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Johnny Watts spent 2 tours in Iraq, but transitioning to life as a student was the hardest thing he ever did BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Johnny Watts refused to get out of his car. He pulled into the garage at his home in Champaign 10 minutes ago but wasn’t ready to go inside. Johnny spent six years in the Army, ascending to the rank of Master Sergeant. He endured basic training. He fi red automatic weapons and drove some of the heaviest machinery the military has to offer. He survived a deployment to Iraq — twice. He had friends killed in war. But being a 23-year-old freshman at the University of Illinois majoring in electrical engineering was the hardest thing he had ever done. He had just gotten his fi rst exam back — pre-calculus. He thought he aced it. He got a C-. The professor said everyone who received a grade below a B needed to meet with her to discuss their future in the major. He sat in the car, the same thought running through his head: “How can I tell my wife?” *** Johnny didn’t fit in at the University. He was five years older than everyone in his classes. He was married. But he was used to that. He had never fit in anywhere. That’s how he ended up in the Army. He was looking for a way out. He was supposed to call Madison, Ill., home, but it never really functioned as that. Instead, it served as a place where he spent years of his life getting teased and bullied. Johnny spoke differently than everyone in Madison. He wasn’t interested in sex, drugs, gangs or anything else that tied the community together. Instead, he liked math and science. He liked school. The other kids knew from Day 1 that he didn’t fit in. But it took him 10 years to get out. *** Johnny didn’t live in Madison until he was 8 years old. The son of an Air Force man, he grew up in Europe, moving from base to base. On the bases, Johnny didn’t have much freedom to play with friends. He remembers the culture shock when he moved to the United States. “In the Netherlands, we would go out into the woods and, like, throw rocks,”

Johnny said. “That was the intensity of our mischief. But here, man, they would talk about drugs. I never knew anything about that.” Though he is black, he wasn’t used to black people. He wasn’t used to rude people. He wasn’t used to anything but the military. He wasn’t used to Hispanic people. He wasn’t used to diversity. And he wasn’t used to rude children like those he encountered in Madison. On his fi rst day of school, one kid confronted Johnny on the playground. “At fi rst, I was like, ‘Is this really going on?’” said Johnny, who had only seen bullying on television. “But then he started picking on me, and I fought back.” Johnny didn’t get in trouble for the fight. “It was just little kid stuff,” he said. But it showed him that his transition to Madison wouldn’t be easy. *** Johnny never got along with his father. To him, his dad was unfair. He always dished out ridiculous punishments, putting Johnny “on punishment” for a month for forgetting to take out the trash or forcing Johnny to sit in his room and read the dictionary. Johnny’s dad wasn’t afraid to get out the belt to teach his kids lessons — even when Johnny was 15. “Whenever we had the opportunity, we were not in the house,” Johnny said. “If we were in the house, we were in sight and normally that just meant we got in trouble for something.” Johnny doesn’t remember ever having a family dinner with his mom, dad, brother and sister. Johnny’s dad’s stubbornness and treatment of his children led to Johnny’s parents’ splitting up during Johnny’s sophomore year in high school. Relieved, Johnny moved with his mother to Granite City, two miles north of Madison, but he remained in the Madison school district. Johnny still didn’t like high school. He got mugged in the locker room and continued to endure bullying, but at least he didn’t have to deal with his dad on a daily basis. Although he said he still never felt he fit in with his family, he enjoyed the increased freedom of living with just his mother and brother.

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Johnny Watts poses in front of a truck before heading out on a mission during his deployment to Iraq. During his junior year of high school, Johnny and a friend were sitting in Wilson Park in Granite City when an Army recruiter approached them and began to tell them about the Army’s benefits: being able to see the world, receiving job training and having a consistent paycheck. The boys, surrounded by housing projects, drug dealers and prostitutes, didn’t see much of a future in Madison. *** Johnny Watts joined the Army before graduating high school. When he crossed the stage, all he had to do was sign the paperwork before being shipped off to Basic Training. At Basic Training, Johnny drank his fi rst beer. He learned about the importance of personal responsibility — how if one person could take care of himself, it made it a lot easier for a group to function. He learned about the Army, and he learned to follow its rules, like shaving every day, though he was an 18-year-old private who could barely sprout peach fuzz. He learned to appreciate having a bed to sleep in or having a roof over his head. For the fi rst time in his life, Johnny fit in. The drill sergeants didn’t get to him as much as they did the other soldiers. He took everything in stride, and he credited his readiness to his father’s strict upbringing.

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University strives to help transition veterans to the college environment Johnny Watts is just one of 297 student veterans on campus, but his story is not unlike the story of other student veterans on campus. Nicholas Osborne, the assistant dean of students and veteran student services coordinator, helps student veterans adjust to life on campus. Osborne said student veterans differ from traditional students in many ways: the way they get to campus, their life experiences, their goals and aspirations and their responsibilities. Groups, like Illini Veterans, help ease the transition. “One of the most important things we can offer is a healthy veterans community,” Osborne said. “Because they see that their peers have gone through the same experiences and they’re going through the same things that they’re going through.” He said he often sets students up with an Illini veteran when they first arrive on campus, helping to provide a person they can go to whenever they have questions about campus life. Osborne is a member of the Veterans Advisory Committee, a group of people who try to help veterans on campus. He said the committee has tried to help instructors on campus realize who

Governor Quinn’s new grant supports local park

Volunteers clean up, clear Boneyard Creek

$300,000 given to spruce up Douglass Park

Students, park district members come together to save area wildlife BY AUSTIN KEATING STAFF WRITER

It was the fall of 1832 and a large host of Pottawatomie Indians set up camp near Urbana. Among them was their leader, Shemaugua, who on many such occasions told the settlers stories of this area, his ancestral home. He told the settlers a story of a “deep snow” years ago that had many of the region’s animals move to the nearest source of running water — what is known now as Boneyard Creek. It is here, the leader said, that many animals perished of hunger, leaving their bones scattered throughout the banks of the creek. And that, according to a book published around the turn of the 19th century, “The History of Champaign County” by J.O Cunningham, is how the creek garnered such an ominous name. But these days, what ends up in the Boneyard’s waters isn’t bones — it’s litter. Anything from plastic bags to shopping carts, the storm waters that end up in the creek carry with it much of the area’s waste. With that in mind, more than 400 volunteers took to the Boneyard Creek, its tributaries and areas across the community on Saturday to clean it up as part of the Boneyard Creek Community Day.

“How do you get people to care about a little creek with a funny name? The way our organizing partners think is that you ask people to come out and volunteer,” said Eliana Brown , coordinator of the event. “They may not care about it any more than how they started out, but at least they’ll be thinking about it.” Brad Bennett, assistant city engineer for Urbana Public Works, said that most of Urbana’s storm water ends up in the creek. “It takes the bulk of Champaign’s storm water, the bulk of the University and almost all of Urbana drains into the Boneyard Creek,” he said. “One of the reasons for the day is for people to make that connection — what we do on the land impacts the creek,” Brown added. This was the event’s ninth year and it was a record breaker in terms of the amount of volunteers and organizers, Brown said. “When it’s such a nice day, everybody sort of comes out of the woodwork,” said Sarah Scott , an event organizer and administrative assistant for Prairie Rivers Network.

Saline Branch The largest group that came

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A group of Veterinary Medicine students and an Urbana Park District employee wade through the waters of the Saline Branch near the Urbana Country Club on Saturday for Boneyard Creek Community Day. “out of the woodwork” were University students, Brown said. This included a group of veterinary medicine students who trudged through ankle- to knee-high waters looking for trash in the Saline Branch, which Boneyard Creek feeds into. Shannon Darcy, a second year veterinary medicine student, said the most common thing her group found in the Saline Branch, which cuts through a golf course, were plastic bags. “A lot of the golfers here are better than I expected,” she said with a chuckle. She said students from her department came out for conservation reasons, and as a sort of preemptive strike to their busy season at the Wildlife

Medical Clinic. “If we try and improve the habitat, we can help the lives of our wildlife,” Darcy said. “It’s going to be our busy season here soon, and we don’t want to have more animals coming in than necessary due to litter.”

Weeding-out invasive species A little south from where the veterinary students were, another group of volunteers were hard at work cutting down invasive brush along the Saline Branch’s banks. The team included a few University students, a group of conservationists called the Master Naturalists and community members.

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Douglass Park will receive updates, including a new pathway and pavilion, thanks to a $300,000 grant from Gov. Pat Quinn. The Champaign Park District received $300,000 grant from the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development program to improve the park, located on the corner of Fifth and Eureka streets. “Our goal is to serve the needs of the community and to make the park better used,” said Chelsea Norton, Champaign Park District marketing manager. “If we can get the community outside to use it more, that’s exactly what we’re looking for.” The grant is part of Quinn’s initiative to ensure that no child is left indoors. In total, $16.5 million was awarded to communities throughout the state to promote healthy living, according to a press release from Quinn’s office. Park district employees worked with members of the community to develop an improvement plan. A focus group was conducted with elementary school students to determine which features children enjoy most in a playground. “I think it’s great. Anything to help the kids, you know what I’m saying, I think it’s really good,” said Champaign resident Brianna Davis. The Champaign Park District applied for the grant last summer after they decided that Dou-

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glass Park deserved “extra attention,” Norton said. “We found, based on talking to community members in that area, there are some areas where we can do better,” she added. “Since that’s what we’re all about at the Champaign Park District — serving the community in a way that’s relevant and valuable — we decided to go ahead and apply for this grant last summer,” Champaign resident Danielle McCleldon thinks the improvements will help Douglass Park provide residents with more reasons to come to the park. “It would probably bring more people and it wouldn’t be dead all the time. The walking path will provide leisure for people with bikes and the pavilion will allow people to come here and barbeque,” she said. Members of the Douglass Seniors program advocated for the installation of a pavilion so they can host community functions, according to Norton. The walking path and fitness stations are aimed at providing the community with healthy outdoor options. “There are going to be a few of (the fitness stations) along the pathway, which is a great to get the community active and doing something a little bit different,” Norton said. Construction is scheduled to begin in August and expected to be complete by next spring.

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student veterans are and give them tools to help make them feel comfortable in the classroom. “Part of those tools are giving them questions or comments that they shouldn’t pose or they shouldn’t make,” he said. “Student veterans often don’t want to be singled out in class as representing the military voice. If a professor were to say, ‘John, you served a little bit in Iraq, tell us about your story.’ a lot of our veterans are put off by that.” Osborne said he’s seen the education of educators have success and bring visibility that veterans are on campus. “We have a wonderful veterans community. We have wonderful and robust training that we do,” Osborne said. “We have developed a great reputation for the work that we’re doing.” Osborne said he would like for the campus to be able to quantify how veterans are adjusting in the classroom. “Even though, we’re designated as a veteran-friendly or militaryfriendly school, only we ourselves can defi ne what that means,” he said. “We always have to look at growth or expansion.”

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Champaign Q Criminal damage to property was reported in the 500 block of East Springfield Avenue around 7 a.m. Thursday. According to the report, an unknown offender threw an object and broke the window of a vehicle. Q Criminal damage to property and theft was reported near the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Marketview Street around 3 p.m. Thursday. According to the report, the wiring was cut on electric panels. . Q Theft and criminal damage to property was reported in the 1700 block of Broadmoor Drive around 11:30 a.m. Friday. According to the report, a busi-

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was reported at Circle K, 1501 N. Lincoln Ave., around 5 p.m. Saturday. According to the report, the offender pumped $99 worth of gasoline into his vehicle and drove off without paying. A witness said she recognized the offender from a previous incident of the same offense.

University Q A 19-year-old male was arrested on the charges of domestic battery and criminal

damage to property on East John Street at 9 p.m. Thursday. According to the report, the man was accused earlier in the evening for striking a companion. When the police contacted the man at his residence, they found a pipe used to smoke cannabis. Q A 25-year-old male was arrested on the charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and not having proof of insurance near the intersection of Springfield and Goodwin Avenues at 2:30 a.m. Thursday. According to the report, the man was originally pulled over for speeding and not dimming the high beams on his headlights.

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Today’s Birthday This year’s mantra could be “party for a good cause”. Improved communications and organization at home add ease and peace. Springtime renovations set the stage for joyful gatherings. Collaborations and partnerships foster compromise and diplomacy. Pluto, Saturn and Mars retrograde phases (now through July) encourage reflection, planning and revision. Fun with family lights up summertime. Autumn reveals new freedom and direction. Instigate love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) Today is a 7 — Pluto turns retrograde (until 9/23), and power struggles decrease. It’s still not a good time to argue. Pressure eases, and you can take time to look back. Secure the ground taken.

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CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) Today is a 7 — Figure out how much you can afford to put away. Your intuition gets validated. With Pluto retrograde (until 9/23), authoritarian pressure eases, and you can relax and recharge. Express your emotions artistically.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) Today is a 7 — Don’t gamble with your reserves or buy stuff you don’t need. Check on supplies. Over the next five months, strengthen relations with your community and partnerships. Take time to knit structures together for mutual support.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) Today is a 7 — Discover family secrets from the past over the next five months. Get into the research. Take time for personal discovery, and capture it in words and images. Indulge in creative chaos.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) Today is an 8 — Bossy overlords get distracted while Pluto’s retrograde (until 9/23). Savor creative freedom, and push your personal agenda. Consider possibilities, and make long-range plans. Budget carefully, and play by the rules.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) Today is a 7 — Over the next five months, reassess your resources. Include talents, affinities, and connections. You have more than you think. Keep equipment in repair. Avoid wasting time indulging gossip.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) Today is a 7 — The intensity lets up with Pluto retrograde for the next five months. Use this break to review strategies. Write the roadmap to reach a future personal goal accomplished. Cultivate your leadership.

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WATTS After Basic Training, Johnny went to Advanced Individual Training, or training for his job of military intelligence. After AIT, Johnny was assigned to Fort Campbell, a four-hour drive from Madison. Johnny went home the fi rst few weekends he was on base and remembered why he left. “I realized why I never fit in — I wasn’t like them,� Johnny said. “I had my own group of friends that kind of grew over the years while I was there, but we were very different from the rest of the people we were around.� He began to stay at Fort Campbell on weekends. He felt more at home there than at his parent’s home — by this point his mother had moved back in with his father, though she would only stay there for two years. A few months after he arrived, a girl named Gricelda, who he had met in AIT, came to Fort Campbell. They worked together, and he befriended her. Eventually, after Gricelda got out of a previous relationship, her roommate persuaded her to go on a date with Johnny. The couple dated and the relationship flourished, even when Johnny deployed to Iraq. Johnny doesn’t remember much about his deployments; he puts up a mental block because he would rather not think about it. His six years of Army service all blend together, and he struggles to recall where a specific event occurred on a timeline of his service. He remembers specifics but

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is reluctant or unable to bring up of the Army and onto something else: school. examples when prompted. Johnny probably would’ve After being in Iraq for six made a career out of the Army months on his second deployinstead of discharging after six ment, Johnny went on rest and years if it weren’t for the quick relaxation and went back to the turnaround on his second deploy- states to see his wife. During his ment. After the first deployment, reprieve, he and his wife strugJohnny was supposed to be reas- gled to decide whether he should signed to England, but he was the reenlist — he had considered it only person with experience in his as a career before his request to job type left in his brigade. He go to England was denied. They was forced to stay with the unit. didn’t make a decision during “I had plans, man. I was going the break, so on his way back to to do trips around Europe,� John- Iraq, the thought consumed him, ny said. “Any weekend I had, I was keeping up at night. But arrivjust going to drive somewhere. I ing in Kuwait reminded Johnny was stoked about of the war’s misit, and then they ery. He decided canceled them.� the Army wasn’t Instead of for him anymore. England, Johnny He slept like a was assigned to baby that night. deploy, just nine He wanted to months after try something returning from JOHNNY WATTS new — engineerSOLDIER AND STUDENT Iraq. ing. But it had J o h n n y been five years couldn’t believe since Johnny had it. That was the quickest turn- stepped foot in a school — and a around on deployments he had lousy one at that. The prospect of heard of. He and Gricelda rushed higher education was frightena courthouse wedding, delaying ing, a feeling shared by his felthe elaborate ceremony, before low student veterans. their 17-month separation — the “We come with a full life, and longest 17 months of Johnny’s life. we’re trying to start over,� John“It was like one long, continued ny said. “It can be a really stressdeployment,� Johnny said. “I had ful time because we left certainjust got back from the first one. ty for uncertainty. We knew we When I got back to Kuwait for the were getting paid. We knew what second deployment, everything we were doing. Whether we liked looked like it hadn’t changed from it or not, we knew. And that was the last time I was there. comforting.� “It didn’t even feel like we left.� *** Johnny eventually got out of *** Although Johnny’s memory his car. of his deployments is fuzzy, he He told Gricelda about his remembers they turned him off exam. He met with the profes-

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Derek Liebert , superintendent of Planning and Operations at Urbana Park District, spoke to the team before they went into action. “One of the challenges is that its banks are covered with an invasive brush, Honeysuckle, so we’re going along and slowly removing it,� he said, pointing to a clearing made during the last Boneyard Creek Community Day. “We’re opening up these views to the Saline. We think it is a resource that should be celebrated and enjoyed, rather than be hidden by (the brush).� Honeysuckle originally hails from Europe. It blooms in May and gives off a sweet scent leading many to appreciate the plant, but not Gerry Russell, a master naturalist and site steward at Meadowbrook Park. “They essentially don’t have any controls — any predators that could eat them or anything else. They just take over,� he said. Honeysuckle changes the chemistry of the soil so that most native species can’t grow, and they also get so dense in some parts that they block out the sun, keeping sunlight from reaching anything else. “The ground will be bare, except maybe for some other invasives,� Russell added. Kristi Krumtinger, senior in FAA, came out with a few classmates. She did as she was instructed by Liebert and Russell and cut the brush to a height of four inches. A few days later, Urbana Park District employees would dribble herbicide in the stumps. “The Honeysuckle completely destroys everything in its

The Saline Branch component was just one of six other areas involved in the cleanup. The event went from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., but, at noon, volunteers from every region met up at Scott Park for lunch and music. Scott Park itself uses Boneyard Creek as a water feature and is part of a drainage improvement to Boneyard that was built over the past few years. Another improvement is currently under construction at the other end of the creek in downtown Urbana. “This project doesn’t provide any flood control benefit like Champaign’s did over at Second Street,� said Brad Bennett, assistant engineer for Urbana Public Works. “What it does is provide green space.� The approximately $7 million project is in its first of five phases and is about 65 percent finished. It aims at increasing the use of the Boneyard Creek, which Bennett described as a “hidden treasure.� “You know right now, if you look upstream of it, you’ve got chain-link fence with barbed wire on top of it to keep people away from it,� he said. “This’ll give people an opportunity to get down there.� Brown said the event shared the same goal and aimed at framing the creek as a natural treasure. “I want people to come and have a good memory of the cleanup day that will go throughout the rest of their life to remember to put trash in its place,� she said.

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sor. She told him he would need to learn to study, but if he was able to do that, if he dedicated himself, he could make it in electrical engineering. Four years later, the 28-year-old fifth year senior is scheduled to graduate in May. Johnny has also found a place where he fits in. This year, he is the president of the Illini Veterans registered student organization, a group of former soldiers who now attend the University of Illinois. Johnny wouldn’t have had the courage or the know-how to lead his peers before his time in the Army. He knows his fellow veterans benefitted from their military experience as well. During his tenure as president, Johnny has made it his goal to make veterans aware of careers outside of the federal government. He feels many college-educated veterans don’t see another option than returning to government work because it’s all they’ve known. Johnny knows veterans can be an asset to any company because they know the importance of being a team player, working and motivating those around them. He also thinks the club, which started before Johnny’s time as a bunch of guys going out to a bar on Thursday nights once a month, helps the veterans fi nd a place where they belong on campus. It provides them with a group of people who know what they’ve been through and what they’re going through. *** Johnny doesn’t go back to Madison often; he doesn’t have a

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Johnny Watts poses with his squad leader and two squad members on the “shoot house.� In the live fire training exercise, the squad practiced clearing houses. reason to. When he does, he sees classmates with multiple babies from multiple partners. He sees his old bullies dealing drugs or looking for work. He sees a dysfunctional family, cursed with drugs and low income. Johnny will be working as a hardware engineer in San Diego, starting shortly after graduation in May. He plans to permanently move to Southern California with his wife. He worked in San Diego this summer and loved it. His wife, a graduate student in Business, currently works at the University of Illinois Employees’ Credit Union. She has a few contacts in San Diego and is trying to find a job there. Once Gricelda settles into her job, the couple plans on having

two kids. They already have a dog. Johnny has already begun to think about what type of father he will be. He wants to provide his children with a father who is fairer and more engaged than his was, but he doesn’t want to be overbearing. He plans on taking an invested interest in his children’s future — something his father never did. That’s how he sees his family: a wife, two children and a dog living in San Diego. He sees a family that functions. A family that fits. A place where Johnny belongs. 1,858 miles away from Madison.

Johnathan can be reached at hetting2@dailyillini.com and @jhett93.

UI police host 5K run to fundraise Charity event’s original title, ‘Run from the Cops 5K,’ stirs emotions BY JESSICA RAMOS STAFF WRITER

The possible rainy weather did not stop the University Police Department from joining the community in the fi rst Five-O 5K Thursday night to raise money for the Special Olympics Illinois with a coffee and donut run on the Quad. T he event, origi na l ly introduced as a “Run from the Cops 5K,� was circulated in an email by the Registered Student Organization office on campus in February. The title and description of the event stirred emotions of students. An email promoting the event stated, “suspects start stretching and don your best burglar/suspect costume! Yes, the race will begin at 10:00 PM and yes, there will be coffee, donuts and snacks! Do you have what it takes to Run From the Cops?� Kameron Fry, sophomore in LAS, expressed his concerns regarding the email sent to students. “Before I read what the 5K was held for, I defi nitely thought, ‘Well, what’s the attire of a suspect?’ I’m an athlete, so I wear hoodies and sweatpants all the time and at night. I guess I’d defi nitely look like a suspect,� he said. “For me, I don’t feel like I’m a ‘suspect’ at all — by any means.� Officer Beth Visel of the UIPD

said the email was sent out prematurely. It was an idea that was discussed among officials and circulated to students to seek feedback. UIPD Deputy Chief Skip Frost stated that the email was originally forwarded to Visel from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. The email, he said, was word-for-word what was sent to students there. However, when sent to the students at the University, the email raised concerns. It immediately led to an increased number of phone calls to the police department indicating that the event “perpetuated racial stereotypes,� Frost said. “Before we had a chance to vet (the idea), it got sent out, basically accidentally,� Frost said. “We had no intention to send that out — we wanted to look it over. We were just trying to give people an idea.� Frost emphasized that this was not the intention of University safety officials. Officials later met with the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations, other entities on campus and concerned students. “We did not want people out there in costumes,� Frost said. “We’re not trying to make this into an event where you’re running from the police. The whole idea behind it is — it’s a fundraiser, it’s for a great cause.�

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Runners, including police and community members, begin the Five-O 5K in Anniversary Plaza on Thursday. The idea of a 5K held by the UIPD stemmed from their efforts to raise money for the Special Olympics Illinois. It is sponsored by the Law Enforcement Torch Run, which runs year-round. According to Special Olympics, the Torch Run has raised about $28 million dollars over the past 27 years. “We have over 300 local Special Olympic athletes in Champaign County, with over 600 athletes in Area 8 (which includes Champaign),� Visel said. “The money that we raise directly impacts our local community.� F rost ment ioned t he University might have responded to the initially proposed event differently than other campuses that have held the Run from the Cops 5K because of the diversity on this campus. “We have a very active and diverse culture on this campus. I think that despite what a lot of people say about the climate, I

think we do a pretty good job by having these conversations,� he said. “We’ve been involved with these conversations many, many times. But, if our intent is pure, and it is — then surely, you can forgive us for making mistakes.� This is the fi rst year that the UIPD has hosted an event like the Five-O 5K. The offi cers have been involved in efforts to raise money in the past by participating in events like “Cop on Top� where, Frost mentioned, police officers spent the night on the roof of Sam’s Club. “We hope this event is something that will gain some traction and positive community interaction — police and the community,� he said. “It’s a great cause. We’ve been involved, the department’s been involved (with Special Olympics Illinois) for a long, long time.�

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Time to let go of past, embrace future with new mascot

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Feb. 21, 2007, Chief Illiniwek performed his last official dance associated with the University of Illinois. The Board of Trustees then retired the 81-year-old mascot as a result of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2005 decision that the Chief’s portrayal of American Indian imagery was offensive. Ever since, the University has been mascot-less. And we think that should change. Though the former mascot’s elimination has been controversial, it is firm, as Phyllis Wise reminded students in the letter she published in The Daily Illini in March 2013. Additionally, the University’s decision to drop Chief Illiniwek, who Native American groups have called demeaning, aligns with its values of inclusivity. This value demands the maintenance of a dignified and respectful environment at the University. As a University, we must accept that Chief Illiniwek isn’t coming back. Opponents can do little to alter the motivation behind the decision to retire him, regardless of how adamantly they argue or how plentiful they congregate. What we can do, however, is move forward toward a universal form of representation we can collectively value — one that excludes and offends no one. Currently, we’re the Fighting Illini. Our T-shirts are marked with “I’s�, and our sporting events are void of any figurehead. We don’t have a Brutus Buckeye or Herbie the Husker to dawn our apparel or pick us up when we’re down. But our lack of mascot pervades clothing and sports. Mascots symbolize togetherness. They’re depictions of the visions and values held by schools. Though students may come from different places and have different backgrounds and beliefs, mascots are something that everyone associated with a school can share. In recent years, this unity is something we’ve lacked at the University, as sporting stands and stadiums have often sat empty and cultural controversies continue to arise — perpetuating a divide among students. And though adopting a new mascot won’t fix these issues immediately or entirely, it’s a great place to start. In 2013, Campus Spirit Revival established a contest to search for a new University representation with no avail, as the majority of students who participated still favored the former Chief Illiniwek. But now, with the return of an improved Alma Mater and the recent expressions from students who say that Chief Illiniwek offends and exclude them, the timing seems right. With these things upon us, we should finally let go of the past and embrace the future together. We should hold true to another value of the University and strive to control our destiny. We should choose a new mascot.

Inclusive Illinois needs to increase its visibility, accessibility SEHAR SIDDIQUI Opinions columnist

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light of recent events this semester such as the tweets toward Chancellor Phyllis Wise and the ongoing debate about the controversial Chief Illiniwek symbol, appreciating diversity and promoting an inclusive environment at the University is becoming increasingly important. The University acknowledged and reiterated this importance last week through Inclusive Illinois Week. For those of you who don’t know, the origins of Inclusive Illinois began in 2007 as the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access reexamined its Campus Conduct: our campus, our culture (2000) program. Since then, the University community aims to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard and that people of all walks of life are included and celebrated by the University. Inclusive Illinois manages to have an honorable mission and plans various events that fit its goals to promote diversity and inclusivity, but important considerations still need to be made when taking into account the importance of education and awareness on campus. As any program that sets off to achieve diversity and inclusivity, a clear and comprehensive goal should be set in place. The Inclusive Illinois site clearly states its mission as “the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Through education, engagement, and excellence, each voice creates the Inclusive Illinois Experience.� A clearly stated goal or mission is important because it aids in planning and lends organization to a program. Additionally, the clearly stated mission holds Inclusive Illinois accountable for what it says it’s going to do.

Inclusive Illinois’s mission statement is honorable in that it encourages acceptance of all types of people, urges all populations to raise their voice and promotes dialogue. At a university as diverse as ours, rated as one of the most “disability friendly� campuses in the U.S. and boasting 8,909 international students this spring, the characteristics of a program trying to promote diversity and inclusivity are extremely important. As issues of diversity can be sensitive and difficult to talk about, a program that encourages everyone to speak up in a safe, accepting environment is integral to ensuring that

It’s difficult for our University to push ideals of inclusivity when reminders of the Chief are everywhere and upsetting students. everyone feels comfortable enough to talk about touchy issues that need to be addressed in the community. Additionally, Inclusive Illinois has many events that stay true to their mission statement including the various activities from Inclusive Illinois Week. The #ManyVoices Campus Conversations that occurred last Monday gave students and other members of the University the opportunity to share their thoughts about the University community. This event holds true to the mission’s goal of providing everyone with a voice. Another event from last week, Celebration of Women, appreciated the achievements and accomplishments of women at the University

through various art forms. Although Inclusive Illinois Week held multiple events that accurately addressed their goals, the individuals who attended these occasions were most likely those who were already passionate about diversity and inclusivity, and while this is not necessarily a bad thing, it’s important to also reach out and affect individuals who might not know much about diversity or who don’t really care about it in the first place. In the short term, Inclusive Illinois could hold more events on the Quad — a highly trafficked area — to educate and reach out to a higher number of students. Additionally, although the University no longer associates with the Chief, it is still pervasive throughout campus and brings offense to students nonetheless. Widespread imagery depicting the Chief causes discomfort to some students and may prevent them from feeling comfortable enough to agree that the University environment is inclusive and sensitive to their beliefs and backgrounds. Although students can practice freedom of expression and wear whatever they want, it’s difficult for our University to push ideals of inclusivity when reminders of the Chief are everywhere and upsetting to students. And clearly this is not the only issue of inclusivity on campus, as we saw with the Chancellor Wise Twitter debacle. Inclusive Illinois should make itself more visible and accessible when it comes to educating and spreading the word about the Chief and other sensitive issues on campus that maybe people just don’t know enough about. The mission of Inclusive Illinois is a valuable one and we should aim to uphold its message to create a more comfortable environment for all students, faculty and staff.

Sehar is a junior in LAS. She can be reached at shsiddi2@dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @Nimatod.

Use a bucket list to wrap up, appreciate senior year KATE CULLEN Opinions columnist

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or those of us in the class of 2014, the “g word� is quickly approaching. Yes, unfortunately, I’m referring to the end of the world as we know it — graduation. It seems as if it was just the beginning of freshman year, all of us awkwardly bumping into each other while at dinner at the Ike. But then we blinked, now its April, and we’re graduating in a month. Unfortunately, we cannot turn back time and do it all over again, even though I wish we could. But we can take advantage of the little time we have left here on campus and indulge in some of our favorite pastimes one last time. The first thing that comes to mind for a foodie like me is all of the Champaign and Urbana delicacies I am going to miss once I graduate. I plan on binge eating tacos at Maize until I can no longer stand, and going to Antonio’s Pizza every night in an attempt to try every different type of pizza topping they have. If you have not visited either of these fine establishments during your four years on campus, I suggest you start going now because you have a lot of catching up to do. On a more serious note — try to attend class in this final homestretch. While it may seem

easy to sit back and not go to class because you’ve been doing so for the last four years, try to put in the extra effort into going because, unless you are attending graduate school, there will never be another time when you can sit in a classroom and learn. Most of us have been in school our entire lives up to this point, and we have often taken our

Most of us have been in school our entire lives up to this point, and we have often taken our education for granted. education for granted. Take these final weeks to really soak in the classroom experience and appreciate your professors who stand in front of you everyday teaching the lessons they have learned throughout a lifetime. While you’re sitting in class, you may hear the bell tower ring its beautiful melody, and before you graduate, you should get up close and personal with those bells. You can actually climb up the bell tower and see how the whole system works. Not only is it

cool to see how enormous the bells actually are, but it’s also an intimate look at one of the daily functions at the University. Next on the senior year bucket list agenda should definitely be taking a picture with our newly reacquired Alma Mater — and might I just say the makeover did you wonders, Alma. While most seniors choose to take a picture with Alma at graduation adorned in caps and gowns, I suggest you take a more informal and impromptu picture with our staple statue. Snap a picture when you’re walking home one night or during the day between classes — its more natural, and you can have more fun with it than a stuffy pose in a blue gown. And finally, the last item on our senior checklist should be to spend as much time with your friends as possible. Do not waste these last moments with your campus family at the University, but embrace every opportunity to try something new and appreciate the time you have left together. Even though we will not be saying permanent goodbyes to each other next month, there will never be another time you will be living as close to your best friends as you are now. These weeks seem to be flying by, but make sure you try to slow them down as much as you can, and do the things you never got a chance to do before, and try to repeat some of your best moments here on campus.

Kate is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at cullen9@dailyillini.com.

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can save items they are interested in and view them later by photo. According to the founders, it is also incredibly easy to add and post items you want to sell. The app provides a side bar where individuals can post items for sale and search for items, as well as manage the app’s settings. Once an individual finds an item they are interested in, they can directly communicate with the seller through the app, eliminating the process of emailing and calling because the communication is hosted by the app. This is the point where a buyer and seller can hash out the details, such as price and how they want to exchange the item. Right now, Goldman, Lapidus and Carmona said they are finalizing the app in preparation for its release. “We’re definitely looking at the last-minute details,” Lapidus said. “Whether it’s a picture in the home screen that could look a little bit better, or the shade of grey, like the exact color it should be ... all the little minor things. The big picture is all figured out and done. We have the

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AWARENESS with “Walk A Mile,” creating T-shirts, publicity campaigns and social media networking and partnered with Fraternity and Sorority Affairs to make the event bigger and better. On Friday, April 11, men walked up and down the quad in high-heeled shoes to simulate what it’s like to “walk in a woman’s shoes.” SAAM Greek committee is also working with Amnesty International for their next big event, “SlutWalk.” The committee set-up a bar initiative in which they provided bars on campus with wristbands and stamps which contain antisexual assault messages. The SlutWalk, which various organizations including Amnesty International will be sponsoring, will be held Thursday on the Main Quad at 5:30 p.m. According to Christina Ruiz, Amnesty International president and senior in AHS, SlutWalk is a march that began in response to a Toronto cop telling students at York University

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beta test version of the app, so now we’re looking at all the little things that have to be done.” At this point in the process, as well as through all the planning and development, Carmona said the level of success they have reached so far is due to staying in constant communication. “It was a lot easier when Ethan, Bryan and I were all together, but now its been a lot of communication, constantly texting,” Carmona said. “We all have to agree on every single aspect that goes into the

app — from design, colors, images, marketing. Communication has been pretty simple through phone, texting, Skype (and) email.” The mission of Bzar is to make this frustrating process as easy as possible, according to Goldman. “We can give buyers and sellers the best experience possible and also make the process fun and safe,” he said. “That’s always been the goal.”

that the best way to avoid getting sexually assaulted was to not dress like a slut. “Victims of sexual assault should never be told that it was their fault, but unfortunately, slut-shaming is disappointingly frequent, and no rape survivor will make it though recovery without at least one person judging them,” Ruiz wrote in an email. “SlutWalk is a way to show solidarity and to reclaim the word ‘slut,’ which is used to make us pit ourselves against each other and to excuse the sexual violence that happens every day.” Ames said that all of the projects and activities planned out for SAAM are showing survivors support. “(Sexual assault) is a massive problem,” Ames said. “The culture is complacent. People don’t want to talk about it. ‘It’s not my problem.’ We’re asking people to challenge rape culture and show survivors support, to let people know they’re not alone and that the community supports them.” GLASS (Greeks Learning Alcohol Safety) is a program

that Kaszuba feels will educate Greeks on alcohol abuse and party rape. GLASS will teach Greeks about campus alcohol and drug resources, how to intervene in situations of risk and signs of alcohol poisoning, among other related topics. “It’s telling people that this could happen in your chapters. What can you do to help?” Kaszuba said. Kaszuba and McLay both agree that University students need to become leaders when it comes to speaking out against sexual assault. “We’re all part of the same community. We walk the same streets, go to the same stores. We have to look out for one another,” Kaszuba said. “The only way this violence will end, is if we stand up together and fight back. We must stop ignoring what is going on around us and take responsibility for the community we are a part of. Student power is infinite and could change the world if only it is put to use.”

Samantha can be reached srothma2@dailyillini.com.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bit by bit Friday, names and backgrounds began to emerge of some of the 10 people killed in Thursday’s horrific crash between a FedEx tractor-trailer truck and a bus full of high school students on Interstate 5 north of Sacramento. The Los Angeles-area high-schoolers were headed to a preview weekend for admitted students on the Humboldt State campus near Arcata. They rode on a bus chartered by Humboldt State as part of the school’s effort to reach out to Latino students from low-income families. Authorities released only one name of a victim officially Friday, that of Arthur Arzola, 26, a Humboldt State recruiter who died at the University of California, Davis Medical Center early that day. But other names began to surface as friends, family members and co-workers came forward to talk about their losses. Michael Myvett was one of them, a 29-year-old 2007 graduate of Humboldt State who was a chaperone on the bus with his fiancee, Mattison Haywood. Myvett, who was on the trip because he loved the university and someday wanted to teach there, lived with Haywood, 25, and planned to get married in the next year or two, said Marina Bulkin, Myvett’s supervisor. Adrian Castro, an El Monte High School football player,

was on the bus but has not been accounted for yet, said Nick Salerno, superintendent for the El Monte Union High School District. Salerno said Adrian’s parents had been asked by authorities to travel to the Orland area with his dental records, a grim task that authorities said Friday might be necessary to identify some victims because of the fireball that engulfed the bus and the FedEx truck. “We’re still hoping for a miracle and praying and hoping for the best,” Salerno said, “But we’re concerned and worried.” At Norte Vista High School, Principal Susan Boyd said in an e-mail to The Sacramento Bee that “our school community is grieving” over reports that one 17-year-old student is unaccounted for while her twin sister was safely on another bus. A third student from the school was listed in stable condition after the crash, she wrote. Investigators for the California Highway Patrol and other agencies cautioned that discovering the cause of the crash will be a lengthy process, possibly taking between three to six months. In a news conference at the CHP office in Willows, officials also said positively identifying the victims may be difficult and will rely in part on dental records and the use of DNA. The CHP said five students, three chaperones and the drivers of the truck and bus were killed.

The bus and FedEx truck were consumed in a massive fireball after the 5:40 p.m. crash, which occurred when the southbound FedEx truck swerved across the Interstate 5 median near Orland and smashed head-on into the bus, which carried 48 high school students and chaperones. Nine people were dead at the scene, with the last of the bodies removed from the site at 1:40 a.m. Friday. The bodies of three of the victims were taken to a facility in Orland and six to Willows. They will be moved to Butte County for autopsy and identification. The CHP said it has no idea yet what caused the crash, whether the FedEx driver fell asleep, had a mechanical issue with the truck or had some type of accident that diverted the vehicle across the median, where it clipped a Nissan Altima carrying two people, then smashed into the bus, the last of three buses in a caravan of students heading to the college. The victims in the Altima suffered minor injuries, and a total of 31 people were taken to area hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to critical, officials said. The northbound lanes of I-5 at the crash site near Orland did not reopen until about noon, and by midafternoon only three survivors of the crash remained at Veterans’ Memorial Hall in Orland, where a shelter and command center had been set up.

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From left to right, Ethan Goldman, Spencer Carmona and Bryan Lapidus have been developing Bzar, a buying and selling app, since summer 2013. The app features a simplified item newsfeed and its own communication tool to make transactions easier between users.

Simplified shopping New cellphone app, Bzar, to make selling locally easier BY SAMANTHA ROTHMAN STAFF WRITER

This past summer, three friends from Tenafly, N.J., decided websites such as eBay and Craigslist were not cutting it for buying and selling items online. They decided there had to be a better way and began the process of creating the app, Bzar. Ethan Goldman, sophomore in Business — along with his two friends and co-founders, Bryan Lapidus, sophomore at the University of Michigan, and Spencer Carmona, sophomore at Rutgers University — thought they could make an app to simplify the tedious and unreliable process of buying and selling items online. Bzar will officially be ready to launch in late April.

Goldman said Bzar is not only meant to make the entire process easier but also incorporates userfriendly components to make the process more fun. “The idea came when we were all trying to buy and sell products over the summer,� Goldman said. “We were all just getting pretty frustrated. In order to use Craigslist, you have to give them your email and your phone number, and it’s just not so reliable ... you don’t know the quality of the product. So we started thinking of new ways, an app, that will allow you to sell products and buy products in confidence.� Unlike Craigslist and eBay, Bzar has users sign up using their Facebook profile. This ensures the qual-

ity of users and also better validates that the user is a real person. After the initial idea and goal was set into place in summer 2013, Goldman said they set out to find coders because their strengths lie on the business side of the company. They settled on two brothers who both attend Texas A&M University. Once the development process began, Goldman, Lapidus and Carmona started to think about the most important features they wanted to include, the features that would solve ongoing problems with buying and selling items online. “Something that sets our app way far apart from anything else is the fact it’s solely based on location. So

in order to buy and sell products, you pretty much have to be within zero to 50 miles of another person. The items within that radius will be the items that will pop-up in your feed,� Goldman said. Goldman said the feed is similar to a newsfeed that features products being sold within a specific distance from the potential buyer, making it easier for users to search and browse. The app also includes a Pinterestlike wishlist feature, where users

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Greek aids in sexual assault awareness throughout campus BY MARA SHAPIRO STAFF WRITER

Anna Kaszuba, sophomore in LAS, became involved with sexual assault awareness on campus after attending a FYCARE seminar during her freshman year. The class acted as a catalyst for Kaszuba’s work, and after attending, she took a class to become a facilitator. “I like educating people and opening their eyes about what they can do to help,� Kaszuba said. “I want to get fringe groups involved. You can’t convince people to go to Zerlina Maxwell’s (a speaker coming to the University on behalf of Sexual Assault Awareness Month) talk. That’s why we go to bars and Greek houses to talk about party rape.� During her FYCARE course, Kaszuba wrote a research paper on party rape in which she explained the seriousness of the issue in the college scene. It is students’ responsibilities to protect their peers from potential harm, and if they are educated more about the dangers at parties, they will be more willing to take action, she said.

“When I see someone drunk, it always gives me anxiety ... the bartenders are the ones handing out the alcohol. Don’t be a bystander,� Kaszuba said. As a member of the University’s chapter of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and the leader of the Greek Committee for SAAM, Kaszuba works with the Women’s Resource Center Assistant Director Molly McLay, who was also Kaszuba’s FYCARE class instructor, and Stephanie Ames, advocate at the Rape, Advocacy, Counseling and Education services center. “Anna has really immersed herself with passion,� McLay said. “She presents really well. She always has a lot of ideas and is really vocal. She gets others engaged.� One of Kaszuba’s favorite memories with FYCARE was when she participated in a survivor and supporter panel. “It’s eye-opening to have a one-on-one talk with classmates and going a little further than just raising your hand in class,� Kaszuba said. Kaszuba used her connections in the Greek community to start the Greek Committee for SAAM in

February and encourage her fellow fraternity and sorority members to attend meetings. “A fond memory is my first SAAM Greek committee meeting. I was blown away at the response from the Greek community that wanted to be a part of this cause. Twenty-five to 30 people showed up and everyone was so excited to get started on work for the month. I was truly stunned,� Kaszuba said. Kaszuba started the SAAM Greek committee due to the number of bodies available to help the cause. “We needed fighters, volunteers, people who care ... so I reached out to my own community,� Kaszuba said. “Greeks are a big part of the ChampaignUrbana community, classroom settings and even bar scenes, so who better to educate and act as leaders in this movement against rape culture? We act as volunteers for all SAAM events, so if anyone ever needs help setting up, we give them the manpower needed to support the event.� SAAM Greek committee worked extensively

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Anna Kaszuba, sophomore in LAS, is working toward making a difference in sexual assault awareness on campus through her involvement in FYCARE and the Greek Committee for Sexual Assault Awareness

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Spring Game raises more QB questions BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

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Illinois’ Reilly O’Toole (4) throws the ball during the annual Orange and Blue Spring Game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Blue team won, 38-7, thanks to 12-of-17 passing from O’Toole and touchdowns by Kevin Carroll, Justin Hardee, Devin Church and Kendrick Foster.

Blue team defeats Orange, 38-7 Illini’s annual Spring Game gives glimpse of 2014 season BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

In an intrasquad scrimmage with bragging rights and positions for the fall on the line, the Illinois football team saw another blowout at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Blue team dominated the Orange team in the Orange and Blue Spring Game and led the entire game en route to a 38-7 victory. Reilly O’Toole led the Blue team with 12-of-17 passing for 126 yards and two touchdowns, while the Orange team couldn’t sustain any consistency. O’Toole started for the Blue team and recorded two touchdowns in three first quarter possessions to give Blue an early lead. On the opening drive, the Blue team went 73 yards in 15 plays, culminating in a 10-yard touchdown from O’Toole to Kevin Carroll. On the Orange team’s first

possession, quarterback Aaron Bailey threw an incompletion on his first play before fumbling on a handoff exchange with running back Josh Ferguson and Blue recovered at the Orange 27-yard line. Three plays later, O’Toole hit Justin Hardee on a seam route for a 25-yard touchdown to put Blue up 14-0 with 7:51 remaining in the first quarter. The Orange team, despite having top running backs Josh Ferguson and Donovonn Young as well as dual-threat quarterback Bailey, couldn’t get the ground game going. The squad finished with 69 yards rushing on 41 carries, an abysmal 1.7 yards per carry. Four sacks mitigated the statistics, but Young had 15 carries for a total of two yards. “The tough thing about this game is that we only had 11 offensive linemen, so they had to play the whole game,�

head coach Tim Beckman said. “My question is: Did the No. 1 offensive tackle make the No. 2 offensive guard better?� Another turnover would hurt the Orange team’s chances when driving in the second quarter. After a Wes Lunt interception gave Blue the ball at the Orange 46-yard line, reserve quarterback Chayce Crouch drove the team into the red zone, including a 4th-and-6 conversion. On a 3rd-and-13 from the Blue 19-yard line, Crouch threw behind his receiver on an in-route and cornerback V’Angelo Bentley picked it off and took it 89 yards back the other way for a touchdown. The Orange team would never threaten again. “Two turnovers changed that game like this,� Beckman said with a snap of his fingers. “The Blue team was able to capitalize on that and the Orange team wasn’t able to make those plays.� O’Toole played the whole first quarter before being relieved by Wes Lunt, who had an inauspicious start to his Illini career.

Lunt was intercepted on his second throw and finished the contest 6-for-16 for 99 yards with the one interception. Peter Bonahoom led all receivers with seven catches and 95 yards for the Blue team, while his teammate Justin Hardee chipped in five catches for 81 yards and a touchdown.

Stephen can be reached at sbourbo2@dailyillini.com and @steve_bourbon

“The tough thing about this game is that we only had 11 offensive linemen, so they had to play the whole game.� TIM BECKMAN HEAD COACH

Spring Game offers nothing concrete about upcoming year ELIOT SILL Football columnist

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were foolish to think a spring scrimmage would be a large enough sample size to reach conclusions. We should’ve known we’d leave with more questions than answers. For starters: How do you blow yourself out? What does that even mean? Illinois’ Blue squad (the team I had losing) pulled away from the Orange team and wound up winning 38-7, a veritable trouncing. Head coach Tim Beckman pointed to early turnovers — a V’Angelo Bentley pick-six among them — that put the Orange behind early, and a lack of fight that kept them down as the game went on. It also didn’t hurt that Chayce Crouch and Man Berg were Orange’s only quarterback options in the third quarter, or that Aaron Bailey was ruled down whenever he was touched on his typically punishing run plays. Reilly O’Toole arguably looked like the best Illinois quarterback for Illinois on Saturday; I say arguably because Wes Lunt did throw a very pretty ball. The sophomore transfer was on and off, and despite the lack of numbers, he looked like an unpolished pro prospect. O’Toole had two early touchdown passes, neither of which, he admitted after the game, were caught by their intended targets. I give O’Toole credit — I probably would have just lied about that. O’Toole has three years experience of not winning

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Above: Illinois’ Wes Lunt (12) talks to Reilly O’Toole (4) on the sidelines during the annual Orange and Blue Spring Game at Memorial Stadium, on Saturday. The Blue team won 38-7. Below: Illinois’ Aaron Bailey attempts a pass during the Spring Game on Saturday. Bailey rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown to go along with 9-for-13 passing for 43 yards. the starting quarterback job, making it seem he’d be ready to be passed over again. But if you base the decision solely on the spring game, O’Toole is your starter right now. As for Bailey, 9-for-13 passing was a welcome sight, but he still seemed to be used pretty conservatively. For all the clamoring about his raw talent and his commitment to watching film, it doesn’t seem like he’s been unleashed as a wild card, and he hasn’t seemed to be able to outsmart defenses. As he enters his sophomore year, it’s time for the coaching staff to open things up and give him opportunities in high-pressure situations. Are the expectations placed on Lunt too high for where he’s at in his career? Can O’Toole really be the best option for the team at quarterback? And if so, will frustrated fans be able to get behind him? Could the Orange team’s lack of fight be a red flag that Bailey isn’t ready to be a leader? The quarterback competition is clearly far from over. After the game, Beckman brought the whole team to midfield and announced that the

competition was over, that the two teams could again become one. He and the coaching staff also handed out some spring hardware. The winner of the offensive MVP was Josh Ferguson, which, aside from being an effective way to avoid declaring a winner of the QB competition, speaks as a reminder to Illinois fan: Ferguson is the Illini’s best playmaker. His 24-yard strike to Dionte Taylor in the second quarter was one of the best passes of the day. Running the ball, Ferguson quietly had 11 carries for 5.5 yards per rush, a figure undistorted by any long runs — his longest was 18 yards, which is not typical for the explosive junior. Donovonn Young, meanwhile, had 15 carries for 2 yards. Yikes. The defense, which we can only assess relative to the offense, was able to force turnovers, including Bentley’s picksix. The lack of big runs from Ferguson is a good sign, as are Young’s paltry numbers. But in a game where you merely had to touch the quarterback to down him, the pressure seemed to be a non-factor. The

In the three-man race for the Illinois starting quarterback job, Saturday’s Orange and Blue Spring Game may have posed more questions than answers. Reilly O’Toole earned the start for the Blue team and played in the first and third quarters, while teammate Wes Lunt played in the second and fourth. The third competitor vying for the job is Aaron Bailey. Bailey started for the Orange team but still split time with reserves Chayce Crouch and Man Berg. While fans anxiously awaited the appearance of the transfer quarterback Lunt, the sophomore struggled in his debut action for the Orange team. Lunt opened with four consecutive handoffs before finally dropping back to pass on a 2nd-and-5. He was hit by Jarrod Clements and the ball fluttered into the air where three Orange defenders got their hands on it before it fell incomplete. On his second drop back, Lunt looked to his left and fired a pass that was intercepted by Zepheniah Grimes as he cut off the intended receiver on the dig route. Lunt regrouped himself before halftime with back-to-back completions of 24 and 22 yards and gave the Blue team a field goal try as the first half ended. It was the senior O’Toole who stole the show for the Blue team, completing 12-of-17 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns, despite throwing into a strong wind when he was in the game. O’Toole got the start and marched the team down the field on the game’s opening drive, encompassing 15 plays over 73 yards. On O’Toole’s first touchdown to Kevin Carroll, however, the ball wasn’t even intended for Carroll. “I checked the play and I was hoping one of the receivers would relay the route out to (Carroll), but they didn’t,� O’Toole said. “They ended up in the same spot. I would have liked to think that if Kevin wasn’t there, Pete Bonahoom would have caught it, who I was intending to throw it to, but I’ll have to see the film.� When O’Toole and the Blue team got the ball back 11 seconds later after an Orange fumble, O’Toole was at it again, this time hitting Justin Hardee for a 25-yard touchdown. For the second time, although the result was desirable, O’Toole admitted to looking to hit a different receiver. “I threw it to Church, but actually the wind really affected that one and kind of took it over to

(Justin) Hardee,� O’Toole said. “That wasn’t a play mishap, they just both beat their guys so I was trying to get it up there to give them some room.� Offensive coordinator Bill Cubit thought O’Toole’s hot start might have put some early pressure on Lunt to make plays. “If I was a quarterback and I saw that, I’d think I’ve got to sling it around and make some plays,� Cubit said. “You don’t need those big throws all the time. You could get sacked or get intercepted, just take what the defense is giving you.� Lunt finished 6-of-16 passing for 99 yards with an interception on the day. O’Toole and Lunt switched off quarters for the entire game, with O’Toole starting both halves and Lunt finishing them. For the Orange team, Bailey put together solid numbers although he was hamstrung by the “no-contact� jerseys for the quarterbacks. Anytime a defensive player laid a hand on the quarterback, the play was whistled dead. It looked as though Bailey might break a long rushing touchdown in the third quarter, but was “touched� from behind by Jevaris Little, who might not have been able to catch Bailey and bring him all the way down in a regular season game. “It definitely limits me to not be able to get out like I want to,� Bailey said. “Of course you get frustrated, but you just have to deal with it.� Bailey was sacked four times but without the sacks, he would have ended up with 10 carries for 47 yards and a touchdown to go along with 9-for-13 throwing for 43 yards. No decision will be made until the fall at the position, and all three quarterbacks are prepared to stretch the competition for the foreseeable future. While fans might believe O’Toole is the clear-cut choice after his stat line Saturday, Cubit said that the Spring Game is just one of many ways to evaluate the quarterbacks — which is even more muddled as they all work with different personnel at the receiver position. “It’s just so hard,� Cubit said. “Our offense is all matchups: our guy against their guy. ‘Well, now my guy isn’t there and who is that guy? I haven’t thrown to him.’ So the sync isn’t there (in the spring). It’s a little more difficult.�

Stephen can be reached at sbourbo2@dailyillini.com and @steve_bourbon.

GAME TO REMEMBER:

GAME TO FORGET:

REILLY O’TOOLE

DONOVONN YOUNG

The quarterback who is regarded as the third wheel behind Wes Lunt and Aaron Bailey had the best day of all the playcallers on Saturday. O’Toole threw for 126 yards on 12-of-17 passing with two touchdowns in a winning effort for the Blue team. He also rushed for 30 yards, more than the dual-threat Bailey. O’Toole said the coaches have not told them when a quarterback will be named.

Young touched the ball more than any other running back, with 15 carries, but gained only 2 yards on the afternoon. He played in the shadow of last year’s breakout running back Josh Ferguson, who netted 61 yards on 11 carries for the Orange team. Young figures to be the backup behind Ferguson next season.

TWEET OF THE GAME:

@COACHBELLAMY #illini legends D Howard & R Mendenhall speak to current team before spring game. Great words and great motivation.

QUOTE OF THE GAME:

TIM BECKMAN “We were able to get Marc Trestman in here to speak with our football team (Friday). The message that he drives to his Chicago Bears each and every day is the message that ... we believe in here too. What a blessing for our kids and our players to be able to hear a head football coach from such a prestigious program.�

NUMBERS TO KNOW:

493

Number of total yards for both teams combined. The Blue team outgained the Orange team 306-187.

Illini amassed seven total sacks, only about five of which would constitute hurries in a real-game scenario. Football is again on the back burner until August, and the Illini gave themselves plenty of questions to figure out over the next four months.

Eliot is a senior in Media. He can be reached at sill2@ dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @EliotTweet.

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Only 11 offensive linemen played in the game Saturday. Five were on each the Blue and Orange teams, with junior Chris Boles playing on both squads. Beckman thought the lack of depth on the offensive line likely attributed to the poor rushing numbers from the running backs.

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The Orange and Blue spring game was Illinois’ 15th and final practice of the spring season. The Illini will not have an official practice until summer camp begins in August.

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Illinois commits who will join the team in the fall were in attendance at the spring game.

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Days until Illinois football kick off the 2014 regular season against Youngstown State on August 30 at Memorial Stadium.

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Illini finish 4th at nationals; Valdez earns high bar BY KIERAN HAMPL STAFF WRITER

Illinois junior Jordan Valdez rose to the occasion, bringing home the NCAA high bar title after competing in the national championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., over the weekend. The Illini, who finished fourth as a team on Friday night, still had high aspirations heading into the individual part of the championship on Saturday night. The team qualified six gymnasts to the event finals and came out with nine new AllAmericans, including three athletes placing on multiple events. Valdez, who has been on a roll all season, scored a 15.525 on high bar, which gave him the victory by half of a point. Despite providing him with his national title, this was only his third-highest score of the season. He is the first Illini to bring home the high bar title in the last five years. “I’m still speechless,” Valdez said in a press release. “It hasn’t sunk in yet. I’m just waiting to wake up and still be standing at the chalk blocks waiting to start my routine.”

Valdez also added a fifth place finish on parallel bars with a score of 15.100. The accomplishments didn’t stop there for the Illini. Junior C.J. Maestas added three AllAmerican qualifying finishes of his own. Maestas was the runner-up on rings, placed third on floor and also qualified on the all-around. He was still not completely healthy, but finished right behind the top gymnasts in the country. Maestas tore his tricep and missed all of the 201213 season. The injury has continued to bother him this season. Freshman Chandler Eggleston also had a stellar night for the Illini, placing second on both vault and floor with scores of 15.225 and 15.400, respectively. He was beaten out by a combined half a point on the two events. Senior Chad Mason, sophomore Logan Bradley and junior Mike Wilner also finished the night with All-American honors. Bradley and Mason both finished in the top-10 on the pommel horse, placing sixth and eighth, respectively. Wilner added a sixth-place finish on rings.

“It was an outstanding finish to a really great weekend,” head coach Justin Spring said. “The guys that earned their way into finals certainly proved that they deserved to be there. Everyone finished strong and finished well.” Valdez, Maestas and Eggleston were the strongest gymnasts all season for the Illini and proved it once again on Saturday. The Illini, who had high aspirations coming into the season — both as a team and individually — put all the past struggles behind them this weekend. The fourth place finish on Friday night maybe was not as high as they had originally hoped, but the fact that they were right in it to the end meant a lot to the team. Only one of the six Illini who brought home All-American honors will be graduating this year putting the team in a great position to have a solid performance in the championship once again next year.

Kieran can be reached at hampl2@dailyillini.com.

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Illinois’ Chad Mason performs his pommel horse routine at the NCAA national championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday. As a team, the Illini finished fourth out of six teams.

Illinois drops 2 of 3 to potent Michigan offense Baseball loses 1st conference series of season, falls to 18-13 BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER

Sophomore shortstop Adam Walton was frustrated with the Illinois baseball team’s performance over the weekend. The Illini dropped their first Big Ten series of the year to Michigan, falling to 18-13 on the season and 6-3 in Big Ten play. Illinois won the first game against the Wolverines (16-19-1, 6-6) on Friday 1-0, before losing the next two 17-9 and 4-2. Walton thought the Illini should have taken at least two out of the three games. “We didn’t execute (with) runners in scoring position, and we didn’t do the little things to win the series and they did,” Walton said. “It’s definitely disappointing. We’ve got to clean it up. We’ve got to get better as a team in every aspect.” One of those aspects Walton said the Illini will need to improve on is base running. The Illini were picked off six times over the three game series and four times on Sunday alone. Illinois kicked off the weekend on a high note, winning the Friday’s game 1-0 on the back of a combined shutout from junior starting pitcher Drasen Johnson and sophomore relief pitcher Tyler Jay. Michigan and Illinois were back in action on Saturday afternoon, and it didn’t take long for the Wolverines to get on the board, as the team scored five runs in the first inning and another in the second. Michigan took advantage of the 25 mile per hour winds with two home runs and seven doubles in the game. After Illinois first baseman David Kerian’s three-run home run in the third inning pulled the Illini within 6-3, Michigan and Illinois exchanged four-run innings in the fourth. Juniors Will Krug and Michael Hurwitz both drove in two runs on a single and a double, respectively, for the Illini, bringing the score to 10-7 Michigan. The Wolverines would score another run in the sixth before exploding for six more runs across the final three innings. After the fourth inning the Illini only scored two runs. Michigan eventually took the second game of the series 17-9. Illinois allowed a season-high in runs and hits, giving up 23 hits

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Illinois’ David Kerian prepares to catch a ball during the game against Michigan at Illinois Field on Sunday. The Illini lost 4-2. on the day, which Kerian said was due in part to both the wind and the Wolverine’s offensive ability. “They might not have had a few of those home runs that they did have but they still hit the ball really well,” Kerian said after Saturday’s game. “They squared up every ball, and we just weren’t able to keep up with them.” Illinois struck first in Sunday’s game, scoring on an RBI single from Kerian. The hit scored junior outfielder Will Krug who, after singling to right field, had advanced to third on a groundout by junior designated hitter Michael Hurwitz. Michigan answered in the third with a sac fly of its own that scored a run and tied the game at one. The Wolverines scored again in the fifth on another sac fly. Illinois was able to tie the game at two in the sixth, but Michi-

gan scored a run in both the eighth and ninth innings and won the game 4-2. Illini head coach Dan Hartleb said the team didn’t play “smart baseball” on Sunday and needs to be able to produce with more regularity. “We may have lost (Sunday), but we shouldn’t have lost the way we lost,” Hartleb said. “We did things to lose the game, and we didn’t give ourselves opportunities to win. When you give yourself opportunities to win and do things right and you lose the game, it’s part of athletics. Today, we didn’t do things to win the game, and that’s frustrating.”

Nicholas can be reached at fortin2@dailyillini.com and @IlliniSportsGuy.

Softball losing streak reaches 5 games after being swept in Madison BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER

The Illinois softball team continued its Big Ten struggles this weekend with a three-game sweep against Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., to extend the Illini’s losing streak to five games. With two eerily similar close defeats in later innings, the Illini struggled to cleanly execute offensively and defensively. Last weekend, the pitching staff struggled to combine smoothly with the offense in two losses to then-No. 20 Nebraska. Against Wisconsin it was both the defense and the offense that failed to back up a strong pitching performance and get the job done. “We were really disappointed how we came out that first game of the series,” head coach Terri Sullivan said. “We just didn’t play our style of defense. Brandi (Needham) pitched well, and we just didn’t bring our A-game from a defensive point of view, which is a stronghold of this team. The second game we were sloppy. We were pressed a bit because we didn’t offensively get in a rhythm.” With storms in the forecast, Illinois played a doubleheader on Friday and one game on Saturday, as opposed to the originally scheduled Sunday game. In the first game of the doubleheader, it was a walk-off RBI single that led to a 3-2 Wisconsin win. Needham held the Badgers scoreless until the top of the fifth, when Wisconsin scored two runs. Though the Illini answered back in the sixth to tie the game, they failed to then take a lead in the seventh inning. “It was a pretty tough weekend,” catcher Jenna EUHDNLQJ QHZV VSRUWV RSLQLRQV GLYHUVLRQV FODVVLÀHGV DSDUWPHQW VHDUFK

Mychko said. “We just have to play Illinois softball. I think we got away from that. We have to attack the ball more and just have a lot more confidence. We just have to play our softball.” Illinois was defeated 10-3 in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader. The Illini had eight hits and stranded nine runners. But it was Wisconsin’s senior third baseman Michelle Mueller who stole the show in the second game, going 4-for-4 with three home runs for a school-record eight RBIs. Illinois’ offense hit just 4-for-20 with runners in scoring position Friday and left seven on base in the first game — compared with the Badgers, who stranded 15 but still came away with the win. The defense mirrored the offense’s poor performance, making a season-worst five errors in the second game of the doubleheader. Illinois had four unearned runs over both games. “When you’re not hitting well and you’re not defending well, you’re going to have a really hard time coming away with wins,” Sullivan said. “And that’s obviously the way it should be. You should have to earn it and make your opponent earn it. I think we made Wisconsin earn that first one. The second one we didn’t play well enough to win a game in conference at this time of the year.” Saturday’s 3-2 defeat saw a similar scenario to Friday’s first game. The Illini were down two but came back to tie the game in the third. The scored remained 2-2 until the sixth when the Badgers scored what would be the winning run as the Illini failed to answer back in the seventh.

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Illinois’ Allie Bauch hits the ball during the game at Eichelberger Field on April 6. Second baseman Allie Bauch led the Illini at the plate, going 2-for-4 and scoring the tying run in the third inning, building off her performance from Friday where she had four hits in the doubleheader. Though the Illini didn’t come out strong in the first innings of Sunday’s game, Sullivan was proud of how her team executed as the game went on. Now, she says, it’s time to use that for the rest of the season. “We just need to play 5 percent better, and we are

capable of that,” Sullivan said. “Across the board top to bottom, our team really can get in their offensive groove. We did come from behind to tie it up after losing the first two games. To get behind and to show that we weren’t going to stop, I thought was really big. We just have to win innings going forward.”

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Illini triumph at rare outdoor home meet BY CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY STAFF WRITER

Illinois track and field is not used to competing outdoors in front of an orange-clad crowd, and the Twilight Invite was a perfect opportunity for fans to turn out to support the team. Warm spring weather added incentive for fans to show up, but winds reached nearly 30 miles per hour when running events kicked off at 5 p.m. The strong gusts didn’t faze the Illini men’s team though, as it won the fi rst Twilight Invite since 2010 by 95 points. For some athletes, the winds made things better. The 100-meter dash, 200 meters, and 110-meter hurdles were run with the wind at the athletes’ backs. In the 110 hurdles, strong competition and a strong tailwind created the perfect storm for senior Vanier Joseph. He won the event in 13.41 seconds, good for the fastest time in the country this season. “I was actually really surprised about the time, I didn’t think it was going to be that fast,� Joseph said. “I’m happy with that fast (of a time) and I’m glad it was because I know I’m capable

of it, and I’m capable of more.â€? Joseph won the race by just 0.02 seconds over Indiana State’s Greggmar Swift, who came into the meet with the nation’s fourth fastest time. “He’s starting to really believe in himself and his preparation ‌ his confidence is growing,â€? head coach Mike Turk said. “That’s what’s really making the difference.â€? The Illini also had strong performances in events in which they had to deal with the wind. The 4x100-meter relay team won handily after Iowa blew its fi nal exchange. “We train in this wind every day, so it’s nothing different than practice,â€? said junior sprinter Brandon Stryganek, who ran on the relay and won the 100. The 4x100 team has been consistently getting faster and has performed very well in the fi rst few weeks of the outdoor season. Turk said part of that success can be attributed to the team’s consistency. The combination of Julian Smith, Stryganek, Stephon Pamilton and DJ Zahn has run together since last season. “We’re way ahead of where we were last year,â€? Turk said. “We

keep everybody healthy and keep hitting our handoffs, we keep getting better.� Turk said last year the team’s fastest time pre-Big Tens was 39.33 at Drake Relays. Their winning time Saturday was 39.61 seconds. One of the Illini’s most impressive performances came in the 400, in which Zahn, Joe McAsey and Kenneth Allen swept the top three spots. Their performances, especially McAsey’s, turned some heads on Saturday. “That was a huge race for him. He’s an 800 guy, it was almost kind of shocking that he ran so fast,� Turk said. Turk also noted Allen’s performance: “Last week Kenneth ran like 47.70 down at Auburn. Great conditions, terrific track, perfect weather. And he ran faster here tonight. You can’t say that’s because of the wind or anything. That’s just a great performance.� Zahn was a part of the 4x100 team and won the 400, but his contributions didn’t end there. He also was a member of the winning 4x400 meter team. “DJ all year has been progressing and stepping up. He’s putting himself up in the top of

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Illinois’ Brandon Stryganek runs the 100-meter dash during the Illinois Twilight Track and Field meet at Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium on Saturday. the conference and NCAAs,â€? Turk said. “He just really stepped forward big this year.â€? The team has been experimenting with the 4x400 lineup. This week’s squad of Cam Viney, McAsey, Allen and Pamilton won the race in 3 minutes, 9.34 seconds. “We’re kind of running by committee right now ‌ the way Joey McAsey’s been running, it gives us the luxury of having five guys we can move in and out of there.â€? Turk said. Turk mentioned Viney,

McAsey and Allen all can fit into the lineup’s two remaining spots with Zahn and Pamilton. He said the 4x400 lineup is still a work in progress. The distance squad also performed well. In the 1,500 meters, Liam Markham and Graham Morris fi nished one-two. Ian Barnett dominated the 3,000 meters and Brendan McDonnell looked impressive with a huge fi nishing kick to take the 5,000 meters. On the field side, pole vaulter Blaze Galardy came in sec-

ond place, 0.05 meters behind redshirt-teammate Matt Bane. Turk noted Galardy’s develpoment now that he’s gotten more opportunities to compete. “It was an awesome day,“ Turk said of Saturday’s meet. “We challenged (the team) earlier in the week. This is our one home meet outdoors, let’s make it a good one and let’s put on a show. Rain, shine, whatever, let’s put on a show.�

Chris can be reached at cmkenne2@dailyillini.com.

Illini soar to 2nd at weekend Twilight meet BY MUBARAK SALAMI STAFF WRITER

Saturday was a special day for the Illinois women’s track and field team Twilight Track and Field meet. On the track, the team received several outstanding performances from some of its athletes en route to a secondplace team fi nish out of eight total teams at the Illinois Soccer Track Stadium. Off the track, the team’s seniors were lauded for their contributions. This was the fi rst senior class in four years that had the opportunity to be acknowledged at home in front of friends and family. “It was great to see our seniors recognized,� head coach Ron Garner said. “The weather was beautiful, and we couldn’t have asked for a better day.� Perhaps a fi rst-place team fi n-

ish could have ended the day on a more perfect note, but with four event titles and numerous performances ranking among the best in school history, the Orange and Blue had their fair share of success. Sophomore Britten Petrey won the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the third consecutive week. She has now won the event in every meet she has participated in this outdoor season. Petrey, who clocked a personal-best time of 10 minutes, 50.41 seconds, credits her early season success to the coaching staff. “I think the way my coach has progressed me into the drills, workouts and hurdle practices has really helped in the adjustment from the mile to the steeplechase,� Petrey said. “I know that ultimately if I want to achieve my goals it will come from pushing myself in every

workout, taking my easy days as easy days, and overall just taking care of my body.� Senior sprinter Jesica Ejesieme won the 100-meter hurdles for the second time in three tries this season. Her time of 13.40 seconds is the fastest this season in the Big Ten. Sophmore Mobolaji Adeokun fi nished third in the event. Redshirt sophomore Alyssa Schneider followed up last weekend’s event title in the 1,500-meter run at Auburn, with an event title in the 5,000. She now holds the thirdand seventh-best times in the Big Ten in each of the events, respectively. Freshman high jumper Kandie Bloch-Jones won the high jump with her best performance of the season by far. Her jump of 5 feet, 9 3/4 inches gave the defending conference champion and sec-

ond-team All-American the best mark in the Big Ten this season. One of the strongest performances of the day belonged to junior Mariah Smith. Smith fi nished third in the discus, but her performance was not one to be forgotten. Her distance of 166 feet is not only the best mark in the Big Ten this season, but also the third-best throw in school history. “Mariah really had a special day,� coach Garner said. “She has gone through her fair share of ups and downs, but I think she has learned a lot in the process.� Though the Illini fi nished behind fi rst place Indiana State, Garner was happy with the way his team performed and believes this weekend is something the team can build off of going forward. “These early meets are developmental weeks for us,� Garner

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Illinois’ Jesica Ejesieme, left, runs the 100-meter hurdles during the Illinois Twilight Track and Field meet at the Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium on Saturday. She has won the event twice this season. said. “We have a lot of athletes starting to perform well at the right time, but we want to make sure we stay focused now so we’re ready for the champion-

ship stages come May and June.�

Mubarak can be reached at msalami2@dailyillin.com or @justmubar.

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Illini send off seniors with 4-2 win

Tennis falls to Iowa, rebounds against Nebraska

tive matches to even the score at 3-3, but Boone dropped a hard-fought match to Annette Donahics. Iowa (9-10, 2- 6 Big Ten) recorded just its second conference win of the spring while handing Illinois (11-9, 4-5) its third consecutive loss. After the match, the Illini held a team meeting to regroup and focus for the rest of the season. “We all had a fresh mind-set

BY THOMAS DONLEY STAFF WRITER

This past weekend was a tale of two matches for freshman Jerricka Boone and the Illinois women’s tennis team. Boone was the last Illini to fi nish in both matches over the weekend. Saturday, she came within two games of completing an Illini comeback against Iowa but fell short. Sunday, with the potential to clinch the Senior Day match against Nebraska, she delivered. “I’m so happy for Jerricka to get over that hump,� Illinois head coach Michelle Dasso said. “Today to get it done and clinch it, it’s about growth and getting better. I think it’ll help relax her.� Saturday’s match highlighted the importance of the doubles point to the Illini. Dasso tweaked her pairings once again, but Iowa took the fi rst two sets to gain a 1-0 advantage, which proved to be the difference maker. The Hawkeyes increased their lead to 3-0 after Ruth Seaborne and Morven McCulloch defeated Allison Falkin and Melissa Kopinski. Misia Kedzierski started the Illini comeback with a dominant 6-0, 6-1 win over Ellen Silver. Shortly after, Louise Kwong and Alexis Casati continued their excellent freshman seasons, winning their respec-

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after we met,� Kedzierski said. “I think we all came out here pretty positive after that loss.� On Sunday, Illinois honored seniors Falkin and Kedzierski before the match against Nebraska (8-14, 0-9). Using a different format, with the teams played singles fi rst, leaving doubles until the end as a potential tiebreaker. This time it was the Illini jumping out to a 3-0 lead as Kedzierski, Falkin and Kopinski all won their respective matches. Kwong

Illinois’ Allison Falkin attempts to return the ball during the meet against Nebraska, at Atkins Tennis Center, on Sunday. The Illini won 4-2. lost her match, and Casati ran out of gas against Izabella Zgierska, falling in three sets, leaving Boone the last to fi nish her singles match for the third time in four matches. After taking the first set from Hannah Suiz 6-4, Boone dropped the second 3-6 to set up a third set to determine whether or not doubles would be played. With her teammates flashing their “Left Elbow� pose, staring at the service line and pointing their left elbows

at the opponent, Boone finshed off Suiz 6-3, clinching the 4-2 win for her team. Boone’s win made doubles, continually a major factor in Illinois’ matches this spring, unnecessary. “Ric (Mortera), the assistant coach, kept telling me that it if I lost, we still had doubles, so I felt less pressure,� Boone said. “Plus, Alexis was still out there grinding, so it made me feel better because I honestly don’t like being alone.�

Sunday marked the final time Falkin and Kedzierski would compete at Atkins Tennis Center. Falkin’s mother came to watch her play, and Kedzierski’s parents and dogs were also on hand for the event. “I’m happy that my mom got to be here,� said Falkin, a native of Georgia. “It makes it a little more special because, other than Thanksgiving break, I don’t get to go home.� Although Illinois celebrated

Senior Day on Sunday, the Illini have two regular season matches left before the Big Ten tournament begins April 24. Illinois entered the weekend eighth in the conference. “I’m trying to act like it’s the same just because we have at least three matches left,� Falkin said. “I don’t want to get too overwhelmed.�

Thomas can be reached at donley2@illinimedia.com and @donley_thomas.

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Men’s tennis sweeps last road trip of year BY BRETT LERNER STAFF WRITER

FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINI

Illinois’ Brian Page hits the ball during the match against No. 8 Texas at Atkins Tennis Center on Feb. 9. Page played this weekend for the first time in six weeks after an arm injury.

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“Playing on the road is one of the most difficult parts of college tennis.”

Brett can be reached at blerner2@dailyillini.com and @blerner10

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how far they advance and where they’re seeded. “Playing on the road is one of the more difficult parts of college tennis no matter where you go. You have to adjust to different types of courts, different types of atmospheres, different backdrops and really everything,” Hiltzik said.

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conference, but the Illini would currently hold the tiebreaker over them as Illinois won the head-tohead match earlier this season. Although the Illini will get to return home for their final two matches of the regular season next weekend, they aren’t done traveling quite yet. The Big Ten Tournament will be played at Michigan State this year, and the Illini could potentially play on the road at some point in the NCAA tournament, depending on

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positioning, the Illini got some help from the teams they were closely trailing heading into the weekend. Illinois was sitting in fourth but has catapulted itself into second after the weekend, now only trailing the nation’s No. 1 team, Ohio State. Penn State, who was in second, fell twice on the road, bringing them to 6-3 in the conference. Purdue was the other team ahead of Illinois; the Boilermakers went 1-1 on the weekend, dropping to 7-2 in

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“I don’t think it’s something I really pay attention to too much. Farris (Gosea) and I are both playing at competitive levels, so we’re obviously very interchangeable,” Hiltzik said. The two road wins over the weekend could prove crucial for Illinois moving forward, as they are battling to improve their seeding for both the Big Ten Tournament and the NCAA Championships. In terms of conference

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6,372. This isn’t the number of minutes the Illinois men’s tennis team has played this season, or the number of return shots the players hit at practice. This is the amount of miles the Illini have traveled for road matches since their season officially started on Jan. 25: 6,372. “It’s been a long year, travelwise. So the goal now should be winning enough matches down the stretch here to get a host position for NCAAs,” head coach Brad Dancer said. This weekend’s 2-0 trip to Iowa City, Iowa, and Lincoln, Neb., brought the No. 11 Illini to 18-7 (7-2 Big Ten). The road trip marked the long-awaited last road trip of the regular season for Illinois, which finished with a 5- 4 road mark. Although the Illini got the two wins in dominant fashion, 7-0 against Iowa and 6-1 against Nebraska, Dancer still sees a lot of room to improve. “We should perform better all across the board, we can be better,” Dancer said. Dancer finally has flexibility with his lineup and doubles pairings, which is something the Illini haven’t had the luxury of for the majority of the Big Ten season. No. 8 Jared Hiltzik missed about six weeks with a wrist injury, and sophomore Brian Page has been out for about six weeks with an arm injury. “I think we should have good enough players that we can put guys in spots that they need to be and win some matches,” Dancer said. Dancer utilized the newfound flexibility in full force this weekend, using different doubles pairings for each match and a different singles lineup between the two as well. Page was inserted into the lineup against Nebraska for the first time since playing a singles match against Detroit Mercy on March 9, when he played with a cast on his left arm. Hiltzik also returned to the top singles position for the first time since his return to the lineup.

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