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World Vision Acts spreads word on sex trafficking child-soldiering.” Advocates wore t-shirts that Students bound together read “sold” or “abducted” in by black paper chains may an effort to educate students have caught the attention of about human trafficking. The students passing through the t-shirts are being sold for $8, Quad on Tuesday. which is considered the fair The campaign advocates trade certifi ed value . This awareness for human traf- price was chosen to ensure that ficking and is called the those who produced the shirts, Human Wrong Initiative. It which were made in Honduwas undertakras, would not en by the Unibe exploited. versity chapViviana ter of World A fa n ador, Vision Acts . member of After partnerWorld Vision ing with othActs and sophomore in LAS, er groups on described the campus, this registered stucampaign as dent organihaving a twofold cause. She zation focuses on tackling said the campaign intends issues such as poverty, hunto raise both VIVIANA AFANADOR, ger and human fu nd s a nd member of World Vision Acts tra ffick i ng. awareness, but the group Tuesday was members’ prithe first of four days during which mem- mary focus is on awareness. “The reason oppression is bers of World Vision Acts are working on promoting the allowed to continue is because campaign. people who have power choose According to the World to stay silent,” she said. “As Vision Acts’ website, “mil- college students, we are privlions of children around the ileged enough to have an eduworld are trafficked and cation and to have resources enslaved through forced labor, sexual exploitation and See SEX TRAFFICKING, Page 3A
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Pending board of trustees vote, Police Training Institute set to close after losing certification BY STEVEN VAZQUEZ STAFF WRITER
After 57 years of service to the University and the state of Illinois, the Police Training Institute, or PTI, will close its doors, pending a vote from the board of trustees. A board meeting will be held May 31 in Chicago to make a final decision. University spokeswoman Robin Kaler said the expectation for the meeting is that there will be an item on the agenda proposing the closing of the institute, but she said it is not on the agenda yet. The PTI was set to close in 2010
amid the budget crisis due to a lack funding and a project team report from that year that ruled that the institute did not directly connect to the University’s mission. Kaler said it has been difficult to keep it open because it does not receive funding from the state or training board. She said the PTI cannot charge a high enough rate either to pay for itself. “The reason the University said it needed to close was because it was not able to stay afloat financially,” she said. “And the only way to make it stay afloat financially
is to charge our own undergraduate students for it. That’s where you get this not aligning with the mission thing because it isn’t appropriate to charge students to train police officers in the state of Illinois.” In March, the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board, or ILESTB, voted not to certify basic law enforcement courses offered at the PTI. “When you are not certified to have courses, it is pretty dif-
“When you are not certified to have courses, it is pretty difficult to have an institute.” ROBIN KALER, University spokesperson
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Obama travels to college campuses to talk student loans SARI LESK THE DAILY ILLINI
Group members of the registered student organization World Vision Acts stand bound together by black paper chains to raise awareness about human trafficking on the Quad. Tuesday was the first of four days in which the group will work on this campaign, called the Human Wrong Initiative.
Without legislation, interest rates set to double for students BY MATT RICE STAFF WRITER
Without congressional action, federal subsidized loans issued after July 1 will double in
interest. The rates, currently at 3.4 percent for undergraduate loans, will increase to 6.8 percent if Congress does not extend legislation passed in 2007 to lower the rates. The rate is already fi xed at 6.8 percent for unsubsidized loans and only students demonstrating fi nancial need are awarded subsidized loans. The
increase in interest rates would come at a time when millions of students need federal loans to pay for their education, and the amount of student loan debt has even surpassed credit card debt among Americans. “What we’re doing is going to schools to talk to students directly about the critical importance of the possibility that 7.4 million students with federal stu-
dent loans would see their interest rates double on July 1 unless Congress steps up and does what it needs to do,” said President Barack Obama during a conference call with college reporters Tuesday. Obama held the conference call while en route from the University of Colorado at Boulder to
See STUDENT LOANS, Page 3A
YMCA holds forum to discuss Quinn’s pension program plan Public forum allowed citizens to express their thoughts on the pension program; plan proposes raising retirement age, employee contributions BY CARINA LEE STAFF WRITER
Students, faculty and staff concerned with Gov. Pat Quinn’s recent proposal for an updated pension program spoke out at a public forum Tuesday night. The forum was hosted by the Campus Faculty Association, or CFA, at the University YMCA to discuss the proposal. Key changes to the plan include raising the retirement age to 67 and increasing employee contributions to pensions by 3 percent. Members of CFA expressed concerns at the meeting, saying that the proposal would hurt the University in terms of its ability to recruit and retain top faculty and staff. The keynote speakers of the event were Amanda Kass and Ralph Martire of the Chicagobased Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, or CTBA. They have done extensive research on pension funding and suggested
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that a revised state tax structure could be a possible solution to the pensions crisis, according to a press release. Susan Davis, communication director of CFA, agreed that the state should try to find other ways to alleviate the financial situation. “The state has an 83 billion dollar deficit in the pension fund because the legislature has been not funding the pension fund for the last three decades,” Davis said. “We do not think that the public employees, the teachers, the faculty members and other workers at the University should be paying for the mistakes that the legislature made.” Davis added that faculty members have paid their share to the pension program, and it’s time for the state to give back theirs. “We are very concerned about what this will do to the University of Illinois,” she said. Kass, research and policy specialist of CTBA, said the deficit
could be a burden later on if it continues to increase. “We think the deficit is probably up to $10 billion; its a huge problem,” Kass said. She said because of the deficit, the majority of Illinois citizens aren’t able to have adequate access to resources such as education, health care and public safety. After Kass’ presentation, audience members asked questions regarding the newly proposed pension plan. Brian Thomas, professor in Engineering, said the event served as a good chance to come to the event and share his thoughts on the governor’s decision. “The state did not fund the pension systems according to what it needed to do,” Thomas said. “The state has a huge debt problem and this is just one piece of the debt ... they are not balancing their budget every year.”
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Amanda Kass, research and policy specialist at the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, is seen in the monitor as Channel 17 news covers the meeting at the YMCA on pension funding and state debt Tuesday.
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SEX TRAFFICKING FROM PAGE 1A to get the education.” Other members of the group also cited awareness and education as an important part of creating social change. Wesley Williams , senior at Parkland College, said he didn’t know a great deal about the issue when he fi rst joined but gained interest as he became more educated. “You just can’t help but want to know more about what’s going on — the things you just never knew were out there — you never knew that you could actually make a difference,” he said.
PTI FROM PAGE 1A ficult to have an institute,” Kaler said. Kevin McClain, executive director of ILESTB, said the main reason the board voted not to certify the PTI’s courses was because of a new police academy that is scheduled to be built at Western Illinois University. “Also, the fact of the matter is, there’s a lot of other academies out there and there are plenty of other seats available at the other academies because right now, law enforcement hiring is down,
Group members will wear chains again on Thursday and host an information table on the Quad on Wednesday and Friday. At the table, group members will offer free food to those who can correctly answer questions about human trafficking. Afanador said group members expect most people to answer the trivia questions incorrectly, which is just another way to spread awareness. “Most of it is awareness,” she said. “Yes, giving money helps, but I think a big part of it is that people don’t know or don’t care, and so it’s trying to get them to know and care.” Nick Moy, senior in LAS, agreed that awareness is impor-
tant. Moy is president of the University chapter of Amnesty International, one of the cosponsors of the event. He said the issue is not only an international issue but one that also affects Americans. “It’s something that a lot of people think is entirely international, which is not true,” Moy said. “The United States has actually been cited as a major player in human trafficking.” Moy said the issue’s proximity to American citizens is a reason why they should be aware and educated. “It’s in our backyards, and I think it’s an important issue for people to be aware of, that it’s not just over seas,” he said.
so there wasn’t a real need to certify those courses,” McClain said. Kaler said the report in 2010 stated an alternate funding source needed to be identified in order for PTI to stay open, but no source has been found. She said local legislators and University leadership tried to help the institute find one, but there has been no luck. An amendment to the bill establishing the PTI — a $25 fee for those convicted of misdemeanors and felonies — was proposed earlier this year but never made it out of committee. Jeff Christensen, interim police chief for the University police, said the decision to close the PTI
has been on the way for a while. University police are waiting for the final decision. He said if the PTI does close, it would affect University police because they would have to find other places to do their training. It was convenient for the University to have an institute in “our own backyard,” especially because they taught advanced courses as well. McClain said he is “more or less sad” about the PTI’s closure. “I know how dedicated the people are there, and I feel bad for them,” he said. “On the other hand, I know we have to move forward and look to the future.”
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CHAMPAIGN — A state audit has found that the troubled College Illinois prepaid tuition plan continues to run a deficit well into the hundreds of millions of dollars, as the agency that runs the program searches for a way to get it back on track. The Illinois auditor general’s office said in an annual report Tuesday on the Illinois Student Assistance Commission that the tuition program’s deficit as of June 30, 2011, was down from $338 million to $262 million. But the commission itself notes that by another accounting method also used in the audit, the deficit rose slightly from $531 million to $536 million. The commission runs the tuition program and is also the state’s primary provider of college fi nancial aid. The $1.1 billion tuition plan has run a deficit for several years, a problem contributed to the ouster of the executive director. With those problems, College Illinois last year stopped signing new contracts with families. The audit didn’t offer comment on the tuition plan’s fi nancial status, and Auditor General William Holland wasn’t available
for comment. The commission agreed with the audit’s fi ndings and accepted its recommendations, and a spokesman said the commission’s chairwoman, Kym Hubbard, is now working with Gov. Pat Quinn, lawmakers and others on potential legislation she hopes will repair the college tuition plan. “I think what’s most important for the program is to arrive at a consensus before a bill is prepared, just to make sure everybody is on board and engaged,” Student Assistance Commission spokesman John Samuels said. “We hope to reopen contracts as soon as is practical,” he added. College Illinois lets parents lock in tuition costs at public universities years before students go to college but has long operated at a deficit. Currently, the plan has contracts with roughly 34,000 families covering tuition for about 54,000 students, Samuel said. Problems with the plan contributed to the removal last year of its executive director, Andrew Davis, who was replaced earlier this year by Eric Zarnikow. The plan stopped selling new contracts to parents last fall amid the turmoil.
The state attorney general’s office also opened a review of the tuition program last summer. The attorney general’s spokeswoman, Maura Possley, said Tuesday that the review continues. The audit released Tuesday found that the tuition plan’s fi nancial situation benefited from improvements in the return on its investments, increasing to $1.1 billion from $971.5 million a year earlier. Those investments make up the bulk of the plan’s assets. But even with the improvement the plan’s liabilities still totaled just short of $1.4 billion. Samuels, the commission spokesman, noted another way of measuring the agency’s fi nancial position also noted in the audit — using the market value of its assets — put the deficit at the much higher $536 million, a slight increase. According to Samuels, the commission actually prefers to use the higher figure because it’s based on the method other prepaid tuition programs around the country use. The audit also faulted the tuition plan for in some instances failing to comply with the state procurement code or with its own investment policy.
“I think what’s most important for the program is to arrive at a consensus before a bill is prepared, just to make sure everybody is on board and engaged.” JOHN SAMUELS, Student Assistance Commission spokesman
STUDENT LOANS FROM PAGE 1A the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He said he is “going to take this issue to every part of this country.” But an extension of the lower rates can only be achieved by Congress, and the short span of time until the interest rates rise is frustrating to some University students with federal loans. “The thing that bothers me is that this issue could have been solved long ago instead of waiting until now,” said Robert Clifton, freshman in DGS. Illinois students share a common concern with Senator Dick Durbin, said Christina Mulka , spokeswoman for Durbin. “Senator Durbin is in support of a bill to prevent the increase in student loan interest rates that will happen this summer,” she said. “He has already been working with his colleagues to
pass that legislation and is working on several other pieces of legislation concerning student loans as well.” Graduate student Bryan Smith also sees a necessity for Congress to act soon. “If you want this country to be competitive academically and in research, you have to make it more affordable to go to school,” Smith said. Obama shared this sentiment, saying that “making it harder for our young people to afford higher education, allowing them to earn their degrees — that’s nothing more than cutting our own future off at the knees.” If the lower rates are not extended, all federal subsidized loans to undergraduates will revert back to the pre-2007 rate of 6.8 percent. Obama stated during the conference call that this rise in rates could cost the average student up to an extra $1,000 per year when paying back those loans.
“If you want this country to be competitive academically and in research, you have to make it more affordable to go to school.” BRYAN SMITH, graduate student
Gingrich looks ahead to next primaries, refuses to drop out More than $4.3 million in debt, trailing candidate forges on, criticizes Romney for appearing ‘presumptuous’ BY MITCH WEISS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Newt Gingrich declined to discuss his struggling presidential campaign Tuesday and said he would decide his next steps after the latest primaries, refusing to acknowledge the Republican nominating contest is essentially over. Gingrich said Mitt Romney was presumptuous to begin his head-to-head campaign against President Barack Obama while some states have yet to have
their primaries. The former House speaker walked away from reporters when pressed about how long he would continue a debt-riddled campaign that has no plausible route to denying Romney the Republican nod. For his part, Romney planned a primary night speech in New Hampshire, the site of his fi rst victory in the race for the nomination. Aides said his remarks would focus on the general election campaign against Obama. “I think it’s a very substantial mistake for Gov. Romney to
give a general election speech tonight in New Hampshire. He is not the nominee. I think it’s a little insulting to people in these states,” Gingrich told reporters. Gingrich has hung his comeback hopes on a strong showing in Delaware and has spent considerable time there in recent weeks. Under pressure for some time to drop out of the race, he has not won a presidential primary since fi nishing fi rst in his former home state of Georgia on March 6. One of his daughters, meanwhile, said the former House speaker will “reassess” his campaign after Tuesday’s results, potentially setting the stage for his exit from the Republican presidential race. “He talked about waiting for
results and looking to see what happens and then potentially reassess,” Jackie Gingrich Cushman told MSNBC She hinted, as Gingrich has in recent days, that the race is fluid and that a dramatic shift could come at any time. “You never know what’s going to happen tomorrow,” she said. Despite trailing Romney in convention delegates 5-to-1, Gingrich has vowed to campaign until the party’s latesummer convention in Florida. He has more than $4.3 million in debt. Bob Walker, a former congressman from Pennsylvania who served with Gingrich in the House and now chairs his presidential campaign, said he thought Gingrich could do well
in Delaware but acknowledged that a poor showing would force the campaign to make a decision about going forward. “What we want to do is build some momentum out of Delaware into North Carolina. But if the Delaware results don’t fi t that profi le, we will reassess the situation,” said Walker, who insisted that Romney had still not won over many conservatives. Gingrich was keeping a pair of scheduled appearances Tuesday in North Carolina, including his fi rst election night party since February. But after his tour of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, he walked away when reporters asked him about his political fortunes. “We will have something to
say this evening ... when we see the results,” he said. Campaigning in the Wilmington area of Delaware on Monday, Gingrich said winning the state would put him in good position to continue his campaign. But if Romney were to win big in Delaware, “I think you would have to stop and take a deep breath,” he said. Gingrich cautioned Romney against appearing cocky. “Gov. Romney is clearly the front-runner. That doesn’t mean he’s inevitable,” Gingrich said Monday. Romney has won 698 of the 1,144 delegates needed to become the nominee, according to a tally by The Associated Press. Gingrich has 137 delegates.
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EDITORIAL
HuffPo Pulitzer not end to print journalism W
hat does it mean for journalism when the Huffington Post, an online-only publication, wins a Pulitzer Prize, the most coveted award among newspapers and journalists? It only seems appropriate to open with a question because that’s what we’re left with — questions about the definition of a newspaper, how news is disseminated, what news will look like in 10 years, the role of a journalist and the function of a news website. This list is far from exhausted. These are the kinds of questions that followed in the wake of last week’s announcement of the prize by Columbia University, which is affiliated with the Pulitzer Prize Board. From out of the buzz of questions surrounding HuffPo’s win emerged a sin-
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gular statement that is so far the best answer to most everyone’s curiosity: David Wood’s win in National Reporting for HuffPo is a big step for journalism. What makes this all the more telling is media giant The Washington Post took home no prize. This is not the first time that online work has been awarded with a Pulitzer. ProPublica, Tampa Bay Times’ PolitiFact, and most recently Politico have all taken home the prize, but each of these publications was affiliated with, or has its own, print edition of the story that won. New media has made its presence known among journalists and newspapers around the globe. The Web has made it cheaper and easier to access news, but the stories that run online could just as easily run in print.
Wood’s win is a feat, no doubt, but it didn’t push the limits of what journalism could be. His work was still just text accompanied by telling photographs and graphic illustrations, which is nothing new and can’t be sold on a newsstand. As of now, online content has simply been a way for news outlets to enhance their stories, by adding in-text links, photography slide shows, videos and some interactive content, but there has yet to be a truly digital story, which is inseparable from this added content, to win the prize. Such a story would be one that could only run online because its storytelling elements would be essential and beyond a printer’s capabilities, whether those elements be a soundtrack or
The Daily Illini Editorial Board Editorials reflect the majority opinion of the board, which comprises: Samantha Kiesel, editor-in-chief; Nathaniel Lash, managing editor reporting; Marty Malone, managing editor for online; Ryan Weber, opinions editor; Taylor Goldenstein, news editor; Nora Ibrahim, opinions columnist; Kevin Dollear, copy chief; Hannah Meisel, assistant online editor; Maggie Huynh, daytime editor; Maggie O’Connor, staff writer
something not yet imagined. This prize is a notable point in the history of journalism, but it does not foretell the doom of print journalism yet. In the same way that radio and television have not rid the world of newspapers, the Internet won’t either. The competition between online and print is not a zero sum game.
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Wait, so who exactly is getting hired anyway? PHIL JOHNSON Opinions columnist
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top me if you’ve heard this one before. A philosophy grad, a film grad, a political science grad and a hospitality management grad walked into a bar. They sat at a table and ordered the same thing: an application. Joe The Bar Owner laughed. “Boy are you all slow on the pickup,” Joe said. The degree holders gasped in unison. Caps and gowns went flying. “I got that all on camera!” the film grad exclaimed. “No one panic. I’ll grab those for everyone,” the hospitality management grad said as he pounced from his seat. “Y’all want jobs?” Joe snickered while he wiped the bar. “Get in line with the rest of ’em.” “What does that ... mean?” the philosophy grad questioned. “Well, let’s see,” Joe said. “You can start with the graphic design grad who came by last week. That girl really had it all. Great personality, self-starter, knockout looks. She put together this multimedia presentation outlining all the reasons why I should hire her. It was interactive, eye-catching and all-in-all a lot of fun. Great candidate.” “Sounds like someone you want on your side,” the poli sci grad said. “When’s her next shift?” “Never,” Joe said. “I put her on the wait list.” The recent grads let out a light groan. “Yeah, I loved her, but right when I was about to give her the gig, this music graduate walked in. This guy busted in with a fire-red guitar and an amplifier the size of your old dorm room refrigerators. He played this riff that had the whole bar
buzzin’. Take a hint from this kid. Right after his song the kid says he’s willing to work eight hours every morning and play another four every night. A dual threat.” “What a story,” the film grad said as he clutched his camera. “I could do a documentary on him. A struggling worker by day, a young rocker by night.” “Not quite. I wanted to give him the gig, but one thing held me back.” “Tell me what’s bothering you,” the hospitality management grad said. “This thesis on employee character I got earlier that day from this English grad. This kid said he spent the last four years reading Hemingway and Thoreau and Conrad, manly men with a sharp head on their shoulders. This kid pitched himself as one of those brainy brutes and warned against hiring flashy figures. Said they lacked substance.” “Sounds too good to be true; you dig up some dirt on his background?” the political science major asked, turning his gaze away from Mitt Romney’s speech on CNN. “Sure did. Kid had the most common problem in the book,” Joe said, leaning back from the bar. “A history with Colombian hookers?” the poli sci grad asked. “Existential uncertainty?” the philosophy grad asked. “Lack of focus?” the film grad asked. “A prickly personality?” the hospitality management grad asked. “Nope. Lack of experience,” Joe said. “Forget Walden, the kid had never even camped out. I recommended this journalism grad I turned down. That kid said he planned to give public relations a try.” “So who exactly are you hiring?” the hopeless grads asked in unison. “After reviewing the applicant pool, it was an easy call,” Joe said. “I contracted this architecture grad. He’s gonna build me a do-it-yourself bar. That way, I won’t have to hire anyone.”
Phil is a senior in Media.
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Failed War on Drugs overlooks high rewards of legalizing weed THOMAS LEFFLER Opinions columnist
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all have the mental image of the classic stoner: The Dude, Cheech and Chong, and basically all rock stars from the 60s and 70s, embody the image that has made generations of Americans think twice about legalizing marijuana. However, these stereotypes portray marijuana as a lifestyle rather than something that is used occasionally for recreation. The reality is that for most, marijuana is a relaxing and less harmful “night-out.” This past week was a great example of this. As many of you may know, Friday was “4/20,” during which veteran cannabis enthusiasts and first-timers nationwide lit up to celebrate the counterculture. During this “holiday” of sorts, students got high, ordered pizza, put on “Dark Side of the Moon” and zoned out for a few hours. Let’s contrast this with our campus’ other favorite day,
Unofficial. Every year during Unofficial, hundreds of tickets are written, dozens of people go to the hospital for alcohol-related injuries, and the campus basically turns into a police state for the day due to public safety fears. This is vastly different than what happens on 4/20. It is essentially impossible to die from an overdose of marijuana. The lethal quantity is estimated to be 40,000 times the amount that would be consumed for a normal high, and there has never been a recorded case of someone dying due to a marijuana overdose. Alcohol, on the other hand, accounts for hundreds of overdose deaths per year and plays a much larger role in violence and sexual assaults than does marijuana. Yet our culture sees marijuana as the enemy and alcohol as the “goto,” acceptable drug. In fact, according to one large-scale study, alcohol was consumed by 62 percent of offenders shortly before committing the crime. Meanwhile, this same study showed that moderate and heavy doses of cannabis resulted in a marked decrease in aggressive behavior. You
don’t have to be a behavioral neuropsychologist to figure out that your friends get wild and rowdy when drunk but relaxed and basically immobile (unless there is food involved, of course) when stoned. Federal law regards cannabis as a Schedule I drug (the “most-illicit” schedule, if you will), claiming it has high potential for abuse and no acceptable medical use. This puts marijuana in the same drug classification as heroin, and in a higher classification than cocaine. Yes, even cocaine is recognized for some accepted medical use, yet the federal government is adamant that marijuana has no conceivable medical uses? It seems preposterous and, frankly, it is. Especially when we consider that currently 17 states and the District of Columbia have medical marijuana laws on the books, and
a plethora of medical groups recognize marijuana’s medical potential. It is ridiculous that the federal government has been so ineffective on this singular issue, one that to any rational person would seem simply crazy. It is estimated we could save $13.7 billion dollars per year if we legalized marijuana. So while our state, national and local governments are tightening their budgets, we are ignoring a great source of revenue. This is quite contrary to the budget of the Drug Enforcement Agency increas-
ing 40-fold since its inception — it’s 2009 budget was $2.6 billion — while we have seen no meaningful decrease in marijuana usage. The War on Drugs has simply failed. It was meant to decrease rates of usage, yet we find that marijuana usage is not as harmful as many other drugs we allow and celebrate, yet every year we waste huge sums of money to enforce this archaic standard. The reality of it is that human society will always have vices, and we must prioritize which to combat and
focus our money and resources on. Our government’s current policy of focusing those resources on marijuana prohibition is an absolute failure and we need to reevaluate our priorities. If the standards of our society accept alcohol to the extent that it has, there is no legitimate reason that marijuana does meet those standards as well. Legalize or decriminalize marijuana and end the futile, ridiculous War on Drugs.
Thomas is a junior in LAS.
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Just friends or hidden desires: Cross-gender friendships not clear cut BY TANYA TRIVEDI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Centuries ago, Oscar Wilde said, “Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.” Can his perception of friendships between males and females still ring true in regards to sprouting relationships in the 21st century? Perhaps love, passion, enmity or worship is lurking under the illusory layer of what we think of as friendship. Multiple individuals would frivolously beg to differ. “I have plenty of best friends who are guys, and we have no romantic inclinations between us,” said Kulsum Siddiqui, freshman in LAS. “I love him, but we are not in love — there is a difference.” She once had been oblivious about a good friend who had feelings for her, but that was sorted out and they are back to being very close again. Men are OK with simply establishing their liking or being silent and moving on, whereas women come packaged with emotions too voluminous to suppress, Siddiqui added. It has been observed that there is a desire in men to bravely make the first move, at times risking a perfectly complacent friendship. Is it just how society has shaped male behavior, or are men any less affected by denial? Men are not as hurt, because they are just not as sensitive, Siddiqui speaks from experience. There have been numerous surveys on the question, and varying perspectives on the subject are never scarce. Bias is prevalent, no less than what is
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a blackout. “Each person is likely to have a different threshold for blacking out depending on body size, gender, metabolism, tolerance and other factors such as food in the stomach,” Peterson said. “However, multiple drinks in a short period of time, such as pregaming, is more likely to cause blackout.” So a 200-pound senior could black out before a 100-pound freshman if he were to consume alcohol at a quicker pace with little to no food in his or her system. “We see a lot of people come in at night unconscious by themselves with cuts or bruises and no recollection of where they have been,” said Krista Green, freshman in Media, who works at the front desk of a residence hall at the University. Therefore, these incidences can happen to anyone and do happen to the most unlikely of people, so here are some rules to live by: 1. Count drinks: Keeping tally makes it easy to remember how many drinks have actually been consumed and can prevent you from blacking out. 2. Slow down: Just like the saying goes, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. 3. Food: A LWAYS eat something before drinking. That chicken for dinner is probably a lot fewer calories than the “drunk food” you may be convinced to eat later. The effects of blackouts are still unknown; however, they are still considered alcoholinduced amnesia, which could potentially lead to health risks or even alcoholism. The risks are always prevalent. “If you have a brain, you can black out,” Peterson said.
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New case of mad cow disease in Calif. ‘was never threat to US food supply’ BY LAURAN NEERGAARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The first new case of mad cow disease in the U.S. since 2006 has been discovered in a dairy cow in California, but health authorities said Tuesday the animal never was a threat to the nation’s food supply. The infected cow, the fourth ever discovered in the U.S., was found as part of an Agriculture Department surveillance program that tests about 40,000 cows a year for the fatal brain disease. No meat from the cow was bound for the food supply, said John Clifford, the department’s chief veterinary officer. “There is really no cause for alarm here with regard to this animal,” Clifford told reporters at a hastily convened press conference. Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is fatal to cows and can cause a fatal human brain disease in people who eat tainted beef. The World Health Organization has said that tests show that humans cannot be infected by drinking milk from BSEinfected animals. In the wake of a massive outbreak in Britain that peaked in 1993, the U.S. intensified precautions to keep BSE out of U.S. cattle and the food supply. In other countries, the infection’s spread was blamed on farmers adding recycled meat and bone meal from infected cows into cattle feed, so a key U.S. step has been to ban feed containing
such material. Tuesday, Clifford said the California cow is what scientists call an atypical case of BSE, meaning that it didn’t get the disease from eating infected cattle feed, which is important. That means it’s “just a random mutation that can happen every once in a great while in an animal,” said Bruce Akey, director of the New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Cornell University. “Random mutations go on in nature all the time.” The testing system worked because it caught what is a really rare event, added Mike Doyle, director of the University of Georgia’s Center for Food Safety. “It’s good news because they caught it,” Doyle said. Clifford did not say when the disease was discovered or exactly where the cow was raised. He said the cow was at a rendering plant in central California when the case was discovered through regular USDA sample testing. Dennis Luckey, executive vice president of Baker Commodities, told The Associated Press that the disease was discovered at its Hanford, Calif., transfer station when the company selected the cow for random sampling. Rendering plants process animal parts for products not going into the human food chain, such as animal food, soap, chemicals or other household products. There have been three confirmed cases of BSE in cows in the United States — in a Canadian-born cow in 2003 in Washington state, in 2005 in Texas and in 2006 in Alabama.
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Friends without benefits Can men and women be just friends? This heated question has been a topic of debate in social and intellectual circles for generations. Read more on Page 5A.
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utter is one of the most popular food items. Some of us eat it at nearly every meal, whether we are slathering it on a baked potato, using it to bake cookies or dipping crabmeat in it. Tons of different brands of butter line the refrigerated section at the grocery store, and advertisements for butter are commonly seen during commercial breaks. Even though it is popular, butter has gotten a bad reputation over the years. People on diet crazes try to avoid it at all costs and it has been said that it clogs arteries and raises cholesterol. A local nutrition and health expert took a look at the common myths that float around butter. Dr. Manabu Nakamura, associate professor of nutrition, debunked and proved some of the well-known fables about butter.
Butter is bad for you: TRUE and FALSE “Occasional consumption of butter does not have any effect, but if you eat lots of butter everyday it can be detrimental,” Nakamura said. So next time you are about to slather it all over a steaming bun, take a little bit less of this delicious, fatty spread. It is important to only eat butter in moderation because it is packed with saturated fat, which is known to raise cholesterol. It is not completely empty calories — butter is energy packed and it has vitamins A and E, according to Nakamura.
Margarine is healthier than butter: TRUE “About ten years ago, (margarine) was not
better than butter at all. Nowadays, margarine’s bad effect on cholesterol is getting better,” Nakamura said. “Margarine used to contain trans fat, which is just about as bad as saturated fat.” Margarine was made to be the healthier version of butter, but for a while it wasn’t much healthier. The making of margarine has been perfected now so that it is healthier to eat because most factories have stopped using the trans fat generating process, Nakamura said. Margarine is the overall healthier choice to make, but it still isn’t quite the same as butter. It will always be a little off, so consumers have to make the choice between rich butter and its healthier imitation margarine.
Butter doesn’t spoil: FALSE “There is a small amount of chemicals in butter that create the aroma. These eventually degrade and in terms of the quality, it too degrades over time,” Nakamura said. This process takes quite a bit of time so don’t worry if you leave butter in your fridge while you go on vacation. Its shelf life can extend up to three months, so it should still be fairly fresh by the time you return.
Margarine is one molecule away from being plastic: VERY FALSE When posed with this question, Nakamura let out a chuckle. This myth is pretty far off from the truth. Margarine is said to be so mutated that it is very close to being plastic. This is false, so have no fear when you eat margarine — it is nothing like eating Tupperware. “Plastic and margarine are very different,” Nakamura said. “Margarine is way closer to butter than plastic.”
Haley is a freshman in Media.
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Top ways to avoid blackouts: Count drinks, go slow, never drink on an empty stomach CHRISTEN MCGLYNN STAFF WRITER
“I don’t remember anything that happened last night” is often heard after a long night of drinking. Those who come stumbling home unconscious usually have quite the story to tell their friends regarding the wild night they just experienced. However, it is the friends doing the storytelling at times. According to Betsy Peterson , ACE IT program coordinator, a blackout is the “result from excess drinking, and is a period of time where the drinker is conscious but the brain is not recording memories.” Blackouts are so intriguing because scientists still can’t determine what the exact mechanisms that cause them are, she said. Therefore, the only defi nite known effects of a blackout are what many students may experience or see after a night at the bars. “At the most basic, the effects are the inability to remember what happened over a period of time,” Peterson said. “But the high levels of intoxication that trigger a blackout mean that often motor skills and judgment are impaired to the degree that cause people to experience irrational behavior and/or physical injury.” Yes, at times it is amusing to watch friends step out of their element and dance on a table or watch them ferociously attempt to eat the Big Fat Ugly at Fat Sandwich , but many people do not realize experiencing multiple blackouts can put one at risk of developing alcoholism. There are other instances when students claim they remember ex actly what happened but forget different details or events. Many refer to the term as “browning out,” but this actually can occur. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, there are two types of blackouts that can occur — en bloc blackouts and fragmentary blackouts. Their studies have shown that fragmentary blackouts are more likely to occur, and those experiencing them can often recall details of their night if they have been reminded or only have partial memory impairments. En bloc blackouts only occur when the intoxicated person is unable to recall any information from their evening of excessive alcohol consumption. According to Peterson, ever yone is capable of ex perienci ng a blackout regardless of size or gender; however, there is no certain amount of alcohol that causes
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Sports Softball struggles against DePaul Illini face 9th shutout to in-state rival Blue Demons BY DAN LONGO STAFF WRITER
Smith had completed his 100th full pommel horse routine in practice, hitting nearly 70 percent of them. It was in competition where he never quite pulled through. He typically has a shaky beginning and a rough dismount, but not Friday
The Illinois softball team’s offense was silenced Tuesday evening as the Illini were shutout for the ninth time this season. Illinois stumbled out of the gates, as starting pitcher Pepper Gay allowed four hits in the opening frame. DePaul’s three runs in the fi rst would be the only runs of the game, as Gay settled down but received no run support. “(Gay) threw great, she shut them down completely after that,” head coach Terri Sullivan said. “But their goal, like ours or any other team, is try to score early and try to score fi rst. They were very aggressive that fi rst inning and her pitches weren’t as sharp as they needed to be.” DePaul starting pitcher Kristen Verdun outdueled Gay, holding Illinois (21-22, 5-10 Big Ten) to just two hits and three walks while striking out eight. Verdun gave herself the early lead when she knocked in the fi rst run of the game with a single to right field. After a leadoff walk and a single, Verdun’s hit knocked in Lynsey Ciezki while advancing another runner to third. Mary Connolly then doubled to left field to give the Blue Demon’s their second run, while moving Verdun to third. The pitcher would then score the last run of the game on a single by Ketelyn Braget. Although the Illini were charged with one error, Sullivan felt the defensive play led to early struggles. “I really felt some balls got through our infield that we could’ve maybe had some better angles at or a better effort with,” she said. After the first inning, DePaul (27-17, 8-6 Big East) was held to just four hits. Gay recorded her 12th loss
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Pommel horse team (men’s gymnastics) The men’s gymnastics team’s lowest-ranked event stepped up when the Illini needed it most at last weekend’s NCAA Championships. The pommel horse squad, which hadn’t scored better than a 58 all season, finished with 60.750 — its highest pommel horse score in school history — to create the momentum needed to overtake Oklahoma for the national championship. BY EMILY BAYCI SENIOR WRITER
Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down Sunday nights and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the Week. Student-athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success. The six gymnasts were silent as they attempted to maintain confidence. They solemnly marched across the arena to the pommel horse during the NCAA men’s gymnastics Championships at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla., on Friday night. The Illini were two full points behind the Sooners, who had just slammed their vault routines, while Illinois only had a decent floor rotation. The heavily biased Sooner crowd kept getting louder and louder, while most opposing team fans had lost focus on Illinois. The Illini had been struggling on the pommel horse all season. They were ranked sixth in the country on pommel
horse — lower than any other event. “This is the big one,” Illinois head coach Justin Spring murmured to himself. “This is what can make it or break it.” He turned to assistant coach Daniel Ribeiro, a pommel horse standout during his time at Illinois, and told him the Illini had the capability of scoring above 60 points. Ribeiro, optimistic but rational, said they could maybe score 59. The pommel horse squad hadn’t broken 58 all season long, although Spring kept saying it had the potential. It just had not been coming together in competition. “I had the pit in my stomach,” Spring said. “Pommel horse is not an event you want to count on to have a perfect meet, let alone to make up ground.” Sophomore Cameron Rogers stepped up to the apparatus fi rst, trying to remember what he always thinks: advice from assistant coach Ivan Ivankov. “Him telling me not to be perfect, just to take your set and stay on, that’s all we
need you to do,” Rogers said. But Rogers lost focus thinking about how much his team needed him to hit. That without it, Illinois may lose. He stayed on the apparatus, scoring a 14.650. Not a perfect routine, but enough to boost the squad’s energy. Next came Cole Smith , a sophomore pommel horse specialist who was just happy to make lineup. He was notorious for getting nervous before competition, and Spring tried a different method to shift his nerves. “I told him if he actually hit his routine I was going to put him on a mic and make him talk in front of everyone,” Spring said. “I think he was actually more scared of that than actually competing at the NCAA Championships.” Not even a hint of nerves showed in Smith’s eyes as he propelled himself across the horse, effortlessly making the back-and-forth motions around the bars. “He could cut the tension with every circle of his toe point, I’m dead serious,” Spring said
Honorable mentions Andrew Riley (men’s track and field) — The senior recorded this year’s secondfastest 110-meter hurdles time in the world this year. He finished the race in 13.28 seconds, beating his former school record time by four-tenths of a second. Luke Guthrie (men’s golf) — He won the Boilermaker Invitational last weekend, finishing with a score of three-under par. The victory marked his sixth individual title of his career and second of the season.
Mistakes doom baseball in loss to Indiana State Unearned run by Sycamores ruins Illini’s last chance
chance to get back.” But Parr never got to the plate, and Illinois eventually fell 6-4 against Indiana State on Tuesday night. The biggest mistake came in the top of the ninth inning on a BY JAMAL COLLIER seemingly routine ground ball STAFF WRITER by center fielder Willie Argo. Illini left fielder Justin Parr With two outs and runners on was standing in the on-deck first and second, Argo’s groundcircle in the bottom of the er was fielded by the Sycamores ninth, waiting for his chance third baseman, who fl ipped at redemption. the ball to second base for the With two outs in the bot- force out to end the game, but tom of the eighth inning, the the second baseman dropped normally sureit. It seemed as handed Parr though Illinois would have new allowed a line life with the drive to go in bases loaded, and out of his the tying run in glove. Indiana scoring position State was able and a chance to to score an unearned insurcome back. ance run from But Will Krug, who had a second base pinch-hit single to increase its earlier in the lead 6-4. Parr inning, tried said the ball stayed at about to score from the same height second on the the entire time, Indiana State but he lost it in error and was the lights for thrown out at the plate to end just his third DAN HARTLEB, the game. Krug error of the head coach season. was not waived Coming up home by the with the go-ahead hit with his third base coach on the play. team trailing by the same score “No, he should not have gone in the top of the ninth inning home,” head coach Dan Hartwould have made up for his leb said. “That run means nothblunder. ing. The one at second is the “Yeah I was ready to hit,” one that’s got to get home. It’s Parr said. “He was a fastball guy and it would’ve been a See BASEBALL, Page 3B
“That run means nothing. The one at second is the one that’s got to get home. It’s being aggressive, but it’s not being smart about the game.”
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Illinois' Thomas Pieters draws the Belgian flag on a golf ball using colored Sharpies at the Stone Creek Golf Club in Urbana on April 18. Pieters was named to the 2012 European Palmer Cup team Tuesday. The Nijlen, Belgium, native will be the first Belgian and second Illini to participate in the cup.
Illini men’s golfer 1st Belgian in Palmer Cup Thomas Pieters to represent Illini, America on national team in Europe BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER
Illinois sophomore men’s golfer Thomas Pieters was named to the 2012 European Palmer Cup team Tuesday. The Nijlen, Belgium, native will be the first Belgian and second Illini to participate in the cup. “It’s really exciting because I wrote a little bit of history for Belgium because I’m the first one to play it,” Pieters said. “So it feels really good.” Pieters is the fifth-ranked European amateur, according to the World Amateur Golf Rankings. He is the No. 50 golfer in the NCAA, according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Men’s Col-
legiate Individual rankings. “It’s an honor he deserves,” Illinois head coach Mike Small said. “He’s one of the better European players in NCAA golf, and I think it’s good for his resume.” The Palmer Cup is an annual Ryder Cupstyle event that pits the United States against Europe. The three-day tournament features two rounds of single match play and two rounds of four-ball matches. The tournament switches its location every year, with odd-numbered years being played in the United States and even-numbered years being played on European soil. The 2012 Palmer Cup will take place June 28-30 at the Royal County Down
Golf Club in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. “I haven’t (played the course before.) It’s supposed to be really good. They played the Walker Cup there,” Pieters said. “It’s a really famous course.” Swedish National Team coach Rickard Lindberg will be the head coach of Team Europe, and Northwestern assistant David Inglis, who participated in the Palmer Cup in 2001 and 2003, will be the assistant for the team. The coaches help select the team for the Palmer Cup. “Being in the Big Ten, I see Thomas at a
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Bears seem to have options in Emery’s 1st draft BY ANDREW SELIGMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — From the moment the Chicago Bears hired him as general manager in January, Phil Emery has been a busy man. His next task? The draft that starts Thursday night. The Bears hold the 19th pick, and it seems there are a number of ways they could go in the fi rst round and beyond. There are issues on both lines, a need for a young linebacker and holes at receiver even with Brandon Marshall in the mix. The only certainty so far is this. The Bears will have a different look next season. “What we’ve done in free agency really allows us the chance to go one way or the other,” Emery said. “It’s given us flexibility in terms of we can draft into perceived strength so that we make sure we get the player who’s going to help us win a championship the quickest way possible, or we can go and fi ll in what we perceive as a need. So it has given us great flexibility.” Emery said the Bears have about seven players in mind for the 19th pick, and it’s a good bet at least a few of them are defensive ends, considering Chicago tied three other teams for 19th last season with 33 sacks. Julius
Peppers would love to see another end to take some of the double-teams away from him, and options could include Alabama’s Courtney Upshaw, North Carolina’s Quinton Coples and Illinois’ Whitney Mercilus. The Bears fi nished 8-8 last season following a late collapse. Coming off a run to the NFC championship game, they were sailing along at 7-3 until Jay Cutler broke his right thumb trying to make a tackle following a late interception against San Diego in the 10th game. The offense suffered another huge blow when Matt Forte sprained the MCL in his right knee against Kansas City on Dec. 4, and the late slump ultimately cost general manager Jerry Angelo his job. Now, the Bears appear to be in a better spot. “You want to have your roster as strong as it can be before the draft,” coach Lovie Smith said. “We feel like we’ve done that.” Emery made a huge splash when he acquired Pro Bowl receiver Marshall from Miami, addressing Chicago’s biggest need, but that isn’t the only hole he addressed. He fi lled a big one at backup quarterback, signing Jason Campbell from Oakland, and beefed up the backfield by signing former Raiders running back Michael Bush to a four-
year, $14 million deal to team with the unhappy Forte. Emery also added special teams star Eric Weems, with Johnny Knox’s status uncertain because of a back injury, along with guard Chilo Rachal and linebacker Geno Hayes. The Bears also took care of some of their own, most notably giving linebacker Lance Briggs an extension through 2014, even though he had two years left on a six-year, $36 million deal, but Forte’s situation remains unresolved. He hasn’t signed his $7.74 million franchise tender. Even so, the Bears believe they have narrowed the gap with Green Bay. “We got better,” linebacker Brian Urlacher said. “On paper we’re a better football team than we were last year at the end of the season, so I’m excited about that. Phil Emery knows what he’s doing, obviously.” Emery did not mention any specific prospects during his news conference this week, but he did say wide receiver, defensive end and defensive tackle are strong positions in this draft and added there are several offensive tackles who will likely be interior lineman as pros. “That mid-level is probably the toughest level because there’s so many things that can
happen in front of you,” Emery said. “The further you get away from those top 10 picks the more you have a feel for the players that will be available from say 25 to 35, that are going to fall in that range and you can get it down to maybe three. In that middle range, so much can happen, trades.” Bears fans are eager to see what Emery can do. Emery was an area scout for the Bears from 1998-2004 and was the Kansas City Chiefs’ director of college scouting when the Bears came calling. The team will have a new look on the sideline, too. Gone is offensive coordinator Mike Martz , who had an expiring contract, and quarterbacks coach Shane Day. Offensive line coach Mike Tice is the new coordinator following a promotion. Emery was given one mandate from president Ted Phillips: Close the talent gap with Green Bay and Detroit in the NFC North. During Angelo’s 11-year run, the Bears won four division championships, reached the Super Bowl and got back to the NFC championship game last season. But he was undone on several fronts — especially when backup Caleb Hanie struggled after Cutler was hurt.
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Illinois defensive lineman Whitney Mercilus runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. Mercilus is a top prospect in the upcoming NFL football draft.
Broncos, Bills and Bears add A-list free agents to team BY BARRY WILNER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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In this Jan. 9, 2012, file photo, Alabama running back Trent Richardson runs against LSU during the second half of the BCS National Championship in New Orleans. Richardson is a top prospect in the upcoming NFL football draft.
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NEW YORK — The haul in free agency and through trades has strengthened the Broncos, Bills and Bears. Now comes the lifeblood of any NFL team: the draft. Denver merely landed the best quarterback ever to hit free agency, Peyton Manning. Buffalo homed in on one player to be a difference maker, 2006 top overall draft pick Mario Williams, and signed him before his only visit to a team ended. Chicago dealt for the No. 1 receiver it lacked, getting Brandon Marshall, and bolstered its roster by signing running back Michael Bush and even a quality backup quarterback behind the injury-prone Jay Cutler in Jason Campbell. Those moves make all three franchises, none of which had a winning record in 2011 — yes, we know, the Broncos won the pitiful AFC West at 8-8 — more viable contenders. With Manning aboard, the Broncos are in a win-now mode. “I think the bottom line is we want to do the best thing to surround him with a team that’s going to give him an opportunity to win,” Broncos boss John Elway said. “We want to come out of every draft ... with players that are impact players. As I said last year, you have a lot more misses in my mind when you draft to
need, so we’re going to fi nd the best players in positions of need, but also try to fi nd those impact players that are going to come in and help us right away. Unquestionably, Manning is the major addition, as influential a newcomer as you can get. Denver could use an upgrade at receiver, and the Broncos just might target one at No. 25 overall. The style of defense in Buffalo will be aggressive, with Williams as the focal point. Coming off a torn chest muscle that cost him the fi nal 11 games of last season, the defensive end/linebacker still got the biggest contract in NFL history for someone on that side of the ball: $100 million for six years, with $50 million guaranteed. Bills general manager Buddy Nix, however, always has emphasized that building a competitive team is done through the draft. and there’s no shortcut to that approach. Nix’s goal from the beginning has been to compile experienced depth — through the draft. “My point is we’ve said from Day 1 that if there’s a guy there that we think can make the difference we’ll be aggressive and go after the guy,” Nix said. “So this just plugs up a piece of the puzzle and he’ll get us over the hump. He’s a position of need that we were able to fi ll, but the same
philosophy will hold through in the draft. “I think it had a lot of impact on us really,” Nix added of putting Williams, end Mark Anderson (another free agency signing), and incumbent tackles Kyle Williams and Marcell Dareus together. “Therefore, we’re a little freer as far as who we pick (10th overall).” Offensive line could be where the Bills go with a selection. It’s also what the Bears might address at 19th overall. They’ve already upgraded their receiving corps and depth in the backfield, and the defense is solid. “We got better,” star linebacker Brian Urlacher said. “On paper we’re a better football team than we were last year at the end of the season, so I’m excited about that.” And Chicago hasn’t even made a draft pick yet. Free agency also strongly helped the Cowboys and Buccaneers retool weakened rosters, freeing them to concentrate on quality over need early in the draft. That most benefits Tampa Bay, which chooses fifth and could have available the top receiver (Oklahoma State’s Justin Blackmon), the best pass rusher (North Carolina’s Quinton Coples), most proficient running back (Alabama’s Trent Richardson) or a shutdown cornerback (LSU’s Morris Claiborne).
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GOLF FROM PAGE 1B lot of events, but I don’t work with him,” Inglis said. “I haven’t studied his game, but I see his results, and I know he’s a very good player.” Pieters said he knows fellow Palmer Cup teammates TCU’s Julien Brun, UCLA’s Pontus Widegren and Daan Huizing of Utrecht University in the Netherlands from previous competitions. Arkansas’ Sebastian Cappelen, Liberty’s Robert Karlsson and David Booth and Graeme Robertson of the University of Stirling in
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Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher David Price delivers in the second inning to the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-0.
Rays’ Price pitches 5-hitter, 2nd career shutout in 5-0 defeat at hands of Angels THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — David Price pitched a five-hitter for his second career shutout, Tampa Bay homered four times, and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-0 on Tuesday night. Price (3-1) gave up all singles in his fi rst shutout since a fourhitter against Toronto on April 25, 2010. His only other complete game came July 2, 2010, against Minnesota. Desmond Jennings, Luke Scott, B.J. Upton and Carlos Pena hit solo homers off Angels
starter Ervin Santana (0-4), who has given up at least two home runs in each of his fi rst four starts this season — a total of 10 overall. Don Sutton, in 1986, is the only other Angels pitcher to allow multiple homers in his fi rst four starts, according to Stats LLC. Albert Pujols went 0 for 4 and is hitless in 16 at-bats. The Los Angeles slugger has not homered in 17 games this year, a stretch of 69 at-bats. Santana gave up five runs and eight hits over five-plus innings.
Price allowed just one baserunner — a leadoff walk in the fourth to Erick Aybar — through four innings. The lefthander snared a liner hit by Vernon Wells to end the second, and right fielder Matt Joyce made a diving catch near the foul line on Chris Iannetta’s pop fly in the third. Mark Trumbo got the Angels’ fi rst hit, a leadoff single in the fi fth. Price then induced a double-play grounder from Wells. Jennings put the Rays up 1-0 on a fi rst-inning leadoff homer.
He has gone deep three times in the last five games after hitting just two home runs over his previous 41. Tampa Bay took a 3-0 lead on solo homers by Scott and Upton in the fourth and fi fth innings. Pena got his 1,000th big league hit, a solo homer, in a two-run sixth that extended the lead to 5-0. Upton added a sacrifice fly in the inning. The Rays had a team-record four sacrifice fl ies in their previous game, a 6-2 win over Minnesota on Sunday.
After falling short at NCAAs, Weinstein looks forward to doing better next year her second lowest of the season. With little time before the next event, Though Alina Weinstein didn’t have the Weinstein had to mentally prepare herself rest of her team travel with her to nation- to compete on the balance beam, which is als, her teammates managed to fi nd a way one of the most mentally strenuous events to be there. in the sport. Weinstein checked her cell phone one “It happens, it’s gymnastics and even last time before the meet, and found mul- among the best there are things that do haptiple text messages from her teammates pen,” Weinstein said. “It’s just part of the wishing her good luck and congratulating game, and I wasn’t going to let that ruin the her on what she had already accomplished. rest of my performances because I knew The support of the other that I could do very well. Illini members during the To dwell on something that had happened and somecompetition was what she thing that I couldn’t fi x missed the most. “I think that it defi nitely would not be wise.” affected me a little bit just Weinstein was the last because it’s hard to gain gymnast to perform durmomentum when you’re by ing each rotation, which yourself,” said Weinstein, gave Illinois head coach who will be returning as a Kim Landrus time to share advice with her before the senior next year. “I think next performance. when you’re at a competition like that you’re defi “(The coaches) just told nitely looked at differently her to make sure she goes because you are by yourout there and has fun,” self. You’re not with a team Landrus said. “‘Put bars and you can’t develop enerbehind you. You have done gy through a lineup.” such a phenomenal job to ALINA WEINSTEIN, Rotating with Nebrasget here and it’s such an junior gymnast opportunity to represent ka, the fi rst event Weinthe University of Illinois. stein performed on was the uneven bars. This is an event where Just go out there and enjoy the experience.’” she has struggled with her dismount durWeinstein posted a 9.85 after a solid beam ing the season and suffered a mild concus- routine to match her score at the State of sion after a fall during a meet against UIC. Illinois Classic, where she tied for fi rst The chain of events on the bars followed place. This time the score was only enough Weinstein to nationals when she fell lead- to tie her for 12th overall . ing into her dismount. Weinstein then went on to score 9.85s on This caused her fi rst score to be a 9.0 — both the floor exercise and the vault as well BY GINA MUELLER STAFF WRITER
“I am very happy with how I did and the scores might not show it, but I’m very proud to say I finished up well after kind of having a rough start.”
— the same score she posted at the NCAA Champaign Regional on the vault. Last Friday, she tied for 11th in the floor exercise with 12 other gymnasts and earned 14th on the vault. With a rocky start, Weinstein was proud of her comeback, even though she didn’t qualify for the event fi nals by placing in the top four. “I knew that it was going to be tight,” she said. “I had a good shot, but I wasn’t worried about something like that because I wasn’t going to let rankings or my scores determine my national experience. I am very happy with how I did and the scores might not show it, but I’m very proud to say I fi nished up well after kind of having a rough start.” A whirlwind of emotions overcame both Weinstein and the coaches when the fi nal results were made official. She had wrapped up the 2011-12 season not only for herself, but for Illinois women’s gymnastics. “I was defi nitely disappointed because I would have really liked to have made event fi nals and competed again because I knew that I had been competitive with some of the scores that did advance,” Weinstein said. “My initial reaction was sad because you work so hard and all of a sudden it’s over. You almost don’t know what to do because there is no competition the next weekend. That thought for me is upsetting because I’m going to have to wait a long time for next season. “The thrill of competing for my team and the rush that I get when we do well and we’re all clapping for each other after a good performance is hard to recreate. I’m hungry to do even better next year.”
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night. “Right before the end, he unbuckled,” Ribeiro said. “I thought he wasn’t going to make it, but he got up to handstand. It was so nerve-wracking.” Smith scored a 15.250, “blasting his career high by .700,” Spring said . Every Illini athlete agreed that Smith’s performance was the turning point for the team. “Before that, all the energy had shifted to Oklahoma,” Ribeiro said. “They were murdering vault. We lost that energy. With Cole Smith hitting his career-high, we got that energy back and started hitting sets.” Sophomore pommel horse specialist Chad Mason went second and posted his own careerhigh of a 15.300. “I was trying to watch the Oklahoma guys,” junior Yoshi Mori said. “But then there was too much going on with our team. I couldn’t get my eyes off of us.” Then senior C.J. Padera notched a 14.400 , happy to stay on. After came Mori, one of the Illini’s best pommel horse performers, who actually skipped a skill in the middle of his routine. He salvaged it, though, doing the skill at the end and scoring a 15.100. “After I saw the fi rst couple routines on pommel horse, I was like these guys are really going to do this,” Spring said. “I wanted to be out there competing,” Ribeiro said. “But they didn’t need me.” To anchor the squad was freshman C.J. Maestas, a strong
BASEBALL FROM PAGE 1B being aggressive, but it’s not being smart about the game.” A somber Illinois baseball team felt like they beat themselves. Hartleb pointed to untimely errors and falling behind in the count as reasons for why the Illini fell. “It was a series of mistakes where we didn’t play clean baseball,” Hartleb said. Illinois led 4-2 before Indiana State took the lead with a threerun sixth inning. With a runner on fi rst and two outs, left-handed specialist Luke Joyce came into the game in relief for a lefty matchup and proceeded to walk him on four pitches. He fell behind 2-0 to the next hitter and surrendered a two-run double that gave Indiana State a lead they would never relinquish.
SOFTBALL FROM PAGE 1B in a six-inning stint, allowing three earned runs on one walk and eight hits. “They had a rally going, and then after that, I did settle down,” Gay said. “They got runners on bases, but we would get them out. The fi rst inning just took the momentum away from our team.” Illinois’ best chance to crack the scoreboard also came in the fi rst inning. “We got the bases loaded (with two outs) in the fi rst inning, so I really thought we were going to be able to put the team across in the next couple innings,” Gay said. “But it didn’t happen, so we just had to hold them there after the three runs hoping we would get some later in the game.”
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Scotland round out Team Europe’s eight-man roster. The roster for Team USA, which has won the last two Palmer Cups and leads the overall series 8-6-1, has yet to be announced. “I think we have a great chance to win,” Inglis said. “Our team is as good of one as we could field, and playing in Europe really helps.” Pieters is the first Illini to be on Team Europe, but the second to participate in the Palmer Cup. Scott Langley played for the American team in 2010. Langley, the 2010 NCAA Champion helped the Americans to their first victory on European soil since 2002. pommel horse contender who had fallen on high bar and was worried he let his team down. “I knew I had to hit,” Maestas said. “For my brothers. Here they were having my back, shout-out to the pommel horse squad. They were throwing 15’s. I needed to do it too.” Hit he did, tallying his own career-high of a 15.100 to propel Illinois to a 60.750 , its highest pommel horse score in school history. The high score pushed Illinois to .900 points behind Oklahoma, with the Illini boasting one of the strongest rings squads in the nation . “I was like, ‘Oh my god, we counted all 15’s on pommel horse,’” Maestas said. “It was unreal. I remember going into rings, being like, ‘We got this.’” The Illini walked into rings with more energy and confi dence and it wasn’t a surprise when they closed the gap, beating Oklahoma 358.850-357.450 to win the program’s fi rst title since 1989. The gymnasts ran around screaming and yelling and celebrating, making sure to take an extra moment to pat the pommel horse guys on the back, who stepped up when the Illini needed it most. “The turnaround on pommel horse was the best moment of my entire college career,” said veteran senior Paul Ruggeri,who has seen countless comebacks and won numerous of his own accolades. “It was then we knew we were still in the mix. Everybody just kept slamming, and I’ve never seen a group of people run with such energy like that. They just killed pommel horse. It was amazing. Without them, we wouldn’t have won the title.” Joyce had been exceptional all season, inheriting runners and leaving them stranded. He’d allowed only 11 of the 17 runners he inherited to score entering Tuesday’s matchup. “It’s the same old story, every time I fall behind I get in trouble,” Joyce said. “I fell behind on two fastballs today and I had to use more of the plate to make sure I wasn’t going to walk him or anything. “Their lefty got our lefty out,” he added. “I, the lefty, couldn’t get theirs out. That’s the game right there.” Illinois came into the game wanting to make sure its bullpen pitchers got some game action to prepare for the weekend. They got four pitchers into the game, but Hartleb said he was only pleased with the outing from Ronnie Muck (two innings, four strikeouts) as the other pitchers — Joyce, Josh Ferry, Matt Milroy — all struggled. Sophomore Alex Booker and freshman Jessica Perkins were the only two Illini to record hits. Only two Illinois batters reached base off Verdun after the fi rst. “We just didn’t attack our pitches ... offensively,” fi rst baseman Meredith Hackett said. “We were aggressive, but maybe a little over aggressive at pitches that are out of the zone. So we never really got anything going by swinging at (Verdun’s) pitches.” The Illini are now 2-8 on the road this season. Illinois will travel to fi rst-place Michigan (32-13, 12-3) over the weekend, “You know, we shake it off and you come right back, and we’ll need to get the bats going for this series at Michigan,” Sullivan said. “DePaul’s tough at home and Michigan will be also, and I think this team will be up for that challenge.”
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209 W. Griggs, U.
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1010 W. Springfield, U.
3
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$395/person
1002 W Springfield, C
2
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111 S. Lincoln, U.
2,4
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$765/month
101 Busey, U
2
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901 W. Springfield, U.
1
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102 N Gregory, U
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1004 W. Springfield, U.
1
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102 N Lincoln, U
2
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1010 W. Springfield, U.
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205 E Healey, C
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509 W Main, U
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706 S Locust, C
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115 W. Washington
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706 S. Walnut
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202 E. White
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www.pointe-ui.com 2,3
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Gentry Square Apartments
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Roland Realty
217-356-2533
Beautiful and spacious, next to park & lake
2173518900
www.roland-realty.com
309 E. Green St
2,4
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217-367-6626
54 E Chalmers St
4
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Klatt Properties
1,2,3,4,5+
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101 E Green St
2,3
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204 E. Clark, C.
1,2,3
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501 S. Sixth St
3,4
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505 W. Springfield, C.
2
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33 E. Chalmers St.
2,3
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409 W. Elm, C.
2
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905 S. First St
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712 W. California, U.
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Miami Heat’s LeBron James (6) drives against the Houston Rockets’ Chandler Parsons during an NBA basketball game in Miami on Sunday. The Heat won 97-88.
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welve-page paper. Multiple video projects. Four finals. My platter is pretty full until the end of the semester. But the NBA playoffs begin Saturday, and the question needs to be asked. What’s going to sustain a bigger blow: my GPA or James Harden’s temple after a Metta World Peace elbow to the noggin? I’d lay my money with the artist formerly known as Artest because I’ll be locked into my television screen for the next two months. (Speaking of gambling, quickly find the nearest bookie and drop some money on a Clippers first-round elimination bet. It’ll result in good beer money for finals week, I promise.) Lest the casual sports fan forgets, last year’s installment of the playoffs provided us with some of the most compelling NBA action since the Jordan era. We saw No. 8-seeded Memphis dispose of top-seeded San Antonio with relative ease, and that same team give the Thunder all they could handle. Then, later in the playoffs, an underdog 7-foot German sank superhuman fadeaways to defeat the dreaded Miami LeBrons. If the NBA wants to replicate last year’s success and compete with the fireworks the NHL brought the past two weeks, it’s going to need playoff matchups of the highest caliber before the Finals. And a gleefully excruciating Miami collapse wouldn’t hurt.
First Round — Knicks vs. Heat Miami is all but locked into the No. 2 in the Eastern Conference, while the Knicks have some work to do as they are tied with the 76ers for the seventh seed. But a looming matchup with the Bobcats in the final game of the season should assure New York the No. 7 seed. Almost any logical vantage point says the Heat win this series handily, but the Knicks have been so wildly mercurial and entertaining this season that I’m not conceding defeat yet. The MSG crowd always looks to show up LeBron James, and Carmelo Anthony appears to be scoring at will in the past few weeks. A Knicks defeat of the Heat would send Miami into a violent media maelstrom and would pave the way for Melo to take the crown as the King Of New York (don’t make that an acronym by the way, so we’re confusing the NBA’s best pure scorer with a genocidal lunatic). If this ragtag Knicks outfit can muster some consistent play and a little home-court luck, the Heat should be wary.
Second Round — Thunder vs. Lakers The excitement I alluded to in the introduction was on full display last Sunday when the Lakers prevailed over the Thunder in double overtime. Kobe flexed his considerable clutch muscles, hitting all the shots to keep the Lakers close and eventually securing the victory. The win will probably bolster some confidence in LA fans heading into the playoffs, but the set of circumstances surrounding Sunday’s victory
should not be as encouraging. The Thunder were on the road in a hostile Staples Center with their third leading scorer (Harden at a valuable 16.8 points per game) bludgeoned in the head and not able finish the game. And their dynamic duo of Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant combined for 14 of 56 from the field. Meanwhile, the Lakers bench rose from the dead and decided to play some basketball, something Los Angeles fans haven’t seen all season. If the Lakers are relying on all of the above to shake their way every game, this series won’t last very long. All that being said, the Thunder still stand in the Lakers’ shadow. Two years ago, the upstart No. 8-seeded Oklahoma City team, gave Los Angeles all it could handle before losing the series in six games. The Thunder’s glaring deficiency in that series was their lack of frontcourt presence against All-Star bigs Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol. The Thunder front office knew it would have to overcome the Lakers to win a championship in future playoff series. So GM Sam Presti traded Jeff Greene for center Kendrick Perkins to shore up frontcourt depth. They were all set to square off in last season’s playoff until the Lakers laid an egg in the first round to the eventual champions. If you’re scoring at home, that means the Thunder have yet to beat the Lakers in a playoff series — a serious obstacle for such a young team with a tendency to tighten up down the stretch. The Thunder would be considered the favorites in this series, but fourth-quarter miscues and the threat of Kobe could be the right ingredients to a series victory for the Lakers.
East Finals — Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat The animosity and tension between these two teams grows with each game. Every time the buzzer sounds and one of these teams faces the feeling of defeat, it mutates into a combination of disgust and motivation to win the next time around. Dirty little secret of this matchup: They play ugly, ugly basketball. The two teams’ commitment to defense is a welcome sight to basketball purists, but it often causes the offense to stall into isolation plays and contested jump shots. Exhibit A: In last year’s playoff series, the Bulls faithful watched in horror as their offense couldn’t generate easy baskets, and the weight of the series was heaved onto Derrick Rose’s shoulders. The Heat weren’t especially better, with James and Chris Bosh doing just enough to outlast the Bulls. Despite the ugliness, these two are the class of the Eastern Conference by a discernible margin and seem destined to encounter each other en route to the Finals. Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau probably has been plotting against the Heat since Chicago was eliminated last year, but this one will come down to Rose. Whether he deserved to be blamed for the last’s elimination or not, Rose will have to shoulder the load once again. He cannot find himself stifled by James’ defense or missing free throws down the stretch like he did earlier this season in Miami. It’s shortsighted to single out Rose’s relatively few flaws, but the Bulls have a small margin of error against the Heat. We’ll see if the MVP is up to the task. Thomas is a junior in Media. He can be reached at bruch2@illinimedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @ThomasBruch.
Clemens’ lawyer puts on showy defense at retrial for lying to Congress about steroids BY JOSEPH WHITE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens’ lawyer wagged his fi nger. His voice cracked. He called himself Columbo. He claimed evidence had been manipulated. He appealed to the jurors’ hearts as well as their heads in his opening statement Tuesday in defense of the seven-time Cy Young Award winner. “God help me if we have reached a stage in this country where we make a federal case of denying you committed a crime,” Rusty Hardin said in a hushed voice at the end of a presentation that lasted more than an hour and drew no fewer than four objections from the government. “Our government should never, ever prosecute somebody for
saying ‘I did not do it.’” Less theatrical, but just as selfassured, was the voice of Clemens himself, heard on an audio tape in one of the first pieces of evidence presented at the trial. “I have never used steroids,” Clemens is heard saying without hesitation during a 2008 deposition on Capitol Hill. “Never performance-enhancing steroids.” Clemens’ confidence and Hardin’s Texas charm featured prominently on Day 6 of the retrial that seeks to determine whether Clemens lied to Congress — at the deposition and at a hearing that followed — when he denied using steroids and human growth hormone. The jury also heard from the trial’s fi rst witness, congressional staffer Phil Barnett, who happened to be on
the stand when the mistrial was declared last July. The government is using Barnett to help establish that Congress had the right to conduct its hearings on drug use in sports. The court adjourned early in the afternoon for the rest of the week because the judge had a previously scheduled out-oftown trip. The trial is scheduled to resume Monday. Hardin’s opening statement was a contrast to the more pedantic approach Monday from prosecutor Steven Durham, who attempted to link together many dates and facts designed to portray Clemens as an all-star who took performance-enhancing drugs to lengthen his career and then became “trapped in a web” of lies to cover up his actions.
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