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PENSION REFORM

UI to hire 500 new faculty amid pension concerns Plan may face difficulty as recent pension reform jeopardizes significant faculty benefits

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

After undergoing a large exodus of faculty in recent years, the University will try to rebuild by hiring 500 new faculty members in the next five to seven years. But recent pension reform legislation could adversely affect that goal.

Since 2008, the number of tenure-system faculty on campus has decreased from 2,100 to 1,856, and all levels of faculty have decreased amid budget and pension uncertainty.

Chancellor Phyllis Wise said this decline had to do with an increasing number of retire-

ments, as well as the University’s unwillingness to replace professors while facing fiscal uncertainty. Many employees have retired early in recent years due to fears of having their retirement benefits depleted by pension reform.

But the campus now believes it is able to replenish its academic staff.

This plan, however, could face some turbulence as large number of professors will retire by June 30 before the benefits for employees who retire after July 1 are cut by recent pension reform legislation.

Around 3,500 to 4,000 Universi-

ty employees will lose significant benefits if they do not retire by July 1, a result of pension reform legislation passed by the Illinois General Assembly in December.

The reform made sweeping changes for state employees, including cutting cost-of-living adjustments and raising the retirement age to help save the state’s massively underfunded pension system.

But one unintentional effect the bill had was significantly cutting the retirement benefits of those already eligible to retire if they do not retire by the time the bill goes into effect on July 1.

In April, President Robert Easter and Wise warned the University Board of Trustees that a mass exodus of faculty and staff prior to July 1 is very much a reality. The board should address the issue at its meeting Wednesday.

As a result, Easter said, the University could have trouble finding instructors for all of its courses.

The declining number of faculty has adversely affected students on campus. Students have had to deal with larger classes, as well as fewer classes taught by faculty. The student-to-faculty ratio, which was hovering around 15.4 students per faculty throughout

most of the 2000s, reached 17.6 students per faculty member in 2012.

Wise said this prompted the University to make a change.

“The University is all about (the students), and we would not be here if not for our real desire to give you the strongest possible experience here,” Wise said. “Part of that obviously is recruiting the very best faculty. That’s really the foundation of your experience.”

Although students have had to deal with larger classes, undergraduates are also seeing a higher number of classes with fewer than 20 students. In 2012-13, 42.1

percent of classes had fewer than 20 undergraduates, compared to 34.4 percent in 2011-12.

Wise also said that the effect would go beyond the classroom, as the professors retiring would lose grant money and have their research disrupted.

The University is last in the Big Ten in retirement benefits, offering by far the lowest retirement contribution rate. University employees, on average, receive 15 percent of their annual salary in contributions compared to a Big Ten average, excluding Illinois,

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#WISETOCANCEL

Students protest lack of snow day with social media Racist tweets spread after mass email announces class will not be canceled

BY MIRANDA HOLLOWAY AND BRYAN BOCCELLI DAYTIME EDITOR AND ASSISTANT DAYTIME EDITOR

The University received national attention in January when students took to social media to express their disapproval of Chancellor Phyllis Wise’s decision not to cancel classes despite a forecast of extreme cold temperatures.

The social media posts, mostly consisting of tweets on Twitter, started after a mass email was sent, which informed students that despite the negative 19 degree wind chill, classes would be in session.

At the time, Robin Kaler, campus spokeswoman, said the University held classes because it determined that the weather would not cause a risk to student safety as long as they dressed for the weather and took appropriate measures.

Using the hashtag #f---phyllis, students posted racist and misogynistic tweets directed toward the chancellor. Accord-

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Workers struggle for almost an hour before finally placing the Alma Mater back onto her stand on the corner of Wright and Green streets. After undergoing restoration following Commencement in 2012, the statue returned to campus April 9.

ALMA’S HOME

Alma Mater back for Commencement

After longer-than-anticipated renovation, beloved statue returns to campus

BY CLAIRE HETTINGER STAFF WRITER

It’s been a big year for Alma Mater. After much renovation, she returned to campus on April 9, with plenty of time for the 2014 Commencement ceremony. Students have been taking advantage of the statue’s return by visiting, taking pictures and climbing on the much-missed structure.

The final cost of the conservation project was $359,212 and was paid for by alumni and the Chancellor’s Fund, a pool of money from private donors.

The conservation was led by Andrzej Dajnowski, director of the Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio, based in Forest Park, Illinois, which completed the conservation efforts on the Alma Mater.

The statue is now a chocolate bronze, as close to the original color as can be determined. The Preservation Working Group decided to return Alma to the color they believe sculptor Lora-

do Taft intended.

The restoration efforts took longer than originally anticipated, in large part due to that fact that every bolt had to be replaced. This was the most expensive and time-consuming part of the conservation efforts, said Jennifer Hain Teper, chair of the Preservation Working Group, in April.

Melvyn Skvarla, campus historical preservation officer, said in April that the sculpture was taken apart so the bolts could be changed in all the little areas of the sculpture. For some of the replacements, a conservator had to go inside the sculpture to reach the small spaces, he said.

Iron bolts are cheaper than bronze, so that may be why they were originally used. However, the combination of iron-onbronze does not mix well and led to corrosion, which jeopardized the quality of the sculpture, said Christa Deacy-Quinn, collections manager at the Spurlock Museum and member of the

Preservation Working Group, in April. But the new bronze-onbronze combinations should last a few hundred years.

Alma Mater will be washed every two to three years, and a hot wax will be applied to protect the surface and prevent the sculpture from oxidizing to a harmful level, Hain Teper said.

While the statue was gone, University officials decided to seize the opportunity to gather memorabilia from around campus and make a time capsule to place in Alma Mater’s base.

It was “a unique opportunity to include something that shows where we are as a University,” said Joel Steinfeldt, University academic brand manager, in March. “It is a way of showing student life (and) faculty life what the University was like (to) the happy children of the future.”

Campus members were encouraged to submit thoughts and information about life at the University online. These

were then compiled in a database and burned onto archival quality gold DVDs that are built to last for a few hundred years.

He said the information can be read by a regular DVD player and any other technology that can read DVDs, acknowledging that future generations may not use this technology.

Departments across campus have submitted almost 100 small items to be placed in the capsule. Though the time capsule is physically small, Steinfeldt said they are trying to include as many people and campus units as possible.

Some of the items included in the time capsule are: a pick from the ELLNORA Guitar Festival, a brain LED light from Materials Science and Engineering professor John Rogers, a Commencement program and pin, a copy of The Daily Illini and a brick from Garner Hall.

ing to tweet tracking website Keyhole, there were more than 700 tweets sent under this hashtag, although some were deleted as the night went on.

A subsequent Buzzfeed article highlighting the tweets made its way across the internet.

Wise responded to the backlash in a blog post for Inside Higher Education later that week, saying that she was disturbed by the comments.

“What was most disturbing was witnessing social media drive a discussion quickly into the abyss of hateful comments and even threats of violence,” Wise said in the post.

Wise also mentioned that making an unpopular decision is part of the job of being a University leader. She garnered support from several Twitter users, as well as other University officials.

“I fully support the chancellor’s decision to keep the campus open today,” said Sen-

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STATE FARM CENTER RENOVATIONS

Illini basketball to return to renovated State Farm Internal structural work to continue through 2014-2015, 2015-16 seasons

BY SEAN HAMMOND SPORTS EDITOR

Walking past the State Farm Center these days, one hears the roaring of bulldozers and the clack-clack-clacking of construction equipment.

Behind the construction fences is where the magic is happening.

Renovations to the 51-yearold arena started in December and kicked into high gear after basketball season ended in March. The project will take three years to complete and costs $165 million.

When it opened, Assembly Hall was the largest edgesupported concrete dome in the country. The 10 million

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PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH

Search committee formed to select new president

pound concrete dome stands 128 feet above the floor. In many ways, State Farm Center — as it has been known since March of 2013 — remains an architectural marvel.

When Illinois basketball fans walk into the arena i n November, evidence of construction will be everywhere. The most notable signs will be at the entrances, particularly the west entrance.

Temporary walls will be erected in certain areas and Do Not Enter signs will be visible.

Despite obvious signs of construction, not much change

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Trustees, students, employees combine to choose finalists for UI’s top official

BY MARYCATE MOST STAFF WRITER

As University President Robert Easter prepares to retire on June 30, 2015, the Board of Trustees is preparing to fill his shoes with the selection of a presidential search committee.

“They will bring both unique insights and a deep, shared understanding of the University’s needs, its challenges and the critical role that its academic and research programs play in driving progress for our state and nation,” said board Chairman Christopher Kennedy in a press release.

The 19-member committee, appointed by the Board of Trustees during a special meeting held on April 19, will present a list of eight to 10 finalists to the board, who then hope to select a president by January 2015. The committee is chaired by trustee Pamela Strobel, who also chaired the search committee for former president Michael Hogan in 2010.

Search committee members include three trustees; eight faculty members from the University’s three campuses; a student from each campus; a representative from the

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The Ur b a n a fac u lt y appointed to the committee includes engineering professor Douglas Beck, who will serve as co-chair of the search c om m it te e , E ng i ne er i ng professor Roy Campbell and LAS professor Nick Burbules.

“This is another example of shared governance,” said University spokesman Tom Hardy in an April interview.

“There are policies and

practices in place to guide how this was done. It will be comprised of representatives from the various constituencies (of the University).”

A lso from the Urbana campus, Xavier Ramirez, a senior who plans to attend graduate school, was chosen out of four student nominees to serve on the committee, alongside one student from each University campus.

Due to a scandal that led to former University President Michael Hogan’s resignation in March 2012, a presidential

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Illinois becomes last state to legalize concealed carry

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However, someone who is Since the legalization of con- going hunting or target shooting cealed carry, UIPD Chief of is not covered by the act and is Police Jeff Christensen said prohibited from bringing their the new act has been largely weapon to campus, he added. uneventful for the University.

Elizabeth Ambros, senior in “We were prepared for it by AHS, and Mark Esposito, junior making sure the signage was up in Engineering, started a conand officers were trained, but cealed carry education busiin terms of any issues associat- ness to teach students how to ed with it being enacted, there’s shoot. nothing,” he said.

Ambros served six years in In the first day of public the Navy as a Navy Corpsman access alone, more than 4,500 and helped with medical supIllinois residents applied for port for the Marines. Esposito concealed carry permits after is an MOS with a Marine infanIllinois became the final state try background. to legalize concealed carry last “We wanted to instill the July, according to the Illinois principle of gun safety in our State Police website. local city here in Champaign,” Illinois State A m b r o s Police had 180 said. “ We days after the act feel a lot took effect on July of the res9 to set up a sysidents of tem to review perIllinois are mit applications, unaware of Christensen said what the difin D e c ember. ferent gun Permits began rules are, DEAN HAZEN being granted in what ownOWNER OF THE GUN EXPERTS February. ing a gun GUN SHOP He said there entails, how was one scare in guns work.

March where a We feel that group of students educating were called in with guns and populations is going to be one trench coats, but they were of our greatest contributions.” making a movie and didn’t notiAmbros thinks it is imporfy anyone. tant for students to be educated University police said that about firearms regardless of they were not worried about whether they wish to own one, concealed carry posing a safe- because as evidenced throughty threat for students. out history, the more knowl“We don’t (have any safety edgeable people are about guns, concerns),” Christensen said. the safer they will be.

“Our concerns are educating “There are some people who everybody and doing what we are physically unable to defend need to do in terms of meeting themselves,” Esposito said. the requirements of the act. “You can have all the martial Our statute is very much like arts training in the world, but other states where it’s prohib- if you’re a 110 pound female ited on campuses, and it has not against a 250 pound guy, you’re been problematic.” not defenseless. But I think the The new law prohibits certain gun is a great equalizer in that areas from concealed carry, case.” including schools. Christensen Although the rules for consaid campus life would large- cealed carry on campus are ly remain the same — the only outlined in the statute, busidifference is that if you have nesses have the option to ban a concealed carry permit and guns from their establishments, you’re coming to campus, the which is an especially imporact requires you to secure it in tant decision for those that

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“Pick your poison. You can’t make everybody happy.”

serve alcohol.

“You’re picking and choosing customers because if you choose to allow it, you’re going to offend the people that are anti-gun. And if you choose to not allow it, you’re going to offend the people that do have a permit,” said Dean Hazen, owner of The Gun Experts gun shop, in January. “So pick your poison. You can’t make everybody happy.”

If more than 50 percent of a business’s revenue comes from alcohol sales, guns are automatically prohibited. But at Guido’s in Champaign, general manager Roy Moore said in January that his business’s revenue varies from year to year.

“That’s what makes it difficult, justifying each year whether or not we’re labeled as a bar or restaurant,” Moore said. “Either way, we’re not going to allow weapons in here just because of the fact that come later on in the night ... everybody’s switched moods from restaurant to bar.”

Moore added that “guns and alcohol don’t mix,” a point that Deputy Chief of UIPD Skip Frost agrees with.

“The first thing that alcohol affects is your decision-making,” Frost said in January. “I completely understand what would turn out to be a pushing or shoving match in a bar. ...

If you allow concealed weapons in there, that pushing and shoving match may become a gun fight.”

Businesses that choose not to allow guns are required to post a sign provided by the state, Hazen said. The sign, which shows a handgun surrounded by a red circle and a diagonal slash, can be downloaded from the Illinois State Police website.

“If the first thing that alcohol affects is your decisionmaking, let’s face it,” Frost said. “Someone that has had too much to drink or is under the influence is not someone that we want carrying a concealed weapon.”

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Faculty, however, said the legislature has proved to be an unreliable partner, and the blame for this fiasco falls on the board.

Chemistry professor Kenneth

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Suslick said the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lack of action thus far may have doomed it heading into the future, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;anyone worth anything in the sciences and engineeringâ&#x20AC;? between the ages of 41 and 55 will receive at least one offer from a competing school to go there. With the current pension situation, he said, they will take that offer.

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SNOW DAY ate Executive Committee Chair Roy Campbell at the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m fully confident that the chancellor was conscious of the issues concerned. I call upon all concerned faculty, staff and students to disapprove of these disrespectful comments from a few of our students.â&#x20AC;?

The public threats sparked a need for change and self-reflection within the community, which led to a Campus Conversation in Civility meeting.

The event, #Onecampus: Moving Beyond Digital Hate, was held in the Krannert Center for Performing Arts and focused on the way social media impacts the way people interact. Several campus leaders attended, including former Student Body President Damani Bolden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We see it as an opportunity to provide the entire campus community to come together in response to what

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This University will be devastated over the next five years,â&#x20AC;?

Suslick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Board of Trustees has failed to protect the University from the state legislature.

This University is sinking like the Titanic.â&#x20AC;?

Faculty have cited low salaries among their other concerns. The University has been below its peer

happened,â&#x20AC;? said Bolden, who issued a formal apology to Wise in a mass email to the campus.

At the event, students had a chance to voice their opinions, and the panel discussed race, discrimination and diversity in an open setting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Other individualsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; incidents of racism or misogynistic comments are just as important as the comments that were directed at the chancellor,â&#x20AC;?

Bolden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more conversations like this that happen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it is my hope â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the more tolerant we will become as a community.â&#x20AC;?

Not all students were involved in the social media outrage, including Luke Dobrovits, sophomore in FAA. Dobrovits trudged through the snow on the Quad at 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 5, writing out the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sorry Phyllis.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The point of the message was just so students could see it on the Quad the next day,â&#x20AC;? Dobrovits said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really put much thought into it and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anyone would really think

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STATE FARM will be visible after the fi rst offseason. There is a lot of structural work being done that fans wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see: shifting of mechanical spaces, changes in the venting and foundation work inside the arenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bowl.

But there will be one noticeable change. The 9,000 to 10,000 drab gray seats in the C-section have already been removed and are being replaced with new blue seats. When the project is complete, the arena will be as orange and blue as the Illiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uniforms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to try to do something from a fanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective,â&#x20AC;? said Tom Michael, senior associate athletic director at Illinois. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Putting the C-section seats in there now was going to give some noticeable change in the bowl.â&#x20AC;?

Fans can watch the progress of the renovation at statefarmcenter.com from a live webcam atop the Memorial Stadium press box. Another webcam is planned to be placed inside the arena.

The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest challenge has been scheduling the renovations so that Illinois menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball teams can still call the arena home during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.

Construction will continue behind the scenes during the 2014-15 basketball season, as it did during much of 2013-14. The phase of the project following the 2014-15 season will be the most intense.

The seating in the A-section and B-section will

median in average salary â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which comprises 10 of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top four-year public universities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for at least the past five years, bottoming out at 4.9 percent below the median in 2010, and inching up to 1.2 percent below in 2013.

Overall, the Urbana campus is the 16th-best paying four-year public university for full profes-

sors, 40th-best for associate professors and 10th-best for assistant professors, according to a recent report by the American Association of University Professors.

In a report at the beginning of the year, the faculty also pushed for improving facilities on campus.

The new hires are expected to come from a variety of areas and

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anything of it,â&#x20AC;?

A picture of his message racked up 700 likes on Facebook and 300 retweets on Twitter and drew campus-wide attention. The writing took him three hours, but he hoped his message would atone for the students who had lashed out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair to say the University as a whole is racist and sexist, and only a small amount of students behaved that way. And even they just got swept up into the bustle of it,â&#x20AC;?

Dobrovits said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel many students acted immaturely, but the whole University shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be reflected in the actions of those few students. ... As a whole, we are a lot better than what our actions have shown a few of us to be.â&#x20AC;?

Elizabeth Dye contributed to this report.

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be redone. Loge seats â&#x20AC;&#x201D; seats with a countertop, dining services and television monitors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be in place at the north baseline behind the student section.

Legacy Club seats will be placed behind the student section at the south baseline.

The 12 suites will be on the east side, each accommodating up to 14 guests. Student seating will surround three sides of the court in what is today the A-section.

Work will begin on the four clubs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Legacy Club, the Traditions Club, the Orange Krush Club and the Courtside Club â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but only the Traditions Club will be ready for the 2015-16 season.

Because this phase of the project is so intense, Michael said the bowl would not be ready to host basketball games until December 2015. This poses a scheduling problem that Illinois has not quite worked out yet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our fans adapted when we renovated Memorial Stadium (between 2006-2008) and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll adapt as we go through the next two basketball seasons,â&#x20AC;? Michael said.

A former Illinois basketball player who played in the early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s, Michael has worked to take this project from an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rendering to a reality.

Simply getting to the construction is a relief, but Michael fears that by the end of the three-year project, he might have a few more gray hairs than he does now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is unique,â&#x20AC;? Michael said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly the largest project so far on this campus.â&#x20AC;?

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A message is left for Chancellor Phyllis Wise on the Quad on Feb. 5. A student wrote this message as an apology for the backlash Wise received on Twitter.

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SEARCH search committee was not used to select Easter as president; he was instead selected by chancellors and deans after they consulted with key members of the faculty senate, Hardy said. The University has not used a presidential search committee since Hogan was selected in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think past episodes really have anything to do with or reflects on the advisory search committees or the work they performed,â&#x20AC;? Hardy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone who is a part of this process gives a lot of their time. The fact that the presidency was vacated due to difficult circumstances is no reflection of the search committee.â&#x20AC;?

Search committee members will be responsible not only to search for presidential nominees, but also to help define the role of the next president, Campbell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our flagship campus has some really strategic goals that we need to satisfy,â&#x20AC;? Campbell

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said in an April interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The University presidential candidates) must maintain e du c at i o n a l exc el le nc e , and maintain a presence in Springfield and coordinate our campuses under budget constraints.â&#x20AC;?

Campbell said that the goal of the Board of Trustees was to find search committee members that will best represent the diverse constituencies within the University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are going to be a really good team to help choose the president,â&#x20AC;? Campbell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In

certain ways, we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have put a better foot forward.â&#x20AC;?

Hardy also emphasized that diversity within the selection committee would be key. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The Board of Trustees) will consider recommendations of potential advisory search committee members from all walks of life within the University,â&#x20AC;? Hardy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And obviously, students will play an important role.â&#x20AC;?

MaryCate can be reached at most2@dailyillini.com and @marycate_most.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Illinois legalizes marriage for same-sex couples Champaign among 16 counties in state to issue marriage licenses ahead of schedule

BY ELEANOR BLACK ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Illinois became the 16th state to allow same-sex marriage, with Gov. Pat Quinnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signing of Senate Bill 10 on Nov. 20. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This new law is an epic victory for equal rights in America,â&#x20AC;? Quinn said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Illinois is moving forward. We are a model for our country. If the Land of Lincoln can achieve marriage equality, so can every other state in the nation.â&#x20AC;?

Locally, State Sen. Michael Frerichs and Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D -10 3, were co-sponsors of the bill.

At the time of the billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passage in the House of Representatives,

Frerichs praised the passage of the bill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the land of Lincoln, and to quote his famous words, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;in order to form a more perfect union,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that we join in concurring with the House and their action,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took them awhile, but they came around on the right side of history.â&#x20AC;?

The bill received 61 votes in the House, one more than the minimum necessary to send it to the Senate.

Jakobsson had left the side of her son, Garret, who was dying of Pickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease, to make the vote. In a statement, she said that the vote was â&#x20AC;&#x153;one that I felt I could not miss and I know my

son was proud of my decision.â&#x20AC;?

Though the law is set to go into effect on June 1, District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman ruled on Feb. 21 that same-sex couples in Cook County would not have to wait until that date to receive marriage licenses.

Champaign County soon followed suit and, on Feb. 26, became the second county in the state to offer early marriage licenses to same-sex couples. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After consulting with Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney Julia Rietz, I have come to the conclusion that the rationale of the case (Lee v. Orr) applies to all citizens of Illinois and that Champaign County residents should have no fewer Constitutional rights than those

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At this time, there are 16 counties issuing same-sex marriage licenses ahead of June 1.

Though same-sex couples have the ability to obtain marriage licenses early, there are still pieces of the law that do not go into effect until the official start date. This includes the ability to convert an existing civil union into a same-sex marriage.

Hulten said that Champaign County has issued 250 civil union licenses since 2011, when

they became legal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect on June 1st, we will get a surge of people who want to convert their civil union into same-sex marriages,â&#x20AC;? Hulten said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And then I think very shortly after that, everything will sort of just settle down and this will be a routine part of our business, as it should be.â&#x20AC;?

He added that the clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office will be open that afternoon, a Sunday, specifically so that those who have been waiting to convert their civil unions will be able to on the fi rst day the law goes into effect.

Eleanor can be reached at eablack2@dailyillini.com and @eleanor_black14.

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During that fi rst day, Hulten said that there were three or four same-sex marriage licenses given out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly at the beginning, we had some people take advantage of it immediately,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a line because when we announced it, people didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to prepare. I mean, literally we said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to start doing this immediately,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and so it was immediately.â&#x20AC;?

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OPINIONS

LOOKING BACK. . .

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look back at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest moments, from Ellenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surprise on the Quad to the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pension problems and more.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES PASSES GENDER CONFIRMATION SURGERY ADDITION

PENSION PROBLEMS Professors are the most important people on campus. They attract students, increase grant dollars and provide prestige to the University. They spend their lives working to make students like us smarter and more prepared to enter the real world.

That job isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t easy. So, when they want to retire, they should be able to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. They should also be given what the University guaranteed to them when they were hired. When we get back on campus in the fall, we hope the state will have fixed its pension reform bill, the University will have decided to provide supplemental retirement benefits, and the esteemed faculty will still be here.

In March, the Board of Trustees added gender confirmation surgery to the student health insurance plan. The less than $3 fee allows students to treat gender dysphoria, which can have tremendous positive impacts on trans students on campus. The addition provides a more trans-friendly culture and costs less than the cup of Starbucks we grab on the way to class â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in other words, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than worth the bit of pocket money that it costs. As the flagship institution for the University system, it would be a shame if we did not follow the Chicago campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; advances. For those who have been struggling and will be directly impacted by this addition, we are looking forward to your opportunity to take advantage of these services next school year.

CHAMPAIGN-URBANAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BRUSH WITH FAME As another school year comes to an end, it is of the utmost important to reflect on all of the moments we were star-stricken by the appearance of celebrities on campus. For all of us Netflix enthusiasts, last fall we were graced with the presence of actress and LGBT advocate Laverne Cox, whom most of us know from her role in Orange is the New Black.

We were also lucky enough to have lectures from Giancarlo Esposito and RJ Mitte, two actors from our favorite teacher-gone-meth-head TV show, Breaking Bad. Some of our other celeb visitors this year were Aaron Carter, Nick Offerman, Christopher MintzPlasse (better known as McLovin), Dave Franco, Jerrod Carmichael and Patton Oswalt. And let us not forget our tease encounter with Ellen DeGeneres, whose TV crew came to the Quad and filmed us in costumes as we experienced our fleeting 15 minutes of fame. What a year itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been indeed.

ICY, IRATE HATE Amid the bitter record cold at the start of the Spring 2014 semester, the actions of many students spit out just as much bitter coldness and reminded us just how alive misogyny and racism are on this campus. On January 26, with subzero temperatures forecast for the coming days, students held out hope for announcement of a snow day. However, following an email signed by Chancellor Wise affirming that class would not be canceled, all hell broke loose on social media.

In various tweets and Facebook posts, several students expressed their rage with hate-filled comments targeting Wiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gender and ethnicity.

Subsequently, their actions subjected the entire University to deserving ridicule from the likes of media outlets across the state and country and cast a poor light on all of us students. As we wrote back then, this event served to demonstrate just how much â&#x20AC;&#x153;growing upâ&#x20AC;? we still have to do.

DREWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PIZZA TRIES A NEW BUSINESS MODEL In one of the more exciting moments this school year, Campustown was mentioned in The Huffington Post. But unfortunately, the mention highlighted the most pervy pizzeria on Green Street. It started in September, when Drewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza decided to adopt a new business model, if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you want to call it. Drewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s promoted a sort of bartering system on its social media accounts: free pizza for females who flash their breasts. Drewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chauvinistic and demeaning posts garnered national attention, though they were deleted soon after the controversy. The restaurant has since closed its doors, meaning if you want pizza this campus, you will have to pay for it the old fashioned way.

UNIVERSITY IMPLEMENTS SMOKING BAN Students returning to school after winter break were welcomed with signs and stickers plastered all over University buildings reminding them that campus was now smoke-free. But while smokers knew where they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t light up, it was still unclear as to what their punishment would be if they did. In February, the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wellness Center began to train smoke-free student ambassadors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who have been met with some contention â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to promote and enforce the ban. The Center also created a Tobacco-Free Toolkit to help members of the campus community quit smoking with cessation programs, events and a telephone counseling service, Quit Line. While student health is a worthy cause for the University to take on, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still up in the air as to how much of an impact the ban has had on student and faculty smokers.

ILLINI ATHLETE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR: TATYANA MCFADDEN No doubts about it, Tatyana McFadden was the top athlete to come out of this University in the 2013-2014 school year. During the fall semester, with a first-place finish in the 2013 New York City Marathon, McFadden became the first person ever to sweep the London, Boston, Chicago and New York marathons in a single calendar year.

Since graduating in December, she has yet to let up, taking home a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi games and successfully defending her titles at both the 2014 Boston and London Marathons. Can you say two-peat?

BIKE BLUES CONTINUE

IN REMEMBRANCE Tragedy struck our University on two separate occasions during this academic year. On Sept. 27, 2013, and on Oct. 9, 2013, two students, Mengchen Huang, 25, and Mimi Liu, 20, respectively, lost their lives as a result of unfathomable circumstances. Both individuals had tremendous futures ahead of them, and the editorial board would like to offer our condolences to their family, friends and loved ones on behalf of everyone here at The Daily Illini. Their passing greatly affected our campus community and though they are gone, they will not be forgotten and forever remain a part of the University family.

WELCOME HOME, ALMA After a nearly two-year absence, Alma Mater returned to her rightful place on the corner of Wright and Green streets last month sporting a new shade of bronze. When she left campus after Commencement in 2012 for restoration and conservation, soon-to-be seniors were assured that they would see her again in time to take their own pictures with Alma when they graduated the following year. But a year passed and Alma still hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t returned, as the restorers found more and more problems with her structure. Let down, the Class of 2013 left for the real world without a photo with Alma to seal the deal.

The Class of 2014 was beginning to lose hope, too, until Alma rolled into Campustown in the back of a truck on a sunny April morning.

The freshmen and sophomores were excited to meet her, the juniors welcomed her back with open arms, and the seniors were more than relieved that she returned for their send-off. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;happy children of the futureâ&#x20AC;? welcome you home, Alma.

There is some hope that the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed updates to the bike code and campus bike plan, both unveiled in 2013, may one day see the light of day. While the bike plan remains stagnate, largely due to University inaction, the bike code actually has made some level of progress over the course of the past 9 months. In a comforting sign of actual concern about bike matters on campus, the University even saw an error in trying to implement the new bike code too soon without adequately accounting for public input, delaying the effective date until the fall 2014 semester. While weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not holding our breaths, at least it looks like progress.

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TORNADO chainsaw-huge-train approaching in the distance.

That’s when Schildt decided he had to leave. There was no place for him to take cover at the garage.

He figured that because he would be dead anyway if the tornado was coming at him, he would try and find someplace safer to hide.

Anxiety raced through McMullen’s veins as she raced the tornado home. She noticed the funnel was heading in her direction, so she double-checked the intersection ahead of her and ran the red light.

Schildt ran out into the street in panic and tried to get one of the passing cars to give him a lift.

Nobody stopped.

In the distance, he saw the flashing lights of a police vehicle, so he ran to it, and the officer unlocked the doors and let him in.

McMullen made it into her driveway and, still thinking the tornado was heading toward her, rushed to the front door, and her husband let her inside.

The subdivision that Nancy had driven through mere minutes before was destroyed.

“My husband and I decided I missed (the tornado) by a minute and a half,” she said. “Everything around where I was driving in the neighborhood is just total mass destruction. There are no homes — it was in the direct path of the tornado.”

Schildt’s home, the only one he’s ever lived in, is in a similarly destroyed neighborhood — with his father inside at the time of the storm.

The policeman dropped Schildt off at Hardee’s, where he then immediately tried to contact his family. His calls would not go through, and he spent the next 10 minutes deciding what to do.

As soon as he remembered his mother was right across the street at the church, he ran to make sure she was okay.

Schildt’s panicking mother explained that she had been talking to his father just before the phone went dead. His last words were, “It’s coming toward the house.”

In an attempt to see if his dad was OK, Schildt and his mother drove toward their neighborhood in a friend’s car but had to turn back because downed power lines made it too dangerous to drive through the residential area.

Back at the church, they waited for some word from him. His dad showed up 40 minutes later in their neighbor’s car.

He informed them that everything was gone, but Schildt didn’t realize what that meant.

“I thought, ‘Oh well, our house is gone, we can rebuild it,’ but our entire subdivision — everything was just gone,” he said.

Later, when he went to his home to see if anything could be salvaged, the true state of things was inconceivable.

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Houses were heavily damaged after a tornado ravaged through Gifford, Ill., on Nov. 17. Pekin and Washington, two communities near Peoria, were among the hardest hit.

“It looked like a war zone,” he said. “I’ve lived there all my life, and I just couldn’t believe my eyes seeing all of the destruction.”

Not much could be saved from his family home other than a few items of clothing, some of his homework, two calculators and textbooks from his last semester classes at Illinois Central College.

He did save a pair of shoes, filled with insulation and debris, but he still has to clean them out.

Schildt was overjoyed when he realized two rather furry possessions weathered the storm as well.

One under the couch in the basement and one in a closet upstairs, his cats Rusty and Sugar survived the storm.

The tornado hit close to home for many who live on the University’s campus.

Jessica Weston wanted to go home and help as soon as she heard the news but traffic into the town was regulated, and not many people were being allowed in. Unfazed, she then decided to do something for Washington from Champaign.

She, with the help of three other coordinators and the entire Illini community, would fill a truck.

Seniors Weston, LAS; Mandy McGuire, ACES; Dani Frye, AHS; and Allison Canty, LAS, are all from Washington and created the “Fill the Truck” campaign to provide relief to their friends and neighbors whose lives were changed by the tornado.

They would gather the most necessary and immediate supplies for the victims of the tornado, and they would take them home on Friday when they left for Thanksgiving break.

Monday morning, there was an empty trailer. Monday afternoon, there were four boxes on Weston’s doorstep. Friday afternoon, there was a trailer so full not even another box could fit.

Illini Fighting Hunger, Orange Krush, fraternities, sororities, other registered student organizations and citizens donated water, food, cleaning supplies, clothing, pillows, blankets and baby items, among other items, to accomplish the group’s goal and help their fellow townspeople in need.

Weston called Washington Mayor Gary Manier as the trailer that

took two hours to load rolled into town. He directed them to the Sunnyland Plaza donation dropoff, and in a matter of 20 minutes, the ready and willing volunteers emptied the trailer.

In addition to the truck, more than $2,000 were donated to the Washington Secret Santa, a group focused on providing children with presents and restoring some normalcy to their holiday season.

The Interfraternity Council also donated $4,000 to Washington Helps Its People, the local food pantry.

Volunteers made sure people made homeless by the tornado had somewhere to gather for Thanksgiving. Schools and churches were turned into make-shift cafeterias for those who had nowhere else to go, like Schildt and his family.

Schildt spent his Thanksgiving eating at a local school while his parents ate at a local church. He just kept thinking if they had a home they would be together. It was awful for him to be separated from his family and to have been reduced to eating at a church and a school, rather than sitting at his dining room table eating a nice Thanksgiving meal of turkey. They should be talking to each other, having a nice family conversation.

Above all, he just kept thinking that they should be together.

Some people did not have homeowners’ insurance, and Schildt said he feels much worse for them than for himself because they literally lost everything.

Help came from the government four months after the disaster, when Governor Pat Quinn created a $45 million state relief package for affected areas, including Champaign and Washington counties.

“Our tornado-ravaged communities need help and they need it now,” Governor Quinn said in a March press release. “While it’s disappointing that our request for federal disaster relief was denied due to outdated rules, the state of Illinois is committed to providing assistance to communities that need it. Recovery won’t happen overnight, but this aid will help people rebuild their lives.”

Claire can be reached at hettngr2@dailyillini.com.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Illinois Public Health Dept.proposes plan for medicinal marijuana program

BY ALEX SWANSON STAFF WRITER

Over the past few months, significant changes have been made to the proposed regulations for Illinois’ Medical Cannabis Pilot Program.

On Jan. 21, the Illinois Department of Public Health posted a 48-page draft of the proposed regulations to show the public how the system may be implemented. Since then, other state departments have published their proposed regulations as well.

The program itself likely will not be fully put into effect until sometime next year.

Illinois held the first of two public forums for the state program on May 5. Dan Linn, executive director of the Illinois branch of the National Organization for Reforming Marijuana Laws, said the forums were meant to be outlets for potential patients to voice their concerns to the regulatory agency.

“Unfortunately, there weren’t a whole lot of patients at the public hearing,” Linn said. “It was a lot more potential business owners voicing their concerns about the strict regulations of business aspects of the program.”

There are still major patient concerns about the four-year pilot program. These include, among other concerns, background checks as well as the fee attached to applying for a medical marijuana card.

Claudia Lennhoff, executive director of Champaign County Health Care Consumers, said in an interview in January that the proposed regulations — particularly the background checks — treat potential medical marijuana patients unfairly.

“Those things are just barriers, and they basically treat the patient as if the patient may be a criminal,” she said. “The fact of the matter is, there are other drugs currently prescribed now that are far more highly controlled that don’t impose those kind of requirements on patients.”

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a fingerprint-based background check in order to apply for a medical marijuana registry identification card. They must pay for this out of their own pocket, and anyone who has been convicted of a drug felony will not be eligible to receive an ID card.

Originally, the annual application fee for a medicinal marijuana card was $150, however the fee has now been reduced to $100, and $50 for veterans.

Under the original proposed program rules, patients applying for medical marijuana cards would have to give up their firearms license. However, the ban on firearms in conjunction with medicinal marijuana cards has been dropped.

Additionally, the Illinois House of Representatives committee backed a bill on May 7 that would allow children with epilepsy or occasional seizures to apply for a medical marijuana card.

Chris Lindsey, legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project, said that the project pushed for several reforms to the marijuana program. Some of them, like the fee decrease and the drop of the gun ban, were implemented into the pilot program’s regulations.

However, not all of the reforms the Marijuana Policy Project suggested were added to the program. Lindsey said the project also pushed for lesser fees associated with becoming a cultivation center, as well as the ability for dispensaries to deliver medicinal marijuana to their patients. Neither of these measures was put into the program.

Linn commented in a January interview that the first year of the pilot program will focus on the rule-making and regulation process.

“It’s unfortunate that it takes that long because this is dealing with people’s health care and their livelihood, and in all honesty, their survival in some cases,” he said. “Putting the patient applications at the end of the year, I think that gives a little bit more of an honest answer to the patients as to the timeline of

Current and proposed penalties for recreational marijuana possession

State penalties for possessing marijuana for recreational use could be significantly reduced, according to a bill introduced by State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-14, that is currently on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Current state law:

2.5 grams or less: Class C misdemeanor* 2.5 grams to 10 grams: Class B misdemeanor* 10 grams to 30 grams: Class A misdemeanor* 30 or more grams and subsequent offenses of possession above 10 grams: Felony

Bill:

Less than 30 grams: Uniform Cannabis Ticket ($100 fine)* 30 grams to 500 grams: Class A misdemeanor* Subsequent offenses of possession above 10 grams: Felony *First offense SOURCE: ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

this program.”

Lindsey also spoke about the benefits of medicinal marijuana for patients.

“Marijuana has been shown to relieve many different serious medical conditions. And Illinois has identified a good number of them,” Lindsey said. “So, we believe that the program will provide a lot of help to thousands of citizens all across the state.”

Eleanor Black contributed to this report.

Alex can be reached at amswans2@dailyillini.com.

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CAMPUS SMOKING BAN

University smoking ban timeline

Work underway on increasing smoking ban compliance

More student ambassadors sought for enforcing ban

BY JESSICA RAMOS STAFF WRITER

The campus-wide smoking ban has been in effect for one semester, since Jan. 1, 2014. Signs have been posted around campus reminding students of the smoking ban and more work is underway to increase compliance.

Michele Guerra, director of the UI Wellness Center, said that she has seen progress since the ban went into effect. While there is not complete compliance, a decrease is noticeable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overall, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing a lot less smoking on campus,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people report that they either donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see smoking on campus or they see very little. So I think overall, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re where we expected and hoped to be at this point.â&#x20AC;?

In February, the Wellness Center held its first round of training for student ambassadors. In an interview in February, Guerra mentioned that the students would learn about the details regarding the ban, including available resources and ways to enforce the policy in a diplomatic manner.

Sarah Sommer, smoke-free campus assistant, said the training went very well. The student ambassadors gave her positive feedback and felt prepared, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had four ambassadors to start and added another a few weeks later,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ambassadors all went out on a shift with me prior to being sent out in teams of two for their regular shifts.â&#x20AC;?

Guerra mentioned that they have also begun to train other groups on campus. These individuals are not considered student ambassadors, however they go through a similar training. The

groups consist of campus facility members and managers that might be in situations involving students that are not compliant. Those who undergoing training learn factual knowledge and communication skills, she said.

In an interview in February, Guerra said the University was using experiences gathered from other universities that have implemented similar policies to guide them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do is change a culture â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not just enforce a rule,â&#x20AC;? she said.

In January, Illinois student senators Rachel Heller, junior in LAS, and Kevin Seymour, graduate student, submitted a resolution to the student senate, which opposed any changes to the student code that would allow the University to reprimand students for smoking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would support the smoking ban, but we do not support reprimand for any student,â&#x20AC;? Heller said in a January interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like it when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m walking out of a dorm or walking out of a class, and I have to walk through a cloud of smoke, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think students should have a punishment of possible expulsion from the University for a fundamental right that they have.â&#x20AC;?

Even though the smoke-free policy is not a punishable offense, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Renee Romano mentioned in a February interview that the student is still required to follow all student codes and policies.

Guerra said that she, along with the campus implementation committee, have noticed that there are â&#x20AC;&#x153;isolated pockets of non-complianceâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Undergraduate Library and residence halls â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and they are trying to figure out how

The University has been smoke-free since January 1. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the timeline of how the implementation has progressed as the University continues working on increasing compliance and awareness about the ban.

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WINTER SEMESTER Student ambassadors begin training

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BEGINNING OF SPRING SEMESTER Signage is posted around campus notifying the smoke-free policy.

JANUARY 1 Smoke-free campus policy is in effect.

MARCH The current enforcement plan is re-evaluated

SCOTT DURAND THE DAILY ILLINI

SOURCE: MICHELE GUERRA, DIRECTOR OF UI WELLNESS CENTER

to address them.

She said the goal of the smoke-free campus policy enforcement is to increase compliance and they are not â&#x20AC;&#x153;infringing on their personal rights.â&#x20AC;?

Sommer said that her goal for the upcoming year is to increase volunteer involvement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be great if we could get a larger group of ambassadors involved, which would allow us to educate more people,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also hope that more people on campus start to get involved in making our campus a healthier place and that more groups request the condensed training.â&#x20AC;?

A new wave of information going out to educate the incoming freshmen in the fall, Guerra said, and she is considering signs, sidewalk clings, bus advertisements and other methods of signage.

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The campus implementation committee meets quarterly, and finished evaluations regarding the smoking ban. If changes need to be made, they will, Guerra said.

There will be a second round of training coming for summer smoke-free student ambassadors and there will be another one in the beginning of the fall semester. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to see as close to 100 percent compliance, and we know that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take some time,â&#x20AC;? Guerra said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we just really need to make sure that we stay consistent and stay focused on paying attention to this for the next couple years until we get to that place where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fully compliant.â&#x20AC;?

Jessica can be reached at jramos34@ dailyillini.com.

TRANS* HEALTH CARE

Gender confirmation surgery added to student health plan Urbana campus follows lead of UIC, adds controversial surgery

BY MEGAN JONES ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Starting in the fall, students will have the ability to take advantage of a surgery that they would not otherwise be able to afford without student health insurance: gender confirmation surgery.

Chip Austin, a trans* graduate student, plans to take advantage of this coverage, as it will help him with his gender dysphoria, which arises when a person feels uncomfortable with the gender they were assigned at birth.

In March, the Board of Trustees approved the addition of gender confirmation surgery to the student health insurance plan for students at the Urbana campus, despite two votes in opposition.

Justin Ostrowski, Illinois Student Senator and senior in LAS, and Stephanie Skora, junior in LAS and president of the Campus Union for Trans* Equality and Support, joined the Student Insurance Advisory Committee during the fall 2013 semester to encourage the inclusion of gender confirmation surgery on the student health insurance plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am so grateful for the support shown by the board,â&#x20AC;? Skora said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad that they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let any

personal or moral views influence them, and that they did the right thing for their students and for the campus.â&#x20AC;?

Rallies in support were held outside the Board of Trustees meeting on March 6 and the boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Audit, Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee meeting on Feb. 24.

On the Urbana campus, the new student health insurance planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cost for the 2014-2015 school year, which includes the surgery, will increase 15 percent, or $37 for undergraduates and $48 for graduates. Chicago and Springfield health insurance rates were approved at a 2 percent and 29 percent increase, respectively. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I went to somebody on the street and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Would you pay $3 to save a life?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; an overwhelming amount of them would say yes,â&#x20AC;?

Skora said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These surgeries are the only way to correct the gender dysphoria that people have and are an essential part of actually being able to continue their lives.â&#x20AC;?

Student trustee Mike Cunningham voiced concern against the addition, along with trustee Timothy Koritz.

Concerns regarding medical ethics rose to the forefront of discussion as committee members

discussed the permanent effects of the surgery and their uncertainty that 18-year-olds would be able to make such a decision. Additionally, members had reservations regarding the opinions of studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parents.

Committee members were also worried that 99.9 percent of the student body will not use the surgery and that some of that same percentage may be morally opposed to it.

Cunningham said he believed the addition should have gone through a student referendum before being approved to see if students truly supported it.

However, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Renee Romano said that in the past, the University has never done a referendum or a student election on tuition, student insurance or mandatory fees.

Austin said he believes having this coverage will encourage a more trans*-friendly culture on campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot of trans* students who are closeted or afraid, and having this coverage there is telling them that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s okay to be trans* on this campus. And that is very important,â&#x20AC;? Austin said in March.

Similar coverage was approved

KEVIN VOGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINI

Justin Ostrowski, senior in LAS, speaks with the supporters after the Illinois Student Senate approved the addition of gender confirmation surgery coverage under student insurance as Sydney Germaine, a junior in FAA, holds the transgender flag outside the Illini Union on March 6, 2014. for the Chicago campus last spring, where it underwent consideration for two years, said Chicago campus student trustee Danielle Leibowitz.

One percentage point of the 15 percent increase is for the gender confirmation surgery, while 13 percentage points of the fees are due to coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act and Illinois state requirements. An additional 1 percentage point covers University administrative costs. Students also have the option of opting out of student

health insurance.

The health care plan will be reviewed next year, as the current plan serves as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;emergency extension.â&#x20AC;? However, Skora is not worried about the coverage being denied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gender confirmation surgery would never be done unless it is deemed medically necessary by a physician,â&#x20AC;? Romano said in February. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And if a person needs that surgery and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it, that could lead to very serious consequences, not the least of which is depression or suicide.

So I think that it is, for some of our students, an equity issue and a social justice issue.â&#x20AC;?

Other schools within the Big Ten that have already added gender confirmation surgery to its insurance plan include the University of Michigan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Northwestern University, Ohio State University and Pennsylvania State University.

Megan can be reached at majones5@dailyillini.com and @MeganAsh_Jones.

SEVERE WEATHER

Tornado devastates Central Illinois; UI students offer help to victims

BY CLAIRE HETTINGER STAFF WRITER

A massive tornado swept through the Central Illinois area on Nov. 17, causing damage in many nearby towns.

Since then, groups from the University, including the Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, joined in to help the people in need both in Gifford and Washington, Ill. One University course pitched in by

helping design new sustainable homes for the Gifford community.

The morning weather in Washington, Ill., was fine, except Zach Schildt thought it looked like it was going to rain.

For any of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residents who lived in one of the 1,000 homes destroyed or damaged in their town, it was hard to imagine what the holiday season would bring because they no longer had

a place to hang their stockings.

However, the season is famous for its miracles, and the stories from Washington are no exception.

Nancy McMullen, another Washington resident, learned about the tornado warning when she was shopping at the local Dollar General. At first, she stayed put, planning to wait out the storm.

In another part of town, Schildt was working at Toddâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Service

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Center, the local auto service business, which has a police scanner.

He heard the radio buzz about a tornado touching down in a field somewhere in Washington. He grabbed his phone and texted his friends to tell them about the approaching funnel.

As McMullen idly waited, she changed her mind. Desensitized by previous false alarms, she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect that outside, condi-

tions were perfect for a tornado to form at any moment.

She wanted to make it home before the hail started.

Considering the looming heavy rain, she avoided the crowded main roads and instead chose to drive through the subdivision behind the store.

As she traveled home, she saw the clouds forming into a tornado.

She watched it touch down, grow-

ing larger and larger until it was a massive funnel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All I could see in my mirror was that tornado,â&#x20AC;? McMullen said.

About a minute after the police report, Schildt looked outside to see a â&#x20AC;&#x153;giant, huge, swirling, crazy looking â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even describe itâ&#x20AC;? storm cloud approaching. He said it sounded like a lawnmower-

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BRAD DANCER

Dancer may have just coached his most successful season for menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis, both in terms of record and impact

BY BRETT LERNER STAFF WRITER

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ntering his ninth season as the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis head coach at Illinois, Brad Dancer was standing firmly at the crossroads of high expectations and glaring questions.

His roster possessed no seniors, but he did have the reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Jared Hiltzik, returning and Second-Team All Big Ten player Tim Kopinski was back as well.

This meant Dancer had some serious work to do to fortify the rest of his lineup if the Illini were going to reach the potential they believed they had.

This year could very well be Dancerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most successful in terms of record, but also in terms of the impact heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had as a coach.

The program had been waiting for junior Farris Gosea to exhibit his full potential ever since he arrived at Illinois. This season, Gosea earned Big Ten Player of the Year, and Dancerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impact was one of the main reasons why. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach Dancer has had a huge impact on my game, and in all aspects of my life. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helped me along the way. Even when I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t playing well, he was still there for me and trying to guide me on the right way,â&#x20AC;? Gosea said.

Goseaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progression was huge for Dancer and his team this season, but became even more important when Hiltzik missed almost six weeks due to injury.

Brian Page was also out during Hiltzikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence, so Dancer only had six players to work with.

Only having six players at his disposal made lineup switches a nightmare, but Dancer still led the Illini to only one loss in the time Hiltzik and Page were out.

Dancer consistently talks about the faith he has in his players, and that was more obvious than any other time in that stretch of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we have good enough players that if we just go out and play we should be able to win matches,â&#x20AC;? Dancer said at the time.

When Hiltzik returned from injury, Dancer saved the day

once again.

Hiltzik would continually cite Dancer week-in and week-out as he worked back into his top level playing form. Hiltzik mentioned multiple film sessions, where between the two they were able to get Hiltzik back into his style of play and get his consistency back.

Dancerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message to the team throughout the season has been simple and consistent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Dancer) get us really prepared each time we have a match and he gets us focused on what we need to be focused on, individually,â&#x20AC;? Gosea said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important, having individual goals for each person, not just having a whole team thing. I think he cares a lot about each one of us individually, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most important thing.â&#x20AC;?

Dancer led the Illini to a 22-8 regular season record, and yet another appearance in the Big Ten Tournament championship match.

Although this year could already be considered Dancerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best in his nine years with Illinois, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one factor that will define how the season is remembered.

Dancer and the Illini have had the goal of winning a national championship all season and havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shied away from it at all.

So, the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national title pursuit will define how the 20132014 season is remembered by those outside the program, but either way Dancerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fingerprint has been left all over this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve enjoyed this group of guys thoroughly,â&#x20AC;? Dancer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They get excited about tennis, they love tennis, they play with a lot of passion and a lot of heart, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tough kids. So that makes my job really fun. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always challenges that sometimes you expect or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect as a coach to creep up but, for the most part, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a joyous group and really fun to watch these guys grow throughout the year.â&#x20AC;?

Brett can be reached at blerner2@dailyillini.com and @Blerner10.

PORTRAIT BY BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINI

JANNELLE FLAWS

Junior forward scores 23 goals to tie for NCAA lead, set program single-season record

BY ALEX ORTIZ ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down Sunday nights and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the Week. This week, we chose the Illini of the Year.

Athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success.

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annelle Flaws is never satisfied.

Even though she scored an Illinois record of 23 goals last year, which led the Big Ten and tied for first in the NCAA, she still thinks of the ones she missed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even when I look back at it, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m also a person who remembers a lot of mistakes I make,â&#x20AC;? Flaws said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely times I thought I could have scored more goals.â&#x20AC;?

Flaws came to Illinois with the promise of anchoring an already talented offense. She came in with the same class as midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo, who will go down as one of the best players in the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense looked as if it were set for years to come.

But during her senior season at Glenbrook South High School in the spring of 2010, Flaws tore her anterior cruciate ligament. She missed the rest of her senior season and redshirted her first year at Illinois.

Flaws returned to play 22 matches in 2011 but only scored three

goals. Despite the rough start to her collegiate career, she was ready to make her mark, yet she would be dealt another tough blow.

She reinjured her ACL and missed the entire 2012 season. This time, the determination to come back was stronger due to her rehabilitation experience the first time around. She was able to more effectively prepare herself and the constant guidance and challenges that head coach Janet Rayfield had for her, Flawsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; drive remained as steadfast as ever. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun having her in practice,â&#x20AC;? goalkeeper Claire Wheatley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having someone like that who is a top scorer in the conference, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great because if you can stop one of her shots, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stopping one of the best forwards in the nation.â&#x20AC;?

In 2013, Flaws finally made the statement she was brought to Illinois to make. She scored her first goal against Louisville in the second game of the season. Two matches later, she recorded a hat trick in a 5-1 win against Illinois State. Then, in a trip to Arizona State, Flaws twice tied the match with goals late in regulation, but the team ultimately fell 4-3 in double overtime.

Through the first eight matches of the season, Flaws scored eight of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 28 goals. She was the leader of a dangerous offensive attack that was hampered by a shaky defensive effort.

With Big Ten season loom-

ing, Illinois was poised to make a statement and Flaws started it off with a bang. A beautiful shot from beyond the box opened up the scoring against Ohio State. Illinois ultimately tied the Buckeyes 1-1. In the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second Big Ten match against Iowa, Flaws continued to amaze with a goal scored from more than 40 yards out, as she caught the Iowa keeper well off her line. While Illinois came away with a 2-1 victory, It also sustained heavy personnel losses. Freshman defender Hope Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Addario was lost for the season with a collarbone injury and DiBernardo sprained her MCL, which took her out for a month.

Flaws and the rest of the Illinois offense was faced with an unexpected and inescapable hurdle. A number of midfielders stepped up to fill in for DiBernardo, and Flaws took on even more responsibility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe in Vanessaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence, the sense of urgency caused Jannelle to surface more than she would have had she been able to rely on Vanessa,â&#x20AC;? Rayfield said.

Illinois dropped its next three matches to Nebraska, Purdue and Indiana even though Flaws scored three more goals during the skid.

With the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hopes for the postseason up in the air, Flaws needed to provide enough offense to keep Illinois in the mix. With a win against No. 20 Wisconsin,

SEE FLAWS | 3B

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having someone like that who is a top scorer in the conference, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great because if you can stop one of her shots, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stopping one of the best forwards in the nation.â&#x20AC;?

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MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BASKETBALL

FOOTBALL

Ten days that defined Groceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second season

Offense flourishes, defense falters in 2013 Beckmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second season finishes 4-8; 20-game Big Ten losing streak broken

Year of ups and downs ended with NIT berth, close loss to Clemson

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Oct. 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Transfer Ahmad Starks denied waiver by the NCAA to play the 201314 season. The guard from Oregon State who transferred to Illinois to be closer to his grandmother was told by the NCAA that he could not play this season, leaving Illinois with a hole at point guard behind starter Tracy Abrams.

Fans at the time worried that Illinois would have one too many players on scholarship in 2014-15 if top prospect Cliff Alexander commited.

Nov. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cliff Alexander and Quentin Snider spurn Illinois. No day affected the future of the program like Nov. 15. For a split second,

BY STEPHEN BOURBON

Alexander picked up the Illinois ball cap, and it appeared one of the best prospects in the nation was going to be an Illini. Then he put down the cap in favor of one with a Kansas Jayhawks logo. Earlier that day, Snider, the top-ranked Illinois commit, reversed his decision and decided to go to Louisville.

Dec. 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Illinois beats Missouri to snap a four-year losing streak. The Illini beat Mizzou in the annual Bragginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rights game in St. Louis for the first time in five years. After the game, fifth-year senior Joseph Bertrand rubbed it in to former classmates Brandon Paul, Tyler Griffey and D.J. Richardson, who never beat the Tigers in their careers.

STAFF WRITER

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINI

Illinois head coach John Groce talks to his team during a Big Ten Tournament game against Michigan. Illinois lost the game 64-63 but was much improved from a 31-point loss to Michigan 10 days earlier.

Dec. 31 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Illinois defeats Indiana to open Big Ten play.

Rayvonte Rice (29 points) was outscored by Yogi Ferrell (30 points), but the Illini topped the Hoosiers in overtime.

Freshman phenom Noah Vonleh had his way with the Illinois frontcourt but fouled out, and Illinois squeaked out a win.

SEE BASKETBALL | 3B

In year two of the Tim Beckman era for Illinois football, while there was progress made on the field, the results were mostly the same when compared with his first season in Champaign.

Beckman and the Illini followed up a 2-10 (0-8 Big Ten) season in 2012 with a 4-8 (1-7) campaign in 2013. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These seniors put their lives into this last year to try and build this program which was at the bottom,â&#x20AC;? Beckman said after a loss to Northwestern on Nov. 30. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We fell short in a few football games, no question, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud of the way these seniors led this football team.â&#x20AC;?

Under new offensive coordinator Bill Cubit, the Illini were immediately a top-tier offense,

reaching at least 42 points in three of the first four contests and starting out the season 3-1.

The entire Illini offense took huge strides under Cubitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tutelage. The offense increased its points per game total from 16.7 to 29.7, as well as its total yards per game from 296.7 to 426.7.

Two of the main beneficiaries of the changes were seniors Nathan Scheelhaase and Steve Hull.

Scheelhaase posted careerhighs with a 66.7 percent completion percentage, as well as 3,272 yards and 21 touchdowns.

Scheelhaase, normally known for his running ability, also notched a career-best passer rating at 140.7.

As for Hull, 2013 was his first full year as a wide receiv-

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After shaky start, baseball makes final push for NCAAs Illini fight through injuries, record 4 Big Ten series sweeps

BY J.J. WILSON STAFF WRITER

A week before its first series of the 2014 season, the Illinois baseball team was surrounded by high preseason expectation.

After a postseason run at the NCAA Nashville Regional to end 2013, the Illini lost five position players and two pitchers from its lineup. Their squad was once filled with youth — and optimism.

“We might be overconfident,” junior starting pitcher John Kravetz said in the preseason.

At No. 2 in the starting rotation, Kravetz was joined

by No. 3 Drasen Johnson and No. 1 Kevin Duchene, the 2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Together, with its strongest relief coming from sophomores Ryan Castellanos and Tyler Jay, the pitching staff was looking to exceed last postseason’s 3.76 ERA mark — its lowest since 1976.

But the first week didn’t produce the expected results,

with the Illini pitching staff surrendering 28 runs to Georgia State and losing two of three its opening weekend.

“Overall, we pitched poorly,” head coach Dan Hartleb said after the series. “We got the back end of our bullpen, which should be very strong, and we were poor.”

The Illinois pitchers didn’t let the first week hurt their confidence, though, only allowing 26 runs in their next nine games, leading to five wins.

At the plate, however, Illinois faced struggles with consistency for many of the season’s first series.

After the Georgia State series, in which the Illini scored 29 runs, they failed to gain traction for three of their next four series, losing each one.

“Right now, we have a poor mentality at the plate,” Hartleb said following the series loss to Southern Illinois on March 15.

Following the series in

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Carbondale, Illinois, the Illini also lost Duchene to forearm strain, which would hold him out for the next six weeks.

At 7-9, Illinois returned home with the hopes that its own field would help its season alive going into the Big Ten season — which is exactly what happened.

After rolling through Indiana State at home on March 18, the Illini played their homeopening series against Xavier and won three of four. They then took a midweek game from

Illinois State before taking two more from Purdue in a threegame series to open Big Ten play.

But given the way the season started, Hartleb kept a simple mindset following those seven wins.

“You can’t sit here and live on what we’ve done,” he said after the Purdue series. “We still have to get better.”

And better they got.

Illinois’ next five weeks would bring them four Big

Ten - ser ies sweeps over Northwestern, Iowa and Penn State on the road and Michigan State at home. Although Illinois fell to Michigan and then-No. 24 Indiana at home, the Illini were able to pull one win from each of them, which extended its conference record to its current state at 16-5 — tied for second in the Big Ten. The Illini now have one Big Ten series left with Nebraska.

A nd with the Big Ten Tournament just a four days

after on May 21 in Omaha, Nebraska, the Illini won’t even return home beforehand.

But the Illini have shown all season that nothing — not youth, not injuries, not the opposition — can keep them from going out playing their game. And no one should expect that to change as Illinois make its push for the NCAA tournament.

J.J. can be reached at jjwilso2@dailyillini.com and @Wilsonable07.

WRESTLING

Delgado wins 2nd consecutive NCAA title, wrestling finishes 13th overall

BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER

Illinois' Jesse Delgado won his second consecutive national championship this season.

Despite Jesse Delgado bringing home another individual national championship for the Illinois wrestling team, head coach Jim Heffernan was still not satisfied with the season as a whole.

The team has high expectations every season, and a 13thplace finish at the national tournament did not meet those goals.

“We want to be competing for the Big Ten Championship, and we want to be in the top 10 in the country or higher every year.

That’s what our expectations are every year,” Heffernan said.

The wrestling started its season on a high note with nine titles at the Loras Open, and then followed it up with six straight dual meet victories.

Illinois got its first taste of defeat at Madison Square Garden when it fell to Cornell in a close 15-18 dual. Even though the team lost, Delgado was named Outstanding Wrestler of the Grapple in the Garden event, and foreshadowed his national title match by defeating No. 2 Nahshon Garrett by a score of 6-2.

After the Cornell loss, the team would go on to lose its next four dual meets, which included a 31-3 defeat at the hands of eventual

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national champion Penn State.

Heffernan attributed the losses to several injuries the lineup suffered throughout the season and mistakes made by the young roster.

The Illini bounced back and finished the regular season with two consecutive victories over Purdue and Northwestern.

Against the Wildcats, senior Tony Dallago etched his name into Illinois record books in his final home dual meet by becoming the school’s career pins leader.

Illinois would go on to a sixthplace finish at the Big Ten tournament, where Delgado captured his second Big Ten title over rival Nico Megaludis.

At the national tournament, the Illini moved six wrestlers into the second round, but Delgado was the only one to move past the second round en route to his championship. In the consolation bracket, Dallago and senior Mario Gonzalez were eliminated one round shy of earning their first All-American honors.

In the national title match, Delgado scrambled out of tight situations against Garrett and attacked at the right time to win his second national title. Delgado will return for his senior season, and he will be looking to become

Illinois’ first three-time national champion.

Delgado will be a senior leader for the team next season, and even though he isn’t outspoken, Heffernan believes the young team can learn a lot from the twotime national champion.

“He is not a very vocal kid, but I think he is more of an example-setter,” Heffernan said. “Just the way he approaches the sport and his toughness are really good examples for our younger guys.”

Illinois will once again have a young lineup next year, but Heffernan has high expectations for redshirt freshmen Isiah Martinez and Brooks Black. Martinez accumulated a 13-2 record in his true freshman season and placed fourth at the Midlands Tournament.

Heffernan believes Martinez, along with Zane Richards, Zac Brunson and Jackson Morse, can make the jump to All-America status next season.

With the talent on the team, Heffernan expects the Illini to have even more success and possibly join the ranks of wrestling powerhouses like Penn State and Minnesota.

Daniel can be reached at dadexte2@dailyillini.com and @ddexter23.

Flaws sets program goals record with 23 Illini hockey Soccer barely makes NCAA tourney, finishes in Sweet 16 doesn’t live up to high expectations

BY ALEX ORTIZ

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Through a tough schedule, a serious injury to a key player and one of the most competitive seasons in the history of the Big Ten, the Illinois soccer team did well enough to make it to the Sweet 16.

It started with high expectations before the season. Senior midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo was coming off a great season. The roster consisted of a good mix of experienced veterans and talented newcomers.

“It was a roller coaster of a year,” DiBernardo said.

While she was technically on the team for the past three seasons, forward Jannelle Flaws’ Illini career had consisted of two seasons missed due to injury and one season with not much production. She would make her presence known in 2013, though. She quickly established herself as one of the best forwards in the country.

Her first goal came in the second match of the season in the Illini’s 5-4 overtime win over Louisville.

Offensively, Flaws and the Illini were cruising through the first part of their schedule. Flaws scored eight of the team’s 28 goals in the first eight matches of the season. She recorded a hat trick against Illinois State in a 5-1 win on Sept. 1 as well as two gametying goals in a 4-3 double-overtime loss at Arizona State.

“It meant a lot to me because I had been injured, and I could finally get back to a place I had been before both my injuries,” Flaws said.

While the offense was clicking on all cylinders, the team’s defensive machine sputtered. Illinois allowed 18 goals in those first seven games. Goalkeeper Claire Wheatley and defender Casey Conine, both freshmen, were still adjusting to the college game.

The beginning of the Big Ten schedule started well on the score sheet. Illinois tied 1-1 at Ohio State and then won 2-1 against Iowa. But it was the Iowa match that changed the course of the season. The phys-

ical style of play of the Hawkeyes resulted in the season-ending collarbone injury to freshman defender Hope D’Addario, a hip stinger for senior Christina Farrell and an MCL sprain for DiBernardo, which would ultimately take her out for a month.

“It was a little scary,” DiBernardo said. “I don’t think they knew the severity of the injury until later.”

Illinois would have to go on without its star. The team struggled, dropping three straight matches.

Amidst a cut-throat competition in the Big Ten standings, Illinois knew it had to turn things around if it was going to even make the Big Ten Tournament.

“You have to have confidence in terms of staying the course,” head coach Janet Rayfield said.

The sense of urgency brought out one of the better wins of the season for the Illini against No. 20 Wisconsin. The 3-2 victory sparked a late-season run that saved the postseason hopes for Illinois.

It came down to the final two matches of the season to determine Illinois’ fate. In a 2-0 win on senior day against Michigan State, Flaws scored her 19th goal of 2013, a program record for a season. The final week of the regular season brought a match at Minnesota and the chance to clinch a spot in the Big Ten Tournament. Flaws again wowed the crowd with one of the most difficult goals of the season as she sent one in falling down on the right side of the box and into the left corner of the goal. It helped Illinois win 3-1 and secure the fifth seed in the Big Ten. The good feelings would not last long, though. Despite home-field advantage against Indiana in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, Illinois lost 5-3.

“That was just not a good game for me,” Wheatley said. “I wish I could replay that game.”

DiBernardo was able to come back for a little more than 10 minutes against Minnesota and for most of the match against Indiana.

The midfielder needed time to readjust herself to the team and find her stride again late in the loss, but to no avail. Uncertainty over the team’s future in the NCAA tournament grew agonizing as the Illini had to wait almost a week to hear whether they were in.

“It was an opportunity they weren’t sure was coming,” Rayfield said. “But because of what we had done all season long, they were ready.”

The clean slate rejuvenated the team. Wheatley, coming off one of her worst performances of the season, came back with one of her best on a muddy field at No. 21 Washington State. After 90 minutes, the score stood 0-0. Wheatley made 13 saves and blocked two penalty kicks, which helped the Illini to the first-round victory.

It was the Illini offense that stepped up in the next round against No. 7 Portland, as both DiBernardo and Flaws scored to help their team advance 4-3 in overtime.

It was the first time since 2008 that Illinois made it to the Sweet 16. While it was the furthest that seniors like DiBernardo had gone in the postseason, the run would end their with a 4-1 loss against Boston College.

The best team finish in five seasons came with the recognition of two Illini players for their accomplishments.

Flaws was named Big Ten Forward of the Year and first-team all-Big Ten for her school record 23 goals on the season.

DiBernardo won the Big Ten Medal of Honor, was called to the U.S. Women’s National Team for a friendly against Mexico, finished ranked 3rd in program history with 43 goals and was drafted No. 4 overall by the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League. She is the highest drafted player in the history of the program.

Alex can be reached at ajortiz2@dailyillini.com and @AlexOrtiz2334.

BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER

The 2013-14 Illini hockey season had high expectations for a team that struggled to find consistency throughout the year.

Nick Fabbrini’s second year as head coach saw his team end the season 22-18-2 after getting knocked out in the second round of the ACHA tournament and balancing one of the toughest schedules in the nation. The Illini were ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation near the start of the season but ended the season at No. 18 after falling out of the top-25 ranking late in the year.

Illinois went 7-20 in 27 games against top-25 opponents, which made up more than half of its schedule.

The team also had trouble in CSCHL play, arguably the league’s best conference in 201314, which sent five of its six teams to the ACHA national tournament with Robert Morris losing to Arizona State in the national championship.

Illinois’ forwards battled all year with goal troubles, scoring two goals or less 18 times.

The largest momentum swings of the season came on a 2-1 road trip, taking wins from both No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 10 Central Oklahoma, then again at the end of the season after an emotional 4-3 overtime victory No. 4 Ohio, and then shutting out defending national champion Minot State 2-0 on the Big Pond the next weekend. The bright spots of the Illini hockey season shined but came sparingly.

Freshman defenseman Cody von Rueden made an impressive debut, leading the Illini with 38 points (10 goals, 28 assists) and making the ACHA’s Division-I allrookie team. Von Rueden also had

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The Illini hockey club was knocked out in the second round of the ACHA tournament after being ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation. two goals in Illinois’ first-round upset over Arizona in the ACHA tournament — one of the season’s most memorable games. The freshman’s play on the ice and leadership off the ice, introducing the Compete for a Cure cause to the Illini hockey program, makes him a strong contender to take over with senior Austin Bostock’s leaving the role after graduation.

Despite the results, the Illini season was clouded with the sentiment of saying goodbye.

Near the end of the season, freshman Matt Flosi recognized the emotions that await seniors across the ACHA, the majority of whom are playing the final games of their career.

“It’s really sad to see them go through this and know that in a few years I’m going to be going through the same thing,” Flosi said after the seniors’ final home game. “Especially with this group of seniors, because they happen to be my closest friends on the team.”

Seven seniors are leaving the team after graduation, including former second-team All-American goaltender Nick Clarke.

Clarke posted a career-low 87.95 save percentage in 201314 with a 12-15-2 record behind a defense which was out-shot in most games throughout the season. Sophomore Joe Olen is likely to replace Clarke as the starting goaltender in 2014-15 after playing 656.77 minutes this sea-

son with a 7-3 record.

Senior John Scully — who led the Illini with 24 goals and had 34 points, doubling his previous career-high — is also leaving his four-year career at Illinois behind. But Scully’s 2013-14 performance landed him a threegame contract with the Bloomington Thunder, a semi-professional team, less than a week after the ACHA season ended — briefly extending his hockey career.

“He came a long way this year,” Fabbrini said. “He grew a lot this year as a player and is absolutely capable at playing (on the professional) level so long as he keeps things simple.”

Illinois wasn’t able to capture the school’s third ACHA national championship, but to Fabbrini and the returning Illini players, the biggest loss of the 2013-14 may be the senior class.

“Our whole senior class, you can point to the contributions they’ve made to the program over the last four years that, both on and off the ice, are definitely going to be missed,” Fabbrini said. “It’s going to be an opportunity for some of the guys who have been here and seen what those guys have contributed to step up and hopefully we’ll have a good recruiting class of forwards next year to help fill the void.”

Sean can be reached at spneuma2@dailyillini.com and @Neumannthehuman.

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BASKETBALL Jan. 8 — Illinois falls to Wisconsin. Wisconsin defeats Illinois 95-70. The loss took came in the wake of Illinois breaking into the top 25 for the first and only time of the season, and was the first loss in an eight-game losing streak.

Jan. 12 — Illinois loses at Northwestern. The Illini lost 4 9 - 4 3 in Evanston, Illinois, and top-scorer Rice tweaked his hip, an injury that lingered for the month of January when his production decreased noticeably. Some saw this loss as the difference between the NCAA tournament and the National Invitation Tournament for the Illini.

Feb. 9 — Illinois beats Penn State. The Illini defeated the Nittany Lions 60-55 to end their eight-game losing streak.

Illinois bounced back from there, going 5-3 over its final eight regular season games.

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FLAWS Flaws scored her 14th and 15th goals of the season, putting her atop the national scoring leaders.

In the following matchup at Northwestern, Flaws put on yet another show with her second hat trick of the season in a 3-1 win.

Those goals tied her with Emily Brown’s record 18 goals for a season in an Illini uniform.

Against Penn State and Michigan, Illinois’ offense went scoreless in two losses. The season came down to the final two matches.

When Michigan State came to Champaign, Flaws netted a beautiful free-kick goal, which broke Brown’s season record.

Flaws then opened the scoring against Minnesota in a crucial regular-season finale. She scored Illinois’ first goal at the edge of the box, falling away from the goal. The Illini pulled off the 3-1 victory and a berth into the Big Ten Tournament.

She would score again in a 5-3 loss against Indiana in the first round and after almost a week of uncertainty, she and

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March 1 — Illinois upsets No. 18 Michigan State in East Lansing. The Illini won in East Lansing, Michigan, for the first time since Dee Brown wore an Illini uniform. Illinois would earn with the No. 9 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and defeat Indiana.

March 14 — Illinois loses to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament. The Illini lost in the final seconds to the Big Ten champion Wolverines in what might have been the Illini’s best performance of the season. Ten days earlier, Illinois lost to Michigan by 31 points, 84-53.

March 23 — Clemson beats Illinois in the second round of the NIT. Illinois’ season ended at Clemson after the Illini were forced to play all of their postseason games on the road because of ongoing renovations at State Farm Center.

Johnathan can be reached at hetting2@dailyillini.com and @jhett93. the team would again have a chance to prove themselves with an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Following a tough win on penalty kicks against No. 21 Washington State, Flaws won the next match against No. 7 Portland with an overtime goal. It was her 23rd and final goal of the season.

Illinois would lose 4-1 to Boston College in the Sweet 16.

The 2013 season was Flaws’ coming-out party and now everyone knows it, especially opponents, but she is one who relishes in that challenge.

“My guess is for Jannelle, it’s a welcomed target,” Rayfield said.

“If the game is on the line, she’s the type of athlete that wants the ball.”

Flaws’ 23 goals would help her achieve all-Big Ten honors and the distinction of Big Ten Forward of the Year. But still, she wants more.

“As pleased as I was with it, I’m going to be looking for more next season,” she said. “And it’s not ‘let’s get another 23-goal season.’

Let’s get more than that.”

Alex can be reached at ajortiz2@dailyillini.com and @AlexOrtiz2334.

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Illinois' Nathan Scheelhaase improved under new offensive coordinator Bill Cubit in his senior season. Scheelhaase finished as Illinois’ all-time all-purpose yard leader after leading Illinois to a 4-8 season in 2013.

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yards per game in his final collegiate games.

Once Big Ten play hit, however, the Illini defense couldn’t get enough stops to keep the team in games, en route to a 1-7 mark in conference play.

Illinois gave up 37 or more points in six of the eight conference games, including three games where Illini opponents put up 50 or more points.

The Illini finally broke through on November 23 on the road against Purdue (1-11, 0-8). In one

of the team’s worst offensive outputs of the season — five turnovers against the Boilermakers’ 104th-ranked defense — it was the maligned defense that showed up. Purdue notched zero points off the five Illini turnovers and recorded just 283 yards and 11 first downs on the day.

Purdue drove down the field to the Illini 30-yard line with 1:06 remaining before V’Angelo Bentley intercepted Purdue’s Danny Etling on fourth down. Hull ran out of the back of the endzone for

a safety to waste the final seconds and secure the 20-16 victory. The conference victory was the first of Beckman’s career at Illinois and snapped a 20-game conference losing streak.

“We were able to achieve tonight,” Beckman said after the Purdue win. “I couldn’t be more proud of our football team tonight.”

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

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Illini take step back in Bollant’s second season; Grant shines

BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

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Illinois' Jacqui Grant was the lone bright spot for the women’s basketball team this season. The Illini finished 9-21 (2-14 Big Ten) and ended the game on an 11-game losing streak.

Coming off Matt Bollant’s first season as head coach of the Illinois women’s basketball, where Illinois posted its best winning percentage since 2007 and advanced to the WNIT quarterfinals, the Illini regressed in 2013-14.

The losses of graduated Karisma Penn and Adrienne GodBold left a void of leadership and production for Illinois and the Illini finished the 2013-14 campaign with a 9-21 (2-14 Big Ten) record. The Illini didn’t win a home game in 2014, ended the season on an 11-game losing streak and dropped 16 of their last 18 contests.

“We want to grow the program, we’re just trying to figure out how to do that,” Bollant said after a loss to Michigan on Feb. 16. “Different players step up on different nights, and it’s hard to know playing time-wise, who to put in and who to play when they play one way a certain game and another way the next. That hurt us, that inconsistency.”

Illinois was a very thin team, at times having only nine healthy

players. The Illini lost freshman Kennedy Cattenhead to a torn ACL before the season and missed starters Alexis Smith to a foot injury early in the season and Jacqui Grant to mononucleosis to end the season. In addition, sophomore forward Mckenzie Piper “mutually agreed” to part ways with the team.

Moore, the lone senior, led the Illini at 15.3 points per game, although she put up just 11.8 points per game against Big Ten opponents.

While Moore was expected to lead the team, the emergence of the freshman forward Grant was a highlight for the Illini. Grant wasn’t even named a starter until prior to the team’s season opener against Bradley, but the freshman delivered on both ends of the court. Grant posted a 12-point, 14-rebound double-double against the Braves in her first game and never looked back. She finished averaging 13 points per game to go with 5.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.

Early in the year, the Illini were an up-tempo, run-and-gun team at both ends of the floor. Illinois scored at least 87 points in

the first four games of the season, highlighted by a record-setting performance against Alcorn State on Nov. 17. The Illini won 112-28, breaking the school record for margin of victory despite not having a field goal in the final 6:03.

Another highlight of the nonconference season was a matchup with Seton Hall on Dec. 9. The Illini were down 20 points with 8:45 remaining in the game before staging a huge comeback, capped by reserve forward Nia Oden’s go-ahead free throw with five seconds left to give the Illini a 71-70 victory.

In Big Ten play, though, the Illini struggled. After a 2-7 start to Big Ten play, Bollant benched his usual starters and started four freshmen alongside Ivory Crawford against Michigan State on Feb. 5. The move was intended to get more energy and effort on the defensive end, but resulted in a stagnant Illini offense. The team was held to less than 65 points in each of the final 10 games to end the season.

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

VOLLEYBALL

Hambly ‘not satisfied’ with up-and-down reg. season With only 2 seniors, volleyball team finishes with 18-15 mark =BY BLAKE PON STAFF WRITER

The win-loss column for the Illinois volleyball team was not indicative of the talent it showcased throughout the season.

Finishing the regular season at 16-14 and sneaking into the NCAA tournament seemed like the plan all along for head coach Kevin Hambly and his relatively inexperienced Illini roster.

With only two seniors in libero Jennifer Beltran and defensive specialist Courtney Abrahamovich leading the way on the hardwood, Illinois experienced a few bumps along the road in what can be considered a successful season resulting in a 18-15 record and a trip to the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16.

“I’m not satisfied with this season,” Hambly said after the team’s loss to Purdue in the NCAA tournament. “But I’m also not super disappointed about where we’re at.”

The Illini never were able to get in a groove throughout the regular season. Illinois lost eight of 11 games in the early

stages of nonconference play to dig itself into a deep hole. Inconsistency plagued the Illini, as the team frequently split weekend matches, remaining two games under .500 until November, the final month of regularseason play. The Illini, despite not being able to string together more than two consecutive wins all season, managed to win six matches in a row against the likes of Iowa, then-No. 17 Michigan, then-No. 13 Michigan State, Indiana, then-No. 18 Purdue and Ohio State. This put the team above .500 and made the Illini eligible for the NCAA tournament.

Hambly blamed his team’s lack of effort and fight at times during the season, but much of the team’s struggles could be placed on the fact that Hambly selected some of the best competition the nation had to offer to face his squad. According to the NCAA’s strength of schedule ratings, Illinois played the nation’s toughest schedule.

Nineteen of the 21 opponents the Illini faced were ranked in the

top 25, with four teams ranked in the top 10. Illinois finished a respectable 9-10 in these matchups, with its highest win coming against then-No. 11 Iowa State.

“We took on a tough schedule, and I don’t know who’s played a tougher schedule in several years, and they stood up to it,” Hambly said. “They fought, and I’m really proud of what they were able to accomplish.”

The strength of the Illini’s competition paid off in the end, though. The Illini won seven of its final nine regular-season contests and whizzed by their first two opponents of the NCAA tournament, beating Morehead State and Marquette by a combined score of 6-1. From there, Illinois advanced to face an opponent it was very familiar with: Purdue. The two team’s split the regular-season series, but Purdue’s experience pushed it past Illinois in the NCAA Regional semifinals. The Boilermakers won 3-0 in front of a large crowd at State Farm Center. “(The loss) was probably a byproduct of a lot of (the Illini)

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The Illinois volleyball team played the toughest schedules in the country this season, barely making the NCAA tournament. Once in the tournament, the Illini made the Sweet 16 before losing to Purdue. never having been in this situation before, and you could tell that Purdue did,” Hambly said.

“They were ready for a Sweet 16 match, and it didn’t seem like we were. I’ve been through this before and it’s nice to get (that)

for this group.”

The Illini look to continue their success with virtually the same team as last season.

Returning for Illinois will be key outside hitters in junior Jocelynn Birks, who was a unani-

mous all-Big Ten selection last season, and senior Liz McMahon, an all-Big Ten honorable mention.

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SOFTBALL

Disappointing season ends on high note for softball had that weekend against them and we played like we did.â&#x20AC;?

The momentum from that weekend propelled the Illini to get its first sweep of conference play against Penn State and then its first Big Ten Tournament victory since 2004, before losing in the quarterfi nals in a rematch with Michigan that ended Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; season.

But the road to that Michigan series was a season paved with the disappointment from many one-run and extra-inning losses that led to a ninth-place fi nish in conference play.

Illinois played eight nationally ranked opponents throughout the season and came away with only three wins in 17 games against these teams.

With a focus on pitch-by-pitch concentration, the Illini were determined to not underestimate the power of one play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been there, I think we were winning innings and winning games,â&#x20AC;? head coach Terri Sullivan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier said than done because our game is such a mental game, with play stopping after every pitch. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s key to trust your preparation

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For the Illinois softball team, its mercy rule win over No. 4 Michigan a little more than two weeks ago was a highlight of the season. To both coaches and players, it represented all the possibility Illinois had from the beginning and the will it carried to the end.

After getting off to the best start in program history, Illinois (24-26, Big Ten 7-16) repeatedly struggled to put it all together and follow its opening weeks.

But the Michigan victory and even the two losses that followed were a statement to say Illinois wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done fighting. For the Illini beat the Wolverines by more runs than any other team and came close to taking the series in the second loss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll remember a lot about the season,â&#x20AC;? sophomore infielder Allie Bauch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Michigan is just something that sticks out because it was such an amazing and special experience. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always remember because no one else had really done that this season against them. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool and it set us apart. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad we

and really be strong and confident mentally. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not easy when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had some tough losses, so obviously we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we had pitch-by-pitch concentration there. But I think our team has gotten stronger and they know how key that is.â&#x20AC;?

With freshmen pitchers such as Brandi Needham, who had a 2.86 ERA and fi nished 17-15, the defense received a boost.

But it also received plenty of offensive support from senior Alex Booker who recorded the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fi rst ever cycle and batted a personal season-high .371.

It was in moments where the pitching, fielding and hitting came together for consistency that demonstrated the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability. And the Illini carried all of this to the field in its fi nal games of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can defi nitely tell weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made a lot of big strides from where we started to where we are right now,â&#x20AC;? senior catcher Jenna Mychko said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We finally brought it all together.â&#x20AC;?

Charlotte can be reached at cmcarro2@dailyillini.com and @charlottecrrll.

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Illinois' Alex Booker was one of the top softball players this season, batting .371 and becoming the first Illini ever to hit for the cycle. The highlight of the softball season was a win over No. 4 Michigan.

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