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OFFICE President Michael Hogan resigns amid concerns about his leadership ability at UI BY DARSHAN PATEL AND LAUREN ROHR ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER

Just two weeks after the Board of Trustees told him to repair his relationship with faculty or risk losing his job, University President Michael Hogan resigned Thursday. Hogan — who replaced former University President B. Joseph White after the Category I admissions scandal — unexpectedly stepped down from his post amid growing concerns about his leadership ability. The board’s Executive Committee accepted Hogan’s resignation in an emergency meeting Friday afternoon at the Chicago campus, where trustees also signed off on the selection of Robert Easter, former interim chancellor, as president-designate. Easter will take over as

president July 1. “It has been a distinct honor and privilege to serve as president of the University of Illinois,” Hogan said in a statement Thursday, adding that he is optimistic about the future of the University. Board chairman Christopher Kennedy said Hogan felt he did not accomplish what he wanted to do during his short term. “(Hogan) came to the University to complete a certain agenda,” Kennedy said. “At the last board meeting, he concluded that much of the work he came here to do hadn’t been done, so rather than create a whole new agenda, I think he recognized that this was a great time to move on and let somebody else step in.”

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Resignation as president effective July 1 A one-year leave for research and teaching preparation Returning to faculty with tenure as a distinguished professor of history at the campus of his choosing Receiving $285,100 per year as a member of the faculty, the average salary of the top-10 faculty salaries at the University, excluding medicine and dentistry Receiving deferred compensation of $67,500 in 2015, an amount due to him for serving as the president for two years

Distinguished faculty members began openly calling for University President Michael Hogan’s resignation in a letter to the Board of Trustees with 130 signatures. University spokesman Tom Hardy said Hogan does not intend to resign, and the trustees have been “unequivocal in their support” throughout his presidency.

Hogan writes to University community March 8, 2012 In a Massmail to the University community, Hogan said he is taking the Board of Trustees’ “thoughtful and candid advice very seriously,” days after meeting with the group to review growing concerns about his presidency. “I want the entire University community to know that I regret that this failure occurred,” Hogan said in the email.

Board of Trustees calls emergency meeting, tells Hogan to ‘rebuild relationships’ or risk losing job March 5, 2012

Chaired faculty members demand Hogan’s resignation March 15, 2012

Board of Trustees chairman Christopher Kennedy asked Hogan to repair his relationship with the faculty in an emergency meeting, saying the relationship is salvageable. “I’d say that issues around rebuilding that support are issues that Mike Hogan needs to play a leadership role in. That is not something that the Board can do for him, but we are confident that Mike can do that for himself,” Kennedy said. “Time will tell.”

Distinguished faculty members delivered another letter to the Board of Trustees calling for Hogan to be fired. In the letter, 118 professors said a Board of Trustees that does not act when the president is ethically compromised is unable to “effectively govern the institution it stewards.” They said Hogan’s reputation had deteriorated after the March 5 meeting — exactly the opposite of what the Board had hoped.

Hogan submits ‘Path Forward,’ the final revisions of enrollment management plan March 19, 2012 Hogan sent a final, revised version of the enrollment management plan, which he called “The Path Forward,” to Don Chambers, University Senates Conference chair, on March 19. “It’s a demonstration of shared governance at its best. We’re joyous we’ve come to a positive conclusion,” Chambers said.

Kennedy announces Hogan’s resignation March 22, 2012 The University community was notified in the early afternoon by Board of Trustees chairman Christopher Kennedy that Hogan had tendered his resignation. Hogan is to remain in the position until July 1, when former interim chancellor Bob Easter will take over.

WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY “I respect Michael Hogan’s decision to resign his position as president of the University of Illinois ... I have confidence in (Easter’s) leadership and ability to continue moving the state’s largest university forward.” PAT QUINN, Illinois governor

“I am grateful for President Hogan’s service and wish him the best of luck as he transitions into his new role .... I am hopeful that through Easter’s leadership the University of Illinois can continue to make strides as a world-class higher education institution.”

“Dr. Hogan’s pride in the University was always evident, and his goal was one that we shared: to make the University better .... The excellent reputation Dr. Easter has earned ... is one that will serve all three campuses well as we move forward. ”

DAVID PILESKI, student body president and student trustee-elect

PHYLLIS WISE, chancellor and vice president

“(Hogan) came to the University to complete a certain agenda. At the last board meeting, he concluded that much of the work he came here to do hadn’t been done, so rather than create a whole new agenda, I think he recognized that this was a great time to move on and let somebody else step in.” CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY, Board of Trustees chairman

Easter agrees to take on duty as president of University BY CARINA LEE AND DARSHAN PATEL STAFF WRITER AND ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

JOSHUA BECKMAN THE DAILY ILLINI

Robert Easter, then-chancellor and current president-designate of the University, talks with members of the Daily Illini editorial board. Easter will assume his full duties as president July 1.

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Robert Easter, former interim chancellor and interim vice chancellor for research, has been called upon to fill another duty, this time as the president-designate. Easter, who was set to retire after a new chancellor and vice president was appointed, has agreed to fill the role, saying he pledges “to move forward energetically and collaboratively with an agenda that reaffirms the University of Illinois’ special place among the very best of institutions of higher learning in the United States.” “Now, as Mike (Hogan) has decided to move on, the Board of Trustees has asked me to assume the mantle of leadership of this great institution as its president,” Easter said in a statement. “I do so with pride but also humility — with eagerness but also enormous respect.” As president-designate, Easter will make $250,000 on a 12-month basis, so he will earn about $62,000

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for his three months in that position. Once he assumes full presidency on July 1, when Hogan steps down, Easter will earn $450,000 per year, part of a twoyear appointment with the Board of Trustees Executive Committee, which was approved at its emergency meeting Friday afternoon. Board chairman Christopher Kennedy said after the two-year contract expires, Easter’s appointment will be extended or a presidential search will be initiated 10 months before his last day in office. However, Kennedy does not consider Easter to be here for the interim. “He had an ability to play a caretaker role in Urbana,” Kennedy said. “(But) he led the University’s flagship campus forward. I think he’ll do that with the entire institution in this instance.” While the agenda item for the meeting says the Executive Committee “considered various individuals who might provide this leadership for the University,”

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Kennedy said Easter was the clear choice Friday. When Hogan expressed his desire to step down from the position, the president immediately suggested Easter as a leading candidate for the seat, Kennedy said. “Basically, I said, ‘You (Hogan) can’t quit until you fi nd your replacement’ because we didn’t want to leave the University without somebody in charge,” he said. Before the announcement, Kennedy first discussed with trustees and faculty members the possibility of Easter taking over for Hogan; Kennedy said they seemed to accept the change warmly. University Senates Conference chair Don Chambers said the board’s decision to appoint Easter as the new president reflects the University’s “shared governance”. “In Bob Easter, we have a new leader but an old friend who knows this University inside and out and is respected by everyone throughout the University community,”

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“Now, as Mike (Hogan) has decided to move on, the Board of Trustees has asked me to assume the mantle of leadership of this great institution as its president. I do so with pride but also humility — with eagerness but also enormous respect.” ROBERT EASTER, president-designate of the University

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Champaign Battery was reported Tuesday around midnight in the 2500 block of Springfield. According to the report, the victim was battered in the parking lot of an apartment complex by an unknown offender. !"A 71-year-old Champaign resident was arrested on the charge of aggravated assault Wednesday around 11 a.m. in the 300 block of Second Street. According to the report, the individual pulled a knife on the victim. ! Aggravated battery was reported Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the 100 block of White Street. According the report, the victim was battered by the subject and fled before the police arrived. ! On Saturday, U.S. Customs intercepted a package through the U.S. Postal Service that was addressed to the 600 block !

of Fifth Street. According to the report, the package contained a small quantity of a suspected synthetic drug. ! An armed robbery was reported Thursday around 3 p.m. in the 2000 block of Springfield. According the report, an unknown offender displayed a handgun and threatened to shoot the victims. The suspect then stole U.S. currency from the local business; he has not been located. ! A theft was reported Wednesday around 3 p.m. in the 800 block of Wright Street. According to the report, the unknown suspect stole the victim’s bike. ! An armed robbery was reported Thursday around 2:50 p.m. at Title Cash of Illinois, 2012 W. Springfield Avenue. According to the report, the offender entered the business and displayed a gun while de-

manding money. He left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Urbana A theft was reported at 3:20 p.m. in the 200 block of East University Avenue. According to the report, the victim’s ex-girlfriend took money out of the individual’s savings account without authorization. !

Today ARTS & OTHER EXHIBITS Fragments: Recent Paintings by Kenneth Hall

Parkland Art Gallery at 10 a.m. “Wise Animals: Aesop and His Followers” Exhibition

U of I Main Library at 8: 30 a.m. Bringing Faith & Art to Life: Works of Shari LeMonnier

Unitarian Universalist Movement of Urbana-Champaign at 8 a.m. “Where the Wild Things Glow” Paintings by Hua Nian

Amara Yoga & Arts at 9 a.m.

CLASSES, LECTURES, & WORKSHOPS Poetry Workshop

Red Herring Coffeehouse at 7:30 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC & KARAOKE ‘80s Night

Highdive at 10 p.m. Lounge Night

Radio Maria at 10 p.m. WPCD Presents: Cursive

Power Flow Yoga with Corrie Proksa

Amara Yoga & Arts at noon

MISCELLANEOUS F.I.N.D. Orphy

Orpheum Children’s Science Museum at 1 p.m. Lounge Night

Radio Maria at 10 p.m. Live Career Help

Rantoul Public Library at 2 p.m.

SPORTS, GAMES, & RECREATION Bingo Night

Memphis on Main at 10 p.m. Dinner & Bowling Special

Illini Union at 4 p.m.

Tomorrow ARTS & OTHER EXHIBITS Carolee Schneemann: Within and Beyond the Premises

Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion at 9 a.m. Fifty Years: Contemporary American Glass from Illinois Collections

Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion at 9 a.m.

Restorative Yoga with Maggie Taylor

Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion at 9a.m.

Hatha Yoga with Grace Giorgio

Jerusalem Saved! Inness and the Spiritual Landscape

Amara Yoga & Arts at 7 p.m.

Amara Yoga & Arts at 5:30 p.m.

Today on DailyIllini.com, The Daily Illini web staff will premiere its first Vidcast. The new series is a video newscast highlighting the day’s major stories and previewing other Daily Illini coverage. Check DailyIllini. com around 3 p.m. for the first of many Vidcasts.

! A 29-year-old Urbana resident was arrested Monday around 1 a.m. near Fourth Street and University Avenue on the charge of manufacturing and delivering cannabis. According to the report, officers in a squad car had stopped the suspect’s vehicle because the license registration had expired.

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Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion at 9 a.m.

Fragments: Recent Paintings by Kenneth Hall

College basketball’s Carmen San Diego

“Wise Animals: Aesop and His Followers” Exhibition

A Daily Illini first: Basketball columnist Gordon Voit reached out to all 64 NCAA tournament schools to see what each school newspaper thought of its teams’ overall chances, touching on reasons for optimism, reasons for concern, their team’s x-factor and where they expected their school to fi nish in the tournament. Visit DailyIllini.com for the full story.

Parkland Art Gallery at 10 a.m.

U of I Main Library at 8:30 a.m. Bringing Faith & Art to Life: Works of Shari LeMonnier

Unitarian Universalist Movement of Urbana-Champaign at 8 a.m. “Where the Wild Things Glow” Paintings by Hua Nian

Amara Yoga & Arts at 9 a.m.

CLASSES, LECTURES, & WORKSHOPS Using Animals in Research Saves Lives

Veterinary Teaching Hospital - Small Animal Clinic at 5:30 p.m. Workshop: The Indian Roots of a High-Tech Agribusiness Crop

Center for Advanced Study at 9:30 a.m. Home School Program: Native Americans

Museum of the Grand Prairie at 9 a.m. Illinois Green Business Networking Event

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Saying Goodnight to Sleeping Difficulties: Easy as A, B, Zzzzz...

University YMCA at 7 p.m.

City council to vote on buying electricity Urbana and Champaign may soon be buying electricity in bulk. The Urbana City Council will meet Monday night to vote on an electric aggregation ordinance that would allow residents to opt-in to the program. To read more about the bill and what will be discussed at the meeting, check out DailyIllini.com.

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Cities oppose chemical disposal in landfill Environmental groups cite drinking water concerns BY CARINA LEE STAFF WRITER

Cities are gathering to oppose a federal permit that would allow for the disposal of the toxic chemical polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB, in a landfi ll in Dewitt County. The permit would allow for the building of a new disposal cell in an existing landfi ll over the Mahomet Aquifer, and it has been waiting for EPA approval since 2007. The landfill would be the only one to store PCB in Illinois. Bloomington and Champaign

County have expressed concerns about the possible detrimental effects that PCB could have on the drinking water supply. Alan Kurtz, chair of the Environment and Land Use Committee for the Champaign County Board, said several other cities are collaborating to form an agreement preventing the permit’s approval. “Hopefully, we can delay this application and approval from the U.S. EPA for at least another year so that the constructions of intergovernmental jurisdictions that are working in opposition

to this are taking legal action,” he said. The Illinois EPA has previously stated that PCB waste in the landfi ll would not jeopardize the drinking water supply. However, an intergovernmental agreement between Champaign, Urbana, Savoy and Normal was formed in December to contest this fi nding. Recently, the agreement also gained support from the city of Bloomington, Mahomet Valley Water Authority and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill . Durbin spokeswoman Christina Angarola said the senator recently met with city officials to discuss the issue. “He shares their concerns about whether the proposed landfi ll would compromise the integrity of the Mahomet Aqui-

fer — the source of water for hundreds of thousands of central Illinoisans,” she said in an email. Alex McElroy, assistant to the city manager of Bloomington , said the Illinois EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act standards are too lenient. He said he was concerned with the landfi ll because Bloomington residents may get their water from the aquifer. “In the future, the city may use the Mahomet Water Aquifer as the water source,” McElroy said. “The city has concerns with disposal of PCB materials at the landfi ll.” According to a press release, the U.S. EPA has completed the initial review and has stated that further evaluation of the site is needed before making a fi nal

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Ill. cities oppose adding toxic chemical to Mahomet landfill Champaign, Urbana, Bloomington, Normal and Savoy, are hoping to stop a permit that would let Clinton Landfill Inc. dispose of polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB, in a landfill over the Mahomet Aquifer. Some environmental groups say the landfill and PCB could affect some cities’ drinking water. Mahomet Aquifer Clinton Landfill Champaign-Urbana

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decision on the Clinton Landfill. A public meeting between the Illinois EPA and residents from

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affected areas to discuss concerns about the landfill is scheduled for April 3.

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Tweets from President Hogan’s #resignation Following President Michael Hogan’s resignation, the Illinois community had much to say regarding the change in leadership. Read more Twitter reactions at DailyIllini.com. @singleVlogs TheDailyIllini President Hogan was so involved on campus! It’s going to weird not seeing him at football games, or walking around the quad. @lnakamur OMG our president Michael hogan just resigned from the u of I. Is this the end of a curse or yet another symptom? @KSMGsports President Hogan must have heard that Mike Thomas was coming for him. #Illini @chrispkeating Ex-UConn president Michael Hogan, who was controversial when he was in Storrs, is now out of his latest job at University of Illinois @ECGreaves Relieved Illinois President Hogan resigned, Bob Easter to be new President. Good news! #Illini

HOGAN FROM PAGE 1A Faculty members were the greatest source of pressure on Hogan since he took over two years ago. Last month, a group of 130 distinguished professors from the Urbana campus wrote a letter to the trustees asking him to step down, as they had no confidence in his leadership. Also, members of the Urbana-Champaign Senate have expressed disapproval of Hogan on several occasions, but the senate never officially called for his resignation. Hogan was scheduled to meet with the senate and other campus officials next Friday, but the meeting was called off as a result of this latest development. Senate Executive Committee vice-chair Joyce Tolliver said this move was in the best interest of the University. “I know this was a difficult decision for the board and for (the) president and Mrs. Hogan, and I commend them for making this hard, but correct, choice,” Tolliver said. “I sincerely wish Dr. and Mrs. Hogan all the best as they plan for their new roles at the University.” Nicholas Burbules, member of the Senate Executive Committee, echoed his colleague’s response. “I think it’s a sad situation, and it’s unfortunate that we’ve reached this point,” he said. “I do respect the president for doing the right thing for the University. It couldn’t have been easy for him.” While the board had previously backed Hogan and his initiatives, the trustees met with the embattled president behind closed doors in an emergency meeting March 5. In response to recent concerns from faculty, the board reviewed its expectations of Hogan in that meeting. But Kennedy said Thursday that he does not remember Hogan indicating that resignation was a possibility that day. Soon after, Hogan reached out to the University community in a mass email, saying that he regretted the failure. However, the same group of faculty that sent the original letter delivered another memo March 15 during the board’s regularly scheduled meeting in Urbana, this time telling the trustees to fire him. Throughout this semester, Hogan had stated that he had no plans to step down. But last weekend in a meeting with Kennedy, Hogan expressed his desire to leave the hot seat as the University’s president. Hogan — who was earning more than $650,000 a year — will retain a faculty position at the campus of his choice but may face a similar internal investigation that his former chief of staff, Lisa Troyer, is currently going through at the Urbana campus. Controversy over Hogan’s proposals to centralize financial aid and admissions was magnified after Troyer resigned in early January amid an investigation of whether she sent anonymous emails to an advisory faculty

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EASTER FROM PAGE 1A Chambers said. “He is a leader with a vision and a passion, while also a good listener who will cultivate the best ideas across campuses to move our great University forward.” Many Urbana faculty members also echoed Chambers’ statement, saying that Easter is the right person at the right time for this job. “The University will now be able to move forward under the very capable helm of Bob Easter who has already engendered the trust of faculty throughout the University of Illinois system,”

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group. Those emails urged the University Senates Conference to accept changes to the University’s enrollment management, which Hogan had supported. In response, the campus senate passed a resolution that criticized Hogan’s possible involvement in that scandal. He has denied the accusations, and the investigation of Troyer cleared him of wrongdoing. In addition, thousands of emails obtained by The Daily Illini through the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, showed that Hogan criticized Phyllis Wise, Urbana’s chancellor and vice president, and pushed her to support his goals, which had been outlined for her before she became chancellor. Due to strong faculty disapproval of Hogan’s centralization plans, he and Kennedy met with the University Senates Conference on several occasions this semester to give faculty members input in the decision-making process. At the last board meeting, University Senates Conference chair Don Chambers commended Hogan and Kennedy for their roles in coming to a positive conclusion about the enrollment management plan. The final version of the plan, called “The Path Forward,” was released just days before Hogan announced his resignation. Despite the “positive conclusion,” this had not been the first time Hogan and faculty clashed on centralization issues. Tensions between the two sides have been mounting as Hogan has pushed for a one-University model during his short-lived presidency, creating University-wide administrative positions in an effort to streamline costs. In response, faculty members have continued to argue that this could diminish the distinctiveness of the Urbana campus. But this problem was not isolated to the University’s flagship campus. Philip Patston, chair of the Chicago senate, said that campus is also concerned about its distinctiveness, leaving faculty frustrated about Hogan’s plans and his means to implementing those. “It was inevitable this was going to happen,” Patston said. “Now the challenge is to separate the problems caused by leadership from the two presidents and make it clear that this is not the University of Illinois.” Hogan came from the University of Connecticut, where he served as its president for just three years before accepting the job offer at the University of Illinois.

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said Kim Graber, member of the Urbana-Champaign Senate Executive Committee. “With his appointment — along with the leadership of Chancellor (Phyllis) Wise — the Urbana campus, in particular, is very well-situated to move forward into the future.” Easter has held many positions at the University over the past 36 years, including dean of the College of ACES and interim chancellor, which he attained after the Category I admissions scandal forced the resignation of top administrators in 2009. According to the University, a schedule of activities welcoming Easter as its 19th president will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Framed within the branches of a flowering tree, Xinghua Shi, post-doctoral graduate student, walks between Noyes Hall and the Chemistry Annex. Weather in Champaign has been unseasonably warm the past few weeks, following on the heels of a mild winter.

Two ISU students found dead in their dorm rooms; local police find no foul play DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

Two students were found deceased in their residence hall rooms at Illinois State University on Thursday night and Friday morning. According to a press release from ISU President Al Bowman, the two incidents were unrelated. Allison Zak, sophomore in Languages, Literatures and Cultures, from Schaumburg, was found at about 9:30 p.m., and John “Cody”

Stephens, freshman in Computer Science, from Wilmette, was found shortly after midnight. ISU Police and the McLean County Coroner’s office are investigating both cases. University counselors were present at the scene throughout the night. Beth Kimmerling, McClean County coroner, said in an email, “Preliminary autopsy fi ndings indicate that (Zak’s) cause death may be related to an undiagnosed

seizure disorder or infarct related to her Crouzon Syndrome— a syndrome that manifests itself with multiple cerebral and cranial (brain and skull) abnormalities.” Kimmerling also said Stephens’ autopsy showed that his death was “the result of a nonnatural process.” Forensic toxicology tests have been ordered, but results will not be available for three to four weeks.

Bowman said neither incident involved “foul play or criminal activity of any kind.” He applauded students for their appropriate response to the events. “Sometimes, the best we can do is to share our grief and offer comfort to each other,” he said. “My review of our social media pages indicates that students supported each other, shared their thoughts and quickly informed family members of the incidents.”

Cheney’s heart transplant pushes age limit restrictions BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — Doctors say it is unlikely that former Vice President Dick Cheney got special treatment when he was given a new heart at age 71 that thousands of younger people also were in line to receive. Still, his case reopens debate about whether rules should be changed to favor youth over age in giving out scarce organs. As it stands now, time on the waiting list, medical need and where you live determine the odds of scoring a new heart — not how many years you’ll live to make use of it. “The ethical issues are not that he had a transplant, but who didn’t?” Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Health in La Jolla, Calif., wrote on Twitter. Cheney received the transplant Saturday at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., the same place where he received an implanted heart pump that has kept him alive since July 2010. It appears he went on the transplant wait list around that time, 20 months ago. He had severe congestive heart failure and had suffered fi ve heart attacks over the past 25 years. Cheney has had countless procedures to keep him going — bypasses, arteryopening angioplasty, pacemakers and surgery on his legs. Yet he must have had a healthy liver and kidneys to qualify for a new heart, doctors said. “We have done several patients hovering around age 70” although that’s about “the upper limit” for a transplant, said Dr. Mariell Jessup, a University of Pennsylvania heart failure specialist and American Heart Association spokeswoman. “The fact he waited such a long time shows he didn’t get any favors.” More than 3,100 Americans are waiting now for a new heart, and about 330 die each year

before one becomes available. When one does, doctors check to see who is a good match and in highest medical need. The heart is offered locally, then regionally and fi nally nationally until a match is made. “You can’t leapfrog the system,” said Dr. Allen Taylor, cardiology chief at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. “It’s a very regimented and fair process and heavily policed.” Jessup and Taylor spoke Sunday from the American College of Cardiology’s annual conference in Chicago, where Cheney’s treatment was a hot topic. Patients can get on more than one transplant list if they can afford the medical tests that each center requires to ensure eligibility, and can afford to fly there on short notice if an organ becomes available. For example, the late Apple chief Steve Jobs was on a transplant list in Tennessee and received a new liver at a hospital there in 2009 even though he lived in California. That’s not done nearly as often with hearts as it is for livers or kidneys, said Dr. Samer Najjar, heart transplant chief at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Each transplant center decides for itself how old a patient it will accept, he said. “Most centers wouldn’t put somebody on” at Cheney’s age, said University of Pennsylvania bioethicist Art Caplan , who has testified before many panels on organ sharing issues. “I’ve been arguing for a long time that the system should pay more attention to age because you’ll get a better return on the gift” because younger people are more likely to live longer with a donor organ, Caplan said. News reports detail other successful heart transplants in septuagenarians. In Canada, a man described as a home builder and philan-

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering after having a heart transplant. His office released a statement Saturday disclosing the surgery and saying that Cheney has been on the transplant list for more than 20 months. thropist received a heart transplant when he was 79 at the University Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He lived for more than a decade with the organ, dying in 2010 at age 90. In Texas, a 75-year-old retired veterinarian received a heart last year from a 61-year-old donor, but he had been a mara-

thon runner and was presumably healthier than many of his peers. Cheney will have to take daily medicines to prevent rejection of his new heart and go through rehabilitation to walk and return to normal living. He was former President George W. Bush’s vice president for eight years, from 2001 until 2009.


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ichael Hogan was brought in as a reformer in the wake of the enormous clout scandal that led to his predecessor’s messy resignation. With Hogan following in the footsteps of B. Joseph White with the University in an even larger financial mess than when we last had a stable administration, it’s fairly clear that Hogan’s resignation does not get us out of the woods. In fact, there’s a slight chance that we may be even deeper than we were before. Looking at Hogan’s brief stint at the University of Illinois, one can hardly imagine who would want to come in and take up his position in continuing to implement the Board of Trustees’ policies. It’s still unclear what impact this is going to make on the school’s ability to support itself. The Board of Trustees killed two birds with one stone with Robert Easter, the former ACES dean and interim chancellor who will take over July 1. Easter has already been hailed by faculty leaders as the perfect fit for president. But even more important is the fact that for the first time since White’s departure, Easter’s title will not have “interim.” Indeed, while the search for Hogan took close to nine months, the search for Hogan’s successor is already over. Quite conveniently, Easter’s contract will last through 2014, and the board has already made it clear that the search won’t occur until that time. In the meantime, Easter has an interesting task ahead of him in maintaining the balance of faculty

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and administrative power. The momentum toward Hogan’s resignation began snowballing when faculty called for his ouster in late February. It matters not that correlation does not necessarily equal causation; it’s hard to believe that observers, whether outside or from within the University, will not try to equate the two. This raises very troubling questions about the balance of power at the University. Regardless of Hogan’s job performance, the impact that faculty made in removing Hogan from office without any proof of wrongdoing appears to be unprecedented. In the past, faculty’s role on campus was generally confined to teaching, researching and focusing on the University’s considerable academic prowess. It’s the administration that must make the tough, unpopular calls, particularly in a time of financial constraints. It comes down to the fact that much of the University’s reputation is staked in its big names, which gives those faculty an enormous bargaining chip. But if the University wants to make it out of the woods, it’s going to need a stable leader who won’t collapse under the pressure of faculty complaints.

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University should consider cost-of-living increase in upcoming GEO negotiations Past UI, GEO dispute should be reminder for future interaction JOSEPH VANDEHEY Opinions columnist

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eware, for the political season is almost upon us! No, I don’t mean the politics of the presidential election (although that’s coming too, and beware all the same). I mean the upcoming contract negotiations between the Graduate Employees’ Organization and the University administration. Two years ago, disputes grew into a thankfully short-lived strike. I, and the GEO too, it seems, adhere to the philosophy that graduate assistants should be provided enough funding to remove any need to fi nd a second job or take out loans. That’s why the GEO spoke out for guaranteed tuition waivers two years ago. That’s why the GEO complained when some assistants were in danger of receiving zero-dollar paychecks last fall. Despite the impression given so far, not all issues were economic, but one economic issue in particular deserves a further moment of discussion: the cost of living adjustment. For those like myself who plug our ears and sing before anyone gets much past the macro of macroeconom- (La la la laaa!), the cost of living adjustment is a small increase in yearly salary, often around 2 or 3 percent, to keep pace with the yearly increase in the cost of food, transportation, housing, etc. It’s a raise in the sense that it increases the amount paid, but it’s not a raise in the sense that

it doesn’t increase the actual worth of the salary. In the current contract, only the minimum salary for graduate assistants was guaranteed a cost of living increase. Some graduate students never even feel the impact of cost of living increases or the lack thereof. Students in two-year master’s programs would barely have a chance to see the small decrease in their buying power from their fi rst year to the second, but doctoral programs commonly go as long as six years. That’s six years of not paying off student loans. That’s six years for infl ation to creep up. Since 2006 alone, the average cost of living has increased around 12 percent. Departments can and often do already offer cost of living adjustments for their graduate assistants. Why then do I feel that it should be part of a contract with the University? The easiest answer would be that it gives peace of mind to graduate students. Graduate school is after all a significant investment. Students enter graduate school having to plan out their fi nances many years in advance, and the more knowledge they have about what will be available to them, the better. But, in addition, it helps to raise the profi le of the University. High-tier schools compete with one another to bring talented students to their campus. This is just as true for undergrads as it is for grads.

It’s common for qualified seniors applying to graduate school to be accepted to a small number of universities. Sometimes the decision of which school to attend is made on things that the university has no control over: its location, climate or size. But money, no surprise, is a major factor as well. So, often the fi rst ones to be eliminated from consideration are those that don’t offer any kind of teaching or research job at all. Applicants, however, don’t automatically accept the position that offers the most money; the actual dollar-value on the stipend isn’t as important as how it relates to the local cost of living. At this point, the presence of a cost of living increase can sway a student’s decision. A guaranteed cost of living increase doesn’t speak so much to a university’s strength as a lack of such a guarantee speaks to the university’s weakness. What does it tell an applicant if one university can make the guarantee and another one can’t? So, is the cost of living increase a mandatory ingredient of a contract? By no means. It is merely a tool, one of many, that the university can use to show that it considers the graduate community to be an important part of the campus. And after the poor way in which the administration treated graduate students during the last negotiations, honestly, it could afford to show that a little more.

At this point, the presence of a cost of living increase can sway a student’s decision. A guaranteed cost of living increase doesn’t speak so much to a university’s strength as a lack of such a guarantee speaks to the university’s weakness.

Joseph is a graduate student.

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Switch from Hogan to Easter not black-and-white issue NORA IBRAHIM Opinions columnist

Editor’s Note: Due to the recent changes in administration surrounding former President Mike Hogan’s resignation, Nora’s column is running today in place of Rebecca Rosman’s. Nora’s columns will regularly run on Tuesday.

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Hollywood wrote a script for the events surrounding the University’s most recent change in administrative leadership, it’d probably play out like this: Robert Easter rocks back and forth on his hammock, enjoying the heavenly weather of Champaign-Urbana as of late, maybe spotting the occasional cloud that looks like an ice cream cone, sipping an Arnold Palmer and reminiscing about his time with the University of Illinois, immersed in the joys of retirement. Then there comes the fateful call. When he hangs up, the humming of hallelujahs and the “Sweet Jesus” chorus of the Urbana-Champaign

Senate and faculty sing like gospel all over Chambana-land as former President Mike Hogan falls from his grace. But this isn’t Hollywood. The events leading up to Hogan’s surprising — yet unsurprising — resignation last Thursday cannot be diluted nor divided categorically into black and white. More importantly, we shouldn’t be quick to peg Hogan as the traditional “bad guy” character. Months of unresolved, underlying disagreements in leadership style and policy-making built the tension between Hogan and faculty on all campuses. This, cherry-topped with a scandal involving one of his closest confidants, in which he also allegedly played a role, added up to enough pressure to burst through the seams of the collected Hogan we met two years ago. Last week, these tensions drove him to offer his resignation, to leave the University’s most important job to someone better suited to pick up the pieces — UI veteran Robert Easter. The University’s beloved local

celebrity has been riding shotgun for several years now. Easter came to the University 36 years ago as a professor in swine nutrition in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. He rose through the ranks, serving as a department head, dean and then provost. It wasn’t a surprise then when he was asked to step in as interim provost when former provost Linda Katehi left for her position as chancellor at the University of California, Davis in 2009. Nor was it a surprise when he stepped up as interim chancellor when administrators were dropping from left and right during the clout scandal in 2009. And then again as interim vice chancellor for research in 2011. After decades of certain challenges and heavy responsibility, Easter, now 64, was understandably ready to cruise into his fi nal mile. “I think he was actually looking forward to retirement,” said Jim Pettigrew, now a professor in animal sciences, who attended graduate school with Easter. “He always would say to me when his time was done

in administration, he’d like to come back to the department and do some swine nutrition work again.” But Easter’s loyalty can always be relied on in times of need. In an interview Friday, Easter described the necessity of having a head for the University who isn’t looking to back out anytime soon. “There needs to be a period where there’s not an interim associated with the title, where someone coming here wouldn’t say, ‘Who is going to be in your chair in three months?’” Easter said. In times when the University wades in murky waters of promulgated scandal and distrust, there’s faith to be had in Easter as president. But his appointment doesn’t resolve the remaining bitterness left over from Hogan’s term, nor should we be wagging our fi ngers at Hogan for the state he’s left our University. We need to remember that two years ago he came in at a more tumultuous time for the University. The work to be done was insurmountable: cleaning up our pension system, restoring student trust, holding administration and

faculty alike to their duties and consolidating costs on all levels, to name a few. What needed to be done was ugly — unpopular — but it needed to be done. These measures ended up sparing faculty’s salaries; as a matter of fact, this past fall, many even enjoyed a healthy raise in the fi rst time in three years. On a more lighthearted note, Hogan was the guy in the suit who spent an hour on the Quad playing rock-paper-scissors with passing students. And what Hogan did well during his presidency was recruiting the best leadership team, which includes Chancellor Phyllis Wise, to spearhead the change we needed when we were at our ugliest. It’s easy to put a villain’s mustache on Hogan to rally around the white knight, but respect needs to be handed where it’s due. While we should be nothing less than thankful for Easter’s proactive leadership on campus, let’s not act like Hogan was cackling viciously into his cigar as the University’s administrative reputation spiraled out of control.

Nora is a junior in LAS.

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Violent Senegal election comes to a close BY KRISTA LARSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DAKAR, Senegal — President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat to his former protege Macky Sall late Sunday, congratulating him several hours after polls closed when preliminary results showed the opposition candidate had trounced the 85-year-old incumbent. Wade called Sall around 9:30 p.m. Sunday to congratulate him on his victory, state television reported. The move alleviated fears that Wade would attempt to stay in office after 12 years or would challenge the runoff results. Even before Wade conceded, Sall’s supporters began celebrating in the streets of the capital, singing and marching through downtown Dakar. Some even danced on the roofs of moving vehicles, and one man did a cartwheel amid the traffic near the Place de l’Independance. Sociologist Hadiya Tandian said that Wade’s concession

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An election worker opens an envelope containing a vote for Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, during vote counting at a polling station in Dakar, Senegal. Wade conceded defeat to his oppenent, Mackey Sall, on Sunday washes away the wounds of a violent election season, which left at least six people dead and tarnished the country’s reputation. “This is a great victory for Senegal — it shows the maturity of our democracy,” Tandian said. “It shows that the Senegalese believe in their voter IDs, that a voter card can change something, can make a difference. It shows that our long democratic heritage continues to live in us day by day.” Wade, who first took office in 2000, has seen his popularity suffer amid soaring costs of living and unemployment in this country on Africa’s western coast. He spent 25 years in the opposition fighting to loosen the grip of the former socialist party, which ruled this former French colony for 40 years since independence in 1960. His image began to suffer after he began giving an increasing share of power to his son Karim, who was derisively called “the Minister of the Sky and the Earth” after he was handed con-

trol of multiple ministries including infrastructure and energy. Wade’s reputation took a nosedive when he announced last year that he planned to run for a third term. For weeks leading up to last month’s election, protesters calling for Wade to step down hurled rocks at police in demonstrations that paralyzed the capital’s economic heart. Marieme Ousmane Wele, 55, said she had voted for Sall because the rising prices of basic goods have made her life increasingly difficult. “I sell cereal made from corn but the price of corn has really gone up. Now, I don’t have many customers and it’s becoming difficult to feed my own family,” she said, as men sat nearby on plastic lawn chairs in the sand listening to news about the election on portable radios. In Senegal’s capital, images of Wade on campaign posters had their eyes scratched out. And his convoy was hit by rocks in the final days of the runoff campaign.

Rumors of Romney-Ryan ticket swirl in wake of new GOP debt-reduction plan BY STEPHEN BRAUN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The new debt-slashing budget plan pushed by House Republicans heated up as a presidential campaign issue Sunday as the proposal’s architect, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, sparred with top Democrats over its political fallout and downplayed the possibility he could be tapped as a vice presidential candidate. Senior White House adviser David Plouffe dismissed the GOP plan Sunday as “a lot of candy, not a lot of vegetables,” and charged that it would be “rubber-stamped” as law if leading Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is elected. “This is really the RomneyRyan plan,” Plouffe said, adding that its mix of across-the-board tax cuts and stiff budget cuts “showers huge tax cuts on millionaires and billionaires paid for by senior and veterans.” Ryan tried to tamp down spec-

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ulation that he could be tapped for the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket, although who will be the nominee is far from settled. “I would have to consider it, but it’s not something I’m even thinking about right now because right — I think our job in Congress is pretty important,” Ryan said. “And what we believe we owe the country is, if we don’t like the direction the president is taking us, which we don’t, we owe them a specific sharp contrast and a different path that they can select in November. And doing this in Congress is really important.” The House GOP debt-reduction plan, unveiled last week with minimal Democratic congressional support, is quickly sharpening as a line of division for the fall campaign, pitting GOP and tea party pressure for a reined-in budget against White House and Democratic party alarms about a weakened Medicare system and tax relief for the wealthy. “This is a sharp, clear differ-

ence with two different futures,” Ryan said. Despite growing signs that the U.S economy is struggling back to life, Ryan threw down a marker for the fall national election, saying that the GOP plan is the only alternative to a looming debt crisis versus Obama’s “path of debt and decline.” The GOP proposal — endorsed by Romney last week during a meeting with GOP congressional leaders — would slice $5.3 trillion from President Barack Obama’s budget over the coming decade through tax reforms and sweeping program cuts. The plan aims to shrink U.S. deficits by $3.1 trillion over the next decade, reducing tax burdens while cutting Medicaid payments and shifting oversight to states and sharply cutting other domestic programs. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., cautioned that his party would blunt the Ryan plan again as it did last year, also noting the election year “contrast with Democrats.”

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Basketball columnist Gordon Voit contacted the school newspapers of all 64 teams that participated in the 2012 NCAA tournament. Check out their insights at DailyIllini.com.

Baseball starts strong, falls in last 2 games to Cornhuskers Nebraska shows off offensive prowess in weekend series BY JAMAL COLLIER STAFF WRITER

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Butler head coach Brad Stevens questions a call in the first half of an NCAA College Basketball Invitational tournament semifinal game against Pittsburgh in Indianapolis

CHRISTOPHER CONWAY THE COMMONWEALTH TIMES

Virginia Commonwealth head coach Shaka Smart coaches during the NCAA tournament final against Drexel.

THE SEARCH CONTINUES

Myths fog perception of head coach search process GORDON VOIT Sports columnist

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s we reach the midway point of the Illini hearsay round robin, I am reminded of a particularly toxic and avoidable twopart myth that plagues most instances of selection in sports. As fans on message boards debate the candidates without end, two laws silently govern the discussion: Order correlates to success and peripheral traits (ties, pedigree, etc.) outweigh overall ability.

Myth one: Order is absolute When Shaka Smart, Illinois’ No. 1 choice, said no to the school’s offer, he not only proved (laudably) that money isn’t No. 1 in his decision. He unwittingly sent the Illinois fan base into a tizzy. Such is the case with the status of selection in sports — be it hiring, drafting, signing. Smart was first on the list. Illinois didn’t land No. 1, therefore the fan base assumes Illinois will not receive the best value out of its hire. Not so. If the entirely subjective and mysterious ranking that goes on behind the closed doors of athletic directors’ and general managers’ offices were absolute and incorruptible, we’d be talking about how Michael Beasley hoisted the NBA MVP trophy last season or how Eric Gordon just signed a 13-year endorsement deal with Adidas worth a minimum of $185 million. Both

were rated higher than Rose by both Rivals.com and Scout.com coming out of high school. And such a helter-skelter revisit of the class of 2007 is the rule, not the exception. The neat order that athletes fall into in drafts and the rankings and that coaches fall into when a job opens is far from a perfect correlation to success. I had coffee with a friend while visiting Waco, Tex. this week, and in talking about Illinois’ vacancy the Columbia, Mo. native brought up a fitting anecdote about Missouri AD Mike Alden’s 1999 hiring process. The way the story goes, Alden had two appointments with candidates one day. The first was with Quin Snyder, a young star in the James Franco mold — a 1995 recipient of a law degree and MBA from his alma mater of Duke, McDonald’s All-America in high school and Academic All-America while starting at point guard in college. Alden was apparently so blown away with the then-Duke assistant that he hired him on the spot. The second appointment that day? A man by the name of Bill Self. Smart may have been the most desirable candidate for the job. But he also may have very well been the fourth in terms of overall value. Or second, or sixth. If he was the lead-pipe No. 1 for the job, we’d all be wise to invest in a Mike Thomas lottery ticket pool. Or at least put every No. 1 seed in the Final Four every time we fill out a bracket. Fans may be distraught that the perceived No. 1 candidate will not be on campus come November, but history says the No. 1 is no more entitled to success than Anthony Grant, Chris Collins or John Groce. There are so many quality “candidates” in the discussion that there’s no telling who will produce the greatest result. Indeed, Thad Matta was at Xavier and hirable when Illinois signed Bruce Weber from Southern Illinois. Then-AD Ron Guenther made his decision and the

Myth two: ‘Bonus’ characteristics matter We hear constantly about how a pundit’s preferred candidate has an “in” with recruits, came from a great coaching tree or fills a specific need of a job. Here’s something to remember: Great basketball coaches help programs. Not coaches with great attributes. I concede fully that this next Illini coach will need to be bigger than the murky aura that surrounds the Chicago recruiting scene. But the notion that the coach has to hit the ground running with every connection already in place is a myth. Look no further than a recent ESPN Chicago interview in which AAU magnate Mike Irvin told Scott Powers that he has warmed to Chicago outsider Oliver Purnell despite an initial feeling of distance. Hiring quintessential Hoosier John Wooden to coach at UCLA made no sense background-wise. One-time hot commodity Dan Monson, a native of Spokane, Wash., who jump-started Gonzaga’s program before leaving for what would be an unsatisfying tenure at Minnesota, has a disjointed Long Beach State campus on the map thanks to his handiwork, not his ties. How does Billy Donovan, a Long Island, N.Y., native and Providence College alumnus, thrive in Gainesville, Fla.? Or an innercity Chicago product like Mike Krzyzewski explode at a private school in Durham, N.C.? Quality trumps qualities. To use the NBA analogy again, if need-based selection was the solution to a team’s problems, the Thunder would have an injured Greg Oden on their hands instead of supernova Kevin Durant and the Pistons

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rest is history. Law: Quality matters more than subjective relation to one’s peers.

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Seventeen days have passed since Illinois basketball head coach Bruce Weber was fired. Since then, Director of Athletics Mike Thomas has been searching for his next head coach but has not made an agreement yet. Thomas has said money will not be a factor in the hire, and the salary will come from Division of Intercollegiate Athletics funds.

SHAKA SMART

Smart was the first option for Thomas and received an 8-year offer at more than $2.5 million annually. The 34-year-old coach turned down the offer and said he will remain with Virginia Commonwealth, where he has coached the last three seasons.

BRAD STEVENS

Butler’s current head coach was involved in internet rumors that he expressed interest in the job. Stevens later told ESPN he had not been contacted by Thomas but a source said his agent was. The source added Stevens is not interested but the Chicago Tribune is reporting the Illini are making a “serious run” for the 35-year-old coach, but the Butler head coach released a statement Sunday saying he is happy to be the head coach at Butler.

JEFF VAN GUNDY

Van Gundy has not coached since the 2006-07 season when his Houston Rockets lost in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Van Gundy last coached collegiately in 1989 when he was an assistant coach at Rutgers. A source said Thomas spoke to Van Gundy but that he was not interested.

REGGIE THEUS

Theus is a former draft pick of the Chicago Bulls and coach for the New Mexico State Aggies and the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. In his two years with the Aggies, Theus went 41-23 including a berth in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. He then left for the Kings where he lasted one and a half seasons. In April 2010, Theus interviewed for the DePaul coaching job. Theus is reportedly one of the frontrunners for Illinois.

JOHN GROCE

The Ohio current head coach is drawing interest from multiple schools after his Bobcats advanced to the Sweet 16 this season. In his four seasons, Ohio has gone 8556, but has not finished higher than third in the MidAtlantic Conference. Groce served as an assistant at Ohio State under Thad Matta and was instrumental in recruiting Greg Oden and Mike Conley. Groce is another frontrunner for the Illini.

March Madness continues on with one Big Ten team The NCAA Final Four was determined Saturday and Sunday, with two rematches from the regular season on tap for next weekend. Louisville claimed the West Region, pitting it against in-state rival and South Region champion Kentucky. Former Illini head coach Bill Self led Kansas past North Carolina in the Midwest Region to face East Region champion Ohio State, the lone representative from the Big Ten. None of the other five Big Ten teams that made the tournament made it past the Sweet 16.

How the Big Ten fared

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Thomas still searching for University’s new head coach

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Ohio State Final Four

Michigan State Sweet 16

Purdue Round of 32

Indiana Sweet 16

Wisconsin Sweet 16

Michigan Second Round

Nebraska baseball welcomed itself to the Big Ten at the expense of the Illinois baseball team. The newest member of the conference took two out of three games from the defending conference champion Illini during the weekend behind its potent offensive attack. The Cornhuskers offense has been the best in the Big Ten thus far, leading the league in hits, runs, doubles, home runs and on-base percentage and was second in batting average coming into the series. When Illini pitchers struggled to hit their spots, Nebraska was able to routinely put big numbers on the scoreboard. “They’re a solid hitting team,” Illinois head coach Dan Hartleb said. “But it’s tough to tell because when you don’t throw pitches in good spots a lot of teams are good. ... We didn’t do anything to fi nd out how good they were the second and third day.” The series started well for the Illini with an 11-3 victory in Friday night’s opener, extending Hartleb’s career record in conference openers to 6-1. Illinois had a big sixth inning Friday, bringing four to the plate, including a three-run double by left fielder Justin Parr, who had four RBIs in the game. The Illini have scored four runs or more in 12 seperate innings this season and are 8-1 in the games they do so. The Illini provided plenty of offense, but junior pitcher Kevin Johnson settled into the game early and cruised to his fourth-straight victory. Johnson threw seven innings and held Nebraska to just three runs. “The fi rst game we kind of did everything well,” Parr said. “We hit well, we came out swinging, (Johnson) threw a great game, and everything went the right way.” Friday’s win ran the Illini’s record to 8-0 when scoring the first run. Illinois jumped to a 3-0 lead after an inning and a half in Saturday’s game with the Illini leader in ERA, freshman John Kravetz, on the mound. Then came a nightmarish bottom of the second inning for the Illini. The Cornhuskers sent 16 men to the plate and scored 11 runs in a 28-minute long half inning that forced Kravetz out of the game. Fielding blunders by the Illini helped keep the inning alive. Nebraska had several infield singles, while missed cutoff men and defensive lapses helped runners advance. “We fundamentally didn’t do a good job,” Hartleb said. “We didn’t get outs in bunt situations, which is a basic fundamental, and from a pitching standpoint we didn’t locate pitches at all, any of the pitchers two days straight (including Sunday). “We set up inside, and the catcher would have to move to the outside of the plate; we’d set up outside, and guys are missing inside. Just a poor pitching performance.” It was easily the worst outing in Kravetz’s young career, lasting a career-worst one-plus innings, surrendering eight runs and hitting two batters. “I left a few pitches up, and it just all kind of went downhill fast and I never recovered,” Kravetz said. Nebraska would take game two 18-5 for its first win in program history against Illinois. If the Illini are taking any positives from Saturday’s game, it was that center fielder Willie Argo stole his 82nd and 83rd career base to tie the all-time record for most stolen bases in Illini history. It was much of the same in the series fi nale Sunday. The Illini would jump out to a 1-0 lead, but Nebraska would come back again. Another offensive outburst for the Cornhuskers gave them a 13-3 victory over the Illini. Leadoff walks killed Illini freshman starter Josh Ferry, who lasted five innings and surrendered seven runs. All four of his walks led off an inning,

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Illini win series, drop final game to Gophers Gophers have explosive 14-run performance in Sunday’s contest BY DAN LONGO STAFF WRITER

After anchoring the Illinois softball team (15-11, 2-1 Big Ten) to two victories Saturday at Eichelberger Field , the Illini pitching staff came out fl at Sunday, failing to sweep the Minnesota Golden Gophers (19-9, 1-2) in a 14-4 loss. The Gophers, who were held to three runs in 2-0 and 4-3 Illini victories , came out swinging Sunday, racking up multiple runs against all three of Illinois’ pitchers. Starting pitcher Pepper Gay, who recorded both wins on Saturday, was erratic right out of the gate, allowing three runs in the fi rst inning. “Today I came out, and I was more wild than I had been,” Gay said. “I gave them the three runs in the fi rst inning, and I was disappointed I couldn’t fi nish the game. Then Jackie (Guy) came in (with two outs in the third inning), and she did really well, but they were just swinging and they hit our pitches, so credit to them for hitting us.” After allowing three runs in the fourth , Guy kept the Illini in the game until the seventh, when the Gophers’ offense exploded to score eight runs. The Illini pulled Guy after back-to-back home runs to start that inning. Freshman Shelese Arnold took the mound but struggled as well, allowing four runs while only recording one out. Gay would return to action — which only starting pitchers can do — to stop the bleeding after allowing a three-run home run herself.

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Illinois’ Pepper Gay (8) throws a pitch in the game against Minnesota at Eichelberger Field on Sunday. The Illini lost to the Golden Gophers 14-4. “I thought their whole lineup was aggressive at the plate,” head coach Terri Sullivan said. “I think they’re all tough outs, and that does speak to how well our pitchers threw yesterday in throwing a shutout and a threerun game.” The Minnesota offense tallied 14 runs on 10 hits, includ-

ing three home runs, with the middle of the lineup leading the onslaught. The Gophers’ five, six and seven hitters combined for 12 RBIs and three home runs. The 14 runs are the most the Illini have given up all season , as the Illinois pitching staff totaled nine walks Sunday.

“You never want to walk a lot batters,” Sullivan said. “And it’s Sunday and a lot of hitters have seen you, so sometimes a pitcher tries to be a little a bit too tricky instead of just trusting what they have ... but I don’t want to take away from Minnesota and what (they) did today, because I thought (they) were

pretty darn good today.” Senior Meredith Hackett led the Illini offense, belting her second two-run home run of the weekend in the third inning. The Corona, Calif., native, who leads the Illini in nearly every offensive statistic, went 3-9 with five RBIs, two walks and two runs during the weekend.

The Illini played well despite the loss, securing a series victory over a strong team in the fi rst week of conference play. “Sweeps aren’t going to come easy and we knew that coming in,” Hackett said. “But the two wins yesterday were really big. We wanted to at least win the series if not sweep.”

In his 1st competition in 2 years, Fraker breaks school record Men’s track captures victory at challenge with sophomore’s stellar performance BY BOB MERLO STAFF WRITER

Illini men’s track and field sophomore Davis Fraker broke the school record in the hammer throw last weekend in what was his fi rst competitive throw in over two years at the Big Ten/ SEC Challenge. Fraker, who had been battling injuries over the past year and

only competed in a few events in the indoor season, picked up right where he left off when he was the national runner-up in the hammer throw in the 2010 New Balance national championships his senior year of high school. “It’s been a long road for him. This is his fi rst outdoor meet in almost two years,” head coach Mike Turk said. “He’s worked hard to get back to where he is now, and it’s certainly very encouraging when a guy can go out and break the school record on his fi rst attempt.” His record-breaking throw of 63.18 meters was also the longest in Mississippi State’s Carl

Maddox’s Track history and scored 10 points for the Big Ten as it took down the SEC in the annual challenge by a score of 400.5-314.5. “The big thing is that this is a starting point and we can certainly see bigger things coming down the road with him being back on track,” Turk said. Fraker brought home the only victory for the Illini, but they had strong performances in all aspects of the meet including two runner-up fi nishes and six thirdplace fi nishes. “The last couple of years I felt like we came off of indoors a little fl at when we opened up the

outdoor season,” Turk said. “We talked about this year making an effort to take advantage of these opportunities early in year, and I think the guys did that.” Senior sprinter Stanley Azie continued his strong performances in the indoor season to the outdoor track as he placed third in the 100 meters, fi nishing with a time of 10.39 seconds. “The open races, especially for Brandon (Stryganek) and Stanley, were outstanding,” Turk said. “Stanley ran his 10.39 100 and he’s only ran faster than that a couple of times, I think he’s about two tenths of a second ahead of where he was at this

point last year.” Senior Kyle Engnell provided the distance squad with its most notable fi nish, as he was the runner-up in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:50.62, scoring eight points for the Big Ten. Illinois also had the third, fourth, sixth and seventh place fi nishers in the 3,000 meters, led by senior Dan Kremske who fi nished with a time of 8:19.93. “I was very pleased with our performances this weekend, we had some really good opening season marks,” Turk said. “I think we’re certainly better than we have been the past couple of years overall.”

Women’s track shows consistency from indoor to outdoor meets Illinois has several stellar individual performances at SEC/Big Ten Challenge BY BOB MERLO STAFF WRITER

Illinois track and field sophomore Stephanie Richartz’s success during the indoor season translated over to her fi rst outdoor meet of the season. The Illini traveled to Starkville, Miss., last weekend to compete in the SEC/Big Ten Challenge held at Mississippi State’s Carl Maddox Track . Richartz provided the highlight for the team, as she broke the school’s outdoor pole vault record of 4.07 meters , a feat she accomplished multiple times during the indoor season. “It was really super indoors because week to week, back to back, she kept breaking her own school records,” head coach Tonja BufordBailey said. “Then, qualifying for nationals, that was really special, and the kind of kid and kind of athlete she is, I’m sure she wants to do the same outdoors with the school records.”

“We had some good performancRichartz’s consistency from the indoor season to the outdoor sea- es, some personal bests,” Bufordson is valuable to the team in more Bailey said. “I think the ones to ways than just the points her record- highlight would be Kawanna Brooks breaking perforin the 100 hurmances scores dles and Stephfor the team. anie Richartz “I think it’s a breaking the really good indischool record cator for the outdoors in the pole vault.” whole tea m,” Senior Latoya Bu ford - B a i ley said. “They look Griffith was the up to her and only other Illini besides Richartz realize that’s to take home a something that TONJA BUFORD-BAILEY also want to keep victory in an women’s track head coach pursuing.” event. She won The Orange the 400 -meter and Blue scored hurdles with a 72 team points, time of 1 minbut the SEC topped the Big Ten by ute, .57 seconds, scoring the Big a score of 390-323 . For the Illini, Ten 10 points. Even though Griffith Richartz, Kawanna Brooks, Mari- did compete with the Big Ten chamah Smith, Amber Stack and Kristin pion 4x400 indoor relay team, she’s far more accomplished as an outWilson all set personal bests.

“We’re at the place right now where I do want to get back in to some full training,”

door hurdler. Her victory serves as a good sign for what’s to come outdoors. “We’re outdoors now, and we weren’t before,” Buford-Bailey said. “I think now we can get some 400 hurdle work in, and work on relay exchanges and that sort of stuff.” With its fi rst full-squad outdoor meet now under its belt and the weather transitioning, the squad can now focus its energy away from making transition and towards fi netuning its performances on the outdoor track. “We’re at the place right now where I do want to get back in to some full training,” Buford-Bailey said. “With nationals and the transition in to the outdoor season, I haven’t been around campus because we went to nationals and then Central Florida, I just want to get back in it and have a couple days of really getting in some good work.”

“It’s been a long road for [Fraker]. This is his first outdoor meet in almost two years.” MIKE TURK, men’s track coach

BASEBALL FROM PAGE 1B and each runner came around to score. Nebraska outscored Illinois 31-8 in the fi nal two games. “I wouldn’t say they necessarily beat us,” Parr said. “We beat ourselves. “They’re a good team; they can hit, the guys they threw were pretty solid. I’m not taking anything away from them, they still won two out of three. They’re a good team and a good ball club. But I also think we’re a good team and a good ball club.”

GORDON FROM PAGE 1B would have been gunning for a second championship behind Carmelo Anthony instead of Darko Milicic. The two myths serve to tell one lesson: Hire a coach with the potential to be great no matter the circumstances, not because of a perceived pecking order or because he happened to be born in a particular corner of the country. Gordon is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at voit1@illinimedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @GordonVoit.


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Final Four standouts make for stellar tourney DEREK PIPER Sports columnist

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best of the best go head-to-head. This year’s teams are lead by high profile coaches, with rosters full of NBA-caliber talent. Kentucky alone could have six players go in the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft. So if you had to pick a team from just the players in the Final Four, who would you take? You couldn’t go wrong taking Kentucky’s starting five, but you might not have that kind of cash. Here is my All-Final Four Team:

Deshaun Thomas, forward, Ohio State Thomas has been the leading scorer in the tournament so far with 89 points (more than 22 points per game). While Jared Sullinger and William Buford tend to draw most of the attention, Thomas has been the key to the Buckeyes’ deep tourney run. Thomas began the tournament with a dominant performance against Loyola (MD), tallying 31 points and 12 rebounds.

Thomas continued his tear in the Sweet Sixteen with 26 points and seven rebounds against instate rival Cincinnati. Thomas, only a sophomore, has improved his draft stock more than any player through the past month and will be a player to watch in New Orleans this weekend.

Anthony Davis, forward, Kentucky Opposing teams and fans have been in awe of Davis all season long. Aside from the Big Blue faithful, no one likes him more than NBA draft scouts, who have projected him as the top pick in the 2012 draft. Davis has been an imposing force on both sides of the floor, with many experts calling him the best shot blocker since Alonzo Mourning. Davis opened up the tourney with seven blocks against Western Kentucky, in addition to 16 points and nine rebounds. Davis blocked six shots, while registering 18 points and 11 boards in

Kentucky’s Elite Eight victory over Baylor. He is the type of athlete that comes along every few decades. He will be at the top of Rick Pitino’s scouting report for Saturday and a force to be reckoned with in the NBA for years to come.

Thomas Robinson, forward, Kansas Becoming a household name last season after the death of his mother, Robinson has made a name for himself on the floor this year. Averaging more than 15 points and 12 rebounds in this year’s tournament, Robinson has put the Jayhawks on his back as he has done all season. Robinson’s biggest game was in the Sweet Sixteen against North Carolina State, scoring 18 points while grabbing 15 rebounds in a 60-57 victory. The All-American junior will surely be a lottery pick in the upcoming NBA draft. Until then, Robinson’s presence in the post will be tough for any

team to contain. He will match up with Jared Sullinger in what will be a low-post war on Saturday.

Tyshawn Taylor, guard, Kansas Aiding his teammate Robinson, Taylor has been a clutch performer for the Jayhawks this season. The senior guard is averaging more than 17 points per game this year but had a slow start offensively in the tournament. Taylor was 2-14 from the field against NC State, scoring only six points. He grabbed 10 rebounds that game, however, pushing the Jayhawks to the Elite Eight. There, Taylor stepped up in a big way against former Jayhawks head coach Roy Williams and North Carolina. With Kendall Marshall on the sidelines for the Tar Heels, Taylor put up a game-high 22 points, combined with six rebounds, five assists and five steals. He will be the best point guard in New Orleans this weekend.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, forward, Kentucky Like Taylor, Kidd-Gilchrist also had a sluggish start to the Big Dance. Through the first two games, Kidd-Gilchrist had a combined 11 points. Since then, he has provided a spark that has made Kentucky look nearly unbeatable. Kidd-Gilchrist came out of his slump against Indiana in the Sweet Sixteen, scoring 24 points and adding 10 rebounds. He continued his success against Baylor, tallying 19 points on seven of 10 shooting. Kidd-Gilchrist is one of Calipari’s five extremely talented freshman — all of whom will probably be in the NBA next year. Kidd-Gilchrist is an athletic freak and will need to be contained if any team hopes to prevent Kentucky from cutting down the nets. Derek is a junior in Media. He can be reached at piper2@illinimedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @FeelDaPaign.

Women’s tennis on 4-match winning streak with victory at Iowa BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

In its fourth match in eight days, the Illinois women’s tennis team looked as fresh as ever, beating Big Ten foe Iowa 6-1. “This was a confidence-building week, a program-changing week,” head coach Michelle Dasso said. “We certainly made a statement for our program this week.” Marisa Lambropoulos, Amy Allin and Rachael White each earned victories in their respective singles and doubles matches to lead the Illini. For Lambropoulos, it was her fourth-straight singles victory. Breanne Smutko and Misia Kedzierski also notched wins in singles for Illinois. The only Illini loss on the day was when Iowa’s Sonja Molnar beat senior Allison Falkin in the No. 1 singles spot 6-4, 6-3. “It’s been a long week,” Allin said. “It was important for everyone to come out just as ready to play as we have been the past three matches and not have a letdown.” Despite the 6-1 outcome, Illinois had to work to get its fourth win in a row, overcoming injuries and the fatigue that comes with four matches in eight days. Senior Chelcie Abajian apparently rolled her ankle towards the end of her doubles match with partner Falkin. The score was 7-4 when Abajian called for a medical timeout but was able to finish the match and take the victory, 8-4.

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