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Emails reveal possible influence BY JOSH WINTERS STAFF WRITER

Emails between Chancellor Phyllis Wise and opponents of Steven Salaita’s appointment to the American Indian Studies program reveal that University donors, alumni and current students lobbied Wise to rescind what was said to be an “indefinite� tenure track offer of employment. The Daily Illini received the emails under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. On Oct. 3, Salaita received an offer letter signed by interim LAS dean Brian Ross for a position as associate professor in AIS. The email clarified, however, that the position was still subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.

In an email dated July 21, campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler responded to The News Gazette, acknowledging Salaita’s tweets with this statement: “Faculty have a wide range of scholarly and political views, and we recognize the freedom of speech rights of all of our employees.� In the same email, Kaler confirmed that Salaita would begin his position as scheduled on Aug. 16. Shortly after, dozens of emails began rolling in from donors, explicitly threatening the withdrawal of financial support if the University moved forward with Salaita’s appointment. Donor names are blacked out on the documents, however, to protect the senders’ personal information. “We will now cease our annual con-

tributions to the University and will let our fellow alumni know why we are doing so,� an alumnus said in an email, dated July 24. “We will encourage others to join us in this protest, as perhaps financial consequences will sway you even though morals, common sense and decency did not.� Another University alumnus expressed dissatisfaction over Salaita’s hire, stating, “You also damage the reputation and standing of the University in the world, in the academic community, and will undoubtedly also affect the support of what is otherwise a fine institution from alumni, including myself.� However, on Aug. 1, Wise sent an

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Timeline of Salaita events Over the last few weeks, the University administration and academics from across the country have come to a divide over the rescinded position of Steven Salaita. Oct. 3, 2013 Salaita receives offer to be an associate professor position in the American Indian Studies program. Mid-July Salaita publishes vulgar tweets about Israel’s involvement in Palestine. July 21 Campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler emails The News Gazette acknowledging the tweets and confirming Salaita’s employment to start Aug. 16. The University starts to receive emails from donors threatening to stop giving money if Salaita’s position is approved. Aug. 1 Salaita receives an email from Chancellor Phyllis Wise, explaining his position would not go on to the Board of Trustees for approval. Aug. 20 - Sept. 2 Six professors cancel lectures and conferences on campus. Aug. 22 Wise sends mass email explaining that her decision rests on protecting diverse dialogue. Board of Trustees sends mass email supporting Wise. Protestors hold sit-in during an executive committee meeting of the Board of Trustees. Aug. 24 – Sept. 2 Four campus departments and the Graduate Employees Organization submit votes of no confidence in Wise and the Board of Trustees. Aug. 26

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Senator Ron Lewis, sophomore in Business, asks a question to Chancellor Phyllis Wise and Provost Ilesanmi Adesida during an Illinois Student Senate meeting on Wednesday in the Pine Lounge.

Chancellor, Provost meet with ISS

Aug. 29 The American Association of University Professors sends a letter to Wise urging her to suspend Salaita with pay until an investigation is carried out.

Wise would’ve handled Salaita’s case differently in hindsight BY MEGAN JONES ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Looking back, Chancellor Phyllis Wise said she would have handled Steven Salaita’s case differently by being more deliberate and consulting with more people before sending him a letter on Aug. 1. At the end of July, she believed the Board of Trustees would not approve Salaita’s appointment to the American Indian Studies program and time was ticking, as he was scheduled to arrive on campus the third week of August.

“Because of the timing of this issue ... I felt it was more humanitarian to let him know that he is unlikely to be appointed as soon as possible,� Wise said. However, hindsight is 20-20, she said, and it is easy to look back and say what one should have done. *** Now, the University is faced with five votes of no confidence from departments, a nationwide boycott and several canceled lecture appearances. Recently, the English department

Roughly 100 people protest outside the Swanlund Administration Building.

and the Graduate Employees Organization issued votes of no confidence in the University administration’s handling of Salaita’s case. Looking forward, Wise plans to create seminars to discuss academic freedom and meet with campus colleges within the next two weeks to listen to their concerns and correct misinformation. Additionally, she is looking for guidance from the Urbana-Champaign Fac-

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Sept. 1 Wise meets with protesters in private meeting. Sept. 3 Wise addresses the Illinois Student Senate on the issue. Sept. 11 Board of Trustees will meet for its first regular meeting. of the year to appoint new faculty.

House Bill 8 accommodates pregnant workers BY ALEX SWANSON STAFF WRITER

Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation to protect pregnant women against discrimination in the workplace on Women’s Equality Day, the 94th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. The law amends the Illinois Human Rights Act with respect to employment and stipulates that upon a request from a preg-

nant woman, including any necessary documentation such as a doctor’s note, an employer will make reasonable accommodations for the employee’s well-being. Reasonable accommodations could include breaks for pregnant workers from heavy lifting, access to more places to sit, more frequent bathroom breaks and a modified work schedule. After childbirth, women are enti-

tled to more time to recover and a separate area for breast-feeding at their place of employment. It is now considered a civil rights violation if an employer refuses to provide reasonable accommodations. Additionally, the law prohibits employers from denying employment opportunities or benefits to pregnant women who are otherwise the strongest candidate to

be hired or promoted. However, if the employer argues that a requested accommodation is not reasonable and will cause an undue hardship on the business, the employer may not have to provide the accommodation. State Rep. Mary Flowers, D-31, and State Sen. Toi Hutchinson, D-40, sponsored the bill. Flowers first introduced the bill in Dec.

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Today’s Birthday Benefit comes through transitions and personal development this year. Practice skills for mastery. Focus on networking, communications and connections for greatest gain through 12/23, when attention shifts to home and family. Get creative about conserving resources. A new phase in partnership buds next springtime. Share your love and generous spirit. It returns magnified. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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Illinois landfill appeals EQUALITY IEPA toxic waste ban FROM 1A

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The owners of Clinton Landfi ll, Inc. have fi led an appeal against the decision to keep polychlorinated biphenyl, PCB, waste out of its site. The landfi ll is located directly above the Mahomet Aquifer, which supplies water to about 750,000 East Central Illinois residents. In July, Gov. Pat Quinn directed the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, IEPA, to take immediate action against allowing PCB waste to enter the landfi ll. Clinton Landfi ll is now appealing the limitation with the Illinois Pollution Control Board, IPCB. “On Aug. 28, the board received appeal of IEPA’s decision to modify the permit of Clinton Landfill,” said

Connie Newman, spokesperson for the Illinois Pollution Control Board. “The board will be deciding whether or not to accept appeal at tomorrow’s board meeting.” If the board accepts to hear the appeal, the petitioners and IEPA will submit the documents IEPA used to make its decision and a public trial will follow. The board will also have 120 days, or until Dec. 26, to reach their decision. They can uphold the permit changes, reject them or modify them, according to Newman. The chemical waste landfi ll is located above the Mahomet Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to 14 counties, including Champaign County. “There’s a unique geological situation with the aqui-

fer where there are sandbars, clay and different things,” said Champaign Mayor Don Gerard. “You quite simply cannot map and detect how these things seep in and how these things get in there.” The decision to disallow PCBs from entering the landfi ll came in July, after the DeWitt County Board submitted a letter to IEPA stating they “did not authorize the disposal of TSCAregulated PCBs in its Sept. 12, 2002 siting approval,” according to a press release. Illinois law allows IEPA to modify a permit upon discovery that a decision was made using false or misleading information.

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Police arrest woman who crashed car into BIF DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

A 21-year-old female was arrested in the early morning hours Saturday for resisting police, criminal damage to statesupported property, aggravated fleeing and eluding, leaving the scene of an accident, driving with a suspended license and not having valid insurance. Jemika Butler was arrest-

ed at 2 a.m. Saturday. She fled after police tried to pull her vehicle over after reports Butler’s vehicle had struck vehicles that were parked in lot D-15, 1201 W. Oregon St. The University police were nearby helping close a busy Canopy Club when the incident occurred, University Police Sgt. Tom Geis said. The vehicle then fled the area, and Butler drove

south on Goodwin Avenue then west on Gregory Drive. When the vehicle reached Sixth Street, it jumped the median and crashed into the Business Instructional Facility, Geis said. The building sustained minimal damage, but both of the vehicle’s left tires were fl attened and the car had to be towed from the scene.

Two arrested, 1 hospitalized at Lundgren DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

A University student and his friend, both 18, were arrested Saturday morning after an incident in a University residence building, Lundgren Hall, 1201 S. Fourth St. Ali Mahmoud Issa was arrested on the charges of aggravated assault, reckless conduct and interfering with a 911 call; Ieva Simulyte was arrested on the charges of reckless conduct and illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor,

according to a University police report. Hall staff witnessed the two assisting their 18-yearold male friend up to a dorm room. The male was intoxicated and unresponsive. When hall staff tried to help the ill male, the student pushed them away and threatened them. When they witnessed hall staff calling 911, Issa threatened the staff member and tried to knock the phone out of his hand, said University Police Sgt. Tom Geis.

The two then brought the intoxicated male to a dorm room, locked the door and then left. The hall staff unlocked the room and emergency responders attended to the male, who had been vomiting, according to Geis. “It was a very dangerous situation for the guy that they locked in the room,” Geis said. The intoxicated male was transported to the hospital and the two were then located by police.

After 31 years behind bars, brothers finally come home

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Tracey O’Neal, right, and her sister Michelle Wallace hug their cousin Henry McCollum as he arrives at his sister’s home in Fayetteville, N.C. Wednesday. McCollum and his brother Leon Brown were released after 30 years in prison when DNA evidence cleared them of the rape and murder of an 11-year old Red Springs, N.C. girl in 1983. BY JOSEPH NEFF MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The 31-year nightmare that swallowed the lives of Henry McCollum and Leon Brown ended on a sticky Wednesday afternoon on a modest street here, the day after a judge declared them innocent of a brutal 1983 rape and murder. Brown, fresh from a Greene County prison, stepped from his cousin’s car, blinking in the sunlight, unsure where to go or what to do after three decades behind bars and prison guards dictating his every move. McCollum, in a smart tweed jacket and silvery black tie instead of the bright red khakis of death row, looked intently at his brother before deliberately crossing the street. As the two brothers hugged, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews broke into applause. McCollum, 50, was silent and misty-eyed. Brown, 46, smiled: “Free now. It’s over.” For three decades, the brothers have been the poster children of young men gone wild, convicted of gang-raping an 11-year-old girl, Sabrina Buie, and kill-

ing her by stuffing her panties down her throat with a stick. On Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser declared them innocent and ordered them freed. The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission had found DNA evidence tying the killing to Roscoe Artis, a sexual predator with a long history of attacking women, including a similar rape and strangulation of a young Red Springs woman one month after the arrest of Brown and McCollum. Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt consented in the exoneration. Prison is over, but freedom will certainly carry new and bewildering challenges for McCollum and Brown, who have been locked up their entire adult lives. Both are mentally challenged, with IQ tests scoring in the 50s or 60s. They struggle with basic reading and writing, and they have lived three decades in a world being ordered around by others. Like exonerated inmates before them, the two entered the free world with no outreach or help from the state that imprisoned them. They will rely on family, McCol-

lum living with his father and stepmother outside Wilmington and Brown with his sister and cousins in Fayetteville. A social worker from the Center for Death Penalty Litigation has been trying to help establish residency, locate birth certificates and line up social services. They will likely consider reparations: A pardon of innocence from the governor could bring a maximum of $750,000 each. Other wrongfully convicted inmates have filed civil rights lawsuits that have won settlements in the millions of dollars. Brown said his last night in prison was uneventful: Few knew he had won his freedom. He looked forward to walking to the grocery store with his sister Wednesday evening. McCollum returned to Central Prison in Raleigh on Tuesday to a hero’s welcome. Everyone - inmates, officers, administrators - wanted to shake his hand. Peter Kuhns, a psychologist, treated him to sour cream potato chips and a honey bun. “Everyone was clapping, everyone was really happy for me,” he said.

are forced on unpaid leave, or fi red altogether,” Gedmark said. “They often lose their health benefits, and the economic consequences are really disastrous for these families.” She also remarked that this kind of discrimination disproportionately affects low income workers and workers with high physical demands in their job. Gedmark said that many of these issues have already been brought up in court and are oftentimes unfairly settled in favor of the employer. “The law will work to correct the unfair fi ndings in favor of the pregnant workers,” Gedmark said. “You hear all of these horror stories,” Flowers said. “Women who were pregnant, who lost their unborn child ... who lost their jobs ... destroyed their family by losing their job and los-

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SALAITA email to Salaita stating his appointment would not be forwarded to the Board of Trustees because its approval was unlikely. While a majority of the emails were forwarded to Board of Trustees Secretary Susan Kies and did not receive direct responses from Wise, one correspondence chain appeared to merit special attention directly from the chancellor. In the email thread, one correspondent expressed their desire to talk with Wise over the phone or meet in person to discuss Salaita’s hire, and attached their schedule in the message. “If I move a couple of meetings around, I could leave from Chicago,” Wise wrote. “If I do that, would you be free to meet around noon-1 p.m.?” Buried in a several hundred page PDF packet are over a dozen identical emails sent to Wise between July 29 and July 30. The only unique feature about these emails

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WISE ulty Senate on what process she should go through when faced with situations like this. The senate will vote on creating a committee to review instances for when the chancellor or provost find a reason not to proceed with a tenuretrack hire that was already approved by a department. According to documents obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, several emails were sent to Wise from opponents of Salaita’s appointment, who threatened to pull donations or drop out of the University if he was hired. However, Wise explained that donors did not influence her decision at all. “I think it is absolutely critical that we raise more money because the state is gradually decreasing the amount of money [we receive], but that was not any factor in my decision,” she said. *** Wise and Provost Ilesanmi Adesida listened to students’ comments regarding Salai-

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ing their income because an employer would not make a reasonable accommodation.” Flowers said that these kinds of actions are discrimination, as there is only one group of people who have the ability to get pregnant. Director of Equal Opportunity Policy at Women Employed, Melissa Josephs commented that the law is only supporting people who want to keep working, and that could be beneficial to the worker, as well as the employer and the economy. “These are workers who want to keep working, so instead of the employer having to spend money to replace or retrain workers, here’s a worker who wants to keep working and just needs an adjustment,” Josephs said. The bill was well supported on a bipartisan basis in both the state’s Senate and House of Representatives. The fi nal text of House Bill 8 passed both houses unanimously.

Josephs felt that, after some back and forth, most legislators knew it would seem ridiculous not to support this legislation in its final form. “It was almost a joke, the legislators would say, ‘You’re actually going to come out against this? Who’s going to be against this?’ Because, it is so reasonable,” Josephs said. Flowers believes that this law will be able to increase the standard of the work for pregnant employees across Illinois. “No one should have to make the choice of not having their baby or having a miscarriage because of their job, because of their livelihood,” Flowers said. “A lot of women will be able to maintain their families, maintain their livelihood and be respected and protected under this law.”

were their subject lines, although there was little variation. Subject lines read, “Anti Israel Professor” and “Anti Semitism in Champaign Urbana.” While the names of the senders were redacted, many of the emails were signed by “the Jewish Community of Champaign Urbana.” Chancellor Wise previously told The News Gazette that the decision to withdraw Salaita’s job offer was not influenced by pressure from donors. “On this, I have heard from people who supported me, as well as those who criticized me. In coming to a decision, I was not influenced by any of them,” Wise said. “My primary concern was for our students, the campus and the University.” Despite many attempts made by The Daily Illini, the Office of the Chancellor could

called the meeting with Wise a success, University Spokesman Tom Hardy clarified Wednesday that as far as he knew, Salaita would not be on a list of faculty to be approved by the Board of Trustees at its next meeting on Sept. 11, contrary to what protesters said they were led to believe. Following the meeting, Stephanie Skora, senior in LAS and one of the students in attendance at Monday’s meeting, expressed her satisfaction with the chancellor, who allegedly stressed that the Board of Trustees would determine Salaita’s future. Hardy said he believes the Board of Trustees support Wise in her decision not to reconsider Steven Salaita. In an interview with The Chicago Tribune on Saturday, Christopher Kennedy, board chair, said the board was open to a financial settlement with Salaita. However, Hardy denied to comment on any personal or legal matters when asked to confirm the information.

not be reached for comment. In a special meeting held on Sept. 1, Wise met with seven student protesters hoping to reinstate Salaita to a rescinded job offer. While the students initially ta’s rescinded job offer at an Illinois Student Senate meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Public comments ranged from concerns about the influence of donors to whether Salaita’s political tweets regarding Israeli conflict affected his appointment. Many students quoted the harshness of Salaita’s tweets, such as “If you’re defending #Israel right now, you’re an awful human being.” Students in support of Salaita cited Wise’s mass email stating that the tweets were not factored into the decision to rescind Salaita, and continued to remind the audience of academic freedom. However, students in opposition of Salaita cited the University’s Inclusive Illinois goals, adding that Salaita’s tweets can be considered hate crimes and disrespectful against minorities. Ryan Brown, senior in Business, cited professionalism, stating that if any student tweeted similar content, they would not be hired. He questioned why it is any different at the University. “I personally would be

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Josh can be reached at jjwinte2@dailyillini. com. very scared to be in his class,” Brown said. “Not only would I be scared due to his hate speech, but because I am more professional than him.” Alicia Kozma, graduate student, said the actions taken have disregarded academic freedom and shared governance. “By silencing those who have unpopular viewpoints and refusing to let them interact with this campus, you are signaling your lack of faith in the UIUC student body,” Kozma said. Student Body President Mitch Dickey said that members of the American Indian Studies program have a right to be upset, “as a potential faculty member and his family had shared meals with them, were invited into their homes, and were welcomed to Illinois...” Dickey wrote in a statement. The student senate voted to forward Dickey’s statement to a subcommittee, where it will be reviewed and could be adopted at a further meeting.

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Journalist remembers Honduran immigrant BY DON BARTLETTI MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

Denis taught me how to tame The Beast. We met in Tapachula, Mexico, not far from the Guatemalan border. I had climbed the iron rungs to the top of a car. I peered over and saw Denis curled up on a bed of gravel. It was the summer of 2000, and I was there to document the journey of the stowaways who rode the freight train that lurched through the Mexican countryside. Migrants called it The Beast. Denis — his last name was Contreras — shoved his hand into the pocket of blue trousers. “I want to see my mother because I don’t know her,” he said. “She lives in the state of Los Angeles.” For three months I slept on top of more than a dozen freight trains to capture the experiences of youngsters heading to the border. Working with reporter Sonia Nazario, we produced a series published in The Times in 2002. Fourteen years later, I was in Denis’ hometown, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Before heading to Hon-

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Denis Contreras, 12, gets food and water in 2000 duras, I had copied a page from my journal dated Aug. 3, 2000. Denis had carefully printed his address in that journal.Now, I wanted to fi nd him again.It wasn’t easy to fi nd, so we drove to the barrio’s police station and found the officer in charge in the dirt parking area. “ Who are you looking for?” “Denis Contreras.” He took the lead on his bicycle. The TV was loud so I knocked and yelled, “Hola, Denis?” A girl stared at us Mabel invited us in. Soon I spotted a sleepy-eyed man. I blurted out in English, “Oh

my God, Denis! Remember me? We rode the trains together!” I already knew some of Denis’ history.He found his mom. But he drifted into trouble and his mom sent him to Honduras. Then, four years ago, he called to say he was back. We met in La Jolla at his landscaping job. He told me that he had been deported . Denis agreed to an interview the next afternoon. “Meet me after work. I’m off at 3.” The next day, I waited outside an office building in the Altia Business Park. “I just want to forget about everything.”

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most of us are already keenly aware, women, on average, are worse-off in the workplace than men. For example, fulltime working women make an average of 77 cents for every dollar a man makes, and there are many stereotypes and discriminatory activities targeted at female workers. There’s also the glass ceiling effect, the invisible barriers that often prevent women from reaching the highest levels of employment. While women are already an oppressed group, further layers of disadvantages exist when gender intersects with various other categories. One such intersectional group is pregnant women and mothers. As such, we find it beneficial, but also long overdue, that Governor Pat Quinn signed House Bill 8 into law to combat discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace on Aug. 26. The bill says that pregnant women are to receive certain workplace accommodations from their employers upon request. As stated in The Daily Illini, these accommodations include providing sitting areas, avoiding heavy lifting and recovery time post-birth. While we would like to think that, in this day and age, these accommodations would already be provided without question or problem, that simply hasn’t been the case. And although these are all reasonable and necessary steps to combating the issues pregnant women face on the job, it is also important that people begin to acknowledge and understand the other stigmas that pregnant women and mothers face in the workplace. A 2007 article from the American Journal of Sociology contains an in-depth discussion regarding a phenomenon known as the “motherhood penalty,� which describes the issues mothers and pregnant women face in the workplace. Shockingly, between mothers and non-mothers under the age of 35, there is a larger pay gap than between men and women, which demonstrates that this truly is an issue. The article also indicates a very covert form of discrimination going on in which mothers in the work environment are judged by evaluators to be less competent and less committed to their jobs. In addition, visibly pregnant managers are seen as less authoritative, but warmer, more emotional and more irrational than other female managers. It seems that, oftentimes, many employers force mothers and pregnant women into having to choose between devotion to their families and commitment to their work, when each inevitably affects the other. We are in absolute support of this new legislation that protects pregnant women in the workplace for the very reasons discussed above. The issues women face in the workplace are evident and highly problematic, and the issues that specific, intersectional groups of women face in the workplace are sometimes even more problematic. In the future, we hope to see more legislation that protects women from various discriminations in an effort to work toward gender equality.

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Remember that time (well, those times) about eight months ago when students risked losing their appendages to frostbite when being outside for more than five minutes? Yay for warm weather! Sure, during the first few weeks of school we students might be perpetually sweaty, showing up to class glistening (or, for some of us, dripping), and we sure complain about it a lot, but it’s much better to the opposite extreme. We know many who are enjoying the current lack of physical pain associated with going outdoors in cold weather. It’s the little things in life, right? Enjoy the heat while it lasts!

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A very creepy, sad hacker obtained explicit photographs of about 20 celebrities and shared many of them online. Affected personalities include Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Victoria Justice and Mary E. Winstead, among others. Many have yet to comment on the alleged photographs of themselves, while others have confirmed them as real or dismissed them as fake. Invasion of privacy is very uncool, as is judging others for what they do in their personal time behind closed doors. If you say you’ve never done something you wouldn’t want the whole world to know about or see, you’re lying.

Vulnerability now ensures happiness later MATT PASQUINI Opinions columnist

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hat do you want to be when you grow up?� was the question we were asked as kids. In college, it progressed into: “What are you majoring in?� Next comes, “What do you want to do with that?� In essence, it’s the same question we were all asked in our younger years, and it has come back to haunt us. Being forced to figure out now what you want to do when you grow up is just as daunting as being asked that same question as a young child. The simple response, “I don’t know,� has been stigmatized in various ways — and it shouldn’t be. This response often provokes a sense of bewilderment from those who believe they need to have everything figured out by the time they apply to college, and, truth is, they don’t. I grew up always hearing my mother say, “If you find a career you truly love, you’ll never have to work a day in your life.� The journey of career exploration is a long one and should not be rushed. Making yourself vulnerable is a way to guarantee never having to work a day in your life.

By hanging out with a new group of friends, people become vulnerable to rejection or might even find out they click with a certain group better than their current circle of friends. The same goes for getting involved with new registered student organizations or taking classes outside of your major — by doing so, you make yourself vulnerable to the idea that there’s an activity or subject you enjoy more than the one you’re currently involved with. College is a unique time when students can try new things and open themselves up to the outside world. They make themselves vulnerable, and they become subject to the unknown consequences of doing so. It can be a terrifying experience, especially if you’re a student like me who thought he knew what he wanted to do from the first day of college. But it’s an experience worth going through, especially if it results in the discovery of a passion you never thought you had. From the beginning of my college career, I always thought I wanted to pursue a career in politics (and no, I didn’t want to be a politician — just someone behind the scenes). I’ve always made clear my obsession with being up to date with the news. Being

aware of the news helps me identify the problems we face as a society, and my close following of politics allows me to see the issues at hand as well as the means of fixing them. I felt that every opportunity I took advantage of brought me that much closer to finding an “in,� and I was simply doing the things I was because I thought they’d make for a strong resume for someone who wanted to pursue a career in politics. But when I first started working as a resident advisor for University Housing at the beginning of my sophomore year, I fell in love with the job. I would briefly entertain the idea of entering a career in student affairs but immediately shut it out — I wanted to be in politics. This past summer, I took on another student affairs job with the admissions office and also worked on a political campaign. As they say, hindsight is 20/20, and I now realize that I had always known my inclination toward working in student affairs (admissions, housing, other nonacademics). I realized through my experiences this summer that my inclination toward working in student affairs was stronger than my previous inclination toward working in politics. When I moved back in the residence halls at the start of

this year and began my second year of being a resident advisor, it all came together. I realized that I shouldn’t spend my time working in a field that I thought might impress people, but rather a field that I found a true sense of satisfaction with. Oftentimes, we find ourselves pursuing the wrong things for the wrong reasons. Concerning career choices, we may choose one over the other because it can impress others in conversation or because it’s a profitable industry where money can be made. We fear the fake response of, “Wow, that sounds really cool,� or the head tilt response that is a result of the obscureness of your desired profession. If anything, I’ve just learned to embrace it. The feeling of pursuing your passions is much greater and more honorable than the feeling you get compromising them just to impress others — I learned from experience. Why work unnecessarily hard for something your gut is fighting against when you can find something you love and never have to work a day in your life? I’m not going to, and you shouldn’t either.

Matt is a junior in LAS. He can be reached at mpasqui2@dailyillini.com.

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For most of us on campus, we feel a particular fondness to our feisty, furry little squirrel friends who leap around the Quad. However, our squirrel-loving clearly doesn’t run as deep as it does in one Penn State student. Apparently, this student has been deemed the “squirrel whisperer,� as she is able to dress up one particular squirrel in party hats and get him to hold doll-sized props. She even named him Sneezy. While we love the University squirrels, I’m not sure if we love them that much. We think this girl might need to get out more often.

UTAH WOMAN STILL HOT FOR EX-BOYFRIEND

People do a lot of weird stuff to get the attention of their ex-significant other when the passion is still high. However, one woman topped them all when she started a fire at her ex-boyfriends house — with bacon. Apparently the fire was started using a pound of many people’s favorite pig product that the woman left on a lit burner. We imagine the house smelled quite good once the whole ordeal was over, and we also imagine the ex-boyfriend didn’t take her back. But the icing on the cake (or the grease on the bacon, if you will) to this story is that the woman’s last name is Crispi — and there’s nothing we like more than a good pun.

College hook-up culture kills commitment REBECCA KAPOLNEK Opinions columnist

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here is something so right about a good ’80s romantic comedy. That moment in “The Breakfast Club� when Judd Nelson throws his fist in the air in celebration of landing the right girl and the scene in “Say Anything� when John Cusack, as a grand gesture, stands outside his girl’s window with a boom box. From a very young age, we all believe that someday we will meet someone, form a connection and start dating; the rest will be history. Romantic comedies fill our minds with ideas of what dating should be and what we have to look forward to when we find the person who is right for us. Although the plot and characters aren’t always realistic, most of us hope to eventually form relationships at least somewhat like the ones movies portray. And our college years should be a time to do that — to explore dating and see where the process takes us. However, these days, it is not that simple.

Throughout my last three years on campus, I have noticed, increasingly, that we are part of a culture that is more focused on casual hook-ups and less on committed dating relationships. This “hook-up culture� emphasizes and encourages casual sex, lack of commitment and little attachment. This culture makes meaningful dating in college really difficult, and if we are not careful, I think it could extinguish the process all together. In an Elite Daily article regarding hook-up culture, another good point is made that whichever partner cares less seems to come out on top. Becoming attached to someone, showing interest and pursuing that interest seems frowned upon, and, far too often, the one who cares more is labeled as a “stage-five clinger.� Being the first person to send a text, ask the one you’re interested in out on a date, or pick up the phone to call them are all behaviors I have seen labeled as clingy. In my opinion, traditional chivalry and courtship, from both men and women, are tough to come across on our campus. With such a high focus on “hav-

ing fun,� people often forget what it is like to actually date another. They forget how nice it can be to have a loving confidant to spend quality time with. Pressures from social groups also make it difficult to decide to commit to someone, especially if your friends are not on board with the idea. The sad reality, I have noticed, is that when you meet someone at a bar on campus, there is often an underlying expectation for it to go further than just a causal get-to-knowyou conversation. The media and common beliefs about college campuses seem to glorify casual sex and make it seem like the norm. While casual hook-ups might make you feel like you are getting the college experience, it is hard for me to believe that one can start a meaningful relationship without getting to know a prospective partner before things get physical. More often than not, a hook-up is just a hook-up. All of us on campus should have fun and meet new people, but that doesn’t have to happen at 2 a.m. after the bars close. We should promote a culture that doesn’t focus so heavily on hooking up. I am very much a

believer of committed dating relationships, and, in order to change the hook-up culture, students should be brave enough to break the mold. If you see someone in a class, on the quad, at a bar or on your floor that you like, tell them. There is nothing wrong with refusing to conform to hook-up culture. Personally, I believe there is something nice about going on an old-fashioned date to get food or even going on a walk around campus. It’s so rewarding and refreshing to know there are people who are genuinely interested in learning about you as a person. And although hook-up culture does make dating a little more difficult in college, there is still hope if both parties are willing. If they are, it might end up like some of those ’80s movies, which remind us just how great it can feel to fall for someone. Although dating in college can be messy, with a little bit of effort and courage, we can step out of the hook-up culture and find our own Judds, Johns and Molly Ringwalds.

Rebecca is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at kapolne2@dailyillini.com.

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GREAT WAR was born when a group of faculty including Rothberg and Keller met in the fall of 2013, wanting to do something to commemorate the centennial. After brainstorming, Keller said they decided they did not want anything too academic, with the usual conferences and specialists. He said they wanted to create something that appealed to students, which is why they included the art and

fi lm series. “We have performance coming together with scholarship, (all) coming together with history,” Salerno said. “People are approaching the same idea from all these different angles and disciplines.” Keller also said the wide range of events can help students learn how signifi cant the war is outside the United States. “(It is) a way of approaching the war from multiple viewpoints including international viewpoints because it was a world war, not just a French or German event,”

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Ildiko Tabori is a psychologist who counsels comics at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood. "It's a very insular, isolated group," she says of her comedian clients.

Laugh Factory shrink helps counsel comedians BY CHRISTOPHER GOFFARD MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

LOS ANGELES — Ildiko Tabori has never stood on a stage trying to make strangers laugh, doesn’t write jokes and admits that she’s not great at telling them. Trying to recount something clever she heard, she makes advance apologies: “I’m not going to do it justice.” But if you make a living being funny, Tabori understands the particulars of your pain better than most: For the last three years, she’s been an in-house shrink at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood. “Being a comedian is truly the hardest job in the entertainment industry,” Tabori says. “You have a lot of late nights. You have good sets, you have bad sets. It is kind of a lonely existence at times.” She knows about the constant pressure of finding gigs. The uncertainty of whether the routine that worked yesterday will work tonight. The front-row drunk, ruining your set. The allure of drugs and alcohol. The hard-to-describe emptiness that attends interactions with fans, who mistakenly believe they know you because they related to a joke. And the strain of watching fellow comics shoot to stratospheric success, sometimes as fresh arrivals on the scene. “I do hear that a lot,” Tabori says. “ ‘Why is this person successful, and why am I not?’ ” Robin Williams’ recent suicide was a reminder of why she’s there. Club owner Jamie Masada hired Tabori after he became alarmed by the number of premature deaths in the comic world, including Richard Jeni’s suicide in 2007 and Greg Giraldo’s fatal overdose three years later. “He felt the comedians needed some support from a professional,” she says. “He’s not trained to recognize someone who’s going to go kill themselves, and I am.” During the day, she sees patients at her West Los Angeles office. Two or three nights a week, she drives to the Sunset Strip club around the time comedians start taking the stage. Clients follow her up a narrow staircase, past the bar and VIP lounge, to a third-floor office where they sit on an old-fashioned red couch that used to belong to Groucho Marx. “Initially people were skeptical of Dr. Tabori because, A, she’s a female; B, they didn’t think they needed any help; and C, how could this doctor who never did stand-up comedy understand them?” says veteran comic Sunda Croonquist, who has been seeing her for three years. She says Tabori helped her get through “a horrible, dark time in my life” precipitated by a lawsuit by her in-laws,

who were angry at her depiction of them in her act. “She’s hard-core,” Croonquist says. A Los Angeles native and daughter of a former runner from the Hungarian Olympic team, Tabori grew up absorbing what she calls “an Eastern European work ethic.” As a girl, she fell in love with Johnny Carson and had pet cockatiels named Mork and Mindy. She originally wanted to be an ethnographer, “to see the world and study customs,” and now “I guess I am kind of an ethnographer. I study this culture.” Often, she stands in the back of the club watching her clients perform. It can provide clues as to what’s hurt-

“You have a lot of late nights. ... It is kind of a lonely existence at times.” ILDIKO TABORI PSYCHOLOGIST

ing them. For years she counseled inmates at L.A. County jails and sex offenders for the state parole board, which is one thing she tells people when they ask how a noncomic could possibly understand a comic’s pain. “I don’t have to live that experience to understand what’s going on with them,” says Tabori, 43, who is divorced with an 8-year-old daughter. “I’m not bipolar, but I can work with someone who has bipolar disorder. Emotions are universal.” Masada, the club owner, says he interviewed dozens of psychologists before he found Tabori. “She understands comics,” he says. In casual conversation, Tabori exudes easy cheerfulness, but she describes her approach with patients this way: “I’m not a touchy-feely Earth Mother. I’m the type of therapist who is going to call you on your crap.” Research shows that depression and bipolar disorder are more pervasive in comics than in the general population. Show business is brutalizing, competition is cutthroat and the road where many comics make their money shuttling between stages in nowhere towns is a lonely place. “They’re sitting alone in an icky, dark hotel room, and that loneliness creeps in,” she says. “I get a lot of calls from hotel rooms.” Tabori’s clientele is supposed to be a secret, of course, though it’s a joke at the Laugh Factory that everyone knows who she counsels. One of them is Rajiv Saty-

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Keller said. In the end, the initiative is an attempt to capture the essence and impact of World War I. It is a unique opportunity for students that will only be available until December. “I didn’t really learn about the first world war as an undergrad. It wasn’t until grad school that I learned anything about it, so I think this is a great opportunity to reflect and think about it,” Salerno said.

al, 38, who’s been doing comedy full time for eight years. He says comics often speak of the microphone as an arrow, pointing right at them. “The rejection is public,” he says. “I’ll never know how good my friends are at their jobs — they’re doctors or lawyers — whereas you know how good of a stand-up I am. You can see me.” When he worked in the marketing department at Procter & Gamble, he says, a co-worker might inch up a rung on the corporate ladder. In comedy, your peers’ success means they are rich and famous. “The feeling of inadequacy is fed by the industry.” Brett Riley, a 15-year comedy veteran, says he began seeing Tabori because he didn’t want his infant daughter to be harmed by his freefloating anxieties about his job. “This is one of those professions that is not a good career choice,” says Riley, 35. “You’re not guaranteed anything. You’re a trapeze artist without a net.” For all their onstage vulnerability, comics work in a macho culture, and there’s still a stigma attached to seeing a shrink, he says. On a recent night, Riley was three jokes from finishing his 20-minute set when a woman in the audience began heckling him, loudly and brazenly. His comeback included an unflattering description of the circumstances of her conception. But it gave him little satisfaction, and he spent the rest of the night apologizing to other performers and club staff, though everyone agreed she had had it coming. Recently, as Tabori’s clients try to make sense of Williams’ death, she’s seen the initial shock giving way to something else. “The anger is starting to hit,” she says, recalling a comic who noted that Williams left children behind, and who also felt guilty for his anger. Tabori’s assistant, James Harris, 39, who is both a psychologist-in-training and a comic, says the suicide unnerved comics in part because Williams represented the pinnacle of talent and success in their field. “It’s scary because so many people think the answer to their happiness is going to be that kind of accomplishment,” he says. Tabori had been waiting for a patient at her day job when she saw the news on Facebook of Williams’ death. She sent Masada an email saying, “Please remind the comedians I’m here.” The next morning, she says, one of her comedian clients sent her an email that said, “Thanks for keeping me and my friends alive.” “I have it saved and flagged,” she says. “That one I’ll keep forever.”

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Students gather at the Native American House during its semester-long Chat ’n Chew presentation series last year. As part of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations’ Lunch on Us series, each presentation provides a free lunch and runs from noon to 1 p.m. PORTRAIT BY ZOE GRANT THE DAILY ILLINI

David Horst Lehman, a third-year Ph.D candidate in the University’s history department, will be presenting a “Lessons from Soil� lecture on Friday at the Native American House,1206 W. Nevada St.

Midwest soil is good for more than just food, lecture says BY SAHER KHAN STAFF WRITER

The earth often offers more than just food and sustenance to society. On Friday, it will also be giving people a history lesson at the Native American House during the Lessons From the Soil Chat ’N Chew. Seven different units participate in the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations’ lecture series called the Chat ’N Chew. The series aims at promoting dialogue among the campus community on topics pertaining to diverse cultures. From noon to 1 p.m., the Native American House will have food and drinks for people to enjoy as they listen to a presentation given on what soil does for society and the community and how much of Midwestern pioneer life relied on adopting Native American geographies and ways of life. The speaker, David Horst Lehman, a third-year Ph.D candidate in the University’s history department, got

interested in soil because of his hometown. “I grew up in Goshen, Indiana, in Elkhart county, and there I stumbled upon two maps — one was a soil map that showed a patch called Elkhart prairie in the middle of the woods and the other showed what years people bought land patents from the U.S. government,� Lehman said. “A Potawatomie village had been in that area for the rich soil, and that land provided soil to grow corn and timber to makes homes.� In regards to soil, Lehman said that “it’s important to think about it as not just a natural resource that showed up out of nowhere, but something that had to do with how native people were living in the area.� Beverly Smith, assistant director of the Native American House, said that having discussions like these are enriching. “I think it’s important for students or anyone that’s interested in wanting to

New art exhibit marks 100 years since WWI Krannert Art Museum hosts lectures, art, movies on Great War BY ANNABETH CARLSON STAFF WRITER

Exactly 100 years ago in the late summer of 1914, World War I had just begun. Countries either banded together or were against each other, creating innovations in industry, warfare, propaganda and entertainment, all while a deadly, tragic conflict consumed them all. Now in 2014, all of these occurrences will be remembered and learned about at the University, beginning with The Great War Opening Event this week. The Great War Opening Event, which will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkhead Pavilion on Thursday, will kick off a semesterlong initiative filled with art, music, films, lectures and more — all in honor of the centennial of World War I. Michelle Salerno, the event’s programming assistant and Ph.D candidate in the Department of Theatre, said that the opening event is a fun way to commemorate the start of the war. She said the evening’s program includes remarks from Barbara Wilson, the dean

of LAS, and Edward Feser, dean of FAA, who both supported the initiative. It will also feature a poetry reading, song performance and the exhibit “La Grande Guerre: French Posters and Photographs from World War I.� “I see it as our semester is building with each event and our conversation is growing, and I am excited for the beginning event so these conversations can start,� Salerno said. Salerno worked with Marcus Keller and Michael Rothberg to coordinate the event. Keller is an associate professor and head of the Department of French and Italian, and Michael Rothberg is a professor and head of the Department of English and Director of the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide and Memory Studies. “The opening event will be very exciting because this work has now come to fruition,� Keller said. Keller explained that the opening event is just the beginning of great semester events, such as the exhibit “First Global Conflict: Contemporary Views of the Great War, 1914-1919,�

a film series with movies such as “What Price Glory?� (1952) and “Joyeux Noel� (2005) and a performance by the St. Louis Symphony. He said he plans to attend as many as possible. A core course aligned with the initiative is even offered for undergraduate students, titled HIST 258: World War I and the Making of the Global Twentieth Century. More events can be found on the website — www.thegreatwar.illinois.edu. Alexander Jesse, junior in LAS, said he is interested in attending some of The Great War events. “My grandfather is from Greece and has always talked about (World War I),� Jesse said. “He’s a big history guy; it rubbed off on me.� Salerno said she is especially looking forward to the “Oh, What a Lovely War!� performance in November by the Illinois Theatre. “I am writing my dissertation right now and it’s on American theatre performance during the first world war, so it is a really nice pairing,� she said. The Great War initiative

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inform themselves about Native American people, cultural history and issues,� Smith said. “Our mission is to present this information in a positive and accurate way so that all who attend gain a realistic perspective of Native American people.� Aroob Askari, senior in AHS, said that she would definitely be interested in attending a discussion like this. “You never think about something like soil and how it affects the environment,� Askari said. “It would be interesting to learn more about something like that and also Native American culture along with it.� In Lehman’s lecture, he will discuss how Native American people changed the soil and in turn changed the environment, and how the environment they changed was the land that settlers wanted to settle in. He said it is important to look at the relationship between what is going on in the soil, in plant life and in

people’s lives, and how they are all interrelated. Lehman said that growing up, he took advantage of the rich soil that was in his backyard. While he could dig a one-foot hole and find soil that cultivated growth and life, he did not realize that other people in other places had to pay for the soil he had for free in his yard. He said he wants people to understand and appreciate the impact of Native Americans and the soil that resides in their very own community. “Here at Illinois, we’ve got the Morrow Plots and we’re big on agricultural science and stuff. I just want that to seem very connected to this history of native settler interaction. Things like the corn and the soil are big themes for life around this country, but it’s something that’s older then the United States,� Lehman said.

Saher can be reached at smkhan3@dailyillini. com.

“The Great War: Experiences, Representations, Effects� Schedule of Events:

What: Exhibit opening of “La Grande Guerre: French Posters and Photographs from World War Iâ€? When: Sept. 4, 6 to 8 p.m. Where: Light Court and Gelvin Noel Annex Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion What: Program and exhibit opening of “First Global Conflict: Contemporary Views of the Great War, 1914-1919â€? When: Sept. 10, 3 p.m. Where: 346 Library, The Rare Book & Manuscript Library What: Program and exhibit opening of “WWI in Champaign-Urbana: The Local Story of the Great Warâ€? When: Sept. 18, 7 p.m. Where: Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St., Urbana, IL 61801 What: “En Guerre: French Illustrators and World War Iâ€? lecture by Teri Edelstein When: Sept. 29, 5 p.m. Where: Room 62 at Krannert Art Museum What: “The French Poster and World War Iâ€? lecture by SĂŠgolène Le Men When: Oct. 1, 5:30 p.m. Where: Room 62 at Krannert Art MuseumÂ

What: “World War I and the Making of Modern American Cultureâ€? symposium   When: Oct.10, all day Where: Lucy Ellis Lounge in Foreign Language Building What: “Chicago’s ‘Fighting 8th’ (370th) and ‘Harlem’s Rattlers’ (15th/369th): Two Black Regiments, One Black Metropolis in the WWI Eraâ€? lecture by Jeffrey Sammons When: Oct. 22, 4 p.m. Where: Rare Book and Manuscript Library What: “Denying the Armenian Genocide: A Turkish National Security Conceptâ€? lecture by Taner Akçam When: Nov. 3rd, 3 p.m. Where: 210 Illini Union What: “From the Great War to the Bloodlands: Rethinking Europe’s Historyâ€? lecture by Timothy Snyder When: Nov. 10, 3 p.m. Where: Knight Auditorium in Spurlock Museum What: “Literature and Warâ€? conversation with Jim Hicks When: Nov. 11, 5 p.m. Where: Room 212, Campus Honors Program, 1205 W. Oregon St., Urbana What: “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914â€? and closing event When: Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. Where: Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

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FOOTBALL ILL VS WKU SAT, 11 A.M. MEMORIAL STADIUM

SOCCER ILL AT CHARLESTON FRI: 6:30 P.M. ILL AT UAB SUN: 11 A.M.

MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY ILL AT PORTLAND SAT. NOON

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Illinois’ Mike Dudek attempts to catch a pass during the Illinois v. Youngstown State game on Saturday. Mike’s older brother, Danny, watched from the bleachers.

Freshman WR delivers in 1st game, high expectations moving forward BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER

Danny Dudek assured Illini fans in the stands that all his little brother Mike needed to calm freshman jitters on Saturday was a simple 5-yard catch. Instead, the younger Dudek raised the stakes; scoring a touch-

down on an 8-yard pass from quarterback Wes Lunt, his first career reception as an Illini. And the elder Dudek went wild, jumping out of his seat and narrowly avoiding hitting the man in the row in front of him. “I felt more nervous watching him play (Saturday) than I’ve ever

felt myself being in a game,� Danny said with a laugh. “I was so nervous that when my brother scored, I was shaking. Man, I swear that game took 10 years off my life.� For the two brothers, football has been a common ground since they found a love of the game sparked by their grandfather, Leonard Milazzo. It was Grandpa Milazzo who dressed them in pads and helped coach their first practice. The two continued to play

together for the Naperville, Ill., Patriots youth football program and ended up at the same high school: Neuqua Valley. Now 20, a year older than his brother, Danny was playing varsity football during his junior year when Mike got called up for the teams’ first playoff game against current Illini quarterback, Aaron Bailey’s Bolingbrook Raiders. Though the Wildcats lost to the soon-to-be Class 8A state champs, Mike performed well, leading

the team in receptions. “From that point on, we knew he was something special,� Nequa Valley coach Bill Ellinghaus said. “He’s truly just an extremely gifted athlete. As far as being fast, he glides through the air. But all that stuff, that’s really secondary to the fact that the kid works his butt off in everything he does. That’s when I knew he was going to play Division I football, because the kid

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Top PG Evans next up on the Illini recruiting watch list ALEX ROUX Basketball columnist

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nother weekend, another highprofi le recruiting visit for John Groce and the Illinois basketball program. Jawun Evans, a 6-foot, 160-pound guard out of Kimball High in Dal-

las is set to take an official visit to the Illinois campus Sept. 5-7. Like Jalen Brunson, who visited last weekend, Evans is considered to be one of the top point guards in the Class of 2015, and he is one of the Illini’s highest-ranked targets. The challenge for Groce and his staff will be to convince Evans that he is a top priority, less than a week after the Brunson left the Illinois campus along with the fan

frenzy that occurred during his visit. Brunson is more of a household name in Illinois, being the top player in the state and considered by some to be the best point guard in the country. Evans may or may not be as good as Brunson on the court, but at this point he is less established on the average Illini fan’s radar. It’s easy to imagine that Evans might feel like he’s playing second

fiddle at this point, and I’m sure Groce and his staff will do everything it can this weekend to erase that notion in Evans’ mind. In reality, landing a commitment from either Brunson or Evans would be a huge accomplishment for Groce and a big step forward for Illinois basketball.

Why Illinois wants Evans I may sound like a broken record

Hockey homeless for Sept.

Illini head to Stanford

BY BRETT LERNER

STAFF WRITER

BY NICHOLAS FORTIN

STAFF WRITER

The Illini Hockey Club is without a home — at least for the month of September. With the Ice Arena shut down due to mechanical issues, the team has held its first six practices in Bloomington and currently plan to practice in Danville for the duration of September. The team, being a club sport, doesn’t receive money from the athletic department. Instead, it relies on revenue from home games and money out of the players’ pockets. Holding practice at different sites places a heavy fi nancial burden on the club and its players. Not only will the club be spending much more to reserve ice time than they do at the campus rink, a heavy burden also gets put on the players who will have to drive themselves the 34 miles to Danville for all of the team’s practices. “(The fi nancial impact) is a pretty big deal for us,� head

in this section if you read last week’s Brunson piece, but Groce’s desire for a top point guard in the 2015 class cannot be understated. Evans has shown the ability to create off the dribble and he projects as an elite floor general, capable of running Groce’s ideal fast-paced offense. The Illini are also recruiting

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The Illinois Ice Arena is closed, leaving the Illini Hockey Club without a place in Champaign-Urbana to practice. coach Nick Fabbrini said. “We’re trying to figure out ways to help meet our budget, whether it’s different fundraising activities or cutting costs.� Aside from dealing with the fi nancial issues, Fabbrini is still focused on coaching hockey in an important offseason for a new-look Illini team. With the season-opening scrimmage on Sept. 12, Fabbrini is trying to replace seven seniors, including John Scully, the team’s leading scorer, with a highly touted freshman class. “This year, we’ve got some older freshmen, some guys

that have a lot of junior experience, and I expect that to translate to our league very well,� Fabbrini said. “Those guys are going to come in and have a big impact for us.� The Illini especially need help on offense. “We need to score a lot more goals this year,� Fabbrini said. “That translates directly out of practice. If you’re hungry to score goals in practice, it’s going to carry over to games.�

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

For the No. 9 Illinois volleyball team, this weekend’s match against UCLA isn’t about getting revenge. Senior opposite side hitter Liz McMahon said she isn’t thinking of avenging the Illini’s 2011 NCAA championship loss to the Bruins, but is more focused on the opportunity to get better by playing such highlevel competition. “I just always love playing Pac-12 schools because you don’t always see that all the time and they’re always a strong conference,� McMahon said. Illinois (3-0) will start its second weekend of play with a matchup against UCLA (2-1) on Friday before playing No. 2 Stanford (2-0), possibly the Illini’s toughest competition of the season, on Sunday afternoon. Illinois will have to contain UCLA’s outside hitters. Illini head coach Kevin Hambly said the team will need a gameplan for senior outside hitter Karsta Lowe, who is second in the Pac-12 in kills with 50 this season. Hambly added that Illinois will also focus on freshman outside hitter Olga Strantzali. “The Bruins have good tempo,� Hambly said. “They got a kid, Karsta Lowe, who has six and a half kills (per set) or something. She’s a beast. And they got a little Greek lefty on the outside that will present a different challenge because she’s a lefthanded outside. “(The Challenge will be) figuring out how to stop those two players, just putting together a good game

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Illinois vs. UCLA When/Where: 10:30 p.m. Friday, Stanford, Calif. TV/Radio: Pac-12 Network/WDWS 1400 AM Quick notes: This will be Illinois’ first match in the Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge. The Illini have opened the season 3-0 and will look to continue its undefeated streak against the Bruins. Hidden stat: Illinois hasn’t played UCLA since the 2011 NCAA Championship match, which the Bruins won 3-1.

Illinois vs. Stanford When/Where: 1 p.m. Sunday, Stanford, Calif. TV/Radio: Pac-12 Network/WDWS 1400 AM Quick notes: Illinois will try to slow down Stanford’s middle blocker Inky Ajanaku in its second match of the Pac12/Big Ten Challenge. Hidden stat: Illinois was 1-1 against the Pac-12 last year as the Illini beat Arizona State before losing to Washington.

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Hilltopper offense will be Illini’s big test BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER

The Illinois secondary better be ready because it’s going to face its fi rst real challenge Saturday. Western Kentucky runs a quick offense. Its no-huddle approach is set up to call off a flurry of plays and catch the defense off guard — the Hilltoppers ran 97 plays in Saturday’s 59-31 win over Bowling Green. We s ter n K e nt uck y qua r terback Bra ndon Doughty had a career game in its season opener against Bowling Green last week, setting school records for total yards (569), touchdowns (six) and completions (46). “He runs their offense extremely well,” Illini head coach Tim Beckman said. “He has great precision with his passes, especially the deep ball.” Dought y c ompleted eight 20-plus yard passes Saturday — three of which went for touchdowns. Hilltopper wide receiver Antwane Grant, who caught two touchdown passes, said the Western Kentucky offense believes it’s not a “one-game wonder.” “ T he offense was

clicking,” Grant said. “The running game and passing game was clicking. Everybody was on the same page. It wasn’t a surprise to us.” Western Kentucky has depth in its offensive threat as well. The Hilltoppers rushed for two touchdowns and 139 yards, while the passing game fl ourished. Six different players scored touchdowns for the team as they set a school record for most points since they joined the FBS in 2008. “We’re going to have to be ready to stop the pass because that’s what their fi rst motive was — to pass the football,” Beckman said.

“We’ve got to be able to affect the quarterback with four guys,” defensive coordinator Tim Banks said. “We’re going to pressure him — that’s what we do — but if you can get there with four guys, it makes everybody’s job a little bit easier.” The Illini secondary will be under the most pressure against Western K e n t u c k y ’s passi ng offense Saturday, while the defensive line will look to hurry Doughty in the pocket. “I think we’re ready for it,” defensive back Zane Petty said. “I’m just anxious to see what our secondary can do against an offense like that.”

Illini look to take advantage

Illini defense may flourish Despite the 28-point rout, Western Kentucky showed cracks against Bowling Green. T he offense fumbled the ball three times. Illinois’ defensive line is coming together better than most expected, combining for three sacks and seven tackles for a win Saturday against Youngstown State.

ILLINI SCHEDULE

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Illinois’ V’Angelo Bentley and the rest of the Illinois secondary will face a strong passing Western Kentucky’s 59 offense in Western Kentucky, which scored 59 points last week. points is the big threat for t h e through the air and an Illinois, but the Hilltoppers three touchdowns in the u n d e r s t a n d i n g allowed 31 points against fourth quarter alone after sophomore transfer has a average of 12.5 yards per Bowling Green and how a slow start in the fi rst half. tall order this season. catch last week, Saturday’s they allowed it is good news “ I just got more “There’s a lot on the matchup with Western for the Illini. comfortable as the game plate of our quarterbacks,” Kentucky is a game where We s ter n K e nt uck y went on,” said Lunt, who was Beckman said. “As he Lunt’s arm will be relied a llowed 313 passi ng content with the victory but progresses in this offense, upon. yards on 465 yards of not his early performance. he’s only going to get Sean can be reached at total offense. Illinois And Beckman agreed better.” With the Hilltoppers spneuma2@dailyillini. quarterback Wes Lunt with the quarterback’s threw for 155 yards and self-assessment, while allowing 17 fi rst downs com.

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QUARTERBACKS

Aug. 30 vs. Youngstown State (W: 28-17).

VS.

Sept. 6 vs. Western Kentucky 11 a.m. Sept. 13 @ Washington 3 p.m. Sept. 20 vs. Texas State, TBA Sept. 27 @ Nebraska, 3 p.m. Oct. 4 vs. Purdue, TBA Oct. 11 @ Wisconsin, TBA Oct. 25 vs. Minnesota (Homecoming), 11 a.m. Nov. 1 @ Ohio State, 7 p.m.

Nov. 22 vs. Penn State, TBA Sept. 6 @ Northwestern, TBA

BIG 10 SCHEDULE Saturday, Sept 6. McNeese State @ Nebraska 11 a.m. Akron @ Penn State 11 a.m. Western Kentucky @ Illinois 11 a.m.

ILLINOIS

Western Illinois @ No. 18 Wisconsin — 11 a.m.

THE BAD:

THE GOOD:

WES LUNT (QB) VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE:

ILLINOIS’ ROUGH START:

BRANDON DOUGHTY (QB) VS. BOWLING GREEN:

24-for-38 passing for 285 yards and four touchdowns. Nine different receivers caught passes

EXPERIENCED DEFENSIVE LINE: All four starting linemen are upperclassmen 3 sacks 7 tackles for a loss (25 yards)

ILLINOIS STARTERS OFFENSE

No. 7 Michigan State @ No. 3 Oregon — 5:30 p.m.

QB Wes Lunt 12 RB Josh Ferguson 6 WR Geronimo Allison 8 WR Martize Barr 9 WR Justin Hardee 19 TE Matt LaCosse 11 TE Jon Davis 3 LT Simon Cvijanovic 68 LG Michael Heitz 74 C Alex Hill 52 RG Ted Karras 69 RT Christian DiLauro 67

Michigan @ No. 16 Notre Dame — 6:30 p.m.

DEFENSE

Ball State @ Iowa - 2:30 p.m. Maryland @ South Florida 2:30 p.m. Northern Illinois @ Northwestern — 2:30 p.m. Middle Tennessee @ Minnesota — 2:30 p.m.

Virginia Tech @ No. 8 Ohio State — 7 p.m.

BIG 10 STANDINGS EAST DIVISION Indiana 1-0 Maryland 1-0 Michigan 1-0 Michigan State 1-0 Ohio State 1-0 Penn State* 1-0 Rutgers 1-0 WEST DIVISION Illinois 1-0 Iowa 1-0 Minnesota 1-0 Nebraska 1-0 Purdue 1-0 Northwestern 0-1 Wisconsin 0-1 *Penn State is ineligible for postseason play.

WESTERN KENTUCKY

THE GOOD:

Central Michigan @ Purdue 11 a.m. Howard @ Rutgers 11 a.m.

BRANDON CARTER WESTERN KENTUCKY HERALD

Trailed 9-7 heading into fourth quarter Lunt was 15/27 on completions in first three quarters

THE BAD:

46-for-56 passing for 569 yards and six touchdowns 702 total offensive yards

Only 42 rushing yards on 12 carries in first three quarters

Nine different receivers caught passes

Fumbles: 3 Secondary didn’t get tested: Youngstown State ran on 59/83 plays

ROSTERS

THE

Nov. 15 vs. Iowa, TBA

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EYE ON THE ILLINI: DEFENSIVE LINE Last week, the Illinois D-Line helped hold Youngstown State to 17 points and recorded 7 TFL in the process, including 3 sacks. Led by Austin Teitsma, this group will need to have a big game this week in order to keep the high-scoring Hilltoppers in check.

Defense allowed 314 passing yards (465 total) Defense allowed 12.6 yard average per catch Defense allowed 12.6 yard average per catch 18 first downs on pass plays 18 first downs on pass plays

INEXPERIENCED OFFENSIVE LINE: 7/10 linemen are underclassmen

WESTERN KENTUCKY STARTERS OFFENSE QB Brandon Doughty 12 RB Leon Allen 33 WR Willie McNeal 10 WR Taywan Taylor 2 WR Jared Dangerfield 21 TE Mitchell Henry 80 LT Forrest Lamp 76 LG Brandon Ray 51 C Max Halpin 70 RG Darrell Williams 62 RT Cam Clemmons 52

DEFENSE

DE Kenny Nelson 58 NT Austin Teitsma 44 DT Teko Powell 93 LEO DeJazz Woods 90 WLB Mason Monheim 43 MLB T.J. Neal, Jr. 52 STAR Earnest Thomas III 9 CB V’Angelo Bentley 2 CB Eaton Spence 27 SS Zane Petty 21 FS Taylor Barton 3 K Taylor Zalewski 17 P Justin DuVernois 18

Doughty put up impressive numbers last week against Bowling Green, throwing for 569 yards and six touchdowns against Bowling Green. He led the Hilltoppers’ offense to a school record 702 total yards. He was also named Conference USA Player of the Week.

DE TJ Smith 16 DT Devante Terrell 98 DT Bryan Shorter 94 DE Gavin Rocker 88 LB Terran Williams 31 LB Nick Holt 10 LB Dejon Brown 17 CB Cam Thomas 19 CB Prince Charles Iworah 30 S Ricardo Singh 38 S Marcus Ward 8 PK Garrett Schwettman 56 KO Mike Mugler 39 P Kylen Towner 81

ILLINOIS LEADERS

LAST WEEK FOR WKU

WKU LEADERS

PASSING Wes Lunt 24-38 285 yards 4 TD

RUSHING Josh Ferguson 11 carries 43 yards 0 TD

RECEIVING Malik Turner 4 catches 42 yards 0 TD

EYE ON THE ENEMY: QUARTERBACK

Last weekend the Hilltoppers beat defending MAC champions Bowling Green 59-31 in head coach Jeff Brohm’s debut. Quarterback Brandon Doughty set school records with 569 yards and 6 TDs, making him just one of six FBS quarterbacks in the last decade to put up a single-game yardage total that high.

PASSING Brandon Doughty 46-56 569 yards 6 TD

RUSHING Leon Allen 28 carries 93 yards 1 TD

RECEIVING Taywan Taylor 12 catches 185 yards 1 TD

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DUDEK never stops working.” And the pair of brothers seemed ready to conquer Danny’s senior season and Mike’s first as a varsity starter. However, a torn ACL sidelined Danny for the year and the brothers didn’t get the chance to compete together again. Instead, Danny supported from the sidelines through his recovery process, never missing games or team functions unless rehab got in the way. While Mike shined on the field, Danny provided the continued support for his brother and teammates. Danny, who was slated to be the team’s starting running back, ended his career at Neuqua Valley with the school’s record for yards per carry (7.2). “I’m sure at home it was hard, but as far as on the field, Mikey is such a driven athlete, an athlete that doesn’t get phased by anything,” Ellinghaus said. “He just played right though it and focused on getting better each and every practice.”

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Those Friday nights under the lights, though brief, meant so much to the pair, who, only one year apart, share the same birthday: Aug. 21. It was a chance for the two to play together, sometimes even in a formation with both in the backfield, darting to opposite sides in almost the same position. It’s a bond and a support system that has continued even as the brothers went their separate ways. Danny went off to the University of Dayton, where he redshirted his 2013 freshman year and then decided he no longer wanted to continue playing football. Mike headed to Illinois, where he enrolled in January in order to participate in spring practices. As time has gone on, Mike has adjusted to college life and the family has been along for the ride. His parents, Rick and Lynn, have visited in addition to Danny coming down multiple times. But it was his mom who had more difficulties with homesickness than Mike or Danny. “I was a mess and I told Mikey after he graduates, he owes me another six months

at home,” Lynn Dudek said with a laugh. “Danny had left for Dayton in August and then Mikey that January. To be honest, the anticipation was worse than the reality.” As Mike has adapted, the family has begun to look at Champaign as home too. They even have found a new favorite shop in The Cookie Jar, where Rick has the owner’s number and calls in advance to request a few dozen cookies when the family comes down. The changes for the family have happened infrequently, with some separation between visits, but wide receiver coach Mike Bellamy has seen changes in Mike every day. Hearing Mike’s name, Bellamy thinks of his little son, also nicknamed Mikey, but Dudek is anything but childlike when the team hits the field. “He’s a little boy, but when he goes out on that field, he carries the weight of a grown man.” Bellamy said. “That’s something that’s just responsibility and comes with the game. He’s accepted the role and grasped everything that’s gone along with it.”

Danny admits the pressures of a Big Ten program would drive him crazy. But he said they are pressures that Mike has thrived on. “There’s a lot of people that count on you,” Danny said. “He’s 19 years old, so that’s a lot for a young teenager to deal with. But so far I think he’s dealt with it greatly, he’s been very humble and hopefully he’ll keep doing it out on the field.” So for Mike, that fi rst touchdown was a moment to celebrate and a chance to thank his grandfather who died a year ago from mesothelioma. It was an opportunity to play in front of 40 members of his family and friends and demonstrate how he’s grown as a college athlete. “When he scored his first touchdown, I’d say half us were crying and hugging and going crazy,” Lynn said. “We are Sicilian ... We all saw him point to the sky and we knew he was pointing at his grandpa. It was a moment none us will ever forget.”

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

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MATCHUPS

BY SAM SHERMAN STAFF WRITER

The Illini are 1-0 after defeating Youngstown State in a less-than-impressive 28-17 victory. This weekend, they take on a Western Kentucky Hilltopper team that put up 702 total yards on Bowling Green in its opener. While the oddsmakers are currently siding with the Illini, this week’s game will be anything but easy for a team whose defense will be put to the test.

Illini defense vs. QB Brandon Doughty Western Kentucky quarterback Brandon Doughty put up ridiculous numbers against Bowling Green, going 46 -for-56 passing with 569 yards and six touchdowns. Bottom line: This team can score. The question is whether the Illini defense will hold up. Against Youngstown State, the Illini defense mostly

held its own. The main issue is that the Penguins hardly tested the Illini secondary, only throwing for 177 yards on 24 attempts.

Josh Ferguson vs. Hilltopper defense Even though Wes Lunt has gotten all of the attention this season, Josh Ferguson is still the most important part of this year’s Illini offense. Last year, the speedy Ferguson was the spark for Illinois’ offensive resurgence under Bill Cubit. This year, with so many inexperienced offensive players, Ferguson may very well need to play that role again. In the opener, the Illini had a tough time getting anything going on the ground as Ferguson only ran the ball 11 times for 42 yards.

Wes Lunt vs. Slow start In his first game as an

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Illinois’ Josh Ferguson rushed for 42 yards on 11 carries in the season opener, but should be a larger part of the offense going forward. Ferguson led the Illini in rushing last season. Illini, Wes Lunt came out of the gate looking a little out of place. He made up for the slow start with a brilliant fourth quarter, but if the Illini want to contend this year, slow starts will

be unacceptable. Considering it was his first start in a almost two years, he may have just been shaking off the cobwebs. Time will tell if he can put it all together for a full game.

Western Kentucky shows flashes of Louisiana Tech SEAN HAMMOND Sports editor

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very week, The Daily Illini football staff makes predictions for five college football games. Some of us do so with more accuracy than others. But we are always sure to include the Illinois game in those five picks. Two years ago, I sat in Legends on game day eating a late lunch with my family trying to explain to my dad why I thought Louisiana Tech would beat Illinois. That year, Louisiana Tech ran an air raid offense that put up more than 50 points in each of its first two games. Illinois was 2-1, but had drubbed an FCS opponent and been whipped by an average Arizona State team. The game was at night and my family planned to leave early if the game wasn’t close so they could get a head start on the drive home. “Well,” I told my family. “If it’s going to be lopsided, it’s going to be lopsided in favor of Louisiana Tech.” The story goes that as soon as I left the restaurant to go cover the game, my dad proceeded to tell the rest of my family why I was crazy and why my prediction was wrong. My family ended up staying the entire game, but not because it was close and not because Illinois was winning. Louisiana Tech won 52-24 and I got to gloat for a while about picking that game right. So this week, Illinois draws a Western Kentucky team that put up more than 700 yards of offense in a 59-31 opening win over Bowling Green. When asked who Western Kentucky resembles, Illinois defensive coordinator Tim

Banks said: “Louisiana Tech comes to mind.” Uh oh. Hilltopper quarterback Brandon Doughty threw for 569 yards and six touchdowns against a team that won 10 games and the MAC championship. I think many would agree with me that a good MAC team is about equal to Illinois the past few years. This game should send up red flags for Illinois fans. Five hundred and sixty-nine yards. Are you kidding me? That’s nearly half of Nathan Scheelhaase’s 2012 season total. This dude plays Madden on Rookie difficulty level, while the rest of us are stuck on All-Madden. Was Bowling Green playing with 10 defenders? Is anyone sure Bowling Green was even on the field? OK, the film proves Bowling Green was on the field. It also proves Western Kentucky can score. Illinois has an untested secondary that was pretty bad a year ago. The Hilltoppers are going to score a lot of points. It’s going to come down to whether Illinois’ offense can keep up with Western Kentucky’s. So call me crazy if you’d like Dad. I’m picking Illinois in this one.

Sean is a senior in Media. He can be reached at sphammo2@ dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @sean_ hammond.

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VOLLEYBALL plan and executing.” On top of dealing with Lowe and Strantzali, the Illini will be challenged by the Bruins’ speed. McMahon called UCLA “very fast offensively.” The Illini’s matchups with the Bruins and the Cardinals are part of the larger Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge that is taking place over the weekend. Fellow Big Ten conference member, No. 1 Penn State, will also compete in the Challenge, facing Stanford on Friday in a meeting of the top two teams in the nation. After dealing with UCLA’s speed and its outside hitters, Illinois will be tasked with slowing down Stanford’s middle blocker Inky Ajanaku, who is second in the Pac12 in hitting percentage with a .512 hitting percentage this year. “They’re a loaded team,” Hambly said. “Every position can score. They all have their strengths and weaknesses as players but they’re very balanced. They got one of the best players in the country in Inky Ajanaku.” Both the Bruins and the Cardinal run a 5-1 rotation system that the Illini are familiar with. Illinois currently runs a 6-2 but have run a 5-1 in the past, which may give Illinois an edge going into the weekend. “We see it all the time,” Hambly said. “We do it in practice. “We ran a 5-1 every year until this year so we have some idea what that’s like.”

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Stewart returns to roots BY CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY STAFF WRITER

Jake Stewart is returning home. Born and raised in Kelso, Washington, he grew up as much at his home as he did at Tam O’Shara Park, where the Kelso High School Hilanders’ cross-country course lies. He spent hours on long bus rides through the Cascades to the Washington State Meet and on runs after dark through wintry Kelso with a flashlight in hand. Jake was raised on the sport of cross-country. Today, he’s the head coach for the Illini men’s crosscountry team. He’s been on the path to be a coach his entire life. This weekend, Jake returns to Kelso, coaching his team against the No. 7 Portland Flyers. Kelso is an old lumber town on the banks of the Cowlitz River, 30 miles from Mount St. Helens. “It was a place where you grew up and you worked hard,” Jake said. “It’s an industrial-driven town, it’s a lumber town.” The man who was able to take the town’s hard-working culture and turn it into cross-country success was Jake’s father, Joe Stewart. “It wasn’t a running town. Kids started running because my dad got them out and he developed them,” Jake said. Joe is a legend in Kelso. He coached the Kelso High’s cross-country and track teams for 30 years. He’s a Washington high school hall of fame coach for both sports. His record speaks for itself: He holds a dual meet record of 339-15, and 60 of his runners went on to run in college. Joe has been in Kelso forever. Jake says his parents’ current home, the same one he grew up in, is less than a mile from where Joe grew up. “Suburbia is where so many great runners and athletes come from, but this is not a suburban town,” Joe said. “It’s amazing, really, what has occurred here.” Out of all the great runners who have come through Joe’s program at Kelso, he’s most proud of Jake. “Any memory at this point in my life that I can remem-

ber, I’m associated with the team,” Jake said. Jake was around the team his whole life. Since he was 3 years old, Joe said that Jake would make the trip with the team across the mountains to the state cross-country meet. The Stewart home in Washington features a picture of a young Jake at the state meet wearing his Kelso stocking cap. “I was never forced to go on these trips or do anything like that, but I wanted to,” Jake said. “I wanted to be a part of it.” After a childhood of riding the bus with the team, holding the fi nishing string and handing out place cards at meets, Jake fi nally got an opportunity to run for his dad in cross-country and track from 1997-2001. “My last race was probably one of the saddest experiences of my life,” Jake said. “I loved running for Kelso, I loved representing Kelso and running for my dad.” There were times in high school where Joe said that Jake willed the team onward. “I just felt like he put so much into it. The other guys put a lot into it, but Jake grew up with it,” Joe said. One of Jake’s fi nal home meets at Kelso was a district championship his senior year against that same Battle Ground team that had beaten them the year before. He laid it all on the line, fi nishing as the Hilander’s fi fth man and outkicking Battle Ground’s five to tie the meet. Kelso’s sixth man beat Battle Ground’s sixth and Jake went out with a win at home. Joe recalled Jake’s team his senior year as “mediocre,” with Jake the driving force behind it. “It was his will that got us to the state meet that year,” Joe said. With that will came absolute dedication to the sport he had been surrounded by his whole life. Jake also played basketball in high school, but he didn’t let it get in the way of his running. “They played basketball games on Friday night,” Joe said. “He would get done,

he’d take off his basketball suit and then go run on the dike in the dark. That’s the only time he could fit that in.” The qualities Jake displayed in high school confirmed what Joe had thought ever since Jake was young. “He was destined to coach,” Joe said. Jake knew he wanted to coach. He said he never felt extra pressure from being the son of such a successful one. On the contrary, Joe thinks Jake has already surpassed him as a coach. “I think he’s actually a much better coach than I was,” Joe said. “He has the right temperament for it, he’s very patient.” And another Stewart is starting on the same path. Griffi n Joseph Stewart will be 10 months old next week. Jake says he’s already out at practices and known by all the Illini runners. “You just know that’s going to happen, he’s going to be on the bus with him,” Joe said. Thirteen years after graduating from Kelso and leaving his father’s program behind, Stewart will be back on the course where he grew up. The dual meet with Portland will also be the fi rst event held at Kelso’s newly resurfaced Joe Stewart Track. It will be special for all the Stewarts, especially as Joe said he’s never had the chance to see Jake coach. Last year, he and his wife attempted to make a road trip to see Jake in Illinois, but their trip was prematurely ended by heavy snow. Now they will get a chance to see Jake’s runners compete. He’s made it as a Division I coach at Illinois and is ready to return to the town and the course where he was raised. “I’m sure there will be parts of it that will be unlike anything I’ve ever experienced,” Jake said. “For our family, and for a family that appreciates the sport as much as we do, it’ll be a really neat thing.”

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BASKETBALL Evans’ AAU teammate, 2015 big man Elijah Thomas, also out of Texas. There is speculation that if Evans commits, there might be a greater incentive for Thomas to join him in Champaign. Thomas and Evans are considered the two best Texas players in their class, and the Illini are pushing hard to land both of them. An early commitment from Evans would allow Groce to sell Thomas on the prospect of joining his friend and teammate in what would be a legendary Illini recruiting class.

Why Evans should choose Illinois Groce’s selling points to Evans should be similar to the perks he was able to pitch to Brunson: playing time, a new arena and a large fan base that is hungry for success. But Evans’ situation could carry a unique spin. Deron Williams, the most successful point guard in Illinois history, also played high school ball in Texas. With the NBA being Evans’ ultimate goal, the draw of following in Williams’ footsteps could prove to be appealing. At this point in the recruiting season, projections show that the Illini are likely in the driver’s seat in Evans’ recruitment. Seven of eight analysts on 247sports.com have picked Illinois as the most likely destination for Evans. But until he signs a letter of intent, predictions are just hearsay.

The competition Evans is fresh off a visit to USC last weekend, where he made the rounds with Trojan head coach Andy Enfield. He plans to visit Oklahoma State on Sept. 24, with Texas rounding out the list of his fi nal four schools. USC is considered a dark horse to land Evans, and the point guard has yet to schedule an official visit with the Longhorns. I’d have to believe it’s a two-horse race between Illinois and Oklahoma State at this point.

The visit Groce has already visited Evans at his home twice during his recruitment, and now Evans is finally coming to him. The visit will likely follow a similar script to Brunson’s weekend, with the exception of no home volleyball match for Evans to appear at this weekend. Look for Evans at the football game on Saturday, where he’ll get a chance to interact with students and fans. While the public appearances generate hype and give Evans a sense of the environment that campus has to offer, the real action takes place behind closed doors. During private tours and meetings throughout the weekend, Groce and his staff will continually make their sales pitch to Evans and his family. Illini fans can do their part and show Evans love, but it ultimately comes down to whether Evans buys what Groce is selling. With only one more official visit lined up for Evans, his decision could be right around the corner.

Alex is a junior in AHS. He can be reached at roux2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @aroux94.

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Spartans take national spotlight in Week 2 Spartans can make a loud statement

ERIK PRADO Sports columnist

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aise your hand if you correctly predicted the Idaho Vandals would be entering week two of its season undefeated after opening against the Florida Gators. In The Swamp. The Gators and Vandals did indeed play, but only managed one kickoff before the game was suspended due to the weather and poor field conditions. This was on the heels of a nearly three hour delay. On that single play, the Vandals surrendered a 64-yard return. It had been nearly seven years since a game had been suspended at The Swamp, so of course it had to happen during the opening week. But none of us were going to watch Florida take on a team that went 1-11 last season. No, we were all watching Florida State take on Oklahoma State in Dallas. It was a close affair in Jerry World, as the Seminoles edged out the 37-31 win. The biggest takeaway? Florida State is not invincible. Despite the hopes of his detractors, Winston did not miss the game for stealing crab legs, but did rely on his legs for a spectacular 28-yard touchdown run in the third. He put up his stats, but not in the same dominating fashion he displayed out of the gate in 2013. Winston’s two interceptions on Saturday were as many as he had thrown through week four of last season. Expect the Seminoles to be involved in many close games this year. It is very, very hard for teams to go undefeated in one season, let alone two. For as cliche as it is, every team will give it its all to deny the Seminoles a chance at repeating.

There are a handful of great matchups this weekend, from USC-Stanford to Ohio State hosting Virginia Tech, but none are bigger than No. 7 Michigan State visiting Autzen Stadium to take on No. 3 Oregon in the first September weekend. Could there be a better early season matchup? Everyone knows how fast Oregon plays and how good a defense the Spartans field. Each team also wears a shade of green, but it’s anyone’s guess if Oregon will actually don green. Don’t be fooled by how different these teams play. This game carries much more weight than any nonconference game. It could decide who makes the College Football Playoff. A Spartans’ victory Saturday, added with a Big Ten championship, would almost guarantee the team a spot. But a loss dramatically reduces its chances, because outside of Oregon, its schedule is not difficult. Ohio State can challenge in November or Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game, but the Buckeyes’ offensive line was a mess against Navy, and Melvin Gordon of the Badgers is now battling a hip injury. Both teams’ seasons can take dramatic turns in the coming weeks. The Spartans have much more to lose than Oregon because the Ducks can lose, win out and still secure a playoff spot because the PAC-12 is a stronger conference than the Big Ten.

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Michigan State safety Kurtis Drummond urges on the crowd during the fourth quarter against Stanford in the 100th Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. No. 7 Michigan State will take on No. 3 Oregon this weekend. games (with the exception of three seasons) for more than 125 years. Both of these programs are in a gray area. Brian Kelly’s team has not matched his 2012 BCS runner up squad (yet), while Brady Hoke is on the hot seat, with many outsiders begging Michigan to become elite again. The Big Ten is reeling in the public eye, and nothing would please traditionalists more than a rejuvenated Wolverines team.

The end of a rivalry, for now The Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry started in 1887 and Saturday’s game has the potential to be historic because it is the last scheduled matchup between the two teams who’ve had annual

But this game doesn’t scream “important� in the grand scheme. Too many other teams are just as talented, if not more talented, than the Irish and Wolverines. It also doesn’t help that Irish players keep getting kicked off the team. The Irish are ranked at No. 16, and this is before they embark on a five-game stretch where they face three ranked opponents, including top-ranked defending champion Florida State.

At the end of the game, one reminder should stand out: how the 2000s and 2010s have been unfavorable to two historic programs. Notre Dame and Michigan combined have gone 1-7 in the eight BCS bowl games the programs have made since 2000.

Erik is a senior in Media. He can be reached at eprado3@ dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @e_prada

Men’s golf claims impressive recruits despite climate KIERAN HAMPL Sports columnist

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ith the Illinois men’s golf season approaching quickly, the No. 6 Illini are primed for another long and successful season. As avid Illinois sports fans know, the golf team is one of the best athletic programs on campus. This leads golf fans to wonder how Illinois, which is located up north where it is cold for a majority of the year, has created a

niche in the golf recruiting market. I remember watching the NCAA Championships over the summer. I realized that Illinois was literally the only school left in the competition from the north. Of the final eight teams, two of them were from the west coast, Stanford and UCLA, and the other five were from the south, Oklahoma State, Alabama, SMU, Georgia Tech and LSU. To me, this makes sense. As an average-atbest golfer in high school, if I somehow drastically improved my game and was getting college offers,

my first inclination would be to go to a school with nice weather. This immediately puts Illinois at a disadvantage in the eyes of prospective players, because there is snow lying around campus and on the neighboring golf courses during the winter. I find this topic fascinating because it doesn’t make sense that our best sports team on campus is so in conflict with our weather. It really goes to show how good of a recruiter head coach Mike Small is. Small, in himself, is a unique character. Aside from coaching the Illini,

he is also a current member on the PGA Tour and just won the Illinois PGA Championship. When I was the golf beat reporter last year, all of the players on the team mentioned how big of an impact Small had on their collegiate decision. You could see how comfortable he was with the players, and vice versa. When I would show up at the course to interview the team before practice, he would always head out with the team and play the practice rounds with them. The weather is definitely a disadvantage to the Illinois golf program,

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Illinois has been the only one who has been able to find success in the golf world. Coach Small has taken a difficult situation and relished the fact that Illinois is very different from other schools. When thinking about the university’s golf team in the future, make sure to remember how impressive the strong foundation of the program is.

Kieran is a sophomore in Business. He can be reached at hampl2@ dailyillini.com or follow him on Twitter @KHampl95.

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