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BY JACQUI OGRODNIK STAFF WRITER

The University’s first National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Sites cohort will begin Thursday, running for an eight-week period. The NSF I-Corps is a national program founded by the NSF to carry “basic research out of the lab and help commercialize it,� said Jed Taylor, assistant director of the Technology Entrepeneur Center. The NSF selected the University as one of three sites in July, along with the University of Akron and the University of California, San Diego. The Sites program is a step below the NSF’s national program, Taylor said. It has a less rigorous curriculum, takes less time commitment and has fewer structured teams than the national program. The program is designed to prepare the University’s teams for applying to the national program. “The I-Corps Site is where

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UI selected to participate in I-Corps Site program The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Sites presented several grants to multiple universities across the country, including the University of Illinois, which received three grants totaling $150,000.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 grants totaling $150,000

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SEC discusses goals and procedure changes BY BRITTANY GIBSON AND JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITERS

The Urbana-Champaign Senate Executive Committee convened for the first time this academic year Monday, focusing on procedure changes and goals for this year. Chancellor Phyllis Wise said she is excited for the new freshman class, which she said will likely be the most diverse class the University has ever seen, with students from 50 states and more than 100 countries. She added that the class will likely have higher ACT scores and be more selective than ever. Wise brought up her recent strategic initiative and the

campus’ plan to hire 500 new faculty members in the next five to seven years in an attempt to revamp a faculty that has shrunk in recent years. She said the decrease in faculty is due in part to early retirement and a tendency to not replace leaving faculty members because of the University’s uncertain financial condition. She mentioned that in order to stabilize the University’s finances, she would like to develop a business plan to not only help hire the faculty, but also to maintain a larger, more stable faculty base. “Whatever we do has to be

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By Sept. 7, the Illinois State Police must begin approving firearms training courses and instructors. On Jan. 1, 2014, all gun sales in Illinois will require a background check and verification of a valid FOID card. By this day, the Illinois State Police must have created a dial-up system to help determine if the person buying or receiving a gun has a valid FOID card. By Jan. 5, the department of the Illinois State Police must make available an application for concealed carry permits. you should have a background check done, that’s something that just seems to be good common sense and practice because we sure don’t want someone that has a history of criminal activity being able to sell weapons,�

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loss or theft. This measure took immediate effect. While the law represents new responsibilities for municipal and state police departments, the University Police Department does not see the law having a significant impact on its department. The University is a weaponfree zone, unless a person has been granted the express permission of the chief of police. Because possession of weapons is illegal on campus, the UIPD does not expect many people to report a stolen weapon to the department. “I don’t know how willing someone would be to report to us that their weapon was stolen when they know that by reporting it, they would be acknowledging that they had committed a crime themselves,� said Skip Frost, UIPD deputy chief. According to a press release, the law is expected to help law enforcement better address crime and to improve public safety. “If you’re going to sell weapons

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GOP addresses voting rights, black voters BY BEN KAMISAR MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

WASHINGTON — As thousands of people congregate in Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, Republican Party leaders met Monday to once again take a new step forward engaging black voters. It has been decades since the days of overwhelming black support for the party of Abraham Lincoln. Instead, national exit polls showed that 93 percent of black voters cast their vote for President Barack Obama in his 2012 re-election. “Our party has a rich, proud history of equality, freedom, opportunity,” Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, said Monday at a luncheon commemorating the March on Washington. “But we don’t tell our story anymore. We’ve lost the history of this party, because we don’t tell it.” Priebus was joined at the event by Republican leaders, including Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, who helped lead the past two reauthorizations of the Voting Rights Act. In his remarks, Sensenbrenner committed to restoring the legislation, which aims to protect minority voters from discrimination in access to the polls, after a pivotal piece was deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. “The first thing we have to do is take the monkey wrench that the court threw in it, out of the Voting Rights Act, and then use that monkey wrench to be able to fix it so that it is alive, well, constitutional and impervious to another

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GUN LAW Frost said. Katie Hickey, assistant press secretary to Quinn, said in an email that this legislation was a top priority for the governor to keep guns off the streets. Opponents disagree about the impact this legislation will have on crime and public safety. Maikel Fresco, firearm owner and junior in LAS, said he thinks the increase in restrictions because of the law will turn law-abiding citizens into criminals. “It’s just going to criminalize people who already have enough restrictions on their rights,”

challenge that will be filed by the usual suspects,” Sensenbrenner said. The issue of voting rights has become politicized, with Republicans fighting to buck the notion that they are against the protections. Republican-controlled states including Texas, North Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama passed or pushed forward more rigorous voter ID laws after the Supreme Court decision, drawing a sharp contrast to remarks by the Republican establishment. Priebus also stated his support for voting rights protections at the luncheon. Michael Steele, who was the first African-American to serve as the chairman of the RNC, said the GOP must dispel the “genuine” perception held by many that Republicans condone voter suppression and it must get serious on its support for voting rights. “I hear what you are saying at a luncheon. ... I appreciate the sentiment, I’m a huge admirer of Mr. Sensenbrenner,” Steele said. “But OK, let’s start with a group of senators and House Republicans introducing the next version of the Voting Rights Act, instead of introducing bills calling for an investigation into Barack Obama’s birth certificate.” Steele said that at this point “yet another restart, yet another luncheon, yet another conversation (has) gotten old.” The GOP has recently made multiple efforts to reach out to black voters, but Steele said that, in his view, real outreach starts from the ground up, not from the top down. Fresco said. He also said the legalization of concealed carry in Illinois will have a bigger impact on crime and that this law is more of a “feel-good law” that will not have a real impact. Despite the new law, Fresco said he still feels more comfortable selling a firearm through a licensed dealer. He said he wouldn’t want the serial number on the firearm to be traced to his name if a crime were to be committed with the weapon. “That’s the right way to do it as a responsible citizen,” he said.

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A woman carries groceries in a stroller back to the government-controlled neighborhoods in Aleppo, Syria. The bus marks the end of rebel territory.

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BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad labeled as “preposterous” and “completely politicized” allegations that Syrian forces deployed chemical weapons, according to comments published Monday from an interview with a Russian newspaper. “How is it possible that any country would use chemical weapons, or any weapons of mass destruction, in an area where its own forces are located?” Assad asked in the interview with Izvestia, according to a translation provided by Syria’s official news agency. “This is preposterous! These accusations are completely politicized and come on the back of the advances made by the Syrian Army against the terrorists.” For months, Syrian forces have been engaged in an aggressive offensive outside Damascus aimed at pushing back and eliminating rebels, whom the gov-

ernment routinely refers to as terrorists. Opposition activists have alleged that hundreds of civilians were killed Wednesday in a poison-gas bombardment of the eastern suburbs of Damascus, a rebel stronghold. While the opposition says the targeted districts were under rebel control, Assad pointed out that the disputed districts are adjacent to Syrian military positions. Syrian authorities and their Russian allies have charged that it was the rebels who unleashed chemical agents in a bid to discredit the government and spur a U.S.-led military attack on Syrian forces. The opposition has denied using chemical arms. Independent experts who have seen video of reported victims of last week’s suspected attack say the images are inconclusive, but could point to use of some kind of chemical agent. The Syrian president’s com-

ments — his first public remarks about the alleged poison-gas strike — came as United Nations inspectors reportedly headed early Monday to the area where the suspected attack took place. On Sunday, Syria agreed to allow access to a 20-member U.N. technical team that was already on the ground in Damascus, the Syrian capital. In the interview, Assad said Syria had sought “guidelines” to ensure that any evidence gathered by the U.N. is analyzed in an unbiased fashion. “The issue is not only how the investigation will be conducted but also how the results will be interpreted,” Assad told Izvestia. “We are all aware that instead of being interpreted in an objective manner, these results could easily be interpreted according to the requirements and agendas of certain major countries. Certainly, we expect Russia to block any interpretation that aims to serve American and western polices.” On Sunday, the Obama administration dismissed as “too late” Syria’s decision to allow access for U.N. experts. The White House said there was “very lit-

California’s raging Rim Fire threatens many NSF

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GROVELAND, Calif. — On Day 9, the sweeping Rim fire reshaped lives and topography from pristine wilderness areas to a famed national park to mountain communities that could be in the direct line of fire, depending at any moment on which way the wind blew. In Groveland, Abby Esteres nervously puffed on a cigarette Sunday morning after her first night back in her Pine Lake Mountain home. “I haven’t been able to eat not knowing if our house burned down or not,” said the 27-year-old housekeeper, who went through a week of evacuation. “They’re still not saying we’re in the clear. But it’s better. I ate breakfast for the first time in days.” Near Tuolumne City, firefighters dug trenches, cleared brush, laid heavy water hoses and started backfires to try to divert the blaze around the town as they had in Groveland. Flames were visible from some roofs. A base camp in the area could see 2,500 firefighters by Tuesday if the winds continue to push from the southwest, said a fire official. But even as firefighters worked furiously to hold a line outside of town, officials warned that this blaze was so hot it could send sparks more than a mile and a half out that could jump lines and start new hot spots. Evacuation advisories remain in effect for Tuolumne City and nearby areas. On the north edge, the fire — now 134,000 acres — pushed into the Emigrant Wilderness Area and Yosemite National Park. It’s the one side of the fire with a natural last stand: Eventually it will run into granite walls that have snuffed out fires in this region for centuries. Each day, what the massive blaze does depends on the wind. But officials were particularly attuned to each shift of breeze Sunday because of the weather’s eerie similarities to the day when the fire first exploded out of control. Flames from what would become one of California’s largest wildfires in recent history were first spotted on a ridge in the Stanislaus National Forest on Aug. 17 by a plane flying to another small fire. An air team

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A helicopter dumps water on hot spots, battling the Rim Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest along Highway 120 near Yosemite National Park in California on Monday. was called in and dropped water until nightfall. “Things looked good. We were feeling we had it pretty much under control,” said Lee Bentley, a spokesman with the U.S. Forest Service. But the next morning an inversion layer as thick as fog kept planes on the ground. In the afternoon, the smoke lifted and the winds kicked in. “The fire came boiling out, just cooking,” Bentley said. “It was so hot it created its own weather. It was like dropping a boulder in a pond; fire spread out in every direction.” Bentley was on his way to set up information kiosks for 11 communities between Groveland and Tuolomne City. He glanced ruefully at the signs thanking firefighters for saving Groveland. “Everybody in this town has a right to feel nervous. This fire could always turn, depending on which way the wind blows,” he said. The massive fire presents every challenge: steep slopes, dry fuel, rugged terrain and entire communities possibly in harm’s way. The base camp and incident post, usually a haven outside fire

lines, was a prominent example of the fire’s unpredictability: It’s in the middle of the burn zone, charred land with still-smoldering stumps on both sides. Firefighters call such complete devastation “the black.” Entire ravines and ridges were a dusty gray moonscape. But some of the land was a “dirty burn” — meaning there were small circles of pine and aspen and even grass and wildflowers in the middle of charcoal-black areas where smoke still curled and embers glowed. The specks of beauty made firefighters nervous: To a fire, they are fuel. Along Highway 120, a closed main route to Yosemite National Park, motels, resorts and gas stations were ghostly empty — a testament to all of the waitresses and clerks and housekeepers who have lost rent or tuition money. Some 25 miles away, Yosemite Valley, the tourist magnet, remained open. At the Hetch Hetchy entrance to Yosemite National Park, a trademark stone-and-clapboard ranger station was still standing. But felled and blackened trees went right to the edge of the station, where rangers would usually be checking in backpackers.

At the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission had to shut down two of its three hydroelectric power stations because of the fire. On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown extended a state of emergency to include the county and city of San Francisco. The fire has destroyed nine structures and is threatening thousands more. It’s also changed things that are harder to quantify. Groveland’s local swimming hole is Rainbow Pools. In years like this, when the water is low, swimmers dive beneath the waterfall. Those wearing goggles can spot big trout — most of them wearing hooks, indicating they once got away from a fisherman. “Rainbow Pools is — was — so beautiful,” said Eric Edner, a Groveland resident who creates blown glass. “You jump off the rocks into the water and it’s the most fun in the world. They say it’s completely black now.” At least twice a day, the fire’s command post releases an update for the surrounding communities. On Sunday, like every day before, it said there was not yet an expected containment date.

also interact with potential customers and experiment to validate those three things, Taylor said. “The biggest part of the I-Corps program is to get out of the lab and talk to potential customers while developing skills to contact people,” Taylor said. “During the first two weeks, their goal will be to get out and talk to up to five people in the industry — their potential customers.” Taylor said the program provides the teams with workshops and entrepreneurship courses, as well as $3,000 to explore the commercialization of their products. “The money ... would be made available to them to utilize services and travel to meet potential clients and go to meet with mentors or experts,” Millar said. She said the Sites program is beneficial not only to the startup companies but to the University and the economy. “The program gives the Uni-

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SEC sustainable ... not just a flash in the pan,” Wise said. In addition to developing a business plan, Wise said she has three main areas of focus for the upcoming school year: diversity, global engagement and economic development of the community. Roy Campbell opened his first meeting as SEC chair by sharing his plans for the committee. Campbell is looking to expand the University’s open access policy, or the ability of the public to access research published by faculty members on campus. He said the expanding world of information available via the Internet would increase the University’s exposure and influence. He also said he thinks the University needs to look into expanding federal funding and become involved in a possible national transition in the way universities receive financial aid. “We don’t want to just ride the wave,” he said. As well as setting the stage for this academic year, the SEC debated a few ongoing changes to senate procedures. The first procedure rule

tle doubt” that Syrian forces had used poison gas against civilians, a statement that appeared to move the U.S. closer to a military strike against Syria in response. On Monday, Russia said that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had warned his U.S. counterpart, John Kerry, about the “extremely dangerous consequences” of launching military action against Syria. In rejecting allegations that Syria deployed poison gas, Russian officials have argued that rebels had a clear motivation — to spur a western-led attack on Syrian forces — while Assad had every reason to avoid any action that could spur international intervention at a time when his forces were winning the more than two-year war. “The West does not want to answer the main question: Why would Assad use chemical weapons?” the head of Russia’s parliamentary international affairs committee, Aleksey Pushkov, asked on his Twitter account, according to BBC Monitoring, which translates foreign media reports. “To give grounds for invasion? To dig his own grave?” versity another set of resources,” Millar said. “It gives ways to increase the chance of technology getting to the market, allowing companies to be successful and make revenues, grow bigger, get funding and essentially impact the economy around them.” Laura Frerichs, director of Research Park, described the program as a “boot camp process.” “About every 10 weeks, we’ll be launching a new group. They will get good business advice, they will get training and they will be in a peer group of others that are in the same stage,” she said. Frerichs said during the fall semester, there will be six teams that go through the eight-week program. Each team is composed of three people: one professor or faculty member, one graduate student who will likely be the first employee of the company and one business mentor. The next cohort is scheduled to begin in October with ten to twelve teams, Taylor said.

Jacqui can be reached at ogrodni2@dailyillini.com. brought up by the committee concerned whether to allow the University Senates Conference to initiate revisions to University’s Statutes. The SEC voted to send the proposal to the University Statutes and Senates Procedures Committee for further review. The committee also discussed a possible amendment to Standing Rule 14, which allows any senator to propose an item that the senate must consider. The amendment, which was proposed by the General University Policy Committee, states that the SEC may not postpone any items on the agenda for more than one meeting. The SEC recommended that the legislation go on to consideration by the senate. The senate also considered a change in the honorary degree procedure. The Committee on Honorary Degrees suggested that honorary degrees should be discussed in open session rather than executive session, as they have been awarded in the past. The SEC will meet again Sept. 9, before the first full faculty senate meeting on Sept. 16.

Brittany and Johnathan can be reached at news@ dailyillini.com.

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ormer Director of Bands Robert Rumbelow resigned last Thursday after admitting to selling more than $50,000 of University instruments and pocketing the proceeds into his personal bank account, The Daily Illini reported last week. Rumbelow claims he took such action with the benefit of the band program in mind, in an attempt to “raise enough money to fund a feasibility study for the band program.� Forgive our skepticism, but Rumbelow’s noble-intentions explanation is still not a justification for his actions. If the band program truly needed more funding, the reasonable approach would be to go directly through the University or solicit money from donors. Though the University may be hard pressed for money, it is concerning that Rumbelow believed the best course of action was theft. The professors of this University represent the programs they are in charge of and they also represent the students who are attending and have graduated from the University. As such, they are expected to exercise judgment in line with the responsibility and position they were hired for. Rumbelow committed a crime, and even with the best intentions possibly, hurt the University and band department in the process. In addition to stealing money from the school, he is also hurting the reputation of the band program and the school of music. In fact, now that the public is aware that Rumbelow had been pocketing money from the school, it may be even more difficult to attract donors in the future. However, we cannot choose to ignore the fact that there may indeed be a problem within the University. There is no reason that a professor at this University should be able to sell over 70 instruments without the school of music knowing. And in the case that he actually was attempting to raise money for a feasibility study, is the school not able to pay for this itself? How crucial is a feasibility study to the band program’s future success? One would think a study of such importance would have no problem getting University funding. While there is no doubt that his actions were improper, Rumbelow did take the proper steps following the investigation. Rather than completely denying his actions, he resigned immediately, paid the University back $86,000 and did not prolong the matter. While Rumbelow holds most of the blame, the University also needs to take some responsibility for this matter. The University needs to be more careful with ensuring the integrity of its employees, as well as addressing any concerns — whether in terms of financing or program reform — those employees may have. Students who are paying thousands of dollars in tuition to attend this school should not have to worry about their professors pocketing their money, let alone worry about the program’s infrastructure.

Acknowledge international students’ struggle in adjusting MATT PASQUINI Opinions columnist

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his year, I am privileged to call myself a Resident Adviser in University Housing. Earlier this month, I obtained skills I never thought I would, and had responsibilities afforded to me I thought would come long after I entered the real world. It has been time consuming, yes, but only two and a half weeks in and I can say this will be an experience that will endow me with a set of skills that will truly prepare me for my future. During training, we were taught that it’s highly likely we will have an incredibly diverse group of residents. In my case, they couldn’t have been more right. Of course, a bulk of my residents come from the Chicagoland area, but even among them there is incredible diversity — Latinos, Asian Americans and African Americans. I also have a fair number of international students coming from countries like China, Scotland and Indonesia. As a freshman, I was guilty of

looking past international students and assuming they became acclimated to campus just as easily and quickly as students from the United States — I don’t think I have ever been more wrong in my entire life. Since everyone has moved in, I’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot of time with one international student in particular. He has opened my eyes to the experiences of someone who is forced to find his way through a place he has zero familiarity with and allows me to understand and connect with his struggles. My experiences with this particular student started when I was making rounds on the floor once things settled down and mostly everyone’s parents had left. I went to a resident’s room to introduce myself — he’s from China — and he followed suit by introducing himself back. When he gave me his name, I noticed it didn’t match the name on the door dec I made him. I offered to call him by his birth name, but he insisted I call him by the name he introduced himself as. I quickly learned that this is a very common practice by many international students: to give themselves American names simply because they are easier to pro-

nounce and are more recognized by Americans. I know that if I went to a foreign country, I’d still want to be called Matt; it’s my name and my identity. I wouldn’t want to change it for the convenience of others, although I realize now that many people do exactly that. A few days went by until I checked up on him to make sure he was doing OK. We started some small conversation, and I made sure to let him know that as his RA, I’m willing to assist him with almost anything he may need. He started asking me a lot of questions about things ranging from how to find his classes on a campus map to looking up phone plans so he could have a cell phone he could use in the states. I spent hours with this student giving him advice and attempting to help make the transition from China to the University a smooth one. Naturally, all of this talk led to more, and we eventually delved into talking about our cultures. It made me realize how different of a place the U.S. is compared to China. Even more, I doubt any international student would have ever imagined they’d end up in the farmland also known as Champaign-Urbana.

All of this conversation really got me thinking and reminded me of the words of Atticus Finch from “To Kill a Mockingbird:� “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.� I thought to myself that if I was a foreign student in China, I would want all the help I could get. I know that my new friend was grateful. He gave a token of his gratitude, a Tibetan charm that ensures its holder will be safe from difficulties in his or her life. I will forever cherish his gift, and it will serve as a reminder to me that a good deed never goes to waste. I think as a student body, we need to make a more concerted effort to guarantee that international students are welcomed with the same open arms our Alma Mater has “to thy happy children of the future,� which is any student enrolled at the University — regardless of origin.

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

Spend your college years living, not just studying KIRSTEN KELLER Opinions columnist

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high school, I had one detention for ditching school the Monday after prom weekend. My mom didn’t call me out of school, unlike many other students who avoided their sentences by feigning “sickness.� Because I received this detention for something that was essentially considered a rite of passage to graduation, I was not mortified to sit in the “dungeon,� as we called it, for an hour for four mornings. But if I had received a detention for any other reason, I would have been so angry with myself. I was the APcourse-taking, straight-A student involved in extracurricular activities who never got in trouble. And then I got to the University of Illinois, and the pool shrunk. I

went from a high school with students of all intelligence levels to a university where the standards for admission, though different from college to college, were high. And suddenly, I didn’t care as much about being in the top of my class. I wasn’t determined to be the perfect student anymore. I avoided signing up for honors classes on campus because I didn’t see the need to shrink the pool any more. I realized that many of the learning experiences that can really shape a person come from just living life, not holing yourself up in the library night after night. Go out there and make some stupid mistakes because they can lead to better decisions in the future when it really counts. Dive deep into a bad relationship, and be more cautious in your next one. Live in off-campus housing and have awful landlord experiences. Get real-world experience in your major, and change your path of study if what you origi-

nally thought was right for you isn’t igniting a passion. Perhaps it didn’t help that I was told, as a journalism major, to take my GPA off my resume because grades don’t matter and experience does. I realize this is not the same for every major. Some of you are aiming for medical school or the like and will push yourself to get a 4.0 to be competitive. But in the grand scheme of life, you want to be able to say that you really lived it. I was just talking to my high school friend the other day who also goes to the University. We were saying how if we could go back, we would take high school less seriously. When I look back after college, I hope I can say that I listened to my own advice. And after two years of college, I’ve done some things that my high school self would wince at. And what does my college self think? For the most part, I just laugh. Sometimes I want to slap myself,

but fortunately it’s mostly laughter. So, my advice: Don’t take yourself so seriously. Believe in your own abilities and you will go far. Still work hard, but don’t be afraid to go out on a Thursday night. You are now at a University where you get the best of every world: It’s a big school with so many opportunities to meet people and so many activities to get involved in. And those activities can shrink the University and make it feel like home. I am already a very different person than I was in high school. I’ve grown up, learned some tough lessons and had some wonderful times. Don’t get me wrong — I still study, and you should too. But understand that you already are the type of student that belongs at the University. Now you can go and enjoy it.

Kirsten is a junior in Media. She can be reached at kekellr2@ dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @KirstenKeller25.

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MOTIVATION is to take on small-scale student roles. With a campus like ours that’s packed with studentrun organizations, anyone and everyone can find a club that interests them. If you can’t find a Registered Student Organization that fits your interests, you can always contact the Illini Union to register your own organization. Taking on responsibilities outside of class can teach you a lot about time management, will likely provide you with a sense of accomplishment and is always a good idea when it comes to building your resume. Plus, focusing on a steady stream of short-term projects will help

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preoccupy your mind whenever your long-term career goals seem out of reach. 5. When it comes time to buckle down and hit the books, it’s important to try and find joy in learning. While this may seem like an old-fashioned concept, the real reason we’re in college is to become educated. In an ideal world, the prospect of learning would be enough to gear us up for hours of studying and essay writing. But sadly, it’s often not. However, I like to think of it this way: Even though it may be tempting to chill with your frat bros or mosey down Green Street with friends, the real focus should be on bettering yourself. It is often said that college is the one time in your and dived in. After a bit of recovery, I took another. I was impressed. I looked up, and the group’s expressions seemed to agree with my satisfaction. The meats in the sandwich were mixed perfectly together, and the avocado left a cool taste so that nothing was ever too spicy. On a hot summer day, that combination can be a lifesaver, or save you embarrassment from sweating too much in public. Tamez said he views his restaurant, which is located at 408 E. Green St., as one of the University’s premiere latenight hot spots for students.

life when you are allowed to be selfish and completely selfabsorbed. Take advantage of it, and realize that this is one of the last times in your life when you can dedicate all of your time to learning. 6. In the end, the best piece of advice I can give is to allow yourself to get started. In any race, the hardest step is the first one. Don’t be intimated by the challenge ahead. College should be the best years of your life; don’t spend them in a burnt out, pessimistic state. Instead, embrace the hard times, laugh at your mistakes and find your own ways to get inspired.

Anna is a junior in Media. She can be reached at hecht2@ dailyillini.com. “We’re almost always open past midnight because kids will always be hungry at that or any time,� Tamez said. “And there aren’t many Mexican restaurants located on campus, so we think we are an interesting choice for them.� Tamez laughed at my reaction to “The Bomb� when I tried it for the first time. “Hey man, kids are hungry — they like big food, and that’s what makes tortas so popular here,� he said. “The stomach is an amazing thing.�

Adlai is a sophomore in Media. He can be reached at aesteve2@dailyillini.com.

Sixteen lessons you can’t learn in school AMANDA TUGADE Contributing writer

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hree years never flew by so fast, and I imagine my senior year will go by in a blink of an eye. Here are a few lessons that they don’t teach you in class. 1. The Freshman 15 doesn’t happen during the school year. It happens when you come home for the summer, and you just can’t get enough of that home cooking. 2. The recipe for jungle juice is simple: Hawaiian Punch, Burnett’s Vodka (preferably whipped cream flavor), and whatever alcohol the fraternity has left over from the previous party. 3. Syllabus week: five days to party and relax before the real work begins. 4. Working a minimum of 12 hours a week without pay is called an “internship.� 5. Turning 21 isn’t really about the consumption of alcohol. It’s

about the convenience. 6. Leave the bar 30 minutes to an hour before it closes, because we all know that that’s when a good night turns for the worst. 7. Nothing good ever happens after 2 a.m. 8. Never live with someone that you “kind of� know or briefly had a class with. Living with that person might be your worst nightmare, and passive aggressive Post-It notes only prolong the fight. 9. After 20 years of feeling misunderstood by your parents, you realize you actually misunderstood them. They’re actually pretty cool, and they even know the perfect cure for a hangover (in case you were wondering, it’s a shot of tequila when you wake up). 10. A daily workout consists of speed walking to class, running to catch a bus or breaking a sweat trying to fix your printer. 11. Sunday is meant for recuperation ... and a time to do all of your homework. 12. High school jocks and

cheerleaders are victims of the Freshman 15, the Sophomore 20, the Junior 25 and the Senior 30 (just take a quick look at their Facebook profiles). 13. Communication majors are usually the best looking people on campus. I don’t know why, but every single person I’ve talked to is a total hottie. 14. College is a time for exhibiting curiosity, pursuing your ambitions and having the desire to be the best person you can be. College is not only about receiving a good education; it’s a test of your character, maturity and your ability to handle transitions. 15. College might be pricey, but the experience is priceless. Remember, you have a grace period of six months after graduation to celebrate before you find a real job and begin paying for your student loans. 16. If you wish to continue the fun, there’s always grad school.

Amanda is a senior in Media. She can be reached at tugade1@dailyillini.com.

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PRISM surveillance program concerning for web privacy BRIAN YU Technograph Editor

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ince Edward Snowden leaked its information to The Washington Post and The Guardian on June 6, the United States National Security Agency program PRISM has outraged not just Americans, but people around the world. The program is suspected of monitoring almost 75 percent of Internet traffic in America through access to servers owned by many of the major Internet tech companies, including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. However, we still don’t know everything about PRISM and just what it entailed. Only last week, The Washington Post released new documents they received from Snowden, detailing the thousands of instances where the NSA violated Americans’ privacy, disproving President Obama’s initial response to the revelation of the PRISM that they did not. But before you don your tinfoil hat and abandon all modern forms of communication, here is what we do know about PRISM and how it might have affected you.

What is PRISM? PRISM is an acronym for “Planning Tool for Resource Integration, Synchronization, and Management� and basically is a program the NSA used to collect and analyze data from American servers. The aim of the program was specifically to look for foreign intelligence in order to protect Americans against any possible threats, such as terrorist attacks.

How did it work? PRISM a l lowed the gover n ment to issue

orders to tech companies to hand over information through the Federal Bureau of I nve st igat ion . T he s e orders were covered under Section 702 of the Foreign I ntel l igenc e Su r vei l l a nc e Act, which states that while the government is not allowed to collect information from American servers targeting individuals located in the U.S., it can collect information from American servers to target any non-U.S. persons. The tech company would then hand over the information requested to the FBI, which then would give the information to the NSA.

Why were they looking for foreign intelligence in American servers? Despite it being called the World Wide Web, according to the presentation revealed by Snowden in his initial leak, the NSA believes that most of the world’s Internet traffic passes through the U.S. and would therefore be stored on American servers. This is due to the fact that telecommunications will follow the cheapest path, rather than the shortest path, between its origin and target destination.

If PRISM can only be used to collect information about non U.S. individuals, why are Americans claiming their privacy has been violated? The problem is that while t he gover n ment c a n not intentionally collect data on any individual residing in the U.S., the NSA does not have to be 100 percent certain that the individual does not reside in the U.S.

On which servers did the NSA collect data? A l most a l l the major Internet tech companies were coerced one way or another to participate in the PRISM

program, including Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Skype and AOL. While initially those companies were quick to release statements claiming that they fought against the government’s requests, recent news has reported that many of the companies were paid millions in compensation for their participation.

What do I do? There really isn’t anything yo u c a n d o. T h e U. S . gover n ment’s decision to pursue Snowden a nd seek his extradition as a criminal proves that it stands behind the PRISM program. At most, President Obama has admitted that the capabilities of the NSA can be “scary to people.� “There’s no doubt that, for all the work that’s been done to protect the American people’s privacy, the capabilities of the NSA are scary to people. And, by the way, these aren’t unique to the NSA,� said Obama. As more is revealed, we will find out just how large the scope of PRISM was and just how far our privacy rights were violated. But rather than waste your breath by being outraged, you can take steps as an individual to protect your own privacy by limiting what you put on the Internet. While we do not know how much access was given to the U.S. government, the fact remains that whatever personal information you put on your Facebook account or email is saved somewhere on some server at the Google and Facebook headquarters. And as the summer’s revelations demonstrate, you have no idea who is watching.

Brian is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at brianyu1@illinimedia.com.

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NSA’s PRISM program creates worry over online surveillance How does the program work? Should you be concerned about your privacy? Technograph editor Brian Yu answers your questions. Find out more on page 5A.

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“The Bomb� torta is served at Torticas Grill on Green Street. The burger includes steak, ham and bacon, as well as cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.

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Torticas’ ‘Bomb’ produces explosively good reactions ADLAI STEVENSON Staff writer

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their plates approach, all eyes stationed near one of Torticas Grill’s window booths lock on the meals approaching them and go wide — very wide. The group of friends were engaged in conversation over the restaurant’s televisions and music, but now they are silent. Three reach for their drinks while one whispers, “Oh boy.� Indeed. Their “Bombs� have arrived. As one of Torticas’ several torta sandwich options, “The Bomb� is the only

one with its own unique name beyond food description. Torticas’ other options include “Torta de Hamon� or “Torta de Huevo,� but none quite measure up to the effect of “The Bomb’s� name. Even without the sandwich’s distinguishable features, which it has plenty of, the dish would stick with you for the name alone. And that is what seems to happen with many of Torticas’ customers. Julio Tamez, the manager of Torticas, said “The Bomb� is one of their most popular orders because of its legendary name. “It catches on at tables when we make orders,� Tamez said. “People are undecided over what to get, and then they’re surprised to hear their friends say, ‘Bomb.’ They want to say, ‘What? I’ll try that!’� I laugh as Tamez points this out because I’m a living example of his scenario. I sat

with the same group of friends as they made orders, and nearly every member of the group could not decide on what to eat. Then one pointed out “The Bomb,� and everyone soon closed their menus. Noah Krimstein, a sophomore at DePaul who was visiting for the week, reached out for his plate with a firm hand as a waiter gave it to him, but he noticeably quivered when the waiter handed him his fries. And it was a large serving of fries. Krimstein settled both plates near him and stared. “Okay,� Krimstein said, almost speaking to himself. “Here we go.� He sounded ready for a marathon. Krimstein is no light-weight — “The Bomb� measures up to the group’s wariness. The sandwich reminded me of

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Simple advice for staying motivated this year ANNA HECHT Staff writer

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or many Illini, the prospect of returning to ChampaignUrbana and reuniting with college friends is exciting. But change the focus to schoolwork

and sitting through lectures, and many would gladly retreat home for another three months. As college students, it’s often hard to muster up the motivation to perform well academically. With the start of the school now upon us, it’s more important than ever to mentally prepare for the stressful semester ahead. Read on for some insight on getting

inspired, staying motivated and avoiding burnout. 1. The first and most important tip I have for getting motivated is to ask yourself, “What do I dream of doing one day?� or more importantly, “Why did I decide to park myself in Champaign-Urbana for four years?� If your longterm goals are what’s driving you, these questions can serve

as major sources of motivation the next time you consider sleeping through an 8 a.m. class or are tempted to neglect your studies. 2. Speak with those whose careers you hope to emulate. Whether it’s a professor, an older student, an alumnus or a professional in the field you hope to break into, take time to speak with the people you

admire. Find out how they found success, and make a plan for how you will eventually reach your full potential in a similar way. 3. Still not over your fear of networking? One alternative to sitting down face-to-face with professional contacts is to attend informational seminars. The next time a speaker in your field of interest comes to give a talk

at the University, make time to go and listen; it may end up motivating you in unexpected ways. 4. In contrast to my first piece of advice, I also find it extremely useful to set short-term goals. The easiest way to make consistent strides of progress prior to your post-college career

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STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN NEW! Beginning this fall for the 2013-2014 school year, the Student Health Insurance plan will be administered by UnitedHealthcare. Students will now have 24-hour electronic access, 7 days a week to their student insurance coverage information at www.uhcsr.com/ MyAccount. Once you’ve created your account you will have the ability to:

• Print your own ID card • Review Message Center electronic notifications • Check claims and Explanation of Benefits (EOB) • Review Claims Letters • Update personal information

• Look up a network provider • Provide other insurance information, accident details, or Personal Representative Appointment

All direct inquiries regarding NEW claims processed after August 21, 2013 should be directed to UnitedHealthcare at 888-224-4883 or claims@uhcsr.com.

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The Enrollment/Change Period for the Fall 2013 Semester is August 19, 2013 through September 25, 2013. During this period students can: • Purchase Health Insurance coverage for their Dependents • Reinstate back into the plan • Exempt from the Student Insurance Plan On-line forms can be located at www.uhcsr.com/illinois All forms must be submitted no later than September 25, 2013. For questions regarding the Student Health Insurance plan or the new changes, please contact the Student Insurance office at 217-333-0165 or insure@illinois.edu

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Tim Beckman knows what it’s like to coach an in-state battle between an established team and a fringe program. This week, when the Illini football team takes on FCS foe Southern Illinois, Beckman will be on the other side of the matchup. The Illinois head coach has experience at Toledo and Bowling Green facing off against perennial powerhouse Ohio State, but this will be his first taste of playing the role of the favorite. “You have an extra feeling when you go out and face your in-state school,� Beckman said. “You’ve got to have your game ready when Saturday comes because we know we’re going to get everything they’ve got.� The Illini didn’t have any issues with focus against their FCS opponent Charleston Southern in 2012. Illinois put up its best numbers of the season on both sides of the ball en route to a 44-0 victory. Offensive coor-

dinator Bill Cubit can relate as well, as a former head coach at Western Michigan. The Broncos faced Big 10 opponents Michigan and Michigan State regularly. Cubit’s Western Michigan team also played the Salukis in 2005 and came away with a 34-28 victory. “From a talent level, they had just as much talent as anyone in the MAC,� he said. “I equate it to boxing — if a boxer isn’t ready, he’s going to get knocked out.�

Cubit to be on sidelines on game day The first-year offensive coordinator announced he would be on the sidelines during games this season, rather than in the press box. Cubit will be calling plays for the Illinois offense and felt being on the field makes adjustments and communication more efficient.

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Daryl Quitalig The Daily Illini Illinois will face FCS foe Southern Illinois on Saturday. On Oct. 28, one of Illinois’ two wins was against FCS opponent Charleston Southern.

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Ohio State reigns, low hopes for Illinois Editor’s note: Every week, The Daily Illini football staff ranks the football teams in the Big Ten 1-12 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.

1. Ohio State (Five first place votes)

The Buckeyes were a unanimous selection for the top spot in the preseason power rankings — and rightly so. They were the nation’s only undefeated team last year and returned 13 starters from 2012. A nonconference schedule filled with cupcakes (the only potential hurdle is a Sept. 14 matchup at California) should enable Urban Meyer’s team to head into conference play unblemished.

2. Nebraska

The Huskers were close in their second year in the Big Ten, but a 70-31 drubbing at the hands of Wisconsin in the conference title game put an end to their hopes of a Rose Bowl appearance. Taylor Martinez returns (with 39 career starts under his belt) as do most of his cohorts on offense. But a defense that surrendered more than 60 points on two occasions and 653 yards against UCLA last year has many new faces in the starting lineup. DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO

3. Michigan

Illinois head coach Kevin Hambly talks to Annie Luhrsen during the Fighting Illini’s 3-2 loss to Ohio State on Oct. 5. Later in the season, Hambly benched the senior in a controversial decision.

Michigan was supposed to contend for the Big Ten Championship in 2012, but an eight-win season didn’t cut it. There is plenty of hype surrounding the Wolverines this season, but they return only four starters on offense and four on defense. Devin Gardner will be taking over the offense full-time from the departed Denard Robinson, after starting a handful of games while Robinson was injured last season.

4. Northwestern

Illinois volleyball to rely on younger players Coach Hambly has faith in young setter Alexis Viliunas

5. Michigan State

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6. Wisconsin

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Last year’s conference champions took a big blow when head coach Bret Bielema left for the top job at Arkansas, but the Badgers return a fair amount of firepower. They struggled at times on offense last season, particularly at quarterback, but both Curt Phillips and Joel Stave return — with Phillips being the likely starter.

7. Penn State

8. Minnesota

10. Purdue

9. Indiana

11. Iowa

12. Illinois

The Illini can only hope that last year was rock bottom. If so, there’s nowhere to go but up. If not, Illini fans could be in store for another two-win performance. Southern Illinois shouldn’t pose much of a problem Saturday, but after Week 1 it gets harder to predict where the wins are going to come from.

Last October, Illinois volleyball head coach Kevin Hambly made one of the more controversial decisions of the season amid a four-game losing streak: benching then-senior setter Annie Luhrsen in favor of then-freshman Alexis Viliunas, at the cost of her redshirt status. The move stopped the bleeding briefly, but the Illini eventually fell back into a tailspin and fi nished the season at 14-16 overall, missing the NCAA tournament just one season after losing in the NCAA championship game. This season, the sophomore has the team’s reins to herself. With Luhrsen graduated and true freshman McKenna Kelsay as the only other player listed as a setter, Viliunas will be responsible for the majority — if not all — the team’s offensive chances. In other words, Viliunas is to her squad what a point guard is to a basketball team or a quarterback is to a football team. In seven matches last season, Viliunas showed inconsistency. She helped snap Illinois’ four-game losing streak with two consecutive wins against Michigan and Northwestern en route to a Big Ten Freshman of the Week award in her first month of play; however, the team went into another long losing streak shortly after, forcing the swapping of setters once again. Lurhsen and Viliunas shared the reps, even in the same game at times.

Viliunas seems to be Hambly’s one and only option at setter this season no matter what happens. He said he has faith in the sophomore setter this season. “I trust (Viliunas),� Hambly said at a press conference Monday. “Certainly she needs some time to get used to playing at the college level. ... I am more confident than I typically would be with this sophomore setter because I’ve seen her compete.� Hambly also said other young players will get chances to see the floor. “We have a lot of young kids,� he said. “They’re young and experienced, it’s kind of an interesting combination. We’re very likely to start three sophomores who have all played significant amount of time and maybe a couple of freshmen who have been around the game and have seen it. “We’re going to be young, but experienced. That usually bodes well as far as being able to bounce back fast in the Big Ten.� With only five upperclassmen and eleven underclassmen — six of them freshmen — Hambly may very well have to dig deep in search of depth. The Illini open up the regular season this weekend as they take on Florida State, Long Beach State and Kentucky in the Long Beach State Mizuno Invitational.

Blake can be reached at pon1@dailyillini.com.

ESPN’s Nine for IX film series highlights women’s contributions to sports Series premiered this summer to honor the anniversary of Title IX, with a message that needs to be heard EMILY BAYCI Sports columnist

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know, I know, this summer was a bit of a downer in the sports world because there weren’t any Olympics. But in the middle of wiping away gallons of tears, it was semi-interesting to almost witness the Heat get beat and to rejoice over one of the most exciting Stanley Cup play-

offs ever. And then there was reliving important historical sporting events like when Team USA won the 1999 Women’s World Cup and ripped off their jerseys in the heat of the moment, when women’s sports reporters were granted access into men’s locker rooms or when Sheryl Swoopes forever changed the face of women’s basketball with her domination of the WNBA. Did I lose you in that last sentence? I thought I might have. It means you probably weren’t watching the ESPN Nine for IX film

series, which premiered this summer. I forgive you, I guess. But that’s only because you can watch the series online or buy it after the fact. And summer is not over quite yet. Nine for IX is a series of nine documentary films made to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, which was a 37-word amendment passed June 23, 1972 and established equity in academic programs with sports having the most substantial effect. These films are produced by ESPN and ESPNW with the same sportsdriven focus as ESPN Films’ popular

30 for 30 series. However, these focus on notable women in athletics and are produced and directed by women. It’s about time. Out of approximately 50 of the 30 for 30 films, only three were about women: “Renee,� “Marion Jones: Press Pause� and “Unmatched.� That’s not much of a surprise; women sports have been struggling to catch up in press coverage, popularity and equity ever since Title IX was passed. Nine for IX is another attempt to play catch-up. The series premiered July 2 with, “Venus VS.� — celebrating ten-

nis star Venus Williams — and has continued all summer. It was a bit of a slow start, but the series picked up steam with “Pat XO,� a summation of Pat Summitt’s prolific life narrated by Summitt’s son Tyler and “Let Them Wear Towels,� an entertaining and informative depiction of the fight for women’s rights in locker rooms. There is one more episode left which premieres Tuesday — “Branded,� about how female athletes are marketed sexually.

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ESPN faces challenges, vulnerability during changes BY DAN HAAR MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

BRISTOL, Conn. — It’s altogether fitting that the fi rst event at ESPN’s colossal Digital Center 2 looked to the future as the company faces more than the usual challenges. DC2 is still mostly a shell, at least seven months from opening as the new home of “SportsCenter� and other shows. But last week, ESPN executives, anchors and top producers invited 40 reporters into the main studio space for a look at what the technology marvel will mean to the sports media giant — starting with an animated video showing that very room in full use. Nothing odd there. Famously, ESPN has grasped the future aggressively since it launched in 1979 in a half-fi nished studio a few hundred yards away. Changes are all the more intense these days, as the Walt Disney Co. subsidiary brings on some high-profi le personalities, including its controversial former anchor Keith Olbermann; launches the SEC Network to showcase college football’s dominant conference with a justannounced schedule for 2014; and fi lls DC2, whose $150 million price tag the company won’t confi rm, with electronic wizardry of the sort we’ve only seen in sci-fi and the National Security Agency until now. But there are two ways of looking at the picture. The fi rst is that ESPN is unstoppable, with 4,000 employees in a hometown that company president John Skipper spoke about in romantic terms. This collection of networks and websites is the undisputed champion of sports content at a time when content reigns in the screwy world of closed capitalism we

call cable TV — where sports, as Skipper said, is the only way to bring the nation together. The other view has the sprawling ESPN in a powerful but vulnerable position. A round of layoffs this summer reminded ESPN that it’s a brutal world out there, and even a business that commands a reported $5.50 a month from each of 98 million households that get the fl agship network has its limits. Going after that endless gold, Fox just launched the Fox Sports 1 network in direct competition with ESPN. Moreover, as a new generation of fans comes of age with less TV and more digital devices, ESPN’s business model could face disruption by losing some of that coerced cable money, by seeing new competition from the likes of Google, or even by missing a wave — though for now, ESPN is well-positioned digitally. Finally, as ESPN looks to expand globally, it’s fi nding that a narrower landscape — soccer and more soccer — is harder to dominate than ESPN had imagined. ‘HAPPY FOR THEM’ Skipper is the picture of steady-handed confi dence in all this, a tall Southerner with updated charm that includes hip glasses; calm, but willing to show some swagger. When a journalist asked him to react to the reported 23 cents per household that the fledgling Fox Sports 1 channel commands — a disappointing figure that Fox reportedly hoped would rise sharply before its launch — Skipper put on a smile. “I’m happy for them.� Locker room posting alert! Red Auerbach would have cringed if one of his Boston Celtics said something like that

about a Lakers misfortune. And now, somewhere in a Fox studio, Skipper’s comment lives on a bulletin board. That’s fi ne with Skipper, fi ne with ESPN’s culture. “We like competition. It’s always a way to make us better,� he said. But he added, “Our goal is to have the best competition for ESPN come from ESPN.� Enter Olbermann, whose 11 p.m. show on ESPN2 will launch Monday night. Olbermann exited ESPN as a star anchor 16 years ago with harsh words for the network and for Bristol, which he called “godforsaken.� So, no, he won’t return to the city of mums for his show, which will originate in New York. Skipper, who spoke in a conference room, not in DC2, said in a response to my question that when he personally courted Olbermann, he never even raised the notion of a return to Bristol for the sharp-tongued political commentator. Speaking of politics — the third rail of American sports — that’s out for Olbermann. “He wants to do a sports show, we’ll let him do a sports show,� Skipper said. “When sports does bump up against other things, we’re OK with that. ... But we’re not covering gun legislation and he’s not veering off into politics.� We’ll see about muzzling Olbermann. Speaking of competition, Olbermann’s show will bump up against Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,� not to mention one of ESPN’s most popular “SportsCenter� slots. Skipper said that Olbermann does for sports what Stewart does for news, but that he didn’t think the two shows would take many viewers from each other. Again, we’ll see about that. ESPN is punching up its Los

Angeles and New York studios, but as for Bristol, Skipper was surprisingly effusive. “It’s a big part of the culture. You kind of have to get Bristol to understand ESPN,� said Skipper, who joined ESPN in 1997 at the magazine. “It really does ground people. ... This is working class, salt-of-the-Earth America, and we’re proud to be here.� That’s reassuring for us in central Connecticut, all the more since the recent layoffs, a rarity for ESPN, didn’t hit Bristol especially hard. About 125 people in the hometown were let go out of a worldwide job cut of more than 300, which included

the elimination of some unfi lled positions. Skipper portrayed it as “a significant look at how we manage our people and resources.� That means the company stopped doing a few things, including 3D TV, Skipper said. But any broad layoff is also about pushing efficiency, and that’s a scary idea if you think about it as a recurring exercise, as it is at so many fi rms. As Skipper spoke, word emerged of 175 layoffs at ESPN’s sister Disney company, ABC. Skipper, once again, was a calming voice. “It was the least fun thing I’ve had to do in this job,� he said. “It was very diffi cult culturally at this company.

It is not something we will get used to doing.� In fact, he said, ESPN will remain a growth company, easily meeting the targets it set to add 200 local jobs between 2011 and 2016. “We will shortly have more employees than we have ever had,� he said. WHO’S THE STAR? The highest-profile ESPN staffers, the anchors, are surprisingly numerous — 42 of them appear on the nearly around-the-clock “SportsCenter� shows. And with the technology enabled by the new Digital Center 2, ESPN intends to let those anchors punch up their on-air personalities.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s Jeff Driskel is a running quarterback by nature, and he does not plan to change this season. He does, however, plan to be a smarter runner. Without a seasoned back-up behind him, one big hit or awkward landing could jeopardize the 10th-ranked Gators’ season. But Driskel’s running ability is too much of a weapon for Florida to shelve, even if the sight of him in the open field makes his coaches uneasy. “That’s part of our offense,� Driskel said Monday. “We have some designed runs, and obviously, I’m going to have to take off at some points. I’m going to have to be smart with it, not take as many hits, get out of bounds when I can and slide when need be. “I’m still going to be running the ball, just need to be smart about it.� With tailback Matt Jones JOSHUA C. CRUEY MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE (viral infection) out for Saturday’s season opener against Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel is tackled by Louisville’s Calvin Pryor in the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Toledo, the fleet-footed, 6-foot- Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Jan. 2 in New Orleans, Louisiana. 4, 239-pound Driskel is the A year after the Gators fin- quality targets. Gators’ most-established runsophomore at left tackle at an ning threat. ished last in the SEC in passing, Cornerback Jaylen Watkins SEC school. That kind of speaks The junior from Oviedo Driskel said he is “a ton more� saw a difference during pre- for itself.� rushed for 716 yards on 82 car- confident in Florida’s ability to season camp. Still, there will be times ries last season, not including throw the football. Last summer, he said that he, when Driskel’s best option to Driskel, now in his second Marcus Roberson and Loucheiz move the chains — or merely sacks. But the Gators are banking season as a starter, listed many Purifoy owned the Gators’ survive — will be to rely on on Driskel to be equally effec- reasons he expects the Gators wideouts. his legs. to improve its paltry passing “They won some of the batDriskel’s runni ng abi ltive in the pocket in 2013. “That’s a tough league to numbers from 2012, when Flor- tles this year,� Watkins said. ity helped him become the really expose your quarterback ida averaged just 146.3 yards The Gators offensive line Gators’ starter as a 19-yearto running the ball a number of a game. also is better, said Driskel, who old sophomore. times in the game and to have “Another year in the offense, was sacked 36 times in 2012. To take the next step as a him healthy and effective in know the routes and the receivDriskel’s blindside should player, though, Driskel has November when you need him,� ers better,� he said. “Also, the be in better hands with sopho- had to learn to fall down once ESPN college football analyst receivers know what they’re more D.J. Humphries, who will in awhile. Rod Gilmore said Monday. doing a lot better. It’s every- replace Xavier Nixon. “I’ve never been one to slide,� “That’s what the coaches are one working together, not just “He’s gained a lot of weight he said. “Ever since I was growconcerned about, not to men- one person. since the offseason,� Driskel ing up, I’ve been more phystion you’re going to have to win said. “The whole summer I saw ical than most quarterbacks. “Just being comfortable.� games from the pocket in the The continued emergence of him with peanut butter and They’re bigger and stronger SEC eventually. Your quarter- redshirt junior wide receiver jellies in his hands. That was than they used to be, and I’ve Quinton Dunbar and the arriv- good. But he knows what he’s got to know that. back has to make plays. “That’s essence of quarter- al of freshman wide receiv- doing. He’s athletic. He’s a big“Just be smart and get down backing, is winning from the er Demarcus Robinson are time player. because that’s what is best for pocket.� expected to give Driskel two “It’s hard to start as a true the team.�

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ARLINGTON, Va. — It was a day dominated by talk of time zones, big ice, bonding experiences, and expectations. Forty-eight professional players who hope to make the U.S. hockey team that competes in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February gathered at the Washington Capitals practice facility Monday for a two-day orientation camp. Other than a few moments with groups of youth hockey kids on one of the facility’s twin rinks, the players didn’t set foot on the ice. Instead, they held getting acquainted sessions with each other and were briefed by team coaches and USA Hockey officials about the Olympic experience and what they should expect in Sochi should they make the team. Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma, the U.S. team’s head coach, told the prospective players that there are high expectations for the American squad after it won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. The U.S. suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to Canada in the gold medal game. “We were a shot away from winning a gold medal,� Bylsma said. “Now the expectation is much different. We’re going to Sochi, Russia, with a mindset of winning a gold medal.� To accomplish that, national team officials will choose from among the best American-born talent the NHL has to offer. Camp invitees included forwards Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks, Paul Stastny of the Colorado Avalanche, T.J. Oshie of the St. Louis Blues, and Toronto Maple Leafs wingers James Van Riemsdyk and Phil Kessel. Defensive hopefuls include Jack Johnson of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Dustin Byfuglien of the Winnipeg Jets, John Carlson from the Washington Capi-

tals, and rookie Seth Jones, the fourth overall pick in by the Nashville Predators in the 2013 NHL draft. Five goaltenders are vying for three slots on the team: incumbent Olympic net minder Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings’ Jonathan Quick, Ottawa Senators’ Craig Anderson, New Jersey Devils’ Cory Schneider, and John Gibson, an Anaheim Ducks draftee. Gibson hasn’t played a minute in the NHL but he backstopped the U.S. to a gold medal last December at the World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia, and helped a U.S. national team packed with NHL players win a surprising bronze medal at the International Ice Hockey Federal World Championship in Helsinki and Stockholm last May. Bylsma and company are looking to assemble a young, talented, swift-skating team that they hope will end a streak of disappointing Olympic performances several time zones away from North America, where most games are played on rinks 15 percent larger than NHL surfaces. “The different sized rink will be going into a lot of what we talk about and they type of player that we want and the type of player that would be best over there,� Bylsma said. “That goes into a lot of what we talk about whether that’s speed and skating — which we have an abundance of on our team. But I also think we have to play a different type of game. In North America, its go, go, go, that’s how we like to play here. There has to be some aspect of patient, smart, and intelligent hockey on their surface.� Brian Burke, the U.S. team’s director of player personnel and a former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager, said too much shouldn’t be made of the larger international ice surface. “Everyone’s got to play on it,� Burke said. “It cracks me up when I hear (people talk about it).

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FOOTBALL “You can fix things a little bit faster,” Cubit said. “This will really be my first time to be able to go off to the side and talk to everybody and diagram plays.” Cubit was on the sidelines as the head coach at Western Michigan, but couldn’t spend time personally coaching the offensive unit during games. He said being able to break down decisions and adjustments to the game plan while the offense is off the field will allow the team to flow better on offense. Along with Cubit, wide receivers coach Mike Bellamy will be on the sidelines as well, although running backs coach and special teams coordinator Tim Salem will be in the press box during games.

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NINE FOR IX I’m happy with how the series turned out and am completely planning on purchasing the entire series. I’ll be honest in telling you that I didn’t know all the women featured, like Audrey Mestre, a freediver who ended up on a dive that ultimately took her life, or Mary Decker, one of the most notable runners from the 1970s and ‘80s. I didn’t fall madly in love with every single episode, and I still wish there could be more out there about women in sports. That does not change the most important fact, that these women are athletic heroes and deserve more recognition, which Nine for IX offers. Now people just have to watch the films. The majority of them have tallied under half a million viewers, which is a small drop in modern television. This could be due to a variety of reasons like reduced TV viewership during summer, minimal publicity or lack of interest. None of these are a valid excuse for not watching. These athletes may not have as well-known stories as all the male greats, but their stories

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Stephen can be reached at sbourbo2@ dailyillini.com and @steve_bourbon. and talents are equally enthralling. The battles that these women had to fight through, on top of the typical pressures of being an athlete are awe-inspiring. It is important for people to develop appreciation for those who paved the frontier in women sports. Male athletes or sports fans can watch these and gain a deeper understanding of what their female counterparts have gone through. Young women can realize how much women have fought for them to have rights and how it’s important to continue the battle because there’s still plenty to be done to achieve true equity. And the people who have lived through these times can take a moment to appreciate how far everything has come. It’s the beginning of the school year, the time for resolutions and goals. Here’s one for everyone: watch just one Nine for IX film, and take a moment to appreciate women in athletics. It will be worth it; I promise.

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New York Mets pitcher Harvey Former Illinois player shows signs of diagnosed with torn ligament improvement while adapting to NFL play Starting pitcher uncertain about future recovery needs Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano advises defensive tackle Akeem Spence during Buccaneers training camp at One Buc Place in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 10.

Coach Schiano hesitates to name Spence starting nose tackle Schiano described Spence as one of the “bright spots’’ in the Bucs 17-16 come-from-behind victory that night, but Schiano is not easily pleased and he was quick to point out Spence has not shined consistently. “He’s getting better every day and he’s starting to understand how hard it is to play in this league,’’ Schiano said. “So he’s playing well -- at times. But he’s still an inconsistent rookie.’’ What Spence has struggled with so far is controlling the A gap, which is the space between the guard and center. That is most often Spence’s assignment and he’s shown a tendency to lose control of that area. That’s why Schiano has yet to officially name Spence the starting nose tackle. Schiano said the splash plays Spence has made so far are “nice’’ but he worries about Spence’s inconsistency controlling the A gap.

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TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were in need of a play. A big one, too. They’d just allowed the Miami Dolphins to drive 63 yards in nine plays during the opening series of their preseason game at Sun Life Stadium on Saturday and were now facing a third-and-1 at their own 15. That it was rookie nose tackle Akeem Spence who delivered in that moment by dropping running back Daniel Thomas for a 2-yard loss came as little surprise to those on the Tampa Bay sideline. Spence has been making plays like that all preseason. “He’s looked great so far,’’ Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said of Spence, who leads all Bucs defensive linemen with six tackles, including four for a loss, this preseason. “I’m really impressed with how he’s played.’’ So is Bucs coach Greg Schiano. He said Spence is proving to be a better athlete and pass rusher than the Bucs expected and that his skills are showing up when it matters most, such as Saturday night.

“If somebody hits you or clips you or whatever, it doesn’t matter. You still have to own that gap in run defense. So I’m not ready to ordain him as Joe Greene just yet. But he has a chance.’’ The Bucs never expected to get Joe Greene-like play out of Spence. They only spent a fourthround pick on him, after all, but they did trade a sixth-round pick to Oakland to move up 12 spots to get him.

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Mets phenom Matt Harvey, whose electrifying season vaulted him into consideration for the NL Cy Young Award, has been diagnosed with a partially torn ligament in his throwing elbow, general manager Sandy Alderson confi rmed Monday. “It’s possible he will not pitch the rest of the season,” Alderson said. Alderson did not rule out possible Tommy John surgery for Harvey, who injured his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). Despite the Mets’ efforts to protect their prized pitcher’s arm, doctors at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan discovered the tear in Harvey’s right elbow during an MRI. Harvey was being examined for what Alderson called “forearm tenderness.” Harvey, who achieved stardom in just his fi rst full season in the big leagues, had been at the center of the Mets’ plans to reverse their sagging fortunes on the field. But bright hopes for 2014 dimmed Monday when Harvey was informed of the tear in his elbow. “We’re going to do the prudent thing, we’re not going to do anything to jeopardize Matt’s future with the Mets,” Alderson said. “I wouldn’t expect him to pitch the rest of the season.” The 24-year-old’s ascent included starting the All-Star Game at Citi Field. Now, he faces an unclear future and possibly arduous rehab despite innings limits designed to spare him from major injury. Alderson said Monday that Harvey’s limit was around 200-205 innings, with a max of 210-215.

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