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Every April bibliophiles, book artists and food lovers gather to celebrate literature and food at the Champaign-Urbana Edible Book Festival, sponsored by the University Library and University YMCA. Participants create an “edible book,” which can be inspired by a favorite tale, involve a pun on a famous title, or simply be in the shape of a book (or scroll, or tablet, etc). All entries are exhibited, documented and then eaten.

Astronaut and alumnus Michael Hopkins will be the speaker at this year’s Commencement, the University announced Tuesday. Hopkins graduated from the University in 1991 with a degree in aerospace engineering. While at the University, Hopkins played football, serving as a defensive back and team captain his senior year. The former Illini went on to earn a master’s degree from Stanford University and graduated from NASA’s astronaut training plan in 2011 after 12 years of applying, according to Hopkins’ NASA biography. Hopkins, born in Lebanon, Mo., left for trip to the International Space Station in September, along with two Russian astronauts, Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy. During his trip, he orbited the Earth 2,500 times and participated in two spacewalks. Not long after returning in March, Hopkins agreed to be the speaker, campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said. “He called us back a couple

of days after he was back on Earth,” Kaler said. “He was still feeling the effects of 1G when got back. He felt very heavy.” The process to find a graduation speaker for the May 17 address began in the fall. “We always like to find one of our accomplished alumni to address the students because we feel they probably know better than anybody else how those students are feeling at that moment and would have a really nice message,” Kaler said. Earlier this year, the University submitted the application to NASA requesting him to speak and waited for him to confirm that he was willing to participate. “We’re delighted,” Kaler said. “With the Commencement being one ceremony on the football field, outside, and with Colonel Hopkins being a former captain of the Illinois football team, and someone whose office is the sky above, it seemed like a really appropriate thing.” The 9 a.m. ceremony will take place at Memorial Stadium, due to the ongoing renovations at State Farm Center.

Ads target Davis’ view on grants BY AUSTIN KEATING STAFF WRITER

Rep. Rodney Davis, R-13, is up for re-election in November, but an online ad campaign, 13 Broken Promises, has recently called Davis out on one “broken promise” that affects 20 percent of University students — Pell Grants. A budget proposal sponsored by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin would freeze funding and reduce the availability of Pell Grants. When it was called to a vote on March 21, 2013, Davis voted “yea.” This vote, as the ad points out, conflicts with what Davis said at

a debate at WILL-TV in Champaign on Nov. 1, 2012 during his run for election in 2012. “I’m not going to support cuts in Pell Grants to students that attend these universities and colleges,” he said at the debate, adding that he would seek to increase the availability of the grant. In the 13th Congressional district there are over 100,000 students and nine universities or colleges, including the University of Illinois, where 6,680 students, or 20 percent, received the need-based grant in 2013, said Dan Mann, director of Student Financial Aid.

“The Pell Grant is the first financial aid program that we consider when we put together a student’s financial aid package,” he said. “It helps make the University more affordable for those who are the neediest, so it’s crucial.” The expected family contribution of a student’s tuition is heavily considered, along with other factors such as whether a student is full-time or not, before a dollar amount is issued to a student, he added. The maximum amount a student could be awarded in the 201314 academic year was $5,645, and

for the 2014-15 academic year it rose to $5,730, Mann said, While Davis did vote for Ryan’s budget in the House, it didn’t pass the Senate and was never put into law. However, he voted for a bipartisan two-year budget agreement in December that raised the maximum Pell Grant award to $5,730, the current level. “Despite the claims from our opponents, Congressman Davis has and will continue to support Pell Grants and access to Pell Grants for our nation’s students,” said Davis’s communica-

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NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, awaits the start of a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.

Champaign now classifies soup kitchens as restaurants BY ANGELICA LAVITO STAFF WRITER

The city of Champaign defines a restaurant as an establishment which is open to the general public, and where food and beverages are prepared and offered for consumption. This definition eliminates the requirement of having food for sale, which the Champaign City Council voted 8-1 to adopt last month. The change will allow soup kitchens to fall under this definition and has spurred mixed reactions in the community. “As a city, we have to decide what’s in the common good of

everyone,” Tom Bruno, deputy mayor and city council memberat large, said. “Its fairly clear that it’s in everyone’s common interest that we find a place for these kindhearted folks who are feeding the hungry.” William Jones owns Rose and Taylor Barber and Beauty shop, and is concerned about what impact having a meal center nearby could have on businesses like his own. “You have mental issues, behavioral issues, illicit activity, criminal activity, domestic disputes, fights, theft. All of this takes place on a daily basis that you do not find at a typical

restaurant, which they are labeling a meal center or soup kitchen in the same category as a restaurant,” Jones said. Bruno said he recognizes business owners’ concerns, but thinks the change is justified. “ Nobody wa nts the crematorium on their block, but it has to go somewhere. You have to have a nuclear waste site but no one wants that near them,” Bruno said. “The reality is that if we poll people, a lot of people would probably say, ‘I don’t want the homeless getting their meals on my block.’” Daily Bread Soup Kitchen currently operates at New

Covenant Fellowship and offers full meals five days a week and soup and sandwiches on weekends. When they began looking for a new location where they could operate seven days a week, they realized meal centers were not mentioned in zoning ordinances and came to the city for advice. “The people who come see us are guests. Therefore, like guests at your home, your guests don’t pay for their food,” Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Board President Bob Goss said. Goss is aware of concerns about loitering and crime, and said Daily Bread is different

Champaign changes definition of “restaurant” Old definition:

An establishment in which food, refreshments, or beverages are offered for sale for consumption in the building or at tables on the lot in which the establishment is located. from people’s preconceived notions of a soup kitchen. “We don’t have more problems than any other restaurant in town. If there’s a problem though, we deal with it and

New definition: An establishment which is open to the general public and where food and beverages are prepared and offered for consumption. SOURCE: CHAMPAIGN CITY COUNCIL

prevent it from happening again,” Goss said. Daily Bread is still in the process of finding a new

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) Today is a 6 — Change your passwords or upgrade your computer antivirus. Secure the perimeter. Intuition provides a new vision of the future you want to see realized. Clean up a mess. Something’s lost but something’s gained. Let your imagination run free. Write or draw your ideas.

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LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) Today is a 7 — A little mistake has big consequences. Keep practicing. Do what you already know works. Timing is everything. Nothing remains the same forever, anyway. New information changes the picture. Keep digging and find the clue. Express yourself, and the impact of your message ripples out.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) Today is a 7 — You have plenty coming in, but keep expenses down anyway. A new item for the home could be appropriate. Anticipate a surprise. Others rely on your knowledge. A partner’s stubbornness causes problems. Ease things with kindness and good food. Give and receive love.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) Today is a 7 — Play by the rules, even as you feel like rebelling. Gather valuable information, and make a brilliant discovery. You can learn what you need to surpass an obstacle. Good news arrives, especially about joint resources. Luxuriating at home with family restores balance.

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Campus unites for sexual assault awareness

BY JESSICA RAMOS STAFF WRITER

For Daina Kiela, the Red Flag Campaign hits close to home. The Women’s Resource Center launched the campaign Monday by having the Quad lined with small red flags, which represent red flags within abusive relationships. The campaign marked the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which takes place in April. Kiela, junior in LAS, said events like the Red Flag Campaign, a project by the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, allow the campus to draw awareness to issues that are not normally addressed and to people who may not realize they are in an abusive relationship. “I recently got out of a relationship two years ago,” said Kiela, outreach coordinator of the Illini Art Therapy Association. “It took something like this to make me realize that there actually had been emotional, controlling things going on — I had no idea — so it is very powerful. We kind of miss these red flags, these signs, that could potentially be verbal abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse going on in relationships.” Statistics from the White House Council on Women and Girls show that nearly 22 million women and 1.6 million men have been sexual-

ly assaulted in their lifetime. One in five women will be assaulted in college. Molly McLay, assistant director of the Women’s Resource Center, said it is the University’s third year hosting the Red Flag Campaign. “It’s an awareness campaign to address dating violence and try to prevent dating violence by educating people on the signs of abuse within relationships,” she said. “It also gives people the tools to intervene.” This year, a large number of students have been involved in the process of planning the events for Sexual Assault Awareness month, McLay said. Kiela, along with other student volunteers, held signs educating bystanders about domestic violence. Student volunteers and University staff members handed out information and encouraged students to sign a bystander pledge. They pledged to not commit or encourage violence and to support their loved ones, McLay said. They also pledged to intervene if they saw a red flag in their loved one’s relationships. “When you see something, you can say something,” Patricia Ricketts, clinical counselor at the Counseling Center, said. Ricketts is the coordinator of the women’s survivors group, a group for survivors of interper-

sonal violence at the Counseling Center. “It has been shown that campuses that bring (the Red Flag Campaign) to their campuses have greater bystander interventions,” she said. “There is actual research that supports that doing this campaign raises students’ awareness around these issues.” McLay expressed that she wants to do whatever she can to end sexual assault, particularly on this campus. Sexual Assault Awareness Month, along with FYCare and the facilitator training class she is in charge of equip students with information that educate and provide ways to protect themselves and each other. “Racism, sexism, ableism, these things all contribute to this rape culture that we live in. Seemingly little things such as making jokes about race or making sexist or racist comments, those are the things that chip away and allow larger forms of violence to continue,” she said. “If we don’t see each other as fully human and don’t have respect for all humans, then that excuses violence against some people.” Sexual Assault Awareness month is co-chaired by McLay and Stephanie Ames, an advocate at Rape Advocacy, Counseling and Education Services. Ames mentioned the impor-

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Alexis Byrd, senior in ACES, signs the Bystander’s Pledge for Sexual Assault Awareness Month as Yarah Kudaimi, senior in LAS, observes on the Quad on Monday. tance of being aware of the issues of sexual assault on campus for two particular reasons: to get people talking and to show support for survivors. “It’s not really something we want to talk about, but we need

to,” she said. “Violence strives in silence.” This year’s sexual assault awareness theme is “I Stand with survivors, I Stand against violence, I Stand to end rape culture.”

“We have FYCare workshops and things like that, but it’s only once whereas the month of April happens every year,” Kiela said.

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Doctoral student receives Doris Duke fellowship BY JOSHUA WINTERS STAFF WRITER

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has awarded their fellowship for the promotion of child well-being to doctoral student Catherine Corr. Not only is this the first time that the fellowship has been issued to a student from the Urbana campus, but it is also the first time it has been given to a candidate in Corr’s area of study. The fellowship comes with a $25,000 stipend to be used by the recipient to help complete their dissertation and research. Corr, a doctoral candidate in special education, also possesses a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Iowa, as well as a master’s degree in early childhood special education from the University of Illinois. Her dissertation focuses on researching new early intervention programs for care providers and child protection service workers to help them better treat and service children with disabilities, who have also been abused. “I’m really honored to have received this award,” Corr said. “I’ve had a lot of great mentors, including my family and my academic advisors who ... have really, really challenged me and supported me to follow my interests. I’m excited to pursue my research as well as hopefully improve services for families and children.” Growing up, Corr was exposed to the field of special education by two of her aunts who worked

with adults with disabilities. In high school, she discovered her passion for helping disabled children while working for the Chicago Park District as a therapeutic recreation leader. Corr began to focus her attention on disabled children who were also victims of abuse while working for the Champaign County Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, or CASA. During this time, Corr said she noticed that service systems, like the juvenile justice system and volunteer-run care programs for abused or disabled children, were often working with the same child. However, none of these services possessed professional expertise in both child maltreatment and disability care. She found that many disabilities were going undiagnosed or that volunteers working with the children were not knowledgeable about their specific disability. In addition to the Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being, Corr was named the corecipient of the 2013-2014 Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement in early March for helping to provide training and support for volunteers while at CASA. “I feel really lucky,” Corr said. “I’ve been involved in a couple of really great projects, this just seems to all be culminating at one point.” Founded in 1996, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has given out over $1 billion in grants

to both individuals and organizations in six categories, including arts, environment and medical research. The Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being looks to help finance candidates working to create new policies and practices that serve to prevent child abuse, as well as help child development. If chosen, candidates must choose two mentors to assist them in both policy and academics. Corr selected special education Professor Rosa Santos as her academic mentor for the fellowship and Director of the Illinois Early Intervention Training Program Ted Burke as her policy mentor. To apply for the fellowship, Corr was required to submit an eight-page document detailing her dissertation, research questions, methodology and how she planned to disseminate her information. To tie off her application, Corr provided letters of support from the head of her department, her academic and policy mentors and a person familiar with her professional work. The entire process took around six months to complete, Corr said. Both of Corr’s mentors expressed their pride in her success. “I was so excited for her,” Santos said, describing her reaction to Corr’s award. “She’s one of the stars in our program right now.” Burke noted that the fellowship has never been given to a special education doctoral student. “It will really help us train (workers in) the field, so we’re

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Catherine Corr, graduate student, is the first student from the Urbana campus to receive a fellowship from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. really looking forward to some good data that will help us develop curriculum,” Burke said. Corr hopes that the publicity brought by the fellowship will bring more attention to disabled and abused children. She also hopes it will lead to more people developing an interest in special

education, which she described as being an ever-changing field full of challenges but with fantastic rewards. “This area of young kids with disabilities who have been abused is an area that needs to be addressed more by the public,” Corr said. “I’m hopeful with

the increase in attention, there will be more support for professionals who work with these children as well as more support for families who experience these issues.”

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House begins investigating GM’s actions after deaths BY JERRY HIRSCH AND JIM PUZZANGHERA MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

WASHINGTON — General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday she wants to find out if key engineering employees at the automaker executed a coverup or merely erred in not recalling cars equipped with a defective part linked to 13 deaths. In testimony before a House Energy and Commerce Committee panel investigating why the automaker waited years to fix the vehicles, Barra said she has asked former U.S. attorney Anton “Tony” Valukas to help figure that out. Valukas investigated the collapse of the Lehman Bros. financial services firm in 2008. Barra also issued yet another apology for GM’s failure to fix the problem years earlier. She conceded that company officials knew of issues with the faulty ignition switches behind the crashes and deaths for more

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PELL tion director Andrew Flach in a statement. On Tuesday, Ryan introduced a new budget plan that carries many of the Pell Grant restrictions the last budget contained. According to the bill, over the next 10 years, the grant would be capped at the maximum grant award of $5,730. This restriction would be put in place because, as the bill states, “The Pell Grant program will face a fiscal shortfall beginning in fiscal year 2016” and the grant needs to be more exclusive if it’s going to be sustainable. A Congressional committee will review the budget Wednesday, and if approved, it will then be sent to the House for a vote.

than a decade. Barra said she found the automaker’s worries about the cost to fix defective cars “disturbing.” Those concerns were detailed in documents obtained by the House committee. “That is not acceptable,” Barra said. “Today ... if we know that there is a safety defect on our vehicles, we don’t look at the cost, but at the speed at which we can fix the problem.” Barra said the company has hired Kenneth Feinberg as a consultant to explore and evaluate options for the families of victims of accidents caused by the defective part. “Mr. Feinberg is highly qualified, and is very experienced in the handling of matters such as this,” Barra said. “He brings expertise and objectivity to this effort, and will help us evaluate the situation and recommend the best path forward.” Feinberg has previously handled compensation issues for Davis’s Democratic opponent in the election, Judge Ann Callis, said if she was in Davis’s position, she would not have voted for Ryan’s budget in 2013. She called on the Congressman to not vote for Ryan’s new budget in a release Tuesday. “Traveling around the district and talking to students and college administrators, you really understand firsthand the importance of Pell Grants,” she said in an interview. “I talked to the President of Illinois Wesleyan University, and he talked about how important Pell Grants are to ... propagating diversity in the student body. That’s something I think is very important.” Davis could not be reached for comment at press time.

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victims of 9/11, the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Boston Marathon bombings. Barra also told the panel that the automaker made “mistakes” in not recalling vehicles with a deadly flaw years ago. She was to be joined before the committee by David J. Friedman, the acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In written testimony released ahead of the hearing, Barra made no excuses for GM’s failures. “I cannot tell you why it took years for a safety defect to be announced,” Barra said. “Mistakes were made in the past. We will not shirk from our responsibilities now and in the future.” Although it knew about the problem as far back as 2001, GM only in the past two months has recalled 2.6 million vehicles to replace the defective ignition switch, which is now linked to 13 deaths. The switch can uninten-

Davis’ track record with Pell Grants : Voted to freeze Pell Grant funding

On March 21, 2013, Rep. Davis voted for the Ryan fiscal year 2014 budget “because it’s the only one that balances our budget in ten years, reduces our deficit by $4.6 trillion and strengthens social safety nets,” he said in a press release. However, under this budget the grant is capped at the current level for 10 years. “The budget would not keep up with the pace of inflation and rising tuition costs, and would be worth less each

tionally turn off the vehicle and disable its airbags. GM faces investigations from the NHTSA and the Justice Department into why it did not recall the vehicles sooner. Lawmakers are set to quiz Friedman about why the safety agency didn’t force GM to recall the vehicles earlier. Documents show that the NHTSA was aware of the problem. In his written testimony, Friedman said GM had failed to provide regulators “critical information” that could have triggered recalls years earlier. Only recently did GM provide “new evidence” that made it clear that the ignition problem could disable air bags, he said. Meanwhile, families of victims of fatal crashes of the GM compact cars in question on Tuesday sharply criticized the automaker for delays in recalling the vehicles and called for legislation to prevent a repeat of the situation. About two doz-

successive year,” according to a statement by advocacy group Generation Progress.

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Ryan’s 2014 budget would have also reduced the availability of the grant, according to an Association of Community College Trustees report. It would change the formula to expect higher contributions from independent and working students and it would lower the income range for qualifying for zero family contribution, according to the report.

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General Motors CEO Mary Barra testifies at a hearing on “The GM Ignition Switch Recall: Why Did It Take So Long?” Tuesday in Washington, DC. en family members gathered in front of the Capitol to make their case before Barra and Friedman testified.

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The families were joined by four Democratic lawmakers who want to toughen laws governing the disclosure of auto defects.

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niversities have been profiting off the endeavors of athletes for years, rewarding them with scholarships and other various opportunities. However, many athletes say a $40,000 scholarship is not fair compensation for the millions of dollars that revenue sports, such as football and men’s basketball, rake into universities. On March 26, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Northwestern football players were employees of the university and could form a union. The ruling made news across the nation, as it paved the way not only for unions but also for studentathletes to be paid. NLRB regional director Peter Sung Ohr said that the players qualified as employees because of their time commitment to the sport and the fact that their scholarships are awarded because of their on-the-field contributions. In other words, the studentathletes are compensated for their work with scholarships, so they qualify as employees. The NLRB’s ruling, however, presents more questions than answers and may leave some major holes. First, if student-athletes are employees, are their scholarships then taxable? And what about their gear and other provided amenities? If these things are taxable, the bulk monetary award student-athletes receive could lessen, much like how lottery winners don’t see every cent they win. It could make college cost money for these studentathletes when it currently doesn’t. Not to mention, if football players are employees because they generate money for universities, then this brings about a multitude of unanswered questions about sports less focused on generating revenue. What does this ruling mean for golf, diving or women’s basketball, just to name a few? These student-athletes also work for their university and put in countless hours for their sports; however, these non-revenue sports ultimately lose a lot of money and are supported by the profit from men’s basketball and football. Is it fair to reward only the athletes in revenuegenerating sports? We think this is an essential question that needs to be appropriately addressed, possibly by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Aside from these issues, athletics departments at many smaller schools are not profitable enough to compensate athletes, and it is important to consider what becomes of these studentathletes — they should not be left out to dry, considering the sheer number of other people that would affect. The ruling, while a potential step in the right direction toward fair compensation of athletes, leaves too many holes and may actually be harmful to student-athletes in many certain respects in the future.

Selfies have both positive, negative aspects SIMRAN DEVIDASANI Opinions columnist

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ut first, let me take a selfie.� This popular song has reached No. 9 on the iTunes charts in the United States and No. 2 in Australia, also appearing within the top-10 charts of many other countries. It focuses on the concept of a “selfie.� We all know it, love it or have at least gotten used to seeing selfies everywhere. However, this dominating fad has evolved into a part of the culture of recent generations. And although the activity has been engraved into our culture, it should not be overused. Although selfies can boost morale once in a while, consecutive and multiple selfies are simply superfluous. Selfies, which people unknowingly started taking as evolved versions of mirror pictures, have become infamous on social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Even “Selfie Sunday� — where people post

selfies of themselves on Sunday and hashtag it “#SelfieSunday� — has become a thing. It seems that the basic reasoning behind taking a selfie is that we think we look good, we want others to think we look good and we want attention — in other words, we take selfies for mostly narcissistic purposes. The reason we send and post selfies does not seem to do anything but attempt to boost our self esteem in some way, to either show what we look like or show who we are with, which in turn, presumably, allows us to feel better about ourselves. However, this could lead to teenagers having to post selfies to feel good about themselves constantly, thus showing a genuine lack of selfesteem in the first place. According to Dr. David Veal, a body dysmorphic psychiatrist, two out of every three patients of his who come in with this disorder compulsively take selfies. It therefore seems that if one is not satisfied with one’s appearance, selfies are just a pathway toward an even more negative body image. No matter what a person’s photos look like, no one can

use a filter in real life. This recent fad takes pictures to a whole new level. While on vacation, many of my peers are focused on taking constant selfies to send on Snapchat or to post on Instagram to show to everyone how much fun they’re having, instead of actually just taking in their surroundings. They’re focused on showing themselves off in a certain geographical location. Thus, the concept of selfies promotes the behavior of showing off. When we’re taking selfies, we want people to know we’re in a certain place doing certain things — either on vacation or hanging out with friends — when, in actuality, we miss out on real-life experiences and connections. Our generation is focused so much on appearance that a whole song mocking an average American teenager’s obsessions with selfies was created. And it’s popular, not just because of the hard-core digital beats, but because it exposes a satirical truth about our obsession with these types of pictures. But selfies have the potential to be used for good. The No Make-Up

Selfie Awareness Campaign — where females post selfie pictures of themselves without makeup — is ultimately raising money for breast cancer via donations. And this doesn’t just apply to women. The selfie obsession among men could also be used positively — for example, instead of posting selfies of workouts and abs, males could post selfies of themselves drinking workout smoothies and listing the ingredients. It’s not necessarily the selfie itself that is bad, because once in a while, who doesn’t love to take a silly picture? But the negative message often behind the selfie — taking them so others think we look good, gaining self-esteem, portraying an image of ourselves for others to see — can be harmful. It comes down to a balance of meaningful selfies and pointless selfies. The fad has its boarders in which a morale booster can turn into pure vanity, and that line should not be crossed.

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

Alternative breaks foster individual growth MATT PASQUINI Opinions columnist

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magine being thrown into a completely unfamiliar situation. You’re tasked with doing work you never imagined yourself doing, you find yourself in an environment that you believed existed only on television and you’re initially paired with a group of people you thought you knew — but don’t know at all. You eventually fall in love with the work you are doing, the reality of being in paradise finally sinks in and you quickly learn the group you were with will remain by your side for at least the remainder of your college experience — probably longer. Last week, I had the opportunity to experience just that. I spent the best week of my life on an alternative spring break trip with 44 other brothers of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, restoring and preserving Big Munson Island — one of the islands in the Florida Keys. I camped — something I had never done before — on the island, without any electricity, running water, mobile access or Internet connection. We had the option to sleep in a sleeping bag under a tent but I opted to sleep under the stars where I was able to clearly see the Milky Way for

the first time in my life. It was a transformational experience, one I will certainly cherish for the rest of my life. Furthermore, I created an experience I can talk about in the professional world and share with future employers. Through my experiences and the experiences of friends who went on other alternative spring breaks, I’m inclined to believe that most of these trips have a similar effect. As such, I would encourage students to take advantage of the many alternative spring break trips that are available on campus. While on Big Munson Island, I worked with the group to prevent the erosion that has been taking place on the beaches. We had to work together to build a layer of rocks and washed up sea grass along the eroding wall to prevent any more sand from washing away into the water. Each day, we spent up to eight hours working outside in the sun, making it a very labor-intensive experience. One unique aspect of alternative spring breaks is that they encourage students to step outside of their comfort zones. I grew up in the suburbs with the luxury of a roof over my head. I was sheltered from nature and was absorbed in the commercialized material world. I had been primed to enjoy the lux-

uries of life, expecting them in any environment I put myself in. When I found out that I was going to be completely separated from everything I knew for four days, I was hesitant. But to my surprise, I was quickly absorbed into the breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean, and the untouched ecosystem of the island completely altered my view of nature and instilled a greater appreciation for its beauty and delicacy. Exploration is a key foundation to making the most of your college experience. Taking advantage of opportunities that encourage you to learn more about yourself and working with others, and your surrounding environment will help you grow and better yourself as a person. During most alternative spring break trips, you’ll find yourself with a group of individuals working on projects you don’t get a chance to work on very often, such as building houses or working on environmental preservation. Because none of us from my trip had any experience participating in these particular projects or living in the environment we were staying in, we were constantly giving each other a hand and ensuring everyone was able to make the most of their experiences. If someone was struggling moving rocks to the eroding wall, we’d help them. Since we had to prepare our

own food, the people who felt comfortable cooking stepped up for the entire group. Because not everyone knew how to camp or live outdoors, those who did were quick to make sure everyone adapted as easily and smoothly as possible. I also found that alternative spring break trips also benefit the professional development of participants because they can talk about unique experiences assisting a particular cause during interviews, allowing them to stand out from other potential new-hires. Working together in such a cohesive manner in unfamiliar environments can show future employers how well you can work with other individuals in new and unfamiliar settings. Furthermore, having experiences alone can show them your eagerness to immerse yourself in new situations that will help you expand upon your own human and social capital in the work place. My alternative spring break trip was invaluable to my personal and professional growth. It provided me an opportunity to learn new things about myself and I strongly believe it would have a similar effect on other students.

Matt is a sophomore in LAS. He can be reached at mpasqui2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewPasquini.

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Yes for Independent Maps, no to gerrymandering I read with interest Brad Barber’s article on The Daily Illini’s Opinions page on March 31. It endorsed an end to gerrymandering in the Illinois House and Senate electoral districts statewide by way of a proposed constitutional amendment. This proposition would establish an independent commission to draw the districts from which our esteemed legislators are elected, rather than having them draw their own districts, as is now the case. This is a good government proposal.

The current broken system has led to a concentration of power in the hands of the leadership in the Illinois House and Senate. Legislators choosing their voters instead of the other way around results in districts shaped like snakes and safe seats for incumbents. In the 2012 election, 97 percent of incumbent legislators that ran again were re-elected and two-thirds of them had no opponent because of their safe seats. Whichever party is in control of the legislature when redistricting happens every 10 years does

all it can to maintain its control by rigging the district maps. We have two weeks left to get 300,000 signatures of Illinois registered voters on petitions to put this Yes for Independent Maps amendment on the November ballot. Learn about this at www. independentmaps.org then go to Neutral Cycle at 624 S. Fifth St. (just south of Green St.) in Campustown to sign a petition. Thanks.

Trent Shepard, University alumnus, 1973

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Elijah Okpogie of 50Diamonds captures Steven Kveton’s performance at the Heartland Music Festival in March.

50Diamonds aims to capture campus life Future plans include expanding to 50 states BY CHRISTINE OLIVO STAFF WRITER

Whether it is taking advantage of Tuesday night’s drink specials or rolling around in hay at a barn dance, University students create memories to look back on long after their college years have passed. Now, those memories can be captured through 50Diamonds Photography. 50Diamonds Photography is an on-campus photography company created last October and founded by Elijah Okpogie, sophomore in DGS. According to the company’s Facebook page, 50Diamonds provides everything from photography and film to design and illustration. “We are a photography company dedicated in capturing the experiences and events that every UIUC student wants to remember,” said Akshaya Kumar, 50Diamonds photographer and sophomore in Engineering. The company currently has between 10-15 employees and is run by University students. “I want students in media, graphic design; anything,” Okpogie said. “I want to give them first experience. I give them opportunities and pay them to do such.” Eric Rosen, photographer and sophomore in LAS, said he became interested in working for 50Diamonds after a friend told him about the company. “I thought it would be pretty awesome to turn my passion for photography into a paid job,”

Rosen said. “It doesn’t feel like ‘work’ at all.” 50Diamonds first started photographing at the The Clybourne and then expanded to Firehaus. “After Firehaus, we started at a lot of other events,” Okpogie said. “We are growing very fast. Between April 11 and April 12 we have four events planned, so a lot of people book us every weekend.” Kumar also agreed that the company is spreading quickly throughout campus. “I remember that a lot of people used to not know who the photographers at Cly’s or Firehaus or at the other events were,” Kumar said. “But now, when we go around, they call out ‘Hey, you’re the 50Diamonds photographer!’” The company has also photographed at on-campus bars, such as KAM’S and White Horse Inn, and other events, such as barn dances and formals for sororities and fraternities. 50Diamonds also covered The Canopy Club’s Heartland Music Festival and various occasions for the African Cultural Association. Kumar also said the events lined up for this semester also show that the company is expanding. 50Diamonds Photography is expected to photograph at upcoming events at The Canopy Club, such as ‘One Night Stand College Tour’ on Wednesday, Moms Weekend on Friday and Saturday, and Reggae Party on April 12.

Although 50Diamonds is only currently an on-campus company, Okpogie plans on expanding the company in the near future. “In the summer, I’m going to try and make a foundation of 50Diamonds in Chicago,” Okpogie said. “That’s the next goal.” The company 50Diamonds got its name from Okpogie’s goal of spreading throughout the country. “It was a very long concept and took two days to come up with the name,” Okpogie said. “And then I thought about the 50 states, and the goal for 50Diamonds is to be in all 50 states. And a diamond is something that lasts forever.” The company also plans to expand to other forms of social media. As of right now, all photos taken by 50Diamonds are posted on the company’s Facebook page, which is increasing in popularity. “Our Facebook page has been steadily growing,” Rosen said. “We now stand at over 800 likes.” Although the 50Diamonds Facebook page is rising in followers, Okpogie plans to post the company’s photos to other social media sites as well. “We are branching into Instagram,” Okpogie said. “I made an Instagram about a month ago and already gained over 1,000 followers. I am also planning on being more active on Twitter very soon.”

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Colbert responds to controversial comments NEW YORK — In his first night on the air since a campaign to #CancelColbert erupted on Twitter Thursday night, Stephen Colbert spent nearly his entire show Monday night responding to charges of racial insensitivity. For anyone who missed out on the brouhaha, it all began Thursday evening when “The Colbert Report’s” Twitter account quoted a joke from a segment on Wednesday’s episode of the show that mocked Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder for setting up a charity to aid Native Americans in lieu of changing his team’s name. In the original bit, Colbert said he was inspired by Snyder to start his own charity, called “The Ching-Chong DingDong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.” (ChingChong Ding-Dong is the name of a cartoonishly stereotypical Asian character occasionally played by Colbert on the show.) Out of context, however, some Twitter users thought the joke was offensive to Asian Americans, and within hours the hashtag #CancelColbert was a top trending subject on the social media website. Colbert humorously referred to the controversy on his personal Twitter account, @StephenAtHome but waited until Monday night to issue a full response — and that he did, taking to task Comedy Central executives, the anonymous web editor responsible for the problematic tweet, conservative pundit Michelle Malkin and, oh yeah, the entire news media. After an intro in which Colbert, clad in Redskins gear, had a nightmare featuring a cameo by actor B.D. Wong, the host dove right into the debacle. He explained that the joke originated in a segment about Snyder’s charity that was rebroadcast multiple times on Thursday without incident. It was only when his show’s promotional Twitter account repeated the joke, without a link to the segment or a mention of Snyder’s charity, on Thursday night, that a backlash ensued. “Who would have thought a means of communication limit-

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Student photography company captures memorable moments 50Diamonds Photography continues to grow and take pictures of nightly activities. Turn to Page 5A to learn more about the student-run business.

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GALLO’S ON FIRE BY CHRISTEN MCGLYNN AND DECLAN HARTY STAFF WRITER AND ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

Tony Gallo continues his family tradition of becoming a firefighter

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a firefighter, member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity and Habitat for Humanity volunteer, Tony Gallo seems to do it all. Gallo, junior in AHS, is currently studying community health and is a native of Gurnee, Ill. Gallo comes from a family of firefighters, and he began riding along with his father, also a fireman, since age 10. His interest in firefighting quickly sparked during his childhood after watching his father serve the community. At the age 17, he was able to start helping around the Gurnee Fire Department station and often worked 24-hour shifts with his father. He started official training in February at the Carroll Fire Department in Urbana, Ill.; however, he does not feel new to the job after being around fire stations for most of his life. “I am now a fourth-generation firefighter, so I figured I couldn’t be the one to end the streak,� Gallo said. As a probationary firefighter at the Carroll Fire Protection District, a volunteer department, Gallo works part time. Probationary firefighters at the station go over a variety of training, including ladder training, equipment training and the proper way to handle a fire, according to Lieutenant Jeremy Hoffman, training officer at the Carroll Fire Department. The station’s staff consists of 14 volunteer firefighters and six non-firefighting volunteers. “Tony has a very solid work ethic,� Hoffman said. “He has a lot of the characteristics that fire department guys look for in people who like to be part of a brotherhood and work together and accomplish their goals.� Although he has only been on

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Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down Sunday nights 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. Days removed from his second national championship, junior Jesse Delgado returned home to Gilroy, Calif., for spring break and proceeded to watch fi lm on next year’s opponents. The 125 -pounder had just gone through the grind of another wrestling season, in which he was scouted harder and under pressure to prove he could widen the gap from the competition. He accumulated a 25-2 record going into the NCAA tournament, and then scrambled and shot his way into Illinois wrestling’s record books as the team’s fi rst repeat national champion in 56 years. Delgado, however, doesn’t want to reflect on his success just yet. He still has one more year of work to do, and

training for it started as soon as he got home. “Watching fi lm is not really studying; it’s just something I enjoy doing, so it’s not like a chore,� Delgado said. “I didn’t get to watch as many matches as I wanted to at the tournament because I was focused.� Delgado’s focus and commitment to the sport is something his teammates and coaches have come to expect from him. Head coach Jim Heffernan advised all his wrestlers to be “selfi sh� during the three days of the tournament, so they wouldn’t get distracted by the actions going on around them. Delgado had no issues with that, keeping mostly to himself throughout the tournament. “The closer it got to the fi nal, the more he got into his own little world,� Heffernan said. “It’s pretty easy to tell when he is getting ready to compete.� On what could have been a stressful day, Delgado said nerves weren’t something he had to battle against. He got a good night’s sleep and felt prepared

for his second go around in the fi nals. And while he exchanged few words with anyone heading into the fi nal, his actions spoke for themselves. In the fi nal match on March 22, Delgado admitted he was not prepared for the quick attack his opponent Nahshon Garrett of Cornell deployed against him, but the defending champion found a way to counter it. “Garrett hit him with one great shot,� assistant coach Jeremy Hunter said. “It was one heck of a double leg. I was thinking, ‘If (Delgado) doesn’t get taken down with that shot, then he is probably never going to get taken down.’� He wasn’t taken down. Delgado scrambled out of trouble and was able to score enough points for a 3-2 victory. The two-time champion was critical of himself for not being better prepared for Garrett’s attacks, but he was satisfied he was able to get the victory on a night when his mother got to watch him wrestle as an Illini for the fi rst time.

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Honorable Mentions Farris Gosea (men’s tennis) — The junior went 2-0 in singles on the weekend and knocked off Ohio State’s Peter Kobelt, the No. 8 singles player in the country, in Illinois’ 5-2 loss to the Buckeyes. Ryan Castellanos (baseball) — The junior pitcher recorded a complete game win against Purdue to give Illinois its first Big Ten win of the season. He allowed only two runs on nine hits with no walks and a strikeout.

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here are no Cinderella stories left in this year’s NCAA Tournament, and it makes for some great basketball. Cheering for the underdog has always been a fi xture in sports, and that’s not changing any time soon. The drama that surrounds a Cinderella story is endearing, and teams like VCU and Dayton gain a lot of fans along the way. But having a Final Four made up of basketball behemoths is just fun to watch. Forget the below average seedings of Kentucky and UConn. They each won a championship in recent years and are programs that expect to win. Every game at this Final Four is guaranteed to be spectacular. Even the regionals featured some insane matchups, with Kentucky facing in-state rival Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen and Bo Ryan’s Wisconsin team playing No. 1 seed Arizona in the Elite Eight. It wasn’t really that one team was so much better than the other, but more like there had to be a winner, and going home was a profound reality for a team that could’ve gone all the way. This year’s tournament has featured meetings of basketball titans. Kentucky played Michigan, for goodness sake. Watching a Cinderella run is special. As a fan, you feel a part of something spectacular, something once in a lifetime. And a deep run can place a no-name school at the pinnacle of

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Illini travel to Busch Stadium to play Missouri BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER

For the Illinois baseball team, its game against Missouri on Wednesday is more than just another midweek game. Not only will the Illini (1411, 2-1 Big Ten) be facing the Tigers (13-13, 3-6 SEC) — a team that according to head coach Dan Hartleb could potentially provide Illinois with an RPI boost — but the teams will play in Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals. “It’s always a pretty special experience going to Busch Stadium, especially for me being a Cardinals fan,� junior infielder Reid Roper said. “Growing up and going to Cardinals games as a little kid, it’s really special to play there. Playing an SEC school in Missouri, and the IllinoisMissouri rivalry, it’s really cool to be a part of that.� The Illini said they are

feeling a multitude of emotions coming into the game. Junior starting pitcher and Cubs fan John Kravetz said Cardinals fans on the team are more excited to be playing in Busch than he is. Kravetz added that although walking onto the field and seeing 40,000 seats may be intimidating, he hopes extra nerves won’t be a factor when he takes the field for the Braggin’ Rights at Busch. “Last year we played in Minnesota at Target Field, I played at U.S. Cellular in high school, so I’ve done this a few times,� Kravetz said. “Hopefully it won’t feel any different.� Illinois and Missouri have momentum going into the game as both won the last series it played in. In Illinois’ last outing, the Illini dropped the first game of the weekend to Purdue before winning the next two, while Missouri beat Auburn in each

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of the first two games before dropping the third. I l li nois went 6 -2 over spring break and has been stringing together consistent performances after an up-anddown start to the season. Roper said the team’s momentum will be extremely important moving forward. “We just want to take the win from this Big Ten series and carry it into the midweek game,� Roper said. Hartleb said Missouri’s team, from top to bottom, will challenge the Illini and that Illinois will need to play well in all aspects Wednesday. “Missouri is always good,� Hartleb said. “They’ll have

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Illinois players stand during the national anthem before the baseball game against Missouri at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on April 7, 2010.

Softball snaps 4-game losing streak at Illinois State BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER

The Illinois softball team traveled to Normal, Ill., on Tuesday hoping to break its four-game losing streak in a match-up against Illinois State. And with an early offensive burst, the Illini did just that, beating the Redbirds 7-4. A leadoff homer in the fi rst by sophomore Allie Bauch set the tone for the rest of the game and helped the Illini execute in an area where the team has struggled over the past four games. Senior Jenna Mychko then singled, driving in junior Jess Perkins for a two run lead as the Illini went to the bottom of the fi rst. “It was nice to lead off with that because we always talk about having strong starts,�

Bauch said. “But you can’t always depend on that. We learned that because Illinois State bounced right back, you have to get more runs. You can’t settle on that, but it is a good confidence booster.� Bauch went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs and Mychko went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs. Illinois bounced back after being swept in a three game series against No. 15 Minnesota over the weekend. The team also lost its second of two games against No. 8 Missouri last week. During its losing streak, Illinois struggled to string together multiple hits, and left 23 runners on base throughout all four games. “We had a really strong lineup, and everyone contributed,� head coach Terri Sullivan said.

“We had good adjustments in our at-bats and were seeing the ball well. Everybody was just anxious to come back to the plate and contribute.� In the fourth inning the Illinois offense continued to put past struggles aside and added three runs to its tally. Mychko led off with a solo home run and Bauch went deep again later in the inning for a two-run homer. “We were defi nitely different at the plate,� Bauch said. “We were more aggressive. The past weekend when we were struggling, we were taking that fi rst pitch, which is not our game plan. Today we were being us and just being relaxed at the plate. We were thinking too much before.

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Tiger Woods will miss Masters because of back injury

Injury threatens to halt Woods’ record-breaking journey Woods has completed one fourround tournament this year after withdrawing from the Honda Classic a month ago and declining to enter the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He underwent microdiscectomy surgery Monday for a pinched nerve. The procedure, which took place in Park City, Utah, requires weeks of rest and rehabilitation that will sideline him until “sometime this summer,� according to his website. Most believe he will miss at least 3-4 months, and ESPN golf analyst Paul Azinger tweeted: “This is as career threatening an injury as his knee.� The release quotes Woods as “absolutely optimistic about the future. There are a couple (of) records by two outstanding individuals and players that I hope one day to break. As I’ve said many times, Sam (Snead) and Jack (Nicklaus) reached their milestones over

BY TEDDY GREENSTEIN CHICAGO TRIBUNE

If Jack Nicklaus had played for the 1972 Miami Dolphins, he would have uncorked a bottle of champagne Tuesday. His record of 18 major championships once looked like a rest stop for Tiger Woods; now it’s more like scaling the Himalayas. But, really, no one celebrated the news that Woods would miss the Masters for the first time in his professional career. Golf’s biggest stage will not be the same without golf’s biggest draw. Even his detractors would rather see him play and fail than go on injured reserve. Woods conveyed the news on Twitter, writing: “Sad to say I’m missing the Masters. Thanks to the fans for so many kind wishes.� Some fans replied with #WorstAprilFoolsJoke. But back injuries are no joke.

an entire career. I plan to have a lot of years left in mine.� Woods is 38 and has undergone four knee surgeries. He limped around on a fractured left leg at the 2008 U.S. Open, his last major victory. Neck inflammation knocked him out of the 2010 Players Championship. A left Achilles issue led to a withdrawal at Doral in 2012. Last year at the U.S. Open, a left elbow issue emerged. And then his back gave way late in the season. The world’s top-ranked golfer has been stuck on 14 majors since his SUV crashed into a fire hydrant and his world came crashing down. Since 2010, he has missed four cuts, withdrawn from four events and gone winless at the Masters, U.S. Open, British and PGA. He has won eight PGA Tour events since 2010 to get within three of Snead’s record 82. But only two men have won four or more majors after their 38th birthday — Ben Hogan (5) and Nicklaus (4).

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Tiger Woods tees off during the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral on March 9 in Doral, Fla. Woods will miss at least three to four months due to his back injury.

Wisconsin looking for Big Ten’s 1st title in 14 years

Badgers to face Wildcats in semifinal game after overtime win states believe, but they also have a passion for it because there’s been a lot of success by state schools. “They love it here, but they’re not so over the edge that they don’t understand. What I like about the Wisconsin fans is they understand these are student-athletes who actually are here for the purpose of an education first and playing ball second. But the love and passion for the game of basketball here in the state of Wisconsin is defi nitely as high as anywhere else.� This year’s Badgers team has been easy to root for. They are well-disciplined, play fundamentally sound and are Ryan’s best team in his 13 years at the school. And they’ve got an entertaining group of players away from the court, beginning with junior forward Frank Kaminsky, who jokingly described the team as “white guys� and dropped other one-liners during the West Regional news conferences. All joking aside, though, the Bad-

BY DREW DAVISON MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

Wisconsin is best known for football. It’s where Brett Favre became a household name with the Green Bay Packers and its state school, the University of Wisconsin, has gone to nine Rose Bowls and produced two Heisman Trophy winners. But basketball isn’t far behind. Just ask Bo Ryan, who has spent the past 30 years as a college basketball head coach in the state. Ryan turned Wisconsin-Platteville into a Division III powerhouse and now has Wisconsin headed to its third Final Four. Wisconsin hasn’t been to the Final Four since 2000 and will face Kentucky in a semifi nal game Saturday at AT&T Stadium. Thousands of Wisconsin fans are expected to attend and even more will be tuning in. “I tell you, the people here in this state are crazy about basketball,� Ryan said. “They realize that they didn’t invent it like some other

gers have proved to be among the best teams in the country. Michigan State and Indiana are known as the basketball schools in the Big Ten, but Wisconsin has finally come out of the shadows by reaching the Final Four. “Maybe we’ll be known as a football and basketball school now,� Kaminsky said. Said junior point guard Traevon Jackson: “We have this stigma about Wisconsin as a type of program that plays only one way. This year, we’ve broken a lot of barriers. We’ve won in so many different ways and we played against some really good teams.� Wisconsin got off to its best start in school history, beginning 16-0. The Badgers’ second win of the season was against Florida, another Final Four team, and they had other notable nonconference wins over tournament teams such as Virginia, the No. 1 seed in the East, and Saint Louis, the No. 5 seed in the Midwest. Then they opened Big Ten play

3-0, including wins over thenranked Iowa and Illinois, before losing five of six. But the Badgers got back on track, reached the Big Ten tournament’s championship and carried that momentum into the NCAA Tournament. Wisconsin opened with an easy win over American, holding it to 13 second-half points, and then overcame a 14-point deficit to beat Oregon and reach the Sweet 16. Wisconsin had little trouble imposing its will against Baylor to get into the Elite Eight, and won a classic March Madness game in overtime against top-seeded Arizona on Saturday. The victory to clinch a berth in the Final Four was the Badgers’ 30th of the season, tied for second-most in school history. The record is 31 wins by the 2007-08 team, and the Badgers are looking to break it. “We want a national championship,� Kaminsky said. “We have made it to the opportunity to get there, so why not get it?�

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The Wisconsin Badgers celebrate a 64-63 overtime win against Arizona in the Elite Eight. The Badgers will advance for the first time in 14 years.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Bill Self, as he often does, provided the best walk-off line. Andrew Wiggins’ farewell announcement was winding down, and he was asked for about the third time if he’d have had any regrets choosing Lawrence to spend his one season in college before entering the NBA Draft. “I’m grateful I chose this school,” Wiggins said. “They showed me nothing but love. The teammates are like my brothers now. The coaches let me play my game. They made me feel comfortable, and the fans were crazy. If I could do it all over again, I would.” Pause. “You can,” Self said. “You haven’t signed anything yet, have you?” Even Wiggins’ parents, Mitch and Marita, and his older brother, Mitch Jr., who joined Self and Wiggins at the table, smiled. Turns out, Andrew Wiggins hasn’t signed anything. Mitch, a former NBA player, said that the process to select an agent had just started, and “it will be as difficult as picking a school.” But the Wiggins era at Kansas officially has concluded. And it produced largely positive results. On Monday, Wiggins picked up a couple more national honors, including a spot on the 10-member Wooden Award All-American team and a place on The Associated Press All-American second team. But Wiggins made it clear from the outset that a long college career wasn’t in the cards. “I’m confident that I’m ready,” Wiggins said. “It’s always been a big dream of mine to follow my father’s footsteps and play in the highest level of basketball.” Some online draft analysts have Wiggins as the top selection in the June draft based on his physical gifts and potential. Wiggins’ athleti-

cism helped him set a freshman scoring record at Kansas with 597 points. He also led the Jayhawks in scoring with a 17.1 average. Wiggins is Self’s fourth one-and-done player at Kansas, following Xavier Henry in 2010, Josh Selby in 2011 and Ben McLemore in 2013, although McLemore spent a redshirt season in Lawrence. Wiggins had the best season of the bunch. He couldn’t avoid the season-ending letdown of an NCAA tournament loss to Stanford in the Round of 32, a game in which Wiggins scored four points, and some may question whether Wiggins lived up the enormous amount of hype that followed him from Huntington Prep in West Virginia. Self isn’t among them. “The improvement he made this year with his approach and mindset was a great improvement,” Self said. “He’s one of those guys, if the team didn’t have to have him do it, he a lot of time deferred to others. But game point, usually he was right there. “His talent is unbelievable. Even though there are other great athletes out there, I don’t think there are many others who can do the things physically that he can do. His ceiling is the highest I’ve been around. He’s going to have a remarkable future, but it’s going to take a lot of hard work.” Wiggins said he welcomes the idea being the overall top selection. “You want people to label you the best player,” Wiggins said. “That’s the competitive side.” Wiggins said he has no favorite NBA team, but if he found his name on the roster of the league’s lone franchise in his native Canada, the Toronto Raptors, he’d be happy. “It would be really good to play in Canada in front my home crowd every day,” Wiggins said. Wherever he plays, it won’t be in Lawrence, despite a last-minute attempt by Self.

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SOFTBALL You just got to go up and do you. And that’s what we did today.� The Redbirds finally got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth with a three-run homer. The Illinois defense didn’t help themselves, committing a pair of errors in the inning. Illinois got one run in the top of the fifth and one in the top of the sixth as well, taking a 7-3 lead. The Redbirds showed some fight in the bottom of the seventh, adding a run but ultimately

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DELGADO Delgado’s mom wasn’t able to make it to the finals of the tournament last year because she had to care for Delgado’s two younger siblings back in California while his father made the trip. This year, however, both parents were able to make the trip down to Oklahoma City to see their oldest son atop the podium. Delgado didn’t really think about his family when he was competing, but Heffernan believes having his family there added incentive. BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINI

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Ferris Gosea returns the ball during the meet against Pepperdine at Atkins Tennis Center on March 14. The Illini won 5-0.

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good athletes on the field. They’ll challenge us from an offensive standpoint; we’ll need to throw well and pitching wise. I’m sure they’re going to throw a good arm against us.� Although Hartleb said the Illini still need to improve offensively and defensively, he added that the team won’t be making any major changes going into the game. “We just need to continue to worry about making strides from the situational hitting

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The Illinois men’s tennis team doesn’t often play midweek matches, but the Illini will face a tough test Wednesday as they take on No. 13 Kentucky. Coming off of a busy weekend with two road matches, the Illini hit the road once again to face off with the Wildcats. “It was a long weekend with a lot of traveling, no doubt about that,� head coach Brad Dancer said. If the uncommon midweek match and the amount of travel weren’t enough for the Illini, they’ll also be faced with another change to their routine. The team will begin to play its matches outdoors when the weather permits. The beginning of the Penn State match this past weekend was played outdoors until rain became a factor and the play was moved indoors. Given the way the weather has been the past few months, the Illini haven’t been able to practice outside much. Although the change isn’t something the Illini are used to yet this season, junior Farris Gosea said the team is excited to get outdoors.

“I think we’d all rather play outside, slower courts so we can get a feel for what’s going on. I think we’re always keen to get outside,� Gosea said. No. 23-ranked Gosea provided the individual highlight of the weekend for Illinois when he took down Ohio State’s No. 8 Peter Kobelt. “I played him in the fall and lost pretty handily at Ohio State, so it was definitely nice for me to see what I’ve been working on. Trying to play players that have big serves is working, and what I was doing is right and coming away with a win definitely felt great,� Gosea said. Gosea will have the potential to do something similar Wednesday against Kentucky as he expects to battle with No. 11 Tom Jomby. Although Jared Hiltzik returned from injury over the weekend, the team’s usual top singles player, Gosea, played the No. 1 singles spot against Ohio State and said he expects to do the same against Kentucky. Gosea won’t be the only Illini who will have a chance to take down a ranked opponent, as Kentucky features three singles players ranked in the nation’s top 90.

The Wildcats also have the No. 31 doubles duo in Jomby and Kevin Lai. Kentucky’s top doubles duo is nothing that No. 3 Ross Guignon and Tim Kopinski of Illinois shouldn’t be able to handle, but lately the Illini as a whole have hit a rut in their doubles game. The team has been inconsistent in terms of getting the doubles point all season and didn’t get the point against Penn State or Ohio State over the weekend. With Hiltzik back, Dancer will now have the flexibility to make changes to his pairings. The doubles point is likely to be crucial against Kentucky, as the match between the two top-15 teams is expected to be close. The Illini have gone back and forth in their recent meetings. Illinois pulled off a dramatic 4-3 win last season but fell to the Wildcats 6-1 two seasons ago. “The bottom line is you just have to take the moment, prepare well and play as well as you can, and that’s what I think we’ll do this week,� Dancer said.

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FINAL FOUR the sports universe. In 2011, VCU head coach Shaka Smart became a household name, and over the course of the last few years, has given his program a national presence. Two years ago, no one picked the Rams to win a game and they ended up in the Final Four. Now when fans are filling out their brackets they think to themselves, “Oh, VCU is always good for an upset.� This year, the Dayton Flyers surprised everyone by upsetting Ohio State, Syracuse and Stanford before losing to No. 1 overall seed Florida in the Elite Eight. Before the tournament, who cared about the Flyers outside of Dayton, Ohio? Not many. But like Shaka Smart, Flyers coach Archie Miller

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falling short. After giving up nine home runs in the three Minnesota games, the Illini also improved upon its pitching. Freshman Brandi Needham pitched all seven innings and struck out five against the Redbirds after a tough weekend against the Gophers. Needham used practice to work on locating pitches and keeping the ball off the plate. “Coach has been telling us to stick with the game plan and go pitch-by-pitch,� Needham said. “And I think that really helped on the mental side. After this

weekend, I thought it could only get better and I just had to keep fighting forward. It gave me a new perspective and it’s just something you have to go through.� The Illini faced the Redbirds a day earlier than scheduled due to predicted thunderstorms Wednesday. Before Tuesday’s game, Illinois State had taken the last three games in the alltime series. Illinois’ win brought the series record to 10-8 in favor of the Illini.

“It was a big deal to have his mom there,� Heffernan said. “There is a little extra pride when your parents are in the stands watching you, especially for the first time.� Delgado’s parents haven’t been able to see their son wrestle frequently since he made the transition from Cal Poly to Illinois. Since coming to Illinois, Delgado quickly rose to the top of the Big Ten before making himself known on the national stage. But with all the success he has had, Delgado admits being in the spotlight is still something he is uneasy with. Heffernan said he actually

finds it refreshing that his superstar wrestler competes because he enjoys the sport rather than for the glory that it brings. Despite that, Heffernan is confident that next season Delgado will solidify himself as the best wrestler in Illinois history. “He is a motivated kid and wants to succeed at the highest level,� Heffernan said. “Winning is one of those things you start enjoying, so I don’t think we will have to beg him to do this all again.�

standpoint, continue to throw well on the mound which we’ve done,� Hartleb said. “Overall I thought we’ve made progress and guys from a mental standpoint have done a good job.� Roper added that offensively the Illini are continuing to work on controlling their hands and refining their swings. He said work in both of those areas will be important against Missouri. Illinois hits the road for St. Louis on Wednesday after four straight home games. Hartleb said road games have both positive and negative aspects, but are necessary for the team

to have success. “There’s positives to being on the road,� Hartleb said. “Obviously you have a n opportunity to spend a lot of time together. You have your team meals and you have to learn certain things about being in different ballparks. I hate sleeping in hotels all the time, but if you look at the way college baseball is setup now, you get more RPI points for road wins. So its important to go on the road and be successful.�

may opt to turn down the many job offers he will inevitably receive to stay on and continue to build Dayton’s program. Without teams like VCU, Butler or Dayton in the Final Four, games feel a little more momentous. When the best two teams in a tournament region actually get to play each other, it’s exciting. Take Arizona and Wisconsin. Both had to play their best basketball of the season to get past teams like Oregon, Baylor and San Diego State, and came into the Elite Eight matchup stronger because of it. And just because Kentucky is an 8-seed, doesn’t mean it’s an underdog. Never ever rule out Kentucky. The Wildcats thrive in a tournament environment, and head coach John Calipari always makes sure his freshmen are up for

the challenge. The same can be said of the Huskies. Connecticut’s success doesn’t come as a surprise to those who watched the 2011 national championship team blow through the Big East and NCAA tournaments. The Huskies are so comfortable at Madison Square Garden it’s essentially like playing a home game. The four teams left standing — Florida, Wisconsin, UConn and Kentucky — are used to winning. The tradition and coaching at these schools are rivaled by few and admired by all. Cinderella stories are charming and unexpected, but this is big boy basketball, and it’s fantastic.

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