with local hospitals, the University and advocacy groups to address sexual assault and assist survivors.

In October 2015, the UIPD revamped the response team and implemented an official Special Victim’s Unit. Lt. Joan Fiesta said three specialized patrol officers trained on handling sexual assault serve as the first line and mentors to other officers on issues related to sexual assault.

In addition to employing experts in the field, Fiesta is working on basic sexual assault training for all UIPD officers.

“They’ve had training in their academy — in their field-training process,� Fiesta said. “(But) because of the infrequency of sexual assault, they don’t have the practice.�

Because sexual assault is a highly underreported crime, UIPD takes an active effort to make people reporting crimes comfortable and safe.

UIPD Detective Rachael Ahart meets with witnesses in plain clothes and at locations of their choice. These subtle efforts can make a major difference in encouraging survivors to speak about their assault. Yet, many still refrain from going through with an investigation. “We always tell them you don’t have to make a final decision right now,� Ahart said. “If you change your mind and want to look at this more, we’re perfectly fine with doing that as well.�

Because many reports come months or years after the actual assault occurred, investigations often lack substantial physical evidence. Thus, UIPD Detective Gene Moore encourages survivors to proceed with a sexual assault kit immediately following the incident.

The trauma of assault and uncertainty surrounding legal proceedings leaves many survivors hesitant to go through with the examination. “We have more now than we will two years from now,� Moore said. “In that regard, it behooves us, and maybe them, later. But, they can always stop (the investigation).�

Ahart noted that, in recent years, digital messaging provides a timestamp of events occurring around the time of the assault, which helps fill in

fragmented testimonies from survivors that report the assault months or years later. “There’s not questions about what was actually said, or what was reported,� Ahart said. “Sometimes via text is the way someone will tell a friend or a family member about what had happened to them.�

UIPD officers acknowledge that many survivors, especially college students, hesitate to report assaults that occur because one or both parties were intoxicated. Moore said Champaign County does not issue drinking tickets to sexual assualt survivors.

Not all survivors want to go through legal proceedings, Ahart said. In a February assault at a University fraternity, the survivor did not file a police report, so no investigation was conducted. However a Campus Safety Notice was released.

Instead, the survivor reported the incident to a Campus Security Authority. CSAs are University employees with “significant responsibility� for student affairs trained to report the data about a survivor to University police, Wade said. Information the UIPD receives from CSAs can only be used for data collection and to issue public safety notices. A police report cannot be filed from a CSA’s data. “The goal of that is to strike a balance between informing our campus about public safety issues that may be pertinent to them, but also respecting the wishes of the survivor,� Wade said.

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Budget cuts cause grant concern

Entrepreneurship and research at the University will face major impact

BY LILLY MASHAYEK STAFF WRITER

Laura Frerichs, director of the University’s Research Park, knows the importance of encouraging small businesses in a struggling economy.

Working to encourage technology companies and startups to develop, she could

imagine the effects that the continued lack of a state budget could have on the caliber of services the park can offer to those companies.

“Our state is in a time of financial peril, and we know we need to grow our economy to increase revenue, create more jobs and strengthen our communities,” she said. “Promoting entrepreneurship has been a part of many city and state economic development strategies because small businesses fuel job growth, and tech startups are some of the highest growth rate small

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companies.”

She said that decreases in faculty funding reduce the amount of research funding that the University is able to put back into innovation and that lack of funding for administration professionals “erodes” the bridge between technological innovation and the private sector.

Companies located at Research Park could start to feel the pinch as well.

Federico Zuckermann, founder and chief scientific officer of Aptimmune Biologics, Inc., said that he is still waiting to see the impact of lowered state funding on his company. “I haven’t seen the impact yet, but I’m sure it’s coming,” he said. “In the services they provide us, the support they provide us, I haven’t seen it yet.”

Conversely, Jacob Meyer, laboratory director at ATSP Innovations, said he doesn’t think state funding will have a large impact on his company due to the relative security of federal grants.

“Most of our funding has been through the federal government, at this point,” he said.

Frerichs gave a statement at the Illinois Coalition to Invest in Higher Education Champaign-Urbana Regional Press Conference Feb. 22, outlining

the impact of the state budget on entrepreneurship and research at the University.

“We have 200 disclosures per year from this campus and the University of Illinois now ranks number 11 in the World for Universities Granting U.S. Patents according to The National Academy of Inventors,” she said. “The University of Illinois is one of the top 10 patent issuers in the state of Illinois, among Caterpillar, Motorola and Abbott as other powerhouses of scientific and technology discovery that drives our innovation economy.”

A future without state funding, though, could impact Research Park’s current standing, she said.

“Less funding diminishes our academic quality, which is critical for attracting the best and brightest students and faculty,” Frerichs said. “We need to continue [our] excellence to maintain our competitive advantage in startup funding, company partnerships and top workforce for the future of Illinois’ tech economy.”

Support for higher ed is support for Research Park, she said.

“State funding support for higher education is critical for our continued success.”

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ROSETTA properties that aren’t always properly conveyed through the software.

“It could be good to get started with something, learn some words, but there’s no way you can develop linguistic confidence just by doing the program,” Montrul said.

She said that the program could be used as a supporting tool but couldn’t replace a class because most people don’t properly abide by an online program.

“What happens with these programs is people get bored and they drop out,” she said.

She said it’s also difficult to measure the effectiveness of online learning programs and that a study should be conducted that compares learners that fully and properly complete Rosetta Stone to a classroom of learners.

Rebecca Foote, professor of Arabic, said she is not entirely familiar with the program but also believes it may assist in students learning

vocabulary.

“I think that their premise is that Rosetta Stone allows you to learn the language as you did your native language, by just hearing words and phrases and matching them to pictures,” Foote said. “However, nobody actually learns their native language by just hearing words and phrases and clicking on matching pictures.”

Mylissa Zelechowski, sophomore in LAS, said she intends to use the software regularly as a French minor.

“I want to use it to keep up and practice,” she said. “It’s a very expensive software, I’m going to use it as much as I can.”

Ultimately though, Carns said the main reason for its purchase is to aid students in their pursuit of a non-native language.

“An advantage of Rosetta Stone is that it offers English for nonnative speakers and thus, international students coming to UIUC can use it to hone their English skills,” Carns said.

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Fallout shelters on campus remain but go unused

BY AARON NAVARRO STAFF WRITER

Situated in the center entrance of the Natural Resources Building is a dusty yellow sign to the left of the women’s bathroom.

It reads “Fallout Shelter” below a set of three triangles within a black circle, pointing to the center. In smaller print at the bottom it reads: “not to be used without department of defense permission” along with an unreadable number, perhaps signaling how many people the shelter could fit. Upon looking for said shelter, possibly around the corner of the sign, all that could be found was a janitor’s closet.

A fallout shelter is a space to provide coverage in time of a radioactive or nuclear attack. Shelter must have a minimum degree of protection from fallout, allowing only one-fortieth of the radioactivity level from outside the space inside. These fallout shelter signs were often placed outside a building, signaling the building itself as a shelter, or that it has one inside it.

University alumni and film critic Roger Ebert wrote about the commonness of these signs in a Daily Illini article from July 1963.

“The signs ... have very little emotional appeal,” Ebert wrote. “This is a fallout shelter, they announce, much as they might announce a

bus stop or a drive-in restaurant.

If you’re hungry, go to the restaurant. If there is fallout, come here.”

In an October 1963 Daily Illini article, we reported that President John F. Kennedy introduced legislation to build a total of 95 million fallout shelter spaces nationwide, with 40,000 to be built at the University. However, this was never realized as funds for the national plan were nullified by the House of Representatives.

Today, these signs are no longer as bright and as public as they were during the height of the Cold War era. Finding one on the exterior of a building is extremely rare, and according to Campus History Preservation Officer Melvyn Skvarla, many of the actual shelters that were built on campus were converted to tornado and storm shelters.

“From what I know, all of the shelters and corridors have been turned into designated tornado and storm emergency shelters,” Skvarla said. “I’ve never seen the actual shelters on this campus.”

Skvarla said he doubts the University still employs anyone involved in the fallout shelter initiative, saying “they have all long been retired.”

In the basement of the Natural Resources Building, the desig-

nated storm refuge area is located directly one floor underneath the sign on the first floor entrance.

Assistant Director at the Division of Research Safety David Scherer says that fallout shelters could only protect someone from the blast if they are in an area downwind from the blast. According to Scherer, the atomic bomb was not developed to use radioactivity as a weapon, the radioactivity was instead a side effect that contaminated soil and debris with radioactivity.“(After a blast) this debris (would fall) back to earth and emit radiation. Most of it decayed pretty quickly, so if people avoided this fallout for a time, they could minimize the danger,” Scherer said. “This was the idea behind the system of fallout shelters. They were to protect communities downwind from a blast, but there wasn’t much of a plan for people who were actually in the blast area.”

If there were to be a nuclear attack today, Skvarla said how much campus buildings could protect from a fallout really depends on the location and strength of the radiation.

“We have any number of buildings on campus certainly that would provide the mask, that they provide good shelter down in the basement,” Skvarla said. “Certainly the Noyes lab, the Natural History

UI looks to ease ‘transfer shock’

BY MICHAEL SEMACA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University of Illinois’ Office of Community College Research and Leadership recently received a $700,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The research group has focused on ways to improve community college education in the past, and plans to use funds from this new grant to focus on multiple issues students who transfer from community college face.

“We’ll be looking at a number of institutional factors and student-level factors that influence transfer students’ likelihood of graduating with a baccalaureate degree,” said Dr. Jason Taylor, educational leadership professor at the University of Utah.

Taylor became involved with OCCRL while he was earning his doctorate at the University of Illinois. He worked with it directly for seven years before taking a faculty position at the University of Utah, but still conducts research with the Universitybased group.

He said the group plans to focus on partnerships between community colleges and four-year universities.

“We’re going to look at two and four-year partnerships in what we’re calling high performing partnerships, and we’re going to identify those partnerships and we’re going to collect some data on policies and practices there,” Taylor said. “(We’re going to) sort of do some field work and go to those institutions and try to understand what it is that makes them so successful.”

Taylor also said these partnerships can significantly improve the transition transfer students face.

Jeff Woltman, junior in Engineering, said he knows firsthand how difficult transferring from community college can be.

“It was rough, no doubt,

because community college is kind of like high school continued on, you’re not living on your own and you’re taking early college classes,” Woltman said.

“So when you finally come here and you’re a transfer student, you’re taking higher level classes and you’re just learning how to live on your own at the same time.

The combination can be tough at first.”

Another area of research the grant will fund is a study on the causes of “transfer shock,” referring to the dip in grade-point average that some community college students experience upon transferring.

“The idea is that maybe four year institutions are more challenging, or maybe they’re not more challenging but students aren’t prepared to do work at the four-year institution,” Taylor said. “We’re going to look at this phenomenon, in particular how GPA changes over time once students transfer.”

Woltman said “transfer shock” affected him during his transition.

“I’m still learning how to adapt and recovering from last semester,” he said. “There was definitely a drop in GPA, definitely because of the difficulty level here. (It) went significantly up compared to community college.”

The grant will not exclusively be funding research for “traditional transfers.” Other forms of credit transfers, such as when students from a four-year institution take classes at a community college temporarily, will be examined as well.

“There’s a lot of mobility in higher education, so I think it’s important to think about transfer broadly and how students transfer,” Taylor said.

Taylor said he believes universities and states understand this concept, and design university systems that make it easy for students to transfer their credit.

Transfers from community college remain prevalent part of student body

2015: 1,379 2014: 1,363 2013: 1,346 2012: 1,363 2011: 1,418 *Per each fall semester Source: Division of Management Information

He added that efforts to help transfer students adjust, such as implementing a mentor-mentee program, could be beneficial.

Justin Rienton, who attended Harper College with Woltman, said he believes the University can do better when it comes to offering tutoring to transfer students making the jump.

“It’s much more difficult to find help from a TA here,” Rienton said.

Woltman agreed, saying his old community college offered a oneon-one tutoring center where students could get immediate help.

“Being a much larger university, it’s not as easy,” Woltman said.

“If you’re trying to get help, it’s not at your own pace, it’s going to be at the pace of whatever the office hours are going at.”

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Some of the shelters were usually located in the basement and have since then been converted to tornado and storm emergency locations. building.”

With experience working for an engineering firm employed by the Department of Defense with fallout shelter related work, Skvarla said he is unsure how effective most fallout shelters could be.

“I’m not really sure, what good a shelter would have done unless it was downstairs in a basement that did not have any windows and would be in the center of a building, because it’s the mass or thickness of material that is going to shelter you from radiation waves,” Skvarla said.

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NCSA created an environment where we clearly had the most powerful facility on any campus in the world. That not only has changed NCSA but has changed the view that the faculty, students and postdocs on campus have about what’s possible,” Seidel said.

Seidel stressed that while the center is focused on supercomputing, the NCSA would be nothing without its expert staff. He said

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GAS percent, the lowest since February of 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Champaign-Urbana residents aren’t exactly keeping track of where their newfound money is going. Instead, they’re simply spending more on things like groceries and eating out. The national average gas price officially fell below $2 a gallon on Jan. 11 for the first time in seven years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Gas prices in Champaign-Urbana officially are averaging at approximately $1.93, as of Tuesday afternoon.

“I imagine this helps a lot of people that have to commute for their jobs and stuff like that,” Sinclair said. “Monticello people go to Champaign-Urbana and Decatur. ... People here come from Danville, I’m sure they appreciate it.”

Maria Lux drives an older, silver Subaru and has to travel the approximate 50 miles Northwest to Bloomington-Normal from C-U for work twice a week. Lux isn’t complaining about the low gas prices. For her, gas is a necessity, no matter the cost.

“I’ve kind of just accepted like I have to drive to certain places so I have to pay whatever it is,” she said as she pumped her tank full

Although Cold War era taught rampant and school children to duck and cover to save themselves from a nuclear attack, Skvarla said that logic may not have been the prevailing reason behind the shelters.

“I guess maybe they felt that if they (demonstrated) that they were doing something, everyone would feel safer and more secure than if we were to do nothing,” Skvarla said. “Thank goodness that threat seems to be going away.”

alnavar2@dailyillini.com that the NCSA is building a home for integrative, interdisciplinary research on top of advanced supercomputing.

Systems come and go, and in a few years Blue Waters will no longer be the fastest-running supercomputer, but the people are what always stay, according to Seidel.

“It’s more than having just a big piece of hardware here. It’s raised the sights of everybody on the campus and across the country,” Seidel said.

paeth2@dailyillini.com for $18.19, drastically down from the normal $40 to $45 she’s paid in the past. “It’s great if it’s cheap, but if it’s expensive it’s like, ‘Well OK, that’s what we have to pay.’”

But some other residents still are hoping for a continued fall of gas prices.

Derek Bell, of Gibson City, drives 22 miles to Champaign five times a week for work with his new construction company. Bell said that prices have already started to go back up from their lowest, and after having just bought a brand new silver Chevy Silverado with a trailer, he’s hoping at the very least that the prices plateau at $1.63. In the meantime, Bell is just hoping to continue to re-invest as much as possible to his new business.

“I know they’re way down compared to a couple years ago, and that’s amazing,” he said as he filled the Chevy, up to $20.01. “It’s a necessity, and I’d like to see it stay here or cheaper.”

While Irwin said the only consistent thing about crude oil is that it’s never consistent, he said the best analysis shows that the low oil prices will continue for the better part of the next 18 months.

“We’re blessed. We’ve got great low gas prices,” said Greg Purnell, a C-U resident who topped off the tank of his red Dodge Caliber for $10. “I’m just enjoying it as a consumer.”

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Why Americans are supporting Trump RYAN HARDING Opinions columnist

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Donald Trump cruises to become the Republican nominee for president, many have questioned how he has ascended to power.

Last Wednesday, my fellow columnist at The Daily Illini, Gabriel Costello, expressed his opinion that Trump’s supporters are uneducated racists who find his provocative messages appealing.

In his piece, Costello said: “(T)he difference between Trump and the rest of the GOP is not a matter of opinion, it is a matter of cadence. Trump forgoes the (racial) dog whistle and replaces it with a bullhorn. He is unapologetically racist, sexist and Islamophobic.”

Costello concludes that a racist, uneducated segment of the electorate has embraced Trump, catapulting him to success. But, asserting that Trump’s power comes from demagoguery and a racist electorate is premature, unless one can exclude legitimate reasons why people vote for him.

One reason is Trump’s economic populism. The nation’s industrial sector has been losing jobs as fac-

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tories shut down and relocate. From 2001 to 2013, the U.S. trade deficit with China cost 3.2 million American jobs. Trade agreements with Mexico and Canada resulted in the loss of 850,000 U.S. jobs. In sum, the United States has lost 7,231,000 manufacturing jobs since 1979.

Trump is the only candidate taking a firm stance on the hemorrhaging of the American industrial sector, and he may be the only candidate who can stop the bleeding. He openly calls for boycotting and taxing companies that outsource.

He argues for a better business climate that will make America competitive globally. He openly denounces nations that manipulate their currencies. He argues that, because he can self-fund his campaign, he can’t be bought by the special interests groups that desire further outsourcing.

Quite simply, when Trump says, “China is ripping us off and abusing us because we have leaders that don’t know what they’re doing,” there are millions of unemployed former factory workers who agree with him.

On the other side of the equation, many of these displaced workers are now competing with illegal immigrants for jobs, and Trump wants to curb illegal immigration. According to

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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses his supporters at a rally during the Kansas GOP caucus at Century II in Wichita, Kansas, on Saturday.

Pew Research, while illegal immigrants only constitute 5.1 percent of the total civilian workforce, illegal immigrants constitute 26 percent of farm-related jobs, 17 percent of maintenance jobs, 14 percent of construction jobs as well as 11 percent of food preparation jobs.

While illegal immigrants often do work that domestic workers refuse to do, many of these jobs, such as construction and maintenance, are solid blue collar jobs desired by many Americans. It is reasonable that some of these workers see illegal immigration as a threat to their livelihoods.

From both sides of the equation, Trump’s power can be explained through his economic populism.

A second legitimate reason is Trump’s strong foreign policy. During Obama’s tenure, Iraq, Syria and Libya have descended

into anarchy, North Korea has become more bellicose, Iran is closer to developing a nuclear weapon and China has become more assertive in the South China Sea. It seems our allies no longer trust us and our enemies no longer fear us.

Many voters see Trump as someone who can inspire respect among those who wish to cause us harm and restore the Pax Americana.

Trump, with his economic populism and strong foreign policy, has tapped into an element of frustration with the American electorate. With several legitimate reasons established for Trump’s rise, it seems premature to argue that vast swaths of his supporters are simply uneducated racists.

Ryan is a law student at the University. rthardi2@dailyillini.com

aymond Tomlinson passed away Saturday. If you’re anything like me, that news probably didn’t mean anything to you when you first read it on Facebook’s list of trends.

In 1971, Tomlinson sent the first person-toperson email on a system called ARPANET, a U.S. government system that functioned similarly to the Internet. Tomlinson has said in interviews that he doesn’t recall the first message he sent using this invention; however, once he understood that his creation worked, he sent a message explaining how others could use the system, as well. He was also the one who decided to use the “@” sign to indicate to which server a message was being delivered separate from who was sending it.

Tomlinson was inducted to the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012. When he spoke at the ceremony, he said that people often inquired of him if he was aware what he was doing when he created this system of communication.

“Yeah, I knew exactly what I was doing. I just had no notion whatsoever about what the ultimate impact would be,” Tomlinson said.

When I stopped to think of the impact email has had on my life, I thought of activities in which many of us have partaken, and images many of us have seen.

There are icebreaker prompts where people share their first (probably embarrassing) screen names, and everyone in the room can relate. There are memes and tweets with messages encouraging prospective parents to register a username for a newborn child at birth so that all the usernames would not be taken when the child was ready for an email account.

Think about how many moments in your life have taken place through email: those endless chain emails sent when we were younger, group project correspondences, college admissions letters, job interview requests and so much more. Could you imagine not having had these moments? Or perhaps having them through a less convenient form of communication?

When Tomlinson said he didn’t understand the ultimate impact of his creation, I wonder if he meant all the positive impacts, or if he meant all the negative impacts.

We, the millennial generation, are constantly accused of not know-

ing how to communicate properly. We’re accused of misusing our world’s interconnectivity, whether it’s spending our lives behind screens or avoiding in-person conversations. There are certainly negatives to global communication, as our grandparents tell us every time they see us.

But we can also use our modern communication for good. We can use our connectivity to inspire change around the world. We can speak to whomever we want, whenever we want. We can support each other in times of need, and celebrate together in times of joy.

When Tomlinson created email, there was no way for him to know the future impact of his creation. He could not foresee how in the following decades our world would become unimaginably interconnected. He could not have imagined the Internet hashtag campaigns that have literally brought people from around the world

We can also use our modern communication for good. We can use our connectivity to inspire change around the world. together.

He could not have imagined that every country’s leader would be able to address the entire world in 140 characters and anyone who wanted to could respond.

He could not have imagined people would make careers out of vlogging their lives and showing shopping hauls. There was no way for him to have known any of this, yet it is in part thanks to him that this all exists.

Of course, there are times we should take a step back. Our entire lives don’t need to be online communicating with each other through the use of the “@” symbol. But this choice is ours, and it is ours thanks to Raymond Tomlinson.

He may not have been able to foresee the impact of his creation, but when I look at the people in our generation, I am confident it will be used for so much good.

Hayley is a freshman in ACES. nagelbe2@dailyillini.com

Northwestern payment plan sets an example for whole nation PAUL DELUTIO Opinions columnist

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one of us students are strangers to the national rise in college tuition. For many of us, our loans and debt are among our first thoughts when we first wake up in the morning. When am I going to pay off my debt?

Will I have to take out another loan? Will my degree actually pay off all of my debt?

The reality is that we all have to find a way to finance our education, and a new initiative at Northwestern University hopes to alleviate the strain loans

place on the student body.

The initiative will help any student who qualifies for financial aid.

Starting in the Fall of 2016, undergraduate students who have accrued a student loan debt of $20,000 will have their debt capped and will be awarded scholarships in order to pay for the rest of their education.

The debt ceiling Northwestern is imposing will allow students to enter the workforce with a clear head, and without the stress of student loans bogging them down. Although there will still be at least $20,000 to pay off for students who qualify, some students will walk away from college six figures in debt. That’s the difference between paying off a car,

and paying off a house.

Another positive outcome of this decision is the implication it could have on the current mindset of university administrations. Northwestern, along with other prestigious institutions, are often associated with the stigma that acceptance is based on the size of mom and dad’s bank account.

A student’s ability to pay for college could become less of a factor when applying to college, allowing merit to become the primary focus for top-tier students. Furthermore, this also implies that a student’s education is being valued as something beneficial to society rather than part of a university’s money pit.

Although “free college” has always been a popular

idea among students, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has significantly popularized the idea as part of his campaign. No one can deny that free education for all students is a lofty goal. It is a goal that is simply impractical and is more sensationalistic than realistic.

In reality, Northwestern’s initiative is the result of a private benefactor who made an enormous donation to the school. Being a public institution, our University would have difficulty implementing a similar policy. Without the funding of a private institution, Illinois public universities have to rely heavily on the Illinois Student Assistance Commission’s Monetary Award Program to keep the

cost of tuition down. Ultimately, it would be imperative for comprehensive state legislature to pass, setting us up for success early in our professional development.

Still, the private solution that Northwestern has offered is a step in the right direction for all universities. It allows a general price tag to be set on an education and is more fair to the students that the university serves.

College is the time of our lives where opportunity is constantly hanging over the horizon. It is novel to think that the seizure of opportunity is based solely on merit and work ethic; in many ways, it is. However, factors beyond our control often hinder our ability to

achieve success.

Many students before us have conquered overwhelming odds to achieve greatness, but imagine the scores of underprivileged individuals who were never given the opportunity to reach their full potential.

If we wish to maximize the potential of the next generation of students, it would behoove us to minimize the impact of outside factors on students.

So, well done, Northwestern. Let’s continue to change the broader college landscape to one that facilitates the enlightenment of all students, not just those who can afford it.

Paul is a freshman in LAS. delutio2@dailyillini.com

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Student veteran benefits from invention

Police fight rising prescription drug abuse on campus

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Garret Anderson, University graduate student and Iraq War veteran, tests his new 3D printed prosthetic arm.

Psyonic works out of iVenture Accelerator in Research Park , and the company’s mission is “to develop high quality prosthetic hands at a low cost, making them accessible to developing nations,” according to the company’s website.

The Psyonic team is working on an upgrade for Anderson’s 3D printed prosthetic hand. The team consists of a wide variety of students, including aerospace engi neers, bioengineers, computer science engineers and neuroscience specialist students. Also on the team is Aadeel Akhtar, CEO of Psyonic.

Psyon ic h as been developing prosthetics for about three years now.

Psyonic and Anderson have frequent meetings about what someone like Anderson is looking for in a prosthetic hand, and how to improve designs by having him test the hands.

T he most re c ent prosthetic hand design was tested yesterday.

It fi t Anderson’s socket and Akhtar was able to work the residual limb in the prosthetic hand.

Anderson said this was the most comfortable and weightless prosthetic hand he has ever worn.

The next step is to wire the socket into the prosthetic hand so Anderson will have a sense of touch for the fi rst time in 12 years. “ W it h my other

(prosthetic hands) I would break stuff because I don’t know how much pressure I am putting on it unless I am looking at it,” Anderson said. “This hand is very different because it uses muscle memory, so the muscles in my residual limb are still there. What the program does, if I think about making a fi st, certain muscles will be engaged and will move differently so the sensor inside the socket will read those and train the muscle.”

Thus far, Akhtar says the feedback has been great, and the team will keep testing and fi ne-tuning the prosthetic hand until it is the best it can be. He predicts the fi nal working sensory prosthetic hand will be fi nished by the end of the year.

The whole project hits close to home, especially since the 3D printing and development are all happened in UrbanaChampaign, Anderson said.

“I am thankful for the team thinking of the next generation of prosthetics, and making it easier to function,” he said. “It shows the engineering aspect and the intelligence of the University and what a world leader U of I is,” he said. They push the limit and strive to be number one, which they are in my mind. There is no university like this one.” features@dailyillini.com

“There is a reason those drugs are controlled ... There are more penalties for selling prescription drugs than for selling marijuana.”

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prepares them to lead the discussion in a workshop required for students at the University.

“They all care about the community and the success of our students,” Orazio said of the students taking her class to become facilitators.

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students about alcohol and drug abuse, as well as the University’s policies toward alcohol and drugrelated offenses. The workshop also makes students aware of campus resou rc es t h at a re available to them.

A ma nda Abra ms, freshman in LAS who is also taking the community health class to become a facilitator at ACE IT, said the University takes a “harm reduction approach to dealing with drug abuse.” Harm reduction focuses on reducing the harmful consequences of drug use and ineffective drug policies.

She said the University wants students to be more aware of the consequences of drug use and abuse.

The University police department recently set up internal programs to help students that have problems with prescription drug abuse.

These programs offer students a chance to avoid criminal records and potential jail time by setting up alternatives such as counseling and mandatory drug tests.

McCullough said that he has seen students completely overcome their struggles with addiction because of the programs and resources they have set up to help students beat their addictions. “ They’ve made themselves proud,” he said. “It’s pretty neat to see that end result.”

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As midterm exams take place in the weeks before spring break, Joe McCullough, University police lieutenant who specializes in drugs a nd n a rc ot ics, has seen students turn to prescription drugs to pass their classes.

Many students take st i mu l a nts such as Adderall and Vyvanse to help them stay focused and study for longer periods of time.

But the use of that same study-aiding stimulant can result in serious consequences, according to McCullough.

T he c o n s e que nc e s for selling or abusing prescription drugs can also result in a dismissal period from school for a student caught illegally with drugs.

“There is a reason those drugs are controlled,” McCullough said. “There are more penalties for s el l i ng pre sc r ipt ion drugs than for selling marijuana.”

McCullough sa id that the Universit y is fair and consistent when disciplining their students for alcohol and drug offenses. Their fi rst priority is to get students help.

But this issue isn’t just a ffi liated w ith the University alone.

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in the U.S., especially on college campuses, and a large part of this is due to the growing popularity of students who are relying on prescription drugs to face the pressures of succeeding.

Prescription drug abuse is the third leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. According to the Clinton Foundation, the use of stimulants, such as Adderall, has increased by 93 percent on college campuses between 1993 and 2005.

The campus community at the University has been working to educate students about the dangers of drug abuse and to help students overcome addiction and other drugrelated problems.

From education and awareness to internal programs set up by the University police, members of the community are committed to fighting the drug problem.

E lo r a Orazio, a specialist in education at the Counseling Center at Illinois, said she has always been interested in college-aged kids, so she got involved with educ ation a nd dr ug aw a r e n e s s training programs after she started to realize that alcohol and drug abuse were the two biggest health risks to college-aged students.

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University students are working closely with Un iversit y g radu ate student and war veteran Garrett Anderson to improve the fi rst prosthetic hand created with a 3D printer on campus.

Anderson’s hand was injured while serving in Iraq.

“On October 15, 2005, I was working night shift and it was about three in the morning and 90 degrees. We pulled to where border landing was happening and it was a false alarm — it was an ambush. When we got off the hardball and into the dirt road, the roadside bomb hit our truck and blew up.”

Anderson was trained for that kind of situation, but couldn’t believe he was injured at fi rst. He was rushed to the hospital and doesn’t remember much, aside from one sentence that resonated with him a long time after. “‘Get the bone saw out,’” the doctor said.

Anderson knew the bone saw was going to be used to amputate his hand.

Following the surgery though, he said was just thankful to be alive.

“I didn’t want the injury to defi ne who I was gonna be,” he said. “From day one, I was gonna defi ne it. I made a mental note to keep pushing on to do what have to do and accomplish what I need to.”

A nd A nderson has done just that. For the most part, he still does everything he did before the explosion and still does many things on his own.

“I have like six arms in my closet I can use for different things,” he said.

“For example I have an arm to work out with, and a prosthetic hand that looks like my own hand.”

O ne dow n fa l l of prosthetic hands, though, is that Anderson cannot feel with them; however, a team of students within the startup company Psyonic, is working to fi x that.

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Sweet sounds of nature Sinfonia de Camera to play bird-themed concert “Oiseaux exotiques” was composed in the mid-1950s to resemble the sounds of exotic birds from around the ery rarely are bird chirps heard indoors — world. Moersch said the bird songs assembled in the maybe when a bird is accidentally trapped piece could never be heard together in nature. inside a supermarket, or maybe when one is Moersch, who will play the xylophone during the piece, nearby a window. Music, however, has pro- said Messiaen’s reconstruction of birdsong through vided a solution for those who appreciate instruments is very precise. birdsong and wish to hear it in places other than out in “He has done an absolutely incredible job of transcribnature. Now, the sounds of birds can be imitated through ing accurately the various bird songs, and then he has various instruments. used the skill of orchestration to transfer those into the Sinfonia da Camera will explore this concept with instruments,” Moersch said. “The most striking thing its “Classical Tweets” concert on Saturday, March 12 when you listen to one of these actual birds is that the at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The rhythm is absolutely right on; he just nails the time, chamber orchestra affi liated with Krannert and FAA which I wasn’t quite expecting at fi rst hearing that the will play three pieces pertaining to pulse is absolutely correct.” the bird theme: Olivier Messiaen’s Ronald Romm, trumpet professor “Oiseaux exotiques,” Frank Marat the School of Music and princitin’s Concerto for Seven Winds and pal trumpeter in Sinfonia da CamMaurice Ravel’s “Ma mère l’Oye.” era, said recreating bird songs is Ian Hobson, music director of not easy.

Sinfonia da Camera, founded the “To make the birds sound authenchamber orchestra in 1984. Hobson tically like bird sounds is very will conduct “Classical Tweets,” challenging because we have to which will feature 50 musicians. put notes together in a certain Sinfonia da Camera is composed pattern and have that pattern not of faculty and students as well as sound like it’s bricks being thrown musicians from the surrounding WILLIAM MOERSCH at one another — it has to sound PROFESSOR OF PERCUSSION community. like birds singing to one another,” “We get to do whichever concerts Romm said. that we sort of feel like,” said Adam Messiaen’s “Oiseaux exotiques,” Kosberg, operations and personnel manager at Sinfonia however, is the only piece Sinfonia da Camera will play da Camera. “They tend to be on the chamber music side that is meant to sound like birdsong. Martin’s Concerto of things, so it’s a little bit different than, maybe, the for Seven Winds has no particular extramusical element, concerts that the C-U Symphony would play. The rep- and Ravel’s “Ma mère l’Oye” is based on five children’s ertoire just tends to focus more on smaller things, a lot fairy tales, Moersch said.

All three pieces were composed during the 20th more emphasis on soloists.”

For “Classical Tweets,” William Moersch, percussion century. professor at the School of Music and principal timpa“I think it’s unique to know that classical music is very nist in Sinfonia da Camera, said he was one of the musi- engaged in nature and in all aspects of life,” Romm said. cians who pitched Messiaen’s “Oiseaux exotiques” for “The more we go through various periods of history, the the chamber orchestra to play, and the other two pieces more we realize that we have classical music as always taking great interest in nature and in life.” were added later to fit the bird theme.

Kosberg said despite its title, the concert “doesn’t have anything to do with Twitter.” mschafr2@dailyillini.com

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SPORTS

McGee hired as new offensive coordinator

BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER

After a few days of speculation and a quick turnaround from Monday’s hiring of head coach Lovie Smith, Illinois’ new boss has tapped Louisville’s Garrick McGee as offensive coordinator.

Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino announced the departure of his offensive coordinator via press release.

“I wish Garrick McGee and his family nothing but the best and I am grateful for his friendship and commitment,” Petrino said in

the statement. “I’ve known him for a long time and I’m going to miss him as a person and coach. He did a great job wherever we have coached together and I think he has a great football mind.”

McGee replaces former head coach Bill Cubit’s son,

Ryan Cubit.

Before going to Louisville, McGee was a head coach at UAB, an offensive coordinator at Arkansas and an offensive coordinator at Northwestern.

As offensive coordinator in 2010, McGee helped lead Arkansas to a 10-2 finish

and to the school’s first BCS bowl, a loss to Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl.

In 2011, the Razorbacks led the Southeastern Conference in total offense.

A former quarterback, McGee played at Arizona State for two years and transferred to Northeast-

ern Oklahoma A&M in 1993.

He transferred again, playing two years at Oklahoma, where he ended up fourth on the school’s career passing list with 2,449 yards.

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Do-or-die time for 12-seeded Illini ALEX ROUX Illini hoops columnist

INDIANAPOLIS — llinois basketball’s best-case scenario for the Big Ten Tournament was a daunting fiveday run, and a relatively stress-free game in the first round was just what the Illini needed.

The 12th-seeded Illini picked up an 85-52 victory Wednesday over a depleted Minnesota team at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The Illini jumped out to an early 22-10 lead and never looked back, leading 13 seed Minnesota 38-22 at the break and extending their lead to as many as 37 in the second half before finishing the Golden Gophers off. Illinois completed the season sweep over the Gophers with its third win in as many tries over Minnesota this season.

Illinois moves onto the second round, where fifth-seeded Iowa awaits Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

With Minnesota only dressing five scholarship players and a collection of walk-ons following a litany of suspensions and an injured senior Joey King, the Gophers simply couldn’t match Illinois’ superior speed and athleticism. The Illini found themselves open on the perimeter for 13 first half threes and buried seven of them, putting Minnesota in a nearly insurmountable hole early.

Illinois finished 14-of26 from 3-point distance.

Redshirt freshman Michael Finke entered Wednesday having scored five points over his last four games for the Illini, but he set the tone with a pair of threes in the first half.

Fellow freshman Jalen Coleman-Lands drew within three 3-points of the all-time freshman 3-point shooting record of 85 with three triples of his own, and Malcolm Hill and Kendrick Nunn combined to splash eight more. Hill finished with 14 points.

“It’s just all mental and having confidence in it,” Finke said after dropping 17 points. “It felt good to see that first one go in.”

Minnesota’s backcourt was hit hardest by the roster turmoil, especially

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on defense. The Gophers were forced to use a fourbig, one-guard lineup for most of the game, and the Illini keyed in on freshman forward Jordan Murphy on the block.

Murphy scored 22 points in the teams’ matchup two weeks ago, but was hounded by double teams Wednesday and was limited to nine points.

A matchup with Minnesota’s hot mess of a team was ideal for an Illini squad hoping to pull off a five-day miracle in Indianapolis.

It exerted minimal energy Wednesday ahead of Thursday afternoon’s date with the Hawkeyes.

Iowa easily dismantled Illinois 77-65 in their first

meeting, and it wasn’t as close as the final score indicated.

The Hawkeyes blitzed the Illini with a balanced attack from their starters — Peter Jok led all scorers with 23 on Feb. 7 at State Farm Center.

Containing him and Jared Uthoff will be a concern Thursday, but the biggest challenge could come on the glass.

Iowa out rebounded Illinois 43-32, including 12 on the offensive glass, and senior center Adam Woodbury racked up 10 points and 14 boards.

Fortunately for Illinois, Iowa has skidded toward the finish line since visiting Champaign as the No. 5 team in the country. The Hawkeyes

have lost five of seven and fallen to No. 20 in the polls, so the Illini are catching them at as good of a time as any.

Wednesday’s lopsided outcome doesn’t mean a whole lot against this awful Minnesota team, but it’s a nice boost to the Illini’s confidence heading into what will be a true challenge Thursday.

It’s do-or-die time.

Illinois must now dig deep and play far above a level they’ve consistently shown all season against Iowa, or face a dreary bus ride back to Champaign.

Alex is a senior in AHS. roux2@dailyillini.com @aroux94

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Illinois’ Maverick Morgan throws down a two-handed dunk during the game against Minnesota at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana on Wednesday. The Illini won 85-52.

Under-manned Minnesota no match for UI Victory against Gophers builds hope for Illini

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Illinois’ Kendrick Nunn takes a layup during the game against Minnesota at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana on Wednesday. The Illini won 85-52.

Hawkeyes next up for Illinois basketball

BY PETER BAILEY-WELLS SPORTS EDITOR

The Big Ten Tournament is all about turnaround time.

Illinois basketball, fresh off an 85-52 thumping of Minnesota in the first round, will face fifth-seeded Iowa on Thursday at 1:25 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The Hawkeyes (21-9 overall, 12-6 Big Ten) punched Illinois (14-18, 5-13) in the mouth in a 77-65 win at State Farm Center on Feb. 7 , but have been on a skid as of late. They lost four of their last five regular season games, and fell down to

No. 20 in the rankings after clocking in at No. 5 when they visited Champaign.

The Illini haven’t forgotten that loss.

“We’re happy we got this win,” junior captain Malcolm Hill said after Wednesday’s game. “But as soon as we leave this gym, we have to focus on Iowa.”

Michael Finke’s 17 points led the four Illini who scored in double digits Wednesday, and head coach John Groce will likely need a similar output from the redshirt freshman against Iowa. Finke had not hit double-digits since Illinois’ 78-67 loss to

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Illinois’ Malcolm Hill tries to dribble around Iowa’s Jarrod Uthoff during the game against Iowa at the State Farm Center on Feb. 7. The Illini lost 77-65.

Nebraska on Jan. 16.

He went 2-of-6 in 17 minutes against the Hawkeye’s in the teams’ first matchup, which was his first game back since suffering a knee contusion against Wisconsin on Jan. 31.

“I think (my struggles) were more mental,” Finke said. “My mechanics and shot weren’t changing. I think was all mental. I just had to have confidence in myself.”

Groce watched his team get out-rebounded 43-32 by the Hawkeyes in the February matchup. The Illini topped the under-manned Gophers on the glass 35-26 Wednesday but finished the regular season 331st of 351 teams in rebounding.

The Hawkeyes finished 71st in the same rankings.

Hill followed his careerhigh 39 points in Sunday’s 86-79 overtime loss to Penn State with 14 against Minnesota. He put up 14 in the first Illinois-Iowa matchup, behind freshman Jalen Coleman-Lands’ 17.

Four of Iowa’s five starters hit double digits in the February matchup, including 23 from junior guard Peter Jok, who finished the season with a 15.8 points per

game average. Iowa was one of two Big Ten teams to finish with two scorers who ranked in the top 10 in the conference — Nebraska was the other.

The winner of Thursday’s game plays No. 13 Purdue, the tournament’s fourth seed, in the quarterfinals.

The Boilermakers finished the regular season heading the opposite direction of the Hawkeyes. Matt Painter’s team won four of its last five games, including an 83-79 win over then-No. 10 Maryland.

Groce remarked after his team’s win over Minnesota that it was the best his guys had played all season. The Illini are 7-2 as a double-digit seed in the Big Ten Tournament, and the last time they were in that role was 1999. Lon Kruger’s team made it to the tournament title game that year, knocking off three top-25 teams in the process, and eventually losing to No. 2 Michigan State in the championship.

For Groce’s team to repeat that feat, they’ll have to stymie the Hawkeyes on Thursday.

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Junior Kendrick Nunn scored 15, freshman Jalen Coleman-Lands drilled three deep balls and Hill racked up 14 points and six boards while resting for much of the second half.

BY JOEY FIGUEROA All but one Illini who saw STAFF WRITER the court made a field goal, INDIANAPOLIS — In a including sophomore Camgame that wasn’t expected eron Liss, who netted his to be very competitive, the first career field goal in Illinois men’s basketball garbage time. team simply took care of Six different Illini made business. a three and all but two who No. 12 seed Illinois (13- played recorded an assist.

18, 5-13 Big Ten) routed “We haven’t been able No. 13 seed Minnesota to do that a whole lot this (8-22, 2-16) in the opening year, it was a good feelround of the Big Ten tour- ing,” junior center Mavernament at Banker’s Life ick Morgan said. “We were Fieldhouse on Wednesday, really unselfish.”

85-52. Illinois will move Because of a flurry of on to face No. 5 seed Iowa suspensions and injuries, in the second round on Minnesota featured just Thursday afternoon. five scholarship players The Illini haven’t been and didn’t have enough the overwhelming favor- fire power to stay afloat. ites in many games this Junior Charles Buggs led season, but they clearly the Gophers with 12 points, were on Wednesday — and and All-Big Ten freshman played like it.

Jordan Murphy underIllinois sank 14 shots whelmed with nine points on 3-of-14 f r o m shooting. beyond Illinois the arc, controlled ma rk i ng the game a school from the record in opening the Big Ten Tourtip a nd nament. brought The Illia 3 8 -2 0 ni never lead into trailed the locker room. a nd led MALCOLM HILL Minneby as JUNIOR CAPTAIN sota went many as through a 37, which four-mineclipsed their largest lead in any ute stretch without a field game this season. Their goal in the final 10 min55 percent stroke from utes of the second half the floor was the second- and could never find any highest single-game mark semblance of an offensive of the year. rhythm.

“We had contributions The Illini outscored the from everybody that Gophers 47-30 in the secstepped out on the court,” ond half, which included junior captain Malcolm an extended 27-5 run.

Hill said. “A lot of those “With this current rendifield goals that we made tion, I think this is the best were assisted by, which is that this group has played a plus. This was a really together,” head coach John good game for us.”

Groce said. “Obviously In an offensive feast, that should give them some just about ever yone confidence, but they’re brought something to the smart enough to know that table. today doesn’t give you any F resh ma n for wa rd privileges for tomorrow.”

Michael Finke finally exitIllinois will look to build ed his prolonged shoot- some momentum and coax ing funk on his way to 17 some more I-L-L chants points on five made threes. from the Indiana crowd in The sweet-shooting big Thursday’s second-round man hadn’t cracked dou- bout with Iowa. ble-digit scoring since January before Wednesday’s jfiguer2@dailyillini.com outburst. @joeyfigueroa3

“We had contributions from everybody that stepped out on the court.”

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Stiff competition persists for No. 9 men’s tennis

BY MIKE GASICK STAFF WRITER

Ranked opponents just seem to keep popping up on the Illinois men’s tennis schedule.

The Illini have another challenge this weekend when they travel to Evanston, Illinois, to take on Northwestern.

The Wildcats enter the match ranked No. 11 in the latest ITA National Rankings. They are on a ninematch win streak, defeating top-40 opponents Duke, North Carolina State, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame and Harvard in that stretch.

Illinois will be facing Northwestern for the second time this season. On Jan. 23, the Illini defeated the Wildcats 4-0 behind single match victories from sophomore Aleks Vukic, junior Julian Childers and senior Jared Hiltzik.

Hiltzik was named Big Ten Athlete of the Week after defeating two top-20 opponents two weeks ago.

Head coach Brad Dancer understands that the Wildcats are a different team than they were when the two teams faced off in January. Regardless, he is confident of his team’s chances.

“We have some guys doing a great job in practice and preparation,” Dancer said. “We don’t get (a resting period) very often so it was nice to have that break.”

The Illini last competed two weeks ago when they upset No. 2 Virginia and fell in a close match to No. 8 TCU. “I feel like everyone is in great shape right now,” redshirt freshman Pablo Landa said. “We know we have a tough matchup coming up, but I think we are ready.”

Landa has played fifth singles in the past two matches and hopes he can remain there as much as possible as the season progresses.

He returned from injury in February.

Northwestern is led by

No. 11 Konrad Zieba. Vukic defeated Zieba back in January in a three-set matinee, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Zieba has a 15-4 singles record this season and has nine wins in doubles play.

The Wildcats also have Sam Shropshire (No. 83) and Strong Kirchheimer in the top 100. During the team’s nine-game win streak, it has allowed its opponents to garner one point or fewer in eight of the matches.

The Illini understand that they will have to approach the match with the same intensity they did against previous top-tier opponents.

Six of Illinois’ last seven matches have been against top-10 opponents.

The Illini know what it takes to be ranked that high — they enter the match at No. 9. They have been ranked as high as No. 7 during this season and as low as No. 12.

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Two runners in national competition

BY WILL MOST STAFF WRITER

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Illinois’ Emily Baretta returns a ball during the game versus Michigan State on Sunday, April 7. The Illini won 6-1.

STAFF WRITER

The Illinois women’s tennis team has had trouble staying consistent this spring.

The Illini are 5-6 overall and 0-1 in Big Ten play — they have wins over Virginia Tech and Wisconsin, but have lost to teams like Northwestern and Notre Dame.

The team’s lone senior, Emily Barretta , has been there for all of the ups and downs.

Barretta fi nds herself a part of a team full of juniors, sophomores and freshmen, but no seniors — leaving the door open for her to step into a pivotal role in both the locker room and the classroom.

“I think they defi nitely view me as a leader on the team,” Barretta said.

“They’ll call me for rides and ask me for any help in school if they need it, so I’m defi nitely a good resource for them.”

Barretta went to New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. There, she began showing up on col-

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llinois’ Pablo Landa returns the ball in the match against TCU at the Atkins Tennis Center Sunday, Feb. 28.

lege coaches’ radars, fi nishing fourth in the state in doubles her sophomore year. Barretta received many offers from schools around the country, but knew Illinois was the right choice.

“I came here for the accommodations, for the academics, and of course the outstanding tennis that we have,” Barretta, who is graduating from the College of Business this spring, said.

This year’s roster has three freshmen: Ines Vias, Jaclyn Switkes and Daniela Pedraza Novak . Barretta believes she has found ways to bound with them despite the age difference.

“Pretty much anything has helped me bond with them, from car rides to tutoring hours, like we will go to Irwin (Academic Services center) together,” Barretta said. “I’m their upperclassman guidance.

If they have a question they need to ask, I’m more than willing to answer it.”

Barretta does not view

herself as the only upperclassmen leader, but sees her junior teammates as her counterparts.

While Barretta isn’t always participating in match play, she contributes to the team through her positive energy and hard work in practice.

“I’m just always trying to keep it positive,” Barretta said. “Sometimes we have up days and down days. So I just try to stay positive as much as possible.”

Although there’s plenty of the spring season left, Barretta’s career at Illinois is in its home stretch.

And her most memorable moments involve her teammates.

“The team atmosphere has changed so much through my three-and-ahalf years here, and I feel closest with this team, and through the ups and downs, we are such a tight-knit group,” Barretta said.

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After leading the way for Illinois men’s track and field most of the season, sophomore Jonathan Wells and junior Dylan Lafond are looking to succeed as individuals this weekend.

The two will head to Birmingham, Alabama, to compete in the men’s NCAA Indoor Championships.

Lafond, one of the leaders of Illinois’ distance unit, will compete in the 5,000 meters. While Wells, despite competing in three events at the Big Ten Championships, will only compete in his best event: high jump.

Wells and L afond qualified for each of their events by placing in the top 16 in the nation at the conference championships.

Both Illini have experience at national championships and are confident that experience will pay off.

“I’m looking forward to going in there and being a little experienced, knowing what I did last year,” Wells said. “This year I know I’m bigger and I’m better and I’m looking to fi x the mistakes I made last year and put it in this year.”

While the Illini’s indoor season wasn’t much of a success, national competitions offer an opportunity for team standouts to prove that they are among the nation’s best at their respective events.

As the rest of the team prepares for the outdoor season, Lafond and Wells are preparing for a competition where they are underdogs.

Wells is the 13th best jumper in the nation after his Big Ten performance and Lafond is 14th in the

5,000. Despite the fact he isn’t the favorite, Wells is confident.

“There is no certain person in my mind I’m trying to beat,” Wells said.

“I’m just there to compete at my ability and go out there and do the best I can do.”

While the two will face elite competition, head coach Mike Turk suggests that there is wiggle room for Wells and Lafond to

place just outside of the nation’s top competitors.

“Usually at the NCAA meet, there is a much clearer picture, with six or seven people on a higher level and then it slopes down,” Turk said. “This year there are only two or three people on the level and everyone else is real close.”

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Martinez regains focus after Big Ten title

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

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Jan. 23, Illinois wrestler Isaiah Martinez entered his match against Penn State freshman Jason Nolf with a career record of 54-0.

He left the mat with a record of 54-1.

On March 6, Nolf entered his Big Ten Championship matchup against Martinez with a record of 28-0.

He left the mat with a record of 28-1.

Leading up to the championship bout Sunday, Martinez said he always had a rematch with Nolf in the back of his mind.

“It did weigh heavy on my mind,” Martinez said.

“Thinking about that rematch and just knowing the kind of competitor he is, I just have a feeling that I’ll probably see him again in two weeks at the national tournament. It was important to get one at Big Tens because now it’s all about just trying to make adjustments.

Honorable Mentions:

Adam Walton: Walton recorded six hits in the Illini’s three game sweep of the Stetson Invitational this weekend. The leadoff hitter scored three runs and had one RBI. Taylor Edwards: Edwards recorded two shutouts for wins against East Carolina and Penn for her first two wins of her career.

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“The ball is in his court now.”

Sunday’s bout was a much different contest as Martinez not only won, but said he had a strategy, which he didn’t have in his loss to Nolf.

Martinez defeated Nolf 4-3 in double overtime and earned Most Outstanding Wrestler over the weekend and fi rst-team All-Big Ten in the process.

Going into the contest, Illinois head coach Jim Heffernan had some doubts if Martinez would walk-away with a second straight title.

“Of course, (Nolf) is good,” Heffernan said.

“They are two great wrestlers and we knew it was going to be a war. And it was. I fully expect that same type of match every

time those two guys see each other.”

In their fi rst contest, Nolf pinned Martinez in the second period. This time, Martinez knew he was going to go the distance.

Martinez said that he remained calm throughout the match, even when he was down 3-2 after a takedown was overturned.

“Last time, it was more out-pace him and out-match him in every aspect and maybe I overestimated my abilities,” Martinez said “This time I stuck to where I was good, stuck to the plan and it all paid off.”

Now, Martinez’s focus is on winning a second consecutive NCAA championship next weekend in New York City.

Winning in college wasn’t

always on the grappler’s mind, though; Martinez said he didn’t even know much about collegiate athletics when he was growing up. Four-year-old Martinez only thought of getting a gold medal.

Earlier in the season, Martinez said he wanted to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

It’s all about how he feels mentally and physically after the season ends and evaluating his health.

“We’ll assess where my body is and where my motivation is,” Martinez said.

“It’s hard to stay healthy in this sport, especially with a season that goes from November to March, it’s a very long season.”

The long season takes a toll on every wrestler, even

one as dominant as Martinez, but factors outside of wrestling have weighed him down, too.

Before the season began, Martinez’s father passed away due to cancer. Martinez said it’s hard to replace the fi rst conference title, but believes the second is more important because of what has happened since his fi rst win.

“That fi rst one is special,” Martinez said. “I like to believe that it will be more important because I now understand how difficult it is and found out, last year, how difficult it was to win a national title and climb that mountain.”

Martinez enters the NCAA Championships with 13 technical falls, the most in any weight class. The

next closest competitors both have eight technical falls apiece.

Despite picking up the lone loss of his career earlier this season, Martinez was named the No. 1 seed in the national tournament. Not only did the loss not hurt his standing in the eyes of the selection committee, it also didn’t hurt his ultimate goal.

“I did come into college saying that I wanted to be undefeated and to be a fourtime national champion.

(I’m) no longer undefeated, but I could defi nitely still win four national titles. I have to get this one fi rst and then focus on the third one.”

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International students find home abroad with Illinois tennis

BY MIKE GASICK STAFF WRITER

Professional tennis players Kevin Anderson and Amer Deli have a combined 256 singles wins between them.

Deli graduated from Illinois with a team championship and individual championship under his belt, and Anderson capped off his Illinois career as a three-time All-American in singles.

The two were international athletes, a trend that has held steady with the Illinois men’s tennis program since they left. Anderson, a South African citizen, and Deli , a native of Bosnia and Herzegovina, both made the commitment to continue playing the game they love overseas.

The 2016 Illini have three international athletes who have impressed head coach Brad Dancer with how far they have progressed this season.

Aleks Vukic

Sophomore Aleks Vukic grew up in Sydney . He graduated high school in the Australian summer — which is American winter — of 2013-14.

He was offered scholarships by Tulsa, Oklahoma, UCLA and USC, which are all ranked in the top 25, as of March 8.

Vukic had some down time before he made his decision to extend his tennis career, so he flew to the United States to compete in a tournament in Florida.

Vukic’s future Illini teammate Jared Hiltzik was participating in the same tournament and was matched up with the Australian native.

Dancer was present at the match and observed the high talent level Vukic was showcasing on the court against one of Dancer’s best players. Hiltzik defeated Vukic , but Dancer was impressed, and didn’t let the opportunity slip by.

He contacted Vukic after the match and gave him an offer to join the Illini.

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Illinois’ Aleks Vukic, a native of Australia, returns the ball in the match against TCU at the Atkins Tennis Center on Feb. 28.

After much contemplation, Vukic signed on to the Illinois squad. The sophomore said he was excited about the opportunity to play for the team, but knew he had to make adjustments competing away from his homeland.

“I only see my family about once or twice a year,” Vukic said. “I actually saw my brother last weekend, so that was nice, but I don’t see them too often.”

Vukic said the transition to the United States has been smooth on and off the court. There’s no language barrier between Australia and the U.S., and he said the pace of play on the tennis court is similar to the playing style in Australia because both have hard courts.

He is ranked No. 6 in the ITA National Player Rankings and will look to continue his torrid play the rest of the season.

Aleks Vukic: Sydney, Australia Pengxuan Jiang: Tian Jin, China Pablo Landa: Mexico City, Mexico

Pengxuan Jiang Pengxuan Jiang — called “Aiden” by his teammates and friends — had quite the journey to Illinois.

The Tianjin, China, native was scouted by both Illinois and the University of Arizona as a high schooler. Jiang said he knew that Illinois was where he wanted to grow as an athlete because of the sense of community surrounding the team.

He went to high school at Weil Tennis Academy in Ojai, California, because he wanted to pursue a serious career in the sport in the United States.

Jiang said that he struggled mightily trying to speak and understand English at his boarding school and became frustrated at times when he had difficulty carrying out ordinary conversations with his peers.

“When I first (came) to America, I couldn’t speak one word. It was challenging,” Jiang said.

The frustrations did not affect his play on the court in California.

Jiang impressed the coaching staff in both singles and doubles and stood out as one of the best players at the school.

Dancer received a call from the coaching staff at Weil, and they informed him of Jiang’s abilities and potential. The Illinois coach

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made an offer to Jiang, and he accepted.

Arizona also offered Jiang a scholarship, but he trusted the Illinois coaches to take care of him for four years.

“I love Brad and Marcos (Asse), they’re really nice guys, and it really feels like a team around here,” Jiang said.

Jiang has played in three doubles matches this season, all with junior Julian Childers, and has gone 3-0.

Pablo Landa Pablo Landa’s transition to college tennis was smoother than many other international college tennis players who compete in the United States.

He decided to forgo his high school experience in Mexico City to develop his skills in the United States. Landa felt that he adjusted nicely to college life because of how he learned to live more independently at the Austin Tennis

Academy in Austin, Texas.

He thinks his success in his homeland, along with the coaching staff at the academy, has helped transform him into the player he is today. On his 18th birthday, Landa won the under-21 Mexican National Championship.

Dancer traveled to Houston to watch Landa in action at the National Indoor Championships and was impressed enough to give Landa an offer after the match.

Landa received another offer from Texas, but said that the relationship between the coaches and players was far more appealing at Illinois, and accepted Dancer’s offer.

“It’s not that much the coach and the student, it’s more of a back-andforth relationship,” Landa said.

“That helped me make my decision because I felt I could grow more here.”

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