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Sen. Frerichs delays bill for further review University alumni association to vet trustee appointment bill BY NATHANIEL LASH STAFF WRITER

State Sen. Mike Frerichs, D-52, is delaying plans for a bill that would shift a majority of the power to appoint members of the University Board of Trustees away from the governor. Though Frerichs, the bill’s primary sponsor, was unavailable for comment, his chief of staff Laurie Bonnett confirmed that he would wait on the bill that would give the University of Illinois Alumni Association Board of Directors the power to appoint five of the nine trustees that serve on the board. Currently, all members are appointed by the Illinois governor. Vanessa Faurie, spokeswoman for the alumni association, said the organization requested that Frerichs delay putting the bill up to a vote, raising concerns about there not being enough time to fully vet the legislation. Although the senate has until May 24 to pass its legislation, Faurie said the UIAA wants more time to discuss the bill, which is opposed by Gov. Pat Quinn. “Gov. Quinn has appointed one of the best boards in the school’s history and they are doing an

excellent job,” Brooke Anderson, spokeswoman for Quinn’s administration, said in an email. Anderson added that Quinn considers the suggestions from the UIAA and other public university alumni when filling board vacancies. Faurie confirmed that there is a consultation process and said the alumni association is satisfied with the current arrangement. But before Quinn, neither Rod Blagojevich nor George Ryan, both former governors, consulted with the alumni association in making their trustee appointments. “We’ve long supported this concept of a more permanent role of the alumni in the selection,” Faurie said. “It’s never been directed against Gov. Quinn.” Currently, seven of the nine trustees are University of Illinois alumni. But neither board chairman Christopher Kennedy nor retired federal prosecutor Pat Fitzgerald, most recently appointed, are University alumni. That would disqualify them from nomination by the alumni association,

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Participants of the “Light the Path to Citizenship” march start their journey to the federal courthouse located in Urbana, on Wednesday.

C-U shows support for immigrants ‘Light the Path to Citizenship’ rally brings campus, community together BY RYAN WEBER MANAGING EDITOR

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How trustees are appointed across the Big Ten Illinois legislators are floating Senate Bill 46, which would transfer the majority of the appointments of the University Board of Trustees to the University of Illinois Alumni Association. Currently, most Big Ten schools follow the governor-appointed model. Nearly 75 percent of trustees appointed by electorate or elected officials

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Rallies brought together thousands in several cities across the country Wednesday, including one in Champaign-Urbana, to add a collective voice to immi-

gration debates on Capitol Hill. As part of a National Day of Action, students, area residents and members of several labor unions, fraternities and sororities held a rally in the rain to shed light on the ongo-

ing national debates regarding comprehensive immigration reform, said Ricardo Diaz, an organizer of the C-U Immigration Forum’s rally. He said he wanted to draw attention to the difficultly of obtaining citizenship in the U.S. Diaz said the fi rst objective of the “Light the Path to Citizenship” rally was to show Rep. Rodney Davis, R-13, community support for immigration reform.

BY JANELLE O’DEA STAFF WRITER

Opening the Alumni Tap last weekend at the Urbana Landmark Hotel was a good chance to bring business to the hotel, said owner Xiao Jin Yuan. But on the night of the bar’s grand opening, Luis BarajasFarias, a promoter for the party’s entertainment, was arrested for breaking one of the hotel’s windows and for getting into a verbal and physical argument with a police officer, according to the police report. “The police have handled the matter,” Yuan said. “In the end, if nobody fixes it (the window), I have to fix it, because it’s my hotel.” Yuan has had numerous unexpected issues come up while

restoring the hotel, and keeping the hotel’s roof over his head became one of Yuan’s biggest challenges with the project. In his first development plan submitted to the city, Yuan said both he and the city realized the roof was one of the first necessary repairs for the hotel. But Robert Skertich, president of Patriot Construction in Chicago, said the company that fixed the roof, said the original slate roof could have lasted another 10-30 years with additional carpentry work on other parts of the building. “It was apparent (to me) that almost all of the areas (of the roof) that leaked were around areas that could have been repaired,” Skertich said. “It was a judgment call

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Hotel roof $38,000 more expensive than expected When owner Xiao Jin Yuan first bought the Urbana Landmark Hotel, the building was in need of several repairs. One of the more significant repairs required replacing the roof entirely. After reviewing several bids, Yuan hired Patriot Construction to do the work. $250,000

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Diaz said he doesn’t want to wait for Congress to turnover again and for the debates to start over. And the rallies across the country expressed a similar message: Reform is not happening fast enough. As part of his re-election platform, President Barack Obama promised to overhaul the way people become citizens in this

University President Robert Easter briefs participants on the University’s state funding. He stated the proposed budget does not appropriate enough for Illinois.

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SPRINGFIELD — University students, alumni, faculty and staff played the role of lobbyists Wednesday on Capitol Day as over 100 representatives from the three campuses descended on the Capitol Complex in Springfield. The lobbyists’ No. 1 task: Ask lawmakers for $33 million for the University in fiscal year 2014. University President Robert Easter said Illinois Connection, the fourth annual lobby day, which was organized by the University of Illinois Alumni Association’s advocacy group, is a day to remind the Illinois government of the University’s value to the state. “If you look at (University alumni) and their accomplishments ... you can see the transformative power of the University that’s enabled them to do things,” he said. Easter and Illinois Connection leaders said the University cannot move forward with the state’s current proposed appropriation of $634.4 million to the University for fiscal year 2014. According to the UIAA — adjusted for inflation — this fig-

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Percent of University’s operating budget from the state Fiscal year 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

12.3 percent 13.9 percent 15 percent 16.4 percent 18.3 percent 18.6 percent 21.7 percent 21.9 percent 21.3 percent 23.8 percent 27.6 percent SOURCE: UNIVERSITY BUDGET

ure is below 1965 levels, and in actual dollars it’s around the same amount as 1997. Lobby day participants were instructed to ask for the same level of funding as the current fiscal year’s appropriations: $667.4 million. In the past 10 years, the state’s contri-

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University students are participating in Anti-Street Harassment Week to spread awareness about a behavior that falls into a gray area in terms of legal punishment. Street harassment, which includes catcalls and wolf whistles, is not always a behavior police punish offenders for or write reports on. But Sgt. Joan Fiesta said she is concerned with how it can detract from the safe environ-

ment the University wants students to feel they are living and studying in. She decided to address the issue as a matter of campus culture. “It does make somebody feel unsafe,” she said. “We want to change the ideas on it so that people do realize that it does create an unsafe culture when this is allowed to happen on campus.” Because the issue of street harassment mainly deals with free speech, Fiesta said people have to take responsibility for how they use their First Amendment rights.

Thomas Betz, director of Student Legal Services, said he does not approve of a world in which people are objectified based on gender, class or race, but the right to free speech doesn’t include a code of civility. He said the police would actually violate the right to free speech if they penalized people for speaking rudely. “In an ideal world, people would behave themselves and be responsible and not ... rude and ignorant,” he said. “The First Amendment doesn’t say any-

thing whatsoever about treating people respectfully.” After fi nding out about an international campaign to address street harassment, Fiesta decided to organize a committee at the University to participate in Anti-Street Harassment Week. In addition to a social media campaign and an online petition, the committee is bringing its message to the Quad on Friday afternoon with a chalk contract. Patrol officers and volunteers will ask people to sign a pledge

on the Quad to stop harassment and will offer information on how to deal with friends who engage in those types of behaviors. Lauren Jeffrey, a member of the committee and graduate assistant in the Office of the Dean of Students, came up with the idea for the Quad contract. Although street harassment isn’t a police matter, she said the environment that harassment creates can impact students’ educational experiences. Daniela Galvez Nelson, intern

with the UIPD Crime Prevention Unit and senior in LAS, also serves on the committee. She said the effect on the academic experience is what makes the issue important on campus. “It can make students feel really unsafe or unwelcome at the University,” she said. “That’s exactly what a healthy academic living and working community should be trying to avoid.”

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US expected to give nonlethal military aid, support to Syrian rebels BY BRADLEY KLAPPER AND JULIE PACE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., left, and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Rep. C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger, D-Md., participate in a news conference in Washington on Oct. 8. House lawmakers finalized legislation Wednesday that would give the federal government a broader anti-hacking role.

House committee approves cyberattack protection bill BY ANNE FLAHERTY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A House panel voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of a new data-sharing program that would give the federal government a broader role in helping banks, manufacturers and other businesses protect themselves against cyberattacks. The bill, approved 18-2 by the House Intelligence Committee, would enable companies to disclose technical threat data to the government and competitors in real-time, lifting antitrust restrictions and giving legal immunity to companies if hacked, so long as they act in good faith. In turn, companies could get access to government information on cyberthreats that is often classified. It’s a defi ant move by probusiness lawmakers who say concerns by privacy advocates and civil liberties groups are overblown. But even while the panel’s approval paves the way for an easy floor vote next week,

LANDMARK FROM PAGE 1A by the city to tear the roof off.” Skertich said about 40 different workers quit the job because of the roof’s steep incline. Skertich said despite this, he saw Yuan needed a lot of work done on the hotel and saw a job potentially worth millions of dollars for his company. Neither Skertich nor Yuan expected the trouble that came from the $218,000 contract to fix the roof. Skertich had trouble finding a reliable set of workers, and once he did, he learned of the difficulties of repairing the 90-yearold building. “We were fixing things underneath the roof that were damaged

CAPITOL DAY FROM PAGE 1A bution to the University’s overall operating budget has shrunk from 27.6 percent in fiscal year 2003 to 12.3 percent in fiscal year 2013. In that same time, the overall operating budget for the University system has almost doubled from $2.75 billion in fiscal year 2003 to $5.42 billion in fiscal year 2013. The appropriations have had a downward trend since Gov. Pat Quinn’s first budget proposal for fiscal year 2010; over $113 million has been shaved from the University’s appropriations in four years. A major reason why the appropriations have slid so far can be attributed to an issue that’s been on the tip of Gov. Quinn’s tongue for well over a year now: pension reform. Currently, Illinois is nearing $100 billion in unfunded pension liability, which is taking money from the state’s

the legislation has yet to be embraced outside the Republican-controlled House. Last year, a similar measure never gained traction and eventually prompted a White House veto threat. “We’ve struck the right balance,” said Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., the committee’s chairman. “It’s 100 percent voluntary. There are no big mandates in this bill, and industry says under these conditions they think they can share (information), and the government can give them information that might protect them.” The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, is widely backed by industry groups that say businesses are struggling to defend against aggressive and sophisticated attacks from hackers in China, Russia and Eastern Europe. Privacy and civil liberties groups have long opposed the bill because they say it opens America’s commercial records to the federal government without putting a civilian agency in charge, such as the Homeland

Security Department or Commerce Department. That leaves open the possibility that the National Security Agency or another military or intelligence office would become involved, they said. While the new program would be intended to transmit only technical threat data, opponents said they worried that personal information could be passed along, too. Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff of California and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois were the lone dissenters. At a press conference, they said they would push for amendments on the House floor next week that would specifically bar the military from taking a central role in data collection and instead put the Homeland Security Department in charge. They also want a requirement that industry scrub any data of personal information before giving it to the government — a stipulation that Rogers and business groups say would be too onerous and deter industry participation.

that we didn’t even know were there until we tore the roof off,” Skertich said. In addition to the structural challenges of fixing the roof, Tom Hinners, a subcontractor under Patriot Construction, said Yuan and Skertich struggled to keep the peace in their agreement with each other and with workers. At the time the roof was fixed, Hinners said “there was a lot of unprofessionalism that went between them, or that’s how it looked from my point of view.” Hinners also said he had a difficult time receiving payment or checks that would not bounce from Skertich, but that Yuan made sure the workers were paid in the end. “(Yuan) wanted to make sure we got paid because Robert wasn’t necessarily holding up his agree-

ment and paying us,” Hinners said. Skertich said his workers would never have to wait more than a couple of days to get paid or for checks to clear, and this was usually because he was waiting on payment from Yuan. In the end, Yuan wanted to make sure the workers were paid so he could move on with repairing the rest of the hotel. “I have to protect those workers,” Yuan said. Although the roof is complete, hotel renovations are still underway. Yuan said his next goal is to open the hotel’s third floor, bringing the total renovated room number from 45 to 90.

general funds and leaving inadequate funds leftover for state agencies and programs, including the University, according to Quinn’s administration. As the overwhelming majority of the University’s appropriated state funds come from the state’s general funds, the more that is spent on pensions, the less the state is able to come through on its budgetary promises toward the University. These outstanding funds especially affect how the University is able to budget for research, faculty and staff salary, Easter said. Luring talented faculty to the University has been made difficult due to its inability to offer competitive salaries, Easter said. But pension’s squeeze on general funds isn’t the only qualm Easter said he has with pension. The same faculty member who may overlook a lower salary number because of the University’s reputation, he said, may get that far only to be turned off by the unreliable promises of retiring with the state of Illinois through the

Janelle can be reached at jnodea2@ dailyillini.com. pension system. “Anyone who seriously considers going to any (public) institution looks at overall reputation and relationship with the state,” he said. “When they see in the media the challenges in Illinois, (pension) becomes a concern.” Because of underfunding for faculty salaries, Easter said the University has experienced faculty “brain drain” in the last decade, citing faculty numbers of “several hundred less than five to 10 years ago.” The president expressed the desire to grow the faculty so that class sizes, which have already increased, won’t take another hit. But with low funding, he said it is difficult to budget creatively. Compounding the University’s state appropriation issues is the state’s practice of delaying payments to agencies, including public universities. As of February, public universities and community colleges statewide were owed $1.1 billion for vouchers submitted to the state but not yet paid, according to the Illinois Board of

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expected to give Syrian rebels broader nonlethal military assistance, including body armor and night-vision goggles, while stopping short of providing weapons to forces fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad. The timing and scope of the stepped-up aid package is unclear. President Barack Obama has not given final approval and an announcement is not imminent, according to a senior administration official, who requested anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the internal deliberations. Secretary of State John Kerry, in London on Wednesday to meet with Syrian opposition leaders, hinted this week at quick action, saying broader assistance for the rebels has been “front and center” in administration discussions in recent days. “I’m not sure what the schedule is, but I do believe that it’s important for us to try to continue to put the pressure on President Assad and to try to change his calculation,” Kerry said. With Syria’s civil war in its third year, the U.S. and its allies are struggling to find ways to stem the violence that, according to the United Nations, has killed more than 70,000 people. Despite growing international pressure, Assad has managed to hang on to power far longer than the Obama administration first expected. Obama has resisted pressure from members of Congress, military leaders and his former secre-

IMMIGRATION FROM PAGE 1A country, but Diaz and others at the rally said they are frustrated with the wait because they have seen little action three months into Obama’s second term. Obama’s comprehensive immigration reform is supposed to streamline the path to citizenship. Simplifying the process is paramount, Diaz said. There is no single path to becoming a legal U.S. citizen, and thousands of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country have waited years, even decades, to obtain their citizenship. Anh Ha Ho, co-director of the East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center, which was one of the sponsors of the rally, has been waiting years for her citizenship since she came here from Vietnam. At the refugee center, she works to provide asylum and resources for everyone who comes to

ALUMNI FROM PAGE 1A but Faurie said this would not preclude the governor’s ability to appoint up to four non-alumni. State Sens. Chapin Rose, R-51, and Jason Barickman, R-53, have signed on as cosponsors. Rose sponsored several similar bills during his tenure as a state representative. In FebruHigher Education. Kappy Laing, executive director of Governmental Relations for the University, said it has found ways to deal with late payments. “We’ve become accustomed to being paid late,” she said. “The alarming thing is that (compensating for late payments) has become the regular way of doing business.” Laing said she doesn’t expect solutions to the pension problem and the state’s debt to the University to happen overnight, but she said lobbying and events like UI lobby day help keep the University at the forefront of lawmakers’ minds. “I think they have a lot of sympathy for the University of Illinois,” she said. “Most of the General Assembly recognize the contribution (the University) makes to the state with innovation and growing the economy.” According to the state’s Board of Higher Education, late payments to public universities include Monetary Assistance Program grant funding, which has

taries of state and defense to arm the rebels, in part out of fear that the weapons could fall into the hands of fighters who have allied with Islamic extremists. Underscoring that concern, the leader of the most formidable rebel group in Syria pledged allegiance Wednesday to al-Qaida, though he distanced himself from a claim that his Islamic extremist faction had merged with the terrorist network’s Iraqi branch. Syria’s opposition leaders pressed Kerry and Western diplomats Wednesday for more military equipment, according to a senior State Department official who was present at the talks. Kerry told them that the U.S. was looking at different options to help the rebels, but made no promises about any specific types of future aid, said the official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly on the meeting and demanded anonymity. The secretary also urged the opposition to organize itself better and said he’d attend a meeting April 20 in Istanbul bringing together the Syrian opposition’s big donor nations from Europe and the Arab world, the official said. Among those who attended Kerry’s meeting in London Wednesday were the Syrian opposition’s interim prime minister, Hassan Hitto; Vice Presidents Suheir Atassi and George Sabra; Secretary-General Najib Ghadbian; and the opposition’s envoys to the United States and Britain. The new nonlethal assistance package being discussed by administration officials would

expand on the $60 million in aid the U.S. announced earlier this year. That aid included meals and medical supplies for the armed opposition. It marked the first direct American assistance to the opposition forces trying to overthrow Assad, but was greeted unenthusiastically by some rebel leaders, who said it did far too little. European and Arab nations have been more aggressive in their assistance to the rebels. Britain and France have been shipping the opposition armor, night-vision goggles and other military-style equipment, and are also open to the possibility or arming the rebels. Arms shipments are also flowing into Syria from Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. After meeting with the Syrian opposition leaders, Kerry met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for talks on the conflict. The U.S. and Russia have frequently been at odds over the Syrian civil war, with Moscow opposing action at the U.N. Security Council that would increase pressure on Assad. The State Department official said Russia offered no indication that it was softening its position on Syria. Kerry reiterated the U.S. preference for a political solution that includes Assad leaving power, the official said, and agreed to continuing discussing the situation in Syria with Lavrov and other top diplomats during an evening meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations.

its doors because she said she wants to make the U.S. as much of a home for them as it is for her. “This country, for many, is the promised land where dreams come true, where there are opportunities, and you don’t have to fear war or genocide,” Ho said. Diaz said immigration is no stranger to thousands in Champaign-Urbana. The area boasts a large immigrant population, many of whom have seen their families torn apart by deportation and lack of protection for undocumented citizens, he said. Without proper documentation or citizenship, some college students are unable to obtain the fi nancial aid necessary to attend a university. Mariana Puentes, senior in LAS, began working with La Colectiva, a Registered Student Organization that addresses local immigration issues, because she knew someone personally who had been affected by U.S. immigration laws. One of her close friends was denied fi nancial aid

because of a lack of citizenship. She brought these issues to her sorority sisters at the University’s Gamma Phi Omega chapter, which also sponsored the rally. Also at the rally was Ann Abbott, professor of Spanish and director of advanced Spanish language at the University. Abbott teaches a class that puts students in direct contact with Spanish-speaking local immigrants to learn about the obstacles and opportunities presented to them. She said students often change their minds about immigration after seeing this is an issue regarding “human beings.” The rally, which marched from the University YMCA to the federal courthouse in Urbana, drew roughly 50 people. Through one of the megaphones in the poncho-clad mass, a protestor shouted, “Obama, escucha, estamos en la lucha” — loosely, “Obama, listen up, we are in this struggle.”

ary 2009, he sponsored a resolution urging the governor to “return to the practice of selecting state university trustees from a list provided by and vetted by the alumni association.” The Chicago Tribune printed the fi rst in its “Clout Goes to College” series, which precipitated the departure of all but two trustees on the board, on May 29, 2009. The resolution passed unanimously through the House

the next day. The next year, Rose, a 2000 graduate of the College of Law, sponsored legislation that would have the University trustees elected by the general public again, as they were before Ryan’s predecessor, but that bill failed when the House voted 69-44 against it.

compounded to a near $73 million deficit in fiscal year 2013 alone. The portion of that total owed to the University of Illinois is almost $28.8 million. Easter said secure MAP grant funding is a major concern, as he pointed out that MAP grants provide assistance to more than 15,642 University students of a total 77,483 students in the system. For students, both prospective and current, the most pressing part of the entire fi nancial equation is how the state’s funding relationship with the University affects tuition, said David Pileski, student trustee at the Urbana campus. “Whenever the state delays payments, it makes setting tuition difficult, because it’s hard for us to appropriately forecast,” he said. “All students are concerned about tuition hikes, which speaks volumes of our student body. Even though someone’s tuition is locked in, (students) are worried about increases for future students.” Though the tuition increase for

the coming academic year was historically low, raising tuition will be considered when securing a working budget for the University when the state’s funds don’t come through rephrase. Student tuition and fees make up the largest percentage of the University’s current operating budget, followed by state support, according to the University budget. However, as recently as 2009, state support made up more of the budget than tuition and fees. In fiscal year 2013, 19.3 percent of the operational budget came from this revenue, the highest percentage ever, according to the budget. Easter said he is worried about the increasing tuition and the possibility of decreased MAP grant support. “What concerns me is the extent to which very qualified young people are not being able to attend (the University) because of tuition,” he said.

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Cyclists need to practice proper bike etiquette

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the spring temperatures begin their climb, so do the number of cyclists

on campus. Biking is a great resource for reaching class, getting exercise or running errands. Unfortunately, too many campus two-wheelers abuse their mode of transportation to the detriment of non-cyclists. Getting around campus is not always easy and those that use our infrastructure need to respect other’s boundaries. Cyclists, for their part, need to practice proper bike etiquette. First, streets are not bike trails with special rules. Cyclists: We think it’s great you don’t spew pollution into our air, but that doesn’t put you above being treated like a car when using our roads. Oneway signs, crosswalks and red lights are not friendly suggestions, they are safety and efficiency features that apply to anyone using our streets. Using signals to let motorists know when you’re turning is important because they cannot read your mind. Installing lights on your bicycle to use at night will also help motorists see you and keep you safe. Biking with headphones on while texting or making a call is just as annoying and dangerous as when motorists do the same. Second, stick to the bike paths and use common sense. This University is blessed with an extensive system of bike paths that we encourage cyclists to use as often as they can. But as we’ve said before, bike paths are not perfect. Many are narrow, illmaintained and unmarked. But that doesn’t excuse dangerous behaviors. Bike paths and the cyclists using them do not exist in a vacuum. Speeding down the bike path without a watchful eye for foot-travelers is inexcusable; pedestrians have a right — and often find it necessary — to cross paths to get to their destination. Assuming pedestrians use proper diligence, they should be able to do so without fear of disfigurement. Finally, riding on sidewalks should be done with care or not be riden on at all. We understand that biking on the sidewalk may be a necessary part of the campus commute. But sidewalks are designed for pedestrians — they have the right-of-way. On crowded walkways, especially during passing periods, if you need to use a footpath, get off and walk your bike. Ramming through pedestrians like bowling pins or riding on people’s heels at a snail’s pace helps no one get anywhere. Now, while we do think bikers form a significant part of the transportation problems and risks on campus, there is other blame to go around. Dearest pedestrians: the bike paths on campus are meant for bikes. They are not people paths — don’t treat them as such. Inattentive walking, running or loitering on the bike paths just gives bikers another reason to run you down on the sidewalks. Motorists: Respect the right of cyclists to ride on the streets. Bikers should be given a full lane to maneuver. Riding too close to bikers is asking for an accident. Bicycles, inherently, are much slower than cars — don’t get frustrated, just go around. Travel on campus can be safe and efficient, but there needs to be a respect for and realization of the rules. Bikers need to hop off their pedestals and join the rest of us. Only then can we achieve some semblance of mobile harmony.

ADAM HUSKA Opinions editor

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Plan B ruling victory, not stasis for women JOANNA ROTHENBERG Opinions columnist

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birth control pill for men has just been invented. That’s right, my male peers! You can have sex with whomever you want and not worry about the after effects of accidental pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases or infections. It is an end of-thesemester miracle. Just kidding. But what if a male form of contraception had been invented? Congress would overwhelmingly support it. Most men I know would be willing to take it. I cannot help but believe it would fly off the shelves. Men and women alike would be thrilled. And I doubt there would be too many groups trying to shut down production. So then surely in the 21st century, it should be the same case for women. Right? More often than not, it seems women are on the losing end of the contraception battle. Or if not on the losing end, then the “let’s make a battle from nothing and when that gets struck down, it will look like a win for women everywhere” end. Let’s look back to the “personhood” amendment from fall 2011. It claimed ordinary birth control (like the once-a-day pills) affected the “personhood” of the embryo. The embryo itself to these lawmakers was a child and needed to be defended. But the “personhood” of the woman apparently did not. Thankfully, it was indeed struck down. But just because it was struck down doesn’t mean I would call it a victory for women’s rights — it got us exactly where we already were. I would call it a waste of time. Same thing with the contraception bill in Arizona last

year. It allowed “any employer to refuse to cover contraception that will be used ‘for contraceptive, abortifacient, abortion or sterilization purposes.’” To be covered, the woman would have to submit a claim proving she had a medical condition fixed by birth control. But they pretty much ruled out most of its purposes. I mean contraception is in the title after all. This too was struck down. But these aren’t victories. They aren’t even hollow victories. Victories imply we are moving forward in some capacity. They don’t move us forward. They keep us stagnant. They only stop issues from getting worse. While a male form of birth control has not been invented yet, male condoms are available everywhere and in many places on campus are free (and according to the CDC have a 9 percent failure rate). But no one asks to see an ID when buying them, no trips to the doctor are necessary before use, there is no limit to how many condoms a man can purchase. I am in no way implying this should stop, but why is it so easy for a male to get a form of contraception to prevent pregnancy and STDs and not women? There was some good news this month on contraception, however — an actual victory for women. Last week, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman of New York ruled the morning after pill (commonly referred to as Plan B) must be available over the counter for girls 16 and younger. While some may see it as little Susie running to the store to by shampoo and Plan B without a doctor’s consent, I see it as a true victory. It recognizes teenagers as women — women who are capable of making decisions and if are properly taught in school, will know how to protect themselves with contraception use.

But apparently the GOP does not want that. They are still trying to push bills that would defund sex education programs. They are apparently too far removed from their teenage years to remember what hormones are. This ruling could have actually happened in 2011, but the Obama administration overruled the Food and Drug Administration’s recommendation. My guess is this was once again completely fueled by politics. Nobody wants to be the person that says children should be able to have sex. But that’s where they are seeing it wrong. It’s not about having sex. It’s about protecting yourself from the unknown. If a girl is “legitimately raped” (thank you for that term, former Rep. Todd Akin), she should have access to the proper health care right away — not after a doctor clears her. A few months ago, the United Nations called access to contraception a universal human right. According to the executive director of family planning, contraception is “one of the most effective means of empowering women. Women who use contraception are generally healthier, better educated, more empowered in their households and communities and more economically productive.”These are all things we should be teaching young women instead of the older men in government getting to dictate how our bodies work. This country needs more people like Korman in charge, ruling on the side for women’s rights — taking a step in the right direction. A direction which will lead to more substantive victories for women’s rights instead of the hollow victories we are unfortunately becoming accustomed to.

Joanna is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at rothenb2@dailyillini.com.

It’s time for the next generation of ideas MATT PASQUINI Opinions columnist

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all the things in life that I know to be true, it’s that there is nothing more powerful than an idea. It’s a concept that’s so obscure and amorphous that I decided to take it upon myself to explain to you, the reader, the importance of ideas and why I believe one in particular will be the driving force behind the advancements in today’s society. The founding of our nation was based off an idea that was summed up in a declaration written over 200 years ago: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” What was soon to follow — and not without trials — was a nation that launched a man to the moon and fostered the world’s largest economy. It birthed some of the greatest minds and was a leader in technological innovation. All of this, all of these amazing advancements came from one place — an idea. It can be clearly seen that the past few years have been a struggle but this isn’t the first time the United States has fallen into a rut. The stock market crashed in 1929

which led to the Great Depression. After the passage of The New Deal and a boom in the manufacturing economy due to World War II, we recovered and were on the track to great economic prosperity. But what followed in the 1950s was one of the biggest growths the American economy has ever seen. The building of our interstate highways and public school systems launched the economy forward and put America back on the forefront of innovation. These new ideas welcomed some of the most prosperous times we’ve ever seen in the United States, but fast forward to today and it appears we’ve let it slip. The world’s largest economy has gone into a recession. Obama is now proposing cuts to NASA, and our highways and bridges are crumbling as we speak. The byproducts of the American idea are falling apart and we need to fix them. People are constantly looking for solutions to make things better and one of the many solutions that has been proposed has been to increase taxes on the top 1 percent, create more room in the federal budget for NASA and to start investing again in our infrastructure. While I think those are great ideas, there’s more to be done. We need a revolution of ideas and innovation. The biggest leaps forward in society all started with an idea. The Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution in the 17th and 18th centuries changed the way we think and completely revamped our manufacturing processes.

Today, when you look around we see green companies with newly developed green technologies. A green revolution has started and I think that can be what takes us to the next level of innovation. It’s the wave of the future and within the past few days, I’ve been researching all the amazing ideas that people have come up with. One in particular struck me and I instantly thought to myself that this is it. A prototype by a company called Solar Roadways has been developing solar panel roads that convert the sun’s energy into power and can change the way we experience driving and how we power our houses. All around, green companies are trying to change the way we use and consume energy. If companies like Solar Roadways continue to innovate and inspire, then I think this green revolution will give our nation, and society, the push it needs to overcome the burdens we’ve been facing. The idea is real and the demand is there. Ideas have birthed nations and fueled the innovation that makes them so great. Investing in green technologies, like the Solar Roadways and electric cars, will once again put the United States at the forefront of technological advancement. It’s time we take action and create the next big thing that will move us to the next level of innovation.

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

June 1788, a document was ratified and a country was born. Its authority: “To form a more perfect Union.” Not a perfect Union, but a more perfect Union. What our Founding Fathers understood was that perfectionism is a goal, but one rarely entirely accomplished. And that diversity — “we the people,” not we the men or we the heterosexuals — exists and will only expand. The United States that they inhabited, and the one we have inherited today — neither were perfect, but we can get there. In today’s United States, people are taking it upon themselves to help with that whole “forming a more perfect Union” business. In early April, Texas A&M University Student Senate approved a measure allowing students to opt out of funding the university’s GLBT center — if they have religious objections. Around the same time, State Rep. Bill Zedler of Texas withdrew a budget amendment that would essentially cut any state funding to university LGBT centers. Now, I see where Texas A&M is coming from. Why would a heterosexual student need resources offered by campus LGBT centers? Well, they really don’t. It’s unfair to have students paying for services they likely will never utilize. But what about students that have no interest in the fine arts? Can they opt out of funding campus performance centers? And what about students that will never attend a university sports game. Can they opt out of funding sports complexes? That’s where Texas A&M lost me. Because if students can opt out of funding the GLBT center, then LGBT students can opt out of funding the facilities they don’t use. Decisions affecting LGBT students are being made by the entire student body — after all, it is a democracy. But it’s difficult to imagine that the ability to cut off funding to a center that is probably the only resource to LGBT students lies within the hands of 35 heterosexual individuals. Those individuals supporting the university’s anti-gay measure have likely never stepped foot in the GLBT resource center, let alone have any insight as to its purpose and intent: diversity. And the center’s website even devotes the majority of the page to commitment to diversity — not explicitly to LGBT students, but to everyone including those 35 student senators. That’s a desired byproduct of a democracy: inclusion. Only a few days later and 90 minutes southeast, University of Houston-Downtown junior Kristopher Sharp decided to run for student body vice president. That is until fliers were posted around the school reading, “Want AIDS? Don’t Support the Isaac and Kris Homosexual Agenda,” in reference to Sharp being openly HIV-positive. But just as it took only seven people — seven of our Founding Fathers — to create the law of the land and birth a nation, it takes only one to uphold the law and preserve it. When the Texas A&M Student Senate approved the measure, it moved on to Student Body President John L. Claybrook. His pen could spell out one of two words: veto or pass. Or more plainly: equality or covert discrimination. And when Sharp saw one of those fliers with an “x” crossed over his picture and on the back, his medical files confirming his HIV status, he was simply shocked. Claybrook vetoed the measure. Sharp didn’t want to press charges; he just wanted an apology. What Claybrook proved is that one voice is stronger than that of 35. That he, like our Founding Fathers, strive to make this a more perfect Union. To make the school he represents a more perfect university. What Sharp proved is that he can be tolerant of intolerance. That he, like our Founding Fathers, strive for liberty and justice — for all. For the students that he hoped to serve as vice president under and even for the students who tried to take that opportunity away from him. The perfect Union is not one in which students take away the resources of other students — especially resources that are essential for maintaining the well-being of a particular student population. The perfect Union is not one in which students take others’ faults and publicize them because it promotes their agenda. The perfect Union is a path, a walkway, and we know the terminal destination, but we can’t quite see how to arrive there.

Adam is a junior in ACES. He can be reached at huska1@dailyillini.com.

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Designing the destruction Video game programmer helps Volition Inc. stay ahead of curve BY AUSTIN KEATING ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

The freedom fighter rushes through the metallic gorge, taking cover behind a flaming armored vehicle as a rebel opens fire on him from a turret tower straight ahead. Out of ammunition and low on health, the player pulls out his massive, flat-faced maul and prepares for a last, desperate charge. From his position, he rolls past two enemies and lands at the base of the tower. He brings the maul above his head and bears down on a support, immediately he rolls to another leg and slashes at it. With a loud ting that emanates through the gorge, the tower collapses on itself, teetering onto the cliffside and falling onto the helpless enemies in an explosive inferno. Scenes like this are common in “Red Faction: Guerrilla,” a video game developed by Volition Inc. in Champaign. The company has been the industry’s pioneer of games with fully destructible worlds since the idea’s inception, and at the forefront of Volition’s destruction engine is senior programmer Eric Arnold. “When we first proposed the idea, they said, ‘No, you’re crazy, that will never run fast enough,’” Arnold said as he sat in front of his computer monitors displaying layers of code. “It took a lot of tricks and optimizations to get that to run at a reasonable speed, but we did it.” Arnold, 33, started his programming career in fifth grade and continued making small games throughout high school independently, eventually starting Michigan State’s first game development club, “Spartasoft,” with his friends. When he landed a job at Volition 11 years ago, he worked on several different projects until he eventually began working on “Red Faction: Guerrilla” as a destruction, stress and physics programmer. “With a lot of games, it’s very important to know where the player is and where they can get to at any time,” Arnold said. “That’s impossible when you have destruction, because you can bust a hole through the wall and bypass your scripted sequence.” Despite destruction’s complications, Arnold and his team integrated it into Red Faction, shooting the series ahead of competitors with a truly free-range, destructible world. “It was a really fun problem to solve, I got to work with a lot of people and create something that nobody else has, at least to that scale,” Arnold said. “It’s definitely the thing that I would say I’m most proud of in my career so far.”

SPRING FROM PAGE 6A sad fest,” Regan said. David Kaplinsky, senior in FAA, plays the lead male role of Melchior. He said the play carries the energy of a rock concert. Kaplinsky praised the use of a live music band that he said makes “Spring Awakening” exciting and romantic. The cast and crew said their experience of preparing “Spring Awakening” was far from miserable as well. Hergott, Kaplinsky

Arnold is currently off the destruction engine and is now a system architect for the Core Technology Group (CTG) at Volition where he is working on the engine for the company’s future games. He first became interested in video games when he started playing the Atari 7200. That drove him to try to understand programming for himself. In high school, whenever he was confronted with a problem like organizing his CD collection, he’d create a utility program. “I enjoy the challenge of translating my idea into a functioning program that does exactly what I want, and I know every bit about what it is doing and why,” he said. To the side of Arnold, two shelves hung high off of the wall. An assortment of Bionicles, a Samuri Jack figure and other quirky memorabilia crowded every square inch, but one item stood out — a massive Nerf gun. Arnold isn’t the type of person who settles for a slow, clunky Nerf gun straight from a Walmart shelf. He took one apart, put in heavier gaskets and thicker springs and made it into a weapon that would dominate in an office Nerf gun war. Arnold’s wife Christy, 30, said he puts his talents for tinkering to other uses than refitting Nerf guns and programming video games. “He’s always working on some kind of project around the house,” she said, referencing their home theatre/man-cave as an example. “He’s very handy and very meticulous.” Arnold towers above his desk at 6’4,” and his well-built frame doesn’t give the impression that he would spend all day in front of a computer screen. But he doesn’t. Outside of work, he says he barely ever plays video games. Instead of pouring hours into “Skyrim,” he picks up the controller for a short time to see what his competition is doing. Christy and their 19-month-old son occupy too much of his time for him to play seriously, so he usually settles for “Book of Heroes” on his iPhone during his free time. He is in a growing market of gamers who, by choosing to play with his son and mobile devices instead of consoles, is reshaping the face of the gaming industry. “Games that have hundreds of people and million dollar budgets, those are always going to exist, it’s like blockbuster movies,” Arnold said, citing “Call of Duty” and “Assassin’s Creed” as examples. “Mid-grade games are the ones that are getting hurt the most because a lot of people are moving to mobile stuff for casual and Thatcher said they relished working with Regan, who they described as an exact director but easily approachable and fun to work with. Regan echoed their support, appreciative of the actors’ commitment and enthusiasm that he said he will miss when he leaves Champaign-Urbana to pursue future projects. But all members of “Spring Awakening” said they are thrilled to finally put on the show that they believe will stand out for audiences. “This is my seventh play at Krannert, and the detail of the

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Over 100 venues in Champaign-Urbana and the surrounding area will showcase local artists’ work at the 11th annual Boneyard Arts Festival this weekend. For the committee responsible for organizing the festival, planning began in October. The festival is presented by 40 North, the Champaign County Arts Council,and will run Thursday through Sunday. Kelly White, executive director of 40 North,oversees the committees involved in planning the event. In the early stages of planning, she confirms the committee members and dates for the festival. White said 40 North usually chooses the University’s Moms Weekend. “Since (the festival) takes place throughout the community ... it gives the visitors an opportunity to explore places they might not usually go when they visit campus,” she said. Janet Soesbe, Boneyard Arts Festival chair for the Urbana Park District, is also responsible for organizing the event. “I assist the staff in whatever way I can,” Soesbe said in an email. “ ... thinking of marketing ideas, placement of artists, development of new venues, planning the structure and timing of performances, plus I sewed 34 new Boneyard flags.” White and Soesbe, along with Amanda Baker, programs and

events coordinator of 40 North, worked with volunteers to hang posters, place yard signs, make deliveries and help with set-up and teardown. “There are so many things that we would not be able to do without volunteers and supporters,” Soesbe said. As for organizing the venues, each one paid a $50 fee to participate, and was allowed to host any artist’s work. Both the artist and the venue then registered with 40 North to secure their spot. James Barham, owner of the Indi Go Artist Co-Op in Champaign, has participated in the festival for the past four years by providing a venue for artists to display their work. He is also celebrating Indi Go’s fourth anniversary this weekend. Barham opened the co-op the weekend of the Boneyard Arts Festival in 2009 so a friend of his would have a place to showcase his work. He has kept it going ever since. The Indi Go Artist Co-Op will host a fundraiser for Champaign-Urbana Design Organization, a musical performance by Ryan Groff of Elsinore, as well as a digital presentation titled “TOTAL ART.” For Barham and the Indi Go staff, preparing for the festival takes months and includes a lot of meetings, planning and preparing the space. “We have to clean, paint, scrub — get it shiny and bright again,” he said of his plans to change the

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purposes.” Walking through Volition’s massive, shining glass doors and into the office’s spacious lobby with shelves lined with an assortment of quirky memorabilia, it’s obvious that Volition isn’t a struggling mid-tier developer. Located on the second floor of a relatively new building, right above KoFsuion, the office occupies one of the most desirable spots in downtown Champaign. This is an office where Nerf gun wars and kegerators are common. Where workers can decide to play ping pong in the arcade room or eat lunch over a friendly game of “Magic the Gathering.” “It’s a great group of people to work with, very similar age and interests so it’s fun to hang out with them,” he said. “For the most part, it’s a relaxed, laid-back environment.” When Volition’s Californiabased parent company THQ Inc. declared bankruptcy on Dec. 19, Volition’s future was uncertain. However, Koch Media bought it in late January and Glynis Barker, CTG project management director, is optimistic about Volition’s future under their new parent company. “THQ just didn’t manage their business very well. Others have shown that if you manage the business correctly, you can make it profitable,” Barker said. “I think (being bought by Koch) is going to be really good and positive for us.” Arnold expressed similar feelings in regards to creative control, something THQ sometimes limited. “They (Koch Media) are really excited about it, and they’re wanting to give us the proper backing, to the extent that they can anyway,” Arnold said. “It sounds like they know what they don’t know, they want to leave us in charge of the creative decisions and they understand that we know how to make games.”

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Austin can be reached at akkeati2@ dailyillini.com and @austinkeating3. whole package is on a different level than anything I have done before,” Kaplinsky said. “It’s just as much a spectacle.” “Spring Awakening” will play in Krannert Center for the Performing Arts’ Colwell Playhouse Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Performances will also be held April 18-20 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21 at 3:00 p.m.Tickets can be purchased online or at the Krannert Center ticket office.Prices for University students are $10.

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space for the weekend. Amanda McWilliams, co-owner of Furniture Lounge in Champaign, has also participated in Boneyard as a venue owner since its very beginning. McWilliams said most of the work for the festival was done this past week. To prepare for the event, McWilliams said employees emptied the inventory from an area of the store to make an art gallery. Ten artists will showcase artwork, jewelry, clothing, glass and pottery in the store. Soesbe said among many exhibits and performances, this year festival goers can look out for a tour of the renovated Virginia Theatre, open studios at Lincoln Hall, the signature image artist Leif Olson at 40 North, and Jeff Richards’s new glass blowing demonstration Sunday outside of Homer, Ill. For the Boneyard Arts Festival committee, this week has been filled with finalizing last minute street-side performances, coordinating media coverage and installing the signature artist’s work in their office. But the work leads to a final product unlike any other festival in the area. According to Soebe, the festival “gives folks the opportunity to see some spaces where real creation occurs and to get a glimpse into the processes of some very talented artists.”

Jordan can be reached at sward13@ dailyillini.com.

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Musical ‘Spring Awakening’ addresses teenage sexual awareness PHOTOS BY EMILY OGDEN THE DAILY ILLINI

Top: Cast members of the musical “Spring Awakening� perform at a dress rehearsal at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Monday . Bottom left: Male members of the cast of “Spring Awakening� rehearse for the upcoming musical that premieres Thursday. Bottom right: Sara Costello, front, and Naomi Mark sing at rehearsal.

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uthoritarian forces rule over adolescents in an industrial 19th century Germany. Repressed at a pivotal stage in life of new experiences, these adolescents struggle to grasp who they are in a world that has turned against them. Their anger is overwhelming — and it begins to manifest upon the world. Strange projections overtake the candlelight and sounds of guitars and drums rise, music for which the teenagers have no historical reference point. Lost in their own heads, the teenagers trade their agony for microphones. They become rock stars. This is the transformative world of “Spring Awakening,� the Broadway-based musical opening Thursday for a two-week run at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts for the first time, according to Bridget Lee-Calfas, Krannert’s advertising and publicity director. Described by its enthusiastic cast and crew, “Spring Awakening� encompasses sex, parental abuse, masturbation, finding oneself, dreamworlds, the birth of adulthood and rock music. This certainly isn’t community theater, as one cast member put it. “‘Spring Awakening’ is very real in that it doesn’t shy away from any part of the human experience,� said Austin Regan, director of “Spring Awakening.� “There are intimate scenes between characters, and that’s one of the challenges ... we have tried to deal with the material in a way that’s both real and dangerous, like how inti-

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mate sexual experiences are between people.� “Spring Awakening’s� heavy themes not only make the Broadway musical a hot topic, but the material has kept previous renditions banned, Regan said. Long before the musical was created, German playwright Frank Wedekind wrote “Spring Awakening� as a drama in 1890.It was immediately censored. A full-length version of Wedekind’s play was performed nearly a century later in 1974 from an English translation by Edward Bond, a writer famous for his controversial work. Thirty-two years later, the musical hit stages in 2006 and won eight Tony awards in 2007. Regan’s connection to “Spring Awakening� goes beyond his encyclopedic knowledge of its history and his own love of the various versions. Michael Mayer, the director of the original “Spring Awakening� musical, is his colleague and mentor. Regan said he has worked with Mayer for over five years as an assistant director of his productions and through developing their own work together. Earlier this year, Mayer recommended Regan for “Spring Awakening� at the Krannert Center, an offer which he said he readily accepted, Regan said. “There’s little hesitation,� Regan said. “I feel an onus to do the best possible work and be as imaginative and resourceful as I can because I know Michael’s production so well and I loved it so much. I feel a necessity to ... do something completely new and different but equally valid.� Regan said he and his designers have cre-

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sented him with a unique acting challenge. “The adult roles give me a chance to play with a number of character choices, physicalities and vocal varieties,� Thatcher said. “I get to explore a whole bunch of ways to make the characters separate from each other.� Other actors in “Spring Awakening� said they faced their own challenges, particularly dealing with the heavy emotions of their characters. Jaclyn Hergott, senior in FAA, plays the lead female role Wendla, who she described as an intelligent but naive 14-year-old that desperately wants to learn about love, life, pain and the unfamiliar changes that are happening inside her mind and body. “I don’t take this lightly,� Hergott said in an e-mail. “The themes ... in ‘Spring Awakening’ are very controversial, yet they are very real for many teenagers. It is important that I treat these themes seriously in my portrayal. Wendla is a very complex, compelling character and my goal is to show all of her dimensions with honesty.� Despite the somber tone, the cast and crew emphasize that “Spring Awakening� is not a “depressing,

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ohn Groce paused, his tongue in his cheek.

He’d just left a locker room of sobbing seniors that he’d never coach again. They’d bought into his system from the moment he set foot on campus, set aside lingering personal feelings from the Bruce Weber era and carried the Illini, in spite of their doubters, to the third round of the NCAA tournament. He needed a moment. It took more than a few seconds for Groce to gain his composure and reach for the microphone that lay on the table in front of him in the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. He was still in the process of transitioning his first season as Illinois men’s basketball coach from the here and now to a memory. The room was hanging on his impending statement. “Couldn’t be more proud of our team throughout the course of the season,” Groce said. “And I thought it was exemplified in full fashion today.” Brandon Paul, Tyler Griffey and Nnanna Egwu sat beside him, but it was Paul most of all who was deep in thought, doing his best to stay composed. He was reflecting on the game that had just transpired, the Illini’s March 24 loss to Miami. Then, thoughts turned to the end of his collegiate career. Groce could almost hear him thinking. “The worst part for me is that I’ve got these guys up here, two of the seniors. I got three more back in my locker room, and we don’t get to go to practice Monday and Tuesday,” Groce said. “That’s the part that’s hardest to swallow.” Groce considers himself lucky. In his first season at Illinois, he inherited a senior-driven squad with thick skin. His one-day-at-a-time, one-play-at-a-time coaching style might sound cliché, but it proved to be the perfect ingredient for a team at a crossroads after missing the postseason entirely under Weber a year earlier. That attitude was calming. He’d lift his hand under his chin and drag it across a horizontal plane while opposing teams made their runs during games. It was his message to his players. Stay even keel. Don’t get too high, don’t get too low. Groce knew from the start that his team would live or die with the jumper. That can

be detrimental to a team’s confidence if things go wrong. At first, Illinois couldn’t miss during its run to a Maui Invitational Tournament Championship and its shocking road win at Gonzaga, prompting a No. 10 ranking heading into the Braggin’ Rights game against Missouri. That worried Groce. He told his team not to believe in its celebrity. Eventually, it’d be on the other side of a run. Another team would shoot 50 percent from the field and 42 percent from the behind the arc against the Illini, just as they’d done in Spokane, Wash., against the Zags. Still, few anticipated how steep the drop would be. The Illini lost seven of nine games to start conference play and hit a low point on Jan. 12 against the Badgers in Madison, Wis., where they shot 2-for-14 on 3-point attempts and were outrebounded 43-24. in a 74-51 loss. Just as Groce had predicted, the celebrity wore off. Fans sent abusive, taunting tweets to players. Attitudes shifted. Supporters became doubters. Weber’s final year, and the 2-12 finish that ended his tenure at Illinois, was too vivid, too recent. Yet internally, the message remained the same — you’re no big shot, but you’re no slouch either. Don’t get too high or too low. For his team’s own good, Groce banned his players from using social media for the rest of the season. Entering the Illini’s Feb. 7 game against then-No.1 Indiana, Tyler Griffey had lost his stroke. He was 0 for his last 20 from three, and the Illini had started the Big Ten season 2-7. Reporters incessantly asked whether Griffey’s time would be cut if his shot continued to struggle, but Groce defended his senior. “I’m going to tell him to keep shooting,” Groce said. He trusted his forward enough to leave him on the floor for the last 0.9 seconds of the Indiana game. The rest is history. Griffey hit a buzzerbeating layup that will live forever in Illinois basketball history. And in the blink of an eye, the Illini’s season had a pulse again. Their 8-10 finish in a brutally tough Big Ten, paired with their 13-1 nonconference record, was enough to warrant a No. 7 seed in the NCAA tournament. And while their run ended in the third round of the NCAA tournament, in front of that microphone at the Erwin Center, the Illini’s 2012-13 campaign was regarded by most as a success.

“The worst part for me is that I’ve got these guys up here, two of the seniors. I got three more back in my locker room, and we don’t get to go to practice Monday and Tuesday. That’s the part that’s hardest to swallow.” JOHN GROCE, head coach

For Groce, the loss to Miami was more than just the close of the first step to branding the Illini basketball program as his own. It was a teaching moment for the 13 individuals on his roster. That’s how Groce approached the entire season because it’s embedded in his nature. Before he dove headfirst into coaching, Groce was a high school math teacher. As he taught his system to his new team throughout the season, the basketball court became his classroom. But Groce is also methodical in his study and preparation for tests. He and recently departed special assistant Brandon Miller scoured through hours of game film. They routinely paired their findings from watching tape with a wide array of statistics that broke down opponents’ team efficiency and individual player characteristics. Groce’s love of numbers is well documented, meticulous and obsessive. So much so it’s boiled into his family life. “I’ve got a 7-year-old son,” Groce said. “So I went to his parent-teacher conference last week, and they told me that he was exceptional with numbers. So to say I was proud would be an understatement.” Groce is a family guy. His sons, Connor and Camden, often make it into his postgame statements during press conferences. As does his wife, and her knack for running up charges on his credit card while shopping on road trips. His sons have become huge Illini fans. They frequented games at Assembly Hall with assistant coach Dustin Ford and Miller’s kids, painting I-L-L-I-N-I across their chests on more than one occasion. A photographer caught one of the more iconic pictures of the Illini basketball season after that Feb. 7 win. With the students surrounding him on the court, Groce belted out a victory cry with Connor in

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his arms. Then there was Groce’s Valentine’s Day present to his wife, Allison. Instead of a box of chocolates and roses, Groce took her on a romantic getaway. To New Mexico. On a recruiting trip. This season hasn’t been easy on Groce or his family, but great basketball programs aren’t born overnight. He understands the commitment and now faces the challenge of bringing in his own guys to fit his system. On March 29, Weber holdovers Devin Langford, Mike Shaw and Ibby Djimde announced they’d be transferring from the program, opening three scholarships for Groce to offer to transfers or Class of 2014 recruits. “I wouldn’t say I was surprised,” Groce said of his former players’ decisions. “All three of them, I thought, played their role this past year really well. Sometimes, guys want bigger roles. That doesn’t make them any less of a person or student. Those three guys are terrific in those areas.” Groce has been on several recruiting trips throughout the season, meeting with top Class of 2014 high school prospects. All the while, Illinois was maxed out on scholarships. Something had to give. It would seem Groce was almost anticipating the transfers as part of his plan to build the program his way. His preseason rhetoric to describe his system didn’t fit the product on the court this season. He had to adjust the way he wanted his team to play to the skill sets of the players he inherited. The iconic uptempo, attacking style of his Ohio teams was hard to translate with seniors like Paul and D.J. Richardson firmly embedded in the rotation. His game plan became depen-

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New year, new position to relearn Steve Hull finds himself on the offensive side after getting injured last year BY SEAN HAMMOND STAFF WRITER

Steve Hull can’t remember exactly why he was walking through the Illinois football facilities when he ran into head coach Tim Beckman. The safety knows it wasn’t long after Illinois lost its season finale at Northwestern on Nov. 24. The Illini had sputtered to a 50-14 loss to the Wildcats — the program’s worst loss to its in-state rival since 2000 — and had finished the season with a measly two wins. Coach and player approached each other in the hallway and exchanged greetings. And then Beckman said, “Hey, by the way, you’re going to be playing wide receiver next year.” Hull gave his coach a dumbfound-

ed look. Moving to wide receiver had been discussed during the season, but it had just been talk. It was not a total surprise though, what with the rash of injuries that have kept Hull on the sideline for much of his career. He missed most of the 2012 season with a shoulder injury. It wasn’t long after the encounter with Beckman that Hull visited with team trainers and even a head-andneck specialist from the Cincinnati Bengals. Doctors advised him that if he wanted to stay healthy and on the field, it would be best to move to the offensive side of the ball. Hull did what any competitor would do to get on the field: he agreed. But it wasn’t like Hull was moving into totally uncharted waters. He came into Ron Zook’s program four years earlier as a receiver. And if he needed any more incentive to make the switch, he’d be catching passes from a close friend and a former roommate.

It starts with butterflies. You found a new guy or girl that strikes your fancy. That early phase is the best part. Possibility — that’s the key. You tell all your friends about how you hope it will turn out, and the optimism flooding from that promise of potential can rival that of a Cubs fan before the season starts. A rabid college basketball fan will experience those same feelings when filling out their bracket before the tournament. You have your favorite team, the one you desperately want to go all the way. And hey, maybe they will. The possibility is there, after all. The excitement leading up to the first game is the best and worst at the same time. It’s like waiting for the first date. You don’t really know the character of your team until you see how they perform under pressure, and the NCAA tournament? Yeah, that’s pressure. As a fan, you can’t sit still. The nerves are out of control. “They just need to play defense.” “Coaching has to be spot on.” “I need to wear my lucky jersey.” “Which one is the dinner fork again?” The first game and first date are one and the same. You don’t really know what you have until you take that preliminary step and test the waters.

Dancing Congratulations, the awkward part is over. Too bad it just gets harder from here. Welcome to the Big Dance, the largest and most intimidating stage in college basketball. The transition from opening matchups to the Sweet 16 and beyond is scary. All of a sudden, every team has championship-caliber talent. Selection Sunday and the rounds of 64 and 32 were warm-ups. They were the first couple of dates, used to feel out that person you were so excited about. Either they were a dud of a first round exit, lookin’ at you Wisconsin, or they’ve got the potential to. Go. All. The. Way.

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The field has been elusive for Hull at times. He came into the program prior to the 2009 season and was redshirted his freshman year. His second year, he found himself in a situation similar to where he is now. When safety Supo Sanni went down for the season with an Achilles tendon injury a week before the season opener against Missouri, Zook came to Hull and asked him to play safety. Days later he made seven tackles in a 23-13 loss in the Arch Madness game, which was discontinued following the 2010 matchup. Hull made one start that season and played in eight other games. As a sophomore he would miss two games with a back injury, and then last year he missed all but five games with the shoulder injury. The hope is that removing the tackling workload will

arch Madness is the basketball equivalent of romance. Think about it. Both are filled with clichés like announcers trying too hard to make jokes out of mascot names, “Looks like a championship was in the CARDS for Louisville this year!” or, your significant other promising “out of all the fish in the sea, you’re the one for me.” OK, vomit. Both are sensationalized in the media. All sports fans hear about from late November to early April are the odds of making the tournament, strength of schedule, conference domination and then finally, finally, the actual tournament itself. Isn’t it the same with relationships? It’s all hype. Finding someone as weird as you are is a big deal. It’s winning the lottery. It’s the ultimate goal in life. Or maybe we think this way because that’s what movies, books and songs preach over and over again. So if there were no bracket challenges or television shows devoted to the tournament, would we still feel the same way about it? There are a couple of stages implicit in both March Madness and the idea of romantic relationships that almost makes this comparison too easy.

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Castellanos earns spot in starting rotation BY JAMAL COLLIER STAFF WRITER

He threw nearly 50 pitches two days before. It was the second inning, and Ryan Castellanos wasn’t even wearing cleats. To his surprise, the freshman was called into the game last weekend when Illinois played Missouri at Busch Stadium. The appearance started the best week in Castellanos’ young college career and has propelled him into the regular starting rotation for Illinois. The game’s starter, Rob McDonnell, had to come out of the game with arm soreness after the fi rst inning and Illini head coach Dan Hartleb called on Castellanos, who only had time to throw about five warm up tosses, mainly because he spent the rest of the time trying to fi nd his shoes. College baseball has a rule that a pitcher can take as much time as he needs to warm up on the mound when he enters a game, a rule Castellanos said he’s defi nitely thankful for now. He settled in and gave the Illini three innings they needed to preserve the bullpen while allowing just one run and striking out three. That earned him a start this past Sunday, where he got his fi rst collegiate victory, stopping Indiana’s 18-game winning streak. In six innings, he surrendered five hits and didn’t walk a batter. He doesn’t walk many, only just four in 17 1/3 innings this season. Hartleb called his performance “outstanding� before naming him the team’s Sunday starter, a spot that had been split between two other freshmen, Kevin Duchene and Nick Blackburn. Castellanos isn’t overpowering and doesn’t strike out many batters, but said he likes to rely on his defense to make plays behind him. The right-hander from Davie, Fla., is 1-0 with a 2.60 ERA. He still talks everyday with his brother, Nick,who is the top prospect in the Detroit Tigers organization and is the No. 21 overall prospect in the minors by Baseball America and MLB. com. Nick is currently playing for the Tigers’ Triple-A affi liate, the Toldeo Mud Hens, and will almost certainly be called

up at some point this season for his major league debut. Right now, Castellanos has plans to play summer ball in Toledo near his brother.

Two-headed monster It wasn’t a save situation, in fact, the score was 8-1 when Reid Roper pitched a scoreless ninth inning this past Tuesday against Eastern Illinois. It was Roper’s fi rst appearance on the mound since March 18 against Southern Illinois. Roper does double duty for the Illini, serving as the team’s second baseman and closer, with five saves on the season. His workload has decreased recently with the emergence of Bryan Roberts as a dominant setup man. Roberts has yet to allow a run in 10 innings this season. Hartleb has been able to keep Roberts in to fi nish off games, keeping Roper’s arm fresh whenever he is needed or to use Roper when he wants to give Roberts a rest. “It’s kind of a two-headed monster for us and a luxury,� Hartleb said. “So we’re very confident in who we bring in late.� Roper’s infrequent outings have also been the result of some injury issues for Illinois. Him pitching on Tuesday made for an unusual defensive alignment when David Kerian, who is team’s normal fi rst baseman, but actually started the game in left field, came in to play second base during the ninth. Freshman and backup middle infielder Adam Walton broke his fi nger and is expected to miss an extended period of time. Walton has appeared in 11 games for the Illini this season including four starts. He was hitting .222 with an RBI, but has walked six times on the season for an on base percentage to .417. The other alternative at second base is Michael Hurwitz, but he is the Illini’s usual designated hitter. Right fielder Davis Hendrickson was a late scratch before Tuesday’s game because of an eye injury. He was hit in the face with a line drive this past Saturday, but he did play Sunday. Hendrickson was removed from

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Illinois’ Ryan Castellanos throws a pitch during a game against Oakland at Illini Field on March 31. Castellanos has earned a spot in the starting rotation. the starting lineup just minutes before the game started because the Illini wanted to use caution. “I think Hendrickson’s going to be OK,� Hartleb said. “He has a little bit of an infection from the injuries this past weekend, but he’ll be fi ne. I’m never going to put anybody on the field if we think there’s any chance that it could be detrimental to their health.�

Healthy in the standings The Illini can now refocus on the Big Ten schedule this weekend when Purdue comes to Illinois Field. The Boilermakers spent most of last season running away with the Big Ten regular season and tournament championship, with a record of 17-7 in conference, including a sweep of Illinois.

Purdue entered the season needing to replace seven different starters from last year’s lineup, and enter this weekend with a 4-5 conference record. Hartleb said this is a chance for the Illini to start getting “healthy in the Big Ten standings,� as they enter this series with a record of 2-4. The Illini have already played Indiana and Nebraska, the two teams picked in the preseason by the Big Ten coaches to fi nish fi rst and second, respectively. “I think we should be up toward the top of the standings,� Hartleb said. “I do feel like we should be at the top one, two or three in the conference, and playing those tough people early helps as we move forward.�

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Going into the 2012 season, the Illinois volleyball team had one outside hitter that played significant sets the year prior. This year, however, the Illini won’t be having that problem. Illinois returns five of its top six leaders in kills, including all four of its top outside hitters. The Illini finished 10th in the conference in kills last season. “We were really young (last year). But that means we won’t be so young this year,” head coach Kevin Hambly said. “They’re very experienced now, and I think we can take that experience and grow up a little bit and be significantly better in the fall.” Going into 2012, then-sophomore Liz McMahon was the only outside hitter that played more than 11 sets in 2011. The Illini received production from the outside with redshirt freshmen Jocelynn Birks and Ali Stark. Sophomore Morganne Criswell received significant playing time early in the year while Stark nursed a sprained ankle, but saw a decline in points played as the season went on.

McMahon led all outsides with a .270 hitting percentage and her 400 kills were good for second on the team. Birks led the team in kills, posting 510, which was sixth in the conference. McMahon was named to the All-Big Ten, while Birks was on the Big Ten All-Freshman team and Honorable Mention All-Big Ten. “I expect even more from Jocelynn,” Hambly said. “We had a redshirt year with her and saw her play against our team every day, and she was kicking our ass. We expected her to be good.” While Stark started 28 games and Criswell earned 73 kills last season, Hambly said he wants even more balance from his hitters, as Stark hit just .149 last season while taking the third most swings on the team. Add to the fold two incoming freshman outsides, and the Illini are bound to have a plethora of options to choose from. In the middle, Illinois lost senior Erin Johnson to graduation, which has opened the door for playing time. Johnson, a four-year starter for the Illini, was third on the team in kills and led the squad in blocks. Middle block-

er Anna Dorn, a sophomore who started 27 games for Illinois in 2012, has been out all spring after undergoing a knee procedure in the fall. Without Dorn, Maddie Mayers, a freshman who redshirted in 2012, and Kathryn Polkoff have been seeing the floor in the spring. “Redshirting, I loved it,” Mayers said. “It was easy to watch the culture of the team, and it was nice to watch Anna and Erin and see the little things.” Hambly said Mayers has been known for her defense so far this spring, although her offensive game is still developing. Specifically, Mayers is working on her transition game and being able to move quickly from the net on a block to the 10-foot line to prepare for an attack. With Dorn being sidelined now, Mayers said Dorn has been coaching her more from the sidelines, something that has stimulated her development. “There’s potential for Maddie to be a breakout defensive player,” Hambly said. “Her offense needs some more time. There’s a pretty steep learning curve for her.”

The middles don’t see nearly as many attacks as outsides, but when called upon, they need to produce. Dorn recorded a .383 hitting percentage last season, the fourth-best mark in the conference. Her recovery plan is to be back for the team’s trip to Europe in early May. The depth chart looks clogged for the fall, and Hambly is not afraid to try different things offensively. McMahon and Stark have both played at right side, and there is a three-way competition between Mayers, Polkoff and incoming freshman Katie Stadick for the second middle spot. “We need to figure out who the seven best players are on the court,” Hambly said. “Our gym is going to have a lot of talent this fall.”

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FROM PAGE 1B keep him healthy. Previous experience at the position has made the transition to wide receiver “like riding a bike� for Hull. As a senior in high school, he averaged 22.3 yards per catch and caught 11 touchdowns for Sycamore High School in Cincinnati. “Those first few days are a little bit clumsy,� Hull said, continuing the bicycle analogy. “But once you get the feet back and get your conditioning back, it feels like a second home.� First-year wide receivers coach Mike Bellamy likened it to painting a picture that’s already half painted. “He’s one of our best skill-set receivers,� Bellamy said. “He’s a great athlete and a great competitor. My job is to get him a little more polished, but it’s kind of a pleasure.� Hull isn’t doing it alone. With new offensive coordinator Bill Cubit, everyone has to learn a new system. That includes quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, a guy whose passes Hull used to try to break up in practice. The two first met at a recruiting visit during their senior year of high school. They hit it off immediately and agreed to be roommates that weekend. They lived on the fourth floor of Taft Van Doren that year, both redshirted, watching as the Illini sputtered to a three-win season. Despite Hull’s move to the opposite side of the ball, Hull and Scheelhaase have remained close. It hasn’t been uncommon to see the two throwing the ball around in the offseason. As the 2013 season approaches, things have come full circle. Hull will no longer be batting down Scheelhaase’s passes in practice but catching them.

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Illinois head coach John Groce prepares for a team talk before a time-out during the Illini’s win against Nebraska at Assembly Hall on March 3.

GROCE FROM PAGE 1B dent on taking and making more 3-point shots than the opponent. But Groce has made it no secret that he wants more size, almost calling out top-10 class of ’14 recruits and Chicago residents Jahlil Okafor and Cliff Alexander by name after losing to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament. “When I was at Ohio State, I ran a lot of plays for Greg Oden,� Groce said. “It’s an unbelievable luxury to have when you have that kind of paint attack, and you have guys that demand double teams and the attention of the perimeter defenders. It really opens some things. We have to kind of develop what we have already down there, and to be honest with you, add some things with our program moving forward through recruiting.� Groce has a plan. He had to present one for Athletic Director Mike Thomas before he was hired. Now, it’s beginning to unfold. The approval of the Assembly Hall renovation is a giant leap forward.

Groce and Thomas shared that dream stands what Paul and Richardson have from the beginning. meant to starting his tenure on the right Now, it’s up to Groce to fill his cup- track. He had lunch with both last week board with talent. He’s an accomplished to discuss how he can help the two tranrecruiter — famous for recruiting Oden sition to the pros. and Mike Conley Jr. to Ohio State — and Almost instinctually, he tries to teach life as well as basketball. So even in sought-after prospects believe in him. “He really loves the game of basket- the most emotional of circumstances, ball,� said JaQuan Groce led by example. Lyle, ESPN’s No. 16 He took a moment to recruit for the class of collect himself, then ‘14. “He really looks wowed the room. forward to turning “Seniors,� Groce this school around. said, addressing the He just talked about tearful group after me and how great I’d the Miami game, fit into the program. I pausing to quell the really agree, but I just tears from streamhave to take my time ing down his own JOHN GROCE, and see.� face. “I can’t thank head coach “Recruiting is like you enough for what shaving,� Groce said. you guys have done. “If you don’t do it every day you’re going For the foundation that you laid as we to look pretty shabby.� build this thing. I will never, ever be able While Groce may have been planning to repay you for that.� for the future, he never overlooked this season. He embraced a veteran group Ethan can be reached at asofsky1@dailyillini. — just as they accepted him. He under- com and @AsOfTheSky.

“Recruiting is like shaving. If you don’t do it every day you’re going to look pretty shabby.�

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The final stretch

And some do. They win it all. In spite of injuries, bad calls, comebacks and exhaustion, one team gets to cut down the nets and reign supreme over the cultural Goliath that is the world of college basketball. While I’m not sure this feeling of ultimate supremacy can translate to the dating world, the hoops — pun intended — one might have to jump

Long before the position changes and the injuries, Hull made a deal with his siblings. His brother, Mike, and his sister, Julie, both played collegiate athletics. Mike was a wide receiver at Ashland University, and Julie played soccer at Kentucky. Both wore No. 9. When Hull takes the field next season, he will be wearing No. 9 — as opposed to his customary No. 5 — in honor of his siblings. He started wearing the number this spring. The number wasn’t the only thing that was odd. Hull found himself waiting for the snap and staring across the line of scrimmage at the teammates’ whose side he was once on. Hull said he caught a lot of grief from the defense in the beginning. “It was pretty difficult to turn that switch (to be) cutthroat toward them,� he said. “It’s just a competitive nature.� Experience on defense is invaluable. Hull understands how the defense thinks and he can read the defense from a perspective most of the other receivers don’t have. But after just a handful of practices in his long-lost position, Hull found himself covering up his new number with a purple jersey, signifying an injured player. According to Beckman, Hull strained his hamstring and will not play in Friday’s Spring Game. It is a familiar, frustrating situation. “The hardest thing for Steve is he hasn’t gotten as many reps as he would like to playing a new position,� Beckman said. As he reacclimates to playing wide receiver, Hull is just hoping Friday’s scrimmage is the last game he has to watch from the sideline.

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through to find someone worthwhile can be extensive. Either you score that game-winning bucket, or you fall short in the final minute because your date actually admitted to liking Nickelback. As for my bracket, I took the Badgers to win it all. If their first round loss to Ole Miss is any indication of my personal dating future, I’m praying for new prospects. Next year, it’s all No. 1 seeds for me.

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Softball’s tough schedule prepares team for long run BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER

The Illinois softball team’s strength of schedule is ranked 11th toughest in the nation and has been ranked as high as fourth this season. The RPI ranking that doubles as a team’s national ranking in NCAA softball includes a rating for each team’s strength of schedule, which benefits Illinois’ ranking as it looks to turn its season around after losing 10 of its last 11 games. Head coach Terri Sullivan is known for creating tough schedules for her teams to play and explained that deciding to play

so many difficult opponents at the beginning of the year was designed to prepare the team for a tough conference season. “We took some big hits from some talented teams early,� Sullivan said. “We didn’t really grab an opportunity to get one of those big victories over a top-10 team, but we saw that when we were playing great Illinois softball, we were an awfully tough team.� Illinois’ first game of the year was against No. 1 Alabama, and it has played nine total games against top-25 teams — including contests against No. 6 Texas and No. 8 California.

The Illini’s first and only win over a top-25 opponent was against No. 24 Nebraska on March 30, which was also the last time they won a game. Sullivan’s team has gone 1-8 against top-25 teams. “You don’t want to just play a great schedule and not come away with any wins,� Sullivan said. Illinois has also gone 1-8 against Big Ten teams thus far in the season — a result Sullivan had prepared her team to avoid. “We have a very young lineup, and obviously that means for great experience,� Sullivan said. “Our first-year players are

getting a lot of terrific game experience under their belt at an elite level with the schedule we play. You have to get used to the competition at this level, but they’re growing as players.� Freshman first baseman Remeny Perez agreed that facing the nation’s best teams was something that helped the young roster mature, but said the Illini have not used that experience to their advantage at this point in the season. “We play a ranked team and it doesn’t faze us at all,� sophomore outfielder Brittany Sanchez said. “It’s just another game, and now it’s just natural

to play them.� Currently, the Illini have no more games scheduled against nationally ranked teams, but they have struggled lately even with easier competition. The Illini look to use their experience and facing an easier level of competition to their advantage, as they finish out the season against familiar conference rivals. “In the Big Ten,� Sullivan said, “you better bounce back right away.�

“We didn’t really grab an opportunity to get one of those big victories over a top-10 team, but we saw that when we were playing great Illinois softball, we were an awfully tough team.�

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